Why FIMBY is not a hair, makeup, fashion, or home decor blog

Why FIMBY is not a hair, makeup, fashion, or home decor blog

We went backpacking this weekend. It was fabulous. Understand when I say fabulous I don't mean that every single moment was bliss. Backpacking is hard physical work. And when it rains (it did) it's muddy and wet. And it can be cold. And smelly. Your shoulders get sore, so do ...

The Gift of Friendship

The Gift of Friendship

Friendship is communicated in so many ways. In this season, where I feel alone in this journey of adventure and am having to grow and stretch outside my comfort zone in so many ways, I treasure these gifts. I treasure you. A box of books in the mail. Along with ...

Spring Tomatoes and Growing Where You're Planted

Spring Tomatoes and Growing Where You're Planted

Spring is usually a busy time of year for me in the garden. This year it's busy for a whole bunch of different reasons. Without a garden I'm in a real season of "blooming where I'm planted" and being creative with what this looks like. Our housing situation is not ...

Ready, Set... May (& We're Going To Montreal)

Ready, Set... May (& We're Going To Montreal)

So, so much going on this month, where to start. The school books are now closed, and we're starting a two month break from our regular learning routine (all that stuff I wrote about in this curriculum post). Celine will continue with her self-directed studies and Damien will continue to ...

This Past School Year's Curriculum

This Past School Year's Curriculum

I'm at Simple Homeschool today talking the curriculum we used this past year during our big year of transition from interest-led elementary into the middle school years. This was just one of many transitions for our family this past year.

A Song from the Suds

A Song from the Suds

As a writer, mother, cook, lover, homemaker, reader, adventurer, photographer, and everything else I do and am, I sometimes feel myself torn between three worlds. The world of my head. The world of my heart. The world of my hands. I love to read. To turn my mind to higher ...

Babies, Birth Stories & Books (a link to Laurent's birth story)

Babies, Birth Stories & Books (a link to Laurent's birth story)

If I had been blogging when my children were babies, over a decade ago, FIMBY would be a blog about birth and midwifery care, diapers and physical exhaustion. It would be about my life with littles. I'd probably talk a bit about all the work I went through changing our ...