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Top Five/Bottom Five

Top Five/Bottom Five: Ice Cream Flavours

I know people will have some Thoughts on this subject. Let’s remember we’re all friends here and that there are no right or wrong answers. (Okay, there are some wrong answers; liquorice or bubble…

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  • Food, Top Five/Bottom Five
  • May, 27, 2024
  • 43 Comments

Top Five/Bottom Five: Makeup

It likely will not surprise you to learn I am not really a makeup gal. I mean, I wear it. I like it. But I own very little of it. This was an easy…

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  • Creativity, Favourite Things, Minimalism, Top Five/Bottom Five
  • Apr, 04, 2024
  • 33 Comments

Top Five/Bottom Five: Kitchen Appliances (Mostly To Gauge Your Stance on Microwaves)

While I work on the mounds of laundry waiting to be tended, here’s a twist on the crowd favourite Top Five/Bottom Five posts; this time I’m going to write about what kitchen appliances (excluding…

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  • Top Five/Bottom Five
  • Mar, 20, 2024
  • 47 Comments

Top Five/Bottom Five: Basic Hygiene and Self-Care Routines

Top Five/Bottom Five posts always seem to generate lots of fun discussion and I needed something a bit lighter than yesterday’s topic.

I had a hard time concretely defining the parameters, but I’m thinking…

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  • Top Five/Bottom Five
  • Feb, 13, 2024
  • 40 Comments

Top Five/Bottom Five: Household Chores Edition

I had a lot of fun writing my Christmas-themed Top Five/Bottom Five posts (followed by a special cookie edition for Engie). Based on the comment sections, some of you have very strong feelings about…

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  • Home, Top Five/Bottom Five
  • Jan, 30, 2024
  • 41 Comments

Top Five/Bottom Five: The Cookie Edition

This one is for Engie. A few weeks ago she suggested I post about the best and worst cookies (apparently she has – and I quote – “STRONG feelings”). I didn’t get around to…

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  • Food, Top Five/Bottom Five
  • Jan, 09, 2024
  • 35 Comments

Top Five/Bottom Five: Christmas Food Edition

If you thought music and movies tested our friendship, let’s see how we fare after today’s version of the Top Five/Bottom Five game. I’ll warn you, there is a lot of sugar – which…

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  • Christmas, Food, Holidays, Top Five/Bottom Five
  • Dec, 19, 2023
  • 25 Comments
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