Thanks to all for the well wishes after my mom's fall! She is doing pretty well, or as well as to be expected. She's in her usual good spirits and otherwise totally fine, as long as she doesn't move. Moving around causes significant pain, so I think it's just mostly frustrating for her to be… Continue reading Saturday misc. + books
Last night was a long, stressful night! My parents came to town yesterday afternoon so my dad could work on the bathroom remodel. Well, everything was going fine, and we were watching a little TV with the boys before bed. Charlie, who has actually been much better lately in his Witching Hour, decided to put… Continue reading A rough night
You all know I am a fan of silly memes and basically anything that gets a laugh or smile out of me, randomly. I've accumulated a couple fun ones lately: #1: Made me laugh hysterically. I saw this one right after our especially busy summer, with multiple houseguests from all sides of the family. Our… Continue reading Fall and Friday Funnies
How is it Thursday already?! I feel like this week is flying by. As promised, I'm just checking in to see if my week has, indeed, resembled any semblance of normal, or not. I'd say.... sort of. Ha. Wins: 🔷 I have worked out 3 times!! Monday - shoulders/tris at the gym. Tuesday - 30… Continue reading As promised, checking in
Okay, this week marks the beginning of week 4 of owning a puppy. What?! Already? Since we got him, life has not felt "normal" at all. I mentioned in my post Saturday how most of my typical daily life activities like walking, reading, exercising, cooking.... have mostly all been fitting in a VERY scattered manner,… Continue reading New week…resume a semblance of normalcy?
First off, a huge THANK YOU to everyone for the birthday wishes!! I was especially touched by quite a few "lurker readers" (I call you that lovingly 😆) who came out of the shadows to leave me a comment! I read and responded to every single one. Thank you to all of you! I felt… Continue reading Happy…. chaos?
It has finally arrived today.... my big 4-0! I have been thinking about this for a while now, because I am a little bit younger than many/most of my friends. Ivan and my sister both also turned 40 a couple years ago now. In a way I think this has sort of helped "prepare" me… Continue reading 40!!! Some reflections.
I will not beat around the bush here: WE GOT A PUPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! O.M.G.!!!!!!!!!!! Ivan surprised me with this adorable little guy on Saturday- an early 40th birthday present. (My 40th is coming up on October 17th.) I was shocked. Like, SHOCKED shocked. SHOCKED!!!! Here's the story........ Ivan had told me he had to "run a… Continue reading The surprise of my life
Eek, the week is flying by here. Life: Ivan's mom left Sunday to fly back to Mexico, but then my parents arrived Monday afternoon. Kind of "unfortunately", because our house has just been so full of people and chaos that we could really probably use some guest-free time! But also "fortunately", because they came so… Continue reading Thursday misc.: life, remodel, fashion, mental load….
The Packer game kicks off in 20 minutes, so I don't have much time. Just jumping on to say hola and give a quick weekend update. The weather has been BEAUTIFUL. Just beautiful. Well, yesterday and today, anyway. Friday night Ethan had a 4:30 p.m. soccer game and it was overcast and spitting a few… Continue reading A “it’s really feeling like fall now” weekend update
GRATEFUL KAE 