I attended BlogHer ’11 last year as a veritable newbie and was grateful for the many posts I read to help me to know what to expect and how to get prepared.   This year I hope to help you get ready for BlogHer ’12 in NYC. It’s a long post but I hope you [...]

With the number of drownings this year, it’s no shock that anyone who does not yet have a fence around their pool is thinking about getting one.  Unfortunately, it can be a costly endeavour. That’s where the employees of the Laurentian Bank come in. Distraught by the news this year, they tried to think of [...]

As I’ve said before, one of the fun parts of my job is when companies send me new & cool stuff to try out in the hopes that I will share with my readers.  The BEST part of my job? When I know that by sharing, it will bring some benefit to others. I recently [...]

Along with all the excitement and anticipation surrounding the impending or recent birth of our first child, there is usually at least some degree of trepidation.  What will the birth be like?  Will I know what to do when the baby comes?  How will I know if something is wrong? What can I do to [...]

This week, I was invited by a friend to visit the just-opened menchie’s on St. Jean Boulevard in the west island. She told me I just HAD to have a real menchie’s experience…and what an experience it is! It’s essentially a self-serve frozen yogurt buffet where you can choose as few or as many flavours as you’d [...]

One of our family’s greatest summer pleasures is berry picking. We love our strawberries, raspberries and blueberries and we also love our jam. I’ve always been intimidated by the whole “canning” process – from sterilizing jars to putting tem back into boiling water to process.  It seemed like a lot of work and I was [...]

One of the fun parts of what I do is getting to sample lots of new stuff.  My friends at McDonald’s are aware that I have some dietary restrictions and so when I asked about the smoothie ingredients I was disappointed to hear that they were made with yogurt.  Why?  Simply put, many of the [...]