Hi all! I’m checking in a day late this week, but I’m still here!
During our daily walk last night after Jeopardy!, I realized I hadn’t posted, and I made the decision to let it go and post today instead.
I came to that conclusion after working all day on the new WYCWYC Substack and… ready for it… workbook!!
Carla and I have teamed up to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of WYCWYC, and we’ve been working feverishly on a companion workbook AND planning the return of the podcast. I am more than excited. It’s giving me 2015 vibes, and I’m all about it right now.
Anyway, enough about that. I’ll definitely share news as we make progress. We both work and have families… so, you know, we’re WYCWYC’ing it. 🙂
On to the photos! I’ve decided to let the photos drive this post because I have at least one for each day of the week since last week’s post.
First up… A Day Date!
Last Thursday, The Husband and I went on a day date to one of our favorite spots in town and enjoyed a bottle (or two) of wine. We talked and talked and talked. It was so nice.
I’m old enough to start dreaming about retirement and hanging out with this guy in our old age.
Fancy Friday!
On Friday, I was hoping to make homemade pasta, but the day got away from me. So, I settled on store-bought pasta, but I still made a new-to-me dish!
I posted all about this dish on Substack with details on how I made it.
In House Competition
This past Saturday, my gym hosted its annual in-house anniversary competition, and my team won the scaled division!
We had the best team. All of us have been doing CrossFit-style workouts for a really long time, so we were seasoned and worked really well together. We’ve already decided to do it again next year!
Homemade Pasta and Hiking Boots!
On Sunday, I took The 14-Year-Old shopping to FINALLY get him a pair of hiking boots for our Iceland trip that is LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY!
It’s time I really start wrapping my head around this trip. I’m nervous, and there’s a lot to prepare, as we are taking a 4-day hiking trip!
Sunday ended with some homemade pasta making! I snuck this in just to reach my goal of making pasta once a month.
It was probably my best batch yet!
Lemon Blueberry Sourdough
On Monday, I visited a friend and brought her a loaf of Lemon Blueberry Sourdough.
Sourdough baking is funny. I really enjoy it, but I’m terrified of giving away loaves because I usually love what I bake, but I also know it’s not the best bread in the world. KWIM?
TEENS!
I have two hysterical pictures of The Boys but it feels wrong to share them without their permission. Instead you get The 14-Year-Old’s summer reading book for his English Class.
I’m glad they chose this. I think Ev will respond to it. He’s a pretty motivated kid.
That’s it!
That’s all I got this week. Funny enough I didn’t take any pictures yesterday which is a testimate to how busy I was and why I didn’t post.
Anyway, great week and I’m feeling WAY better than I did last week. To those who reached out, please know I appreciate you so much! It’s validating to know I’m not alone when I feel that way.
2025 Goal Check In
- Blog Weekly.
- so far… ✔️
- Paint More. Don’t overthink it.
- so far…✔️ (On it!)
- Make a new handmade pasta monthly.
- Jan ✔️ ✔️
- Feb ✔️ ✔️
- March ❌
- April ✔️✔️
- May ✔️
- June ✔️
- Hike at least twice a month.
- Jan ✔️✔️
- Feb ✔️✔️
- March ✔️ ✔️
- April ✔️✔️
- May ✔️✔️✔️
- June ✔️ ✔️
- Perform one unassisted dip.
- Training!
- Perform five strict pull-ups.
- Training
- Handstand walk.
- Training!
- Take at least three yoga classes a month.
- Jan ✔️✔️✔️
- Feb ✔️✔️✔️
- March ✔️✔️✔️
- April ✔️✔️ ❌
- May ✔️✔️✔️
- June ✔️✔️
- Make homemade sourdough bread.
- ✔️✔️✔️OMG I did it!✔️✔️✔️
- Take the kids to Iceland.
- Boot bought! See above.
- Fix the holes in my house (long story, lots of plumbing issues this year).
- Two holes down, two to go!
- Continue my Spanish Streak on Duolingo (I’m on day 1,231!!).
- so far…✔️ day 1405 (Have to do it tonight)
- Take a Spanish class in person.
- Found a local training center! No class times work for me, hoping for fall!
- Plan something special for The Husband’s 50th birthday!
- Have a new idea!
- Snatch 125lbs.
- Training!
- Compete in at least one weightlifting meet.
- Registered for this one! (Two weeks away!)
- Walk a minimum of half a mile daily with Marsh and, preferably, with the Husband, but I can’t base my goal on him.
- 158/166 days so far this year.
- Track my movie-watching on Letterboxd.
- so far…✔️ Click here to see!
- Keep my citrus trees alive! (I have a lemon and a lime tree I named Laverne and Shirley. Laverne is not doing too well after a disastrous root rot issue this fall, but we are doing our best.)
- so far…✔️ They are outside! Thriving!!
- Host an extended family dinner monthly.
- Jan ✔️
- Feb ✔️
- March ✔️
- April ✔️
- May ✔️
- June ✔️
- Clean out and organize my closet and drawers.
- Thrift more and purchase no brand-new clothes.
- so far…✔️
- Take daily supplements more consistently.
- so far…✔️ (Killing it!)
- Reduce alcohol consumption to once or twice a month.
- Jan ❌ 1/18, 1/23, 1/31 (close!)
- Feb 2/1, 2/15 ✔️
- March 3/22 ✔️
- April 4/25, 4/26 ✔️
- May 5/3, 5/10 ✔️
- June 6/7, 6/19
- Cook one new recipe/dish a month.
- Jan ✔️
- Feb ✔️
- March ✔️
- April ✔️
- May✔️
- June
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Congrats on the comp!