13: The 10th annual Secret SANta Swap 2025
If you’ve been a regular reader for a while, you know that I have organized a little gift exchange every holiday season for the last few years. Well, I am happy to announce that I’ll...
12: Five random things I thought about recently
photo credit: @cloudett via Unsplash “Weckmann” time We just celebrated St. Martin’s Day in Germany, and that holiday goes hand in hand with these cute traditional pastries (“Weckmann”) that are given out to the kids...
11: Five quick takes
photo credit: @uns__nstudio via Unsplash END OF THE SHUTDOWN? The Senate has approved a continuing resolution to reopen the government and fund much of the government through Jan. 30. The U.S. House of Representatives still...
10: Five questions: How often do you…?
photo credit: @gaellemarcel I stole this blog post idea from Engie, who blogged about this earlier this year. I love sharing – and learning – random things about people. … go to the office/place of...
9: 2025 Weekly Run Down 45/52 – Countdown to Turkey Burn
This week’s stats: Running: 11.8 miCycling: 30.1 miWalking: 9.16 miStrength: 70 minYoga/Pilates/Barre: 130 minWarm up/Stretching: 65 minMeditation: 65 min I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. I signed up for...
8: Five Foods I buy & eat every week
Today, I am going to share five food staples that make their way into my shopping cart every single week. I am always interested to read about other people’s grocery and cooking habits, so I...
7: Five Things that are saving my life right now
photo credit: Taisiia Stupak via Unsplash I like thinking about things that give us life instead of thinking about what’s currently hard for us (and I realize I’ve been a bit of a complainer this...
6: Thursday Coffee Chat
photo credit: @gaellemarcel via Unsplash Hi friends, let’s have a little coffee date today! I wish we could do this in person, but since we cannot, I’ll just pretend we’re out at a nice coffee shop. Maybe we’d...