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Lather, Rinse, Repeat: Shower Habits

A random question for the interwebs.

When do you shower?

John recently came across a BBC article about the best time of day to shower. (According to experts, the “healthier” time appears to be the morning.)…

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  • Habits, Personality Insights, Random
  • Nov, 17, 2025
  • 65 Comments

Hello, New Friends (and Old Ones Too)

So… yesterday wasn’t supposed to be a blog doubleheader. I was as surprised as you might have been to wake up to two posts on my blog. Clearly, I wasn’t paying enough attention to…

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  • Ask Me (Almost) Anything, Blogging, Life, Personality Insights
  • Nov, 12, 2025
  • 31 Comments

More Things I’ve Done…

On the heels of the 13th post in my Never Have I Ever series, it’s time to talk about more life experiences I have under my proverbial belt.

Used chopsticks to eat an entire meal….

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  • Never Have I Ever, Personality Insights, Random
  • Oct, 22, 2025
  • 31 Comments

Brain Dump at Starbucks: Life, Sleep, and Scattered Thoughts

Friends. As I mentioned yesterday, I am feeling scattered lately.

While Belle finishes up at a birthday party I have decamped to Starbucks (help — what monster am I creating?!), and I decided it was…

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  • Brain Dump, Personality Insights, Random
  • Oct, 18, 2025
  • 58 Comments

Handwriting: Fading Art or Skill Worth Saving?

A few weeks ago I was reading a post from Daria and couldn’t help but notice that her daughter (Grade 2) has far neater printing than my son (Grade 5).

Indy went through the exact…

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  • Parenting, Personality Insights, Random
  • Oct, 08, 2025
  • 46 Comments

Random Q&A That Are Interesting but Not At All Important…

A few weeks ago Andrea posted a list of fun questions she uses to help take attendance in her Math class. I picked 20 of her prompts to answer today:

Would you rather travel the…

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  • Personality Insights, Random
  • Oct, 06, 2025
  • 29 Comments

Oops + So, Another Corn Question

So…there were NOT supposed to be two posts yesterday. My final recap of Birchie’s trip to Nova Scotia was scheduled for today. Well, I *thought* it was scheduled for today. Clearly I got my…

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  • Food, Habits, Personality Insights, Random
  • Sep, 30, 2025
  • 36 Comments
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