living my best life, experiencing the best books
I have been learning lately that I can't do everything. Of course, I knew this before but it has been made very apparent through this month of September. I haven't written any blog posts in over a week, I really need to clean my bathroom, and my meal planner board is still showing what we …
Clothes are sort of important. We all use and wear them and we all need to buy and replace things (sometimes more than others). A few years ago I never really thought about where my clothes came from, what they were made of, and how I was taking care of them, but as I have …
It has been over a year now since I dove head first into the world of podcasts and I haven't looked back since. There is something so comforting to me to listen to other people talking, whether it is about something serious or something the complete opposite and although I love reading, it is great …
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Happy Summer! While it doesn't quite feel like summer as I am writing this, I can feel it in the air and I know that the warm weather is just around the corner. I am writing this while eating fresh local raspberries and my garden and fridge are full of local vegetables. But onto the …
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I feel like I say this every month, but where did the time go? The sun is out, the shorts are on, and books keep on a rolling. I find that I can read more on my commutes as the weather gets warmer as it is light out when I am going to and from …
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This month I found myself reading on the bus again (after it being too dark all winter), getting books I have been waiting for for months showing up at the library for me, and some wonderful advanced books. I am going to switch things up a bit this month and share even more books, but …
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I have a confession to make. I used to purposefully buy cheap watches. Instead of saving my money to by a watch that would last for a long time I instead bought $10 watches from places like Ardene, Walmart, and Target every single spring. That's right, every year I would buy a cheap watch that …
1 year ago I pressed publish on this blog. I didn't tell anyone about it for a few weeks once I had a few other blog posts under my belt, but my intro post was published December 1, 2017. When I first started this blog I wanted it to be something to let some of …
I was recently nominated for a Liebster Award by Crushed Caramel which is so exciting, especially as I am coming up on my one year of blogging on this blog, fivestarredlife. The Liebster Award is an award given by bloggers to other bloggers and continues throughout the internet. I am so honoured to have been chosen …
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