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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

Happy Things Friday: 31 October

Today is Halloween!! I hope it’s a wonderfully festive day for everyone celebrating in one way or another.

I am cheerfully missing the candy and general mayhem of the day by staying with my parents…

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  • Halloween, Happy Things Friday
  • Oct, 31, 2025
  • 55 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 24 October

What a week! Life has had the usual range of ups and downs (John’s in Europe again; Indy has either sprained or broken his thumb playing tag on the school playground; I ran into…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Oct, 24, 2025
  • 46 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 17 October

We have gotten to (and passed) the halfway point of the month. As usual, I am in perpetual shock by how quickly time is flying by.

I am trying to bury my head in…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Oct, 17, 2025
  • 37 Comments
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