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Happy Things Friday: 23 October

I’m girding my proverbial loins for the next 36 hours; it’s going to be a doozy. A church event our family is volunteering at is happening this weekend and it’s sure to be a…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Oct, 23, 2026
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Happy Things Friday: 16 October

On paper, our week looked like it would be relaxing. It didn’t end up feeling that way!

Last Friday afternoon John got home from Helsinki, and we celebrated by going to bed early (I was…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Oct, 16, 2026
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Happy Things Friday: 9 October

Wow. Canadian Thanksgiving really crept up on me this year.

John arrives home later today from a work trip to Helsinki, and tomorrow my father-in-law arrives for a week-long visit. A turkey has been…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Oct, 09, 2026
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Happy Things Friday: 2 October

It’s October!

I will not talk about how quickly time is passing, I will not talk about how quickly time is passing, I will not talk about how quickly time is passing.

…

Okay, I’m going…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Oct, 02, 2026
  • 36 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 25 September

I am dragging to the finish line of this week.

There are a variety of challenging, non-bloggable things happening in our lives/the lives of people we care about lately. I’m a bit weary of…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Sep, 25, 2026
  • 28 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 18 September

Happy Friday. Taking the week off blogging was wonderful, but I really did miss prepping a Happy Things Friday post. It’s become such a gratitude constant in my life and I felt a bit…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Sep, 18, 2026
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Happy Things… Wednesday?

I had this post ready to go live on Friday morning and then life happened and I posted an update from… the ER instead of a Happy Things Friday post.

But all the things I…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Sep, 02, 2026
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