Living Creatively, Living the Dream
While going through my divorce and court proceedings a few years back, I had the HEINOUS task of accounting for EVERY SINGLE DIME I SPENT and coming up with a budget to appropriately reflect my life. It was a GET Continue reading Getting Real About My Finances: How RBC NOMI Find & Save is Helping me Save
This is my 1000th blog post and to be completely honest…it astonishes me! One thousand seems like such a large number but it’s been step-by-step, post-by-post, and the next thing you know…here we are…nearing 8 years from when it all Continue reading This is my 1000th blog post…
It’s time to start decorating, shopping, cooking and baking as I anxiously count down the days until my two oldest arrive home for the holidays! IT’S GOING TO BE AN AWESOME CHRISTMAS…I JUST KNOW IT! But, before I get ahead Continue reading Black Friday Holiday Decor Deals to Start the Season Off RIGHT!
Oftentimes people ask me what my blog is about and I’m left trying to explain it…finding some sort of “elevator pitch” to talk about my writing and business. “Well, I write about my life. There’s a bit about hockey…raising kids, Continue reading Living Creatively, Living the Dream…
While 2016 winds down to a finish, I’ve taken a few moments to reflect on a year that split my time between work and family…along with a bit of time spent with friends. The most exciting event of the year was definitely Continue reading 2016…the year in photos…
The Family Bed! When my youngest was 8, I had a bit of a struggle getting her to sleep in her own bed. The week would start and slowly she’d weasel her way into my room bringing a stuffed animal Continue reading Decorating a Cozy Christmas Bedroom
Ron Huntley is the father of the Quebec Remparts’, Christian Huntley. If you were to look at his stats, you’d discover he plays D, stands 5’9″, shoots left, and was born in ’99. If you were to ask his Dad…he’s determined, Continue reading Raising an Athlete…Christian Huntley #ProEdgeAthlete
Up until the very night it was happening, I didn’t put a whole lot of thought into attending my 30th High School Reunion. I was leaning towards not going…but I hadn’t really ruled it out altogether. A few months ago, Continue reading 5 Reasons to Attend your High School Reunion
This is the story of the boy I fell in love with. The one I can’t say no to. The one who will always have a grip on my heart. It could be the dimple. The smattering of freckles across his Continue reading This is the story, of the boy I fell in love with…
Bottom line is this…anytime I get to spend quality time with my kids is FANTASTIC. Not the running around crazy kind of stuff…when you can’t quite catch your breath and you’re taxiing from one place to the next while trying Continue reading A weekend in Ottawa with my favourite people!
If you’re like me, you’ve a couple of sports nuts in your family and you’re constantly planning your schedule around practices and games. For us, volleyball and hockey play a huge role in our daily lives. While Bones is on Continue reading Are you giving the #GiftOfSport this holiday season? What sport is part of your family…and how does it bring you together?
I spent the weekend trying to convince myself that Bones DIDN’T have a concussion…and the second the diagnosis was confirmed, I felt like the worst mother on the planet! It’s not my first day at the rodeo. A few years ago, Continue reading Signs your kid might have a concussion & an end to the volleyball season…
Spiderman caught me at an incredibly weak moment…I’d been down and out in bed for several days with the flu when he asked if “the team” could sleep over. I did a quick calculation in my head and thought…12 guys Continue reading A sleepover with 18 boys…because they can…
It’s October 10th and I’ve not written a thing this month. I’ve thrown myself into work. I’ve watched Netflix. I’ve attended sporting events, meetings, a conference, a few dinners out and coffee and drinks with friends. I’ve been busy with the Continue reading Being grateful…
The phone call shook me. I’d had a warning this week that things weren’t good. That the disease my friend had fought so valiantly against had taken its toll…that she was slipping faster than many of us had realized. But the Continue reading For my friend…
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…
“You should get this car,” Spiderman’s friend said as I was driving them to play street hockey. “What kind of engine is this?” I KNEW THE ANSWER! Only a few days before I’d sat in the showroom while Amanda Morvan Continue reading 7 things I love about the 2016 KIA Sorento and 1 that I could care less about!
There’s something quite awesome about a beautiful bouquet of flowers arriving at your door. It’s often an unexpected treat…a way to brighten your day…to cheer you up or recognize an occasion or accomplishment. Last month, the parents on my son’s Continue reading Dean’s wants you to tell them who you think is Bloomin’ Awesome!
This past weekend, I sat in the gym with a dozen other parents for fourteen and a half hours. We weren’t staging a sit-in and we weren’t attending an all night wake-at-thon…instead, we were hosting a volleyball tournament with the Continue reading Bedford Blizzards #DrivingChange
If you’ve followed Curtains for any length of time, you’d know that the owner of Mudwraps to Manicures, Lisa Belanger, is a friend of mine. Lisa and I go way back. I don’t know when we met to be completely Continue reading Come party with Mudwraps to Manicures!