Complaint: Apple’s Screen Time isn’t working well for me these days. It’s adding in fake screen time. That bar on Monday included 5 hours from midnight to 5 AM of screen time. I was sleeping so . . . definitely was not on my…
. . . arrived on our doorstep as we arrived home from the event I wanted to wear it to. The funny thing is that if it had arrived last night, I probably would have worn it and enjoyed wearing it. But it didn’t…
(Side preamble: The news remains . . . a lot. I continue to be grateful for Up First and my Pantsuit Politics membership. Onward.) 1- I abandoned a book temporarily. (It is not the one shown below.) Honestly, I was enjoying R.F. Kuang’s Katabasis…
Field Trip Continues . . . I know better than post pix of A and her friends without permission . . . but I think I’m allowed to share this one: It sounds like they are having fun and VERY packed days (though somehow…
Holiday Fun is Shaping Up! Here’s what we have on the docket each weekend and day off between now and . . . 2026. This weekend: close fam friend bat mitzvah (during day) and date night (finally – it has been forever!). Note: previously…
. . . and they’re off! A left this morning on a school trip to DC — I dropped her off at 4:50 AM at FLL where she met up with most of her class. I think I have been desensitized by the past…
Best Laid Plans
Ep #277: Life Updates, BLP Live Takeaways, and Your Mini DIY Planning Primer for 2026
In today’s episode, I shares some life updates coming off of a tough week! Then I delve into an overview of BLP Live and some of her own key planning takeaways from the event. Finally, I respond to a listener request for a “DIY…
Sunday Listening I listened to two super interesting podcasts yesterday: One was this episode of the TED Radio Hour (hosted by one of my all time favorites, Manoush Zomorodi). Even more fun, I listened to it with kids in the car, who agreed wholeheartedly…
I ordered the dress. WILL IT come in time for next weekend’s bat mitzvah? Hopefully. But not definitely. WILL IT fit? Unclear. I’m actually not that optimistic, it was sold out in the size I wanted based on the size chart but I just…
1- First things first: congratulations to Megha (comment #58) who won the Sprouted planner! Be sure to check Elisabeth’s site too if you entered! I already emailed Megha and she says she hasn’t won anything since she was 10 and is excited!! Megha, I…