and finally the last week of summer.
i love seeing all the ephemeral bits of our lives.
l added lots of family photos this week.
Moments from this Week 2018 is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
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Sweet Little Lies was okay. It didn’t blow me away but I was interested enough to keep going. Where the Crawdads Sing might be my new favorite of 2018 so far. I love love loved this book. I kept wanting to put down Inappropriation because it just didn’t feel like my type of novel but i kept going because the satire was so over the top. Nothing Good Can Come from This was okay in some parts and meh in others. I’ve never been a drinker so maybe this is more about me and not the author. I’d put off A Place for Us several times so I finally tackled it and it was decidedly a meh. Then I picked up The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo which I also had put off forever. It was much better than I’d expected but too long imho. I can’t say it was a bad week because I read one of my favorite 2018 books this week! 🙂 Books I Read this Week 2018 is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
Weekly Intention: This is my birthday week and I will be honest, I need some rest after last week. My only goal this week is to go back to taking care of myself. Exercising, eating well, sleeping a lot. I really need the reset. This month’s intention is: Love Strong: This month is hard. There are transitions, new schedules and more. Use this month to think about what it would look like to love more. Love yourself more: more self-care and kindness. What boundaries can help you? Love Jake more: what’s something you can do for the two of you? Love your kids more: How can you help them with the transition? Oh this is lovely. I am working on it!! One way I will stretch this week: The major project for October is stretching me plenty. One boundary I will set this week: i will guard my exercise and sleep like a hawk. This week, I will focus on pleasing: my husband. and me. One new thing I will learn this week: perspective. One area where I will go deeper this week: the curriculum for 4th grade. What do I need to sit with this week? how to get back to feeling better. I am looking forward to: back to school night. my birthday. having a day off. This week’s challenges: just getting back on track. Top Goals:
I will focus on my values:
This week, I want to remember: that it’s all going to be ok. Stronger Than Before is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
Top Goals Review:
I celebrate: i celebrate a successful summit. I am grateful for: a little quick getaway with jake. Karen’s Points: i only did 1 short run and one body pump this week. A Change I embraced: offsite all week really messed up my routines. I let go of: everything this week, i am in so much pain. Core Desired Feelings Check-in:
Where I chose Joy: i was really present even though i had so much pain. I showed up for: my team. A Mistake I made this week: i jump the gun a bit too soon. i need to be more patient. What I tolerated this week: pain. My mood this week was: in pain. I forgive myself for: dropping the ball on my personal goals. What I love right now: not very much at this moment. Weekly Reflection is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
this week is a mish mosh of last weeks of summer.
camps, backyard adventures, work, and family 🙂
love looking at these so much. Moments from this Week 2018 is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
The Last Watchman of Old Cairo was not bad but it didn’t grip me and I just don’t always have the patience for historical novels so they have to be really good for me to like them. I knew The Shortest Way Home would be a super light and easy read and it was okay but I don’t have the patience for those either especially since I can tell you exactly how they will end at this point, having read so many many books. I put off reading The House of Broken Angels quite a few times but I finally buckled down and read it and I am glad I did. It was interesting and funny at times, and pithy and sad at other times. His Favorites was a super short read and really sad for me in how matter-of-factly this terrible story was told. Because it was all how things worked I guess, but it’s still pretty sad. The next book was going to be my 200th so I decided to read something I knew I would love. I’d read The Tao of Pooh many many years ago and I knew I’d love it so I spent a night rereading it. Then I picked up Unhinged which didn’t turn out to be as badly written as I thought it would be. It wasn’t life changing or anything. I am not sad I read it but it wasn’t the very best use of my time. I then moved on to Snap which is a Man Booker long listed mystery. It wasn’t awful. I like when mysteries focus on character and not just plot and this one did but it also wasn’t fantastic. Net net it was a so-so week. I am so looking forward to October (I know we’re just barely in September.) because it’s going to be an awesome book month. Murakami, Brene, and Lamott together in one month! Books I Read this Week 2018 is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
After Girona, we drove to Barcelona and quickly realized that we didn’t really want a car in Barcelona so we returned our rental the next morning. Our first trip was to Park Güell. I read on the net that you didn’t need to buy the tickets to the special paid part to see all the Gaudi stuff, which was completely untrue. So that night we bought tickets and went back the next morning. I took hundreds of photos at this tiny section of the park. I will not torture you with all of them but I find Gaudi’s work to be magnificent.
The mosaics are just so so breathtaking.
and the shapes he uses are so curvy and organic.
vines.
doesn’t that take your breath away?
i just loved all of his stuff.
i mean look at this house!
Stories from 2018 is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018here.
Weekly Intention: This is a crazy week. I feel like I say that often. So today there’s no work or school(yay!) But then tomorrow midday I have a work social event which doesn’t get me home till 6:30pm or so. Wednesday’s even longer with getting home around 8 and it’s Jake’s birthday!! Poor Jake has to pickup the kids from a cross country meet on his birthday. And then Thursday is still my offsite which ends around 3 and I have to run back home to run to the kids’ school for back to school night. Friday I get to go to work for a little bit and then my inlaws come so that Jake and I can go away for the weekend (not really far away but we will not be at home so we can spend time just the two of us during the weekend between his and my birthday.) So a lot going on. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday will be really long, Friday will involve chaos and driving, and while the weekend will be awesome, I usually do a lot of work over the weekend and I will not be able to which will make next week a bit challenging (especially since I plan to take a few days off next week, too.) We’ll see how it all unfolds. On the upside every one of the individual things makes me happy so I will enjoy everything while I experience it and not worry about the next thing before it’s here. LEt’s see how well I can do being present in this moment. This month’s intention is: Love Strong: This month is hard. There are transitions, new schedules and more. Use this month to think about what it would look like to love more. Love yourself more: more self-care and kindness. What boundaries can help you? Love Jake more: what’s something you can do for the two of you? Love your kids more: How can you help them with the transition? Oh this is lovely. This weekend is something I can do for the two of us and I will be thinking about the other questions, too. I love how serendipitous these feel! One way I will stretch this week: I am hoping the offsite will stretch me, and possibly the hiking will too because it usually hurts my back :/ One boundary I will set this week: when I am with Jake I will focus 100% on jake. This week, I will focus on pleasing: my husband. it’s his birthday week!! One new thing I will learn this week: how to make these offsites even better. One area where I will go deeper this week: the curriculum for 8th grade. What do I need to sit with this week? the chaos i know that will ensue when my colleague is back. I am looking forward to: our weekend together. being by the water. This week’s challenges: tuesday’s hike. honoring jake on his actual birthday, 3 really long days, transitioning to leaving the kids behind. not getting work done on the weekend. Top Goals:
I will focus on my values:
This week, I want to remember: that i am super lucky and there are so many things to celebrate in all areas of my life! Stronger Than Before is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
Top Goals Review:
I celebrate: i celebrate the first week of school in the books! I am grateful for: using the alternate bus stop in the mornings, it’s been a game changer. Karen’s Points: I did couch 2 5K all 3 days this week which meant I finished the program, I am super proud of that. I also did 3 Body Pump classes and one HIIT class. I journaled and meditated only one of the days and I scrapped. Not perfect but pretty good for how chaotic this week was. A Change I embraced: school! I let go of: getting art done with our new schedule. Some days I let go of everything just to get some rest in there. Core Desired Feelings Check-in:
Where I chose Joy: i went to school on the first day and my friend kelly was there too, and it made my whole week! I showed up for: my friend, my colleague who’s traveling, my kids. A Mistake I made this week: i made a bunch of small mistakes this week. sometimes jumping the gun too soon. What I tolerated this week: ambiguity. My mood this week was: exhausted. I forgive myself for: not getting it all done. What I love right now: that the kids are happy at school. Weekly Reflection is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
here’s the another post-vacation set.
bits of our summer life.
and books i’m reading. love it <3 Moments from this Week 2018 is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
Now My Heart Is Full was lovely and touching but not super amazing. I didn’t like From the Corner of the Oval as much as i’d hoped i would. Too meh for me. How to Build a Girl was even more meh for me. This book gets such great reviews so it must just be me. Three Things About Elsie dragged for me. It took me forever and ever to read it. I didn’t connect with it at all. Just when I was about to give up on all books, I picked up I’m Not Missing which I swallowed up in a single day and really liked. Saved the whole week for me. Net net it was a meh week. Here’s to a good one! Books I Read this Week 2018 is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
We drove to the last town in France, Perpignan, and took the super fast train to Girona.
I’d seen this photo but seeing it in person was so much more beautiful.
isn’t it magnificent?
some interesting statues.
nathaniel loved this one store and spent 45 mins there
i loved these stairs too!
we could have taken the super fast train right to barcelona which would mean we’d miss this.
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A bunch of reading this week.
A bunch of reading this week.
even the bathrooms were pretty!
Less reading this week. 
so i am glad we did go to Girona and see this small but beautiful town. 
