Weekend Happenings! (2023 #30-2, River Trip Day 2 – Thursday)
Thursday was SUCH a great day with so many fun spots (and one REALLY crappy one). I had a surprise planned for Thursday night that had been in the works for months and as the day went on I just kept getting more and more excited about it. First, I woke up at 5:15. And...
Weekend Happenings! (2023 #30-1, River Trip Day 1 – Wednesday)
Wednesday was a day I’d been excited about for MONTHS! Val and Tiff and Tiff’s oldest son were flying into Chicago ORD (from Denver and Los Angeles) so we could all drive to Guttenberg, Iowa and spend a few days on the river together! I was so excited I...
Random Thoughts Thursday 415
Woo hoo! My INR was 2.8 on Monday and my next appointment is three weeks out. It feels good to be back on track. Last week I noticed my left leg is quite larger in circumference than my right – by almost an inch! When I brought this up at my Monday appointment,...
So much watermelon
Tell me you love watermelon, without telling me you love watermelon… Seriously, I think the two of us have taken down 12-15 of them so far this season! Yum! But this post is actually not about watermelon. It’s me popping in to say WHY DOES PREPARING FOR A...
Weekend Happenings! (2023 #29)
A few notes from the weekend! This weekend was the beginning of all the trips to Iowa – I’ll be there three times this month. The purpose of this trip was to clean the house my friends and I will stay at next week (and to take the jet ski I picked up for...
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! 🙂