Hi! I haven’t disappeared; I’ve just been on call. And taking a little mini-break from posting to do such all-important things as: * set up my 2015 Hobonichi * work on our Kon-Mari-ing. * reflect…
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1) The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Okay, admittedly I just had to do a counterpoint to Laura’s post 🙂 Seriously, though, I read the book a couple of weeks ago and did find that the ideas…
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I have so much: 2 beautiful thriving children, a job I enjoy (and that I feel is meaningful), a happy marriage, a charming house in a lovely neighborhood. I don’t even have to endure…
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1) C is sick again. For the past 3 days he’s been running fevers of untoward proportions with no other discernible symptoms. (other than extreme pitifulness during the fevers themselves.) While I am certified…
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Mark’s Daily Apple posted a great piece yesterday about self-care. My favorite part: “More than anything, self-care as I see it is less than a list of behaviors and more a mindset that you’re going to…
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I’m back. That wasn’t such a long break, huh? Goings on: Thanksgiving was a lot of fun. My parents are here for the first time to experience the wonders of a sunny 70+…
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Book fair. Long run. Barre class. Family dinner out. Lots of time on the floor: C’s 9 month visit: 60% length / 80% weight / 100% amazing (also hep B + flu #2) …
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4:50a (yes 4:50): alarm goes off. 10 minutes of staring into the blue light of my phone to wake up (why not?) and then a little pre-run snack/espresso and blog reading/email session. 5:30a headed out…
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I want to write nicely edited, fleshed-out posts. But those are impossible to write in the tiny block of time I have pre-run in the morning, and I’m never in much of a writing…
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1) Podcasts of the week: I listen to a lot of podcasts on my commute. This past week’s highlights were: * Freakonomics: Why do people keep having children? * Sound Opinions: Broken Bells * Michael Hyatt: My top ten favorite books…