Congratulations to the latest This Mom Loves winners: Piggy Paint Gift Code: Tawny of Winnipeg, MB Pirates of the Caribbean Prize Pack: Jackie of Langley, BC Copy of “The Naked Mom” by Brooke Burke: Jonnie of Edmonton, AB Enjoy your prizes, ladies, and thanks to everyone for entering! By the way, I apologize to those […] Read more…
My earliest readers may remember that one of my first posts, way back in February 2010, was called “Are YOU a Hyper Parent?” (I’m sure you’re not, but you might want to go back to that one just to be sure!) As a followup, I just came across results of a recent Office Team survey which […] Read more…
Okay, I must start by saying that I am really not a brand-name person. My kids wear few labels, and I shop for myself at chain stores in the mall. (This leads me to end up at school wearing the same outfits as the Grade 8 girls, but I digress.) When it comes to handbags though, […] Read more…
This is a special guest post brought to you by the editors of Prevention magazine. (As soon as I read it, I knew I had to share it!) Come Friday, we’re ready to relax and recharge—but too many of us sabotage our weekends by cramming in a month of chores or going zombie in front […] Read more…
This week’s “Wednesday Words” come from my book club’s latest selection: Little Bee by Chris Cleave The first words that struck me were actually on the book jacket: “We don’t want to tell you too much about this book. It is a truly special story and we don’t want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need […] Read more…
Don’t forget to enter to win the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides gift pack! The contest ends tomorrow (May 26th) at midnight, and entries are extremely low! http://thismomloves.ca/2011/05/20/pirates-of-caribbean-on-stranger-tides/ Read more…
Giveaway open to Canada and U.S. Part of me didn’t want to like “The Naked Mom”. I knew Brooke Burke as the host of Dancing With the Stars, as well as a media mogul with a website – ModernMom – and a ridiculously high number of Twitter followers (1,775,785 as of this writing, though she […] Read more…
Giveaway open to Canadians. Yes, that’s right: Captain Jack is back and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES sails into theatres everywhere on May 20th! Walt Disney pictures tells us what we can expect from this much-anticipated film: Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Rob Marshall, “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” […] Read more…
I’m back again with another party plan from my creative friend Krista. This theme idea could work for whatever the birthday girl’s or boy’s favourite colour happens to be, but the examples here all work with the colour purple. (Not to be confused with the movie, which is not appropriate for young children!) Here are some […] Read more…
Apparently, my magic number is 91 years of age, if you can believe the multi-step life-expectancy calculator at Living to 100. I realize this is not an exact science, but I still found it fascinating to input my information for the various categories (personal, lifestyle, nutrition and medical) and see what verdict I received. Not only […] Read more…