Oy. Stick a fork in me. I’m so done with being sick. There isn’t much to report this week as I spent the bulk of it in bed. As providence would have it, my doctor’s practice has been repairing their entire communication system in the wake of a cyber attack. This means: no phones, no…
The Trifecta begins tomorrow! Yep, when we got married the day before Mother’s Day and a couple weeks before my birthday, we didn’t think far enough ahead that all three celebrations would fall in such a short span of time someday in the future. Here we are: Mother’s Day tomorrow, our anniversary on Tuesday, and…
This felt like another vacation week. Not only was the weather absolutely beautiful, but the girls and I had a mini Disney vacation! Life as Mom readers were a part of our very first Disneyland foray with kids. Bryan and I grew up going to DL, me more than he, but tackling it with kids…
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….