This guest reviewer’s name is Sara; she’s a mom to two beautiful boys and three fur babies. Her eldest just turned three and her youngest is three months old (so she might be a tad busy). They also have two dogs and a cat. (OK, make that really busy.) Aside from being a mom, she wears…
FoodSaver 2-in1 Vacuum Sealing System
Have you ever bought bulk packages of meat or fish, taken them home and tried to divide them up to put some in the fridge and the rest in the freezer? We used to do it a lot, but stopped when we found that freezer burn wreaked havoc on the food we tried to deep…
Happy Thanksgiving: enter the clean-up (sponsored post)
I don’t know if every kid who grew up in the ’80s has the same memories of Thanksgiving dinners as I do. But clearer than the turkey is the way our table was always set: first, a waterproof pad (that I swear was later repurposed atop a mattress when my children came for a sleepover) and…
BlissDom Canada 2014: the highlights reel
OK, so there’s actually no reel. Unless, of course, you count this: Or this… And then there’s that one video that Christella Morris filmed late Friday night during an impromptu karaoke session in BlissDom‘s after-hours lounge at the Delta Meadowvale. But I don’t think she’s posting that one publicly (thank God). This was my fourth social…
#PhotoFriday: my new headshot
Packing for a social media conference with Dress Mavens (sponsored post)
So you’ve done it. You bought a ticket, booked your hotel and maybe even found a random roommate (or three) and you’re inching closer to attending a social media conference. But, what to wear? What to pack? What to bring to the conference each day? Among about a zillion other things that are running through…
#FamilyTravelCA chat: Trafalgar Family Experiences
I’ve always loved to travel, and this year we’ve managed to take our kids to some pretty exciting destinations. Hopefully, I’m passing along the travel bug to them, too. There’s nothing like creating family memories through travel. But what kind of travel planner are you? The way I see it, there are two distinct types…
Splurge or save? #instaGLAM gorgeous with COVERGIRL and Katy Perry
It’s no secret that I can be a bit of a brand snob. I like nice things, and I usually find that you get what you pay for. And while a lot of my skin care and makeup is pretty high-end, I continue to give COVERGIRL products glowing reviews. Because it consistently blows me away….
KURIOS by Cirque du Soleil: a Cabinet of Curiosities
The show: KURIOS (Cirque du Soleil) When it’s on: Now through October 26, 2014, in Toronto (down at The Port Lands) and then it’s on to San Francisco starting November 14, 2014; then in 2015 it goes to Seattle, Calgary and Denver. Buy tickets here. What it’s about: If you’ve never seen a Cirque show, you need to know…
Shannon Nicole Photography: four-generation photo shoot
So my grandma is 93. But, bless her, she still lives completely independently up in a little apartment that looks down on the church she goes to every Sunday. At a family gathering about this time last year, I was watching Miss Q interact with her great-grandma and had flashbacks of doing the same when…