Random Thoughts Thursday 483
RAGBRAI, the week-long bike ride across Iowa held every July, is revealing this year’s route on Saturday night. I’m excited to see where it’s headed and start planning my summer – will or won’t I be training for a day of the ride?! I went for summer vibes...
Random Thoughts Thursday 482
This year, I’m participating in my work’s mentoring program for the first time as a mentee. Yesterday we got our mentor assignments and mine is LITERALLY the top person of my organization! I feel like I won a prize. With so much uncertainty at work right now (I work...
Random Thoughts Thursday 481
I’m just finished Mullane’s Guide to Learning to Fly: Deep Dives into Select Topics for Today’s Student Pilot and really enjoyed it. It helped me grasp some tricky concepts and gave me a much broader perspective on general aviation (GA). But WHOA my...
Christmas 2024 Highlights
Some highlights from our trip to Iowa for Christmas! (We were there Christmas Eve evening through the morning December 26th – short trip!) Christmas Eve Obviously, being with all my family! Crunchwraps for dinner being a huge hit The sweatshirt our nephew...
4 for 2024: Manis
Really reaching, right? Ha! But here are my four fave manicures from the year! I’ve been going to my wonderful nail tech, Lorena, since 2018, and we’ve become good friends over the years. She’s actually the friend I see in person the most – we spend two...
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! 🙂