I lived in the same bedroom for the first 22 years of my life which can be surprising for a lot of people. This room grew and changed with me starting pink, and then changing to blue and then later purple. This room and the home that it was within was my safe space and … Continue reading moving home
I don’t drive, yet I have always managed to get where I need to go, thanks to a wonderful thing called public transit. In smaller cities and large metropolitan areas alike there is usually always a bus for me to catch and a schedule to follow. I don’t mind the rigidity of having to catch … Continue reading a love letter to public transit
Dear Larissa, Part of me can’t believe that you are getting married and then I remember that I have actually been married for a year and a half so what took you so long? Seriously I think that is the only thing I have beaten you at in our entire lives. I can’t remember a … Continue reading a letter to my best friend on her wedding day
This week is my 24th birthday and I figured that my blog post for you all today is going to be the top things I have learned in the past 24 trips around the sun. Through the years I have traveled, moved, gotten married, almost completed my masters, and learned a lot of lessons. Here … Continue reading 24 in 24
I love to travel and have been fortunate enough to get to visit many different states and provinces throughout my life. See below to see all the different places I have been to (also Quebec, but that was so quick that I don’t think it counts). Outside of North America I have … Continue reading travel dreams
“Love doesn’t mean gazing at each other, but looking, together, in the same direction” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery Ah Valentines Day, One of two days each year that I can write sappy, loving things about my husband and no one can get mad at me (The other is our Anniversary). I have learned a lot … Continue reading on love
I haven’t had cable for a year and a half and guess what? I haven’t missed it at all. Whenever I do see something on actual TV (like the superbowl last week) I am blown away by the amount of commercials that exist and how I really don’t want any of the things that they … Continue reading the best netflix shows
There is no reason I should own as much stuff as I do. I lived in the same bedroom for the first 22 years of my life, where I couldn’t accumulate that much stuff and then when Nigel and I moved to Ontario 17 months ago, we barely filled up half of a U-Haul box. … Continue reading decluttering and minimalism – how we cleaned up our lives and plan to keep it that way
fivestarredlife.ca 