What a day! Hello, friend. :) Today was my first day at work after a three month career break. I resigned from my old job without a plan. I was frustrated with the ridiculously long hours and other things that I figured quitting was the best option even though I…

I am childfree as many of you would know. Yes, I’m a dog mom but in the grand scheme of things that cannot be compared to the real hard work of raising a whole human being. For the purposes of this post, I will be referring to human children only…

I am spending a lot more time at home since I got Ry, something I’m very grateful for. I didn’t buy a home to store my furniture. I bought one so I could live in it and Ry is helping me do just that. Before I had him, I only…

Blessings at every turn. Hi! :) It’s been a while. I’ve had a series of good things happen to me lately and as I was reflecting this morning I realized that if I had died after my boyfriend died I would have missed out on all this beauty! And that…

My sweet baby, the one who made me a mom. I never thought being a mom was on my cards. I didn’t want to be one. But then your daddy suddenly died and I had to reimagine my future. The future I had envisioned could only be with your daddy…

Yesterday I turned 32!!!!!! Can you believe it?! I’m a whole THIRTY TWO year old!!!!! 😱😱😱 OMG. Feels so surreal. Thirty two feels grown. I feel like a real adult. It was a few weeks before my birthday that I finally had that dawning moment of realizing I am now…

It’s a Friday evening. I’m on the couch with my four legged baby. He’s passed out. He sleeps very early. I’m exhausted from waking up at 5am every day. My son is up at 5am and needs me to take him out to potty. That is definitely my least favourite…

Animal shelters have the “Rule of three” that they tell you about when you adopt a rescue pup. They say in the first three days the new dog is trying to figure out their new home and family. After three weeks the dog is starting to settle in. After three…