Coming Into The Home Stretch

With all the myriad changes going on in my life right now, I told a friend that I feel like I am having a Brazilian bikini wax, but the entire procedure is just one giant strip instead of many tiny, gentler strips. With everything happening all at … [Continue reading]

Social Butterfly and Boxes, Boxes, Boxes

Nothing motivates a person so much as having a firm deadline, am I right? The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of cleaning and decluttering, donating and packing, and squeezing in as many social visits as I possibly can. And speaking of … [Continue reading]

Back In The Day

Interprovincial Woman of Mystery I did not realize how mysterious and secretive I have been with regards to my new city, and it certainly isn't a mystery or a secret: this Calgary Girl is going to morph into an Okanagan Girl. We are moving to … [Continue reading]

Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Summer Solstice Edition

If my life lately was a cartoon, it would be illustrated with one of those daily calendars, and the pages would be flipping through in fast-motion, flying off into the wind. Time seems to move quickly the older we get, but this past month has been … [Continue reading]

Don’t Worry About A Thing Because Every Little Thing Is Going To Be All Right

Let Your Love Flow Like A Mountain Stream Last week I was channeling Miley Cyrus, this week I am all about Bob Marley. It's been a very busy, very productive week, and - to also channel Melissa Manchester - I think we can make it. Friends, … [Continue reading]

Miley and Me

The other day I woke up with No Scrubs stuck in my head; this isn't an entirely strange thing, as I do like that song, and hear it fairly often on one of my playlists. What was strange, though, was how tenacious it was. All through my morning yoga … [Continue reading]

Crying In Superstore

I am not at all a stress or emotional eater - in fact, in trying times I tend to lose my appetite and forget to eat - but I am a Taurus, and I love to treat myself, particularly when I have had a lot of onerous or tiring tasks. Not always is that … [Continue reading]