happy 4th of July!

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wishing my American readers a happy long weekend, from one proud Canadian who knows all about sidewalk lemonade stands x

happy birthday my love.

my days are busy, busy, busy until christmas. last night, while making spaghetti sauce and doing the dishes, i also attempted to bake a chocolate yogurt cake from scratch. i forgot too add boiling water and the middle fell in. :::devastating::: it still smells delicious! i have to find an hour after work today to try again because he's worth it!

happy birthday my main man, you rock my boat (i mean that in a good way). xoxo

happy birthday beanhead!

a big, fat happy birthday to my best best friend brenna. i love you so much and wish i could be there with you to celebrate!!!  xxQ.

today's special.

it's my birthday today (in australia at least, not technically in canada. gets a bit confusing with the time differences)...and a milestone one at that. i feel quite positive about this birthday and coming year...the actual number of years i've been alive is seemingly propelling me forwards. there are less 'same old' things in my life that i will stand for and so many more wonderfuls that i feel more confident about. it's hard to explain, but i feel like this is a good thing. i've already had an amazing year thus far. in some ways i feel like this is the year that people started treating me as an adult. i'm quite small in stature and look pretty young (i think/hope), so i often don't get treated as equally as a i should in certain situations. that has changed this year and it may have to do with the odd new crinkle under my eyes...but i like to think that it has a lot to do with me and how much i've learned and that i am now applying to my life. i feel confident and excited and a little bit nervous (which is always a good thing). happy birthday to me!  thank you to all who have been a part of my life- big, medium or small- and for all you may have shared. it doesn't take a lot for me to feel touched by or to learn from someone else. the biggest thank you to my family; i have always said that if all i had was my immediate and extended family in my life, i would never even need one friend. especially to you- momma, gray and madelaine- i am who i am because of your love and support and from learning from what you do. i love you and miss you so much!!

can you spot me?

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

cheers to my favourite person in the whole wide world/woman i most want to be like (or at least come close to, some day).

you make me strive to be a better and kinder person every single day momma. i love you to itty bitty pieces xoxo

happy anniversary!

i'm pretty sure that yesterday was the one year birthday of this blog...(i was expecting some sort of announcement from blogger...). anyway, it's been fun! thanks to all (mostly family and friends) who regularly check it out and thank you soooooo much for any comments along the way. comments make it all worthwhile :)

i'm also incredibly thankful for the super inspiring and awesome fellow bloggers i have 'met' along the way...

here's to another year in the big bad blogosphere x

cosmic dust