It’s Getting Hot In Herrre We are having day after day of hot, sunny weather, and I am here for it; this is what I have always dreamed of experiencing in the summer. I love it. When it comes to outdoor activity, it is a little toasty, and so morning routines around here have been […]
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Poison
July 8, 2024 by 52 Comments
My husband is always incredibly supportive and encouraging of anything I decide to do, and so last August when I told him that I wasn’t up to teaching yoga in our new city – the thought of starting over was overwhelming and discouraging, and it felt like time for a pivot – he was in […]
What Have I Become?
July 1, 2024 by 68 Comments
One thing I didn’t realize would happen, with a retired husband and children no longer in the public school system, is that long weekends don’t really register for me anymore. Every weekend is a long weekend, therefore no weekend is a long weekend. This is not to say that the Canada Day weekend was really […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Landscaped Edition
June 27, 2024 by 59 Comments
I realized just as I wrote that title that I have a sugaring appointment this afternoon, but lest you get the wrong idea, what I am going to talk about today is NOT that kind of landscaping. It’s full on summer and I am enjoying the gorgeous weather, although today is “coolish.” Of course, in […]
Joy (pump it up pump it up now) Pain (keep it going keep it going now)
June 24, 2024 by 59 Comments
Recently my husband and I were at a birthday party for a friend; a video of that party was created and shared with me. I watched it, my eyes widening, and then I watched it again. I called my husband over to watch it with me. Do I really look like that? I asked, astonished. […]
Influential
June 17, 2024 by 57 Comments
It’s been a hectic week, full of super-boring and tedious errands and chores, including, but not limited to, Costco, Superstore, the post office, the mall, a meeting with the lawyer to get our updated wills signed, and not one but two trips to Service Canada for passport applications. At Service Canada, there is a lineup […]
Five For Friday: The 1988 Version
June 14, 2024 by 47 Comments
My writing partner Laura (HI LAURA) has been using her old journals and diaries for writing prompts, which in theory would be a great idea for me to do as well, had I not shredded and thrown out all of mine from my childhood and teen years. It’s probably for the best, honestly. No one […]
