This week I took a few days off exercise, leaned into finishing some work projects, and still made time to read an audio book. 

(Link to your free audiobook below, BTW.)

Here’s the top...

Sushi night with Emma + the draft of the new book made the Top 7 for last week…

Fitness = Press “play” every day + 2 long runs

Great week working out at the house…...

This week’s Top 7 includes another birthday celebration, some yard work, and LOTS of hours at the jump park (because, you know, kids will swim in the winter but won’t in the...

This week's Top 7 features some reflections on summer sports, steak dinners, and a bonus reflection on what it means to "show up."

Here's the run down, one entry (at least) from each of the seven...

So we're officially into summer now, with the first week behind us-- the first week being the subject of this week's Top 7...

Fitness = Detox time

So this week I decided to do something...

This week’s Top 7 includes a lesson timing, my take on Top Gun, and a visit to the fourth restaurant to occupy the same space within just a few years over in Avondale. 

Fitness =...

This week two of the kids made the transition from one chapter to the next (gradation) and three of the kids joined us in Gatlinburg for a work + play trip… 

That— and more—...

My Top 7 for last week includes a quick (read: day) trip to Huntsville, baby Yoda eating a frog, and a few other things.

For those of you who don’t know…

The Top 7 = a quick look at my...

This week’s Top 7 includes some reflections, lessons learned, and more… 

Oh, and Salter turned 9.

Fitness = Friday morning off + pause + reset

I “red-lined” it...

I didn’t write my weekly “Top 7” last week. Looking back,  think it’s the FIRST time I haven’t done it in over a year, since I began my weekly “mind...

This week’s Top 7 includes a (work) trip to HSV with the #SweetGirl in the photo above, along with the observation that everything really is negotiable, and some massive progress we made on...

This past week was Spring Break 2022 for most of the kids— all the elementary, middle, junior, and high school ones. The college kids already had theirs… 

That meant a full house,...