The Optimistic Musings of a Pessimist

It’s Time For a 2025 Financial Review!

I just finished entering the final spending details of 2025 into our budget spreadsheet so it’s time for my annual spending review (or, as Kyria calls it, a money pie!). These sorts of posts…

Budget, Habits, Home, Money
Jan, 15, 2026
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Year in Review: Favourite Memories from 2025

I’ve already recapped 2025 in terms of blogging and books (my top ten fiction reads from the year, along with my top ten non-fiction). I’ve written plenty about our Christmas (gifts, treasure hunt, general…

Never Have I Ever…Part 14

It’s has been a long time since I’ve shared ten things I’ve never ever done. As always, they’re a random assortment.

Never have I ever:

Topped up/changed any fluid in a car OTHER THAN GASOLINE. (Not…

The F.I.G. Collective: Announcing the 2026 Edition

It’s backkkkkkkkk.

I was on the fence about running another round of The F.I.G. Collective this winter because of… life! But then Stephany posted about her experience participating in this group practice last February….

Happy Things Friday: 9 January

Whelp… this has been quite a week. A bug of some sort hit various members of the family, we ran into unexpected logistical issues with our company (business “company,” not the people visiting kind)…

Life
Jan, 09, 2026
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Drumroll Announcing My Ten Favourite Non-Fiction Reads from 2025

Since my mid-20s, I’ve been a non-fiction gal through and through. This year, I read far fewer non-fiction books than normal (I’m hoping to reverse that trend in 2026)!

After pulling together a HUGE post…