An Active Lifestyle Challenge

I've been writing about changes I have done to improve my quality of life as someone living with bipolar disorder. The first change, reducing coffee consumption to two cups in the morning, has been successful and I've been able to make that change without too much difficulty. The second change, going to bed at a … Continue reading An Active Lifestyle Challenge →

The Importance of Sleep in Combination with Meds

Overcoming an over-the top coffee addiction may seem trivial to those who are in the midst of bipolar difficulties such as mania, depression, overwhelm, anxiety or brain fog. That is not to say those are the only difficulties, it is simply to name a few. The new goal of my writing in this blog is … Continue reading The Importance of Sleep in Combination with Meds →

A Sunny Outlook on a Gloomy Day

It's a chilly-fall-grey sky kind of day today, but I am determined to enjoy it. I took my dog for a walk this morning and instead of going through my to do list or conversations I had had or how my kids behaved this morning, I looked at the droplets of water on each blade … Continue reading A Sunny Outlook on a Gloomy Day →

It can only go up from here. School blues.

Our boys' school year began with no masks and a hint of normalcy to go with it. My hubby returned to his office at work where he teaches as a chemistry prof and of course what happens during this period of transition? I hit a wall with my bipolar. Definitely not normalcy. I have been … Continue reading It can only go up from here. School blues. →

Update and New Layout, But Not Without Ariel!

New look for the website, same Ariel photos though, because... well... I just love her! I'm just relaxing listening to an old playlist I put together a few years ago. I had forgotten about some of these songs. It's amazing how music can bring such comfort. It's like putting on a pair of your favourite … Continue reading Update and New Layout, But Not Without Ariel! →

A Calm Over the Christmas Season

I selected the wrong address filler on 4 of my Christmas parcels from Walmart to an address that doesn't exist and somehow one of them was delivered and received. It's an apartment just down the street so I ran down to double check that it wasn't in the lobby but it was no where to … Continue reading A Calm Over the Christmas Season →

We’re moving! (plus a little hair experiment)

I took some time off my blog to focus on my health. In the mean time, we found out that we will, in fact, be moving to Ottawa. With our listing to come out as early as March 1st, there are many things to get done around the house. In the first week I found … Continue reading We’re moving! (plus a little hair experiment) →

There’s something about the Fall

There's something about the Fall that just makes me want to have new beginnings. I began my blog in September of last year, life got crazy but again, heading back into that crisp cool time of year, I find myself yearning to come back to what is important to me. I left off my last … Continue reading There’s something about the Fall →

Keep on keeping on…

Has anyone ever mentioned it's tough to keep a regular blog going with bipolar disorder? There are periods of time I'm on my game, everything is great and I can regularly post interesting (at least I think so) blog entries but when I get knocked out for a period of time, it takes me a … Continue reading Keep on keeping on… →

A Book Here, A Book There…

Do you read multiple books at a time? Do you forget where you left off sometimes because your little LO pulls bookmarks out of your books? Do you end up reading parts of your book 3-4 times before you realize you already read that part 3-4 times? This is the story of my life for … Continue reading A Book Here, A Book There… →