Erin Pepler

Baaaaaaaseball #gosports

My husband doesn't golf. He doesn't watch hockey, football or basketball. He truly only wants to watch the Blue Jays in the World Series and now SportsNet is down while the team that is OWNED BY ROGERS leads the game. This is wild, lol. #BlueJays

Come on SportsNet, none of us have cable anymore!!!!! #letsgobluejays

Does this mean my parents are going to get divorced again?? #1993isback #letsgobluejays

"Ugh, Carney, BUT NOT IN A CONSERVATIVE WAY."

I feel like any time I express disappointment in Carney I need to include a mention that I wanted someone farther left, not PP. Anyway. UGH, CARNEY. 🤦‍♀️ #canpoli

Love this and could not agree more, @michellecyca.com! #parenting

When people talk about "resell value" as an element of making car purchases I'm like lol, no, I will drive this car into the ground and then get $300 for the scrap metal

Forever amused that a car dealership sends me enthusiastic sales emails on a regular basis. Long weekend? Buy a car! Back to school season? BUY A CAR!!!

Sir, I have bought two (used) cars in my entire life and expect the third purchase to take place around 2035. Sorry, but not really? #beepbeep

This was the worst place for a typo

My 14yo daughter, who is very smart but terrible at spelling: "Wiener-ie? That's weird, what's that?"

Her 12yo brother, also smart and fortunately, able to spell: "That says winery. It's a WINERY."

#momlife #parenting #roadtrip

We've moved on to Higher by Creed playing at an 11 out of 10. Please just take my blood, this is almost certainly worse than whatever is wrong with me!!

I was going to read but the sound of Rush at full volume is too powerful

At a local clinic having blood taken and they are absolutely BLASTING classic rock like we're on a boat #bloodlabpartytime

I had a Multnomah County Library card! (Using my cousin's address, shhhh, forgive this Canadian book nerd.)

Thank you, Multnomah County Library! ♥️

(Fun fact: I spent three summers in Oregon as a tween/teenager. I love it there. The library could not have known this, and yet, here they are, sending love back my way.)

#books #motherhood #parenting

Things my teenage daughter has "borrowed" in the past week: socks, moisturizer, hair ties, money, the weighted heat pack I use for my sore neck, Birkenstocks, a pack of gum, my ventolin inhaler (she lost hers) #momlife #nothingismine #nevergettingthesethingsback

One of my kids has a minor medical condition that requires him to take 8 pills every morning. He's almost 13 but still says, "I ate my pills" instead of "I took my pills" and honestly, it feels like the last of his little-kid phrases hanging on so I cannot bear to correct him. #momlife #parenting

Must be big news if you're posting here! (Congratulations and well done, friend.)

I am surrounded by people who are outsourcing their own thinking to ChatGPT and they are quickly and obviously becoming dependent on it for even the most banal tasks. Once again, the "figuring it out" is the important part. Yes, you can use a crane to lift weights but you will not get stronger

Nothing has bummed me out more about the current state of the NDP than Jagmeet Singh apologizing for going to the Kendrick show last week. #no #why #wedonthavetolovedrake

"Don't give up on books. They feel so good - their friendly heft. The sweet reluctance of their pages when you turn them with your sensitive fingertips. A large part of our brains is devoted to deciding whether what our hands are touching is good or bad for us. Any brain worth a nickel knows books are good for us."

Vonnegut on books

Two white women in their 40s, one with long dark hair and the other with chin-length light hair and a tiara on. Both are smiling.

Fun times celebrating author Bianca Marais at the launch of her new book, A Most Puzzling Murder. Congratulations, B! #toronto #books

Went to a plant sale this morning, scored a ton of plants at a great price, then stopped by my favourite coffee shop. Seconds before I walked in, I got a text from the coffee place wishing me a happy birthday (it's next week) + a code for a free drink. All very auspicious! ☕🪴 #friday #goodvibes

When my kids want my help:
- when I'm working
- when I'm not home
- when I'm asleep

When my kids don't want my help:
- anytime I offer it

#momlife #parenting #motherhood

A deep pink peony almost ready to bloom

The anticipation is killing me. #peonyseason

Imagine having a problem with this

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Accessibility: Good! Necessary!
Stealing art: Bad!

There is a difference between using AI to organize data or find patterns and using AI to write a poem/novel and calling it writing

I don't know if this is a controversial take or not but it's ok to fail at some things?! If you're not a good writer/poet, work on your craft or accept it. I'm not good at everything. That's life. All of this to say: using AI isn't ALWAYS accessibility. Sometimes it's just stealing art. #amwriting

Cattle relaxing on a lush green field on a grey day

Yes, writing is a desk job, but sometimes I end up on a farm. 🌱 #haldimandcounty #holisticmanagement #regenerativefood