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Top Five/Bottom Five: Summer

I was astounded when I looked back at my Top Five/Bottom Five posts and realized I’ve never done one about summer. I’m virtually certain I have — maybe on my old blog? Or maybe…

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  • Summer Celebrations, Top Five/Bottom Five
  • Aug, 20, 2025
  • 46 Comments

Top Five/Bottom Five: Small Talk Topics

Some people are pure magic with small talk. (Joy, this is your cue to take a bow.) These people could talk to a doorframe and somehow get a response. I, on the other hand,…

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  • Personality Insights, Random, Top Five/Bottom Five
  • May, 29, 2025
  • 58 Comments

Top Five/Bottom Five: Smells (The Household Edition)

It’s been a long while since my last Top Five/Bottom Five post — so long, in fact, we were still talking about winter (praise be, ice is finally behind us). Tobia recently mentioned that…

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  • Home, Top Five/Bottom Five
  • May, 15, 2025
  • 48 Comments

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

My 2024 Christmas Playlist

First, Merry Christmas! I wasn’t going to post on Christmas Day, but I’ve had this song list languishing in my drafts folder for a while and it seemed like something that needed to go…

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  • Christmas, Personality Insights, Top Five/Bottom Five
  • Dec, 25, 2024
  • 23 Comments

Top Five/Bottom Five: The Condiment Edition

I live in a family that adores sauces. In fact, you could say sauces are our jam. (What? I like bad puns.)

So I figured it was high time to discuss condiments, a topic I…

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  • Food, Random, Top Five/Bottom Five
  • Dec, 03, 2024
  • 55 Comments

Top Five/Bottom Five: The Emoji Edition

Regardless of where you fall along the emoji spectrum (avoid at all costs vs each text is 98% emojis and 2% words), it’s rather difficult to avoid these little icons in modern life.

So, why…

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  • Random, Top Five/Bottom Five
  • Nov, 19, 2024
  • 49 Comments
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