This baby. We are so in love with him already.
4.19.2024
4.18.2024
23 - Spring Break Chicago
Over spring break we took a short trip to Chicago and Northern Indiana. Our friends joined us which made it more fun. I only wish it was a bit warmer. We went to the Navy Pier, Magnificent Mile, Science and Industry museum, did the big Ferris wheel, found a park, and we went to the Fair Oaks Dairy Farm.
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2024 Listy
4.17.2024
18 Marshmallows
Kathleens food this year is marshmallows. So I thought let’s make some. We used Martha Stewart’s recipe and made a few alterations like we made some of them lemon and some with chocolate. They turned out okay but honestly they weren’t my favorite ones I ever made.
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3.05.2024
Things that made my year
I have seen people documenting by making lists of things that made their year and last year I started jotting my list down. I had planned to make 100 but I ended with 72.
things that made my year 2023 by KJB
- Olaf and Smolaf our snowmen.
- Chocolate taste testing.
- Rodeo night at kids night out.
- Shooting buckets on the floor of Millet.
- All the kids who gave me hugs when I volunteered at school.
- A Harry Potter Birthday crafting party.
- Spring break stay-cation and discovering “gummy teeth”.
- Jones delight in making the travel hockey team.
- Learning to use Rise360 holy cow was it simple after using other authoring tools.
- Gus Gus sightings.
- Visiting Thomas Dambo trolls.
- When a friend drops off anti-nausea meds for my daughter who was getting sick all night.
- Auntie Kathleen got married and I gave a toast I might have cried.
- Jones goes to sleepover camp for first time me being nervous him not.
- Thea’s desire to help me paint a “Muriel” it is so hard to let go of control but also so rewarding.
- Seeing jones make new friends at hockey school and seeming so much more mature.
- Reading a book while my kids at at the pool independently.
- When my little sister is having a baby.
- The number of compliments I got on Thea and Is matching dresses for Kelly’s wedding.
- When Jones said “this art installation isn’t so bad it’s cool” at Paso Robles field of lights
- Playing pool at the Aloft.
- Having Jones tell me he was “sad camp was over”
- The wind and the sun at Half moon bay.
- Thea deciding to try out for a play and contemplating if she should sing “my lipstick is popping” or “Jolene”
- End of summer neighborhood sleepover.
- Barbie movie. Hi Barbie!
- Impromptu pool party at Natasha’s.
- Practice walks.
- New pink moccasins.
- School supplies.
- Cheerful greetings during RAH cart.
- Thea trying something new being a Jungle Bush in Jungle Book.
- Orange whippy dip
- Jones first bengals game.
- Jones top golf hockey swing.
- Halloween skate with football player and zombie figure skater.
- Carpool!!
- Practice Chicken dinner with all the mom friends.
- Friend pumpkin patch
- Viking ship ride at dusk.
- Icy cold halloween.
- Audiobooks
- Good markers.
- Perry Park hockey with friends and family.
- Jonesy writing a speech to give his hockey team to motivate them.
- My kids carving their own pumpkins.
- Thea’s moment being picked as cheer captain.
- Jones comforting his teammates as they lost the playoff game.
- Airplane shoot off at Louisville Science Center.
- The giant world at the pool.
- When the kids think the Cirque du Solieil will be boring and then see it and think it’s awesome!
- Thanksgiving break sleepless water park trips.
- Cheese sample day at Costco.
- Thanksgiving at a friends.
- Watching the hawk that visited the tree outside my work window.
- Doughnuts at dawn.
- Thea joining in at the winterfest lights parade at Kings Island.
- Making crafts with my niece and nephew.
- Mini van pizza and Christmas light displays.
- Christmas nachos with smoked meat by Joe.
- Jonesy joining us to play games while the kids play downstairs.
- When my friend text and ask me to take her to church on Christmas Eve.
- When your friend saved you from throwing a baby shower in burger king
- Baby shower for lita and wolfie.
- 45 beaver signal.
- 4 of 5 siblings being in Oxford.
- Multiple conversations in the beechpoint haus living room.
- Getting complemented on my cup holders.
- Finishing not one but 3 quilts in 2023.
- Jonesy sliding me notes while I am on conference calls.
- Pools sooooo cold you can’t dip your toes in and the company on the pool deck.
- “Fancy” dresses with Thea on new years Eve
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3.03.2024
2024 Listy
I wrote this a while back like two months ago! Whoops. But I am just sharing it now, I had meant to write the additional ones to get to 52 but j didn’t and I am ok with that now. I actually already finished a few of these.
- Continue with Chili Bowl visits
- Try Gobbler and OxVegas
- 100 day project
- Get new bird feeders
- Buy new nesting boxes
- Help Thea decorate dollhouse
- Finish two quilts
- Donate to 30 small charities
- Purge Basket of Things
- Buy new “fun sheets”
- Send Jones to camp Jorn
- Thea and Katie to Eagle Harbor
- Jones Hockey School
- Remove stairs carpet
- Paint cabinets in primary bath
- Make some lists
- Eat croissants
- Make Kathleen marshmallows
- Plant native plants
- Make 2024 playlist
- Write 100 memories from 2024
- Football moms night
- Spring break trip someplace
- Print photos
- Buy new art
- Paint the mud room
- Make jam
- Read 20 books
- Play tennis
- Birthday party for Thea
- Birthday party for Jones
- Paint a wall or 4 dark
- Get new spring wreaths
- Make a movies list
- Watch said movies on the list
- Pool passes
- Make a “sports mom” jacket
- Take a hike.
- Visit an old friend
- Take lynley and Kathleen their Christmas gifts.
- Get kids passports
- Meet my new nephew.
- Do something on jones list
- Do something on Thea’s list
- New List
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Goals
1.23.2024
2023 recap
New years came and went around here and hockey, figure skating and all that is life has sucked us in. I did actually update my list progress earlier this year but never hit publish! So here’s the recap. 34 completed goals 5 partial, the others not so much. I feel pretty good about it.
- Monthly other country dish - NOPE
- Cincinnati Chili Parlor Tour - only 2 adding for 24
- Topiary Park - Columbus
- Host an Art club - completed
- Bike new trail - yes
- Hang a disco ball - not yet although I got some smaller ones and I have hung those.
- Start a new art journal - yes
- Remove the carpet from the stairs - no
- Visit Thomas Dambo in Dayton - done
- Make new stockings - no
- Plant sunflowers - done
- Buy the bud press jumpsuit - nope
- Rearrange bedroom - yes
- Paint guest room - yes
- Make bread - not once :(
- Buy pool passes - done
- Monthly meal plans - not really I did like 4x
- Jones to see Bengals - done
- Layover with Jono - no
- Take kids to dairy - yes
- Ladies night with Thea - Done
- Weekend trip - yes I think we took 5
- Family vacation - California done
- Visit summit park - done
- Get (renew) passports- no
- Make a friend a cake - done
- Get pretzels with Kathleen done
- Finish 5 months of project life I think I did 0
- Sleepover with Brooks- done
- Adventure with Ollie & Marlow - only Ollie :(
- Football Moms night - done
- Finish a quilt - done
- Add new art to walls - done
- Visit new place. -done
- Donate to 23 small charities - 28 actually
- Spring purge (100 items) - done
- Sign jones up for hockey school - done
- Visit JJ and Rob - nope
- Read 15 books - done read 24!
- Mini dance parties (maybe weekly) - was this even on my list I fogort
- Week of no technology evenings - maybe 2x
- Make new soup - complete
- Complete puzzle - complete
- Donate trampoline - done
- Rehang towel hooks - done
- Move raspberry bushes - completed
- Pressure wash siding - done
- Feed the birds - yes
- Make Christmas cutouts - nope
- Help Jones with his list - jones completed his list
- Help Thea with her list - thea completed hers
- Make new list ( in progress)
8.05.2023
Clothes
Back in like 2019 I was trying to diversify my wardrobe adding more colors and patterns. Well this morning I was hanging up some clothes and I noticed I finally did it. I didn’t add a bunch of prints really only a few. I actually found I am not really into prints. But I have added some color to the mix. My wardrobe has mostly become an athleisure work from home sort of mix. But I now have sweaters and sweatshirts in a variety of colors most of these are solids no words even but I did mix it up. If I had taken a closet picture from those days it would have been 90% black and gray and now it’s like a rainbow.
8.03.2023
July Miles
July I had 111.65 miles. A few football moms and I started walking at least a mile during every practice which has really helped bring the number up. Even on days when we are like it’s soooo hot we try to at least make two “laps”. We talk about life and walk and sweat and just enjoy being in each others company. This brings my total up to 677.05.
Photo is unrelated but from the other night where I took the kids and we ran thru the sprinklers.
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7.13.2023
June Miles
In June I hit 100.39 miles. This brings the total to 565.4 miles for the year. I set a goal for July to hit 110 miles and have been walking a mile during practices in the evening which have started.
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6.23.2023
21 - Ladies Night
The other day was “ladies night”. Months ago thea heard on the radio about this magical time called “ladies night” at some bar where they have like $2 drink specials for all the ladies and she was like “mom we need to get all the ladies, get dressed up and go to ladies night.” She wrote it on her bucket list and tonight was the night. The girls got dressed up and they did their makeup. I couldn’t recall the bar in question so we took them to Ainsley’s Cafe hoping we could sit on the water sadly it was raining but the “ladies” didn’t seem to notice. thea insisted on steak which of course was like a 24 oz steak so she shared this with her friend and they still didn’t finish it. Also thanks to my friend Sarah for coming with me so I didn’t have to make conversation with 7 year olds the entire time.
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2023 ta da
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