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Once in awhile there comes a product I just have to share with my readers, friends and family and I discovered this one a couple of weeks ago at Shes Connected. Maple Leaf Natural Selections are natural slections deli meats from the makers of Maple Leaf products. The first and only deli product approved to make a natural claim in Canada. We sampled some of these yummy all natural cold cuts at the conference in Toronto a couple of weeks ago and last week I purchased some for my family to try. Dianne of @those2girls says they are the only…
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Picture courtesy of Wiki Commons, by Rico Shen There was a stunning upset and a race that was neck and neck. And then a collective intake of breath heard in many houses this morning when their Free Press finally arrived on the doorstep. London declared its new Mayor Joe Fontana in the wee hours of the morning. Fontana’s name has long been associated with politics and he was, for many years, an MP here. Longtime Mayor Anne Marie De Cicco conceeded defeat, perhaps hurt by her opponent’s platform of tax cuts, perhaps damaged somewhat by her husband Tim Best’s arrest and subsequent unfortunate headlines.…
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Mom Central Canada sent me a batch of these new Kleenex handtowels last week and I am supposed to use them and get back to the company about them next week. But they’ve prompted debate in my house. See I personally kind of like them, because cold and flu season is endless here and these throw-aways are simply more sanitary than regular hand towels. The box is cute and decorative anf suits the room and I don’t feel they are any worse than paper handtowels in restrooms. They are thicker and nicer and one sheet does the job. Also…
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Christmas came early for many of us who attended the first ever shesconnected conference in Toronto yesterday. First we earned a spot on a list of the top 100 most connected digital women in Canada. Then we headed out to a giant conference that looked a lot like a giant tweetup at times. (#sccto hash tag was on fire and trended for a bit in Ottawa.) And Oh, she said blushing, did I mention the swag? Unbelievable. See below. Kobo, Calvin Klein, The Kit, Kraft Foods, Smashbox, Egg Farmers of Ontario, Booty Camp Fitness, Shoppers Drug Mart Look Good Feel Better,…
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My favourite children’s movies of the year are two wildly different stories: one animated and one based upon a best-selling children’s author from the time I was little. These ones are out just in time to buy for Christmas and if I had to choose two to give as gifts these would be the ones. Toy Story 3 was fine as far as movies go, but I found there to be some scary parts for my children and some toys were much too mean-spirited for me. Also a children’s movie with humour that is more aimed at adults than children…
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I never looked this exhausted before I had kids. We all have them – those crazed exhausted Mommy moments in which we do something so incredibly forgetful it can only be described as Momnesia. I once knew a Mom who went to work with mismatched shoes. I always secretly thought that was a ploy to make her look like she was busier than the rest of us lowly reporters. But now I know it happens. Momnesia. A lady I know who is very smart and successful, mom of two little girls and a professor, once missed…
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Hey there, Happy Canadian Thanksgiving Monday. This is our vlog meme started by Jennifer Regan at Eighty MPH Mom.com. Pop by and visit some of my lovely blogging friends. Leave comments as you are able. I wonder for my followers out there what do you like to do in the fall?
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In a digital world, bloggers have become a strange new breed of celebrity. Many are Moms, forging and shaping opinion, writing the future of media. They are on line columnists, brand ambassadors, reviewers, multi-media managers, content providers, publishers, SEO experts, social media strategists and tech experts. They are explorers, pure and simple. Some powerful females have carved out a home and grown an almost cult-like following through their blogs. The Bloggess has 67,000 followers on Twitter alone, not to mention the legions who read her on various other sites. Dooce got a book deal and became a legend. Type A Mom Kelby…