Yesterday was my last day of university classes. Forever (or at least, until I decide to return to university to turn my Rhetoric degree into a double major with the Classics department). I just have a couple of papers to write and 2 exams towards the end of April, and…
Welcome to Part One of the Living Healthy in the Real World Guide to Budgeting mini-series! When I wrote about my Raw Food Diet, I was surprised at the vast number of people who thoughts that spending $230 on food for one month was a lot of money. This was…
The sisterroomate left in October to visit the father dear (he's working with the United Nations in Cambodia) and to explore Southeast Asia. She was supposed to be the sistertraveller only until about a month ago, but then she scored an internship working with some kind of non-governmental organization, helping…
It's time for another mini-series! As the possession date for my condo looms ever closer (mid-April! Right in the middle of exams! I'm, um, all about the timing ;)), I find myself feeling the tightening on my wallet. But just because I have to count my pennies, doesn't mean I…
When Margaret first contacted me about Yumpeez, I was excited for two reasons: first, this snack is made right here in Manitoba, and second, I got to receive samples of Yumpeez to review in person rather than getting the samples mailed to me. It was so lovely to be able to…
Not this past weekend, but the weekend before, the mother dear and I took the Friday and Monday off work and drove to Riding Mountain to stay at a resort for a few days. We just wanted some time out of the city; a little mini-break holiday to relax and…
My previous attempts to post videos have failed miserably. Maybe my camera isn't compatible with WordPress, or maybe I'm just not technologically savvy at all, but in any case, my blogging has been strictly of the linguistic text variety with the occasional photograph. No videos to speak of around here.…
On February 1st, after my month-long Raw Food Challenge in which I posted my food intake for every single day of January, I started a brand new food blog: Health Writer Eats* (Amusingly enough, the awesome Mary started a food blog on February 1st, too! And hers includes pretty photographs).…
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week was from February 21st to 27th. I missed it. Well, no: I didn't really miss it. I only found out that it was National Eating Disorders Awareness Week very last-minute, and I already had our Grocery Shopping mini-series set up, so I postponed discussing eating…
Don't forget to answer this month's poll about lifestyle activity! MaraNatha No-Stir Creamy Almond Butter What can I say about this nut butter? It is perfection. Case and point: the day that I received it, I polished off 1/3 of the jar. And that was with a spoon. The rest…
