1- “Phase 2” of our summer officially begins next week, with G/C mostly done with camp, A done with geometry, and our nanny going on vacation. Obviously it’s a letdown that we’re not getting ready to leave for Hawaii, but I don’t think it…

Some fascinating comments on yesterday’s post – thank you for sharing! I agree the entire concept of “retirement” is so complicated. If your work is part of what gives your life meaning, why would you want to stop doing it?! (Short answer: because many…

Objectively, there is absolutely nothing wrong with my Wednesdays. NOTHING. So just to clarify: this is not a complaint post. (I could complain about other things, like everyone’s bones breaking, but not my Wednesday work life). It is just me noticing that I tend…

Well, June did not go as planned. Like, at all! UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE CENTURY! But I can’t leave a gap in my 2026 recaps noooowwwww, can I? Previous months: Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May THE BIG THINGS Well. It seems appropriate to note that during this…

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1- I took some strength training progress pix today. I am not sharing them here (I HAVE posted full body shots here before but I’m not feeling it right now, maybe because my kids are older and more aware and would probably make fun…

I’m done with longer-term planning, everyone. I promise! I mean, for now (not forever). And especially in regards to travel. We moved Big Sky to Feb, and I am holding it loosely even in that time frame. (I guess I could have left it…

I guess a certain amount of psychic unrest is natural right now. I honestly think the answer is to just focus more on what I’m doing. Make the phone call. Talk to the person. Read the book. Take the walk. Etc. It absolutely works,…

It took me a while but I feel like over the weekend I came around to Acceptance. (First was shock, then was wallowing, then came a sort of abbreviated bargaining, and now . . . ) WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE READING NOTES I ditched…

Well . . . I’m pretty sure everyone can guess what this one is about! Definitely one of those raw, from-the-heart eps. I discuss current feelings and the (sad but true!) fact that plans do not always come to fruition! (That doesn’t mean we…