Mom of Children

1 on 1 time with kid + solo parenting thoughts
Intentional Holiday Plans?
Bookish Questions
A blustery weekend recap
TGIF
On my mind
Goodbye, November; hello, December + Links
Most Used Apps
Party-pooping thoughts on kids’ birthday parties
We have a birthday girl!
Turkey and friends
And just like that… It’s Thanksgiving
A random memory
Five people I’d like to have dinner with (dead or alive)
Five Things I Did Today
Saturday + things on my mind
Five memories I’d like to relive
Paradigm change
Five Beauty Favorites
Five Ways to Stay Motivated
Monday Evening
Sunday: rest and prep
Five Glimmers
Christmas Wishlists (including me)
Next Two Months
Free time and baggage that comes with it
Five things that help my mental health
Five Favorite Meals
Things I write about on this blog
winter+combating SAD
Five things: a down day
Five Things: a day in NYC
Five Frugal Things and a few Splurgy Things
Five Things I Love About My Home
Goodbye, October. Hello, November
feeling kinda fried
Weekly Highlights+ Halloween
What I Wore Last Week
Weekend+solo parenting week+reflecting on kids’ screen time
A Rough Week
A sweet Sunday: calm before the *nor’easter* storm
10 questions + 10 things I’m into
first week of October…
Goodbye September, hello October
fall wardrobe update(s)
Weekly Recap
Solo parenting+pockets of time+weekend
Delights, highlights
The wheels fell off, need to put them back on
Currently / Happy Monday
Back-to-School, September: systems/survival
need to catch up
The never-ending pebbles but getting there
Complaints, pebbles, positives
Re-entry and back-to-school energy
Paris: the last stop
Alsace: slowing down
Burgundy: wish we had more time…
Loire valley: a few castles and some rest
Dordogne: prehistory and truffles
Downtime
routine, lavender, cats, beach
Provence: first impressions
Re-entry and Russia trip post-mortem
My journey back + reentry
on my mind + some updates
An update from Russia
Hugging Dad
Anniversary I Gymnastics I Istanbul
that’s a wrap+beach visit
Saw dad for the first time since the stroke +other updates
Goodbye, preschool!
Wrapping Up the School Year+ Travel Anxieties
Crawling Out
Dad had a stroke
My weekly recap
Tuesday: last day off+gratitudes
Memorial Monday- an *almost* total rest day
Sunday+IRL blogger meet up
Sweet Saturday
Friday well spent
Solo parenting week is over. Memorial Weekend Starts… NOW
Boba tea and drawer organizing
TGIF! + Mother’s Day
Last week, etc…
Weekend recap and the upcoming week
Goodbye April, hello May
Evening Routine
Restful yet active (weekend)
Last week scramble
Road trip practicalities + Easter
Spring break 2025: the drive+PA+Longwood Gardens
Spring break 2025: Outer Banks, NC
Spring Break 2025: Chincoteague, VA
Spring breaks of years past
April 💐+ last week
March 2025: good and bad
Funk+Looking for Positives
Weekly Reflection
Weekend FIGs
TGI Ugh: self, work, family
Pandemic, 5 years later
In the dark, motherhood article, con-crud
Goodbye February, hello March
Blog Q & A
figs+sharpening the saw+ weekly reflection
Let’s gather them figs!
Weekend: some rest, some activities
NYC, Valentine’s Day, Overwhelm, Figs, Lemons
Pile it on
🟣 FIGS and LEMONS 🍋
Goodbye January, hello February
Mood/Packing Lunch/Habits/Advice Needed
Weekend: monster trucks and jacuzzis
solo parenting week
Weekend Moments
Highlights and lowlights
Birthday/finances/thoughts
TGIF: life/work/habits
First week of 2025+Goals
2024: End of Year Survey
Reflecting back on 2024 goals
Winter break: day 10, NYC and back home
Winter break: day 9, New York City!
Winter break: day 8, December 28
Winter break: day 7, December 27
Winter break: day 6, December 26
Winter break: day 5, Christmas Day
Winter break: day 4, Christmas Eve
Winter break: day 3, Dec 23
Winter break: day 2, Dec 22
Winter break: Day 1, Dec 21
How we usually do Christmas
Stomach flu+Weekend recap
Comparasitis is here!
MOOD
Solo parenting this week
Happy Last Day of NaBloPoMo2024!
Black Friday was a Buy Nothing This Year
Gobble-gobble and a happy birthday
The day before Thanksgiving + France trip *almost* finalized
In my head
On this day in 2020
Weekend recap
Black Friday or Buy Nothing?
What’s in my bag?
Thursday Random Thoughts
Email boundaries: an update
They broke me
Want my morning routine back
Sunday Snippets
Saturday Dids and Didn’ts
TGIF and a Bear
Learning to Read
Some Wednesday Thoughts
What I use to plan
Being a parent is like…
Simple Pleasures
PA Road Trip Lessons
Lancaster Central Market
Morning Chores
What a day
Election Day Recap
Favorite Spotify Playlists
Money, money, money, money…
NaBloPoMo 2024 Rules for Self
Skater
Halloween 2024!
Things To Look Forward To in Q5
Week recap/Q4 reflection/Halloween
Life Stuff
Weekend recap/Mid Week check in/Summer Plans
Random Thoughts on a Thursday
On my mind/Weekend Reflections
Weekend recap l New week l New month
This was a hard week
Tough Week+Glimmers
grieving a friend
Seriously. TGIF
Today sucked
Marginally Better / Laundry Solution
Finally, It’s Friday
Weekend recap/September Intentions
Taking Stock: Summer 2024
Saturday Self Doubt
Back-To-School: Prep and Anxieties
Re-entry/Back to School/Self/Q4
Back to School: Shopping Our Own House First
Italy, day 15: going home
Italy, day 14: a day in transit+Naples
Italy: day 13, last day feels
Italy, day 11 and 12: routines!
Italy, day 10: Capo Vaticano
Italy, day 9: Tropea
Italy, days 7 and 8: Calabria!
Italy, day 6: a visit to Ravello
Italy, day 5: visiting other towns
Italy, day 4: Solo day + Path of the Gods
Italy, day 3: heat, struggles, beach
Italy, day 2: the Walk of Lemons + Beach
Italy, Day 1: a haunted Airbnb building and holy jet lag
Packing and Cleaning
Mood/Weekend Recap/Pebbles in Shoe(s)
Italy: Itinerary, Logistics, Worries
Summer: Mental and Physical Health
Minutiae/Weather/House project/Beach
haze / camp / books / routines
What bothers you and why?
Hello, July + 2024 Mid year check-in
Summer routines/ activities/places
Currently: June 2024
Camping Trip Highlights & Lowlights
How do you waste the most time every day?
NJ Heat Wave/Summer Activities/Rest
Midweek Random thoughts
Father
A beautiful day: 13 June 2024
Saturday Coffee Date
Summer Planning
Goodbye May, Hello June
Memorial Day Recap
Drinking Out of a Fire Hose
How do you balance work and home life + Weekend Recap
Camping with kids
A busy week 🥱
Mother
Off my chest
Annual Goals Review ❌ ✅ 🔜
Happy Friday!
Wordless Wednesday
Looking back at April, saying hello to May
Last week…
Pantry and refrigerator tour
Weekend snaps
Saturday Six
Areas of Life
Spring in Central New Jersey
Out of commission thus some thoughts on taking time off
re-entry blues and random thoughts
Looking Back at March + Looking Forward to April
Day 8: Versailles
Day 7: Gardens and the Louvre
Day 6: modern art and playgrounds
Day 5: Montmartre…Holy crowds
Day 4: Opera House, Galerie Lafayette, Bormann circus and the Eiffel Tower
Day 3: a few bummers
Paris Day 2: getting comfortable
Paris: getting there and orienting ourselves
Done ✅ and need to do 🤔
Getting ready
Anxious!
Want some minutiae of my life? Here ya go!
Happy Friday. What a week…
Feeling Tired + a few rants
Happy International Women’s Day!
Feelings I Activities I In Case of Death Folder
Dollar Street+Ludovico Einaudi+Summer Camp+Paris
Goodbye February’24, hello March’24
Growing pains+solo parenting+The Minimalist Teacher
New York City: conference + mom’s time away
Hallway Closet Reorganization
Mad science/Second Brain/ 6-10 rule
Highlights…Lowlights
A nice surprise
Evaluating…
thoughts’n pictures
January “Refresh” + Life Comforts
January Goals + Looking Forward to February
Up and Down I Go
Friday 5!
Glimmers
Moon and stuff
Health+Q1 planning
Weekend recap/Snow Day/Life
The grind
Snow, glorious snow!
First post of 2024!
New Year’s Eve
2024… Things
2023 Goals
Aaaand… It’s over
Tada! List 2023
Happy Winter Solstice
How I plan trips with kids
2023 favorites!
Wednesday Thoughts
last week
Exercise and Crazy Hair Day
Hello, December!
NaBloPoMo day 30: NaBloPoMo lessons!
NaBloPoMo day 29: getting the grip + birthday picture
NaBloPoMo day 28: against the wind
NaBloPoMo day 27: Mondays…
NaBloPoMo day 26: retirement
NaBloPoMo day 25: yesterday, today, tomorrow
NaBloPoMo day 24: Black Friday edition
NaBloPoMo day 23: Thanksgiving recap
NaBloPoMo day 22: not feeling festive *yet*
NaBloPoMo day 21: witchy weather
NaBloPoMo day 20: Iceland
NaBloPoMo day 19: falling behind/feeling behind
NaBloPoMo day 18: teacher gifts/health/Christmas tree
NaBloPoMo day 17: scarf and on feeling fried
NaBloPoMo day 16 : glimmers
NaBloPoMo day 15: (almost) Wordless Wednesday
NaBloPoMo day 14: seven reasons why
NaBloPoMo day 13: a privilege
NaBloPoMo day 12: my son
NaBloPoMo day 11: reflections on shopping
NaBloPoMo day 10: Friday Five
NaBloPoMo day 9: Thankful Thursday
NABloPoMo day 8: wordless Wednesday
NaBloPoMo day 7: an average day is a good day
NaBloPoMo day 6: House
NaBloPoMo day 5: the upcoming week
NaBloPoMo day 4: coffee
NaBloPoMo day 3: quintiles
#NaBloPoMo day 2: Snickers
#NaBloPoMo day 1: Goodbye Q4, hello Q5!
🎃 Halloween! 🎃
Funky Weather I Mood I Pats on the Back
Muddled through
Sunday Thoughts
Retreating
Wordless Wednesday
Holding Tight to the Ordinary
Wednesday Glimmers
Apples 🍎 Laundry 🧺 Bookings 😩
Five on a Friday
Disheveled
Rolling
Happier… At work
Day off. This. Rain. Needs. To. Stop.
A lazy Sunday
What things give you energy?
So much to say…
Aftercare / NJ Expanded Sick Leave Bill / A Bored Kid
Let’s talk
Five on a Friday
Hugging myself
Treading water
Overwhelmed
Delicious minutiae + looking ahead to September
Moments
In my element
Marginally better
Friday Five: Feeling Low
What motivates you?
Wins and Struggles
Goodbye Q3, hello Q4!

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