being an adult – Naptime Chai http://thebenroecks.com Motherhood and adventure in the PNW! Sun, 07 Mar 2021 04:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10 Meet Your Neighbors! /post/2018/10/09/meet-your-neighbors/ /post/2018/10/09/meet-your-neighbors/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2018 21:41:31 +0000 /?p=8032 I’ve mentioned before that (about a month ago) we moved to a town right outside of Seattle. It’s no secret that I was not excited about being in the ‘suburbs’, at all. HOWEVER, the thing that has surprised me the … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2018/10/09/meet-your-neighbors/feed/ 4 Buying a house in Seattle /post/2018/07/23/buying-a-house-in-seattle/ /post/2018/07/23/buying-a-house-in-seattle/#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2018 16:27:32 +0000 /?p=7971 I mentioned a few weeks ago that we bought a house here in Seattle – which is the biggest commitment I’ve made since getting married. Or maybe since having kids… but we may be in this house longer than our … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2018/07/23/buying-a-house-in-seattle/feed/ 14 What if I thought about my to-do list differently… /post/2018/06/12/to-do-list-2/ /post/2018/06/12/to-do-list-2/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2018 18:56:08 +0000 /?p=7946 The other week I was talking to my counselor about my to-do list and how miserable it was making me. I told him that my list felt like it was never-ending, and I felt a lot of pressure because it seemed … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2018/06/12/to-do-list-2/feed/ 3 Three things I’m doing to be more productive this week /post/2017/04/11/be-more-productive/ /post/2017/04/11/be-more-productive/#comments Tue, 11 Apr 2017 22:58:01 +0000 /?p=7309 Last week was a lost cause because of the previously-written-about stomach bug that attacked me and Isabelle… so this week I was bound and determined to get sh*t stuff done. Since Clara is off of preschool (darn you, spring break!) this … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2017/04/11/be-more-productive/feed/ 8 How To Be Awesome at Monday-ing /post/2017/03/20/mondays/ /post/2017/03/20/mondays/#comments Mon, 20 Mar 2017 19:41:24 +0000 /?p=7262 Everyone seems to hate on Mondays and I just don’t get it. I’ve always loved Mondays! They’re still my favorite day of the week (aside from weekends, obviously), and I even love them more than Fridays. My reasoning is simple: … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2017/03/20/mondays/feed/ 9 Fa-la-la-la-la… cough cough… la-la-la-la… /post/2016/12/20/sick/ /post/2016/12/20/sick/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2016 23:10:35 +0000 /?p=7113 We’ve got plenty of holiday spirit around our house, with a side of a stomach bug. Over the weekend I went to tax training (I volunteer to do taxes for low-income families each year and this year I had to learn … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/12/20/sick/feed/ 9 Taking My Driving Test… Again. /post/2016/04/26/driving-test/ /post/2016/04/26/driving-test/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:12:35 +0000 /?p=6576 Do you know what I never thought I would need to do again? Take a driving test. I thought that taking a driving test was a one-time thing I would need to get through at the age of 16 and … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/04/26/driving-test/feed/ 17 Six Months /post/2016/04/14/six-months-in-seattle/ /post/2016/04/14/six-months-in-seattle/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:09:06 +0000 /?p=6555 We’ve been in Seattle for exactly six months, and I honestly can’t believe it. On one hand I feel like we just left Chicago. On the other hand I feel like we lived in Chicago a lifetime ago. I guess … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/04/14/six-months-in-seattle/feed/ 4 Things I Learned in February /post/2016/02/29/things-i-learned-in-february/ /post/2016/02/29/things-i-learned-in-february/#comments Mon, 29 Feb 2016 13:36:48 +0000 /?p=6406 An extra day, yay! I hope you’re making the best out of this bonus time. I’m kind of jealous of everyone who could potentially have their baby on February 29th (not that I’ve been thinking of babies lately)… sigh. Maybe next … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/02/29/things-i-learned-in-february/feed/ 14 A Week of Adhering to a Bedtime – An Update /post/2016/01/27/bedtime-update/ /post/2016/01/27/bedtime-update/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2016 12:35:55 +0000 /?p=6245 Last week I posted that I was going to try this crazy new concept called ‘having a bedtime’, and I’m happy to report that I’ve managed to adopt and continue this life-changing habit! In a nutshell: having a bedtime is glorious. I could have posted a … Continue reading →

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