I like to think I did a super job of putting kiddo into the carrier, that is, that I use it more often and longer than average. Because I’m looking for validation anywhere. I bought a gray Ergobaby carrier when it was slightly discounted, going with the brand based on reports it provided best support…
How to get dinner ready fast – Cooking with Campbell’s
It has been on my mind more and more that I need to make meals faster and spend more time with my family. It’s confounded these days as I’m not at work and so meals don’t have to be less complicated or quick to make: I just need to have dinner ready before they get…
Duchess-inspired workout
The more I follow British royalty news, the more headlong I fall into avidly devouring any news items about the “senior royals”. Unfortunately, my thought processes do support the lopsided and anti-feminist articles that report on what the duchesses are wearing and their physiques, fixated on their appearances rather as much or more than the…
Identifying plantlife (mostly flowers) around False Creek South / Olympic Village
Every walk is a nature walk. I started listening to the podcast titled Well Now which is put forth by Saje, but not in promotion of their products. I believe it was in the anxiety episode where a researcher conducted a study where participants’ anxiety levels were measured where people made a conscious effort to…
Surviving the first month post-partum – Dining
I am working on a complementary blog post regarding the month of eating approaching nutritous post-partum foods in addition to what I stockpiled. But could you imagine me and NPY not going out for a whole month! Hah! Hugo’s Tacos & Churros Upon recommendation NPY found on the Internet from some pediatrician, we’d endeavour to…
Lil Sis’ 2019 Whirlwind trip to Vancouver
Lil Sis and BIL have been coming to Vancouver every year for several years now. She visits me in Vancouver and then they are off towards Interior BC to visit his family. It was just the most gleeful news to learn BIL has family here. They may have been visiting annually in the summer since…
Hitting the gym at 6 weeks PP
This is not revolutionary for anyone except for me. For years and years I knew I’m missing strength training from my life in general (particularly as I get older) and when I was a runner, I would have benefited with resistence training alongside the intense cardio. As time drew closer to when I would go…
Next-level conscientious (I)
I’ve been working on this post for quite a while and life my lifehacks (Part 1) post, there really is no end to it. So at some point, I will cut off this list and just post and here is a guarantee there will be a follow-up post. This post itself is following up on…
Quality over quantity? Dining out around Vancouver (six-month round-up)
This would be my round-up spanning the longest interval yet. I’m at a bit of a crossroads for what to do with my dining photos now that I allow my phone to automatically back up to the cloud (Google Photos) yet I don’t want so many food photos to be interspersed amongst “life photos” and…
On pushing, shopping and new phase of life
So we’ve got this really fresh nine-day-old baby around and life is … good! Better than I expected but it’s the shiny honeymoon phase where NPY is off and while we struggle a little with the new schedule and kiddo’s adjustment to things, NPY is around and off work. In another week, he’s back at…