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AN EXACTING LIFE
Life Update – January 2021. Hi everyone; I’ve missed hearing from you, and I hope you are as well as possible during these times. I am relying on my American readers to play whatever big or small role you can in restoring democracy and kindness. / January 10, 2021 / ABOUT | AN EXACTING LIFE About. I’ve started this blog to give my listing, tracking and counting tendencies a healthy outlet! While not obsessive, I lean toward being exacting in the way I do thingsso you can count on this site to be detailed, uncluttered and grammar-conscious. You’ll see my personal lists about Kulture (books, music, movies, artMY FAVOURITE BLOGS
Here are some of my favourite inactive blogs that I hope will return. Come back to us, please – or start a new blog! Amanda @ the giraffe life. Amy @ Amy Rutter. AP @ The Asian Pear. Audrey @ Living the Tiny Life. Cai @ Cai. Carla @ My Happy Haven aka My 1/2 Dozen Daily. Chris@ chrisbykate.
PANDEMIC GROCERY TALLY 2020 Global pandemic, 11-week lockdown (March 16 -June 5), 2-week quarantine (December), working primarily from home since March. Link lived at home with us for 4-1/2 months (3 rd adult in the house) Link is an unabashed carnivore. No entertainment was available except take-out food. Shopped at one nearby supermarket and didn’tcomparison-shop or
A ROOM OF MY OWN
A Room of My Own. Lately I decided I must have a functional, uncluttered space to work from home. This would mean reorganizing my personal “stuff” and paring it back to create a more serene work area. I decided to combine some home-related goals: Maintain a separate personal work space (for blogging, journaling, photos, art,etc.)
PRECISION MEMORY FILING I keep memories! My photos are digital and I stopped buying souvenirs when I travel. But I keep lots of mementos of special times. Mostly paper. During my first year of Covid restrictions, I loved catching up on home tasks and being out in nature. This Spring, I’ve been hit hard by regrets for allLIFE UPDATE
Life Update – January 2021. Hi everyone; I’ve missed hearing from you, and I hope you are as well as possible during these times. I am relying on my American readers to play whatever big or small role you can in restoring democracy and kindness. You’ve certainly learned that every vote counts! EVERYTHING I OWN: COMPLETE HOME INVENTORY Before I tell you about the ten thousand plus items I own, I made up my own rules for the home inventory: I didn’t include structural or built-in items like the furnace or the kitchen cabinets. I didn’t include the cars, the garden shed or the fence. I didn’t include consumables: food and drink, personal care items and cleaningsupplies.
BOOK REVIEW: LIFE AT HOME IN THE 21ST CENTURY That’s just what happened to create the book Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century: 32 Families Open Their Doors (Jeanne E. Arnold et al., Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, UCLA, 2012). Here’s the premise. The team recruited 32 families, all home owners in the Los Angeles area. Each family had two parents working full-time, andat
ARE ANY CLOTHES STILL MADE IN CANADA? When I was a kid, almost all of my clothes were made in Canada. Now it is rare to find anything made here. In trying to avoid fast fashion and sweatshop goods, I've been looking for domestic lines, without much success. I have to admit, I struggle with buying used clothes. IfI need a
AN EXACTING LIFE
Life Update – January 2021. Hi everyone; I’ve missed hearing from you, and I hope you are as well as possible during these times. I am relying on my American readers to play whatever big or small role you can in restoring democracy and kindness. / January 10, 2021 / ABOUT | AN EXACTING LIFE About. I’ve started this blog to give my listing, tracking and counting tendencies a healthy outlet! While not obsessive, I lean toward being exacting in the way I do thingsso you can count on this site to be detailed, uncluttered and grammar-conscious. You’ll see my personal lists about Kulture (books, music, movies, artMY FAVOURITE BLOGS
Here are some of my favourite inactive blogs that I hope will return. Come back to us, please – or start a new blog! Amanda @ the giraffe life. Amy @ Amy Rutter. AP @ The Asian Pear. Audrey @ Living the Tiny Life. Cai @ Cai. Carla @ My Happy Haven aka My 1/2 Dozen Daily. Chris@ chrisbykate.
PANDEMIC GROCERY TALLY 2020 Global pandemic, 11-week lockdown (March 16 -June 5), 2-week quarantine (December), working primarily from home since March. Link lived at home with us for 4-1/2 months (3 rd adult in the house) Link is an unabashed carnivore. No entertainment was available except take-out food. Shopped at one nearby supermarket and didn’tcomparison-shop or
A ROOM OF MY OWN
A Room of My Own. Lately I decided I must have a functional, uncluttered space to work from home. This would mean reorganizing my personal “stuff” and paring it back to create a more serene work area. I decided to combine some home-related goals: Maintain a separate personal work space (for blogging, journaling, photos, art,etc.)
PRECISION MEMORY FILING I keep memories! My photos are digital and I stopped buying souvenirs when I travel. But I keep lots of mementos of special times. Mostly paper. During my first year of Covid restrictions, I loved catching up on home tasks and being out in nature. This Spring, I’ve been hit hard by regrets for allLIFE UPDATE
Life Update – January 2021. Hi everyone; I’ve missed hearing from you, and I hope you are as well as possible during these times. I am relying on my American readers to play whatever big or small role you can in restoring democracy and kindness. You’ve certainly learned that every vote counts! EVERYTHING I OWN: COMPLETE HOME INVENTORY Before I tell you about the ten thousand plus items I own, I made up my own rules for the home inventory: I didn’t include structural or built-in items like the furnace or the kitchen cabinets. I didn’t include the cars, the garden shed or the fence. I didn’t include consumables: food and drink, personal care items and cleaningsupplies.
BOOK REVIEW: LIFE AT HOME IN THE 21ST CENTURY That’s just what happened to create the book Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century: 32 Families Open Their Doors (Jeanne E. Arnold et al., Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, UCLA, 2012). Here’s the premise. The team recruited 32 families, all home owners in the Los Angeles area. Each family had two parents working full-time, andat
ARE ANY CLOTHES STILL MADE IN CANADA? When I was a kid, almost all of my clothes were made in Canada. Now it is rare to find anything made here. In trying to avoid fast fashion and sweatshop goods, I've been looking for domestic lines, without much success. I have to admit, I struggle with buying used clothes. IfI need a
ABOUT | AN EXACTING LIFE About. I’ve started this blog to give my listing, tracking and counting tendencies a healthy outlet! While not obsessive, I lean toward being exacting in the way I do thingsso you can count on this site to be detailed, uncluttered and grammar-conscious. You’ll see my personal lists about Kulture (books, music, movies, art A DAY IN COVID LOCKDOWN A Day in Covid Lockdown. Today’s post is a photo journal of a Saturday. I was inspired by the Photo an Hour posts that Janet (blogger at JBistheinitial) used to do, like this one. I decided in advance to keep busy all day so I’d have things to photograph. I assure you I’ve had many, many lazier Saturdays than this one Ididn’t want to
THRIVING IN A HOME-BASED LIFE Thriving in a Home-Based Life. I have now been Working from Home for 21 weeks. I love domestic life, but I never imagined I could integrate work and personal life to this degree. I am enjoying it while it lasts. As I mentioned in earlier posts, the gym closed,LIFE UPDATE
Life Update – January 2021. Hi everyone; I’ve missed hearing from you, and I hope you are as well as possible during these times. I am relying on my American readers to play whatever big or small role you can in restoring democracy and kindness. You’ve certainly learned that every vote counts! CORONAVIRUS TIME LINE Here’s an abbreviated “Coronavirus-era” timeline for my household and my part of the world. I work in a public library in Nova Scotia, Canada; my spouse Rom does IT support in a law office. March 14 – My last day of work in the office. March 17 – All branches of the public library closed “for at least 6 weeks.”. I startedworking
ANTI-VIRAL 19
Anti-Viral 19. Here we all are (speaking collectively, as in “all the world”), social distancing and self-isolating. I hope we’ll come out the other side clamouring to spend time in public with the rest of humankind. In the meantime, here are my favourite 19 things about distance and isolation. 19. Working from home is a realpossibility
BRANDED | AN EXACTING LIFE This is not a sponsored post and there are no affiliate links! In September, I visited the Museum of Brands and Packaging in London. It was jam-packed with consumer items from the Victorian Era to the present, from pre-radio and pre-TV times, through the wars, to the age of the smartphone. Arranged in glass casesTHE REAL CUBA
I visited a resort in a rural area of Cuba in April. The tourist experience was deluxe, but there were glimpses of the real Cuba. En route to the resort in a modern bus (manufactured in China), we passed a few horses-and-carts, and a few of the famed 1950s cars you see inphotos of
TIM’S CUPS, CANDY WRAPPERS AND POO BAGS On my first visit to London, I quickly spotted a cultural difference between North America and the UK. There is much less of an eat-on-the-run mentality. Where I travelled, there were no drive-throughs for coffee or fast food. Even in areas full of people on the move, such as subway stations, most customers ordered a O CANNABIS | AN EXACTING LIFE In July of next year, Canada will legalize marijuana. Not just decriminalize it, not just for medical use, but fully legalize it for recreational use for adults. The government will make it a controlled substance like alcohol, and will regulate its growth and sale. When I was a teenager, weed was readily available from neighbourhoodAN EXACTING LIFE
Life Update – January 2021. Hi everyone; I’ve missed hearing from you, and I hope you are as well as possible during these times. I am relying on my American readers to play whatever big or small role you can in restoring democracy and kindness. / January 10, 2021 / ABOUT | AN EXACTING LIFE About. I’ve started this blog to give my listing, tracking and counting tendencies a healthy outlet! While not obsessive, I lean toward being exacting in the way I do thingsso you can count on this site to be detailed, uncluttered and grammar-conscious. You’ll see my personal lists about Kulture (books, music, movies, artMY FAVOURITE BLOGS
Here are some of my favourite inactive blogs that I hope will return. Come back to us, please – or start a new blog! Amanda @ the giraffe life. Amy @ Amy Rutter. AP @ The Asian Pear. Audrey @ Living the Tiny Life. Cai @ Cai. Carla @ My Happy Haven aka My 1/2 Dozen Daily. Chris@ chrisbykate.
PANDEMIC GROCERY TALLY 2020 Global pandemic, 11-week lockdown (March 16 -June 5), 2-week quarantine (December), working primarily from home since March. Link lived at home with us for 4-1/2 months (3 rd adult in the house) Link is an unabashed carnivore. No entertainment was available except take-out food. Shopped at one nearby supermarket and didn’tcomparison-shop or
A ROOM OF MY OWN
A Room of My Own. Lately I decided I must have a functional, uncluttered space to work from home. This would mean reorganizing my personal “stuff” and paring it back to create a more serene work area. I decided to combine some home-related goals: Maintain a separate personal work space (for blogging, journaling, photos, art,etc.)
PRECISION MEMORY FILING I keep memories! My photos are digital and I stopped buying souvenirs when I travel. But I keep lots of mementos of special times. Mostly paper. During my first year of Covid restrictions, I loved catching up on home tasks and being out in nature. This Spring, I’ve been hit hard by regrets for allLIFE UPDATE
Life Update – January 2021. Hi everyone; I’ve missed hearing from you, and I hope you are as well as possible during these times. I am relying on my American readers to play whatever big or small role you can in restoring democracy and kindness. You’ve certainly learned that every vote counts! EVERYTHING I OWN: COMPLETE HOME INVENTORY Before I tell you about the ten thousand plus items I own, I made up my own rules for the home inventory: I didn’t include structural or built-in items like the furnace or the kitchen cabinets. I didn’t include the cars, the garden shed or the fence. I didn’t include consumables: food and drink, personal care items and cleaningsupplies.
BOOK REVIEW: LIFE AT HOME IN THE 21ST CENTURY That’s just what happened to create the book Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century: 32 Families Open Their Doors (Jeanne E. Arnold et al., Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, UCLA, 2012). Here’s the premise. The team recruited 32 families, all home owners in the Los Angeles area. Each family had two parents working full-time, andat
ARE ANY CLOTHES STILL MADE IN CANADA? When I was a kid, almost all of my clothes were made in Canada. Now it is rare to find anything made here. In trying to avoid fast fashion and sweatshop goods, I've been looking for domestic lines, without much success. I have to admit, I struggle with buying used clothes. IfI need a
AN EXACTING LIFE
Life Update – January 2021. Hi everyone; I’ve missed hearing from you, and I hope you are as well as possible during these times. I am relying on my American readers to play whatever big or small role you can in restoring democracy and kindness. / January 10, 2021 / ABOUT | AN EXACTING LIFE About. I’ve started this blog to give my listing, tracking and counting tendencies a healthy outlet! While not obsessive, I lean toward being exacting in the way I do thingsso you can count on this site to be detailed, uncluttered and grammar-conscious. You’ll see my personal lists about Kulture (books, music, movies, artMY FAVOURITE BLOGS
Here are some of my favourite inactive blogs that I hope will return. Come back to us, please – or start a new blog! Amanda @ the giraffe life. Amy @ Amy Rutter. AP @ The Asian Pear. Audrey @ Living the Tiny Life. Cai @ Cai. Carla @ My Happy Haven aka My 1/2 Dozen Daily. Chris@ chrisbykate.
PANDEMIC GROCERY TALLY 2020 Global pandemic, 11-week lockdown (March 16 -June 5), 2-week quarantine (December), working primarily from home since March. Link lived at home with us for 4-1/2 months (3 rd adult in the house) Link is an unabashed carnivore. No entertainment was available except take-out food. Shopped at one nearby supermarket and didn’tcomparison-shop or
A ROOM OF MY OWN
A Room of My Own. Lately I decided I must have a functional, uncluttered space to work from home. This would mean reorganizing my personal “stuff” and paring it back to create a more serene work area. I decided to combine some home-related goals: Maintain a separate personal work space (for blogging, journaling, photos, art,etc.)
PRECISION MEMORY FILING I keep memories! My photos are digital and I stopped buying souvenirs when I travel. But I keep lots of mementos of special times. Mostly paper. During my first year of Covid restrictions, I loved catching up on home tasks and being out in nature. This Spring, I’ve been hit hard by regrets for allLIFE UPDATE
Life Update – January 2021. Hi everyone; I’ve missed hearing from you, and I hope you are as well as possible during these times. I am relying on my American readers to play whatever big or small role you can in restoring democracy and kindness. You’ve certainly learned that every vote counts! EVERYTHING I OWN: COMPLETE HOME INVENTORY Before I tell you about the ten thousand plus items I own, I made up my own rules for the home inventory: I didn’t include structural or built-in items like the furnace or the kitchen cabinets. I didn’t include the cars, the garden shed or the fence. I didn’t include consumables: food and drink, personal care items and cleaningsupplies.
BOOK REVIEW: LIFE AT HOME IN THE 21ST CENTURY That’s just what happened to create the book Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century: 32 Families Open Their Doors (Jeanne E. Arnold et al., Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, UCLA, 2012). Here’s the premise. The team recruited 32 families, all home owners in the Los Angeles area. Each family had two parents working full-time, andat
ARE ANY CLOTHES STILL MADE IN CANADA? When I was a kid, almost all of my clothes were made in Canada. Now it is rare to find anything made here. In trying to avoid fast fashion and sweatshop goods, I've been looking for domestic lines, without much success. I have to admit, I struggle with buying used clothes. IfI need a
ABOUT | AN EXACTING LIFE About. I’ve started this blog to give my listing, tracking and counting tendencies a healthy outlet! While not obsessive, I lean toward being exacting in the way I do thingsso you can count on this site to be detailed, uncluttered and grammar-conscious. You’ll see my personal lists about Kulture (books, music, movies, art A DAY IN COVID LOCKDOWN A Day in Covid Lockdown. Today’s post is a photo journal of a Saturday. I was inspired by the Photo an Hour posts that Janet (blogger at JBistheinitial) used to do, like this one. I decided in advance to keep busy all day so I’d have things to photograph. I assure you I’ve had many, many lazier Saturdays than this one Ididn’t want to
THRIVING IN A HOME-BASED LIFE Thriving in a Home-Based Life. I have now been Working from Home for 21 weeks. I love domestic life, but I never imagined I could integrate work and personal life to this degree. I am enjoying it while it lasts. As I mentioned in earlier posts, the gym closed,LIFE UPDATE
Life Update – January 2021. Hi everyone; I’ve missed hearing from you, and I hope you are as well as possible during these times. I am relying on my American readers to play whatever big or small role you can in restoring democracy and kindness. You’ve certainly learned that every vote counts! CORONAVIRUS TIME LINE Here’s an abbreviated “Coronavirus-era” timeline for my household and my part of the world. I work in a public library in Nova Scotia, Canada; my spouse Rom does IT support in a law office. March 14 – My last day of work in the office. March 17 – All branches of the public library closed “for at least 6 weeks.”. I startedworking
ANTI-VIRAL 19
Anti-Viral 19. Here we all are (speaking collectively, as in “all the world”), social distancing and self-isolating. I hope we’ll come out the other side clamouring to spend time in public with the rest of humankind. In the meantime, here are my favourite 19 things about distance and isolation. 19. Working from home is a realpossibility
BRANDED | AN EXACTING LIFE This is not a sponsored post and there are no affiliate links! In September, I visited the Museum of Brands and Packaging in London. It was jam-packed with consumer items from the Victorian Era to the present, from pre-radio and pre-TV times, through the wars, to the age of the smartphone. Arranged in glass casesTHE REAL CUBA
I visited a resort in a rural area of Cuba in April. The tourist experience was deluxe, but there were glimpses of the real Cuba. En route to the resort in a modern bus (manufactured in China), we passed a few horses-and-carts, and a few of the famed 1950s cars you see inphotos of
TIM’S CUPS, CANDY WRAPPERS AND POO BAGS On my first visit to London, I quickly spotted a cultural difference between North America and the UK. There is much less of an eat-on-the-run mentality. Where I travelled, there were no drive-throughs for coffee or fast food. Even in areas full of people on the move, such as subway stations, most customers ordered a O CANNABIS | AN EXACTING LIFE In July of next year, Canada will legalize marijuana. Not just decriminalize it, not just for medical use, but fully legalize it for recreational use for adults. The government will make it a controlled substance like alcohol, and will regulate its growth and sale. When I was a teenager, weed was readily available from neighbourhoodAN EXACTING LIFE
Life Update – January 2021. Hi everyone; I’ve missed hearing from you, and I hope you are as well as possible during these times. I am relying on my American readers to play whatever big or small role you can in restoring democracy and kindness. / January 10, 2021 / ABOUT | AN EXACTING LIFE About. I’ve started this blog to give my listing, tracking and counting tendencies a healthy outlet! While not obsessive, I lean toward being exacting in the way I do thingsso you can count on this site to be detailed, uncluttered and grammar-conscious. You’ll see my personal lists about Kulture (books, music, movies, artMY FAVOURITE BLOGS
Here are some of my favourite inactive blogs that I hope will return. Come back to us, please – or start a new blog! Amanda @ the giraffe life. Amy @ Amy Rutter. AP @ The Asian Pear. Audrey @ Living the Tiny Life. Cai @ Cai. Carla @ My Happy Haven aka My 1/2 Dozen Daily. Chris@ chrisbykate.
PANDEMIC GROCERY TALLY 2020 Global pandemic, 11-week lockdown (March 16 -June 5), 2-week quarantine (December), working primarily from home since March. Link lived at home with us for 4-1/2 months (3 rd adult in the house) Link is an unabashed carnivore. No entertainment was available except take-out food. Shopped at one nearby supermarket and didn’tcomparison-shop or
A ROOM OF MY OWN
A Room of My Own. Lately I decided I must have a functional, uncluttered space to work from home. This would mean reorganizing my personal “stuff” and paring it back to create a more serene work area. I decided to combine some home-related goals: Maintain a separate personal work space (for blogging, journaling, photos, art,etc.)
EVERYTHING I OWN: COMPLETE HOME INVENTORY Before I tell you about the ten thousand plus items I own, I made up my own rules for the home inventory: I didn’t include structural or built-in items like the furnace or the kitchen cabinets. I didn’t include the cars, the garden shed or the fence. I didn’t include consumables: food and drink, personal care items and cleaningsupplies.
ARE ANY CLOTHES STILL MADE IN CANADA? When I was a kid, almost all of my clothes were made in Canada. Now it is rare to find anything made here. In trying to avoid fast fashion and sweatshop goods, I've been looking for domestic lines, without much success. I have to admit, I struggle with buying used clothes. IfI need a
BOOK REVIEW: LIFE AT HOME IN THE 21ST CENTURY That’s just what happened to create the book Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century: 32 Families Open Their Doors (Jeanne E. Arnold et al., Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, UCLA, 2012). Here’s the premise. The team recruited 32 families, all home owners in the Los Angeles area. Each family had two parents working full-time, andat
INCIDENTAL READING
There are lots of reasons people don’t read books in any format – such as difficulties with print, being too busy, and preferring other activities. I’m not asking book-free folks to defend themselves – just commenting on my own situation. I feel a compulsion to read everysurface in
OUTDOOR CONCERT CHECKLIST What is summer without outdoor rock shows? You can just show up and mosh, or if you’re like meprepare well! The last outdoor festival I went to (which wasn't an overnight camping weekend) had this rules list: No coolers, chairs or umbrellas No outside food or drink(excluding 1
AN EXACTING LIFE
Life Update – January 2021. Hi everyone; I’ve missed hearing from you, and I hope you are as well as possible during these times. I am relying on my American readers to play whatever big or small role you can in restoring democracy and kindness. / January 10, 2021 / ABOUT | AN EXACTING LIFE About. I’ve started this blog to give my listing, tracking and counting tendencies a healthy outlet! While not obsessive, I lean toward being exacting in the way I do thingsso you can count on this site to be detailed, uncluttered and grammar-conscious. You’ll see my personal lists about Kulture (books, music, movies, artMY FAVOURITE BLOGS
Here are some of my favourite inactive blogs that I hope will return. Come back to us, please – or start a new blog! Amanda @ the giraffe life. Amy @ Amy Rutter. AP @ The Asian Pear. Audrey @ Living the Tiny Life. Cai @ Cai. Carla @ My Happy Haven aka My 1/2 Dozen Daily. Chris@ chrisbykate.
PANDEMIC GROCERY TALLY 2020 Global pandemic, 11-week lockdown (March 16 -June 5), 2-week quarantine (December), working primarily from home since March. Link lived at home with us for 4-1/2 months (3 rd adult in the house) Link is an unabashed carnivore. No entertainment was available except take-out food. Shopped at one nearby supermarket and didn’tcomparison-shop or
A ROOM OF MY OWN
A Room of My Own. Lately I decided I must have a functional, uncluttered space to work from home. This would mean reorganizing my personal “stuff” and paring it back to create a more serene work area. I decided to combine some home-related goals: Maintain a separate personal work space (for blogging, journaling, photos, art,etc.)
EVERYTHING I OWN: COMPLETE HOME INVENTORY Before I tell you about the ten thousand plus items I own, I made up my own rules for the home inventory: I didn’t include structural or built-in items like the furnace or the kitchen cabinets. I didn’t include the cars, the garden shed or the fence. I didn’t include consumables: food and drink, personal care items and cleaningsupplies.
ARE ANY CLOTHES STILL MADE IN CANADA? When I was a kid, almost all of my clothes were made in Canada. Now it is rare to find anything made here. In trying to avoid fast fashion and sweatshop goods, I've been looking for domestic lines, without much success. I have to admit, I struggle with buying used clothes. IfI need a
BOOK REVIEW: LIFE AT HOME IN THE 21ST CENTURY That’s just what happened to create the book Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century: 32 Families Open Their Doors (Jeanne E. Arnold et al., Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, UCLA, 2012). Here’s the premise. The team recruited 32 families, all home owners in the Los Angeles area. Each family had two parents working full-time, andat
INCIDENTAL READING
There are lots of reasons people don’t read books in any format – such as difficulties with print, being too busy, and preferring other activities. I’m not asking book-free folks to defend themselves – just commenting on my own situation. I feel a compulsion to read everysurface in
OUTDOOR CONCERT CHECKLIST What is summer without outdoor rock shows? You can just show up and mosh, or if you’re like meprepare well! The last outdoor festival I went to (which wasn't an overnight camping weekend) had this rules list: No coolers, chairs or umbrellas No outside food or drink(excluding 1
PRECISION MEMORY FILING I keep memories! My photos are digital and I stopped buying souvenirs when I travel. But I keep lots of mementos of special times. Mostly paper. During my first year of Covid restrictions, I loved catching up on home tasks and being out in nature. This Spring, I’ve been hit hard by regrets for all A DAY IN COVID LOCKDOWN A Day in Covid Lockdown. Today’s post is a photo journal of a Saturday. I was inspired by the Photo an Hour posts that Janet (blogger at JBistheinitial) used to do, like this one. I decided in advance to keep busy all day so I’d have things to photograph. I assure you I’ve had many, many lazier Saturdays than this one Ididn’t want to
THINGS I LIST AND TRACK Things I List and Track. In 2018, I saved 21% of income for long-term expenses (RRSP & TFSA) and 20% of income for future expenses (to be paid this calendar year), leaving me with 59% of income for everything else. This changes throughout the year as lump-sum bills are paid off. $6628 was spent on groceries for 2 vegetarian adults and 2 cats in THRIVING IN A HOME-BASED LIFE Thriving in a Home-Based Life. I have now been Working from Home for 21 weeks. I love domestic life, but I never imagined I could integrate work and personal life to this degree. I am enjoying it while it lasts. As I mentioned in earlier posts, the gym closed,ANTI-VIRAL 19
Anti-Viral 19. Here we all are (speaking collectively, as in “all the world”), social distancing and self-isolating. I hope we’ll come out the other side clamouring to spend time in public with the rest of humankind. In the meantime, here are my favourite 19 things about distance and isolation. 19. Working from home is a realpossibility
MY ANTI-PLANNER
My Anti-Planner. I love watching YouTube videos that show planners and bullet journals being set up and filled in. I kept a long-hand journal from about age 10 to age 30, and I always expected to return to journaling someday. Since that time, I have kept an annual planner, in which I write upcoming meetings, appointments, and anything else that EVERYTHING I OWN: COMPLETE HOME INVENTORY Before I tell you about the ten thousand plus items I own, I made up my own rules for the home inventory: I didn’t include structural or built-in items like the furnace or the kitchen cabinets. I didn’t include the cars, the garden shed or the fence. I didn’t include consumables: food and drink, personal care items and cleaningsupplies.
GROCERY BILL
This Year’s Grocery Tally. It’s January – time to analyze a year of grocery spending! This is the 8th annual 🙂 For new readers, we are 2 adults who eat vegetarian food at READING…TO LEARN AND TO FEEL. #BLACKLIVESMATTER And that is where reading comes in. Reading is a way of relating to the world that feels comfortable to me. I can absorb the experiences of Black authors, Black characters and Black events, contemplate them, internalize them, and gain empathy. I can learn about history and what’s happening now, through individual voices and over wide swaths TIM’S CUPS, CANDY WRAPPERS AND POO BAGS On my first visit to London, I quickly spotted a cultural difference between North America and the UK. There is much less of an eat-on-the-run mentality. Where I travelled, there were no drive-throughs for coffee or fast food. Even in areas full of people on the move, such as subway stations, most customers ordered aAN EXACTING LIFE
Life Update – January 2021. Hi everyone; I’ve missed hearing from you, and I hope you are as well as possible during these times. I am relying on my American readers to play whatever big or small role you can in restoring democracy and kindness. / January 10, 2021 / ABOUT | AN EXACTING LIFE About. I’ve started this blog to give my listing, tracking and counting tendencies a healthy outlet! While not obsessive, I lean toward being exacting in the way I do thingsso you can count on this site to be detailed, uncluttered and grammar-conscious. You’ll see my personal lists about Kulture (books, music, movies, artMY FAVOURITE BLOGS
Here are some of my favourite inactive blogs that I hope will return. Come back to us, please – or start a new blog! Amanda @ the giraffe life. Amy @ Amy Rutter. AP @ The Asian Pear. Audrey @ Living the Tiny Life. Cai @ Cai. Carla @ My Happy Haven aka My 1/2 Dozen Daily. Chris@ chrisbykate.
PANDEMIC GROCERY TALLY 2020 Global pandemic, 11-week lockdown (March 16 -June 5), 2-week quarantine (December), working primarily from home since March. Link lived at home with us for 4-1/2 months (3 rd adult in the house) Link is an unabashed carnivore. No entertainment was available except take-out food. Shopped at one nearby supermarket and didn’tcomparison-shop or
A ROOM OF MY OWN
A Room of My Own. Lately I decided I must have a functional, uncluttered space to work from home. This would mean reorganizing my personal “stuff” and paring it back to create a more serene work area. I decided to combine some home-related goals: Maintain a separate personal work space (for blogging, journaling, photos, art,etc.)
EVERYTHING I OWN: COMPLETE HOME INVENTORY Before I tell you about the ten thousand plus items I own, I made up my own rules for the home inventory: I didn’t include structural or built-in items like the furnace or the kitchen cabinets. I didn’t include the cars, the garden shed or the fence. I didn’t include consumables: food and drink, personal care items and cleaningsupplies.
ARE ANY CLOTHES STILL MADE IN CANADA? When I was a kid, almost all of my clothes were made in Canada. Now it is rare to find anything made here. In trying to avoid fast fashion and sweatshop goods, I've been looking for domestic lines, without much success. I have to admit, I struggle with buying used clothes. IfI need a
BOOK REVIEW: LIFE AT HOME IN THE 21ST CENTURY That’s just what happened to create the book Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century: 32 Families Open Their Doors (Jeanne E. Arnold et al., Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, UCLA, 2012). Here’s the premise. The team recruited 32 families, all home owners in the Los Angeles area. Each family had two parents working full-time, andat
INCIDENTAL READING
There are lots of reasons people don’t read books in any format – such as difficulties with print, being too busy, and preferring other activities. I’m not asking book-free folks to defend themselves – just commenting on my own situation. I feel a compulsion to read everysurface in
OUTDOOR CONCERT CHECKLIST What is summer without outdoor rock shows? You can just show up and mosh, or if you’re like meprepare well! The last outdoor festival I went to (which wasn't an overnight camping weekend) had this rules list: No coolers, chairs or umbrellas No outside food or drink(excluding 1
AN EXACTING LIFE
Life Update – January 2021. Hi everyone; I’ve missed hearing from you, and I hope you are as well as possible during these times. I am relying on my American readers to play whatever big or small role you can in restoring democracy and kindness. / January 10, 2021 / ABOUT | AN EXACTING LIFE About. I’ve started this blog to give my listing, tracking and counting tendencies a healthy outlet! While not obsessive, I lean toward being exacting in the way I do thingsso you can count on this site to be detailed, uncluttered and grammar-conscious. You’ll see my personal lists about Kulture (books, music, movies, artMY FAVOURITE BLOGS
Here are some of my favourite inactive blogs that I hope will return. Come back to us, please – or start a new blog! Amanda @ the giraffe life. Amy @ Amy Rutter. AP @ The Asian Pear. Audrey @ Living the Tiny Life. Cai @ Cai. Carla @ My Happy Haven aka My 1/2 Dozen Daily. Chris@ chrisbykate.
PANDEMIC GROCERY TALLY 2020 Global pandemic, 11-week lockdown (March 16 -June 5), 2-week quarantine (December), working primarily from home since March. Link lived at home with us for 4-1/2 months (3 rd adult in the house) Link is an unabashed carnivore. No entertainment was available except take-out food. Shopped at one nearby supermarket and didn’tcomparison-shop or
A ROOM OF MY OWN
A Room of My Own. Lately I decided I must have a functional, uncluttered space to work from home. This would mean reorganizing my personal “stuff” and paring it back to create a more serene work area. I decided to combine some home-related goals: Maintain a separate personal work space (for blogging, journaling, photos, art,etc.)
EVERYTHING I OWN: COMPLETE HOME INVENTORY Before I tell you about the ten thousand plus items I own, I made up my own rules for the home inventory: I didn’t include structural or built-in items like the furnace or the kitchen cabinets. I didn’t include the cars, the garden shed or the fence. I didn’t include consumables: food and drink, personal care items and cleaningsupplies.
ARE ANY CLOTHES STILL MADE IN CANADA? When I was a kid, almost all of my clothes were made in Canada. Now it is rare to find anything made here. In trying to avoid fast fashion and sweatshop goods, I've been looking for domestic lines, without much success. I have to admit, I struggle with buying used clothes. IfI need a
BOOK REVIEW: LIFE AT HOME IN THE 21ST CENTURY That’s just what happened to create the book Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century: 32 Families Open Their Doors (Jeanne E. Arnold et al., Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, UCLA, 2012). Here’s the premise. The team recruited 32 families, all home owners in the Los Angeles area. Each family had two parents working full-time, andat
INCIDENTAL READING
There are lots of reasons people don’t read books in any format – such as difficulties with print, being too busy, and preferring other activities. I’m not asking book-free folks to defend themselves – just commenting on my own situation. I feel a compulsion to read everysurface in
OUTDOOR CONCERT CHECKLIST What is summer without outdoor rock shows? You can just show up and mosh, or if you’re like meprepare well! The last outdoor festival I went to (which wasn't an overnight camping weekend) had this rules list: No coolers, chairs or umbrellas No outside food or drink(excluding 1
THINGS I LIST AND TRACK Things I List and Track. In 2018, I saved 21% of income for long-term expenses (RRSP & TFSA) and 20% of income for future expenses (to be paid this calendar year), leaving me with 59% of income for everything else. This changes throughout the year as lump-sum bills are paid off. $6628 was spent on groceries for 2 vegetarian adults and 2 cats in A DAY IN COVID LOCKDOWN A Day in Covid Lockdown. Today’s post is a photo journal of a Saturday. I was inspired by the Photo an Hour posts that Janet (blogger at JBistheinitial) used to do, like this one. I decided in advance to keep busy all day so I’d have things to photograph. I assure you I’ve had many, many lazier Saturdays than this one Ididn’t want to
PRECISION MEMORY FILING I keep memories! My photos are digital and I stopped buying souvenirs when I travel. But I keep lots of mementos of special times. Mostly paper. During my first year of Covid restrictions, I loved catching up on home tasks and being out in nature. This Spring, I’ve been hit hard by regrets for all THRIVING IN A HOME-BASED LIFE Thriving in a Home-Based Life. I have now been Working from Home for 21 weeks. I love domestic life, but I never imagined I could integrate work and personal life to this degree. I am enjoying it while it lasts. As I mentioned in earlier posts, the gym closed,ANTI-VIRAL 19
Anti-Viral 19. Here we all are (speaking collectively, as in “all the world”), social distancing and self-isolating. I hope we’ll come out the other side clamouring to spend time in public with the rest of humankind. In the meantime, here are my favourite 19 things about distance and isolation. 19. Working from home is a realpossibility
MY ANTI-PLANNER
My Anti-Planner. I love watching YouTube videos that show planners and bullet journals being set up and filled in. I kept a long-hand journal from about age 10 to age 30, and I always expected to return to journaling someday. Since that time, I have kept an annual planner, in which I write upcoming meetings, appointments, and anything else that EVERYTHING I OWN: COMPLETE HOME INVENTORY Before I tell you about the ten thousand plus items I own, I made up my own rules for the home inventory: I didn’t include structural or built-in items like the furnace or the kitchen cabinets. I didn’t include the cars, the garden shed or the fence. I didn’t include consumables: food and drink, personal care items and cleaningsupplies.
READING…TO LEARN AND TO FEEL. #BLACKLIVESMATTER And that is where reading comes in. Reading is a way of relating to the world that feels comfortable to me. I can absorb the experiences of Black authors, Black characters and Black events, contemplate them, internalize them, and gain empathy. I can learn about history and what’s happening now, through individual voices and over wide swaths TIM’S CUPS, CANDY WRAPPERS AND POO BAGS On my first visit to London, I quickly spotted a cultural difference between North America and the UK. There is much less of an eat-on-the-run mentality. Where I travelled, there were no drive-throughs for coffee or fast food. Even in areas full of people on the move, such as subway stations, most customers ordered a IN AND OUT OF JANUARY Resolutions, Money, and Someone’s Change of Gender Resolutions I have a couple of resolutions/goals this year. The small one: At our house, whoever makes dinner also loads the dishwasher and does the dishes. The other person gets the night off. Apart from dinner dishes, we both use dishes throughout the day for breakfast, packed lunchesAN EXACTING LIFE
Life Update – January 2021. Hi everyone; I’ve missed hearing from you, and I hope you are as well as possible during these times. I am relying on my American readers to play whatever big or small role you can in restoring democracy and kindness. / January 10, 2021 / ABOUT | AN EXACTING LIFE About. I’ve started this blog to give my listing, tracking and counting tendencies a healthy outlet! While not obsessive, I lean toward being exacting in the way I do thingsso you can count on this site to be detailed, uncluttered and grammar-conscious. You’ll see my personal lists about Kulture (books, music, movies, artMY FAVOURITE BLOGS
Here are some of my favourite inactive blogs that I hope will return. Come back to us, please – or start a new blog! Amanda @ the giraffe life. Amy @ Amy Rutter. AP @ The Asian Pear. Audrey @ Living the Tiny Life. Cai @ Cai. Carla @ My Happy Haven aka My 1/2 Dozen Daily. Chris@ chrisbykate.
A ROOM OF MY OWN
A Room of My Own. Lately I decided I must have a functional, uncluttered space to work from home. This would mean reorganizing my personal “stuff” and paring it back to create a more serene work area. I decided to combine some home-related goals: Maintain a separate personal work space (for blogging, journaling, photos, art,etc.)
PANDEMIC GROCERY TALLY 2020 Global pandemic, 11-week lockdown (March 16 -June 5), 2-week quarantine (December), working primarily from home since March. Link lived at home with us for 4-1/2 months (3 rd adult in the house) Link is an unabashed carnivore. No entertainment was available except take-out food. Shopped at one nearby supermarket and didn’tcomparison-shop or
PRECISION MEMORY FILING I keep memories! My photos are digital and I stopped buying souvenirs when I travel. But I keep lots of mementos of special times. Mostly paper. During my first year of Covid restrictions, I loved catching up on home tasks and being out in nature. This Spring, I’ve been hit hard by regrets for allANTI-VIRAL 19
Anti-Viral 19. Here we all are (speaking collectively, as in “all the world”), social distancing and self-isolating. I hope we’ll come out the other side clamouring to spend time in public with the rest of humankind. In the meantime, here are my favourite 19 things about distance and isolation. 19. Working from home is a realpossibility
READING…TO LEARN AND TO FEEL. #BLACKLIVESMATTER If there’s one thing I’m proud of, it’s not bragging. Haha! On this blog, I have made a point of not saying I’m an expert in anything, or thinking I can give advice to you, the readers. Mostly I try not to say “you” because it automatically sounds preachy. So Italk about myself a
BOOK REVIEW: LIFE AT HOME IN THE 21ST CENTURY That’s just what happened to create the book Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century: 32 Families Open Their Doors (Jeanne E. Arnold et al., Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, UCLA, 2012). Here’s the premise. The team recruited 32 families, all home owners in the Los Angeles area. Each family had two parents working full-time, andat
TIM’S CUPS, CANDY WRAPPERS AND POO BAGS On my first visit to London, I quickly spotted a cultural difference between North America and the UK. There is much less of an eat-on-the-run mentality. Where I travelled, there were no drive-throughs for coffee or fast food. Even in areas full of people on the move, such as subway stations, most customers ordered aAN EXACTING LIFE
Life Update – January 2021. Hi everyone; I’ve missed hearing from you, and I hope you are as well as possible during these times. I am relying on my American readers to play whatever big or small role you can in restoring democracy and kindness. / January 10, 2021 / ABOUT | AN EXACTING LIFE About. I’ve started this blog to give my listing, tracking and counting tendencies a healthy outlet! While not obsessive, I lean toward being exacting in the way I do thingsso you can count on this site to be detailed, uncluttered and grammar-conscious. You’ll see my personal lists about Kulture (books, music, movies, artMY FAVOURITE BLOGS
Here are some of my favourite inactive blogs that I hope will return. Come back to us, please – or start a new blog! Amanda @ the giraffe life. Amy @ Amy Rutter. AP @ The Asian Pear. Audrey @ Living the Tiny Life. Cai @ Cai. Carla @ My Happy Haven aka My 1/2 Dozen Daily. Chris@ chrisbykate.
A ROOM OF MY OWN
A Room of My Own. Lately I decided I must have a functional, uncluttered space to work from home. This would mean reorganizing my personal “stuff” and paring it back to create a more serene work area. I decided to combine some home-related goals: Maintain a separate personal work space (for blogging, journaling, photos, art,etc.)
PANDEMIC GROCERY TALLY 2020 Global pandemic, 11-week lockdown (March 16 -June 5), 2-week quarantine (December), working primarily from home since March. Link lived at home with us for 4-1/2 months (3 rd adult in the house) Link is an unabashed carnivore. No entertainment was available except take-out food. Shopped at one nearby supermarket and didn’tcomparison-shop or
PRECISION MEMORY FILING I keep memories! My photos are digital and I stopped buying souvenirs when I travel. But I keep lots of mementos of special times. Mostly paper. During my first year of Covid restrictions, I loved catching up on home tasks and being out in nature. This Spring, I’ve been hit hard by regrets for allANTI-VIRAL 19
Anti-Viral 19. Here we all are (speaking collectively, as in “all the world”), social distancing and self-isolating. I hope we’ll come out the other side clamouring to spend time in public with the rest of humankind. In the meantime, here are my favourite 19 things about distance and isolation. 19. Working from home is a realpossibility
READING…TO LEARN AND TO FEEL. #BLACKLIVESMATTER If there’s one thing I’m proud of, it’s not bragging. Haha! On this blog, I have made a point of not saying I’m an expert in anything, or thinking I can give advice to you, the readers. Mostly I try not to say “you” because it automatically sounds preachy. So Italk about myself a
BOOK REVIEW: LIFE AT HOME IN THE 21ST CENTURY That’s just what happened to create the book Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century: 32 Families Open Their Doors (Jeanne E. Arnold et al., Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, UCLA, 2012). Here’s the premise. The team recruited 32 families, all home owners in the Los Angeles area. Each family had two parents working full-time, andat
TIM’S CUPS, CANDY WRAPPERS AND POO BAGS On my first visit to London, I quickly spotted a cultural difference between North America and the UK. There is much less of an eat-on-the-run mentality. Where I travelled, there were no drive-throughs for coffee or fast food. Even in areas full of people on the move, such as subway stations, most customers ordered aLIFE UPDATE
Life Update – January 2021. Hi everyone; I’ve missed hearing from you, and I hope you are as well as possible during these times. I am relying on my American readers to play whatever big or small role you can in restoring democracy and kindness. You’ve certainly learned that every vote counts! THINGS I LIST AND TRACK Things I List and Track. In 2018, I saved 21% of income for long-term expenses (RRSP & TFSA) and 20% of income for future expenses (to be paid this calendar year), leaving me with 59% of income for everything else. This changes throughout the year as lump-sum bills are paid off. $6628 was spent on groceries for 2 vegetarian adults and 2 cats in CORONAVIRUS TIME LINE Here’s an abbreviated “Coronavirus-era” timeline for my household and my part of the world. I work in a public library in Nova Scotia, Canada; my spouse Rom does IT support in a law office. March 14 – My last day of work in the office. March 17 – All branches of the public library closed “for at least 6 weeks.”. I startedworking
A DAY IN COVID LOCKDOWN A Day in Covid Lockdown. Today’s post is a photo journal of a Saturday. I was inspired by the Photo an Hour posts that Janet (blogger at JBistheinitial) used to do, like this one. I decided in advance to keep busy all day so I’d have things to photograph. I assure you I’ve had many, many lazier Saturdays than this one Ididn’t want to
THRIVING IN A HOME-BASED LIFE Thriving in a Home-Based Life. I have now been Working from Home for 21 weeks. I love domestic life, but I never imagined I could integrate work and personal life to this degree. I am enjoying it while it lasts. As I mentioned in earlier posts, the gym closed,ANTI-VIRAL 19
Anti-Viral 19. Here we all are (speaking collectively, as in “all the world”), social distancing and self-isolating. I hope we’ll come out the other side clamouring to spend time in public with the rest of humankind. In the meantime, here are my favourite 19 things about distance and isolation. 19. Working from home is a realpossibility
MY ANTI-PLANNER
My Anti-Planner. I love watching YouTube videos that show planners and bullet journals being set up and filled in. I kept a long-hand journal from about age 10 to age 30, and I always expected to return to journaling someday. Since that time, I have kept an annual planner, in which I write upcoming meetings, appointments, and anything else thatTHE REAL CUBA
I visited a resort in a rural area of Cuba in April. The tourist experience was deluxe, but there were glimpses of the real Cuba. En route to the resort in a modern bus (manufactured in China), we passed a few horses-and-carts, and a few of the famed 1950s cars you see inphotos of
ARE ANY CLOTHES STILL MADE IN CANADA? When I was a kid, almost all of my clothes were made in Canada. Now it is rare to find anything made here. In trying to avoid fast fashion and sweatshop goods, I've been looking for domestic lines, without much success. I have to admit, I struggle with buying used clothes. IfI need a
O CANNABIS | AN EXACTING LIFE In July of next year, Canada will legalize marijuana. Not just decriminalize it, not just for medical use, but fully legalize it for recreational use for adults. The government will make it a controlled substance like alcohol, and will regulate its growth and sale. When I was a teenager, weed was readily available from neighbourhoodAN EXACTING LIFE
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Here we all all are (speaking collectively, as in “all the world”), social distancing and self-isolating. I hope we’ll come out the other side clamouring to spend time in public with the rest of humankind. In the meantime, here are/ March 14, 2020
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Here we all all are (speaking collectively, as in “all the world”), social distancing and self-isolating. I hope we’ll come out the other side clamouring to spend time in public with the rest of humankind. In the meantime, here are/ March 14, 2020
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This is not a sponsored post and there are no affiliate links! In September, I visited the Museum of Brands and Packaging in London. It was jam-packed with consumer items from the Victorian Era to the present, from pre-radio and / February 8, 2020 /43 comments
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This is not a sponsored post and there are no affiliate links! In September, I visited the Museum of Brands and Packaging in London. It was jam-packed with consumer items from the Victorian Era to the present, from pre-radio and / February 8, 2020 /43 comments
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READING DOWN THE HOUSE (AND THE LIBRARY, TOO!) In November 2018, I listed the unread books sitting on my shelves at home, and vowed to read them. At the time of my last update in July, I’d read 15 of them, and got rid of two that I/ January 28, 2020
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READING DOWN THE HOUSE (AND THE LIBRARY, TOO!) In November 2018, I listed the unread books sitting on my shelves at home, and vowed to read them. At the time of my last update in July, I’d read 15 of them, and got rid of two that I/ January 28, 2020
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THIS YEAR’S GROCERY TALLY It’s January – time to analyze a year of grocery spending! This is the 8th annual For new readers, we are 2 adults who eat vegetarian food at home, make our own meals, and eat out about once a/ January 18, 2020
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THIS YEAR’S GROCERY TALLY It’s January – time to analyze a year of grocery spending! This is the 8th annual For new readers, we are 2 adults who eat vegetarian food at home, make our own meals, and eat out about once a/ January 18, 2020
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BE IT RESOLVED
Last year I set two mini-resolutions (new habits). The first was to hand-wash my personal dishes every night. Rom and I alternate making dinner, and whoever cooks also cleans up, giving the other the night off. However, after work, I/ January 1, 2020
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BE IT RESOLVED
Last year I set two mini-resolutions (new habits). The first was to hand-wash my personal dishes every night. Rom and I alternate making dinner, and whoever cooks also cleans up, giving the other the night off. However, after work, I/ January 1, 2020
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THE END OF CASH
2019…The year I stopped using cash. The evidence: I dump nickels and dimes into a coin bank. Last year, I accumulated $16 and this year, only $8. My bank no longer gives out wrappers for rolling coins.They have
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THE END OF CASH
2019…The year I stopped using cash. The evidence: I dump nickels and dimes into a coin bank. Last year, I accumulated $16 and this year, only $8. My bank no longer gives out wrappers for rolling coins.They have
/ December 27, 2019
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MEAL PLAN BOX
Last week I received the gift of a meal plan box from my friend PK! I was so curious to find out what these services are like. I’m sure you know the set-up: you pay for a number of meals,/ November 24, 2019
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MEAL PLAN BOX
Last week I received the gift of a meal plan box from my friend PK! I was so curious to find out what these services are like. I’m sure you know the set-up: you pay for a number of meals,/ November 24, 2019
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EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE About 18 months ago, I created a housework list. Rom and I shared and alternated the tasks. We quickly got into a routine and didn’t need the lists anymore. But then we started backsliding. It is time toreinstate those
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EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE About 18 months ago, I created a housework list. Rom and I shared and alternated the tasks. We quickly got into a routine and didn’t need the lists anymore. But then we started backsliding. It is time toreinstate those
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MORE EXACTING THAN EVER! It has finally happened. My personal and professional lives have merged and I am now 83.67% more exacting than before! Just kidding on the percentage. I was seconded from my regular library job to work on a data-heavy project that/ November 3, 2019
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MORE EXACTING THAN EVER! It has finally happened. My personal and professional lives have merged and I am now 83.67% more exacting than before! Just kidding on the percentage. I was seconded from my regular library job to work on a data-heavy project that/ November 3, 2019
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LIFE UPDATE – AUGUST 2019 I haven’t posted the usual monthly updates on my quiet little life this year. Time for a catch-up! I last posted about daily life in January. For January and February, we hibernated – no spending or out-of-home entertainment. It helped/ August 18, 2019
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LIFE UPDATE – AUGUST 2019 I haven’t posted the usual monthly updates on my quiet little life this year. Time for a catch-up! I last posted about daily life in January. For January and February, we hibernated – no spending or out-of-home entertainment. It helped/ August 18, 2019
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