10 Life Issues to Share

Hiya and good morning from a comfortable spot and a cluttered thoughts! I’m in my Christmas pajamas, sipping from my Christmas gnome mug, beneath a plaid blanket, with my favourite Christmas candle lit. And as a substitute of getting any cohesive put up out, I really feel the necessity to go speedy fireplace and empty my thoughts, so are you up for a fast chat?

Image we bumped into one another on the native espresso store and also you casually requested for a life replace and I blurted out these little life tidbits at you earlier than supplying you with a hug as we each ran alongside to take care of our days, as a result of that may be what actual life catch up appears like throughout this season of life and time of the 12 months, proper? Whereas that’s completely one thing I’d do, I would definitely ask you an identical, so if in case you have little life updates to share, hit me with them within the feedback!

We adorned for Christmas.

However I type of gave that away in my intro, did I not? This weekend was our solely open days to embellish and now I’m so glad we went forward and made it occur as a result of it feels SO cozy! It’s an exquisite expertise with a tween and a teen and a useful husband as a result of we took it on as a workforce. David hung garland, the ladies tackled the tree, and I headed up the little trinkets and ornamental particulars. I can’t wait to provide you a tour!

I lately learn this Wellness Mama Article and thought it was incredible.

Possibly as a result of I’ve adopted Katie for therefore lengthy and we’ve type of grown collectively by the well being and wellness house, however lots of what she mentioned resonated with me and my present beliefs about what wholesome residing appears like. Right here’s an excerpt:

I nonetheless consider in actual, complete meals, however I additionally consider in flexibility. I eat seasonally, select meals grown near dwelling when attainable, and take note of how I really feel after meals as a substitute of following strict guidelines. I’ve realized that true wellness isn’t about perfection or restriction, it’s about resilience. The healthiest folks I do know are those who can journey, share a meal with mates, and revel in meals with gratitude as a substitute of guilt. My present philosophy: meals ought to gasoline, heal, and convey pleasure, not worry.

Assembly to try to set up a brand new GYN.

I want a brand new doc in our new city and I’m assembly with a possible one at this time! We shall be discussing perimenopause. This most likely deserves a whole put up by itself, however the fast model is that I’ve been noticing some issues that make me elevate an eyebrow- temper adjustments, pores and skin adjustments, and so forth. Emotionally it’s exhausting for me to even say perimenopause as a result of I nonetheless really feel like I’m 28 and if I’m being trustworthy, it makes me really feel previous. However I’m additionally all for optimizing well being in each life stage and need to educate myself on what’s out there to assist me really feel my greatest and thrive throughout this subsequent decade. I discovered this podcast to be useful and insightful in you’re in an analogous place.

David beginning on peptides for his knee.

He’s had points together with his knees for years (yay for intense soccer throughout his youth). He’s had an ACL restore in a single and a medial meniscus tear within the different. We met with a purposeful well being physician in Asheville final week and it was a nice expertise. We went over his lab work intimately, mentioned choices (scope, PRP, and so forth) and finally determined he was an excellent candidate for the Wolverine protocol, a peptide remedy that mixes two peptides, BPC-157 and TB-500, to speed up damage therapeutic and tissue regeneration. He’s enthusiastic about it and I’ll let you know the way it goes in a number of weeks.

I simply love your ladies.

I fear this would possibly sound obnoxiously braggy, however I’ve been on the receiving finish of this praise twice over the previous week and it makes my mama coronary heart beam. Elevating kind-hearted, useful, optimistic, resilient, respectful, assured youngsters is one thing we’ve labored actually exhausting at. Seeing them embody these traits as they develop and weaving these core values into their very own personalities is simply superior. We’re so pleased with the younger women they’re turning into.

Friendsgiving.

We had a Friendsgiving gathering our Saturday with our neighborhood mates crew. I introduced David’s chili in my journey sluggish cooker (so useful) and we loved a number of hours of connection whereas the children ran round taking part in sardines. One factor we have been hoping for with this transfer was for a reference to our group and we lucked out a lot.

Photo voltaic panels are up.

However not but turned on. Hopefully this week! This has been David’s focus for months upon months now, doing analysis, going backwards and forwards with the facility firm, understanding the system and now it’s put in! The hope is that it’ll act as our generator for occasions of energy loss, and we could have the power to promote energy again to the grid, too. David is de facto psyched about it and I’m psyched that I received’t lose all of the meat in my deep freezer if the facility goes out.

The chickens are 22 weeks.

No eggs but. And now I’m questioning if we’ll get eggs this late fall/winter? Or will they wait till spring when extra daylight returns? Solely time will inform! Whereas David would love them to start out paying some hire, I simply love having them a lot. After I allow them to out within the evenings, I simply sit and watch them peck and it makes me really feel so glad and relaxed. I’m going to do their first massive coop clear out this week so we’ll see if I’m simply as enamored after that or not 😉

The facility of rugs.

I lastly obtained a wool rug for beneath our mattress and though it simply provides a foot or two across the mattress, it actually warms up the house. I additionally moved my fiddle leaf fig right into a nook and with a plant and a rug it’s feeling a lot cozier! Subsequent up… lamps.

Tech week.

In some way alongside the way in which I grew to become a musical theater mother, with each ladies in productions this fall. This week is “tech week,” which suggests between our drive to the humanities middle and the devoted rehearsal occasions for every child, we shall be out of the home 6 hours every afternoon and night this week. I assumed I’d attempt to be on high of it and make dinner to pack however now that it’s right here I’m pondering… how’s CAVA, Chipotle, Entire Meals pizza, and Viva Hen sound as a weekly dinner line up as a substitute? 🤔

And that is when the massive espresso store hug is available in the place I apologize for throwing all these issues at you speedy fireplace and sincerely ask once we can discover a time to sit down subsequent to a hearth collectively in cozy garments and make amends for all of life’s happenings in additional element as I want you a very good week and remind you ways a lot I respect you as we each head to our automobiles. <3