We're already over halfway through Month 1 of 2026 (shakes head in disbelief). Here we were ringing in the new year just a mere minute ago, and now the year is almost 5% over already. There's no time like the present then to share my goals from my 4th and final domain for 2026: Household… Continue reading Household Goals 2026
Okay! Finally carved out a little time to work on recapping our Christmas in Ireland. As you know, I got SICK and was really down and out for a good week+ after the trip, and then the post-holiday re-entry rush was real at work (while still being pretty sick and then dealing with severe post-viral… Continue reading Christmas in Ireland 2025: Part 1
Next up, my 3rd domain, FUN or FAMILY goals! A bit of a mish-mash here, but I wanted to stick to 4 total domains, so I put the "Fs' together. 🙂 Fun or Family: Main Goals: 1. Try 5 new restaurants with Ivan. We have had this one on the list for a couple of… Continue reading Fun or Family goals
My second domain for 2026 goals is Self-Care. (See my first domain, Health, here.) In hindsight, my domains are pretty loose this year! Ha. I'm not sure some of these would traditionally fit in a "self-care" category, but they all are things that basically just directly benefit me, so.... that's what I went with. :)… Continue reading Self-care goals
The first week back into the new year here came on HOT for me! It did not help that I was out for almost 2 weeks, between vacation and then illness. I think the first post-holiday week is heavy for most people, since both school + work tend to do a proverbial "reboot". There's always… Continue reading Time to blog + other New Year misc.
First of all, sickness update: I think I’ve turned a corner! It’s been almost 2 full weeks now, but I’m finally starting to feel better. Whew. I just created a VERY LONG list of things to do this weekend. A lot of my normal post-vacation re-entry activities were ignored due to sickness. Definitely need groceries!!!… Continue reading The post I’d been avoiding… Health Goals 2026
Hello hello! Happy New Year's Eve! We got home from Ireland late Sunday night, and I've been wanting to post all about our wonderful trip, but unfortunately.... I've been very sick. Seems I've been hit with that bad flu going around. My parents were both sick last week when we arrived to Ireland (they had… Continue reading Happy New Year’s Eve… from the couch + Ireland trip teaser
I had the fleeting thought yesterday, while looking around my decorated house, of, "Awww, the Christmas season here at home is basically over now!" CHRISTMAS is obviously not over yet, but we leave for Ireland tonight (!) and return after Christmas. We will certainly leave our decorations up for a while- always through New Year's… Continue reading A pre-holiday gratitude list
It's the time of year when the "yearly recap lists" will start coming out. I'll be out of town for a good chunk of this final stretch of the year, so I thought I'd preemptively summarize some of my 2025 wins, even though I know there are still a couple weeks left of 2025! I'll… Continue reading 2025 Big Wins
This time next week, I should, God willing, be in Ireland!! Eek! I feel like we still have a lot of gift buying to do, but not for the Ireland crew. Their gifts are, thankfully, all set (except for a couple of small easy things I just have to pick up). We decided not to… Continue reading Pasta dinners + PJ parties + other pre-holiday misc.
GRATEFUL KAE 