Living Creatively, Living the Dream
Remember the flexed-arm hang? It was part of the Participaction Award of Excellence. That shiny badge you’d get in gym class…awarded to the very best…those who could jump and run and whack balls and shimmy a rope all the way to the Continue reading The Best of Halifax…my Award of Excellence…
I’m so behind on my reading it’s not even funny. There was a time, I knew everything on the best seller lists and kept up to date on every literary masterpiece…paying special attention to the Canadian authors. But, this last Continue reading Between the Pages…
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…
Remember when I told you I was putting together a Galley Wall in my house? I’d made a few pieces…purchased a few more…and this weekend, it finally came together! AND…I couldn’t be happier! To start with, I made a couple Continue reading How to create a Gallery Wall…
Right in the middle of watching Scandal…a package arrived from Netflix and timing could not have been more perfect! Well…except if they’d included a bottle of red wine! Olivia Pope, crisis manager and former media consultant to US President Fitzgerald Continue reading Popcorn, Red Wine and SCANDAL! #StreamTeam
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
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
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…
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!
A walk through any of Wicker Emporium stores and I’m taken with the number of things I’d like to have in my home…in fact, take a walk through my home and you’ll find plenty of treasures I found at Wicker Emporium! Continue reading Join us for Wicker Emporium’s #WickerParty Twitter Party
Remember the look on this sad face? It was August of last year. Zuke had just spent the last few months pretending she was a tripod and I’d finally taken her to Bridgewater Veterinary for surgery to repair her knee…so she Continue reading My dog needs a bionic knee!
Do you know what way your house faces? As in, what way the sun shines? Me…I’m gonna go with a no! The thing is, along with never learning my times tables, I’m not very good with directions. I’m a “turn left, Continue reading A “deck makeover”…from the Atlantic Superstore Garden Centres!