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    Five Lessons Learned from #BlissdomCa 2013

    October 7, 2013 - By 

    Snapshots of my Blissdom experience 2013 Blissdom last year in 2012 Three years ago I attended my first ever Blissdom Canada conference. It was a leap of faith. I was a newbie. I had newbie nerves. I’d been writing for years at that point in mainstream media and had a lot of bylines that accumulated over the years. I had a small blog. It was a growing blog, but still something wasn’t quite yet clicking. Jennifer Reynolds from Canadian Family threw down a challenge during a writing and publishing workshop. Write about finding your bliss. I knew I’d do it,…

  • Giveaways - Health - homes

    Deep Relief Heat Therapy Yoga Gift Pack

    October 6, 2013 - By 

    In case you haven’t been around here for awhile, let me catch you up. We are in the process of renovating, painting and decluttering. We are packing lots of boxes and trying to live a regular semblance of family life. We now have a storage space and we are transferring clutter (toys, books, photos etc.) to a storage locker. This entails a fair amount of lifting. So to recap: boxes, renovations, regular fitness routines and Oh yeah pain in my back, and neck, and shoulders. Lifting is a pain literally. Then I got this Deep Relief Heat Therapy for review.…

  • homes

    Win a $10,000 Dream Kitchen – My Renovation Reveal #FinishYourKitchen

    October 3, 2013 - By 

    This is not my dream kitchen. It is my old kitchen. The one I cooked in for 13 years. The one I fed my babies in, the one that was childproofed and messed up, and raided, and cleaned – not often enough – perhaps, but hey life is busy. This is the kitchen where I dreamed of a business and then set it up, the one my girls crawled through and toddled through and ran through, where the old blue counters held the weight of their entire bodies as we perched to gaze into the yard at wild turkeys, where…

  • Giveaways - Health

    Scunci Fall Hair Bling #Giveaway and Review

    October 2, 2013 - By 

    Remember that old comedy skit: it’s better to look good than to feel good. Well, that’s me a lot of days. I mean don’t get me wrong I work very hard to stay fit and feel good. I try to eat well and exercise and so forth. But even when I feel under the weather I try to look good. There’s something about washing your face and dressing up and getting a good haircut, or blow out that makes every thing better. It build confidence. Not unlike Scunci Hair products. I am in fact a huge fan of Scunci. We…

  • Giveaways - Technology

    Boost Your Business – HP Envy #Giveaway

    October 2, 2013 - By 

    Welcome to the Boost Your Biz, HP Envy Giveaway. Organized by Mom Powered Media If there’s one thing I love more than gadgets, it would have to be touch screen gadgets. This is the computer of my dreams that I was hunting for madly one year ago. I can’t get enough of touch screen technology. It is so simple and should be the standard. I did not buy this one. For business purposes I chose a Macbook. I love my Macbook and I adore Mac technology. But Macbooks are not yet touch screen and that’s the one thing missing for…

  • Travel

    Great Gifts for Little Ones – Little Passports Review

    October 1, 2013 - By 

    Post contains affiliate links as a service to readers. Any purchases made via qualifying links equal a small commission for me. There is nothing Ainsley loves more than getting mail. Strike that. She also loves travelling. Today when our first Little Passports kit arrived, she got her two great loves all tied up in a pretty little package. Every Child Loves Mail The first thing my child checks every day when she gets in from school is the mailbox. Getting mail addressed to her that talks all about travel and culture and other places in the world, complete with a mini…

  • Health - special needs

    My Family Medical Records Saga #health

    September 30, 2013 - By 

    This is the story of how my medical records got taken for ransom. Well, perhaps that’s a bit dramatic. But last week I got a call from a private service telling me I can buy back copies of my family’s medical records for the Low Low price of $500. So this is what happened next…I  texted, tweeted, messaged, bartered, and complained. Then I wrote a post that got me syndicated over at Blogher.com. Read the full post here on Blogher.com. It’s called That Time I had to Pay $500 for my medical records. If you love me, share the post or…

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    Giveaways - Health

    Win A #MegaBloksBarbie Super Star Stage – US/Canada

    September 30, 2013 - By 

    One thing we’ve never had much of here is building toys. I mean we had blocks that Ainsley could stack and we have had dolls. And we sure have Barbie dolls everywhere. But lately my daughter has started asking increasingly for things that are fun building kits. I have resisted. We were sent this for review and giveaway and when she spied it well, her eyes lit up. So we set about building it Sunday night after dinner.  Mega Bloks Barbie Build ‘ N Play Super Star Stage combines the best of both worlds for my girls. It’s a building…