The Optimistic Musings of a Pessimist

Would You Rather: The Christmas Edition (Part 1)

One of my kids’ favourite games is Would You Rather. We’ve played this on road trips and family walks and it’s not uncommon for the card game version to make an appearance when guests…

Christmas, Favourite Things, Holidays, Random
Dec, 06, 2023
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The Best of One World?

Yesterday was a snow day. Historically, snow days fill me with the deepest level of despair. But this time, when I saw the message that schools were canceled, I leaned back in bed (no…

Life, Mental Health, Minimalism, Parenting, Year of Shmita
Dec, 05, 2023
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I get excited about all my guest posters, but I am positively giddy today to welcome Suzanne! Awarder of gold-star supernovas! Encourager extraordinaire! And a blogger who I have the honour of calling my…

Happy Things Friday: 1 December

The holiday season is here; I mean, it’s been loitering around for a while now, but today marks the official start of the holiday season in my mind. Bring on the Hallmark, twinkle lights,…

Farwell to NaBloPoMo + Top Five/Bottom Five Christmas Songs

I can’t believe this is the last day of November. Where did the time go?

Thank you to everyone who showed up in my little corner of the internet during NaBloPoMo and thank you…

Blogging, Christmas, Holidays, NaBloPoMo, Top Five/Bottom Five
Nov, 30, 2023
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Ask Me (Almost) Anything: Part 2

Another day, another round of AMAA questions. Ditto from yesterday – no theme, just answering questions en masse one person at a time.

FROM JENNY (RUNNERS FLY)

Q. What do you imagine yourself doing when both…

Ask Me (Almost) Anything, Life, NaBloPoMo
Nov, 29, 2023
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Ask Me (Almost) Anything: Part 1

Last year when I did my Ask Me (Almost) Anything posts I got all “fancy” and organized questions by theme. This time, I’m throwing caution to the wind and plan to answer questions reader-by-reader….