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Dreaming of getting away for a week-long adventure?  With your hubby?  Your best girlie? Your Mom? With National Geographic’s Passport to Explore contest, it could be closer to reality than you think! The Grand Prize is a 7-day adventure for 2 to a North American Destination of your choice (anywhere Air Canada flies) with accommodations at [...]

With their latest offers, it may be more affordable that you think! It’s no secret that our family are HUGE Disney fans.  We believe there are ways of ‘Doing Disney’ that make it easier.  We’ve been to Disney 3 times as a family of six and we just LOVE it. Well, the latest is that [...]

When I found out about this place, I couldn’t believe it would be as beautiful as the pictures. It was.   I couldn’t believe I hadn’t heard about it before. When my husband & I spent the weekend, we noticed that the majority of the guests were from Europe. They travel all the way from [...]

If you’re familiar with ICE.com, it’s likely due to the marketing brilliance of Pinny Gniwisch.  A brilliant entrepreneur & marketer, Pinny is a founder of ICE.com & helped it to see the success that it has today. Pinny, like many entrepreneurs, dreams often & dreams big. For 8 years, Pinny has been dreaming about producing [...]

Sometimes I find something that I just HAVE to share. Well, this is one of those cases. Our family travels a lot by car. We also eat in the car when we’re on a long-haul drive. I usually bring 4 rectangular plastic containers to pass the food back to each of the kids who use [...]

While in the US over winter break, I discovered this fabulous shop (which has over 175 stores throughout the US) and the whole family fell in love with it.  What’s so fabulous? It’s accessory heaven!  It’s Charming Charlie! You can find every type of accessory imaginable, from purses to headbands, from jewellery to scarves.  You [...]

So it’s been a while… I had intended to unplug with my family for 2 weeks during the holidays, which I am proud to say that I did.  Working online and in social media can make it difficult to disconnect completely, but I succeeded in my mission It was great to be able to focus [...]

While many of us are spending the holidays at home, there are many who are packing it up for road trips to visit family or heading down south.  Regardless of where you’re going or how you’re getting there, this pre-trip checklist should come in handy. Cancel prearranged deliveries: newspaper, milk, book-of-the-month, etc. Cancel any appointments [...]

Our family just returned from a long weekend in North Conway, New Hampshire. It’s the second time we’ve gone and we had a great time. It seems to be the only place where we can enjoy the experience of outlet shopping with the kids.  For our family, outlet shopping usually means 1 parent stays in [...]