Nineteen year blogiversary!
My blog turned 19 today. Happy birthday, blog! Speaking of age, my car turned over 100K miles on Friday. Keep on keepin’ on, car!!! Please! Also speaking of age, I spent the weekend in Iowa getting my family’s river house ready for our friends to come...
Making time to daydream
I’ve been so darn focused on the present and living in the moment that I’m failing to take time to daydream about the future. I mean, it sounds like a good thing to be so focused and present, but what it means for me is that I’m not getting as...
New favorite day
Yesterday morning when I got to the gym someone leaving from the class before me said “I hope you’re ready to run!” “Always!” I responded. They went on to count out how many laps we did (in the parking lot) at class “4, 10, 10, 16,...
Random Thoughts Thursday 455
Steven completed his solo and cross country hours on his Monday flight. He now has all required hours checked off! He still wants to do a maneuvers flight with his instructor and needs to do a check flight with a different instructor before his oral exam and final...
Yesterday’s run
On my run yesterday I approached a group of women sitting in chairs with a dog off the side of the trail. I was paying attention to see what the dog was doing and the women didn’t really register until I could tell one of them was speaking to me. She said “I wish I...
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! 🙂