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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

Happy Things Friday: 19 December + Niche Giveaway

Come on down folks, this is the final Happy Things Friday post before Christmas. (I totally said that in The Price is Right announcement voice.)

Well, you already know there was some angst in my…

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  • Christmas, Happy Things Friday, Holidays
  • Dec, 19, 2025
  • 33 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 12 December

It’s officially feeling “real” — December is here!

The weather in Nova Scotia is certainly reinforcing this message. We’ve had fairly consistently white weather these last few weeks. And while I’m a bit cranky about…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Dec, 12, 2025
  • 42 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 5 December

And just like that…it’s December.

We’ve had snow (and a snow day!) and it is very much beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Right now, everyone else is in bed and I’m starting this post…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Dec, 05, 2025
  • 54 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 21 November

Hi! I’m fine!! Everything is fine!!!

Life was just getting to be… a lot. It ended up feeling wonderful (and necessary) to take a few days “off” from blogging.

I continue to battle sleep issues which,…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Nov, 21, 2025
  • 43 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 14 November

Happy Friday, friends. Another week is in the rearview mirror and I am counting all my lucky stars that we didn’t get the amount of snow many parts of Canada and the US have…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Nov, 14, 2025
  • 40 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 7 November

I had to go back and correct myself: I started drafting this post by writing 7 October. Just like that, a month of my life gone to the ether.

It is definitely feeling like November…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Nov, 07, 2025
  • 44 Comments
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