Erin Pepler
@erinpepler.bsky.social
Freelance writer, book nerd, interested and sometimes interesting. Toronto gone suburbs. Author of Send Me Into The Woods Alone: Essays on Motherhood.
How much does it cost to have kids in extracurriculars? A lot—but there are ways to avoid breaking the bank. Here's my latest for MoneySense. www.moneysense.ca/spend/how-mu... #parenting #personalfinance #canada
How much are Canadian families (really) spending on extracurricular activities—and can they afford it? - MoneySense
Canadian parents spend an average of $1,160 a year on extracurriculars. See how real families compare and get expert tips to keep activities affordable.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
How much does it cost to have kids in extracurriculars? A lot—but there are ways to avoid breaking the bank. Here's my latest for MoneySense. www.moneysense.ca/spend/how-mu... #parenting #personalfinance #canada
Overheard my kids laughing hysterically in the living room. Smiled to myself, then realized the 'funny thing' was my son accidentally running a crayon through the dryer for the second time. ("That's sooooo bad," my daughter squealed as they examined a clump of melted wax.) 🤦♀️ #parenting #motherhood
November 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Overheard my kids laughing hysterically in the living room. Smiled to myself, then realized the 'funny thing' was my son accidentally running a crayon through the dryer for the second time. ("That's sooooo bad," my daughter squealed as they examined a clump of melted wax.) 🤦♀️ #parenting #motherhood
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Tucked along Roncesvalles Avenue in Toronto’s west end, Another Story Bookshop is more than just a cozy neighbourhood bookstore — it’s a literary hub rooted in social justice, equity, and community. #Toronto #SmallBusinessMonth @anotherstoryto.bsky.social
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October 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Tucked along Roncesvalles Avenue in Toronto’s west end, Another Story Bookshop is more than just a cozy neighbourhood bookstore — it’s a literary hub rooted in social justice, equity, and community. #Toronto #SmallBusinessMonth @anotherstoryto.bsky.social
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we're still shipping all over Canada for only $5 and we now have a tugboat to help us spread the word! how do we do it? that's really none of your business
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
we're still shipping all over Canada for only $5 and we now have a tugboat to help us spread the word! how do we do it? that's really none of your business
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
October 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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
October 29, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Come on SportsNet, none of us have cable anymore!!!!! #letsgobluejays
Does this mean my parents are going to get divorced again?? #1993isback #letsgobluejays
October 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Does this mean my parents are going to get divorced again?? #1993isback #letsgobluejays
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
October 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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
Lately, The Walrus contributing writer @michellecyca.com has been trying to make life harder for her children. Or rather, she’s trying to stop making it easier. Here, Cyca considers how obstacle parenting could help raise more resilient kids: thewalrus.ca/my-job-as-a-pare...
August 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Love this and could not agree more, @michellecyca.com! #parenting
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
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
August 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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
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
Her 12yo brother, also smart and fortunately, able to spell: "That says winery. It's a WINERY."
#momlife #parenting #roadtrip
August 14, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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
Her 12yo brother, also smart and fortunately, able to spell: "That says winery. It's a WINERY."
#momlife #parenting #roadtrip
August 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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
Her 12yo brother, also smart and fortunately, able to spell: "That says winery. It's a WINERY."
#momlife #parenting #roadtrip
At a local clinic having blood taken and they are absolutely BLASTING classic rock like we're on a boat #bloodlabpartytime
July 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
At a local clinic having blood taken and they are absolutely BLASTING classic rock like we're on a boat #bloodlabpartytime
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
(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
Want to read a "Happy uplifting story that's fun & dynamic- about new motherhood and returning to self"? Try Send Me into the Woods Alone by @erinpepler.bsky.social! #AskALibrarian
Send Me Into the Woods Alone — Multnomah County Library
Send Me Into the Woods Alone — Pepler, Erin, — "Send Me Into The Woods Alone is an honest, heartfelt, and often hilarious collection of essays on the the joys, struggles, and complexities of motherhoo...
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July 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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
(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
July 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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
July 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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
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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
June 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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
June 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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
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Vonnegut on books
June 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Vonnegut on 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
June 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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
- 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
June 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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
- 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
The anticipation is killing me. #peonyseason
June 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The anticipation is killing me. #peonyseason