Aloha! How are you?! We are back! Rested and refreshed after our first week away from the kids ever. I suppose there are plenty of couples who travel sans enfants, but that’s never been our vibe. We love traveling with our kids. And honestly, money for travel is hard earned, so we like to spend…
I’m going to be 52 next month. Wild. How did I get here? One of the things I’ve been thinking about for the last year or two is this: enough is good. So often we hear, “good enough”, implying that the thing is kinda lacking in some way. Last year I started putting that concept…
Hello! Did I just say yesterday that I was okay with the alternating sunny and rainy days. After two days of “June gloom” in April, I’m over it. More than ready for sunshine and summer temps. In the meantime, this week was pretty chill. I’m finishing up my Pinterest training, which feels like a major…
Hello! Hi! How are you? Did you have a nice Easter? Despite the rain, ours was very nice. In fact, I impressed myself with the cooking. I made Hot Cross Buns, which I really should make more than once a year. For Easter dinner, I shopped the kitchen and came up with a load of…
Hello and happy Easter weekend! It’s been rainy here most of the day with more coming tomorrow, but we had a beautiful week with great weather. You’ll remember that last week I was planning a big focaccia feed at our Open Game Night. I am pleased to say that the grape and goat cheese focaccia…
While I type I hear the sounds of busy activity: dishes clinking, my young people laughing and chatting, the dryer running, rain lightly falling outside. It’s a sweet spring Saturday with my people all at home. Two of the boys were out of town for 5 days, visiting my eldest son and daughter-in-law. The house…
Finding contentment and working toward routine… As much as I struggled with boredom/lack of motivation in my diehard stay-at-home days, I now crave those kind of days more than ever. I guess I never realized how much I was suited to this life when I was in the thick of it. Funny how that is….
Hello and hello! It’s been awhile since I wrote a Weekly Ramble on Life as Mom. As I closed up my Substack last month, I realized how much I enjoyed writing this column each week. It’s a good debrief for myself. As I read through the archives, it makes me happy. Wow! I’ve grown a…
The week went by quickly and based on my camera roll, I don’t know exactly what I did. You know how people joke that if you don’t post it on social, it didn’t happen? Well, I have identified something about myself… I haven’t posted much on social, ergo I didn’t take many pictures, therefore nothing…
It was a busy week that got busier as it plugged along. You’ll forgive me for publishing this on Sunday instead of Saturday night. I was ready to go to sleep by 7 pm last night! I am at an age of realization. I am noticing things I never saw before and recognizing all kinds…