March is Nutrition Month and there is no time like the present to get you and your family on the path to a healthy lifestyle. T-fal is relaunching their popular Healthy Cooking for Healthy Kids Program this month with a some free tools and a lot of information on making healthy choices. Check out this [...]
I have been feeling bad for our cat lately. Our winter is long to us, but I imagine it feels like a lifetime to our little cat who longs for days laying in our garden. We’ve been lucky in Edmonton this year with above average temperatures and even some days sitting nicely on the plus [...]
This weekend I turned two Pink Shirt Day shirts into dresses for my daughters in celebration of Pink Shirt Day. For more information on this amazing initiative that London Drugs is involved in, you can read my post on Pink Shirt Day. To start, I loosely followed this tutorial on turning a t-shirt into a [...]
Think about how many times in a week you need to grab something out of your medicine cabinet for you or your kids. Even something small like vitamins, headache relief, or lip balm. Now times that number by at least five because we all know that if you are going to need something from your [...]
Have you been thinking about getting away to a tropical location only to find yourself wondering if it is the best idea because your children are still young? Our daughters are four and a half years, and 20 months old and we just arrived back from a wonderful week away in beautiful Varadero, Cuba. Our [...]
As of August, our family has only one cat. Ozzie is her name, and she has been with us since she was only a couple of hours old. After getting over our loss, we began to worry about Ozzie. She was always around other cats and she looked lonely. We worried about her happiness and [...]
Disclosure: This Bird’s Day is proud to be an ambassador for Church & Dwight and their brands. This article is part of that ambassadorship but is not influenced. Opinions are the author’s. Tuesday was a little rough on me and a lot rough on my three year old. In the morning, we were chatting in [...]
One of the worst things that crept up on us last year was when we realized that our daughter was coming down with a whopper of a cold at 10 o’clock at night, after almost everything was closed. Heading to our local convenience store, we overpaid for items that we hoped would just get us [...]
This summer was the shortest summer I’ve experienced in 41 years on this earth. Look at that, I’m already using the past-tense to refer to summer. Ah well, facing forward and moving on. Properly preparing your yard, and storage areas for winter can make things a lot easier for you in the spring. Shop the [...]
Conferences are such a fun time, but they are also packed from morning to night. I have a few quirky time-saving habits that I follow to make myself feel more comfortable and organized that I thought I would share in case you are looking for more tips. Go a day or two early. Here’s why. [...]
As a freelance travel writer for newspapers and magazines, I visit three to four cities a year specifically to experience and write about them. While the occasional trip is scheduled for me, I plan most of my trips myself. Once I’ve decided what city or region I’d like to visit, I start researching possible activities [...]