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Happy Things Friday: 19 January

Hi, January 2024. This is Elisabeth. I’m not loving your vibe. It’s me, not you. But can we both agree to hurry up and get to February?

Sigh. There was nothing objectively wrong about this…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Jan, 19, 2024
  • 36 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 12 January

Happy Friday. Another day, another week, and we’re now firmly into the new year.

This was a mostly good week. There were some “moments”. Shall I discuss?

Perhaps I’ll start by recalling the morning our toilet…

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  • Happy Things Friday, Misadventures, Thrifting
  • Jan, 12, 2024
  • 46 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 5 January

I know I kept up with my Happy Things Friday posts during the Christmas break, but it feels like this is the first “real” Happy Things Friday in a while. Christmas just skews everything…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Jan, 05, 2024
  • 39 Comments

Happy Things Friday: The Christmas Highlights Edition

This is my last Happy Things Friday post for 2023!! It’s hard to believe that Christmas and all the related events and experiences are behind us for another year.

We had a long day…

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  • Christmas, Happy Things Friday, Holidays
  • Dec, 29, 2023
  • 20 Comments

Happy Things Friday: The Friday Before Christmas 2023

It’s almost Christmas. I feel like I’ve been blogging about festive things for months now, but also can’t believe the final stretch of the holiday season is officially upon us. I’m happy and sad…

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  • Christmas, Happy Things Friday, Holidays
  • Dec, 22, 2023
  • 32 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 15 December

I want to start today’s post by acknowledging that the Christmas season can be the least happy time of the year. I attended a funeral last weekend for a 16-year-old. She was an accomplished…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Dec, 15, 2023
  • 30 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 8 December

We had our first snowstorm and…I didn’t hate it. Admittedly, by the time everyone was on their second full set of winter gear and there were hangers of wet clothes everywhere I did get…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Dec, 08, 2023
  • 40 Comments
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