Weekend Happenings! (2023 #31-2, Guttenberg)
I really want to recap all my fun July stuff, but I’m so tired! And if I wait to recap, I won’t remember as much. I’ll make this one brief. I almost always go to Guttenberg, Iowa for my birthday (July 31) to spend it on the water with my family. This...
Weekend Happenings! (2023 #29)
A few notes from the weekend! This weekend was the beginning of all the trips to Iowa – I’ll be there three times this month. The purpose of this trip was to clean the house my friends and I will stay at next week (and to take the jet ski I picked up for...
Reading Update (2023 #32-34)
I’m going to do something a bit different this time and reverse the book order, because I LOVED #34, really liked #33, and did NOT like #32. [34] Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez Fiction / Women, part II of Part of Your World, which I read in December and loved, read...
Weekend Happenings! (2023 #28)
A few notes from the weekend! Thursday Highlight | This amazing new mani from Lorena! I’m in love! Other Thursday Happenings | finally getting to the point of leaving work behind on my free time, ahh • a massage during a long lunch break (I took leave) • getting...
Audiobook on the run
Yesterday I did something I’ve never done before – listened to a book while I was running. And… I liked it! I hadn’t tried it until yesterday because: 1. I usually prefer to listen to a podcast when I run, 2. I don’t listen to many...
Hi! I’m Kim, a 40-something-year-old living in northeastern Illinois with my husband Steven, and our cats, Khaleesi, Apollo, Starbuck, and Eddard aka Ned. My current main hobbies are running, painting rocks, flying, reading, and eating. I follow a vegan lifestyle and work in an account management role. I write about a variety of topics and consider this a “life” blog – a place I can share anything that’s on my mind. Please visit the “About” page to get a better idea of who I am! 🙂