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Mother’s Day $50 Posterjack #Giveaway
Still hunting for the perfect personal gift for Mother’s Day? Or perhaps you just need a fresh new look for your home for Spring. Posterjack.ca makes it easy to personalize your own art, or gift a unique present to someone you love. Canada’s photo art experts, Posterjack, makes it pretty much foolproof to build great art. I’ve made several pieces with Posterjack. Specialty prints, poster prints, canvas prints. Whatever your heart fancies. Mom will adore these. I made a lovely canvas print last year. It’s happily on display in my new home. For a limited time I am giving one of these away. The giveaway is good for…
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Taryn and Tyler’s Infertility Story – #abhc4ivf
This is the story of Taryn and Tyler, both members of Generations of Hope infertility patient advocacy group, in Alberta. It is the story of how a girl Taryn, learned at the age of 14 that she didn’t have a uterus and would need extraordinary measures to help her become a parent, if ever she wished to have a family. There are too many stories of patients in Alberta with health conditions that have led to infertility. And yet this province remains one without any financial support for in vitro fertilization, which is one of the most effective but costly measures to help couples conceive. What hits me the hardest…
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I Ran 1.5 K For the First Time #health #fitness
I ran 1.5 K for the first time. Oh sure I know many of you can run a lot farther than that and faster too probably. But of all the sports I enjoy running is NOT ONE OF THEM. AT all. I enjoy fitness and pilates and centergy and yoga but I do not run. In fact, I would almost run to get out of this particular sport. shutterstock photo Last night I ran 1.5 K. I am not a runner. In fact I mostly hate running. Ask me when the last time was that I ran anywhere (save for running after my daughter). Go ahead. Well, it was around…
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Dr. Joey’s Skinny Chews #giveaway
I received a bag of Dr. Joey’s Skinny Chews recently when I attended Mompreneur Conference in Toronto and frankly they didn’t last long. I thought my kids would be the ones in sneaking these. Instead I was surprised to find out who really was sneaking my stash of Dr. Joey’s Skinny Chews. When I opened the bag of Skinny Chews I let each of my girls try one and warned them off, then I hid them up high, on the top cupboard of the kitchen where little people cannot reach. I was keeping this bag entirely for me, or so I thought, until I discovered them vanishing at a rapid pace.…
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My #TBT We Still Have These Somewhere
My Throwback Thursday is from Easter about five or six years ago. This is Ainsley. We still have these ears in a dress up bin somewhere.
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Self Esteem Booster Craft for Kids Six and Up: In Five Easy Steps
Self esteem is one of the hardest things to build and it can be destroyed so easily it seems. So, when I found this adorable self esteem booster craft recently I was happy to share. Because raising girls is hard work in this decade. I heard a scary fact the other day when we were visiting a new therapist at Child and Adolescent OutPatient Clinic at the local hospital. A new therapist that helps with my daughter’s anxiety told me every single one of the girls she sees feels uncomfortable with their weight. Every. Last. One. No matter if they are healthy, athletic girls, average or curvy girls, slender…
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Dressing Up #WordlessWednesday Linky
Everything old is new again. Especially when your cousins come to visit and they discover the dress up bin. My kids don’t do much dress up anymore, but they both love to humour and enjoy playing with their cousins. My niece – Princess Nemo
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Spring Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treats
The best part of unleashing my kids in the kitchen is watching them get creative. Late last week we got an Easter shipment of Kellogg’s products and a suggestion that we might want to bake something fun. We brainstormed today after the kids spent a huge amount of the day playing outside, riding bikes, hanging out at the park and enjoying the weather. I suggested that for Easter we could make some treats shaped like eggs. So here’s what we came up with – Spring Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treats. My girls outdid me in creativity. Payton is sometimes a hoot to watch in the kitchen. When I give her the…
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Harlem GlobeTrotters World Tour #PTPAGLOBIES
When the Harlem GlobeTrotters come to town you know it. Their shows are always entertaining and sheer fun, with a strong hit of audience interaction. As a Mom I love that my kids enjoy watching the talented basketball team perform trick shots and whoop it up playfully for the crowd. I also enjoy seeing that they give back. My family at the Meet and Greet session before the Harlem GlobeTrotters show at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario When the Harlem GlobeTrotters come to town they make the rounds, usually visiting hospitals, doing radio call in shows and interviews and they often do a quick Meet and Greet at the…
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On What Planet is Toothpaste Compensation for Work?
Today I am feeling ranty about Blogger Outreach that just didn’t hit the mark. And I am a little bit stabby. But yesterday was worse. Let’s start with the why. Yesterday, I landed two amazing absurd, totally missed the mark, offers to blog about dental products. So far so good. Teeth are important and that kind of blogger outreach program could be done well potentially. These pitches came from two different boutique PR agencies. Well, clean teeth and healthy living are subjects I love to write about actually and I am heading to the dentist this evening because I have a sore tooth and it’s that time of year. The teeth…