Library Life is the best life

Posted on February 15, 2023 by Suzanne Schultz Pick

The biggest part of library work is community connection. I was glad to be invited to attend a book launch and spend some time seeing how important libraries are to people in the local area.

It was a busy day of cake eating and camaraderie. The best part of the day was sitting with the librarians and hearing them say how much they enjoy their job and how glad they were to have chosen that career path.

As usual, the whole first part of the week flew by and now it’s time for me to manage my side hustle as a domestic goddess.

The laundry is in, everyone has had breakfast, and now it’s time to watch Teen Titans Go (all day!)

My back has been bothering me which means I need a walk or some kind of exercise. That’s why I made the decision to order my Boogie Bounce today. I have a discount gym membership but I never have time to go (I will write the book on why this is a legitimate excuse) so an in-home gym will have to do.

I’m trying to convince Mister Pick that we need a Peloton bike but he is not yet convinced. Yet!

The weekend will be me busy at work on Saturday morning (gotta get those extra hours) and a work dinner party in the evening. Sunday will once again be Lazy Sunday.

Posted in All About Me, Employment, Exercise, family, home, Library | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Lazy Sunday

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Suzanne Schultz Pick
Beautiful Daisy at home.

It’s Lazy Sunday at Pick Manor. After two weeks of all three of us being on and off with some kind of sickness, today we have zero plans and zero reason to leave the house.

Obviously, we could take a walk but Jack is cozy on the couch watching Teen Titans Go, so who am I to disrupt him? Instead it’s big breakfast (courtesy of Mister Pick), laundry, tidying, coffee drinking, and just being home.

Today is supposed to be a no phone day because I don’t know how many of us are addicted to our little blinks box in our hand, but I probably am. In fact, I feel a great relief and sense of satisfaction if I’m left to just scroll, text, or copy and paste memes for unlimited amounts of time.

But I have Jack, and I don’t want his memories of me to be with my not acknowledging him because I’m looking at reels. So, I have to limit myself, especially when I’m home, just to ween off my constant go-to reaction of grabbing my phone every moment I felt slight boredom.

Actually, I was shocked to see how many times I open social media apps a day, even while trying to be conscious of what I’m doing. I downloaded an app called Screen Zen that allows you to block any apps you want for certain days, during different times, just to keep you away from that mindless pick up, put down action. It also tells you, “Look, you wanted to only open this app 7 times today, this is your third time. Do you really want to open it again, because if you do, I’ll open it in 5 seconds.” For me, just being that annoyed with having to wait to open an app is enough to make me go, “whatever, it’s not worth the time,” and put the phone down.

And with that said, I’ll put the phone down after sending this post. I know WordPress.com sites have been adding ugly ads, so I’ll have to upgrade soon to get rid of them. In the meantime, I’m still updating here, Instagram, Micro.blog, and the podcast. I’m in two minds about posting with Substack as well because that seems to be a thing.

Well, I hope everyone has a great Sunday and an awesome February. Talk to you soon!

Posted in All About Me, Baby Pick, blogging, family, home, mum life, Technology | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sick Day

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Suzanne Schultz Pick
Poor Jack

Today has been yet another day to be home with a sick child. Jack started throwing up right as he got up this morning and has been doing the same since. He’s had sips of flavored water (squash) and a popsicle but he wanted to go back to bed to watch TV. This means the rest of the week will be us at home. If he feels better over the weekend maybe we can take a walk. I’m due to work on Saturday morning, so hopefully me and Steve won’t get this tummy bug.

Posted in All About Me, Baby Pick, family, home, mum life | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Update for December 2021

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Suzanne Schultz Pick

Truth telling

The posts are getting fewer and further between, I know. I only decided to post something today because, with all the usual expectations of New Year’s resolutions, it’s normal to feel ready and eager to get back to starting fresh.

For a while now, I’ve accepted that I’m just not who I used to be and I’m growing and changing into this mother role and the wishy-washy “goals” that I never reach, should just be scrapped from the table. I don’t have time anymore to go, “Well, I’d like to write 50k words but I’ll settle for 10k.”

What I’m focusing on, or plan to, in 2022 is just doing things for me when I can. It occurred to me yesterday that I was letting the schedule of parenting beat me and I wasn’t fighting hard enough for my own space. Now, this is not something to take lightly because parenting a toddler is tough work. There isn’t a moment’s rest when you’re on duty (literally, sitting down it out of the question) so I give myself complete slack because I’m working on a new level of self-awareness.

So, with that said, here’s what I’d like to accomplish, set my sights on, work at, whatever you want to call it, for next year:

* Be a good mom (that’s a given) * Stick to my SlimmingWorld plan (and go to meetings) * Eat less meat (more vegetarian options) * Take more walks

There were more things I was going to add but I’m sort of at a loss regarding writing and reading plans. They never get accomplished so I’m not going to even entertain the idea that I’ll get a certain task finished.

Before I go, let me add that I detest WordPress’s block editor. Happy 2022, y’all!

Posted in All About Me | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

An update for November 2021

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Suzanne Schultz Pick

Quayside

Well,I missed a whole month and didn’t update for October. At least not here, I didn’t.

Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is upon us. I have done absolutely nothing other than look after Jack, which is fulfilling in itself and I stopped worrying about not being able to work on my book or doodle in my bullet journal. There just isn’t time when you’re chasing an almost 2 year old around. (And I do mean chase.)

I didn’t do NaNoWriMo. I didn’t finish the online business classes I signed up for. We haven’t done any holidays. We’ve had a few days to ourselves (me and Steve, I mean) and the rest of the time has been the routine of the household and the keeping of things functioning as normal.

I did, however, update the Jack’s Mum Podcast yesterday and I primarily update short entries at suzanne.micro.blog when I think of something quick to jot down. Other than that, I’ll write something more in December maybe, but until then, I hope everyone is winding down 2021 well.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment