Five on a Friday: Re-entry
I must say, coming back on Thursday afternoon and having Friday to myself, with the kids in school, is a stellar way to initiate re-entry. We choose to come bac...
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Silly me
I thought I’d be writing a post today about what I did and did not end up doing this week. Instead I’m writing a post about how my husband just test...
Me being a curmudgeon at the start of summer
{I had titled this “ping pong thoughts at the start of summer” but by the end if felt I should change the title. And since the line-through-text for...
Preparing for a purge
There is an idea being discussed lately on minimalism blogs: You don’t have to keep everything you use. Which might seem obvious to some, and ludicrous to...
The Rhythm of our weekends
Last weekend we spent a day in Alameda and about half way through I realized what a lovely time I was having. It occurred to me then that my husband could have ...
Attempting an alternating week schedule
This is a scheduling/planning post. If scheduling/planning is not your think, feel free to skip this one. So my daughter started boxing last month. This is grea...
Microdosing Christmas
Our Elf came! With her reindeer. The kids were so excited to see Heart and Toots sitting in our tree this morning. Our Elf is a welcome visitor. She is not spyi...
I shouldn’t be surprised…
Well I guess it wouldn’t be a proper Thanksgiving if I weren’t crying on my bed, grappling with how to manage everyone else’s emotions when I&...
Post* Pandemic Holiday Reality Check
Our Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays have always only included grandparents, because we live close to grandparents and nobody else. I’ve celebrated Chr...
This happened
My daughter was at her grandparents. My son was in the bath. My husband was in a meeting. So I went to the shed to get a box of Christmas decorations and then t...