Monthly Archives Apr 2016

Our apartment bedrooms, work space, and storage

Our apartment bedrooms, work space, and storage

Our apartment has three bedrooms, one for us, one for Laurent and one for the girls. The bedrooms are a great size, which comes in handy when space is shared, like Laurent's room also being Damien's "office".

Our apartment living and dining room

Our apartment living and dining room

My homemaking goal is to create a welcoming home that helps us nurture relationship, within our family and with others, and provides a well-managed and organized space for us to work and learn together.

Some thoughts on city living and lifestyle choices

Some thoughts on city living and lifestyle choices

All the people I know, online and in person, want healthy, vibrant family lives. They want the best for their kids.

Our apartment kitchen, bathroom, and laundry

Our apartment kitchen, bathroom, and laundry

A tour of our Montreal apartment, starting with where we cook, groom, and wash.

Our Montreal Apartment

Our Montreal Apartment

A Montreal apartment is a good choice for who we are in our early forties, raising three teens, and building a business. It fits our lifestyle and it fits our values. It's not perfect. It's not without challenges, but it works.

A change in energy

A change in energy

I undeniably experience shifts in energy with the seasons and in certain activities and ways of doing things. Noticing and naming this reality has been really important because it gives me greater self-awareness and helps me make better life decisions from this awareness.

A Personal Retreat Day for Life Assessment and Planning

A Personal Retreat Day for Life Assessment and Planning

You could use the strategies and format of a Personal Retreat Day for any type of personal development or personal management. You could use this model for homeschool planning, or maybe even for small business planning.

Using Evernote to manage ideas

Using Evernote to manage ideas

I am a thinker, writer, and reader. I homeschool three teenagers, I manage our home, and I'm actively finding my way into as-of-yet unknown vocation (you could say I'm finding myself). I like to learn, make stuff, and go places. Evernote is where I manage all those ideas.

Small beauty

Small beauty

Small beauty is a comfort to my spirit, a quiet sense of co-creating. It's bringing light and life into small spaces and places, filling the nooks and crannies of my heart with gratitude and contentment.