Random Thoughts Thursday 449
Here’s my mani from last week! Next week I will go all pink to match my marathon outfit. As mentioned, I canceled my strength class today to get more sleep. I’m proud of me! It’s hard for me to not start my morning with a workout. I was up at 5:20 to...
First cross country!
Steven did his first solo cross country flight on Friday! Woo hoo! He flew from Waukegan, IL to Janesville, WI and back (previously, he hadn’t left the airport pattern on his own). While he was flying, I remembered I could track him on flightaware.com, so I did!...
Random Thoughts Thursday 440
The RAGBRAI route was announced last Saturday night. I was really hoping it would end in Guttenberg this year, but womp womp, it’s going really far south. That will be a pain to get to if we decide to participate! (RAGBRAI is the Register’s Annual Great...
Don’t drive in a whiteout
I’m sad to report I missed our youngest nephews’ joint birthday party on Saturday in Iowa. Iowa got a lot of snow, then Illinois started to get a lot of snow, then the winds picked up, then the snow stopped, but the winds kept going (and THEN the temps...
2023: Unexpected Happenings
2023 was full of unexpected (mostly wonderful but some not so much) happenings and I’ve got to document them! Don’t worry, I’ll just do list form. Ooo, but let’s do categories! Wonderful Paying off my student loans Going back to therapy...
Hi! I’m Kim, a 39-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, reading, and eating. I follow a vegan lifestyle and am employed by the federal government. 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! 🙂