Look, just because I haven’t been writing here (or in my journal) doesn’t mean I haven’t been writing. Currently, when I have a minute, I’ve been trying to post on my Substack about topics related to my new business venture. I’m positioning myself as an expert!!! And that takes a lot of time. Combined with…
August is winding down. I figured it was time to sit down and knock out another post before all the month’s details escape me. We got to see Addie and her husband Adam at the beginning of the month when they came to town for a BTS concert at the Meadowlands. You may remember that…
July has been packed with so many of my favorite summer events. I’ve also been busy writing up lesson plans for Teddy and my co-op class. And since Fulton just turned 18 I got to enjoy a two+ hour conversation with the Social Security Administration amidst all the fun. Lastly, I’m starting a new business…
How is it possible that this child of mine is now a Mrs. ????? I can’t possibly be old enough to be a MOTHER IN LAW!!!! Where to start? We arrived in Cleveland on Monday, June 30th and I was put to work immediately! It’s been hard helping Addie plan her wedding from seven hours…
It’s been awhile and a few things have happened. Let me bring you up to speed. shopping My mom came to visit and we did fun mother daughter things like visit another winery and go dress shopping, and I successfully found my mother of the bride dress! It looks nothing like I was saving on…
It’s sunny and temperatures are in the 80s this week! celebrating We were at home for the Triduum and Easter Sunday. Fulton got an infusion Tuesday of Holy Week, and had some side effects which meant he and I stayed home from the Holy Thursday Mass while Tony, Teddy and Edie attended. Thankfully, Edie and…
Spring is officially here, we made it to OCNJ, and we got a first class feast thrown in the middle of the week. Things are looking up! enjoying Byron came home for the weekend, and with warm sunny weather forecasted, we went to Ocean City. The boardwalk had quite a few people about (for March),…
Since my last seven, we survived another snow storm. Thankfully, it’s mostly melted now and warmer temperatures are moving in. Having temps in the 50s feels amazing after such a cold and icy February. drinking My mom came to visit for a bit and I took her to another South Jersey winery – Balic. I…
We’ve entered the third semester which means we’re more than halfway through the year; time for a mid-year review! You can read my 2025-26 curriculum post to see what I selected at the beginning of the year. You can read my other mid-year reviews here. what’s working The English materials I chose for both boys…
The first few days of Lent are always tough as my body is trying to figure out why I’m not giving it all the crap it’s used to consuming. celebrating Tony and I did a date night last Thursday, so Saturday I had a Galentine’s Party with three of my closest friends who are all…
Trying to get back into some regular blogging, not because of any specific goal, but just because I enjoy it, and because future Kelly loves going back through her archives. affiliate links below reading In my quest to define “ultra processed food”, I read Metabolical, but felt like the author was yelling at me a…
It’s not yet Candlemas, so I still have time to write up my usual Christmas summary post! We’ll take it back to the last week before Christmas and go up to Epiphany. Don’t worry; nothing exciting has happened in the last week+, so this post should suffice for awhile. End of Advent We finished our…