As I’ve shared on recent posts, COVID-19 has affected close family and friends at this stage. What work looks like continues to evolve – Mark being at home for the foreseeable future and healthcare getting…
I’ve started helping Shea pick out her clothes the night before to avoid painful debates and attitudes (for us both!) in the morning. She wants to wear the same 3 dresses to school. Yes, since…
This weekend has been stunning and weirdly quiet. Even for COVID life. It may have to do with the fact that I’ve barely left the house after a COVID scare this week. Having gotten tested…
Someone said something about getting on top of their Christmas shopping – I freaked. Someone posted the number of weekends between now and Christmas – I freaked. My bestie added a gift idea to her…
Tuesday night. Election day. Sitting in my jammies, snuggled on the couch, watching the election results. I was up and at’em this morning, at the polls by 6:20am. I was #3 to arrive – the…
This post is sponsored by my friends at Cans Get You Cooking. All opinions are my own. Did you know that both kids and adults who use 6+ canned foods per week are more likely…
SERIOUSLY, 6:45am meetings are insanity. I mean, I’m up that early regardless, but conceptually, it just seems wrong. I feel like we should be sleeping or exercising at that hour, not meeting. Thankfully, all things…
First Shea, now Piper. Their first (or second, maybe) crushes. But also their most significant crushes. Piper is NON-STOP talking about Gabe. Gabe attends daycare on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday only which have now been renamed “Gabe…
Serious question: is anyone else having one heck of a time determining whether their allergies suck (all the typical symptoms + sore throat) or they have coronavirus? I also spent yesterday afternoon glued to the…
Last week, Piper’s teacher informed me that she thinks Piper is really missing having Shea in her class at school. Piper never said anything, so I guess I hadn’t thought too much about it, but…
I need just one extra hour every day, just one! It has been a combination of issues, the first being several pediatrician visits lately. Because naturally, swimmers ear pops up AFTER all the swimming is…
Yesterday we spent the day going to and from Chicago for a quick lunch and playdate. We knew it’d have to be a quickie because the girls had gymnastics and dance in the morning and…
You know what? TGIF. Big time. BIG THANKS that finally, it’s Friday. I left work yesterday, totally whipped. The girls were off with our babysitter and so I stopped at a local bar, whipped out…
Work has been crazy and right at quitting time yesterday, the rain was dumping and blowing so aggressively, it looked like white out conditions. There was no way I was going to make it to…
I made this recipe over 3 months ago. July 5th, to be exact. I haven’t shared it just yet because the photos are really unimpressive. I also took a total of about 20 photos which…
We’re finishing up the 3rd full week of kindergarten for Shea and the 3rd week of full-time, 5 days a week, Montessori for Piper. It’s only my 3rd Friday away from them, and I miss…
Ground breaking: I got up this morning to workout! It has been a long time since I got up super early to workout. However, I knew today was going to SUCK at work and I…
I came out of a 2 hour appointment with a patient to be met with a GORGEOUS sunny day, shining in the large windows on the front side of my office building that gets all…
It’s definitely fall out there. And I was definitely craving a lazy weekend with nothing to do. Well, I got it! And yesterday, at least, I filled it to the brim with at-home to-do’s! First,…
There’s something about this week that is totally kicking my butt. Perhaps it’s the DARK mornings. The rainy days. The late nights. The early mornings. The long work days. The sassy almost 6-year-old. All the…
