erica danielle

Thankful for a fresh hairdo! Lucy and I went to Ultissmo Salon last night and my hair has NEVER felt so silky and soft and un-coarse. We got home and watched Wednesdays episode of Survivor where they ate GRUBS and it made me gag. I couldn't do it. I am so curious how long I would last on Survivor. It is so silly and I know it is 1 and a trillion chance I would ever have the opportunity to be on the show, but I would love to see if I could outwit outlast and outplay! I mean. Can you even eat these?????? ew. x100 TOMORROW: Icebox 240 is going DOWN! I am SO excited! xo. edc

Thankful for fresh baked bread to go with dinner last night.  Also-- it stopped RAINING!  2 days until the Ice Box 240! WOOOHOOOO! I am so ready to run.  I've been crushing my water goal and am drinking 60+ oz. of water Almost done with my first book of the month-- Yesteryear. I am SO interested in how this book will end.  xo. edc  

Thankful today for Sten. It's our anniversary month, 18 years on the 28th. Can't believe we've been married that long. We basically look the same as we did back in 2008.  jk. we do not look the same, but we do still love each other and the thing I am most thankful about Sten is that I've never once wondered if he loves me. We both work really hard to put the other person first and I feel grateful for a partner in life who is my biggest cheerleader.  It's Wednesday and it's been raining for 3 straight days. how? how does it rain for 3 days straight? I don't think this would bother me as much but I haven't been outside with my class once this week and... yikes. I am looking forward to my race on Saturday tho. The weather looks perfect and I have only run a couple miles this week and am ready to fly!  xo. edc. 

Last night I got home and warmed up the meatballs I had made and prepped on Sunday. I made angel hair pasta (which my children had never had?? I guess they don't usually sell it at Aldi haha) and roasted broccoli. Lucy told us that she got a spot in Home for the Holidays, and Olle said his teacher is 99% sure he made GT (it's going to be really heartbreaking if he didn't actually make GT). We cleaned up dinner and then played Blank Slate, followed by a couple rounds of Dutch Blitz until Lucy spilled my tea on the cards, and then the game was done. It was getting dicey anyway bc Olle hadn't won a round and was juuuuust on the brink of a potential break down. The kids got ready for bed and then snuggled in on the bottom bunk with the iPad to watch a show while Sten and I had chats in the kitchen. It was our only family night this week and it was really nice. I went to bed feeling super grateful for nights at home (spills and crabby kids and all) where we all are there and...

Grateful today for the chance to bring Lucy to school. She's not overly chatty (especially in the morning when she's 1/2 asleep) and I felt thankful today that we easily talked while we drove to school.  I looked around all day and was able to identify many things I was thankful for.  - friends to workout with - a lunch packed with nutritious food - a gym for the kids to play in on this dreary rainy day - a good book to listen to - co-workers, friends, family that I get to connect with daily - money to go grocery shopping with after school  - bone broth that I am attempting to make in the crockpot  - a free night without any plans  xo. edc.  

Kids did some serious trick or treating last night and we ended up with 20 lbs of candy. Not kidding.  Jessica Olive Lucy and I went to the MOA to celebrate the 13 yr olds and now birthday szn for Lucy is officially over. I think she had a pretty solid 13th celebration and I will forever say: she’s the easiest person to please. ❤️ This year we had: an alien abduction, Thing 1 and Thing 2, a perfume bottle and a Greek goddess. We had the best weather this year and the kids had a blast.  I start out strong in November blogging daily with the things I’m thankful for. I usually miss a few days, but I do love this practice and I’m going to give it a go again this year.  Thankful for the sunrise. This time of year the sunrise/sunset is like an explosion of color and I love when I get to step outside our door and breathe it in.  Shout out to Haley for my November Goals: Drink 50oz water a day Finish 2 books 3 days of strength each week after icebox  Do something new th...

October isn’t over, but I guess it’s close enough and Halloween feels like it should get a post of its own. And also, I’ve barely taken any pictures as of late, so not much to report I suppose.  I used to take so many pictures. It helped to jog my memory as to what we’d been up to and funny things about the kids. But as kids get older you see them less and they don’t do as funny of things?? Or maybe I’m just not around them enough?? Idk? Another weird thing of having big kids.  Anyway— This month was a whirlwind and I am not sure how I will keep up this pace of life and remembering all the things if I don’t start taking more pictures!  Some things:  Had a toasty and seriously hard and amazing 3 hr run with Haley through the woods Saturday in between 2 flag football tournaments,  followed by the fastest grocery run ever (I was sweating) and then out to celebrate Jenny’s birthday. Phew! That was a run on sentence bc that’s how my day felt! Haha.  A 3 day week...