A - Z Blogging Challenge 2026 - Theme Reveal

Welcome to the 2026 A-Z Blogging Challenge Theme Reveal post!

Every year I'm determined to mapping out and pre-writing my posts, and I was doing great until my coworker had a motorbike accident and I had to start working full-time while my son's hockey season is still underway. Oh boy.

What is this challenge all about?

We'll be posting every weekday throughout the month of April. There is going to be a blog post for each and every of the 26 letters of the alphabet - yes, even the hard ones - which makes this a daily job, except Sundays.

It's going to be my 12th time around. Wow, time is flying while you're having fun!

In 2015 I was talking about aspects of the life of a (part-time) working Mom, there wasn't even much hockey in the picture yet. There were, however, balancing acts, commutes, caffeine, guilty feelings and overwhelm, just to name a few.

In 2016 I was invited to a wedding at the West coast, and it came at pretty short-notice, so for a moment I worried about the challenge. The next second I decided this was genius, my theme was going to be on the go, and voilà, A is for Arrival in Los Angeles, P is for Pike Place Market and Z is for when I got back to Zurich.

In 2017 I had ambitious goals of losing 30 pounds and getting into shape, and I did! From Avocado Brownies till Zumba, I just about covered everything.

The following year, 2018, I took you on a journey, kind of a trip around the world, even. 26 cities or national parks I have visited and loved! I used S for Sydney, so I had to squeeze in San Francisco at O is for Oakland ;-)

In 2019 I was talking about all things justice system! 

Prosecution and defense, forensics and polygraph tests - I tried to cover it all.

The pandemic kept us sitting at home, so in 2020 I was talking about Switzerland, my quadrilingual home country. I told you what an alpine ascent is, what cheese varieties go into a Swiss Fondue, and more importantly how the holes get into the Emmentaler. Also you got to learn about International Organizations (think UN, WHO, Red Cross) in Switzerland. I threw in some sightseeing and yodelling of course.

I used sayings, idioms, proverbs and quotes and made them come to life. So in 2021 we picked apples - the ones that didn't fall far from the Tree, swam with the Sharks and confirmed that Travel broadened our Minds.

In 2022 I took you guys on a coffee tour. We talked about roasting and preparing all kinds of Coffee Types, some of which may have been a little controversial, such as Kopi Luwak, aka cat poop coffee ;-)

As we were traveling quite a bit BC (before Colin), things didn't always go smoothly. 2023 was all about our mishaps while on the road. Running out of gas in the desert, redeeming frequent flyer miles going totally wrong, or showing up at the wrong airport at the right time...

Last year, 2024, was all about spring themed things that make me happy and help overcome the post hockey season depression: Trips to the park to find cherry and magnolia blossoms, Easter traditions and climbing the stairway to heaven.

Finally, in 2025, I took a meme and ran with it, trying to (dis)prove that Zurich, Switzerland, does (not) meet the clichés of "every European City". 

What are we going to do this time around?

This year's A-Z Challenge is going to be 1980s themed, we'll start with aerobics and take it from there. Are you with me? Legwarmers and all? We'll listen to the best music, talk about what was going on in the world and always come back to what made the 1980s a little quirky, but legendary and unforgettable.

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