personal finance, waste reduction, skincare, single living, and needlepoint; hopefully travel at some point in post-unprecedented times
I have been very hesitant to wade into animal health related content on here. I'm not a veterinarian and I haven't worked in a vet clinic in nearly a year. However, I learned a lot in my many years of working in clinics and wanting to be a vet that I believer more pet owners … Continue reading Pet Safety During the Holidays
I have not been stitching a lot lately, or reading, I notice that when I'm getting stressed or overwhelmed the only thing I do is watch TV or movies. I also need to do a threads order so that I can stitch the canvases I have. However, browsing canvases is one of my favourite pastimes, … Continue reading Autumn Needlepoint Canvases
Okay, to be honest I hate the phrase "[pet] mom" or even like "boy mom" or "girl dad", but we're aiming for clicks here folks. Before I had my cat, Montana, I had never had an indoor pet before. We were never allowed them growing up because we lived on a farm and "animals belonged … Continue reading The Best Things I’ve Bought as a Cat Mom
Professionally, this week was very overwhelming, I'm really hoping that after forest fire season things tone down for a bit at least, but probably we'll just get straight into ice and winterstorm planning and the fourth wave of COVID so ugh. I'm glad to be busy and not bored, but building a department from nothing … Continue reading Obsession: August 14
For only the 2nd time ever I missed my normal Saturday posting of my Obsessions post. The first was because I was moving halfway across the country and hadn't fully figured out the schedule post function, this time is because I have been throwing up violently for most of the weekend and could barely even … Continue reading Obsessions: July 7th
It was a week - I thought when I left vet med I was leaving the days when your face hurts when you get off and all you can do is sit in your car (or office chair in the work from home world) and stare off into the middle distance and can't even process … Continue reading Obsessions: June 19
We left lockdown today!! I don't have anywhere to go or anyone to see and there are no patios in this town to go to, but we left lockdown today! I can go buy socks! And hand towels, and get a spare key cut for my apartment, and command hanging things! I could have technically … Continue reading Obsessions: June 11
I got really lucky with my apartment up here. There is a huge housing shortage (rich developers, hi if you're reading this, there is a huge housing market up here). There are a ton of jobs here, it is kind of the "last town" before the real north and this is where people come to … Continue reading A Real Adult Apartment
Over the past several years I have been really inspired by the Zero Waste movement after being introduced to Lauren Singer’s platform online and then the wider zero/low waste community. I have already made changes like a plastic-free shower routine, eliminating plastic shopping bags, and only using reusable drinks containers (pre-COVID), and I make significantly … Continue reading 6 Things I am doing to make my life more sustainable in 2021
Thoughtful Millennial 