2021-04-17 22:44
A year ago we officially moved out of the first home we ever owned and travelled 315km west to our new, temporary rental. We weren’t expecting a pandemic to hit once we’d finaliz… Read More
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2021-01-03 18:32
In late 2017, while watching way too many YouTube videos about watercolour Christmas cards, I discovered something called bullet journaling. Now, this idea wasn’t new, but it was new t… Read More
2020-12-31 23:58
Ok.
*deep breaths*
Ok.
We all have feelings about 2020. Some of us have Very Strong Feelings. I am one of those someones. And I have written and rewritten this post in my head for t… Read More
2020-12-07 16:05
Hey there, internet. I’ve been having one of those years where I have so much to say but don’t have enough words to fully express the swirling emotions and thoughts inside of me… Read More
2020-10-23 00:03
erin walker : august 6, 1977 – october 23, 1994
when i close my eyes
she’s too young to be forgottenher world has only just begunher future is an empty slatewaiting to… Read More
2020-06-30 07:13
Face it. We’ve likely all aged about 60 years since January 1st. I’m pretty sure we’re supposed to be counting each month as a decade right now. So here I am, on the final… Read More
2020-04-04 19:18
You know what I have wanted since I was a teenager? To move out of my Province and to another one. And it’s taken decades for this to become a reality, and it’s a precarious situ… Read More
2020-03-27 23:28
Fourteen years ago today, our apartment was on fire.
Seven years ago today a man jumped off a building and landed at my feet.
On Monday it will be thirteen years since we picked… Read More
2020-03-24 00:18
These are sort of crazy times right now, amirite?
But for me (well, us), they are pretty normal. Having been off work for a few months, and also being socially anxious and introverted, st… Read More
2020-02-23 16:47
FINALLY!
I mean, the stress and anxiety aren’t completely out of the picture, but at least our house is sold! That was a very long six months. I am so thankful to have a frie… Read More
2020-01-28 20:59
Let’s see if this post makes it past the draft stage in a reasonable amount of time, shall we? Since the first of the month I have three other posts, all in draft mode, in various stat… Read More
2020-01-02 15:10
I’m working on a site revamp! Stay tuned! Read More
2019-12-31 16:33
I’m so tired. I am tired of scary health issues, injuries, sadness, bad luck. I am tired of treading water over and over every day, fighting to keep my head above that water. The wate… Read More
2019-09-16 17:38
It’s a year today that my father passed away. I never did write about any of this, and I kept meaning to. But I still have thank you cards to send out to those who came to the fune… Read More
2019-06-09 17:25
I keep thinking I should write something here, and then I get distracted. I don’t have my laptop open much when I am home. I have been spending my days reading, crafting, or watching… Read More
2019-03-28 00:32
there are a multitudeof words and emotionscrashing around inside my headand heart
none want to escape theirdark, swirly, hideawaysand find themselves on paperor screen.
these days… Read More
2018-12-31 22:52
I can count on one hand the things that went according to plan this year. Not that I had grand plans or anything, but if something could go wrong this year, it did. At full volume.
Three… Read More
2018-04-08 00:34
you might think
a poem
is an easy thing
just some words
on different lines
word after word after word
some of them rhyme
some of the time
sometimes
……….there
…… Read More
2018-04-01 17:18
I really don’t want to schedule myself time to blog because I know that as soon as I set a schedule I’ll never follow it. I am great with schedules and deadlines when it comes to… Read More
2018-03-26 21:23
Well, hey! I had so many other ideas for blog posts but I never got around to writing them. I’m torn, to be honest. I used to love blogging, and I think I still do, only I feel like I… Read More
2018-02-20 22:39
Sub-title: In which I record a video of myself geeking out over a book box subscription box as I open it.
This is a thing all the young people do. Really. It’s fun to watch. I made one… Read More
2018-02-04 14:29
I did a lot of reading this month. I have surprised myself with the number of books I read in January. I haven’t read like this in a long time. It’s nice to enjoy reading again… Read More
2018-01-23 23:32
Today I am 42.
This is the answer to the meaning of life, right? I should understand, and know, everything now?
*waits*
No, seriously.
*waits some more*
Is this, like, something that takes… Read More
2018-01-17 18:32
As long as I can remember, I have always associated the weather on my birthday with -20-something degrees celcius. I remember frigid walks from home to the bowling alley (or back from) in my… Read More
2018-01-12 17:31
I didn’t realize how suffocated all this snow was making me feel until the thaw that’s happened in the past 36 hours. We are at 10C, with lots of rain, and so much of that snow h… Read More
2018-01-04 18:05
I tend to hoard books. I don’t do it on purpose, but it happens. I see a book I want to read, and I get it. The past couple of years I have tried to rely more heavil… Read More
2018-01-01 23:53
There’s not a whole lot in 2017 that I feel I need to look back upon. I’m not the only one who felt it was kind of a bummer of a year, but…
2017 was an interesting year fo… Read More
2017-12-31 00:41
I surpassed my reading goal of 50 books this year. As of writing this post I have read 94. Granted some of those were picture books (early in the year), I did read a lot more tha… Read More
2017-12-28 00:34
Twenty years ago today, the girl whose parents were certain they would have to sell with the house, moved out, and into her first apartment with her girlfriend.
Twenty years ago.
My parents… Read More
2017-12-26 23:54
Once there was an evil grinch who decided to try to steal Christmas from us, and possibly many others. That evil grinch should rot in hell. Finding out at 9pm on the 22nd of December that y… Read More
2017-12-17 03:14
Finnegan’s take on the classic Christmas movie, Die Hard Read More
2017-12-01 06:23
Hi. My name is Cat, and this is my 16th blog post in 2017.
I have written this before but… I miss blogging. I never seem to have the time to do it though. And the past few years I hav… Read More
2017-10-02 01:04
I love this time of year. Halloween everything, yo!
I have no cubicle to decorate this year. No desk or office space to decorate. First time in years. I had planned to dig out all the Hallow… Read More
2017-09-19 21:04
The helpful thing about journaling – whether on paper, or on this blog – is that I can reference patterns in my life. August and September seem to be months where my pain flairs… Read More
2017-09-10 20:52
1 – nothing throws you off kilter like sitting down with your coffee and browsing facebook on a Saturday morning and seeing a post that a friend of yours has been missing for a week… Read More
![Let’s Pretend We Never Met [a Book Review Of Sorts]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/11/1135-4121574665.w320.jpg "Let’s Pretend We Never Met [a Book Review Of Sorts]")
2017-08-11 15:11
[Yeegads!! I started this post on June 13…Like, almost two months ago! I didn’t realize I hadn’t finished it. Totally a cheat post for Blogust. HAHAH!]
Let’s Pretend… Read More
2017-08-07 15:11
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2017-08-04 14:32
My entire life has been, “I have dogs, but I love cats, too! I’m just allergic!”
And I meant it. I was certain I was as much as cat person as a dog person. The cats I have… Read More
2017-08-02 23:19
Yo.
So, five years ago (WTF? FIVE?) my wonderful friend Yoj and I did a thing we dubbed Blogust. The idea behind it was to write a blog post every day in August. I didn’t make it throu… Read More
2017-07-06 15:16
I don’t really have a photo to go with this post so here is a photo of Abigail pretending she’s a flower in my garden.
The good news: After four years, I have finally gotten to t… Read More
2017-07-02 14:52
I didn’t write about our tenth anniversary, nor did we really celebrate it much because we were still reeling from the loss of Jinx the summer before. It’s a small thing, but si… Read More
2017-06-06 15:14
Ginny Moon
by Benjamin Ludwig
Meet Ginny. She’s fourteen, autistic, and has a heart-breaking secret…
Ginny Moon is trying to make sense of a world that just doesn’t seem t… Read More
2017-05-09 00:40
I didn’t always drink coffee. I have never really cared for coffee. When I worked at the university bookstore, I’d have coffee during really busy, stressful times. People around… Read More
2017-04-16 15:59
If I have learned any lessons in my life, the one I have really held on to has been this:
You need to be happy in life.
The last four years have certainly cemented this lesson into my brain… Read More
2017-03-27 13:16
Hey, you know what? It’s the 27th of March today. And, like, I knew it was the 27th of March today because I know I’m working on the 27th, but I didn’t realize it was… Read More
2017-03-26 00:09
Woah. Hey, there internet! How have you been? Long time no speak. Goodness. It wasn’t my intention to vanish into thin air for two full months. Yikes. Unlike the past few blog-lags, th… Read More
2017-01-10 20:12
This was going to be a Seven Things on a Sunday post, but I have been so out of it with this flu that if I am not working, I am sleeping. So I am starting over with my random thoughts.
Turns… Read More
2017-01-02 23:03
The Rest of Us Just Live Here
by Patrick Ness
What if you aren’t the Chosen One? The one who’s supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this… Read More
2017-01-01 04:59
Every year, as the end of December closes in, I feel as though I am reaching the finish line staggering, and out of breath. The last handful of years, I see the start of a new calendar year… Read More
2016-12-31 00:10
We certainly had snow for Christmas this year. Not like last year. And after a rather rough year, we managed to have one of the best Christmases I can think of. Stockings were full, and the… Read More
2016-12-18 22:10
The above photo accurately depicts how I am feeling these days. Rainbows, and stars, and magical, sparkly happiness. Me. Who I am. Who I have always been, but lost.
I have completed 7 full… Read More
2016-12-07 22:33
Currently on my piano: one of my many piles of books TBR!
It’s no secret that I love books. I love the feel of them, the look of them, the smell of them. I love to read them. Books are… Read More
2016-11-22 15:51
I’ve been thinking a lot about how excited my grandmother was when the year changed from 1999 to 2000. It was so important to her to watch the ball drop in NYC at midnight as the centu… Read More
2016-11-16 22:36
It has been an unusually mild November so far. Granted, looking back at my blog posts, or at my Facebook Memories, the past five or so years have been all over the weather map in November… Read More
2016-11-07 23:23
It’s been a week since my final day at work. I have noticed a change in myself both physically and mentally because of this decision. I feel lighter. Though I have my “WTF DID I… Read More
2016-11-04 22:04
The Third Lie’s the Charm (The Liar Society, #3)
by Lisa & Laura Roecker
Katie Lowry knows she could’ve stopped Alistair from doing something stupid if only she’d picke… Read More
2016-11-03 01:10
Halloween 2016
We spend most of our lives trying to figure out who we are. Life is a never-ending path of discovery and questions. Some get lucky and figure out who they are, and what they w… Read More
2016-10-22 21:25
erin walker :: august 6, 1977 – october 23, 1994
when i close my eyes
she’s too young to be forgotten
her world has only just begun
her future is an empty slate
waiting to be fi… Read More
2016-10-09 00:05
2016-09-27 18:42
Hey there, Internet! I have had an unusually active and adventurous September this year. Considering my Septembers have been purely school-focused since 2012, this has been a pretty fun bre… Read More
2016-09-13 00:50
Sometimes days are tough. Sometimes you go too long without smiling, or laughter. It’s impossible to completely distance yourself from negativity blasting out from every direction &nd&helli…Read More
2016-09-09 02:45
I have never wanted kids. I’m not a fan of kids. I wasn’t even a fan of kids when I was a kid. Kids make me anxious. They are honest, blunt, judgemental, and emotional. (An… Read More
2016-08-14 21:12
1 – I will never get tired of staring at the night sky. A dream goal is to move to a way more rural area (not, like, totally rural, but away from any big cities) and have a skylight i… Read More
![The Other Alice [a Book Review Of Sorts]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/11/1135-1715276825.w320.jpg "The Other Alice [a Book Review Of Sorts]")
2016-08-10 19:13
The Other Aliceby Michelle Harrison
What happens when a tale with real magic, that was supposed to be finished, never was? This is a story about one of those stories . . .
Midge loves ridd… Read More
2016-07-07 19:39
Every few months I feel the need to take a social media break. I don’t. Not really. I might cut back; and over the last year I have paid a little less attention to the loud, obnoxious… Read More
2016-06-27 00:40
Gardening without Jinx around still hurts my heart, though the gardening itself heals me. Last year was the first full summer without Jinx around to help his garden grow. The garden didn&rsq&hell…Read More
2016-06-12 23:32
Why do we have zoos?
I have been to many a zoo in my lifetime. School trips. Trips with friends. Trips as a kid. Trips as an adult. And though I can recall being excited, “Yay! Going t… Read More
2016-04-30 22:17
I love tattoos.
I know they aren’t for everyone. I know many people do not like them, but I do. I love being able to wear art on your body.
I also believe in being 100% certain th… Read More
2016-04-28 00:26
I wonder a lot about things. All things. Little things, big things. Things. I wonder. I ponder. I overthink. I stress, obsess, worry, and fret.
It’s part of who I am. Even if I might… Read More
2016-04-01 19:02
I took last week off from work. Since I was a bouncing ball of nerves and anxiety, and since the streets were clear, and the days were somewhat mild, I knew exactly what I needed – an… Read More
2016-03-31 14:41
I was sitting at my desk yesterday, counting down the minutes until it was time to go home, when a friend came over, in tears, to see me.
Bad news is never expected. Bad news com… Read More
2016-03-28 00:55
Sometimes a lyric deeply resonates with you. You hear it and your entire world stops. The only thing you know is, “This. This is exactly what I feel but I couldn’t put words to… Read More
2016-03-23 20:22
Sometimes you go round and round and round and round
spinning over and over in your head
but, why?
but, why?
but, why?
and it’s a slippery slope from one step to another to
but why&hel&hell…Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I am still dealing with my PTSD. I am still not quite ok. I am much better than I was 3 months ago, but I am still unable to work a full 5-day work week. I just want to get through March. To… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Fancy dress for his birthday dinner Somehow, Jinx Puppy has grown up. It’s like we’ve blinked and he got old. But he’s not old. Yet, on February 28, 2014, our little puppy… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
1.35 km out of 1.92 km February always makes you feel like winter will never end. The warm(er), sunny days are few and far between, so when you find yourself gifted with a rare perfect, win… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I go back to work tomorrow after having been off since the end of November. I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I am doing much better than I was three months ago and I can ac… Read More
2016-03-01 00:34
If you look at the word “leap” long enough, it will no longer look like a word. It will look like you picked four random letters and tried tossing them together. True story.
I w… Read More
2016-02-14 22:53
I made my friends some Valentine’s Day cards today; to let them know I care.
(made with Paper by FiftyThree, and WordSwag, by me!)
The post… Read More
2016-02-14 05:53
He Shoots Again
cupid’s arrow has done it again
just like a bull’s eye
it struck my heart
and made me love
he made me love
someone i can never have
oh, cupid is playing darts
wi… Read More
2016-02-01 02:25
So, I turned 40 last weekend. I have had lots of thoughts about this throughout the month of January, but I could never find time to write them down. I couldn’t decide if they were goo… Read More
2016-01-11 22:46
All Fall Down by Ally Carter
Grace Blakely is absolutely certain of three things:
1. She is not crazy.
2. Her mother was murdered.
3. Someday she is going to find the killer and make him pay… Read More
2016-01-09 16:06
I am not alone.
This might seem like a silly statement, but it holds the weight of the the world within those words. I used to think I was alone. So alone. I could be surrounded by groups of… Read More
2016-01-01 18:07
So, Internet, I have decided to do a Thing this month. I am exhausted from negativity and I wanted to try and change what I see and read for this 2016 year (that I am already suspicious of b… Read More
2015-12-31 16:33
I had every intention of writing about Christmas before the last day of the month, but I had the flu and was miserable, and then I got LEGO Batman 3 and have been lost in a videogame void fo… Read More
2015-12-09 20:49
It’s not you, it’s me. I have no interest in reading political anything. Just doesn’t interest me.
It’s not you, it’s me. I don’t like to read angry, nega… Read More
2015-12-06 02:08
I’m struggling, folks. I am finding it more and more difficult to find the festive the closer we get to Christmas. I’m feeling blue and I think it’s related to how green ev… Read More
2015-11-27 01:06
Once upon a time, I had a lovely wool (ok, acrylic) coat that I bought at Old Navy. This was a coat I wore most of the fall and winter seasons for about two years. Unfortunately said coat w… Read More
2015-11-23 02:23
I have had nothing to write about. Nothing that I feel is worthy about posting online, anyhow. I suppose I could post little bits and bobs of posts from my phone, but I just don’t lik… Read More
2015-11-08 22:56
Seriously, you guys. The older I get, the more difficult blogging becomes. Not because I don’t have anything to say (I ALWAYS have things to say!) but because I just don’t have t… Read More
2015-10-22 20:08
erin walker :: august 6, 1977 – october 23, 1994
when i close my eyes
she’s too young to be forgotten
her world has only just begun
her future is an empty slate
waiting to be fi… Read More
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