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2024 Goals
This week, I wanted to share my 2024 goals. I tackled 2023 with low expectations and I’m glad that I did. It felt good to do almost the bare minimum. I didn’t have a bunch of goals or lists of things to do but I ended the year consistently working out, counting macros, homeschooling 4…
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Homeschooling DITL
This week, I wanted to share an overview of a typical day-in-the-life as a homeschooling mom of four. My day usually starts with a 5:00 a.m. alarm. I usually have to throw myself out of bed before I fall back to sleep. I spend a few minutes getting dressed and ready for my workout in…
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Busy Holiday Season DITL
This week, I am sharing a busy day-in-the-life style post. The holiday season is usually absolute chaos, in my opinion, and while I love every minute of these merry and bright times, sometimes it can just feel overwhelming. In those moments, I always return to my favorite organizational method: list making! It’s amazing how jotting…
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Basement Renovation Update
This week, I wanted to share the amazing progress we’ve made on our basement renovation after several months of slower, less visible progress. We slowed progress over the summer as our attention shifted to outdoor projects, yardwork, and gardening tasks. We also were working slowly through some plumbing projects that had minimal visible impact but…
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Minimal Maternity Wardrobe
If it wasn’t implied from this post’s title, this week, I have an exciting announcement – and some minimalism-themed content to go along with it! Yes, I am indeed pregnant with baby #4, and after the fatigue and nausea of the first trimester, I’m finally getting back into the swing of random challenges, projects, etc.…
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Fall Celebration
This week, I am sharing a belated post. Back in early November, Joy, Robyn and I gathered our kids together for what has become an annual fall tradition. We typically do this before Halloween, but this year our Octobers were just too crazy. Instead, we opted to meet the Friday after Halloween to paint pumpkins,…
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Meal Prep: The Week Before Thanksgiving
This week, I kept meal prep really simply since it was the week before Thanksgiving. Although I’m not hosting the main event at my house, I’ll still be coordinating Thanksgiving brunch for immediate and some extended family members and bringing a couple of side dishes to our full Thanksgiving dinner. So, this week, I utilized…
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Meal Prep: Back in Action
This week, I wanted to share what I made as I got “back on the wagon” of meal prepping. The last several months, I’ve slacked off on preparing and dishing up breakfasts, lunches, and dinners for A. and me. I’ve just been flying by the seat of my pants and cooking whatever sounds appetizing on…
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Annual Hiking Tradition
This week, I wanted to share a new tradition my family has started. Over the last few years we have set several hiking goals. One goal is to hike all of the state parks in Connecticut. Another one is an annual hiking trip in New Hampshire. My friend wanted our families to hike Mount Monadnock…
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Multitasking
In July of 2022, my oldest son started taking guitar lessons. These lessons took place mid-morning during a week day. At first, I had no idea what to do with all my other kids. To avoid being disruptive, we would sit in the car. I had them bring books or toys to play with. Then…