I was invited to do a presentation and when asked about the interests of the audience, “fears of becoming disconnected, losing a step, and growing old not-so-gracefully” was the response. I chuckled because some of those same concerns have been in the back of my own mind lately and now I couldn’t keep ignoring them!
It is starting to feel like fall, and I am here for it. I have never been a fan of warm weather, finding my perfect temperature to be anywhere in the 60s. That is layering weather right there, my favorite, and cooking is so much more fun when you aren’t sweltering.
We survived our first week (and it wasn’t even a full week) of the girls being back in school. They were exhausted by Wednesday, and Bryn honestly cried when I told her she has ten years of school left.
I am writing this while on our way back from vacation with my family. We spent the week up on Vermilion Lake in northern Minnesota and enjoyed the cool weather and abundant hiking spots. I also thoroughly enjoyed the week off from housework.
Nursing homes in House District 15A have begun receiving shares of the $300 million infusion in state funding Rep. Chris Swedzinski, R-Ghent, supported and the Legislature provided last May.
We all know that women have superpowers, but I would say our handiest power is our ability to know where everything is in our house.
This past week I learned about the silent to-do list, and oh mylanta, this is it. It is what I deal with on a daily basis, and I bet you do too, but you just never had a term for it. The term itself comes from Japanese author Fumio Sasaki in his book “Goodbye things”.
I came across an idea just this morning that I thought was pretty dang smart. Now, it might not be for everyone, but I can see it working for my kiddos.
Pay your kids for their toys. Instead of just asking your kids to pare down their toys, which is hard for them to do, tell them you will pay them for their toys.
I have never been a morning person. I so wish I were. When I taught school, I was up by five every morning, but that was because I didn’t like starting my day rushed. I would rush and then feel the stress just a risin’, and it would throw off my entire day.
On the home front, we are getting ready for a big switch and taking a break from homeschooling. I stressed from the get-go that it was always up to the girls if and when they wanted to go back to public school, and this past spring Violet expressed interested in returning to the school setting.
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