For the first time since we found out Matt’s Dad was in the ER back in January, I went a whole week without blogging. I think that’s kind of how it is, though— I post the initial post about what’s going on (see exhibit A about Matt’s Dad and exhibit B about my miscarriage), …
Winters are always kind of a tough time for me anyway (what with the limited sunlight and the below zero temperatures outside that cut into my running and the nearly constant feeling of being cooped up indoors), but the beginning of 2017 has been especially tough. In addition to dealing with hard things in our …
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 …
Just dropping these Halloween pics in here for fun since I don’t know what else to do with them… And yes, I know Raven’s trick-or-treat bucket is the ghetto-est of ghetto. At least I washed it beforehand, eh? 1. On Sunday, I had a 4-year-old ask me if I was expecting another baby. I’m sure …
Our hopes are that this is my last year of teaching for a long time, and while there are many things I know I will miss about being a teacher, I know for a fact that I will never once miss the intense workload and mental strain of grading papers and tests (especially when I …
You know life is hectic when I can’t even find time to blog (which I actually desperately want to do but just can’t fit in at the moment). The amount of half-written blog posts I have in my drafts folder is getting to be a bit staggering, actually. So, in honor of making things a …
Eating Lately: Since my clean eating challenge ended, I’ve been trying to figure out what to do going forward. I felt so good while on the strict diet that I knew I needed to try and sustain as many of those changes as possible, but the no-processed-foods-of-any-kind has probably been the hardest rule to …
