Category Archives: Overall Good Things

This Calls for Some Cheering Up

Guess what I got on Saturday? No joke. Snow.  Seriously? Seriously. So it looks like Spring is totally bypassed, and Canada will be fast forwarding straight to Summer this year.  This is ridiculous, and I know why it’s happening: it’s … Continue reading

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No ‘Poo For You {well, me, but “you” rhymed better}

Friends, I have an announcement.  This is big.  I’m really excited. Starting this month, I will be joining a myriad/of/people/in/the/world who DON’T USE SHAMPOO! It’s the no ‘poo movement, and I’m hopping on board. It started out like this: I … Continue reading

Posted in change, It's All Good, Overall Good Things, self-actualisation, theories, what I'm about | Tagged , , | 38 Comments

I’ll Be Eliza Doolittle; You Be Henry Higgins.

Normally, on an average day of evening blog reading, my Google™ Reader “inbox” will have around 30 updated posts. Last night when I went to sleep, my Google™ Reader looked like this: Eighty—bad, right? Tonight, as I lay my aching … Continue reading

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How to Find Deals at Yard Sales/Garage Sales/Moving Sales/Rummage Sales

My sister and I are on a quest to revamp my parents’ kitchen/dining room/great room.  We’re doing it (our decorating part, at least), on a $500 budget, so a lot of things—okay, pretty much every thing—we’ve sourced has come from … Continue reading

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Dwindling Memories of a Lovely Home on Grand Cayman

When we were visiting Grand Cayman last week, Poor Kyle and I discovered the most amazing house we’d ever seen in real life (as in, not a fake house from a movie, of which we have seen many).  {And actually, … Continue reading

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Building the Suspense…

Almost every week for the past long time, I have seriously bemoaned the wretchedness that is the Monday morning.  For a semi-comprehensive list of all my bitter Monday posts, see below: Semi-comprehensive List of Bitter Monday Posts: 1.  Here 2.  … Continue reading

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DOUBLEYOU-TEE-EFF, CANADA.

Look what happened to me today: That’s right.  Snow.  Eight inches, to be precise.  It’s April the dadgum 23rd, and we’re getting bloody snowstorms.  I’m more than a little irked, in case you couldn’t tell.  The highway into the city … Continue reading

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