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I know, I know this post has been a long time coming. Remember WAY back when I posted my living room makeover after pics, I mentioned there was still a corner that wasn’t shown? Well now here it is! I had to wait to do all the component posts first because they all lived in [...]
I found these funny cocktail napkins while we were on holiday last month and just had to buy them…the statement is 100% true
Normally when I write about an event I try to post ahead of time so you can make plans to attend. This time however, we decided to go last minute and so, I’m afraid you’ll have to put it on your calander for next year and make sure you don’t miss it because Baconfest Canada [...]
When all else fails, Play in to Mom’s Vices
If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook then you’ve likely seen me ranting on about Manulife Financial. Here’s what that’s all about. I’ve known Cheryl around the web for about 2 years now. Her blog link is down there in my sidebar. I talk to her online pretty much every day. She is an [...]
Disney. It’s at the heart of childhood…was at the heart of my childhood and now I’m reliving it all with my daughter who is 4 and in complete love with all the characters. She sleeps with a stuffed Pooh bear every night. She loves to go to the Disney store and practically breaks out into [...]
I wrote before about how we madeover our living room to fit a desk area and now that the room is split in two sections, it’s not exactly small, but it’s not large enough for big square end tables to work well either. I wanted a small, round side table to fit beside one of [...]
This is a staple meal at our house. It’s comfort food through and through. When I put this on the table, every one is quiet as they immediately start scarfing it down…even the picky eater. Besides, any dish that starts with bacon can’t be bad, right? We make this with Lactose free milk instead of [...]
I just came back from the Cirque Du Soleil show OVO which is playing now in Calgary and had to sit down and write this review right away because I’m so fired up from it. It was amazing. It was beautiful. It was Cirque! OVO is the story of a village of bugs who’ve come [...]
