Whew. That hiatus definitely went a bit longer than I had originally intended, but such is life. My horoscope yesterday said "not even a scorpio can keep moving at your present pace, so slow down and give yourself a break - yes, you CAN afford the time. If you fall behind in your schedule it means your schedule is too tough", and this sang loud and clear to me. I don't take horoscopes too seriously, but this seemed to be a good reminder to me. If I am so overpacked on my schedule that I can't even take a night off to go on a date with my live-in boyfriend, we've got a major problem! So I took 2 week's off from digital land altogether and decided to concentrate on myself, my relationship, and what I want my lifestyle to be. I want to be able to run a blog full time, but I also work full time. I'm also learning to schedule time for social events in my calendar to be sure my social life doesn't get left behind. Pirate & Lilac evolves with our lives, and we love to take you along for the ride. This year we will be especially challenging as I will be juggling a full time job, full time blogging, a consistent Bikram Yoga practice, a new lifestyle including paleo eating (more about that later), as well as a few projects I have in the works that will be announced later. I thrive on being busy, but I must always remember to prioritize and not forget to give myself some time to breathe!!

Anyway, my apologies that Pirate+Lilac had to suffer some radio blog silence while I re-evaluated my priorities in both my real life and digital life.

All of this is going to be unveiled over the next few weeks with our new categories (you can see these by clicking post series in the menu above). I look forward to learning how to use my DSLR and giving you a peak into our lives. Welcome to the new Pirate+Lilac. We hope you'll stay a while! ;)

Hey Readers!

Sorry for the brief and unintentional hiatus. I promise with the New Year coming up Cam + I have been discussing the future of this blog, and we have big plans! We want to feature a lot more original content (with the help of our DSLR), and kick back to our original reason for starting this blog: to provide inspiration! Somehow down the line, we geared more towards a "shopping list" if you will. I love shopping, and I will continue to feature wish lists of my favourite products (keep in mind we do NOT do sponsored posts at this time), but that will not be considered our only content anymore. We've also shut down "the 13 Challenge" and have decided to go in a different direction. I never want health to be something "forced" into someone's life, and with a challenge, I feel like that's exactly what I'm doing. Instead we will be posting on Wednesdays with more photos, recipes, and stories about the ways we have improved our health in hopes that it will inspire others to also take that leap. Going forward our main focus will be on fashion, decor, health, and of course our cat Pirate. We are also making it our New Years resolution to take more adventures around the city of Vancouver and beyond, and let our readers into our lives a bit more. We live in an amazing country full of beauty, and it's time we start exploring it!

Thank you readers for your amazing support, and we look forward to continuing to make Pirate + Lilac a better blog each and every day.