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Help Stella’s Family!

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Meet Stella. Stella’s parents have recently found out that Stella has an inoperable, fatal tumor that is wrapped around her brain stem. Currently she only has a few symptoms but this with change quickly. She only has a few months to live so her parents have taken leaves of absence from work to spend every last minute with her. Stella’s family is need of money to assist them to pay for every day occurrences like hospital parking, cleaning and daily support. You can read more about how to help them financially here. If you own a company that could provide … Continue reading →

Survey and Tim Horton’s Gift Card: Women, Investing and Green Energy

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Congratulations to Amanda Bourassa – the gift card winner! This Guest Post has been brought to you by Adrienne Brault! My name is Adrienne Brault and I’m a UBC MBA Student doing a summer internship with a Vancouver based cleantech fund called GreenAngel Energy. At GAE we invest in early stage technologies that are providing green solutions. In our portfolio we have an electric car company, a carbon offsets software, a waste management system, HVAC and fuel cell efficiency technologies, an LED lighting company and a electric vehicle battery technology. If you’re interested you can visit our website and learn … Continue reading →

REVIEW: Winnie The Pooh comes to Theatres Friday July 15th, 2011

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Inspired by five stories from A.A. Milne’s books in Disney’s classic, hand-drawn art style, Winnie The Pooh hits the theatres this Friday July 15th, 2011! My family had the privilege of seeing an advanced screening of this movie this past weekend in Toronto at the AMC Theatres at Yonge and Dundas Square (VERY nice and SUPER clean theatres, I might add). It was my son’s very first movie in a theatre (he is 2.5 years old) and my daughter’s 3rd movie. We weren’t too sure how my son would react to the theatre in general – would it be too … Continue reading →

REVIEW and GIVEAWAY: Zippity Doo hair care that helps to prevent lice!

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This Giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to avroradavidovna! Zippity Doos Hair Care Products are Hair Care meant for every day use and if used daily meant to prevent head lice. They are Laboratory Tested, Paraben Free and SLS free and are made with a combination of natural ingredients. In Canada, Zippity Doos products are available at Shoppers Drugmart. In the US, please check here for availability. We absolutely LOVED every single one of the Zippity Doos Hair Care Products! From the Shampoo to the Conditioner, the Detangler, Styling Gel and the Shield Spray. They all smell so amazing! I love … Continue reading →

Prairie Naturals Organic Whey Protein Powder (REVIEW and GIVEAWAY)

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Mornings are rather chaotic around our house to say the least! I’ve recently been enjoying some faster breakfast options for myself, one of which is an Organic Whey Protein Powder made by Prairie Naturals. I was sent the Wild Field Berry flavour to test out. Although I do find that you need to have an acquired taste to enjoy a protein powder shake, once you get used to them, they really are yummy! What I enjoy the most is when I do have a bit more time and I can add a scoop of powder to my homemade smoothies. This … Continue reading →

What to Expect The First Year (REVIEW and GIVEAWAY)

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You can read this review, but the giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to tumyiix and samorjj! I received a copy of What to Expect The Toddler Years which is now being phased out by What to Expect The First Year by Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg and Sandee Hathaway and What to Expect the Second Year. As I mentioned in my review of What to Expect When You’re Expecting, this is a book series that I highly recommend! These books answer what I want to say is “almost every question a parent will have”, but I’m sure that is not quite … Continue reading →

REVIEW: VEGA Shake & Go Smoothies

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I’ve been into making my own smoothies lately, but they do take some time to make. I have to wash the fruit/veggies, mix everything up in the blender and then clean it all. Some mornings, I feel like a smoothie, but my laziness or time just doesn’t allow me to make one. Enter, VEGA Shake & Go Smoothies. They come in four yummy flavours: Choc-a-Lot Tropical Tango Bodacious Berry Vanilla Almondilla My favourite flavour is definitely the chocolate one. I’ve added just water to the powders and mixed them up with my mini hand frother and away we go! Yummy, … Continue reading →

REVIEW: Barney Butter Snacks – Almond Butter

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Barney Butter is an almond butter that comes in a variety of convenient snacking forms including snack packs! It is an all natural almond butter made with Premium California Almonds and has HALF THE SATURATED FAT of peanut butter! We sampled the Snack Packs. They are super convenient because they can travel in your purse, lunch bag etc. and simply need to be mixed while still in the packet, opened and squeezed out. They can be spread on toast, crackers or even apples. We really enjoyed the taste of this yummy almond butter! Unfortunately, we didn’t realize that Barney Butter … Continue reading →

INFO: Winnie The Pooh in Theatres on July 15th!

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I’ve always had a soft spot for good old Winnie the Pooh! I’ve seen trailers for the upcoming movie (coming to Theatres on July 15th!) and it looks GREAT! Click here for a fun activity page for your kids to get excited about the movie. For those creative Moms out there, why not try your own Winnie the Pooh Cake Pops? These will be sure to get everyone excited about Winnie the Pooh! And if you make these, I’d LOVE a photo to post up on my blog 😉 Why not “Like” Winnie the Pooh on Facebook to follow news … Continue reading →