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Vaccines Vs Vanity: My Quest for a New Happy Place

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Ah, the hair salon. A woman's happy place. Where else can you go and sit for 3 hours, enjoy some pleasant conversation AND a scalp massage, and come away feeling all shiny and new? It's been nearly four months since I visited a salon. Not because I couldn't get an appointment - I've booked two, … Continue reading Vaccines Vs Vanity: My Quest for a New Happy Place

A Project A Day Keeps the Doctor Away

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I mean, maybe.  I’m not a health professional so keep eating those apples. Onwards. Are you in a bit of a rut? Feeling out of sync or out of sorts lately? It’s normal to go through periods when your energy and motivation wane.  Throw in a global pandemic that robs you of a sense of … Continue reading A Project A Day Keeps the Doctor Away

10 Things I Learned While Self-Isolating With My Family This Week

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I touch my face about 27, 000 times per day. Netflix, YouTube, and Amazon Prime are, indeed, essential services. Going for walks is an underrated pastime. Turns out grocery shopping was, like, a hobby of mine. I need a new hobby. Examining my pores, close up, in the bathroom mirror might just be my new … Continue reading 10 Things I Learned While Self-Isolating With My Family This Week

The Gift of Solitude

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As a gift for joining The Forty-Something Club, my generous-to-a-fault husband said he was going to send me and my two sister-friends to Toronto for an all-expenses-paid girls' weekend.  He wanted us to do it up right - spa time, shopping, dinner, dancing.  It was the kind of weekend that the me before kids was … Continue reading The Gift of Solitude

Reading this might save your life…

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...if your Baby Mama is on the brink of giving birth or has recently sprung your offspring from her loins. You see, no matter how well your partner has coped with pregnancy, the entire game changes once Baby arrives.  Your life could be at risk.  This is a life line, my friend.  Take it. The … Continue reading Reading this might save your life…