April 2023 I feel like I was barely able to catch my breath during the month of April. I started the month by returning to work after taking time off to take care of my dog after her ACL surgery at the end of March. It took me most of the month to get caught […]
March 2023 March was a pretty quiet month. We celebrated my new son-in-law’s birthday with family. We spent a ton of time getting things ready for my dog’s surgery at the end of the month. Stella did much better than we expected with her surgery but she will have a second surgery and a long […]
February 2023 February was a relatively calm month. I enjoy my quiet routines but I suspect my college-age daughter is not impressed and is realizing her parents are incredibly boring. I had a couple of days that I was able to work from home which was a nice break from my daily commute. We stayed […]
January 2023 January was a quiet month for the most part. We spent a lot of time at home just hanging out and following our normal routine. One of my dogs tore her second ACL and now needs surgery on both back legs. Her first surgery is scheduled for the end of March and I […]
December 2022 Much of December was a blur. We attended multiple Christmas gatherings, picked up my daughter’s belongings from college, found out my dog needs surgery for a torn ACL, and juggled our normal responsibilities with work, family, and household chores. Even with all that was going on I somehow managed to read more books […]
November 2022 Most of November was pretty average. We did go to my daughter’s college to see her senior recital about midway through the month. The last week of the month things got a little crazy with Thanksgiving, my birthday, and my daughter coming home from college for the holiday. We had some cold weather […]
October 2022 October was a much quieter month which is exactly what we needed after the whirlwind that was September. We spent a lot of time at home, worked on a couple of puzzles, and spoiled the dogs. I got a lot of reading time in during the month which makes me feel like I […]
September 2022 September was a month that I will never forget. Things were hectic and somewhat crazy in the weeks leading up to the wedding. For much of the month, I just wanted the wedding to start so I could quit working and just sit back and try to have a good time. My daughter […]
August 2022 August was good. Sometimes busy and sometimes quiet but good. We hosted my daughter’s bridal shower at the beginning of the month. After a week of frantic packing, my younger daughter returned to college and we returned to having an empty nest. We also had some low-key weeks that were mainly spent at […]
July 2022 July was a whirlwind. I expect this to continue until my daughter’s wedding in September. We got more things in order for the wedding and bought dresses. I think that we have most of the key pieces in place but there are still a lot of details to deal with. On top of […]