As I mentioned in my last post, we’ve been participating in a little library challenge over here that involves reading 1,000 (different) books to Raven before kindergarten. (And, thanks to Steph who gave me the great idea to open up a separate Goodreads account to track all of them!) Although 1,000 books can seem daunting …
Let’s just say that as long as I get this 10 on 10 post done within a day or two of the tenth of the month, it’s a success, okay? Okay. This last month, I kind of went through a subtle but important change with my picture-a-day goal. Before, I worried a lot more about …
After trying to get into the Christmas card tradition a couple years ago, I decided the stress it caused me wasn’t worth it. So consider this the yearly update for the Meidell fam. Update on Work: This was a big year for us in terms of work decisions! This year, I decided to quit my …
On Saturday, I had the opportunity for a second time to be a birth coach to a friend as she went through the exhausting and exhilarating experience of labor and delivery. Although I’m by no stretch of the imagination an expert after helping with only two deliveries, both of my experiences with coaching and my …
In a time of year when I should be feeling beyond motivated to set resolutions for the new year, I’m feeling a little lackluster in the dreaming department. During a season when I should be feeling grateful and counting my blessings, I find that once they’re counted, I might feel content for the next ten …
I fully intended to do a Thanksgiving post on the actual holiday (or shortly thereafter)–I had packed up the laptop (okay, I’d asked Matt to pack up the laptop), I’d made sure my camera cord was in the case to transfer pictures, and we had plenty of gaps of time without anything planned that …
I’ve talked before about how I used to kinda sorta judge stay-at-home moms who stayed in their sweats all day and talked about how it was such a struggle to get dressed. At the time, I was a full-time teacher who needed to dress somewhat professionally every weekday, so it was no problem for me …
We almost didn’t do Friendsgiving this year. (And, really, it’s not like we were under *too* much pressure to do anything of the sort since we’ve only done it for the past two years, not like for our whole married life or something like that.) This weekend before the actual holiday (which is when we’ve …
