Monthly Wrap-Ups

My Goings-On in July: Here are the things that stand out to me this month: I started training for a marathon! Now, I am not a runner. At all. The farthest I’ve ever run was a 5k, and that was like 10 years ago (and I thought it was amazing that I even accomplished that at… Read more »

My Goings-On in May & June: Here are the things that stand out to me over the past two months: May was all about graduation and end-of-school events.  Danielle graduated high school. She’s off to Purdue in the fall! We had her graduation party last week. June was all about vacation, followed by COVID. At… Read more »

My Goings-On in April: Here are the things that stand out to me this month: I re-purpleized my hair! (Check out the pic in my sidebar.) Trip to Atlanta. This was technically a college visit for Danielle (we visited UGA), but we turned it into a long-weekend trip to Atlanta. We went on a food… Read more »

My Goings-On in March: Here are the things that stand out to me this month: Writing. I’ve started writing a new book! Not very far at this point, but it’s good to be working on something new. My 2022 Reading Progress: I read 8 books in March, bringing my total for the year to 35. This puts… Read more »

My Goings-On in February: Here are the things that stand out to me this month: Visit to Iowa State University. We visited Iowa State University and actually made a pretty huge realization while we were there. They have a Landscape Design program that’s heavier on horticulture and lighter on design than the actual Landscape Architecture…. Read more »

My Goings-On in January: Here are the things that stand out to me this month: My son’s Special Olympics snowshoeing competitions. Technically, the state competition took place during the first three days of February, but since I’m late writing this post (partially because of that 3-day competition), I’m including it here. Noah competed in January… Read more »