Ya Gotta Laugh About It

Join me this post in wishing my newest pup a happy ANNIE-versary. You see, it’s a year ago today she joined our family. I’ve never really...

Since starting my work commute with the Sweeney Meister a few months ago, we quickly discovered that we'd both be away on vaycay this ...

Last week I discovered a very good friend was unexpectedly going through a very tough patch. So, after texting back and forth all week, w...

Like most seasonally challenged people, I totally land on my ass after I "fall back" for the reprehensible time change that'...

Well, Mother Nature was kind enough to allow me to spend yet another Saturday night at the cottage. I’d had a pretty busy and emotional wee...

It truly is the simple things. ....Like drinkin' an ice cold coke outta the bottle! TAKEN: Barcardi Island ~ APRIL 2015 I was ema...

Okay, so as you know, I blogged last night about my all day junk food marathon this past Saturday and the fact that I definitely paid for t...

Sometimes, the best laid plans never work out the way they're supposed to. As you can imagine, I’d had a couple of options for spending...

As you know, I’ve been clearing behind the cottage all summer (& into the fall) one pulled muscle at a time. As expected, it’s been a v...

What a weekend. Though I had the luxury of spending the majority of Saturday with my daughter, I definitely paid for it by trying to cram t...

As I sip my coffee in my jammies I find it hard to believe that it’s Thanksgiving weekend already. It seems like only a minute and a half a...

My man & me enjoying my 29th Birthday trip. TAKEN: APRIL 2015 As you know, I celebrated my 29th Birthday with a neat jaunt to Sama...

For the second time in as many weeks, I had to put my gloves on this morning to head out of my subdivision to meet the Sweeney Meister to ...

It's not easy being green. Especially when you're a red like me. TAKEN: SEPTEMBER 27th, 2015 Well, as I promised my dogs, we l...

When I got home from work tonight, I instantly heard a faint sobbing coming from the front hall closet. As I opened the doors and leaned in...

When I call myself the “crazy dog lady” it paints somewhat of an inaccurate picture. Crazy implies that my behaviour may be erratic and n...

“...Never push a loyal person to the point where they no longer care.”  ~ Brock Napier When I logged onto my LinkedIn at lunch today...

For all of my high school summers, I spent my weekdays in a rink and my weekends on an amazing lake with my parents. They occupied a neat s...

When I was having lunch with my American friends on Saturday, they asked about this being a holiday long weekend in Canada. I explained the...

I don’t know about you but I always find the best times happen when there’s no planning involved whatsoever. As someone that over analyzes ...

Can you see my rainbow? TAKEN: AUGUST 28th, 2015 Well, after a couple of whirlwinds days at the house in town, I landed back at the co...

When I hopped out of bed at the house this morning, it was so damp and cold the my teeth were close to chattering. After I covered myself w...

This morning I woke up in dire need of a rain slicker/fuzzy socks wardrobe combo. Then, as my morning coffee perked, I began gathering up...

I am feeling a level of anxiety in my life right now that I haven’t experienced in a very long time. I was chatting with my very best elect...

Thank goodness this old 12 seater picnic table can't talk....!! TAKEN: AUGUST 16th, 2015 We knew after spending our first summer o...

If you’re a young adult in Muskoka and working two jobs to get by, you know that the summer tourists and their spending are what keep you w...

As I’ve written before, I’ve put so many miles on our five seater pedal ' boat that floats' that I stopped keeping track of the ac...

It's hard to explain how my mind has been at ease about my new direction since it was solidified almost a month ago. Though I know I ca...