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Wow, 23 weeks into the year … that’s almost halfway through!  (Hard to believe for a lot of reasons.)  I’m kinda impressed that we’re still doing this … and completely determined to make it a full-year’s project. This week’s nominees for the thrift store/garbage bin are: Another stack of DVDs!  With Netflix, iTunes move rental… Continue reading one thing a week: week 22 and 23

Well, it’s certainly been more than one week since we’ve discussed our little purge plan, but I imagine you can forgive us this little discretion, especially in light of the the events of the past month.  May has been emotionally draining for us, but with the support of family and friends, we’re slowly getting back… Continue reading more than one thing: catching up

I think many of us are guilty of this:  when we first move out of our parents’ home out on our own, we inevitably have way more stuff than will fit into our new pad, so all sorts of less-necessary stuff tends to get stashed with mum and dad … for “later”.  Well, it’s been… Continue reading one thing a week: Manitoba edition

I had really hoped that we would be announcing some great news to you all very soon… Instead, Paddy and I have found ourselves in the same place we were a year ago, and oh boy does it SUCK.  Still.  Again. Just 6 weeks ago, we were giddy when we finally saw a positive pregnancy… Continue reading Not Again?!

I think spring cleaning has begun at our place, and boy does it feel good!  (Actually, I think it’s going to feel even better once the big stack of ‘to donate’ stuff in the corner finally makes it to the Salvation Army … but that’s a minor detail, right?) Anyway, we decided that, since we… Continue reading more than one thing… again

*Updated* Well, this week’s thing is certainly a tricky one.  In our quest to de-clutter and simplify our life, we’ve come to a difficult conclusion.  We really don’t have the space, currently, for 2 cats.  Bugbear and Meeka’s relationship has never really been smooth, and the reduced space of our trendy little Toronto pad has… Continue reading one thing a week: a toughy!

Since I got distracted with garden photos last week, our thing-a-week post this week is a double dose … and it’s a fairly good stack too:  I can’t wait to drop this all off in the donation bin and get it out of the house! I’ve managed to do some much-needed organizing and culling of… Continue reading a whole PILE of stuff!

This gardening experience has certainly been exciting so far:  watching tiny little seedlings popping up through the soil, seeing how fast the peas sprang up into teetering vines … I’m quite impressed with our ability to not kill everything (so far). It’s also been a fun project to document.  I’ve been having trouble finding inspiration… Continue reading things are sprouting!

I’ve never really thought that I had much of a green thumb.  We did have gardens for a large part of my childhood, and I managed to water the indoor plants as part of my Saturday morning chores without serious incident… but since growing up I’ve frankly been thrilled that I haven’t killed the 2… Continue reading testing out our green thumbs

It was tax week in our house – we finally got all our paperwork finished and filed, and boy does it feel good to check that off the list!  Since it’s been a paperwork heavy week, it seemed as good a time as any to get rid of some excess paper – a suitable vengeance… Continue reading week 10: paperwork