currently – 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 What Is Saving My Life Right Now? /post/2021/01/31/what-is-saving-my-life-right-now/ /post/2021/01/31/what-is-saving-my-life-right-now/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2021 06:35:27 +0000 /?p=8529 In one of her most recent blog posts, Modern Mrs. Darcy asks us ‘what is saving your life right now?’ (Actually, I hear this question all of the time in Jen Hatmaker’s podcast and supposedly it’s a concept originally mentioned in … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2021/01/31/what-is-saving-my-life-right-now/feed/ 6 Happy Holidays! Coffee Date. /post/2020/12/21/happy-holidays-coffee-date/ /post/2020/12/21/happy-holidays-coffee-date/#respond Mon, 21 Dec 2020 20:04:13 +0000 /?p=8503 I haven’t been creating much online (or on social media) the past few weeks because I’ve been creating different types of things in ‘real’ life: Cookies, decorations, memories, essays, gift lists, to-do lists, really just lots of lists… and it’s … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2020/12/21/happy-holidays-coffee-date/feed/ 0 Maximizing Cozy /post/2020/11/23/maximizing-cozy/ /post/2020/11/23/maximizing-cozy/#respond Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:24:50 +0000 /?p=8493 Once the weather started to get a little colder here in the PNW, I started to panic just a bit. Colder weather in Seattle means there is snow falling in the mountains, which means hiking season is coming to an … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2020/11/23/maximizing-cozy/feed/ 0 Hello, October! Coffee Date. /post/2020/10/06/coffee-date-october/ /post/2020/10/06/coffee-date-october/#respond Wed, 07 Oct 2020 03:22:25 +0000 /?p=8484 Let’s pretend we’re on a coffee date, shall we? IN PERSON! I know, I know, crazy thought – but this is the internet + imagination and we can do what we want. (Thanks to Ashten for posting her own coffee … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2020/10/06/coffee-date-october/feed/ 0 I’m good. We’re good. /post/2020/05/04/physically-distanced/ /post/2020/05/04/physically-distanced/#respond Mon, 04 May 2020 17:39:20 +0000 /?p=8435 Where I live (near Seattle) was among the first areas in the US to start social physically distancing, which means we’ve been doing this for almost two months. I honestly can’t believe it’s been that long! A part of me … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2020/05/04/physically-distanced/feed/ 0 IT’S FINALLY OVER! (January.) /post/2020/01/31/january-2020/ /post/2020/01/31/january-2020/#respond Sat, 01 Feb 2020 06:40:09 +0000 /?p=8406 I love January in theory, but in actuality I only love like the first few days of January because the rest of it is looooooong! I feel like New Years was three years ago. + I spent the first part of … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2020/01/31/january-2020/feed/ 0 November is an underrated month /post/2019/12/02/november-2/ /post/2019/12/02/november-2/#respond Mon, 02 Dec 2019 07:38:11 +0000 /?p=8345 Thanksgiving may be my favorite holiday of the year. And November may be my (new) favorite month of the year. Here’s why: + Soccer season ended and we got our Saturday mornings back. + The leaves on the trees  were … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/12/02/november-2/feed/ 0 Currently: November /post/2019/11/12/currently-november/ /post/2019/11/12/currently-november/#respond Tue, 12 Nov 2019 11:34:02 +0000 /?p=8339 Currently. + I’m re-reading this book (because it’s one of the best). + I’m practicing taking photos with my new mirrorless camera. My Canon Rebel took a nose-dive off a porch and I took that as a sign I needed … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/11/12/currently-november/feed/ 0 My kids are signed up for all of the things. And other life updates. /post/2019/09/09/update/ /post/2019/09/09/update/#respond Mon, 09 Sep 2019 11:26:08 +0000 /?p=8323 I can’t believe summer came and went and now we’re getting into September and our fall schedule/routine. Every year I wonder how it happens so fast. Here’s a quick life update: + I’m feeling the dreaded ‘mom guilt’ over kid … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/09/09/update/feed/ 0 A May Update /post/2019/05/10/may-update/ /post/2019/05/10/may-update/#respond Fri, 10 May 2019 17:26:04 +0000 /?p=8262 + A month into this parents-of-three thing and we are surviving. Barely. Tim is still on paternity leave for one more week and after that just start saying all of the prayers for my sanity. + We had to call … Continue reading →

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