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Happy Things Friday: 8 May

I’m finally settling into life in Helsinki. It took a while.

Between the kids being sick and the cold weather, I wasn’t really jiving with Finland at first. But now, I love it here!

Let’s jump…

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  • Happy Things Friday, Euro Adventure, MayBloPoMo
  • May, 08, 2026
  • 18 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 1 May

I am gobsmacked.

Today marks the official halfway point of our trip. Somehow, when we left Canada, 3.5 months sounded like… forever. And now we’re moving closer and closer to wrapping up this grand adventure.

And…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • May, 01, 2026
  • 36 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 10 April

I know I only skipped a single week of listing Happy Things (to talk about the happiest thing!), but it feels like forever since I talked about anything other than travel.

It feels… good…

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  • Happy Things Friday, Euro Adventure
  • Apr, 10, 2026
  • 24 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 27 March

It’s a cold, snowy (!), rainy weekend here in Vienna. To be fair, this is our first truly miserable weather since arriving in Europe and I feel like we’ve mostly dodged a springtime bullet.

Honestly,…

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  • Happy Things Friday, Euro Adventure, Vienna
  • Mar, 27, 2026
  • 22 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 20 March

Spring is in the air! We had cool weather at the beginning of the week but, now, glorious sunshine with soaring temperatures.

Jenny asked in the comment section of a recent post if I…

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  • Happy Things Friday, Euro Adventure, Travel, Vienna
  • Mar, 20, 2026
  • 33 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 13 March

My first (of many) Happy Things Friday posts from Europe.

It’s hard to believe that this time last week the kids were at school and I was madly dashing around our house (and our town)…

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  • Euro Adventure, Happy Things Friday, Munich, Travel
  • Mar, 13, 2026
  • 40 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 6 March

OH MY WORD, FRIENDS. THIS IS MY LAST DAY IN CANADA.

(I know some people dislike all caps, but I have a feeling I’m going to be leaning on this technique heavily in today’s post.)

IT…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Mar, 06, 2026
  • 49 Comments
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