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    family - Health

    Take The World Vision Canada Water Challenge #WorldVisionWater

    April 13, 2016 - By 

    All children should have the chance to grow up happy and healthy. Kids who do not have access to clean water don’t have that opportunity, which is part of the reason I am happy to take the World Vision Canada clean water challenge. A few weeks ago my family started the World Vision Canada water challenge. The goal was to get everyone here thinking about children and families around the world and the scarcity of clean water as a resource. It was also my intention to help my kids to see how many sources of clean water we have available to us here in…

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    Spring Garden Prep – Get Ready for the Growing Season

    April 13, 2016 - By 

    Spring garden prep is important whether you grow veggies or flowers. The groundwork you do now for spring will absolutely determine how successful your garden is this coming year. With that in mind, there are some things you can do in your spring garden prep to help you get a jump start on your beds. Spring Garden Prep can Make or Break Your Garden If you’ve done any amount of gardening, you know that proper preparation is the key to any kind of successful garden. Whether you grow your own vegetable or fragrant blossoms, laying the groundwork now will produce…

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    5 Benefits of Multi-Generational Travel #travel

    April 12, 2016 - By 

    Listen to me closely. If you are in your 30s and 40s and thinking why on earth would I want to take my children’s grandparents along on a trip with us, there are a few things you need to know about multi-generational travel. Both sets of our parents have passed away and I wish more than anything that we had had the time and money to include them on our big annual trips together to see the world. My husband and I both always managed to go to the cottage together with our respective families and that was one sort…

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    This Earth Day Why Does REALice Technology Matter? #RealiceCA #Earth Day

    April 11, 2016 - By 

    When we can do better we should always try to do better. In our cities, our provinces, and our homes. In our arenas too. When we find a tool like REALice® technology that is better for the environment and saves money, then we need to take notice and begin to use it when and where we can. That’s common sense to me. I have always said if you live in Canada you might as well embrace winter sports. We are not a hockey family, but we are skaters and skiers. We embraced skating again as new parents, because it’s a great way…

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    Hold On To Summer Vacation With #ParkbridgeLife – Twitter Party Over $1200 in Prizes

    April 8, 2016 - By 

    Every parent and grandparent knows that summer vacations whip by at breakneck speed. At best you get maybe 17 or 18 brilliant blissful summers together as a family. Then kids become adults and they have their own lives. You want to hold onto those special times, build magical summer vacation memories that last. You can do that at Parkbridge Resorts, year round, but summer time is when Parkbridge Resorts shine. This week we are sharing our Parkbridge Resort memories, and learning a few new things about Parkbridge Resort amenities and locations. We are also giving away the chance to have your own three…

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    active family travel - parenting - special needs - Travel

    Tips to Make Special Needs Travel Simpler

    April 5, 2016 - By 

    Just like life with our unique kids, special needs travel requires extra planning and some extra thought. Every family should have the chance to travel. In fact, parents of kids with special needs should get a regular break to restore. But family travel with neuro-typical kids can be challenging enough, and there’s so much more to plan for and think about when you travel with special needs on deck. So how on earth are you to figure out a way to make special needs travel work? Well, if you do your homework, the experience can be very rewarding. Make Special Needs Travel Manageable Traveling,…

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    Beside-U Travel Bags – Safe, Secure and Fashionable #Giveaway

    April 1, 2016 - By 

    Beside-U travel bags are designed for both everyday use and travel use. Beside-U’s everyday, and travel friendly design makes these bags the perfect solution for any trip. They are attractive, reliable and just the right size for your personal or professional travel needs. Beside-U bags also feature a secure RFID ( Radio Frequency Identification) guarded pocket to protect your sensitive credit card information. That detail makes them my new favourite travel product. Let me tell you why. Beside-U Bags – The Name Says it All I love Tap & Go™, and Interac Flash Technologies. I use Tap & Go™ at stores where they…

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    What’s Your Parkbridge Summer Vacation Style? #ParkbridgeLife – Twitter Party April 13

    March 31, 2016 - By 

    It’s officially almost April. April showers bring May Flowers as the saying goes, and May then brings the first long weekend of the summer vacation season. Before you know it summer will be here and the living can be easy if you do a little planning first.   Lucky for you I am here to help with news of a Linked Moms Twitter Party event that will help you get the planning under way. This April 13th we are back with a Parkbridge Life Twitter Party. This is your official Save The Date Post. So go ahead and save the date…

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    Free Monologue Sites for Child Actors

    March 31, 2016 - By 

     a Free Monologue Sites for Child Actors If you have a budding child actor in your home, I’ve put together a list of monologue sites focused on child actors. These sites can help your child build their acting chops and gain the confidence they need to try out for the school play or even answer a casting call! Build Your Child Actor’s Chops If you have a child with enough self confidence and drive to attempt being a child actor, you want to encourage that kind of creativity and initiative. Dreams are what make life happen. In that spirit, I’ve…

  • family - Health

    Menopause Series – Part 3 – The Bright Side of Menopause

    March 30, 2016 - By 

    Perimenopause and menopause might still fill you with anxiety and concern over bizarre symptoms like hot flashes, mood swings, memory, bladder and libido changes. And while you’ll probably experience some or all of these to one degree or another, there is also a bright side to menopause. I don’t want anyone to finish this series dreading the thought of menopause or worrying over ever talking about this naturally occurring phenomenon in women’s lives. In fact the more we talk about menopause the better it is in my opinion. We have talked about Perimenopause in Part 1 of this series. And we have also…