A Silver Lining to Simply Not Having the Bandwidth
When Robbie started prek3, we were supremely lucky to snag one of the limited spots in his school’s aftercare. A friend’s daughter, in kindergarten at the time, was at the same school and also registered for aftercare. A month into the academic year, the friend pulled her daughter from aftercare because, she said, it didn’t have enough enrichment programming. It was glorified babysitting.
Renovation Update: 2024 into 2025
To recap: in spring 2024, we interviewed five design/build firms; we signed with one in June and, over the next six months, created a whole-house renovation plan and then tried to scale it down to fit our budget. By Thanksgiving, though, Jon and I realized that we were not on the same page with the firm we’d chosen, and we ended our working relationship with them in mid-December…
What I Wore for a Week of Work and Work Events
When I entered the workforce 15 years ago, we women in our 20s were always looking for the perfect outfit that could take us from day to night. If memory serves, this looked a lot like pinstriped suiting with stilettos, which doesn’t seem appropriate for most junior-level employees anywhere my friends or I worked or for happy hour at most of DC’s bars, but the 2000s/2010s were a wild time.
This article suggests that day-to-night dressing is a thing of that past because most offices have relaxed dress codes and trends and/or personalized styles are increasingly acceptable in the workplace now. (And that’s assuming you’re not working from home!) It’s certainly changed for me, but for very different reasons…
How I Explain Christmas to our Interfaith* Kids
Christmas has always been big for our little nuclear family. Jon’s family in England goes all out on Christmas and, despite being Jewish, I love the Christmas spirit/season; having been a chorister at Washington National Cathedral through my entire adolescence, I have an intimate understanding of the liturgical context, too.
On top of that, Robbie was born on December 25. We went to the National Gallery of Art in Washington when he was nearly two and saw lots of mother-and-child paintings, and we pointed out that Robbie and Jesus shared a birthday. Ever since then, Robbie’s felt a special affinity for Babycheezus, as Robbie called him.
November Searches, Saves, and Sources
I’m not publishing a full meal plan this week - Jon’s mum’s here and it’s Thanksgiving, so we’ve got a lot going on that will replace (at least sort of) standard dinners.
But I can’t help myself from at least sketching it out:
…
Anyway! I thought that instead I might start a new monthly series to share my searches, saves, and sources. These round-ups won’t be long because we’re not buying much as we continue to save up for our renovation, but I’d like to see how they do. So… shall we?