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On Flattery, Pinball, and One Size Fits All

One of my favourite ways to prepare a meal – and simultaneously clean out the refrigerator – is to make what our family calls Hodge Podge. I pull together a soup using leftover scraps…

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  • Life, Personality Insights, Random
  • Feb, 05, 2024
  • 35 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 2 February

While I am not sad to see January pass by into my rearview mirror, the last week treated me well with many happy things. I know for some of you reading January kicked your…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Feb, 02, 2024
  • 39 Comments

Want To Write a Book with Me This Year?

A few weeks ago our pastor mentioned an idea in passing: What if we looked at our life as a book and assigned each year a unique chapter title? While he continued with his…

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  • Creativity, Life, Personality Insights, Random
  • Feb, 01, 2024
  • 46 Comments

Rhythms, Routines, and Little Things Currently Working

I have been thinking a lot about rhythms (I continue to misspell this word at least 90% of the time; why is it so hard?) and routines lately. Maybe it’s my sudden interest in…

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  • Habits, Life, Personality Insights, Time Management
  • Jan, 31, 2024
  • 39 Comments

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
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