4 for 2024: Favorite Painted Rocks
Ahh, rock painting. A hobby I accidentally fell into thanks to a little nudge from my snister, and it’s completely transformed my life because of the amazing people it’s brought into it. Nearly all the friends we met up with in Europe last April were rock painting...
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...
Random Thoughts Thursday 479
I forgot I had this post drafted! I started editing it as a recap of Christmas in bullet point form but yeah, that was getting long and obnoxious. I’ll write a full recap if I feel like it! We just got back from seeing my family in Iowa for Christmas! It was a...
4 for 2024
It’s kind of early to be writing 2024 recaps – there are still 16 days left in the year! Anything could happen! But it’s my blog and I do what I want! Muah ha ha. So here’s my top 4 memories from 2024 so far: 1️⃣ Our Europe TripIn April, we...
Ups & Downs (& literal ones too)
Kind of a nutso weekend. I was in Wisconsin a lot of yesterday for the visitation and service for a friend’s parent. I was a wreck and am absolutely devastated for them. I’m so glad I could go to support them though. Then the evening was our venture to the...
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 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! 🙂