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Money Woes Lead to Money, Whoa! – The Results

Nov 13, 2018 0 Comments

A week has passed. Here’s a breakdown of how the ‘no-spend, no-shop’ week went: Monday Spent entire $30 budget (plus $0.76 on yogurt, raspberries, milk, eggs, shortening and sugar). Hmmmm.…

Frugal Living Home and Food Money Saving Challenges Posts for the sake of my own sanity

Money Woes Lead to Money, Whoa!

Nov 5, 2018 0 Comments

Yes, I’m exaggerating. I don’t have actual money ‘woes’ (bills are paid, everyone is well-fed, clothed, entertained and the future is being saved for) but I did notice that some…

Culture and Events Family Keswick Kids The Good

2018 Santa Claus Parades in the G.T.A. Annual List

Nov 1, 2018 0 Comments

Now that Halloween is out of the way, it is time for us to move on. The stores have been prepping us for months now (Black Friday in August –…

Confessions of an unhinged blogger Family Posts for the sake of my own sanity Serious stuff True stories

Mourning the end of my Fertility chapter and sharing my internal conversation, with hope.

Oct 11, 2018 0 Comments

I often have full blown conversations in my head (well, when we’re all lucky they stay in my head anyway). I provide the dialogue for both sides of the conversation,…

At This Moment Confessions of an unhinged blogger Frugal Living True stories

Live update: I’m eating this plate of marshmallows

Sep 18, 2018 0 Comments

Live update: I’m eating this plate of marshmallows for lunch because: a) I’ve made myself sad writing a different blog post and like an idiot did so without first checking…

Family Posts for the sake of my own sanity The Good

Subtly, slowly, my life is changing. Oh, and Pax turns 10

Sep 11, 2018 0 Comments

One of the alarming thoughts that wakes me from my deepest sleeps in the middle of the night has come to fruition. To some, this may sound stupid and I…

At This Moment Confessions of an unhinged blogger Family Keswick Kids The Good True stories

The day when enough was enough, my girl came through.

Sep 6, 2018 0 Comments

This sign is now posted on our front door. As is happens, my eight-year-old decided to take matters into her own hands after being sequestered once again, with her brothers…

Confessions of an unhinged blogger Local Keswick Issues True stories

Sometimes, while driving, the “JERK!” is you. This time it was me.

Jul 13, 2018 0 Comments

Dear Guy in the Pick up Truck Leaving the Parking Lot, The time was approximately 6:43pm on Thursday evening. I was pulling into the parking lot off of Civic Centre…

Frugal Living Home and Food Recipes

Deep Dish Rhubarb Pie Recipe

Jul 7, 2018 0 Comments

Despite my best efforts, I lose a majority of scraps of paper that I commit very important information on. This has led me to ditching random scraps and jotting everything…

Confessions of an unhinged blogger True stories

I tried to buy something and failed. Of course.

May 26, 2018 0 Comments

Anyone who knows me (all three of you), knows that I am obsessive about wearing my sunglasses anytime I am outside. Sunny, cloudy, sun up, sun down, I have them…