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  • Goals

    Q3: SUMMER

    I divided 2018 into Quintiles, which felt slightly ridiculous (and fussy) at the time.  But it’s working for me. Most importantly, Q2 is over!  Q2 was my Fifth Trimester — those 3 months back…

    June 12, 2018
  • G is 6 months!

    HAPPY 1/2 YEAR BIRTHDAY G! This feels at least somewhat momentous!  Our newest family member has now been here for six months.   FACTS: 1) She is happier now and easier than she was…

    June 11, 2018
  • Beachbody (!): My New Thing

    Yeah. I never thought I’d be doing it, either. You guys, I am (was!?) a runner.  Between 2004 – 2010 (basically all of early, pre-kid adulthood), I was always training for something.  I really…

    June 8, 2018
  • a little overwhelmed

    I may have exploded to Josh last night that I am ready to rename the podcast Worst of Both Worlds, because just woah. There’s a lot going on around here, and I am not quite…

    June 5, 2018
  • In Which I Turn 38

    I have been writing here since I was (gulp) 24 (first post: here). TWENTY FOUR.  Basically a pre-adult.  Just a few years off from halfway between Annabel’s age and where I stand today.   Yep.…

    May 21, 2018
  • full days and full heart

    Full.  Full.  Full. (Not “crazy”.  Not “busy”.  Especially not “crazy busy”.) FULL. I just finished Laura’s new book Off the Clock (available for pre-order now; comes out in a week!) and loved it.  We discuss…

    May 17, 2018
  • Weekend / Progress

    Ballet friends (Annabel is ready to quit after this year so needed to snag the pix now.  She is the taller one in the shorts.) Agh, this published before I was ready!  More later.…

    May 7, 2018
  • self-care (or lack thereof)

    I am a physical mess right now. It isn’t all that apparent to the outside world, which is good.  But it dawned on me yesterday as I fought off waves of vertigo-induced nausea that…

    May 2, 2018
  • Balance . . .

    No, not the kind of balance you were probably thinking of. We spent the weekend at Disney World with the kids – a quick trip that would have been fun (and yes, there were…

    April 30, 2018
  • time poor

    I know Laura has time diary data to back up the fact that women with young children (under 2, I believe?) have the least free time. I’m pretty sure, however, that I will have…

    April 10, 2018