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    Cyber Monday Shutterfly Photo Christmas Cards #Giveaway

    November 26, 2012 - By 

    It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Time to pick your Christmas Cards and personalize with cute photos of what your family has been up to this year. I love this time of year. Last December, we designed some Tiny Prints collage cards and had many compliments. This year I am choosing Shutterfly for our special images that we send to family and friends. This year the hardest part of that job is choosing which gorgeous card design to personalize. What do you think of this photo for on my card? Shutterfly designs are fresh and adorable. There are…

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    Great Giveway – Win a Fireplace for #CozyChristmas

    November 24, 2012 - By 

    Here just in time for Christmas is a fabulous giveaway on thriftymommastips.com. I am so thrilled to bring you a chance to win a cozy fireplace. Welcome to the Have Yourself a Cozy Little Christmas Event, brought to you by Cheap Is The *New* Classy. This event will end on December 18th and one very lucky individual will win an awesome Classic Flame Phoenix Fireplace in Burnished Walnut to keep you cozy this Christmas. But you can’t win if you don’t enter! Be sure to come back daily for extra entries! Good luck! a Rafflecopter giveaway Disclaimer: Cheap Is The…

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    Kellogg’s New Breakfast Special K Morning Shakes

    November 24, 2012 - By 

    One of my favorite things about living in London is the great aroma coming off of the Kellogg’s plant some days. Last week I was reminded of that as I left a building on Dundas Street and was overwhelmed by incredible sweet and slightly smoky aroma hanging in the air. It took me a few minutes to realize it was cereal. One of my favorite things about being a member of the Kellogger’s Network for bloggers is the fact that I get first crack at some of the great new products shortly after they are developed. Last week we found…

  • Health - parenting

    Accu-Life True Easy Syringe _ #PTPAinsider

    November 20, 2012 - By 

    Accu-Life True Easy syringe makes dispensing medicines simple and precise for parents everywhere. Happily, I also want to note this one just earned the Parent Tested Parent Approved award for the Holidays 2012 season. Accu-Life is a useful tool so I can see why it gets the seal of approval. This syringe takes a tiny bit of getting used to at first, so it’s crucial that you remove from package and spend some time getting used to the mechanics of figuring out the right dose. Figure out what the correct dose of medicine (by checking with the prescription details or…

  • beauty products

    Movember – #DIY Alternatives to Help Your Man Ditch His Shaving Products for Good

    November 20, 2012 - By 

    Movember is the time of year many Canadian men ditch their shaving products to grow their mo’s. But most guys would probably ditch these products for good if they took a closer look at the ingredients on the labels. Toxins don’t discriminate when it comes to personal care products for men or women. A report recently released by the Environmental Defence Fund, called The Manscape: The Dirt on Toxic Ingredients in Men’s Body Care Products, found ingredients with links to cancer, birth defects, sperm damage, obesity, asthma and other chronic health problems in commonly used men’s body care products like shaving cream,…

  • family

    Adorable Personalized Christmas Gifts: Stickygrams Review

    November 19, 2012 - By 

         Love Instagram? Love unique personalized gifts for Christmas? Then Stickygrams are for you.        Stickygram takes your Instagram photos and turns them into fridge magnets. I was an early fan of Instagram and enjoy shooting pictures on the iphone app. Instagram makes fancying up your photos easy. There are multiple filters you apply after the shot is taken and the simple process makes each photo different.     Now that Instagram has been bought by Facebook, it’s sure to be an even hotter little platform for photo stories. If you haven’t checked out Instagram yet, what are…

  • Parenting

    Are They Real Sisters? – National Adoption Day Bloghop

    November 17, 2012 - By 

    These are my girls, Ainsley and Payton. Sisters. Daughters. Great friends. They love and fight and play and hug and eat and drink and dance and dream and share part of our lives, our home and hearts.  They are the reason we wake up and breathe and do – pretty much everything. There was a time when we didn’t know if we could be parents. There was a time I didn’t even know if I wanted to be a parent, if I am being 100 % truthful. I wanted a career – writing was my passion – and many days…

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    Cutest Pets for Kids – #wordlesswednesday

    November 14, 2012 - By 

    This is Cupcake, one of the five guinea pigs we own. She is a sweetie, just not the brightest. One night we tried to train her to climb up a little log incline to get back in her cage. Her brother and sister did it in three seconds and she circled the cage 14 times before we picked her up and put her back in. She got the looks – the brains not so much. My kids laugh hysterically at how silly she is. Wordless Wednesday is a photo meme. I often link up over on Tara`s View of the…

  • parenting - special needs

    Caring Bridge: Free Website Resource for Caregivers and Families

    November 13, 2012 - By 

    In time for National Family Caregiver’s Month I am honoured to share Caring Bridge, a free website and caregiver resource. One of the hardest things about caring for my mother and my daughters, is that feeling of isolation and exhaustion. Reaching out to others is difficult when you have no more energy to spare after a day spent trying to juggle work, children, regular daily commitments and care-giving. In between all of that you can add to the mix, a daily need to research and educate others – otherwise known as advocacy. Resources can be hard to find, so this…