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  • sick

    I am sick with a URI leaning towards laryngitis.  It sucks.  I realize that posts about being sick are really boring, so I’ll keep this short.  I’ve realized that my hatred of illness is…

    March 17, 2015
  • my take on minimalism

    I feel kind of ridiculous calling myself a minimalist.  I have a day-per-page planner imported from Japan, for pete’s sake, and I like bath products from Kiehls.  I salivate over Mini Boden, and often…

    March 16, 2015
  • bday x 2

    Today we went to 2 kids’ birthday parties.  Our day looked like this: 6:30 Me up with both kids (Josh did this yesterday, so I can’t complain) 9:00 4mi stroller run with Cameron    …

    March 16, 2015
  • 12-6

    Both Josh and I are off this weekend.  In theory, this is the case 47% of the time, but it often feels less frequent.  This is partly the tendency to focus on the strenuous/difficult,…

    March 14, 2015
  • Posting status report

    Hello and happy Friday. I’ve been in a bit of a soul-searching mood over the past few weeks.  As a result, I’ve been doing more moody contemplating, more personal journaling, and less blogging.  Ironically,…

    March 13, 2015
  • weekend

    Just had a lovely simple weekend with my 2 muums (don’t ask, that’s just what I call them).  Josh worked for most of the time, though he was able to escape for swim class…

    March 9, 2015
  • March goal & goings-on

    In January, I had a goal of reading each night, even if it was just for a few minutes.  It worked beautifully, and I finished 2 books.  In February, I never defined my goal…

    March 3, 2015
  • evening routine

    While I am really happy with how our mornings tend to go around here, the post-work experience is . . . well, we’ll just call it a work in progress.  Part of it is that —…

    February 26, 2015
  • hi

    It’s been a bit of a rough past 10 days — hence the silence.  C has a double ear infection and all of us have been fighting viral crud of one sort or another.…

    February 24, 2015
  • morning routine

    I’ve written about my morning routine in the past, but it has been a while.  Clearly, things have changed since the days of: a) pre-kids (comparatively luxurious unless I was on a hard rotation…

    February 11, 2015