The Optimistic Musings of a Pessimist

NaBloPoMo Giveaway #1: A 2025 Sprouted Weekly Planner

I promised giveaways this month and it’s time to deliver! Buckle up for the first round.

I haven’t hosted a giveaway since Easter and decided it was time for some lucky readers to receive fun…

Giveaway!, NaBloPoMo, Planning
Nov, 09, 2024

Happy Things Friday: 8 November

Happy Friday bloggy friends!

It has been…a week. Thankfully, there are still happy things on offer if we look for them.

Let’s dive right in, shall we?

AN EXTRA DAY

I was scheduled to come home from…

Top Five/Bottom Five: The Colour Edition

Apologies to all my American readers. There will be plenty of superfluous vowels in today’s post because it’s time to talk colour.

In my version of the question, black and white will be considered colours…

Personality Insights, Random, Top Five/Bottom Five
Nov, 07, 2024
42 Comments

What’s In A Name?

We call both our robot vacuums Eufy (they are twins we don’t even attempt to tell apart). Eufy happens to be their brand, so we clearly lack any imagination in the naming department. But…

Who’s Behind the Blog?

I may have some new readers because of Kristen’s guest post (along with my participation in NaBloPoMo!) and thought it might be helpful to provide a quick introduction.

Hi. I’m Elisabeth.

The first thing you should…

Blogging, Favourite Things, Personality Insights, Pet Peeves
Nov, 05, 2024
43 Comments

Guest Post: Welcome Kristen!!!

I am so excited to welcome Kristen – better known as The Frugal Girl – to my little corner of the internet. It was fun to answer Kristen’s questions for a recent Meet a…

Blogging, Guest Post, Minimalism, Money, Personality Insights, Thrifting
Nov, 04, 2024
104 Comments

The Cool Bloggers Walking Club: Week #5

Because of how the days of October ended up falling, we had “five” weeks in our challenge. Today is the final roundup. I’m both relieved – it is a surprising amount of work to…