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Top Five/Bottom Five: Household Chores Edition

I had a lot of fun writing my Christmas-themed Top Five/Bottom Five posts (followed by a special cookie edition for Engie). Based on the comment sections, some of you have very strong feelings about…

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  • Home, Top Five/Bottom Five
  • Jan, 30, 2024
  • 41 Comments

Guest Post: Welcome Colleen!!

If you want to see a visual representation of the term Busy, look no further than Colleen. A full-time working mama to seven – SEVEN! – children who also runs a family business with…

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  • Blogging, Friendship, Guest Post
  • Jan, 29, 2024
  • 37 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 26 January

Phew. That was…a week. A very hectic, very full week. I can’t believe January is almost over. To be honest, the start of 2024 has felt a bit anticlimactic – it’s taking some time…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Jan, 26, 2024
  • 46 Comments

Cape Sable Lighthouse, Nova Scotia: A Boat-Only Adventure

Updated July 2026

Ever visited a place where—and you couldn’t quite put your finger on why—it felt a bit like meeting a new best friend?

That sensation when you just know you’re going to hit it…

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  • Travel, Family, Lighthouses, Nova Scotia
  • Jan, 25, 2024
  • 18 Comments

Random Questions…and My Answers

This is a catch-all post with a few questions that came in late to my Ask Me (Almost) Anything form during NaBloPoMo (here is my first round of Q&As and my second), along with…

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  • Ask Me (Almost) Anything, Life, Personality Insights, Random
  • Jan, 24, 2024
  • 35 Comments

(More) Things I Wish I Liked (or Loved)

I’m back with another round of Things I Wish I Liked (or Loved).

Black coffee. I think it would be nice to enjoy black coffee. Last year I had a coffee that could have…

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  • Life, Personality Insights, Random
  • Jan, 23, 2024
  • 58 Comments

Guest Post: Welcome Kyria!!

I hope other people find these posts as fun to read as I do to organize. One of the interesting – yet crazy – parts about blogging is how intimately we get to know…

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  • Blogging, Friendship, Guest Post
  • Jan, 22, 2024
  • 33 Comments
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