Snow weekend!
Last weekend, I was invited along for a girls’ weekend in the snow. If you recall, I went with my friend Susi and some of her friends to Tahoe once before. One of her friends...
Category: holidays
Our Christmas 2023
This year, we traveled over the holidays again for the first time in years. I took the whole week between Christmas and New Year’s off and we flew down to Southern California to spend the...
Currently | December
STOKED | to be finishing up my last work day of the year. It’s quiet on Campus today. EXCITED | to start my new knitting project over the holidays. I think I mentioned that I...
29: A holiday gift+ wish list
I am doing NaBloPoMo this month. 30 blog posts in 30 days. Come join me. #nablopomo2022 It’s the time of the year with all the gift and wish lists and I always like participating. I...
25: Holiday Card Roll Call
I am doing NaBloPoMo this month. 30 blog posts in 30 days. Come join me. #nablopomo2023 If you have been a long-time reader of my blog, you already know that every year for the last – oh,...
23: Grateful
I am doing NaBloPoMo this month. 30 blog posts in 30 days. Come join me. #nablopomo2023 photo credit: @ellienelie via Unsplash Stephany has linked to a set of gratitude prompts in previous years (and she’s doing the prompts again this year)...
11: The 8th annual Secret SANta Swap 2023
I am doing NaBloPoMo this month. 30 blog posts in 30 days. Come join me. #nablopomo2023 photo credit: @katishna via Unsplash Hello and welcome to the 8th annual Secret SANta Swap 2023. First things first,...
4: My annual Halloween neighborhood run
I am doing NaBloPoMo this month. 30 blog posts in 30 days. Come join me. #nablopomo2023 As mentioned yesterday, Halloween is a rather uneventful holiday around here. Jon loves Halloween but we usually don’t do...
Our Christmas 2022
Well, our Christmas turned out to be a little bit different than we had planned. This year, we finally had plans to host family (Jon’s mom) for Christmas. We had been looking forward to have...
Between the years
The German phrase “zwischen den Jahren” (“between the years”) refers to the days between Christmas and New Year’s Day. I am always finding myself in a weird state of mind during this time. Not bad,...