Slowgress
I realized today that my YearOfYes hit the one year mark last month and I need to stop looking for things to do. The start of this year has been Continue Reading →
Category Archives: issues
Taking Advice from the Universe
Recently I posted a status update on Facebook, “Sometimes the universe whispers. Tonight it yelled in my ear.” The next morning I laughed because of the video with Bill Continue Reading →
Clutter-busting is Getting Easier
I returned to Blackwood over the weekend at Shawn’s urging to go through those boxes I’d ignored in storage. I didn’t want to — in my mind, I was letting Continue Reading →
Adjustments
Just a week after moving in, I am starting to make little adjustments and make note of key things — like the fact that I need to hoard loonies for Continue Reading →
Deep Storage
One of the most tedious things to fallout of this split and move is dealing with the stuff that we have been schlepping from place to place without unpacking. I Continue Reading →
Stash Management
Guess I’m no lady, then, because I’m about to chat about exactly that. One of the things I had planned to do even before everything changed this year was to Continue Reading →
Tsundoku
Originating from Japanese, the word tsundoku is one of those words imported to English because we don’t have an equivalent. It basically means “book hoarding” but more specifically it is Continue Reading →
Wrapping it up!
Once the shopping is done, the wrapping begins…. and as trends go, it seems we’ve been moving away from dollar-store-gift-bags with tissue and back to more creative ideas. Here’s the Continue Reading →
The New Routine
The other day, Shawn came to a realization: he doesn’t hate routine after all. For me, routine is often the only thing that gets me out the door and when Continue Reading →
Supporting my words with actions
I’ve spent a fair bit of time discussing who I am supporting this year in municipal elections. In particular, I’ve talked to a lot of people about Lisa Helps and Continue Reading →