Comments on: TBT Scorecard: Florida, despite the storms https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/11/tbt-scorecard-florida-despite-the-storms/ Writer, Author, Speaker Wed, 16 Nov 2022 03:29:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/11/tbt-scorecard-florida-despite-the-storms/#comment-418482 Wed, 16 Nov 2022 03:29:46 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18859#comment-418482 In reply to Amanda.

@Amanda – puzzles are very soothing. I tend to only work on mine when the 2-year-old is watching videos on the computer (because it’s in the same room and he needs some supervision) but it makes that time feel mildly better than scrolling around.

]]> By: Amanda https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/11/tbt-scorecard-florida-despite-the-storms/#comment-418218 Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:09:58 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18859#comment-418218 Due to your inspiration this past week I set up a puzzle table in our basement and spent about 45 minutes working on a new 1000 piece puzzle one night (while having some wine). I’ve never done this large of a puzzle before – it’s a slow moving process! But it was peaceful and I think I will enjoy it! This plus planning on Fridays are two things that I’ve done after reading TBT. I want my 3x/week is a habit to be to start exercising more again but with a 8.5 month old who’s still not sleeping well and working outside the home (and being someone who really actually needs more like 8.5 hours sleep/night) I just haven’t gotten there yet.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/11/tbt-scorecard-florida-despite-the-storms/#comment-418155 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 18:54:01 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18859#comment-418155 In reply to Nicole Vinson.

@Nicole – 5 a.m. kayaking on a Tuesday sounds like quite the adventure! I love it. That would indeed be memorable.

]]> By: Nicole Vinson https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/11/tbt-scorecard-florida-despite-the-storms/#comment-418154 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 18:42:40 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18859#comment-418154 I thought of you this week and wanted to share the adventures. For the little adventure the plan was to upgrade our typical Tuesday with the calendar showing a Blood Beaver Moon lunar eclipse. You know we have the 5am walking club already so we pivoted on this and did a 5am kayak to some open and calm water with light up kayaks to see the moon. We had 6 brave early risers. It was a lot of fun. We did the decorating of the lights on Monday night so that also was a little adventure, but mostly for my husband. At 4:50 am we decorated ourselves with glow sticks and paddled a very short distance to see the moon. Some neighbors assume we are crazy (oh well), but it made for a memorable Tuesday.

Friday night was our big adventure which was attending a murder mystery dinner. It was for a birthday party of a dear friend who really likes to think of creative bday celebrations for all of her friends, but this time it was her turn. Lots of costumes for the circus theme and a whole lot of fun acting and looking for clues with all the party guests. I think this event was extra fun because it was at her home and we could just walk over to the party and we didn’t leave our neighborhood. Was the toddler awake when we got home, yes, she was but she did sleep in on Saturday.

Glad you did the 60 hour retreat with SHU! Yay for having a great score card!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/11/tbt-scorecard-florida-despite-the-storms/#comment-418141 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 17:47:06 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18859#comment-418141 In reply to Kat.

@Kat – yes, Sarah and I chatted about this – would our husbands be getting as many texts? Probably not.

]]> By: Kat https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/11/tbt-scorecard-florida-despite-the-storms/#comment-418130 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:56:57 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18859#comment-418130 This line cracked me up: “one child who shall not be named texted me on Thursday and Friday to come pick them up — I replied both times that I was in a different state…”

My kids aren’t old enough to have phones but this would 100% happen if they did and I was out of state. Sigh…the knee jerk reaction to ask mom no matter what (despite dad being totally capable of helping with anything) is tough to break for kids I guess?

]]> By: Phyllis https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/11/tbt-scorecard-florida-despite-the-storms/#comment-418116 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:52:12 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18859#comment-418116 What a fun week!
I can’t wait to see what you and Sarah have planned for the podcast.
Loving Tranquility by Tuesday btw – so practical and doable (thank goodness)

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/11/tbt-scorecard-florida-despite-the-storms/#comment-418094 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 13:47:44 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18859#comment-418094 In reply to Cb.

@Cb – sounds like a good week! And yes, the podcast retreat was lovely!

]]> By: Cb https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/11/tbt-scorecard-florida-despite-the-storms/#comment-418055 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 10:22:27 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18859#comment-418055 Oh a podcast retreat is lovely. It’s amazing how much more you can knock through in person.

I was volunteering all day Friday and Saturday so didn’t have a chance to do my normal Friday planning for the week ahead, so when my plane landed last night, I plopped down on the couch and thought through the week. I use these enormous sticky notes that I put in my planner. It was super helpful as my alarm went off this morning and I just felt like I needed another hour. I had looked at my calendar, knew I had a manageable list for the day, etc, and let myself go back to sleep. I suspect I’m coming down with my husband’s cold, so I’ve gone through this am and starred the “must dos” in case I need to rest later on in the week.

My little adventure last week was Monday morning in a cafe – I had walked a few miles to a cafe to buy my husband a clever dripper for his birthday, realised I had no meetings and a charged laptop, so sat and worked in new surroundings. Two big adventures – we took the day off for my husband’s birthday and although we were thwarted by a 3 hour flight delay (I flew home from work city that morning), we had a nice lunch, a walk along the beach, and a trip to IKEA. And after swim lessons on Sunday, we went to the museum with our 5 year old. I had to peel off to head to the airport but got 2 hours of exploring. He’s been much more recently than us so he got to be the tour guide.

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