This year we decided we would try more things. We love to fit in date nights as a couple, but also enjoy hanging out with other happy midlifers! How about you? Sometimes planning an outing with another couple is a great excuse to do something out of the ordinary, and for us prairie folk, what's more out of the ordinary than a Lobster Boil?! A new restaurant came to town called Blowers & Grafton . Their motto is "Where Halifax street food meets east coast hospitality" and you really do feel transformed to a little getaway when you dine in. It's a great place to eat, with lots of energ ..read more

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Have you ever heard this saying? I’m sure you have. Happy wife, happy life. Sounds amazing right? Well as a woman it sounded pretty great to me, and super cute. (who doesn’t love a good rhyme!) For most, it’s been a little jokey saying that men usually chuckle to each other when one of them is mentioning something their wife did or bought, or asked of them. Like as long as you do everythng your wife says she’ll be happy and you can enjoy a long easy ride to the finish line. Any ideas what’s wrong with that picture? A few people (maybe men? Or maybe women wanting play fair) started using the s ..read more

It seems we are kind of programmed to avoid the topic of our own mortality. Would you agree? It’s funny because that is pretty much the one and only thing that none of us can escape!   As with probably a lot of people, Warren and I didn’t really start thinking about post life prep until our parents started passing away.  Once this happened, we got a reality dose.  If the people who raised us and with whom we’ve been so incredibly close our whole life can expire, I guess that means so can we. Warren and I lost my dad, and both of his parents when they were in their earl ..read more

When some people travel, they really don’t care about the hotel or condo they rent. They see it as simply a place to sleep before they go enjoy their holiday.      While we understand that view, we don’t see it that way at all.  We view the hotel or condo as a temporary extension of our own home and the central hub of our time away. This particular stay was a weekend away for us with time for coffee and to read, with mountains in view. Therefore, it is very important to us that we like where we stay. Having been duped by misleading internet photos of unsuitable condos, we ..read more