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    A #KinderMOM Madagascar Month 120 Free Family Passes and a Twitter Party

    June 6, 2012 - By 

    I like to Move it. Move it. It is a kick being a #KinderMom for the second year in a row handing out chocolate love everywhere. This month, we got a special batch in honour of the upcoming Madagascar 3, to be released June 8th, my husband’s birthday, Kinder Canada and Madagascar/ Dream Works partnered to do some cool things together. One of those things is contained inside the eggs, with fun Madagascar themed toys in specially marked packages. We already have a Gloria magnifying glass and the penguin train above. This year I have taken the toys to our…

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    Wordless Wednesday: And So It Starts…#Dentistry

    June 6, 2012 - By 

    Good thing for insurance plans. I have often joked to my kids, somewhat bitterly given the amount of money that winds up going in one of these two directions: dentistry and veterinarians, that they should pursue either one of these options as careers. From what I can see, it’s like a licence to print money. Especially that last one. When our poor sweet cat Magnum was dying, every time I walked through the door of the emergency vet clinic in town it cost me $75 to say hello. It never cost less than $700 to help our cat. I know…

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    Gluten Free Living on #LinkedMoms

    June 5, 2012 - By 

    Get ready for another Linked Moms chat. Tonight we are joined by Devan McGuinness of Accustomed Chaos. She is one of the best resources on line for gluten free living advice and tips. Tomorrow night #LinkedMoms chat welcomes @AccustomedChaos, otherwise known as, Devan McGuinness. Devan has celiac disease and is the author of a great blog about life with her three children and gluten free living. She also posts over at Babble.com and Grief Unspoken. I have been following Devan for close to three years. She was one of the earliest tweeple I followed and bloggers that read. I have…

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    Last PD Day of the Year: Madagascar and Claritin Party

    June 3, 2012 - By 

    Just in time for the last PD Day of the year, on a rainy June morning, my Madagascar, Children’s Claritin Mom Crew package arrived bursting with movie items. Madagascar and Dreamworks have partnered with Children’s Claritin to give away some special items promoting the release of Madagascar 3D this week. My children, and their friends are big fans of Madagascar, the movie. And they can hardly wait for the release of the third instalment this week at theatres. So, our movie day started with children’s meals from Wendy’s and right into Madagascar 2 (yes, that’s right, 2. We voted and…

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    Top Five Mistakes I Have Made #Blogging and #LinkedMoms Chat

    May 30, 2012 - By 

    In honor of my three year anniversary blogging and my guesting/ hosting night (Wednesday on #LinkedMoms) with my good friend Margarita @downshiftingpos, I thought it time to reflect. Tomorrow I will be chatting about the art of blog writing. I came to this adventure three years ago, as a stay at home Mom, hoping to bridge stay at home and work at home again. I was, in my previous life an award-winning newspaper reporter. I led teams to big awards on big topics, mostly hard news. I wrote about train wrecks, murders, massage parlors that were fronts for other things,…

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    Adult Essentials: Update on my ShesConnected Health Journey

    May 15, 2012 - By 

    Writing is a pretty sedentary activity. Yes, between all the twitter parties and the bon bon eating, navel gazing and naps, there’s scarcely any time for anything else…(cue awful sound of screechy needle dragged across a record).Say what? Truth: I run so hard and so fast most days my head spins. These are a few little snapshots of our life. When we were still for purposes of capturing a moment in time. Us in Cape Canaveral, Us doing a story and meeting the amazing Olympian Kurt Browning. Us at martial arts. The whole family trains. I run them around and…

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    Social Media Superstars – Very First Award

    May 5, 2012 - By 

    It`s here. Finally! I have been talking about this for weeks, so today this is me delivering. So what exactly is this? Social Media Superstars is my brand new award to recognize excellence in social media practices. It is exclusively for brands and companies. You may email me or contact me or DM or tweet if you think your brand deserves this award, but this is not a silly pass on the sunshine blogger award. It is serious. Because I am nothing if not serious as evidenced by my vlogs like this one  (I will not choose you because you send…

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    Addalock Review – Safe on the Go #Travel Lock

    April 30, 2012 - By 

    Addalock Review   Imagine a lock on the go. Addalock is a simple effective little invention you can toss in your suitcase and carry with you anywhere. When I heard about the device I was interested because safety is a huge priority here and because I have a child with special needs who wanders. Now, I am pretty sure that Addalock wasn’t intended necessarily as a special needs tool, but I can see useful applications here. My daughter from a very young age could get out any door and had very little impulse control, so we were hypervigilant, and we…