I started this blog in the summer of 2009 as something to do when I was bored at work. It quickly evolved into a journey, my story, and a little community grew around it. Over the years, the concept has changed. It went from “self-help,” to motivational, to lifestyle, to a mommy blog. I hate to put a label on it though. It is simply an extension of me. It…
blogging challenge
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Day 22: Your Worst Habits
Read more+ Overeating/eating poorly + Passing judgment + Doubting myself + Not exercising + Cursing + Not reading often enough + Not brushing, flossing & rinsing every day/night + I have a hard time saying no Like most people, I could spend a lot of time…
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What Makes You Sad?
Read more+ Thinking of & missing my loved ones that have passed + Poverty + War + Hunger + Sickness + Animal cruelty + Sad commercials + movies + Inequality of all types + Hatred & ignorance + Knowing that some of my most treasured memories…
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Day 20: What Makes You Happy?
Read moreThings that make me happy in no particular order: + When the grass is warm and Bella rolls herself onto her back and wiggles around in it + When Roman smiles his big, sweet toothless grin at me & then looks away pretending to be…
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Day 19: Your Favourite Movie
Read moreAsking me to choose a favourite movie is like asking me to count all of the grains of sand on the beach. Impossible… but I like a challenge. 😉 If I absolutely had to pick, I would have to go with Eternal Sunshine of the…
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Day 17: Your Favourite Blogs
Read moreI have so many favourite blogs that sometimes it’s hard to keep up with my feed reader. I’ve made so many new friends recently, that the list could get unwieldy. So rather, I will focus on the blogs that have been my favourites for years…
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Day 15: Where Will You Be in 5 Years?
Read moreThe past couple of days have been really difficult ones. It’s always a terrible emotional drain on me when I take Roman to his doctor visits. I don’t have the heart to get into at the moment but it has to do with vaccinations and…
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Day 14: 3 Healthy Habits
Read moreThis post is meant to be as much of a kick-in-the-pants to myself as it is to be helpful to anyone else. While I know that these are important, healthy habits — fact is that I’ve done a terrible job of maintaining them recently. I…
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Day 13: What’s in Your Fridge?
Read moreWe’ve always got a few staples in our fridge, namely eggs (cage free/natural or organic); almond milk; and bread. We usually have some vegetables & salad-makings, too and some kind of meat for Matthew. A lot of our produce is not in the fridge though.…