I am a frequent Via train traveller. For those day trips to Toronto, or the occasional trip further to Ottawa, you can’t beat the comfort of travel by train. And frankly with the cost of gas, sometimes train travel ends up being almost the same amount when you do the math. Up until recently, I always selected supersaver or enconomy class travel. I figured it was the cheapest way to go, so it made sense. I have often eyed the business class with envy and wondered what extras they might get for the price. At the end of last year,…
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Well there are so many great sales on this Family Day weekend that it’s harder to find a place that isn’t having a sale than to make a list of those who are wheeling and dealing. This weekend’s picks: Shoppers Drug Mart: spend $75 and get a $20 Boston Pizza gift certificate. Then with the Boston Pizza code you can go on line and enter a contest to win free kid’s meals for a year.Banana Republic this weekend has a 25 % off sale. Use this code: BRC25Sale Swiss Chalet for the whole month of February is giving away $10 gift…
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Hi there. Hope everyone is getting over the cold and flu bugs that have been floating around for months now and enjoying the long weekend weather. Today I wanted to show you my friend Java’s Bloghop. I often do this one on Fridays because I like Java’s blog and she has some lovely followers. This blog is for 40 somethings and up and like Java I am “Never growing old.” And frankly I am 40 for life as I tell me kids regularly. So come make some new friends with me this weekend. Click on a blog here and visit…
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Bourjois Clubbing Eyeliner I adore liquid eyeliner. But let’s face it there are some very big problems with some of the brands out there. Several I have used go on too thick. Some chunk and flake off halfway through the day. Others are difficult to wash away at the end of the evening. And a couple of the cheaper brands I have tried just look wrong, like they are trying too hard. So I was a bit skeptical when I heard of this one from Bourjois. Last year at Shes Connected I was given one to try in my swag…
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Happy Valentine’s Day to All My Friends and Minglers!
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How can a book change your life? Well beyond the actual reading part, the educational value and the entertainment we all get from reading a book, some would argue that books can change your life. I recall having this conversation in a newsroom in a mid-sized paper where I once worked as a daily news reporter back in the mid-90s when The Celestine Prophecy was hot news and people were jumping on that bandwagon. Myself and an unnamed entertainment reporter were arguing over whether a book could change your life or not. He felt they could. I took the opposite…
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(Ainsley in the sweet hat a little boy gave her) (I wrote this one over one year ago and held onto it, but I wanted to share it with my readers this weekend as Disney On Ice blew through London and we again went to see it. This years I spied a couple of Moms crying – just like me) Once a year you can find me crying at Disney On Ice. Some years I wonder if there’s a support group for Moms like me. “Hi, My name is Paula and I cry at Disney on Ice.” First step is…
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Have a team that needs some customized shirts printed? Hoodies or hats? Well, I have found a good one that makes high quality cotton shirts and very cute ladies T-shirts. A couple of weeks ago we received this t-shirt in the mail from http://www.tshirtprinting.net/ It is 100% cotton, a staple here at our house because sensitive skin issues mean a lot of us, especially the kids, itch like crazy in any other material. This basic men’s tee fits my husband well and has a cute little monkey logo on front. I received the tshirt through Tomoson reviews. The t-shirt is…
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In the evolving and sometimes depressed current economy it’s hard for parents not to worry about their child’s future. What will jobs look like 10, 20, even 30 years from now? What are the best ways to nurture creativity and resilience? How do you give your child a competitive edge? One of the greatest tools for children is language. Acquiring a second language early on makes a lot of sense. It is unlikely that the economy will stay terrible forever – but if current trends continue, children are likely to enter a cut-throat workforce. A good education is crucial in…
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I write about adoption often. I travel and speak occasionally in different areas of the world about adoption and advocating for your child and other things like that. So adoption is a word that is heard often in our home. Not so much in the past year maybe, but that’s okay. I know that there are peaks and valleys and times when questions naturally arise again. I’ve started thinking of it like knitting. You pick up the needles and start stitching your adopted child’s story. Six months later you stitch a bit more. This month my youngest daughter started asking more questions. My youngest…