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Holidays

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: 30 May

While it’s not unusual for me to slap a disclaimer on a Happy Things Friday post, this one is definitely an extra-large cup of coffee affair. If you love long, meandering reflections, sit down…

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  • Birthday, Happy Things Friday, Thrifting
  • May, 30, 2025
  • 52 Comments

From Cheesecake (Obvious) to Cicadas (Less Obvious): 38 Things I’m Grateful For Today

Today’s my 38th birthday — and for someone who is objectively terrible at keeping things brief, I had absolutely no idea what to write about.

But if this blog has taken on a singular theme…

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  • Birthday, Gratitude, Holidays
  • May, 28, 2025
  • 71 Comments

I Ask You. You Ask Me.

Jim: Question. What kind of bear is best?

Dwight: That’s a ridiculous question.

Jim: False. Black bear.

It’s question time.

First up, questions for you.

Best slow cooker recipes. Please tell me your favourites in the comment section. My…

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  • Ask Me (Almost) Anything, Christmas, Favourite Things, Home, Personality Insights, Random
  • Jan, 15, 2025
  • 59 Comments

Christmas Treasure Hunt 2024

Today marks my final Christmas Gifts of 2024 post. (I promise!)

Years ago we came up with the idea to create a Christmas morning treasure hunt for the kiddos with a series of clues leading…

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  • Christmas, Parenting, Paris
  • Jan, 08, 2025
  • 50 Comments

Bible Verse Clues: A Christmas Tradition

We celebrated Belle’s first Christmas with dear friends. And that was the year they introduced us to one of their beloved family traditions. A few years later we had adopted it as our own!

On…

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  • Christmas, Faith, Parenting
  • Jan, 07, 2025
  • 32 Comments

Christmas Recap 2024: Gift Edition

The gifts are unwrapped and most are already in various states of use and play. As previously noted, we exchange a lot of gifts at Christmas (I explained more about that here) and there…

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  • Christmas, Holidays, Home, Thrifting
  • Jan, 06, 2025
  • 37 Comments
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