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Sprouted Planners x (Optimistic Musings + Best Laid Plans) = Planner Giveaway

I’ve teamed up with my friend — and planner extraordinaire — Sarah Hart-Unger of Best Laid Plans (the podcast) and Best Laid Plans Live (the in-person planning conference) and Best Laid Plans: A Simple…

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  • Giveaway!, Planning
  • Nov, 11, 2025

Ten Frugal Things Lately

ONE | I continue to buy reduced produce. I find arugula rarely goes slimy (unlike spinach). If spinach is on the cusp of turning slimy, I toss it into the freezer and use it…

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  • Frugality, Money
  • Nov, 11, 2025
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Cool Bloggers Walking Club: Final Walks + I Like To Map It, Map It

This is it, folks!! The final recap of our October 2025 walking club (for anyone counting, this is the fourth round of CBWC).

In a word, it’s been wonderful. There were days where I…

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  • Cool Bloggers Walking Club, Exercise
  • Nov, 10, 2025
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Happy Things Friday: 7 November

I had to go back and correct myself: I started drafting this post by writing 7 October. Just like that, a month of my life gone to the ether.

It is definitely feeling like November…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Nov, 07, 2025
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On My Shelf: Books I Read in October 2025

If September was all about fiction, I made up for it in October with plenty of non-fiction reads.

January. February. March. April. May. June. July. August. September.

BOOKS I READ IN OCTOBER — THE SHORT VERSION

If You Lived Here You’d Be…

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  • Nov, 06, 2025
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Gratitude Guests: Kelly Neil on Nova Scotia, Cuisine, and Gratitude

Today feels extra special, friends. I get to introduce you all to a bona fide Nova Scotian! Please help me warmly welcome Kelly Neil!

Kelly is a talented food stylist, photographer, and columnist (she spent years…

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  • Food, Gratitude, Guest Post, Nova Scotia
  • Nov, 05, 2025
  • 29 Comments

Big News: We’re (Probably) Moving to Europe (for Four Months!)

I’ve been hinting for a while that there’s been some big behind-the-scenes decision-making happening around here…and it’s finally time to spill the proverbial beans.

Our family is — if all goes to plan (please, Lord)…

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  • Life, Travel
  • Nov, 04, 2025
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