and here we go. First week of Fall, September, School.
school, us, running.
cooking, us. getting my hair done 🙂
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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Note to Self was super quick and lovely, of course. I really liked Fruit of the Drunken Tree even though parts of it were very very sad. I swallowed Vox in a day. It made me furious but I couldn’t put it down. Like Never and Always was another super fast year. It was exactly what I wanted at that time. I then started and stopped 5 different books. Finally settling on Dear Madam President which was a quick and good read for me. I had a few good books this week so I am calling it a success. Books I Read this Week 2018 is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
Our next stop in Barcelona was at he climbing gym.
The boys climbed while I read.
it was fun to see them in action.
i wanted more Gaudi but the boys were done so they kindly let me do this one on my own.
the inside of this house is breathtaking.
i loved the blue.
i can’t even imagine living in this house.
Stories from 2018 is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018here.
Weekly Intention: Ok now we’re down to the last two weeks before a big event at work. These two weeks will be stressful but also really rewarding. My intention is to be really grounded. To do my exercise, eat well, and sleep. I haven’t slept enough in two weeks, I plan to fix that. I really appreciate routine even more during these weeks. I’d like to journal/meditate and practice extra gratitude this week. Let’s bring it on. 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? ok i would like to do more here. i am going to journal a bit this week on this. One way I will stretch this week: I am going to try to add the running back in, let’s see if i can do it. One boundary I will set this week: i will cook at night. This week, I will focus on pleasing: work. i want to get this right. One new thing I will learn this week: how to put this offsite together. One area where I will go deeper this week: 8th grade curriculum for my son. and i have some fun classes too. What do I need to sit with this week? how to go through the next 3 weeks with grace and joy. I am looking forward to: the 8th grade tea, i love being at my kids’ school. This week’s challenges: balancing life depending on how stressful work is. Top Goals:
I will focus on my values:
This week, I want to remember: this is a marathon and i need to pace myself. 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: our weekend away. I am grateful for: another year around the sun. i am so so grateful to be here, with these people in my life. Karen’s Points: 3 body pumps, one hiit this week. reasonable with nutrition but not perfect. it was ok. A Change I embraced: a lot of off time this week which was lovely but messed up all my routines of course. I let go of: as much as i could. Core Desired Feelings Check-in:
Where I chose Joy: my wonderful birthday. I showed up for: my life this week with all the different layers of it. A Mistake I made this week: i spin a bit more than i’d like. i’d like to be calmer, more centered, talk slower 🙂 What I tolerated this week: lack of routine. My mood this week was: grateful. I forgive myself for: how hard some of this is for me. i am learning to embrace myself. What I love right now: that i can still sit outside in my backyard. Weekly Reflection is a year-long project for 2018. You can read more about my projects for 2018 here.
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.
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!
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I was away last weekend and took two days off this past week to be with people I love which meant less reading 🙂
loved the tiles.
A bunch of reading this week.
A bunch of reading this week.
even the bathrooms were pretty!
