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Top Five/Bottom Five: The (Canadian) Winter Edition

We’ve talked about everything from condiments to emojis to ice cream flavours, but now it’s time to tackle a cold, hard truth. It’s winter in Canada. And I. am. over. it.

I’ve been hankering…

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  • Random, Top Five/Bottom Five
  • Feb, 20, 2025
  • 65 Comments

A Semi-Wordless Wednesday Post

John and I ended up working in the kitchen for the fundraiser dinner (which was amazing; helping behind-the-scenes was a blast)…but it meant we missed almost all of the after-dinner trivia.

We finished cleanup just…

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  • Creativity, Random
  • Feb, 19, 2025
  • 26 Comments

Never Have I Ever…Part 4

Fainted.

Ridden on a camel.

Slept in a car overnight.

Gone to an airport and purchased a plane ticket on the spot.

Attended a professional sporting event (e.g. MLB, NBA, NFL, etc.).

Had a root canal.

Been to the top…

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  • Personality Insights, Random
  • Feb, 18, 2025
  • 47 Comments

Never Have I Ever…Part 3

Smoked a cigarette.

Gone scuba diving.

Ordered anything at Starbucks (I have used their free bathrooms and I once bought a bag of Starbucks coffee at the grocery store, but I’m not counting that).

Eaten haggis.

Read…

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  • Personality Insights, Random
  • Feb, 06, 2025
  • 40 Comments

The Writing’s On The Wall…

(Bonus points to anyone who knows the origin of this idiom…without the help of a Google search!)

I was sitting in church taking notes a few weeks ago – *hint* – and I got to…

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  • Personality Insights, Random
  • Jan, 23, 2025
  • 41 Comments

Never Have I Ever…Part 2

Owned a dog or a cat.

Taken a cruise vacation.

Boosted a car battery. (I’ve had other people boost my car battery, but I’ve never actually been brave enough to operate the cables.)

Gone skydiving or bungee…

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  • Personality Insights, Random
  • Jan, 22, 2025
  • 55 Comments

Colbert Questionert* (*Not a Typo!)

The first time I saw these questions (posed by Stephen Colbert to various and sundry celebrities), it was on Stephany’s blog. I meant to answer them during 2023 NaBloPoMo and then…forgot. Alexandra posted answers…

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  • Ask Me (Almost) Anything, Personality Insights, Random
  • Jan, 16, 2025
  • 27 Comments
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