
Big Mia! This year she grew around a foot, only wants to ski black diamonds, blossomed into a kid that is loving team sports (this was previously a struggle, but she loved basketball, soccer, and t-ball this year), swims like a fish, is so darned curious, lives to be tickled and/or wrestle, and perhaps her biggest milestone? READING, which happened so fast – one…

Always the baby. Going to keep telling myself that. Still an absolute goof, downgraded to just an okay sleeper – big girl bed means she leaves it quite a bit, loves biking, still refuses to dunk her head under water, silly eyes have been out of practice a bit, but I’m fighting to bring them back, has so many stuffed animals she’s likely got…

This weekend concluded a three week away-from-home stint. Prior to that, I had been sick most of the year. Combining the two, I am in relatively awful shape. My weight is about 12lbs more than I’d like it to be, Lord knows what my fitness is like (currently cruising through my first ride back), and I’m a bit behind the plan… I’ve chosen to…

As a kid, collecting sports cards was one of my favorite things. It is a shame all those cards are worthless now, but fortunately that means recollecting them is super affordable! I recently rediscovered the hobby and following my post about all the different Washington Football Team starting QBs over my lifetime, I got interested in collecting more than just all the Jayden Daniels…

A little something I had my robot friend (Claude) put together. Now begins the process of collecting a rookie card from each one of them. Should cost no more than about $7? Theismann is the only one of real value, but I could probably skip that since I only moved to the DC area in 1985; he was history at that point. Complete Quarterback…

A stable year. That is okay. This afforded me to focus a lot on myself – what makes me happy, what makes me unhappy, how I parent, how I partner, what I value, what is worth my time. Still lots of work to do here, but I feel I’ve framed things for success or at least know how to 🙃 Family Mia is now…