• Home
  • CONTACT
  • TRAVEL
  • ABOUT
© 2025 Freya Theme by Sparrow and Snow

The Optimistic Musings of a Pessimist

  • Home
  • CONTACT
  • ABOUT
  • TRAVEL
Browsing Category
  • Ask Me (Almost) Anything
  • Blogging
  • Budget
  • Cool Bloggers Walking Club
  • Creativity
  • Demerits
  • Exercise
  • Faith
  • Family
  • Favourite Things
  • Food
  • Friendship
    • Guest Post
  • Giveaway!
  • Goals
  • Gold Stars
  • Gratitude
  • Habits
  • Happy Things Friday
  • Hard Things
  • Health
  • Holidays
    • Birthday
    • Christmas
    • Easter
    • Halloween
  • Home
  • Joy
  • Life
  • Lighthouses
  • Marriage
  • Mental Health
  • Minimalism
  • Misadventures
  • Money
  • NaBloPoMo
  • Nova Scotia
  • Organization
  • Parenting
  • Personality Insights
  • Pet Peeves
  • Planning
  • Random
    • Language
  • Reading
    • Quotes
  • Sabbath
  • Summer Celebrations
  • Thrifting
  • Time Management
  • Top Five/Bottom Five
  • Travel
    • Barcelona
    • Beaches
    • Paris
    • Portugal
    • Prince Edward Island
    • Rome
    • Toronto
  • Year of Shmita
The Optimistic Musings of a Pessimist The Optimistic Musings of a Pessimist
  • Home
  • CONTACT

The Optimistic Musings of a Pessimist

  • ABOUT
  • TRAVEL
Browsing Category

Cool Bloggers Walking Club

Chapter Nine: September 2024

In January I suggested we “write a book together” in 2024 and pitched the idea of assigning each month a chapter title.

So far, I’ve had:

January – Steady: Finding Solid Ground After a Year of…

Continue Reading
  • Cool Bloggers Walking Club, Creativity, Life, Personality Insights
  • Oct, 07, 2024
  • 20 Comments

The Cool Bloggers Walking Club: Week #1

Thanks to everyone who sent in pictures and has joined me in ten minutes of daily movement!

First up – my walks!

Day #1: A 6.5 km walk with a friend on a local trail, which…

Continue Reading
  • Blogging, Cool Bloggers Walking Club, Exercise, Friendship
  • Oct, 04, 2024
  • 23 Comments

Announcing the Next Cool Bloggers Walking Club

It’s almost here!

The last time I decided to do a month of walking at least 10 minutes/day, I didn’t give much advance warning. In fact, it was a single line item at the end…

Continue Reading
  • Cool Bloggers Walking Club, Exercise, Friendship, Habits, Mental Health
  • Sep, 11, 2024
  • 68 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 3 May

Um, what now? It’s MAY?? How did that happen?

Also, thank goodness. I’m not sure how much more winter (or pseudo-spring) I could withstand. Some days it’s sunny and warm and other days I…

Continue Reading
  • Cool Bloggers Walking Club, Happy Things Friday
  • May, 03, 2024
  • 30 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 26 April

This week was quite lovely. Good weather. Extracurriculars went smoothly. The kids showered with reasonable frequency. But Sunday and Monday were spent in an epic funk. I wrote a big brain dump but didn’t…

Continue Reading
  • Cool Bloggers Walking Club, Happy Things Friday
  • Apr, 26, 2024
  • 34 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 19 April

It’s Friday.

Shall we begin?

HAPPY THINGS SMORGASBOARD

Our teenager did her first load of laundry completely solo. She started the load. She moved things into the dryer. She collected the dry clothes. She put them…

Continue Reading
  • Cool Bloggers Walking Club, Happy Things Friday
  • Apr, 19, 2024
  • 33 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 12 April

How is it already the end of the second full week of April?

Last week was a busy one and I pushed too hard. I tried to prioritize self-care (writing here, walking daily, keeping…

Continue Reading
  • Cool Bloggers Walking Club, Happy Things Friday
  • Apr, 12, 2024
  • 32 Comments
« 1 2 3 4 »
© 2025 Freya Theme by Sparrow and Snow