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Brands: Preferences vs. Allegiances

When buying items, most of the time I opt for whatever is on sale. If we need laundry detergent, I have my favourites…but not enough to pay full price. Ditto just about everything else.

But…

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  • Habits, Personality Insights
  • Jun, 26, 2024
  • 36 Comments

(Baby You Can) Drive My Car*

*I cycled through various song titles to use for this post and most of them seem to come laden with issues. I was going to use Shania Twain’s In My Car (I’ll Be the…

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  • Habits, Personality Insights, Random
  • Jun, 25, 2024
  • 35 Comments

My Year of Shmita: May Update

If May was my only snapshot from within this “Year of Shmita” it would serve as a rather uninspiring picture. Progress seemed stagnant. Though, one could argue, how can I measure progress on a…

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  • Quotes, Sabbath, Year of Shmita
  • Jun, 24, 2024
  • 26 Comments

Unexpected Introverting and Other Sunday Things

First, I am a guest on Engie’s blog today talking all things Nova Scotia. Head on over to see what made my shortlist and don’t forget to congratulate Engie on 20 years of blogging!…

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  • Guest Post, Life
  • Jun, 23, 2024
  • 23 Comments

And The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon

One of my blogging superpowers is giving readers emotional whiplash. Share a vulnerable mental health post one day, and show up the next with some ridiculously trivial questions.

Here we go.

Recently, while emptying the…

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  • Habits, Random
  • Jun, 22, 2024
  • 43 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 21 June

Fail alert. Less than a week ago I said I was done with Happy Things Friday posts for the summer but I just couldn’t stick with that decision.

I’ve been in a low-grade funk all…

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  • Happy Things Friday, Mental Health
  • Jun, 21, 2024
  • 46 Comments

Life Lately: Summer Details, Painted Nails, Portugal, and Bike Riding

I feel like my picture-taking game has been subpar lately. I’ve either been leaving my phone at home or simply forgetting to take pictures. Overall this is a good thing – less time on…

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  • Life, Random
  • Jun, 19, 2024
  • 26 Comments
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