Summer Vacations

super yummy popsicle I acquired at the TEST Midsummer Market from the fantastic The Pop Stand I don't usually take time off in the summer. I mean each month has a long weekend...

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Ten Trees

photo courtesy of tentree - found here I don't actually know when I first heard of the company TenTree, but I remember thinking they were the coolest kids on the block right away....

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What's all the Buzz about

So, I'm a bit behind on posting this one, but not so behind that you are missing out on it. If you follow me on Instagram/twitter you may have seen me posting about the Bees {&...

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A wee bit of an adjustment... Spring Cleaning

When I decided to take a step back and re-brand myself, I knew it was going to be a rocky and complicated road. For me. All the good, positive stuff that would come out of it, and...

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Who turned the lights out?

Hopefully you did. Or are going to. Tonight's the yearly lights out for the Planet movement known as Earth Hour. Started in Sydney, Australia in 2007, the grassroots movement has...

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Let's talk about Trolls, some more.

It's been awhile. Well, it's been awhile for a few things, but we're focusing on the Trolls for today ;) But Midsummer 2016 is quickly approaching. And they are getting quite excited....

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Happy Polar Bear Day!

So all week we've been celebrating all things Arctic as a lead up to today. Today we celebrate all things Polar Bear. Because it's International Polar Bear Day. WooHoo! I have...

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Heart the People of the Arctic

First off, this post is a day late. It just happens sometimes. A weeks worth of posts was a lot of work. Some things didn't get scheduled. But the good news is that means an extra...

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Winter Camping Part deux

Um, ok. I have a confession to make. Our Winter Camping trip isn't exactly working out as originally planned. We're still going into the forest in a week, but we're just not tenting...

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The Unicorn of the North

So, yeah ok. We are leading up to Polar Day on Saturday, but I'm dedicating the week to the Arctic so we're totally allowed to talk about my favourite. Narwhals. Unicorns of the Sea....

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It's all things Arctic

I started reading this great book from the library called Dude Making a Difference and a sentence in the introduction really resonated with me. The problem is that we have lost...

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Give a Girl a Journal

those 2 on the right... that's my super secret diary from high school. everything was life altering during those years! My friend Christine shared this project with me called Give...

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Some more #WeBeTest Love

So you know that I'm participating all month long in the #WeBeTest instagram challenge right? If not you are clearly not paying enough attention to me! (follow my instagram here) Ok...

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Freebie Friday - Valentines Edition

All you love happy souls, it's finally your time of year. Valentines Day. I thought I'd help you celebrate your love day with some little love notes. For both of you ;) The Dirty...

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Giving up the To Go

So I'm going to be starting another regular post here that I haven't quite been able to come up with a name for yet. But that's ok, because we can get started without an official name....

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TEST challenge

If you follow me on Instagram you may have noticed some rather personal pics going up. And the hashtag #WeBeTest. There's a very good reason behind it. My lovely friends of The...

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February thunderpeep Book Club

It was tight but I just finished Wildwood. Finished it last night. Because January went by really fast. So, what do I make of the first book in the Wildwood Chronicles. Honestly,...

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Calling out Bullshit

A couple of weeks ago I was excitedly going on to a friend about how awesome my week had been - not because I'm lucky but because I put good shit out there and it boomeranged right...

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Winter Camping is back on the table.

Oh I can hear the collective "are you crazy" ringing out across the blogosphere. No, I'm not crazy. Neither is my good friend Amy, who is going with me into the cold wild forest. Why?...

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the thunderpeep Book Club

Happy 2016! Hopefully you're fully intact. No terrible hangovers, or at least if you do they were totally worth it. We all know that 2016 is the year of putting that new direction...

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