What. a. whirlwind. As you know, after a year of pestering the Head Honcho Hiring Man of my school board he took pity on me and finally gave a spot on the supply list. (If you live outside of Ontario, you may know this as an occasional or substitute teaching position. Same deal.)  I received the email to come in for a sign up session / sign all the paperwork  at the board office last Tuesday. So, bright and early Tuesday morning I donned my pretty teacher clothes, arrived way too early and sat in my car imagining my life as a supply teacher. I tried to imagine how long…

A lot can happen in a year. A year ago today I had just finished teacher’s college. The Hubster and I had just found out about his new job and had just found a new home in our new city. With mixed feelings, we packed up all the things we had accumulated through the four years we spent in Senior’s City and set out to begin the next phase of our lives. A year ago I had a plan. I would either have a job as a supply teacher or have a class of my own by September. I would have a summer job within two weeks of moving to…

Remember that time when I used to find really cool things and share them with you? I sort of let it go in December when things got reeeeally hectic and forgot to pick it back up. I’d really like to start my Shop Girl Shares series on Mondays again, but this couldn’t wait. I like to think that I’m pretty good at finding interesting things on the internet. I often find things that make me laugh or throw my hand over my mouth in shock. Occasionally I find things that are just incredibly interesting that make me want to research a little further on my own. Then, every once in…

Well my lovelies, it’s been five days. Let’s have a chat. When I started this new diet I had hoped to be able to write every day, and just post a wee update at the bottom of each post to let you know that I’m still alive and haven’t wasted away (yet). Unfortunately, life happened and things have been a bit, well, exciting, stressful, nerve-wracking and hopeful these past few days and my time was filled elsewhere. I can’t explain exactly why just yet, but hang in there. I hope I won’t keep you waiting long. So I started the new regime off with a BANG on Friday. The morning…

Today I started day 1 of my new menu plan for the next 4 – 6 weeks: a sugar-free, yeast-free diet. I’m scared. haha Before I explain why I decided to do this, let me be clear: I am not doing this to lose weight. From what I understand, it will likely be a pleasant side effect, but that isn’t my goal here. I don’t really believe in fad diets, and aside from the 13 months I spent chocolate-free, I also generally don’t believe in restrictive diets. If they work for you, all the power to you!! They just don’t work for me. Also, I am by no means a…