personal finance, waste reduction, skincare, single living, and needlepoint; hopefully travel at some point in post-unprecedented times
March so far has been a weird, intense, interesting, and beginning to be fun month. It's been a month of realizing things, which has to be Kylie Jenner's most enduring impact on me. March Bucket List Get a new piercing Start going for walks again Make an Ulster Fry for Paddy's Day - including learning … Continue reading March State of the Union
I was planning on including this in my January State of the Union post but it was all just becoming too long, so I may play it by ear each month, if I read a lot it gets it's own post, if I don't read a lot then maybe it may get put in the … Continue reading What I Read in December
I experienced my first below -40 day, I think ever, and now all I want to do is curl up under blankets with hot chocolates, teas, and coffees, bowls of soup or pasta and nest. I saw a meme or quote, I'm not sure which it would be, that said "all the other mammals hibernate … Continue reading Friday Favorites: Cozy Season
What a week, I think I hate a short week. They are so rushed, I don't know if a four-day work week would be better or worse than a five-day work week. This is a heavier one, but why inflation is so persistent. The best Tom Hanks movies. Which had to be such a hard … Continue reading Saturday Scroll: 10/14/22
September is going to be an expensive month for me. I have budgeted for it, and I am not concerned about it, it's just a statement of fact. I'm going home for 10 days, going to Montreal with friends for a weekend, and will be doing a big "city stock up", as I have taken … Continue reading What I’m Buying in September
March felt like a weird reading month, when I did read, I read super quickly, enjoying the books and devouring them, but actually sitting down to read was a totally different story. I have some books I am really looking forward to reading, and haven't read before but I just have no want to read. … Continue reading What I Read in March
So it turns out I wasn't in a reading rut, I was approaching burn out and exhaustion and all I needed was a good break and a few good nights sleep to want to and be able to read again. This is a gorgeous book and will be the start of my coffee table stack. … Continue reading What I Read in December
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