When you’re born in Oshawa, chances are good that someone in your family works (or has worked) for automotive giant General Motors. GM has been part of my family’s fabric for three generations. My grandfather worked there for years, ultimately ending his career giving tours to throngs of students who got to see the inner…
Closet organization on any budget
I can now say from experience that a truly organized closet can be life-changing. And it’s been a must to help wrap my brain around getting the kids back to school. Several months ago when The Home Depot Canada asked if I might like to reorganize my family’s closets, I thought it would be a…
PinkBlush Maternity (guest review)
This guest reviewer’s name is Sally. She and I used to work together at a boutique PR firm many moons ago. She works for a certain bottling company that may or may not rhyme with “smoke,” and she’s about to have her first baby. Sally received an item of her choice from PinkBlush Maternity in…
CoverGirl lip stuff from walmart.ca – or at least that’s what was supposed to happen…
I’ve been a brunette for more of my life than I’ve been a blond. (Except, of course, for that time I tried Sun-In. Then I was a ginger. But not in a good way.) So, to avoid mimicking a Robert Palmer Girl, I generally avoided wearing intense lip colours, and instead favoured the smokey-eye-and-pale-lips combo….
An official thank you to my unofficial #BlogHer13 sponsors
If you’ve ever gone to a conference on your own dime, you know that it gets stinkin’ expensive. Between flights, a few nights at a hotel, food and taxis, you could be talking thousands of dollars for what amounts to a long weekend. After attending my first blog conference last year, I knew that I…
Wordless Wednesday: safer summer driving… thanks, Michelin!
DISCLAIMER: Yes, yes…Michelin is a client of my firm’s. And, no, as always I am not beholden to them to endorse their stuff. I just happen to be one of those moms who envisions terrifying things happening to her children so that I can visualize my defenses in advance. This is one such defense. I…
KitchenAid Citrus Juicer stand mixer attachment (mini-review)
THE PRODUCT The Citrus Juicer attachment for KitchenAid Stand Mixers. THE GOOD Works with any citrus fruit of every size: oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruits Really works well to get right down to the rind, which makes me feel better than using a manual juicer where I end up with far more waste (and food waste…
Thank you, Pampers & the search for more corporate donors
Last week, I was surfing through my Facebook news feed and saw one of those bone-chilling posts. The kind that stops you in your tracks. The kind that makes you run to your sleeping children to give them an extra snuggle. While giving birth to a new baby girl just three weeks ago, a woman…
BlackBerry Q10 review: part of the TELUS #10BestofBBQ10 program
If you asked any of my friends a little more than a year ago whether or not I’d be able to credibly review a smartphone, they’d have laughed. Loudly. I got my first cellphone back in 1998. My parents signed me up with TELUS and I had one of those coveted second-by-second contracts (rather than…
Safe sleep for the whole family
Late last year, I embarked on a multi-part series that focused on safe sleep. After all, we sleep for years of our lives – why wouldn’t you want it to be the healthiest sleep possible? I’m acutely aware as I write that, of course, that safer sleep options come with heftier price tags and that’s simply…