Howard/ Nicole The Duck

One benefit of keeping an old school blog for the past eight years is that I can easily see patterns in my own life. For example, every single fall I feel like I'm careening off the rails a little bit, in terms of busyness, and yes, we are all busy … [Continue reading]

But it’s not on the list!

Part of the Life-Changing Magic that I have enjoyed since Tidying Up The Kitchen is that I have become incredibly organized and non-hoarder-ish when it comes to food. I had gotten into a bad habit of freestyling when it came to grocery shopping. I … [Continue reading]

The Golden Girls Action Figures ARE On My Christmas List

On October 6, I was alerted by three people that the world has become a perfect place; there are now Golden Girls action figures to be had. Since that time, I've had messages from no fewer than eight people about the existence of such a glorious … [Continue reading]

Life is a destination. No. Wait.

I feel like I'm in some weird time warp and also, like I'm Laura Ingalls at the beginning of the Long Winter, with a sense of foreboding about the months to come. There's snow on the ground and it's cold, cold, cold. I dug out my thick woolly … [Continue reading]

Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Thanksgiving Edition

Last Friday our roof was re-shingled and, as the old shingles were tossed into the big bin, so went my sanity. My husband asked why I didn't just leave the house for the day, but it happened to be one of the only days that I had slated in my week to … [Continue reading]

Black Moon Day

We are all tired. Is there anything more boring that can be said than I'm tired. We are all in a permanent state of - at the very least - low-level tiredness. This is just a part of being an adult; if you had a room full of people, and asked them how … [Continue reading]

This is fine.

I consider myself to be a pretty upbeat, optimistic person, but this morning I read a post about being prepared for emergencies like possible rioting due to civil unrest and it made me feel a bit like this: And a little bit like … [Continue reading]