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Happy Things Friday: 15 December

I want to start today’s post by acknowledging that the Christmas season can be the least happy time of the year. I attended a funeral last weekend for a 16-year-old. She was an accomplished…

Wrapping Up My 2023 Goals

I’m going to blink and 2023 will be over. For the first time in a looonnnggg time, I’m not planning to set any goals for myself for an entire calendar year. This feels like…

Goals
Dec, 14, 2023
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Favourite Things: December 2023 Edition + Top Picks

I thought I’d start with a quick roundup of recent favourites and cap things off with a summary of my favourite items/moments from 2023.

Who’s ready to do this?

YOLINK WATER SENSORS

If you’ve been reading along…

Paris Day Three: Van Gogh, a River Cruise, and a Magical Light Show

Today’s post covers Day Three of our trip to Paris in 2019. I had scheduled this recap weeks before the recent attack. I don’t know what to say/do in light of the current tragedy….

Paris, Travel
Dec, 12, 2023
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Top Five/Bottom Five: Christmas Movie Edition

If there were feelings about music, I suspect there will be F.E.E.L.I.N.G.S. about movies.

There is something so festive about holiday films; I could watch Les Misérables or Beauty and the Beast any time…

Christmas, Holidays, Top Five/Bottom Five
Dec, 11, 2023
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Saturday Bonus <> A Nova Scotian Holiday Movie

Thursday – after school – we grabbed cozy blankets, made cups of hot cocoa (coffee for me), and started to watch a new Hallmark movie. Colour me SHOCKED to discover it was set in…

Christmas, Holidays, Lighthouses, Nova Scotia, Random
Dec, 09, 2023
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Happy Things Friday: 8 December

We had our first snowstorm and…I didn’t hate it. Admittedly, by the time everyone was on their second full set of winter gear and there were hangers of wet clothes everywhere I did get…

Happy Things Friday: 15 December

Wrapping Up My 2023 Goals

Favourite Things: December 2023 Edition + Top Picks

Paris Day Three: Van Gogh, a River Cruise, and a Magical Light Show

Top Five/Bottom Five: Christmas Movie Edition

Saturday Bonus <> A Nova Scotian Holiday Movie

Happy Things Friday: 8 December

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