Living Creatively, Living the Dream
For the last ten days, someone’s been deciding who my friends will be for the next six months…who I’ll be spending my Saturday nights with…take a few road-trips with…possibly even vacation in Montreal with! It’s completely out of my control! This Continue reading My new friends…
I can’t even begin to think how many pairs of skates we’ve gone through in the last 12 years. I do know that THANKFULLY, Spider-Man’s feet eventually stopped growing and we went from 2 pair a year to one! Sticks…those Continue reading Back to Hockey with Sport Chek and a Giveaway!
What do you mean you’ve never had a BBQ’d donut!! The thing is, besides my fantastic children, one of the best things my ex-husband ever brought into my life was BBQ’d DONUTS! Apparently, they were a summer treat where he Continue reading How to BBQ Donuts!
The first time I saw “4 Boxes of Tissues” listed on my child’s school supply list, I thought the teacher was out of her mind! SERIOUSLY? Pens, Crayons, Markers, Pencil Crayons Erasers, Pencil Sharpeners Some crazy campfire notebook thing that no one can Continue reading Back to School Supplies, the LICE MONKEY and treating minor ailments with Shoppers Drug Mart…
It’s Back to School and BACON! Honestly…I don’t know what one has to do with the other except…Back to School often means crazy evenings of activities…running around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to fit everything in Continue reading Bacon Wrapped Pizza #SavourTheSizzle Giveaway
It’s hard to believe that this week, we’ll be saying good-bye to summer vacation and hello to fall schedules. For me…it always feels like the “New Year.” Time to organize the house, sign up for various activities…purge and clean and make Continue reading Back to School with Netflix and The Fosters #StreamTeam
This month, I’m THRILLED to introduce you to one of the hardest working moms I know…who also happens to be my friend, Sandi Carew Flemming. Born and raised in Newfoundland (where she attended elementary and junior high with my cousins), Sandi Continue reading Sandi Carew Flemming…August’s #KIAWorkingMom
It’s baffling to me that Spiderman is 17! Seventeen, to me, is the beginning of growing out of the teen years…heading into adult territory…1 year away from university and a whole new chapter in life. While there are 17 years Continue reading 17 Things I want my son to know on his 17th birthday…
For the past six years…the end of August has always left me a little on edge. While friends are still enjoying the final days of summer with their families…I have that one child who’s just a wee bit older than the Continue reading Bitter sweet…
It was while Spiderman was at Ocean Optometry, having some tests done on his night vision…alright, whatever, he had “eyeball pain” and it needed to be investigated…ANYWAY… It was while we were at the eye doctor that I took a good look at Continue reading How to Make an Eye Chart with your Children’s Names!
I feel like I’m “old hat” at sending kids off to university and here I am…about to do it again as my oldest leaves in less than a week for her SECOND degree…and then there’s next year, when I get to Continue reading Back to Campus with Canadian Tire #StudentLife
I’ve been at a place in my writing for quite some time now that I can’t say a whole lot about my kids for all kinds of different reasons. Take today for example…Bones has gone to spend the ENTIRE DAY at a Continue reading Spending the day on a lake…with a boy…
He was thrilled when his bicycle tire wore all the way through. Hours of skidding to a stop on his two-wheeler with a massive grin on his face…showing me the black mark he’d left on the sidewalk…quite proud of his accomplishment Continue reading How to make a mirror out of a tire!
I’m not sure when I stopped doing DIY projects as there was a time that a glue gun and gold spray paint were my very best friends! But…at some point I packed up the craft room and never looked back. Continue reading Six Steps to making Patio Lanterns…
The last time I bought a new car I was 32. A solid fifteen years ago that on reflection, seems more like a lifetime. We’d only been in our newly built home a short time when Baby #2 arrived…and soon Continue reading I bought a brand new car! #KIAWorkingMom
OK…so the other day I talked about How to Attend a Twitter party and not that long ago, I wrote a post about How to Tweet…now, I’m going to take things one step further. HOW TO ATTEND A TWITTER PARTY Continue reading Using TweetDeck to Attend a Twitter Party
So…you’ve gone and gotten yourself invited to a Twitter party…and you’re thinking…what the heck’s a twitter party? Picture this…a roomful of folks all chatting about interesting topics, having a few drinks or a cup of tea in comfortable surroundings, meeting Continue reading How to attend a twitter party…
This morning, while reading through my Facebook news feed, I saw this quote on one of the Women in Business networking groups I belong to…and it completely resonated with me. You see…yesterday I had my first panic attack in many Continue reading When stress comes a knocking!
There are times, when I need the help of a friend, without knowing I need the help of a friend but apparently…they know better than me. This week, Bones spent the week in Cape Breton with Volleyball Nova Scotia, in Continue reading Needing the help of a Mom…
I literally slept 13 hours Friday night and then proceeded to sit on an Adirondack Chair for another 12 the very next day! It was the height of laziness…followed by what was definitely a busy couple of weeks. It’s possible Continue reading Work hard…relax harder! Finding my balance…