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2020 Reading Challenge – July and August

September 20, 2020 Uncategorized No Comments

August was a month for the history books. Writing them, not reading them. We started school, traveled out of state for a wedding, and spent several days in the hospital finding out that our youngest child, Sieg, has Type 1 Diabetes. The last four weeks have been a legitimate blur.…

2020 Reading Challenge: June Recap

July 7, 2020 Reading Challenge No Comments

This summer is just flying by! I’m pretty sure I’m going to blink, and July will be over and we’ll be starting school again. I admit, I thought I was going to accomplish a lot more blogging and writing over the summer than I actually have, but this is just…

2020 Reading Challenge: May Recap

June 10, 2020 Reading Challenge Uncategorized No Comments

Wow, I just get later and later at posting this as the year goes on. So much for summer being less busy! Despite my lateness, May wasn’t a bad reading month. I finished 14 books which has me officially over halfway through my reading goal for this year and, perhaps…

2020 Reading Goals: April Recap

May 8, 2020 Reading Life No Comments

I think this is the latest I’ve done one of my reading updates, but this month has been crazy already! We’re almost done with school though, so I’m hoping I’ll get to be back to some regular posting through the summer. April was an okay reading month for me. I…

Sophia Louise, Age 8

April 14, 2020 Uncategorized No Comments

Somehow, and I don’t know quite how it happened, I’ve been a mother for 8 years. The girl who made me a mama is still the greatest ray of sunshine to us. She is brilliant, funny, helpful, sweet and responsible. She is definitely the ringleader amongst her siblings, but they…

Klaus Daniel, Age 6

April 10, 2020 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments

Klaus turned six yesterday. I don’t know how that happened. It seems like just yesterday he was a curly-hair toddler, or a chunky baby winning all of our hearts. Somehow now, he’s a tall, skinny child that talks a lot about transformers, builds a lot with Legos, wants to eat…

2020 Reading Goals: March Recap

April 6, 2020 Reading Challenge 1 Comment

Boy, did March ever throw me and my reading for a loop! Ironically, I think I was reading more than ever. Unfortunately, a heavy majority of it was excessive consumption of the news. Not great for my mental health or my reading goals, frankly. I’ve cut back now, and am…

5 Good Things

April 4, 2020 Uncategorized 1 Comment

Well, I missed a week of my 5 Good Things post. I have struggled to keep up with what day it actually is, and what posts I need to be writing. All the days really run together without our regularly scheduled outings! Clearly, a new plan is in order. I’ll…

Socially Distant Diaries ~ Week 1

March 23, 2020 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments

For most people, the past 7-10 days have been a roller coaster. Lots of warnings, closings, and being socially distant. General admonitions to just stay home, official admonitions to just stay home. And news. So many news updates! Some people are still working (thank you, healthcare workers, grocery store people,…

5 Good Things.

March 20, 2020 Daily Life: My Favorite Things No Comments

I’ve been wanting to start a gratitude series on Fridays, and if ever there was a week for it, this is it! I’m sure we’re all equally tired of the headlines and the exhaustion of trying to keep up with what’s happening, but not freak out, but still do the…