I will start with parenting and postpartum is not easy and different for everyone. But this list were things that genuinely surprised me, mostly for the better. Two lemon-lime sunflowers from my garden in the sunlight Your child is a joy and light to not just you and your partner but to those around you and even to strangers - seriously I get strangers congratulating me at the grocery store and when people ask me how old my kid is, they remember fondly their own child at that

It's been about 2 months since I gave birth and I thought I'd do a bit of a reflection and review of biking through out my pregnancy and my postpartum recovery. Final days of Biking during Pregnancy A sprinkled covered ice cream cone at the beach, taken on one of my last bike rides while pregnant My last post was from my 36th week and I actually ended up biking up until my 38th week of pregnancy. I probably would have kept going til I delivered but I was having some pubic bon

After our fall test ride , and splurging on Boxing Day, the Urban Arrow was finally ready to be picked up today!!! A look at the bike still in the shop. To be honest, I felt a little bit nervous but also excited. The last time I had picked up a new bike was more than 10 years ago when I got current my 3-speed commuter. Besides our first condo and our current home, the Urban Arrow would be the most expensive thing we’d ever purchased and it represents an intro to a new era. O

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been car free. As a teen, that meant walking and using the TTC (public transit) and once I started working full-time, I was still mostly walking and using transit until I started cycling as a form of transportation because I lost my metropass one summer day. When I first met my partner, he did not bike regularly, but he was pretty open-minded and was OK to try it out as well. Luckily, he loves it as much as I do, and once we got married and