Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Hygge-Chaka, Hygge-Hygge-Hygge-Chaka Edition

I can't stop this feeling, deep inside of me, January you just don't realize what you do to me...when you are cold but it's getting more light you let me know everything's all right... Ever since I read The Little Book of Hygge, I've been a bit … [Continue reading]

Challenging?; Ninety-Seven Weeks In

Recently I've seen a lot of "ten year challenge" posts on social media, which is one of those strange phenomena of our time. A challenge, in my mind, is to be ninety-seven weeks into a global pandemic and to still get out of bed every morning, … [Continue reading]

Goals, Goals, Goals; Ninety-Six Weeks In

If you're not singing that title a la Motley Crue, then I don't know what to say. If you are, sorry/ not sorry for the earworm. As I've mentioned before, I don't set particular goals or resolutions or words-of-the-year in January, but I do like to … [Continue reading]

No News Is Good News; Ninety-Five Weeks In

It occurred to me this week that a lot of parallels can be drawn between pandemic mitigation strategies and sex ed. Just as the only Absolutely Certain 100% way to avoid pregnancy and STI is Complete Abstinence, so the only Absolutely Certain 100% … [Continue reading]

Hippy-Dippy Goals; Ninety-Four Weeks In

Happy New Year! As I mentioned in my 2021 roundup, the year ended - and the New Year started - on kind of a low point. The boys were supposed to be going back to school tomorrow, but on December 30 it was announced that winter break would be … [Continue reading]

Boyhouse Year In Review 2021

Is it just me or was this year actually a decade? Well! I think at this time last year we thought the Pandemic At The Disco would be in the rearview mirror, and yet it is not. Currently we are going through our FIFTH wave, which is extremely … [Continue reading]

Post-Christmas Haze; Ninety-Three Weeks In

Hello there! I'm currently in that lovely post-Christmas, pre-New Year's haze, still sipping coffee from my Christmas mugs, still surrounded by Christmas decorations and cards but with added Christmas CHOCOLATES everywhere, but without the busyness … [Continue reading]