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Is it really my choice?

In high school my principal would end the announcements every day with “Today is a great day… or not. The choice is yours” I understand that this is meant to be motivational, and encourage the listener to have a cheery optimism and choose to have a better day. This saying has gotten me through manyContinue reading “Is it really my choice?”

Homeschooling this week

Our family had talked about switching to home-school before the pandemic happened. I was home-schooled growing up, and there are definitely some benefits I gained from it. Our older child was having difficulty making friends and conforming to the teacher’s will during that year and my partner and I were traveling a decent amount forContinue reading “Homeschooling this week”

Takoyaki… inspired

This whole pandemic thing has definitely had me down recently. I really miss going to restaurants, and part of that is because we have a group where my partner and I would go to lunch with friends every Friday. One of our frequent restaurants had Takoyaki, and it was amazing. I had never had itContinue reading “Takoyaki… inspired”

Mulch Day!

Yesterday my third load of mulch arrived. I love mulch day, it gives me something to focus on until it is all spread throughout the yard. The exercise is a major bonus. I’m guaranteed to be using all of the muscles in my body and spending some time outside. The reason I have had threeContinue reading “Mulch Day!”

My ADHD Journey

This post is going to be more of a brain burst. I have been wanting to write something since my last post but haven’t been able to come up with something I think is good enough… So I’m just going to write and see what happens. I was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult afterContinue reading “My ADHD Journey”

A Towel Rack

After many hours of searching for the perfect towel rack Schoon and I decided that there wasn’t one exactly like what we wanted. We had found some on Etsy that were close, but they were around $100 and not perfect. With paying $100 for a towel rack I wanted it to be exactly the towelContinue reading “A Towel Rack”

Giving something up for lent

This is the first time I have ever given something up for Lent. When I have seen it done before people always gave up something that seemed not that hard to give up, and I thought it was silly. So when our family decided we would give something up for Lent this year I decidedContinue reading “Giving something up for lent”

Intro # 5,324

I have started writing this blog multiple times before, but then each time I get distracted and want to do something else with it… I’m not saying that won’t happen this time, but I’m excited to get started again. I’m Jess. I love to learn new things. I frequently doubt my abilities to do anyContinue reading “Intro # 5,324”