Ah, January. Time for reflections, wishes, & resolutions. While it’s cliche and utterly predictable to be jumping onto the bandwagon with renewed commitments to fitness and eating well, I will be the first to produce my ticket for the “New Year, New You!” train! The holidays are ending, and this is just some of what people left at our house since New ... Read More »
This one is especially for all of you Hamilton Ontario readers out there – or those in the GTA who’d like to come see more of what Hamilton has to offer! If you’ve spent any time in Hamilton at all in the last couple years, you’ve hopefully picked up on the fact that there is a lot going on in here ... Read More »
As I mentioned in my last post about giving, we’re trying our best to raise kids who love to give. And so, since our little guy doesn’t really know that the Wishbook is usually used to make a wishlist for yourself, we decided first to go through and see if we could put together a wishlist for other kids. ... Read More »
Whether you love Christmas shopping or not, most of us still need to get out of the house and do some. I usually go first thing in the morning to avoid the crowds. I took my two youngest to Yorkdale Mall this year. What a wonderful experience – such a beautiful mall to browse in. From the sparkly ceiling decorations ... Read More »
The Christmas season in our home growing up was always warm & happy. Leading up to Christmas, the four of us kids would take turns with the Wishbook, laying on the floor beside the stereo and listening to Christmas tapes while earmarking pages and scribbling down things onto very long pieces of paper. We all knew that not in our wildest ... Read More »
From superheroes to everyday heroes, our boys love saving the world!! Whether it’s wearing a cape and mask, or driving the fire truck and rescuing kitties, they have no trouble following their imagination through all kinds of adventures. So when we received the Imaginext Rescue City Centre, our boys were beyond thrilled. There is more than enough space for ... Read More »
Happy birthday to us happy birthday to us! Happy birthday, YouPinspireMe, Happy birthday to us! Hip Hip, Horray! Hip Hip, Horray! Hip Hip, Horray! Is it lame to sing Happy Birthday to yourself? Perhaps. But you know what makes it not lame? Celebrating by giving away a $75 Prepaid VISA Gift Card! That’s right – we’re doing the truly Dutch ... Read More »
I got my dehydrator from a friend a few years ago, and I love it. There are so many different things you can do with a dehydrator. FruitWe love to do apples, bananas, peaches, strawberries and blueberries. There are lots more that we haven’t tried yet. It’s really nice when you find a whole bunch of fruit on clearance (ie. bananas) ... Read More »
Before I tell you how you can #FinishYourKitchen with a $10,000 kitchen makeover, I just have to tell you this: My dishes are clean now. Sparkling. There is no grit to be found on my dishes after the dishwasher finishes. This is a big deal, people. The last post where I tried out the Finish dishwasher cleaner and Quantum Finish Jet Dry ... Read More »
They say that a daughter steals her mom’s beauty during the pregnancy. While it was definitely more true with DD than with DS’s pregnancy (although, I might have just felt a lot less beautiful because when I wasn’t sleeping, working, or heaving over a toilet or sink, I was chasing after a toddler), it was several months after the pregnancy that ... Read More »
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