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Happy Things Friday Turns One

Today marks one year since I clicked Publish on my very first Happy Things Friday post. I started this series on a whim and here we are a year later.

It might sound ridiculous…

Habits, Happy Things Friday, Joy, Personality Insights
Sep, 29, 2024
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Happy Things Friday: 27 September

September is almost behind us; typically that astonishes me but this September has felt pretty accurate at being twenty-seven days so far. There haven’t been high highs or low lows for me, but there…

Favourite Things: June – September

It has been a while! I find Favourite Things posts are getting harder to write because I re-use old favourites over and over and don’t tend to be very adventurous with branching out and…

Where Do You Keep That? (Part Two)

This is the first of (at least) two follow-up posts about where we keep various standard household items.

The first two categories were inspired by Engie.

SUNGLASSES

I am the only one who can always find their…

Are You Clean, Neat, Both, or Neither?

I’m not obsessive about neatness or cleanliness, but I definitely would tend toward neatness. I like everything to have a place and everything to be IN that place. But when it comes to cleaning,…

Habits, Home, Minimalism, Organization, Personality Insights, Random
Sep, 23, 2024
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My Year of Shmita: August Update

I needed August. Honestly, it felt like the first true month of rest in 2024.

There were some great moments in July, but unexpected situations really took me by surprise (go figure!) and left me…

Portugal, Sabbath, Travel, Year of Shmita
Sep, 22, 2024
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Happy Things Friday: 20 September

Well. That was quite a week, starting with our great big Back to School party on Friday. It was long (probably two hours longer than it should have been) and loud and chaotic, but…

Happy Things Friday Turns One

Happy Things Friday: 27 September

Favourite Things: June – September

Where Do You Keep That? (Part Two)

Are You Clean, Neat, Both, or Neither?

My Year of Shmita: August Update

Happy Things Friday: 20 September

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