Posting here in case you're not on Instagram. Off they go for the first year of full homeschooling. We've done a mirco pod school for the last few years and this year Chris is making the leap to full homeschooling! Love them all so much. 💜💜
Yesterday we surprised the kids and brought home a puppy!! They have been begging for one for years and we felt like the time was right to bring one home.
Meet Angus 🐕 He's a Golden Retriever/King Charles Cavalier Spaniel mix. He's 11 weeks old and currently weighs about 8 pounds, he should be around 35 pounds fully grown. I know it will be an adjustment for a while as he gets potty trained etc but we are so excited. 😂 Wish us luck! 🤪
Cheese is good! I ate a block of chipotle oven baked cheese with lunch yesterday and it was divine. I love it, but know that it halts any progress I'm making, and will even trigger eating in excess to where I'll gain weight. It's sad but I have accepted it. If I eat it in small quantities with a meal, it's ok, but I really have to work to keep it in check.
What's your favorite cheese? How do you incorporate it? Do you see negative results when eating it?
Happy Sunday! Sharing a video today from our week, one of the highlights. This was Wednesday evening church, normally they have a more casual prayer meeting where someone plays the guitar, but they were doing some construction in the fellowship hall so they had their prayer meeting in the sanctuary. No one was there to play the piano so my my Grandma did it, she's been playing the piano in church for probably 80 years.
For context, she's 88, she had a really bad fall 5 years ago now and hit her head and ended up with a lot setbacks, similar to having a stroke. She has a lot of dementia like symptoms also (I am sure related to her Type 2 diabetes), she really can't read music anymore, and she has trouble seeing well, and she needs to wear hearing aids to hear but hates wearing them, so on this night she didn't want to wear them. My 93 (almost 94) year old grandpa takes care of both of them on their farm. Anyway, on this night she sat down on the piano and led worship as people called ...
Happy Monday! I spent yesterday walking around Madrid, the weather was beautiful and I went to visit a lot of my favorite places. Had some issues sleeping with the jet lag but hopefully the rest of the week will be better. In the office today for the start of a week of great training sessions.
How was your weekend? Were you able to stick to your goals this weekend? What is your non-negotiable for this week? Don't be afraid to change the one you set for the month if you have been not able to stick to it.
Happy Sunday! I made it to Madrid smoothly and with no delays thankfully! I lose 9 hours going to Madrid so I always end up getting a pretty short night's sleep to try and reset myself (plus I had a very early morning flight ) One of my biggest focuses in 2026 has been to improve my sleep, I really do think this has been one of the things that has helped my weight loss. This week however has been really bad in terms of getting enough sleep, early mornings with the dog and travel has left me with quite the sleep deficit. Unfortunately, it will probably take me a couple of more days of poor sleep before I get fully adjusted.
How has your sleep been lately?
