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Happy Things Friday: 18 September

  • Happy Things Friday
  • Sep 18, 2026
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Happy Friday. Taking the week off blogging was wonderful, but I really did miss prepping a Happy Things Friday post. It’s become such a gratitude constant in my life and I felt a bit bereft not writing one last week. I’m back (obviously!) and I have a jam-packed list for you. SNAIL MAIL First, a…

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The Cool Bloggers Walking Club Is Back! Join the October Walking Challenge

Somehow I blinked and we zoomed right from walking together in April to it being time to organize the October edition.

This will be the 6th iteration of the Cool Bloggers Walking Club (CBWC)—a very…

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  • Cool Bloggers Walking Club, Exercise
  • Sep, 17, 2026
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Thrifted Sneakers, A Free Trampoline + Other Recent Frugal Wins

It’s been weeks since I gave a “frugal wins” update, and I feel like enough have accumulated to gather them up for a little post!

We got a great deal on thrifted sneakers. While we…

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  • Frugality
  • Sep, 16, 2026
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Can You Read In a Moving Car + 2 More Questions for Readers

Apparently, I still haven’t exhausted my supply of questions about how other people read!

In the last few months we’ve discussed whether you have to stop at the end of a chapter, when to DNF…

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  • Reading
  • Sep, 15, 2026
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I’m Back + What’s “Saving My Life”

Hi! *Waves*

I’m back!

Things feel… a lot better this week! I was in a rough spot when I last posted (all the ongoing things in life, a leaky roof, AND I was smack dab in…

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  • Life, Favourite Things, Random
  • Sep, 14, 2026
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Brain Dump + Blog Break

I’m writing this just before midnight on a Sunday because I can’t get to sleep.

I had a whole week of blog posts scheduled (hooray!), but I’ve moved them all back to drafts and will…

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  • Time Management, Blogging, Hard Things
  • Sep, 07, 2026
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Happy Things Friday: 4 September

This week—*waves hands around at the literal mess of laundry, bobby pins, safety pins, and nail polish bottles scattered all over the dining room table, along with the grass clippings tracked hither and yon…

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  • Life
  • Sep, 04, 2026
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