It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and you know what that means! It’s time to round up all of my local faves and put together the ultimate Simcoe County holiday gift guide for all of you. Back by (very) popular demand, I’ve decided to make this an annual feature on the blog…
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Christmas But, Keep it Local: Your Ultimate Simcoe County Holiday Gift Guide.
It’s no surprise that high on the list of people who suffered the most in 2020, were small business owners (followed by everyone who tuned in to watch Carol Baskin’s painful stint on Dancing with the Stars). As small shops started to shift their business models to combat the effects of COVID-19, we saw a…
The Only Workout I Don’t Hate
Imagine jumping out of bed on a Saturday morning with the comparable level of excitement that a child has on Christmas to, get this – work out. Pfft. Ridiculous right? Anybody who claims to love working out has to be some sort of sociopath. A sociopath with a BMI of 18.5 and a tush you…
Whole Wheat Oats n’ Honey Bread
Is there anything better than carbs fresh bread? Since quarantine started, I’ve been channeling my inner Barefoot Contessa and putting my KitchenAid stand mixer to good use. Since flour and yeast were flying off the shelves like the new hot toy on Christmas Eve, I decided to jump on the quarantine bread-making bandwagon. Never having…
Surviving Quarantine – My List of Must-Haves
I don’t know about you, but on day one of quarantine when everyone else was panic buying toilet paper, I was adding everything but the kitchen sink to my Amazon cart. Having been physically distancing and working from home since mid-March, I’ve saved so much money on gas and Starbucks, that I figured, why NOT…
My New Quaran(rou)tine
Pre Quarantine RoutineBefore having been able to work from home, my alarm would go off as early as 5:45 a.m. Mostly so I can listen to my boyfriend’s radio show in between hitting the snooze button 27 times. In a nutshell, my morning routine consists of waking getting up late, throwing on an outfit that…
Quarantine Carrot Muffins
If you go to a grocery store right now, you’ll probably notice that the baking aisles are becoming just as sparse as the toilet paper shelves. That’s because everybody is using this time in self-isolation to start practicing what it will be like to revert back to the days of churning our own butter and…
Swipe Up to Check Out My Mental Breakdown
You’re always on my mind. You’re the last thing I think about before bed and my first thought when I open my eyes at 7 a.m. to the sound of my alarm. You’re the reason I’m late for work in the mornings and the reason I stay up way too late at night. You challenge…
Kicking it OLD School
Going back to school in your mid 30’s certainly comes with its challenges. Picture this: A 35-year-old woman sitting in the last available chair at her local Starbucks with a MacBook on her lap (because you can’t swing a dead cat in there without hitting someone working on the 3rd draft of their thesis), reading…
Always a Bride, Never a Bridesmaid.
Being a woman in my mid 30’s with a pretty extensive social circle, you’d think that I would have been in multiple weddings by now. But the truth is, I’ve managed to get by unscathed in the dreaded act of being a bridesmaid. Funny enough, the only wedding I have ever been in is my…