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Can we make crystal babies a thing? Real babies are a thing. Fur babies are a thing. Plant babies are even a thing. I think that means it's time for crystal babies to be a thing. Crystals have become SUPER popular lately. Obviously, tons of people have been interested in them for thousands of years …
I've given up the wonder that is Bath and Body Works and their scents, sales and chemicals. Therefore I need to replace my candles and soaps that I used to buy every season. I used up the last of my foaming hand soaps from them last Summer and made sure to save the containers, but …
AKA a rant I wrote in my phone last night because I was so pissed off I couldn't sleep I spent most of 2016 trying to get pregnant with my second baby. I have PCOS, and with that (for me personally) comes infertility. I have to take drugs to force my body to have a …
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The winter holiday season is descending upon us quickly. Red and green is popping up all over stores, the mall parking lot is even busier than normal and I'm fairly certain Crate and Barrel had a Christmas tree up back in October. Have you started shopping? Are you stressed out? What exactly are your kids asking …
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Thing's have been a bit crazy around here. I need to slow down again. I feel like I'm an all or nothing sort of woman, I set my mind on something and I obsess over it. I've been doing a lot of obsessing over the past few months. I'm here to declare my promise to …
My little family and I hopped in our vehicle last weekend and headed out of the city. What we found was pure, indulgent, Autumn. Going on little day trip drives like this is important for our mental health. It let's us breathe a bit deeper, clear our minds and we can focus on the bigger …
September is such a funny month in Calgary. It's the in-between. The transition between humid Summer days and brisk Autumn mornings. I am thankful for it, for its golden warmth that breaks up our cold season. For the late nights, the chaotic days and the pretty flowers. Autumn, however, is in my soul. Thank you …
(Can you tell I've been on an Ed Sheeran kick lately? And by lately I mean forever.) We're all bombarded every day by pretty pictures of the perfect lives of amazing strangers. Weather your social media of choice be Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest or Snapchat, everyone's sharing the sweet part of their lives with the world. …
I gave birth to our second baby girl May 10th! Since she's our second we have most of what we need for her already, clothes, crib, stroller etc and that is so helpful budget wise. However there were a few things we needed to pick up for her as well as a couple we wanted …
You will hear this many times from me on this blog I suspect. Pictures are my most prized possession. They are so important to me and I love them so much. So it's only natural to protect them as best I can. Everyone who cares about their pictures should definitely back them up, because you …
flowers and feminism 