Where did November go? It was another one of those months that flew by. Mostly I have been absorbed by work uncertainty. My contract went until Nov 29. On Nov 7, news came down and it suddenly seemed unlikely that my contract would be renewed. On Nov 21, the contract got extended two weeks to Dec 13… now I continue to wait and see what’s next. Maybe I’ll have end […]

Where did October go? It feels like just last weekend I came home from Minneapolis. My weekends in October filled up with special activities – such as a friend in town from overseas, a birthday party, martial arts tournament, Thanksgiving, mountain biking trips while the weather is still warm enough… I think yesterday (Nov 2) marks the last trail ride of the season. Time to start cocooning into November! Books […]

OCTOBER IS HERE AT LAST I’ve been ready for cozy season for like four weeks now and it seemed like it was arriving around Sept 20 so I swapped out some of my spring/summer decor for fall/winter but then the weather went back to SUNNY AND CLEAR SKIES AND 30° this past weekend??! That was kind of nice, because my sister and I went down to Minneapolis from Sept 26 […]

I forgot to mention in my June month in review post that I would be acting at work again for five weeks. So that used up all my brain power from the July 7 to August 9. Add in all my camping trips, and my summer went by in a flash. I am still enjoying lovely weather in September so far, though, so looking forward to spending some time with […]

Where did June go! Oh right, it went into my two weekends of camping. I leave straight from work on Thursday and return by Sunday evening. Then this past weekend (since June 28), we have family visiting from out of town so that has also kept me busy. But technically I met my blog post goal for this month so that’s exciting. 😛 I was reading my way through two […]