Personality Insights

Phone Numbers…or, Yet Another Thing My Brain Has Outsourced to My Phone

When I was a kid, my parents had an old-fashioned rotary phone in their bedroom (I genuinely miss that thing!), and a looooong corded phone in the kitchen. It hung on the wall but…

Habits, Organization, Personality Insights, Random
Sep, 25, 2025
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Meet My Favourite Guy: A Q&A with John (Part Two)

As promised, here’s the second part of my “interview” with John. If you haven’t had the chance to read Part 1, start here! He’s already talked about parenting, marriage, and life miscellany. Part Two…

Guest Post, Life, Marriage, Personality Insights, Travel
Sep, 23, 2025
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Meet My Favourite Guy: A Q&A with John (Part One)

When I floated the idea of doing a guest “interview” with John, he was agreeable, if a bit skeptical. He wasn’t convinced anyone would have questions for him.

I knew better. And, you had so…

Guest Post, Marriage, Parenting, Personality Insights
Sep, 17, 2025
51 Comments

Five Things, Five Ways: A Bit of Everything

Who’s ready for a catch-all post full of random things on my mind?

Ready or not, here it comes!

FRUGAL WINS FROM LAST WEEK

Head to toe in thrifted clothes!

We bought all our kids’ back-to-school clothes at…

The Great Bed-Making Debate

Everyone has a stance on bed-making. Whether you’re the “crisp corners by 7:00 am” type or the “it’s just going to get messy again” type, your answer says something about you as a person….

Habits, Home, Minimalism, Personality Insights
Aug, 31, 2025
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Yup! I’ve Done That, Too

Hot on the heels of another Never Have I Ever post, here are some more things I have actually done!

Gone more than 48 hours without food. (I did a 5-day…maybe I only made it…

Never Have I Ever, Personality Insights, Random
Aug, 18, 2025
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Never Have I Ever…Part 11

Gone hitchhiking. (As a kid, I was definitely in the car when my dad picked up hitchhikers, which wasn’t all that unusual at the time. In university, I worked with someone who hitchhiked the…

Never Have I Ever, Personality Insights, Random
Aug, 11, 2025
48 Comments