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Lost an Hour Gained Some Sanity (w10)

(featured image was generated by co-pilot. I asked it to create an image of sanity. Loved the result!)

This past Sunday morning, while lying in bed completely oblivious to the fact that it was “spring ahead,” I found myself pondering the insanity of the world, worrying about my kids, and debating whether to get up and go to yoga.

It was then I decided to take a bath.

Yes, at 7 am (I would soon realize it was really 6) I drew myself a bath and mindlessly scrolled through amusing TikTok videos.

Then I decided today was the day. I would skip yoga and finally tackle one of my loftier 2025 goals: organizing and purging my disastrous wardrobe.

I started with the drawers, pruning and folding as I went.

Then it was off to the closet!

How embarrassing is this?

I’ve been living out of piles of clothes for like a year now.

Half the stuff in there is things I either don’t like, don’t fit, or are old AF. I literally found a skirt that I wore BEFORE I HAD KIDS. I mean, my oldest is nineteen and this thing was from my college days. (I should have snapped a picture.)

Regardless, we blasted music and got to work.

Oh, that’s right… WE!

The Husband was TOTALLY game to organize his side as well, and I appreciated the company.

After a few hours, we both took a deep breath of relief as we enjoyed our newly organized room and closet!

We now have five bags of clothes to donate and huge smiles every time we walk into our bedroom. I needed that bit of sanity desperately. We have to control the things in our control, amiright?

Now, the new goal is to maintain this organization! That’s the real struggle.

In other news…

Painting

I got a little painting in this week, nothing worth sharing, just some practice pages in my watercolor journal.

Sourdough

I baked some bread!

I have tried sourdough baguettes a few times now, these were by far my best, but I still suck at shaping them. As you can see, the bottoms blew out.

No one seemed to mind. They devoured it anyway.

Gym

I’m making significant progress on my pull ups and dips! I’m hoping to nail both those goals before the summer.

My lifting is, well, meh, mainly because I haven’t been focused on it. I will start a new Olympic Lifting training cycle in two weeks. I just need to figure out what event I’ll be doing this year since I’m not headed to the Nationals again.

The Kids…

I am ending this post with this little nugget before updating my yearly goals:

The next time I post I will no longer have a 13-year-old. Little Bean’s birthday is sneaking up on us!

By next week I will be the proud mom of a 14-year-old and 19-year-old. WTF? That’s all I can say about that.

2025 Goal Check-in

  1. Blog Weekly.
    • so far… ✔️
  2. Paint More. Don’t overthink it.
    • so far…✔️
  3. Make a new handmade pasta monthly.
    • Jan ✔️ ✔️
    • Feb ✔️ ✔️
    • March (not yet)
  4. Hike at least twice a month.
    • Jan ✔️✔️
    • Feb ✔️✔️
    • March (not yet)
  5. Perform one unassisted dip.
    • Attempted strict today… just need to work on depth!
  6. Perform five strict pull-ups.
    • Training!
  7. Handstand walk.
    • Training!
  8. Take at least three yoga classes a month.
    • Jan ✔️✔️✔️
    • Feb ✔️✔️✔️
    • March ✔️
  9. Make homemade sourdough bread.
  10. Take the kids to Iceland (planning is in the works!).
    • Second installment paid!
  11. Fix the holes in my house (long story, lots of plumbing issues this year).
    • Two holes down, two to go!
  12. Continue my Spanish Streak on Duolingo (I’m on day 1,231!!).
    • so far…✔️ day 1301!
  13. Take a Spanish class in person.
    • My class was canceled. 🙁 Back on the hunt!
  14. Plan something special for The Husband’s 50th birthday!
    • Research underway and now I have TOO many ideas. lol
  15. Snatch 125lbs.
    • Training!
  16. Compete in at least one weightlifting meet.
    • no progress
  17. Walk a minimum of a half-mile daily with Marsh and, preferably, with the Husband, but I can’t base my goal on him.
    • 65/71 days so far this year.
  18. Track my movie-watching on Letterboxd.
  19. 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 have new growth! I will take a pick once I move them outside.
  20. Host an extended family dinner monthly.
    • Jan ✔️
    • Feb ✔️
    • March – dinner plans this coming Saturday!
  21. Clean out and organize my closet and drawers.
    • DONE!!!
  22. Thrift more and purchase no brand-new clothes.
    • so far…✔️
  23. Take daily supplements more consistently.
    • so far…✔️ keyword “more,” I’ve missed a few days
  24. Reduce alcohol consumption to once or twice a month.
    • Jan ❌ 1/18, 1/23, 1/31 (close!)
    • Feb 2/1, 2/15 ✔️
    • March (haven’t drunk in March yet!)
  25. Cook one new recipe/dish a month.

7 replies on “Lost an Hour Gained Some Sanity (w10)”

Love your updates! Your blog is so nostalgic to me since I have been around when your 19 year old was literally a baby! Thank you for continuing to write.

I also love your updates and I too have been following you for many, many years! I enjoy following your adventures and find you quite inspirational.

I have been following since your kids were babies as well. I’m was just this weekend explaining to my son (26) about wyc wyc

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