What was the most memorable part of this past month? Visiting my best friend for the first time in ten years and meeting her beautiful baby daughter. Also living through the snowiest February Minnesota has ever had. Dessa going to urgent care twice in a week and seeing Shen Yun on Valentine's Day with Nick. What were the three biggest lessons you've learned in this ... Read more
A Fresh Start
When I started this blog in 2014, I didn't put much thought into it. I had tried blogging a couple of times before 2014, and it never went anywhere. I would start and stop and then give up and start all over again. So in 2014, I didn't think this blog would last either. What I'm trying to say is that I started this blog on a whim and without much thought. While this blog has ... Read more
2019 Word Of The Year & Resolutions
Photo by Emma Matthews on Unsplash About halfway through December, I decided that I was going to make a resolutions post for my blog. Since then I've been dreading it. I never know how I should format these posts or how to articulate what I'm thinking eloquently so that other people understand. By the end of December I felt the time crunch. Then, like a real ... Read more
November Goals: 2018
I know I missed October but I really wasn't expecting the month to get so busy. Even though October was crazy, I did accomplish a lot of my September goals, and that is what is most important. So here is what I accomplished in both September and October. Goals Accomplished 101 in 1001 Enroll the boys in a sport - Accomplished! I enrolled the boys in swim classes at our ... Read more
September In Review: 2018
What was the most memorable part of this past month? Odin and Gray on the first day of school. The most memorable part of September was the boys starting school again. Odin is now in the fourth grade and Gray in first. Every year I get nervous for the boys on their first day, but this year I was more nervous than ever. They were starting a new school in a new state where ... Read more