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While feeling down one afternoon, I decided to take a stroll outside to clear my thoughts. Once I had done one lap of my large property, I decided to lay down on the weird moss mixture that makes up the majority of my front yard. I laid down and mashed my hands into the softContinue reading “Hopping is a way of life”

I find it interesting that you can know an acquaintance or friend for quite some time without knowing what is truly important to them. We are raised in a culture where everyone is offended about people’s personal beliefs and opinions. We keep quiet about what is really going on in our hearts and our mindsContinue reading “Speak your truth, Be who You are”

About two weeks ago, my beloved cat was injured and sustained a wound to his jaw. I took him to the vet and we did a round of antibiotics and pain medication. In the last twenty four hours, I have noticed a smell developing on my cats face. How did I notice a smell inContinue reading “Eww!”

The horrors of parenting this week.Did you know you can break a toilet seat ? Did you know it can be done in more then one way ?! Well let me assure you it can! This week my girls somehow busted the hinge right off the toilet seat. I found the whole seat on theContinue reading “Toilet breaking parasites”

A few years ago, I came across an article on a woman who had evaded police for years. She had committed financial fraud and hit the road when the cops were onto her scheme. While she was on the run, she lost over 60 pounds, grew out her short hair and dyed it black (fromContinue reading “Commit or go to jail!”

Have you ever been driving home and in such an intense thoughtful state that you arrive home without any memory of the journey? You’ve done the trip home it is so automatic that you don’t even have to pause to think about it. You know in exactly two minutes, you’re going to see the treeContinue reading “Autopilot”

I am guessing you read the title and assumed this blog was going to be about ditching carbs. At this time, I’m going to leave the diet planning to more educated dietitians. So what does the dinner roll refer to? To understand my metaphor, I need you to hear my story of an old JackContinue reading “Drop the dinner roll!”

At one point in my life, I decided to move across the country. I arrived in a small village in Nova Scotia. After the excitement of making such a large and bold move, I realized I was over 1,000 kms from everyone who loved me and celebrated my weirdness. I was jobless. For the firstContinue reading “Making friends the extrovert way”

When I was a toddler, we lived next to a house that had chickens free roaming the neighborhood. Being the mischievous little girl I was, I chased them relentlessly every day. My mother said she never worried about me chasing these chickens because she honestly never thought I’d catch one. So I’d run around happilyContinue reading “Chase the chickens!”

Contrary to fairytale advice, I am going to share with you my spin on what to do with ribbiting amphibians. Instead of blowing sweet kisses to the frogs in your life, you are going to eat them. Calm down! This is a metaphor that was coined by Mark Twain. I do realize that some peopleContinue reading “Eat the frog.”