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Happy Things Friday: 31 May

  • Happy Things Friday
  • May 31, 2024
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And just like that…May is over (I wrote this before Nicole posted but…ditto what she said). This means we have a little over a month to go until the half-way point of 2024. I have decided there are no ordinary weeks. There is no routine. There is no normal. There are just monkey wrenches. Between…

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Summer Brain Dump + Booking Another Adventure/Suggestions?

I have a love-hate relationship with summer. On the one hand, during the long, dark and cold Canadian winter I am kept alive by the promise of a day in the future where we…

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  • Random, Travel
  • May, 30, 2024
  • 49 Comments

Introducing My…Dreadsheet

I’ve been thinking about dread lately. That sounds like a rather somber and melancholy topic, but I’ve been considering it in the context of what that emotion can tell me. More generally I feel…

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  • Life, Mental Health, Personality Insights
  • May, 29, 2024
  • 31 Comments

Favourite Things: April + May 2024

It’s time for another round of Favourite Things. I have an eclectic mix today: some food, some outdoor furniture, some traffic decisions – and more!

Let’s get this party started…

MY GO-TO GRANOLA YOGURT PROTEIN BLAST

What…

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  • Favourite Things
  • May, 28, 2024
  • 35 Comments

Top Five/Bottom Five: Ice Cream Flavours

I know people will have some Thoughts on this subject. Let’s remember we’re all friends here and that there are no right or wrong answers. (Okay, there are some wrong answers; liquorice or bubble…

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  • Food, Top Five/Bottom Five
  • May, 27, 2024
  • 43 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 24 May

The world seems shrouded in heaviness lately. Some of it is the era (COVID was an unprecedented experience; we’re living through periods of major political, economic and climate upheaval), and some of it is…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • May, 24, 2024
  • 35 Comments

Letting Our Hair Down

I couldn’t fall asleep last night and apparently hair is on my mind.

In the last week Lisa, Engie, Rachel, and Stephany have all posted gorgeous pictures of their locks fresh off a trip to…

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  • May, 23, 2024
  • 44 Comments
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