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Happy Things Friday: 20 February

The crunch is on, friends. Two weeks from now is our final full day in Canada. Eeks! This is really happening.

I feel like I’m overloading everyone with with Happy Things/FIGs, so I’ll try…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Feb, 20, 2026
  • 45 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 13 February

Hi friends.

This week was a wild ride. John left in the wee hours of the morning on Saturday to head to South Korea (his first time!), I woke up to say goodbye and…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Feb, 13, 2026
  • 40 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 6 February

It feels like a relief to officially be into February.

January felt bleak this year, and though I realize the switching of calendar months is a construct, it still feels like a mini-reset.

A friendly…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Feb, 06, 2026
  • 34 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 30 January

Well, that was a doozy of a week!

My part of the world (and honestly, most of North America, it seems) got walloped with winter. It was absolutely frigid and, to add insult to injury,…

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  • FIG Collective, Happy Things Friday, Life
  • Jan, 30, 2026
  • 49 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 23 January

Winter has arrived!

We had snow, snow, and more snow. (And then some rain!) The kids had a day off school on Monday and a delayed start on Tuesday. I got my cardio and…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Jan, 23, 2026
  • 48 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 16 January

I know I say this at some point every single month, but I literally cannot believe we’re already past the halfway point of January. Anyone else? Between the nebulous start to the new year…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Jan, 16, 2026
  • 60 Comments

Happy New Year (Friday): 2 January

This is the first Happy Things Friday post of 2026.

I feel like I don’t have a lot of “new” Happy Things to add to my list, but I jotted down items that were…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Jan, 02, 2026
  • 47 Comments
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