Yesterday was my birthday, and I turned 49. My last birthday in my forties! I have really loved my forties, and I hope this last year before I can say that I’m nifty and fifty will be just as great. I love birthdays. This isn’t news to anyone who has known me even tangentially – […]
Sassy, Sea Breeze, Stationary, Smoking
April 8, 2024 by 59 Comments
This week I read, and was completely absorbed by, a book that was set in 1998, and I think that is the reason I have been awash in nostalgia. I don’t know what you were doing in 1998, but I was in grad school, taking step aerobics classes, and crushing it during Name That Tune […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Leap Year Edition
February 29, 2024 by 52 Comments
Happy Leap Year, everyone! Our last Leap Year was in 2020, and thinking about it now, how strange that time was, having an extra day just ahead of being locked down and going through a global pandemic. When I look at my blog from February 2020, it is all very cheerful and clearly I had […]
Money Honey
February 19, 2024 by 58 Comments
I had a real Lemon, It’s Wednesday start to the week, but on Monday. At one point I thought it was time to start making dinner, and I looked at the clock; it was 12:30 pm. Fortunately this state of affairs didn’t continue for the whole week; in fact, things improved exponentially. For one thing, […]
Five For Friday: The 2023 Five-Star Edition
December 8, 2023 by 54 Comments
As we are speeding through the last month of 2023, I wanted to talk about some of the five-star things that have been absolute gifts this year, for body, mind, and soul. I do not consider myself a book snob at all, although my husband thinks that I am one. What I have noticed, though, […]
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
November 20, 2023 by 63 Comments
A woman was stocking the organic bananas in Superstore, and so I waited patiently as she unloaded. She gestured to me to go ahead, choose your bananas and then looked a bit shocked as I piled thirty or so into my cart. “Do you run a group home or something?” she said, puzzled. “Is that […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Oooh, It’s October Edition
October 26, 2023 by 60 Comments
At the risk of sounding like an incredibly demented Little Miss Sunshine, I do not have a Least Favourite Month. I don’t have a Most Favourite Month either; I love April because it’s my birthday, and December because of Christmas, I love July and August because of the heat and summery vibes and I love […]
