There will be a hiatus before my daughters’ cooking show returns…mainly because we don’t have a kitchen! For now, please enjoy Episode 3 – and you have to make these brownies! P.S. If you’re new here, you may not have heard that for special occasions my mom puts together the dry ingredients for something yummy […] Read more…
***GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED*** I will admit I didn’t come up with these tips all by myself (I’m no medical expert), and I’m pretty sure you’ve heard them before…but do you really follow them? As parents, it’s important to keep ourselves healthy and to model good habits, but it’s also sometimes necessary to explicitly […] Read more…
Do you have a social media schedule? Is your morning coffee not the same without Facebook? Is Twitter an essential part of your commute home? (Assuming you’re not the driver, of course!) I think to some extent we all have our own habits and routines, and in 2018 social media is very much a part […] Read more…
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Bayer. To make sure these products are right for you, always read and follow the label. After the excitement and buzz of the holidays and New Year’s celebrations, it’s easy to start feeling the blahs. Short days and dreadful weather (the cold snap we just experienced in Ontario was crazy!) […] Read more…
It was a big year for This Mom Loves, with a complete site redesign thanks to Amanda at Effervescence Media. (I highly recommend her!) Did you know that in addition to blog posts, there are now pages for my TV segments and published articles, a spot to find my celebrity interviews all in one place, […] Read more…
Even if you’re not a fan of “resolutions” per se, I think we’re all looking for ways to make sure the upcoming year is our best ever. To that end, I decided to call upon some of my expert friends to help point us in the right direction…and boy, did they ever rise to the […] Read more…
I will admit it: I did not identify most with Ginger Spice. (Who can guess who my spirit Spice Girl was?) That said, I loved – and really related to – a quote that Geri Horner, mom of two, gave Hello Canada about contentment, and getting over worrying about what others think. The […] Read more…
If you have a tween or teen, I have a gift idea for you. In fact, I think it should be required reading. It’s the brand-new book Momentus, written by 14-year-old Canadian activist Hannah Alper. Not only is the book packed with interviews (Hannah speaks to many young people who are making a difference in […] Read more…
My last “yard duty” boots were purchased when I began teaching…in 2000. Perhaps they were trendy then (I’m not too worried about small children judging my outdoor attire anyway), and they did keep my feet warm, so it was actually quite frugal of me to use them for this long. That said, the time had […] Read more…
GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED Flu season is here again, along with messages from medical experts urging people to protect themselves with the flu shot. There are also many myths about the flu shot floating around (especially online!) which may have you worried unnecessarily. Here we debunk many of those myths! The flu is basically the same […] Read more…