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They still have not cleared my sidewalks, and I am getting real tired of walking my dogs in the street and being scared.

Winter makes me feel so restless. Even with going outside for a walk, every. single. day and walking like two hours a day on my walking pad. Stupid ADHD, and inside.

They still have not touched the sidewalks in my busy neighbourhood, and we have so many walkers and people who use transit. The children are out on the street walking, hardly enough space for a car to pass.

As someone who teaches learning strategies at the college level, I have become obsessed with critical thinking and finding strategies to make sure the students use their noggins. In love with my new T-shirt.

And all of the pipes at our cottage on the sea which feels like -28 are frozen and no one can go to the bathroom. Wah.

We drew names at girls weekend and I got the king bed! La la la yah!

I went out two nights in a row for live music this weekend and it was fun as heck but I am le tired as I am the 42. But I saw sooo many people I knew it felt like a Halifax indie 14 years ago music extravaganza reunion!

Even if you’re gonna try really hard to make your first day back to the office in 2026 a good one with your outfit set out the night before and a great lunch - a three car pileup on the Mackay can certainly brighten your day!

Lately in ceramics all I want to do is make odd girl jewelry holders.

I read a lot! I think I will get to 215 books by the time the end of the year rolls around. Here are my top 14! That’s all I could narrow it down to! 😊 #booksoftheyear #bestof2025

That hardest thing about my mom being here for a week is that she never stops talking. Like I’m trying to read, please I need to read to self regulate.

I have no power but I have books and a French press.

I have a sweet elderly neighbour with two dogs who my dogs adore and he just brought over a present to my dogs from his dogs. 🥹 and I have two street holiday parties this weekend. I love my neighbourhood.

I think I might have a shin split in my left leg. Walking hurts so much but I have to walk all the time, because dogs. Is this my penance for saying that everyone who said they turned 40 and hurt were babies because I’m 42 and it might be because I exercise barefoot often?! Ugh.

I like watching Canada's Drag Race even more this season because I also get to practice my French listening skills! Also Moncton represent!

I haven’t left my house except for dog walks for nine days because I was sick and tonight I’m going to two Christmas parties and it feels wooo! I really love spending time with myself so it hasn’t been hard, but I suppose I could use a few laughs and someone other than my lovely partner’s face.

Can I recommend ignoring things that I can’t change, constant scrolling and being easily influenced to just reading all the time? Over 200 Books this year so far!

My brain and soul; I need some time to slow down. My body: how about Covid?

I’m working late today so I went to Costco at 11 and I certainly will not be going back there before Christmas even if they were giving it away. Wow.

I have to get dressed and out of the house on this dark rainy Saturday to play trivia. It’s a fundraiser for the Dartmouth Community Fridge and I love the gals I’m going with so I will get ready but it’s so hard tonight !

I am feeling this so hard lately.

The older I get, the less I care about holidays and things? Like why buy a bunch of plastic seasonal crap and put in so much effort. I am against consumerism these days and don't want to contribute to landfill core. I just want things to be simple and easy.

I have not turned the heat on at my home, yet I am at the office today and they are pumping it. I am so sweaty.

I never checked the weather, and I was super unprepared this morning. I couldn’t find my scrapers and I used a broom in a sundress, but I’m on my way.

I’ve had a super busy, social weekend and my brother invited my mom up for blue rodeo tonight for her birthday and surprise! The only hours of alone time I could carve out for myself tomorrow is now mom time! Mom is staying at my house, because little brothers who are almost 40 are still brothers.

My brain left my body for three hours when I glazed tonight so good for my brain; I love you creativity.

I’m watching TV and crafting and one of my dogs has just been staring at me lovingly for like an hour. Kinda cute, kinda creepy.

My afternoon walk brings forth my least favourite kind of weather, rainy and windy and chilly.

These two sure do know how to seek out the sun. 🌞

We have tickets to a concert tonight and now with game seven nobody wants to go to the concert.

I’m not sure if my dogs are gonna get out of bed today.

Not me being 42 and trying to learn to food budget. I already only buy what’s on sale; in season and I shop around, we don’t eat a lot of processed food so how am I supposed to know a reasonable food budget for two six footers who like to eat a lot? Do I include my two dogs who like to eat a lot?

I don’t really care for Halloween but I do care for wearing witch T-shirts to the office and it being appropriate.

I never have any sound on my Phone and often don’t know where it is, so I will pick up my phone and see the alerts. I thought even if you won’t have sound on they made sound?

Honey surprised me with a new hat for the world series!

My neighbour brought over a whole bunch of homemade Diwali treats and gosh darn they are tasty. One box of sweet stuff, one of savoury.

I’m watching baseball with my sweet honey and my mom is too but she is retired and texted me - shouldn’t you head to bed? No and also I work 12-8 tomorrow. Give it up mom. And let’s go jays.

Some of us had a lot of gummies and is working on cleaning and decluttering their basement and found their mom’s craft supplies from when I helped her pack up her house a few months ago and forgot I took. Plus an excellent journal I thrifted today.

Anyways I’m off today and it’s sunny and I feel a bit worked out about life in general so me and the hunny and the dogs are going to go the woods. The woods usually saves me.

I might have to put on socks today. I lament the end of no sock season.

Apparently I need to stay up to finish this ballgame.

I don't want to hear about Temu, I don't need Temu to show up on my Reddit, or Instagram. I don't want to spend money on unnecessary, mass produced crap made by low cost labour in China, but like there is no way out? To use the Internet you must see about Temu?

I took Friday off, so I am slowly limping towards a 4 day weekend. Also I don't have any Thanksgiving plans, about eating, and I don't care to. I am not sure I even like turkey.

I really wish I had never ordered that Understance.

I don't do TikTok, I don't watch videos, so how come when I look on Facebook now it is showing me AI slop, mostly big women in saris changing into other women in front of fake judges for like a fake reality show? I hate it so much. Is the Internet just going to be insufferable now?

Went to bed at 3, 5 hours of sleep, quick 5 km at the salt marsh trail and now get ready for a 4 year old birthday bbq! I don’t think I’m really 42.

I have never seen one minute of Survivor - any of them. Or a mission impossible, or a Star Trek.

Baseball game and then to my partner’s band playing at the Woodside, what a Saturday.

This is one hot start!!