Tag: Personal
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November Life Update
We’ve assimilated to life as Canadians in all but one aspect—I still do my spring cleaning in October/November, like I would in the southern hemisphere. And, as luck would have it, my intense spring cleaning fever coincides with something big this year. We’re moving. For many immigrants, purchasing a home is a long-term dream. Moving…
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Fly Free-Stained Glass Colouring Book
One of my lifelong goals has been to illustrate colouring books, but it’s the kind of thing we dream about but put off because life’s too busy. Then, in the heart of lockdown, I actually did it. I illustrated a faux stained glass colouring book featuring different birds. I was ecstatic. Goal completed. But then…
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October Auroras
It’s trending on social media, but I can hook you up if you haven’t seen aurora pics (gasp!). We’ve seen the northern lights a time or two since moving to Canada, but never quite as bright as last week. This was also the first time I’ve seen pinks. The biggest bonus, though, was how early…
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My Least Favourite Trope: Resurrection
Friends, this was a close race. Just as I have a long list of adored tropes, the ones I don’t like are myriad. I don’t read Dubcon and I hate Born Sexy Yesterday. But the most commonly recurring trope that has the power to ruin a book or series for me until the end of…
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Calgary Stampede 2024
I’m stoked to share our photo diary from the 2024 Calgary Stampede with you! Can I get a yahoo? We had such a good time at the greatest outdoor show on earth! This year, the attractions included hot Cheeto-pickle pizzas, cheeseburger-flavoured ice cream, watermelon burgers, mac & cheese popcorn poutine, and whipped lemonade (among others).…
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2024 Goals
We’re officially in that strange transition period where our fingers always go for the 3 instead of the 4 when we type the year. 🤣 Hello, folks, and welcome to 2024! I hope it’s a good one. As always, I’d like to start my yearly blogging journey with some goals. This post will come to…
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2023 Wrapped
I’m ecstatic to be here with you, folks! We made it, almost to the end of 2023, and this will be my final post of the year. For the next few weeks, I’m planning to write, hang out with family and friends, write, chillax, bake delicious treats, and oh, ah, write. 😁 I wish you…
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Our First DIY Halloween Costume
In the spirit of reconnecting our creativity, Kayla and I decided to DIY her Halloween costume this year. She’s (still) obsessed with the How to Train Your Dragon series, an obsession that has just grown as we approach the end of the last book. So, she wanted to be Astrid for Halloween. We researched some…
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My First Bullet Journal
I cannot tell you how often I’ve been told to ‘just get a planner’. It’s one of those endlessly annoying rites of passage everyone with ADHD experiences at some stage. We get it; we forget things. 🤭 The problem is, like basically every other ADHDer out there, I’ve tried my fair share of planners. Sometimes,…
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Accidental Accent
Okay, the title might be confusing, considering we moved to this country almost six years ago. 🤭 But this topic feels like a natural extension of my post about our citizenship. While living in Germany, we could get by with things we regularly said in South Africa. ‘Ja’ is a staple there, pronounced identically to…
Yolandie Horak 