I’ve long been charmed by hedgehogs, but I never thought that I would meet one in person until I found out that one of my oldest friends (who knows me well enough to report such events to me) was babysitting a hedgehog for a friend. Before I could shriek like a teenage girl, I had [...]
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Last year was our first full summer in the little house, and since we had a little time for a weekend project we decided to put in a vegetable garden. Mister built four four foot by three foot plots, we grabbed mulch and compost and soil, and built a little place for me to grow [...]
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Last month Mister and I came thisclose to selling the little house. A friend did a walk through, and loved it. We got thinking about all its drawbacks and how cramped we can feel here sometimes. So we even made a plan B- we talked with a realtor, cheered over the list price she recommended in [...]
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The holidays were so restful that I can’t even go into it. I took your (amazing!) advice on the holiday run around and we even set limits for the amount of inter-family events that we attended. I re-designed my blog, talked for hours with old friends, lay down and read for days on end, and [...]
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I’ve been telling myself that we can’t get into the holidays yet. We can’t celebrate anything! I’m going away this week, so we’ll celebrate when I’m home.
Sometimes I just have no idea what I’m talking about.
Late Friday night, fuelled by powdery community hockey rink grade hot chocolate (one of my favourite treats) I decided enough [...]
