150 blog posts. 3 years of marriage. 1 long day. I’ve been blogging daily for about 5 months now. I’m amazed at how easily this became a daily habit. I just do it. It’s rarely a burden or a nuisance. I usually look forward to it. the only time it’s hard is when bedtime is …
First day of vacation. I ended the day stressed, lonely, sad and burned out. Time to reassess. Though vacation is supposed to be joyful and fun, if you’ve been working hard it’s also the first chance to come down off of the adrenalin cycle and get back in touch with your real life. My real …
Today was my last day of work before a winter break of almost 4 weeks long (I know! I can’t quite believe it myself!). I”ve been working hard the past few weeks to catch up on all the things that seem to need doing before the break, but somehow today was still a remarkably intense …
Today: not bad. Lots of little things to think about. I made it out of the house by 9:30 after washing bottles, doing/hanging laundry, feeding self and baby, packing for the day and researching air purifiers online. We went to pick up goat’s milk first. No organic, so I got regular. Packed up baby, hit …
Tonight i asked my husband what I should blog about. Here is his suggestion: Blog about our date. And how we missed baby on our date. And we cut out magazines and we love each other. And how we’re making progress on deciding when to have a baby. All true! We went on a date …
I’ve got a blog to write, but our internet connection is not cooperating. I wanted to write and post at work just to make sure I got it done today, but, well, work isn’t working that way for me right now. I have 3 more days of work before winter break and quite a bit …
I’ve found myself using this expression of my husband’s lately as I watch our girl make her way in the world. She amazes me more and more as she grows up with every new thing she does, each emerging aspect of her character and personality. She’s walking – around things, a step here and there …
Today I had the pleasure of learning what life feels like when, far from spreading the peace, you actually turn people against you. Baby had gone down for a nap and I raced out of the house to get some errands done. With work days long and weekends full, it’s been hard to get to …
Today was a great opportunity to choose to dial it down, back and under rather than push ahead. I’ve been leaning towards get-it-done productivity of late and while it brings positives (cleaner house, advances in my writing) it also can take me out of the present moment. Wait … have I written about this before? …
My first real snow day of the year and it was magnificent! Not at all what I’m used to, but a delightful new normal. First, I now heartily endorse going to bed early with baby. I slept well, she slept well, and I woke up a bit before 7 rested and ready to go (incidentally, …