Weekend Highlights! (2023 #9)
A few highlights from the weekend! My Instagram friend @blackcat.dots (Caitlin) and her husband (Joe) drove from North Carolina to spend the weekend with us. It was our first time meeting in person! We had a wonderful time hanging out and getting to know them. And we...
Random Thoughts Thursday 394
Every once in a while a lot of my work team is in the office and we have lunch together in the breakroom and it’s so nice to have organic conversations! Sometimes I feel like I’m being annoying when I reach out to people “just to chat” when...
Fake it till you make it and all that
Despite having very little artistic knowledge and skill when I first joined the artist community on Instagram, I never felt any sort of imposter syndrome (despite very much being an imposter at first!). The community there is amazing – welcoming, encouraging,...
Learn to savor
This is another food/eating post, so feel free to skip if that’s triggering! I should have put a warning on yesterday’s! Another thing I noticed I was doing during meals when Steven was gone was scarfing down my food even faster than normal. How is that...
Bachelorette Lifestyle
I’m so so lazy. Steven has been out of town for most of the week and he makes 99% of our meals. So I decided to keep it reaaaaaaaaaaaal simple while he was gone. On Monday I bought a salad mix and made one half of it Tuesday night and ate it with vegan Gardein...
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! 🙂