• Giveaways

    Deck The Walls: 3M Command Strips $150 #Giveaway

    December 7, 2013 - By 

    This is the story of how 3 M Command Strips helped me ditch the Grinch and embrace my Christmas spirit.  As a lot of you know, we are moving. Well, we’ve done a lot of removations over the past 3-4 months. We redid a bathroom and renovated a kitchen. We painted and decluttered and we finished floors in order to sell our home fast. And it sold. Hurray! But decluttering meant everything came off the walls and pictures went into storage and while that’s all okay, here we are at Christmas. And I have frankly spent a lot of money…

  • Giveaways

    Christmas Cash #HolidayCashGiveaway

    December 6, 2013 - By 

    This awesome Holiday giveaway for $205 USD PayPal cash is open World Wide from Dec. 5- Dec 19th. Winner will be emailed as soon as chosen and will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen. All entries will be verified, so please ensure you are completing the ones you are committing to! Thank you to Ninja Mommers (http://www.ninjamommers.com/) and Ginger Mommy http://talesofarantingginger.com/) for Hosting this awesome giveaway! Good Luck! This giveaway is not sponsored by PayPal. Good luck! Wouldn’t it be great to win that prize right before Christmas? Entry-Form

  • family

    My Top Five Family Christmas Movies

    December 5, 2013 - By 

    This time of year we love to take the afternoon or evening and watch Family Christmas movies together. Are you the same way? There’s something super festive about watching Christmas movies together as a family. If your family is at all like mine, then Christmas is a great opportunity to snuggle, take a break, pop some popcorn, and plan a movie night. Who wants to go out after eating all that turkey? I’d much rather cuddle and watch something fun before Christmas too. Wrapping presents and decorating the tree is always a good time to share a special movie. In…

  • homes

    For My New Home #WordlessWednesday Linky

    December 3, 2013 - By 

    We are moving, as some of you know already. This week I went shopping at an event #Struttour13 and Homesense was one of the sponsors. This is what I choose to decorate the walls of my new home. I love the one on the left for one of the girl’s rooms. I used to sing that to them all the time as little people. This is a Wordless Wednesday post.

  • Health - infertility - parenting

    Mallorie’s Story: When All You Want for Christmas is the Chance to Conceive

    December 2, 2013 - By 

        This is Mallorie’s story. I am leaving it in her words because it is her story of infertility and it deserves to be heard. She and her husband only wanted a chance to conceive.      Unfortunately this Christmas, this Arnprior, Ontario couple is still waiting to become parents and hoping for the chance to conceive. Waiting for Health Care Treatment  The health care treatment that has been recommended to them is in vitro fertilization with ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection). In Ontario there is no OHIP coverage for in vitro fertilization or ICSI. If this couple lived in…

  • family

    Best Gifts for Girls – Bitty Twins #TMMGG2013

    December 1, 2013 - By 

    No secret here that we love American Girl dolls, accessories and outfits. As a child I would have been all over these sweet twin dolls. It was this summer at Blogher 13 when this Canadian Mama first experienced American Girl on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago. American Girl gave us a party experience to remember with pretty American Girl foods and the shopping experience too. I fully anticipate bringing my girls to this amazing store one day soon. Maybe 2014 will be the year for them to experience Chicago.  The American Girl craftsmanship here is exquisite and the lovely thing…

  • family

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Anything #TMMGG2013

    November 29, 2013 - By 

    Who knew that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles which were hot years ago would end up staging a huge comeback in 2013? We received these back in the summer when I went to the toy show Sweet Suite at Blogher 13 in Chicago. My girls, who do martial arts, had already been watching the movies and the TV shows for weeks at that point. So these guys, TMNT Flingers were a crazy hit. I knew I couldn’t hold them back until Christmas. Now, listen up because these guys are all the rage and will be hot this Christmas. Donatello and Teenage…

  • family

    Saving Money and Energy: Four Simple Tips

    November 28, 2013 - By 

      This is a sponsored post on behalf of E.ON. It is extremely relevant to my readers in the UK. There are tips throughout about ways to save energy applicable to all my readers regardless of their location.   Winter is here to stay and with it comes potentially high heat and energy bills. Shorter days mean more lights and less access to outdoor activity means more time spent surfing Youtube, or parked on a sofa playing video games. It’s easy to see how lights stay on longer. You fall into a pattern of staying warm and cocooning for the…

  • Giveaways

    Posterjack Custom Art #TMMGG2013 #giveaway

    November 28, 2013 - By 

    There is nothing lovelier than a personalized piece of custom art for Christmas. Posterjack.ca offers multiple different ways to customize any photo you can think of. I have reviewed Posterjack products often here and I have hosted a couple of giveaways for Posterjack this year. I really treasure the piece we made earlier this year with Posterjack custom canvas. It was this beautiful canvas print piece here of my girls. A rare moment of them cuddling together and being angelic. You can build a poster, a canvas print, metal print, gallery box, acrylic piece, or framed photo and turn it…