It's been another week since I wrote about my thoughts after the events of January 6th when a deadly breach of the US Capitol building occurred, and days since President Trump was impeached for the second time - a first for a United States President. The Senate is currently not planning to reconvene until after…
Monday was our first day back to work/homeschool after our five day break for the Thanksgiving holiday. Since the husband and I both have a weekday off in addition to the weekends, we had Wednesday off in trade of our normal days off, which were holiday days. Something I hadn't considered about 4 day weeks…
Thirty two weeks into our experience here in Kirkland, Washington, the one time hotspot in the United States when cases of COVID-19 first arrived here in the United States. Thirty two weeks, and I'm certain we're in it for at least another thirty two, which feels long and hard. I'm not sure how long I'll…
And like that, it's now September, though the weather isn't acting like it. We should hit eighty degrees today and the mid-eighties for the next week, which is considerably warmer than typical for our area. We only hit ninety degrees a couple of days this whole summer, so mid-eighties for a full week is really…
We've somehow ticked over into August, which means this past Tuesday was our state's primary elections. Washington is a 100% vote by mail state, which is completely awesome. I've actually never had to go down to a polling booth to vote. Of course, I waited too long to put it in the mail (no stamp…
This has been a short "week" since my last update was on Monday after our week long camping trip above the Methow Valley. The week absolutely flew by, and it is somehow already Friday again. Time is strange right now - both so fast and so disjointed. A bit like time with a newborn, except…
Well, I think I had some unfounded hope at the last quarterly update back in April that things would be more back to normal by now, but they clearly aren't. COVID cases here in the United States are higher than ever, and I'm concerned what 4th of July gatherings are going to do to them…
After too many long months, I finally got to see Felicity and Purple in person. Granted, we were all masked up and hung out outdoors off and on in the rain, but it was still in person. And that made my heart so happy. Felicity also brought the kiddo a bunch of snacks back from…
After the age that was the month of March, life slowly picked up after April and May, and June has somehow sped by. Though, in the words of Scary Mommy, this new pandemic phase is more stressful than lockdown in many ways. It's finally summer, and the weather is beginning to look like it as…
I spent last weekend completely off social media, and 95% offline, including archiving my Women's Personal Finance Facebook group from Friday afternoon to Monday morning (meaning the group was still "there" but frozen to new posts/comments/etc until I reopened it). I've been pretty overwhelmed lately, and the weekend felt like a really important reset, and…