Things I’m excited about in December
Woo hoo, I remembered to do this series (because of a Google calendar reminder, shhh)! Here is something that should have been on the November list but wasn’t because it was a surprise – our sunset skyline tour! Now, on to December: Steven’s stage...
2023 has been good to me
I normally wouldn’t write a thankful list but it’s been an awfully good year and I want to document it! And I just finished a long run where I had a lot of time to think about it. So here goes! I categorized it to make it easier for skimming, ha. And this...
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My INR appointments have been going well, and at this week’s we scheduled my next one for 4 weeks out. That’s the longest I’ve gone between appointments and I’m excited we’ve gotten to this point (and hope to stay here)! Part I of the...
Choosing time off
I had my annual review* this week and decided to choose time off instead of a monetary bonus for my individual performance award (the monetary bonus = what you’d get paid for the time off). I thought about this decision for a while, compared to my usual...
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I forgot to mention we put new pins in our world map the day we came home from Maine! We added Portland, Augusta, Bar Harbor, and Concord. The only northeastern US pins we had in before were NYC and DC! Speaking of pins, I always buy the year’s RAGBRAI pin 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! 🙂