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House Cleaning, Languages, Teeth, and Jeans – Life Happens

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First Lost Tooth

It’s funny how time flies by and you think “where the hell did it go? and why the hell does it seem like I have accomplished nothing during that time?” It kind of saddens me. Not that I want my life filled with non stop projects and accomplishments but sometimes I feel like I need to really buckle down and do something. My days are filled with kids, homeschooling kids, errands, housework, and then whatever time I can squeeze on here throughout the day. I just feel like there is never enough time to do things, and I keep saying, “tomorrow, I will do it tomorrow.” (that refers mostly to exercise which I always seem to notoriously have no time for.) My house is still a mess, there is always laundry to be done, and my kids eat the most basic meals ever. I need a planner, someone or something than can organize my life into manageable increments to get things done because most days I feel so scatter-brained.  Continue Reading →

The Cruise Discussion

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#sundayfunday

Taking advantage of the fact that we don’t need to wear a coat on #sundayfunday

I’m totally stating the obvious here but as I have mentioned 10 million times my goal in life is to eventually move and settle in Europe. Is is going to happen? I don’t want to say “probably not” because that would be defeatist so I will just say hopefully and keep my fingers crossed.  The cities that are on my shortlist are London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Copenhagen. I have always been drawn to Copenhagen. Maybe it is my ancestry coming through (I am supposed to have a large part of Danish in my history but I have yet to do the ancestry.ca DNA test to verify that). These cities being on my shortlist for permanent settlement is why I am thinking about centring our next vacation around them. Also, Tom’s job is in tv/film so a move to England could lead to employment since they make so many awesome tv shows and movies there. One word (or three letters) BBC, most of my favourite shows come from there. Continue Reading →

I’m trying Really Hard to be a Minimalist But…

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Flea Market Selfie

Obligatory dirty mirror Flea Market Selfie.

So I am trying really hard to be a minimalist but you would never know it by looking at my home. It is really hard to embrace and try to carry out a new kind of lifestyle when everyone in your house isn’t on board and refuses to read Marie Kondo’s book. The kids have too many toys regardless of how many I purge. They barely got any toys for Christmas, I tried to focus on things they needed, or would be useful than toys this year and we are still drowning in them. The husband has a lot of clothes and stuff that always seems like it is scattered around even though he has use of  half the closet, a dresser and basically the entire front entrance closet. It’s a no win situation of endless circles.  Continue Reading →

New Year, New Goals – Happy 2016

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Shopping some Zara sales

The kids stayed up really late last night ringing in the New Year while drinking Dryck Bubbel Parron (Sparkling Pear Drink) from Ikea so they slept in pretty late today. I got a few blissful hours of quiet this morning and was able to drink several caffeinated drinks and do some online shopping. I was searching for some spring wardrobe inspiration and bought a couple of pieces from Zara that should be arriving soon.  I could easily walk down the street and shop in a brick and mortar Zara but what fun would online shopping be if you didn’t buy anything? Continue Reading →

DIY Kids Doctor Kit

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DIY Kids Doctor Kit

Excuse the shitty photo, I had to take it all ninja sneaky in my dark bedroom.
(I added some pieces to it yesterday when I got a surprise package in the mail for my sister-in-law who is a vet tech. She sent some cool things that she will be beyond excited about.)

Have you ever started Christmas shopping so early that you forget what you bought and where you hid it? I am facing this problem now. I started to buy Christmas gifts pretty much right after last Christmas. Target closed in Canada (insert crying emotionally distraught emoji) and there were some really great deals while they liquidated (I can’t believe I put the words Target and liquidated in the same sentence) I bought things and hid them. Then I slowly started adding things as I thought of them because it is ways cheaper to spread it out over a long period then to panic and by everything at the end.  Continue Reading →

Happy 5th Birthday

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Merle and ISlightly blurry but it’s all I have 🙂

I really don’t think there is anything in this world that makes you realize how short life is like having kids. There is something about them growing and changing in a blink of an eye that reinforces the really small window of time you get to have with them when they are children. My youngest just turned 5 and I seriously can’t even comprehend where the time as gone. It literally feels like yesterday that she was born. Even my Caesarean scar still hurts every time I sneeze.  Continue Reading →