It’s our family’s beach week, even though we’re only going for a long weekend this year.
As parents of older kids, it’s hard to plan an entire week when all four of us have our own schedules and responsibilities. Not to mention, it’s quite expensive to rent a beach house these days, so this year we decided to just do a long weekend.
I am back from Mexico, revived, refreshed, and ready to go!
It was a great trip with some of my favorite people. I am grateful for friends who were willing to travel with me to celebrate my birthday.
I mean, look at us…
This may be a little overzealous or even cliché, but I’m going for it. My 50th birthday is on Friday, and before I head out of town to celebrate, I just wanted to write because, well, I’m a writer, and that, right there, is where I am going to start these random thoughts that have been swimming in my head.
It’s been two weeks since I did a goal check-in, so I’m looking forward to revisiting them. It helps ground me like nothing else does, especially during the summer when I’m all over the place.
I am simply popping in tonight to keep up my weekly blogging streak. I have not missed a week since January 2025, and I don’t want to give up on it now. So here I am!
It’s been a crazy week that kicked off with our air conditioning bombing during the latest heat wave.
The first website I published was in grad school in the late ’90s.
Yes, I am that old.
My first personal site was launched in 2005 when I created a family website to blog about my first pregnancy. That site snowballed into a weight-loss blog with a recipe-site spinoff, a yearly conference I hosted for bloggers, and even a small travel blog I managed with a friend.
I saw this quote on IG a couple of days ago, and I want to discuss it.
Well, I guess I mean reflect, because I’m here writing by myself, listening to music after a pretty awesome day.
Although, I do welcome comments.
The opposite of depression
is not joy, it’s
expression.So create, create, create.
It is the soul’s medicine.
So here I am, checking in real quick on a Friday again. My goal of posting weekly on Wednesdays is falling short, but I haven’t missed a week in two years! So I’m popping in real quick before bed.
I’m not going to do a full goal check this week. I’m just here for a little brain dump, as I’ve been super active setting up WastelesslyDelicious social channels and teaching my two summer classes.
I am so happy I recommitted to setting goals and blogging weekly last year. It’s been helping me get out of my head and find myself again.
In my nearly 50 years on this earth (6 weeks until my 50th birthday!) I’ve come to the conclusion that I thrive on setting and working toward goals, with the accountability of writing about them weekly. By sharing online, I also connect with those who share my interests or struggles, and I love that.
OMG, guys, I already know I’m going to come across like a raving lunatic in this post, but you know what… I may just be a raving lunatic.
I feel like I’m in some sort of creative energy burst, and I’m allowing myself to just ride it out. So please bear with me as I use this post to try to organize my thinking and group some of the active projects and activities I currently have going on.