Friendship

A Special Guest Post by Belle: The Music I Love

She’s back, folks!

Not only do I figure she’s ticking the box for ELA assignments, this has to score points for Music Appreciation class, too.

Belle loves music. It’s in her bones (just like it’s…

Guest Post, Favourite Things, MayBloPoMo
May, 19, 2026
23 Comments

I’M ON A PODCAST + Europe on a Budget Dispatch #3 — What’s Saving Us Money

Apologies for the caps lock in your feed reader this morning, but I was a guest on the fantastic podcast The Finance Girlies and I finally get to tell you about it because IT…

Travel, Euro Adventure, Frugality, Guest Post, MayBloPoMo, Podcast
May, 13, 2026
34 Comments

My Review of Big Time by Laura Vanderkam + A Giveaway

*This giveaway is now closed… but if you didn’t happen to win, you should definitely find a way to get your hands on this book!*

For Mother’s Day, I knew exactly what I wanted: a…

Reading, Blogging, Friendship, Giveaway!, MayBloPoMo
May, 12, 2026

A Special Guest Post by Belle: Experiencing Europe as a Teen (+ My Favourite Travel Destinations)

Happy Mother’s Day to everyone celebrating—or being celebrated—as a special woman. Here’s to mothers who birthed us and, equally, to the women who have stood in place of biological mothers to love and nurture…

Guest Post, Euro Adventure, MayBloPoMo, Travel
May, 10, 2026
20 Comments

A Special Guest Post by Belle: Top Five/Bottom Five Movies

While I might have hoped my kids would inherit my love of reading, they have instead inherited their father’s love of movies.

Especially Belle.

Before I had posted her Top Five/Bottom Five about me (see…

A Special Guest Post by Belle: Top Five/Bottom Five About My Mother

For the first time ever while travelling as a family, we ended up with two separate hotel rooms last night. We split things up by gender, so Belle and I got the chance to…

Personality Insights, Guest Post, Random, Top Five/Bottom Five
Apr, 19, 2026
48 Comments

Gratitude Guests: Kelly Neil on Nova Scotia, Cuisine, and Gratitude

Today feels extra special, friends. I get to introduce you all to a bona fide Nova Scotian! Please help me warmly welcome Kelly Neil!

Kelly is a talented food stylist, photographer, and columnist (she spent years…

Food, Gratitude, Guest Post, Nova Scotia
Nov, 05, 2025
29 Comments