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This post is part of the YummyMummyClub.ca and World Vision Spark sponsored program. I received compensation as a thank you for my participation. This post reflects my personal opinion about the information provided by the sponsors.  For years, I’ve seen their pictures on the fridge. Multiple Continue reading Spark a difference…→

My pantry is causing me great confusion!! But… Can anyone explain to me why I have 4 FAMILY SIZED super-duper huge mustards in my pantry when I rarely even use mustard?  

“If I had a kid like I used to be when buying school supplies…I wouldn’t have been too thrilled,” The Tall Blonde announced when returning home from picking up a few supplies last week. “What? You didn’t need the most Continue reading Back to school supplies…→

I seriously showed up at the rink tonight in sweat pants, a pony tail and rubber boots! It’s come to this. I ran into Crazy and she laughed when she saw me knowing we’ve both gone through this nasty cold Continue reading Enough with winter!→

I’ve lost forty pounds! OK… give or take twenty but really… if you look at it my way, with the amount of muscle I’ve gained combined with how wonderful I feel… it’s more like forty! The other night, while hanging Continue reading Dear personal trainer…→

Just a few questions… 1. How hard do you have to bite down on a fork to loosen a tooth? 2. When I’m always saying “for God’s sake use your fork”… why would one choose to finally use it whilst Continue reading Fork you tooth…→

My girlfriend, Gib, explained to her girls that their grandma was sick. But it wasn’t until Grandma lost her hair, that it really hit home for Abby. And she just had to see it! So… when Grandma wore her pretty Continue reading A cut above…→

I don’t quite remember how long I spent in a wheelchair but I do remember my friends using it to race down hills… skipping the lineups to get into bars… how awkward it was to get around… and how multiple Continue reading Loose hips sink ships…→

I’ve been teasing the boys at Evolve Fitness that their “tag line” should be “So Hot They’ll Make You Sweat!” They’re not going for it but in my opinion… they’re missing out on the entire “cougar market” who want to Continue reading Makin’ me sweat…→

I’ve been at this gym thing for a month and so far so good… in fact, I’m down 10 pounds on the scales but I’ve surely gained 20 in muscle! OK… whatever…. I’ve lost more like 9lbs something or other ounces Continue reading I lost ten pounds!!!→

Two weeks into my personal training and I had to cancel today’s session… oddly enough… I’m really disappointed! Who’da thought?? Problem is… a couple of days leaning over a computer and sketch pad have my back incredibly weak and one Continue reading Kicking my butt…→

OH MY GOD! OK… so First… I brought along The Tall Blonde with thoughts that Mitch, from Evolve Fitness, would be so baffled by her beauty that he’d totally forget I was in the room for my inaugural Personal Training Continue reading Workout… Day One…→

I swear there’s a “Peeper” in my ear! He’s keeping me up at night… making peeper noises and annoyingly tickling the insides of my ear while pounding on the drum with its anvil and stirrup! It’s been another week of Continue reading Just to be sure…→

I’m in trouble! As in… “WHAT THE HECK WAS I THINKING!”… kind of trouble! A few weeks ago, I was approached by Mitchell Benvie, personal trainer with Evolve Fitness. His idea… kick my ass for the summer while I blog Continue reading Evolve fitness…→

I remember when the kids started school… people telling me to prepare for the onslaught of runny noses and sore throats! It was true. They had everything from “Scarlet Fever” to “Foot and Mouth” making me realize why four boxes of Continue reading One sick momma…→

Last night a beaver chewed the post on my deck! As me and the kids leaned over the side… admiring the perfectly formed teeth marks along with the tiny foot prints in the garden beds we’d neatly raked last weekend… Continue reading Busy…→

I first met Grahame Usher when I was 22. I was working at Granite Springs Golf Club as “Membership Co-ordinator,” Graham was one of the Board Members on a crazy ride of building a beautiful golf course and clubhouse from Continue reading Root Canal…→

 I’ve been grinning like “The Cheshire Cat” since yesterday’s discovery that I’d been included in “She Knows Canada’s” post on the “10 Canadian Mom Bloggers We Love” article! (Thanks Nichole Beaudry for finding me!) The description being “Queen, author of Continue reading I’m a Mommy Blogger…→

Some of you know I wrote a book… many years back.   It was turned down by a few publishers… one of which, funny enough…. follows my blog, thinks I’m “fantastic” and that I should write a book! I wonder Continue reading It’s about time…→

Not since “Lord of the Flies” have I read a book that says so much about society. A few weeks ago, I picked up “The Hunger Games”… a book geared for children but read by adults. Without giving too much Continue reading The Hunger Games…→