Category Archives: Information

We’ve learned of a new site you can purchase books, both new and used, at! It’s called Better World Books. There’s a reason why you should consider buying books at Better World Books next time you are looking to purchase a book! Read on…. They are now offering FREE SHIPPING everywhere in the world! That is unique, not many places offer that. Better World Books is a self-sustaining, for-profit social venture whose mission is to capitalize on the value of the book to fund literacy initiatives locally, nationally and around the world. They partner with nearly 1400 libraries and over … Continue reading →

As some of you may know, I’m an Oliver’s Labels Agent. I really love Oliver’s Labels! My favourite part about them is their unique “Found It” system that allows you to put a tracking code on your labels that allows your items to be tracked back to you if they get lost! If you take advantage of this amazing offer and you love your labels as much as I do. I’d love for you to come back here to my site and click on my sidebar to order your labels using me as your Agent! That would be awesome 🙂 … Continue reading →

You will want to head on over to PeachyBuy.com tomorrow for an amazingly sticky deal! I can’t tell you exactly what is going on, but let’s just say that it is so good that if you’ve got kids (especially young ones) you won’t want to miss out, I promise! You can come back here tomorrow to check out exactly what the deal is! Oh and if you go over to PeachyBuy.com now, you can get yourself all set up and subscribed for great mom-friendly deals! That way you’ll be all set up for tomorrow.

Up until now, we used to have to drop off our used batteries at a hazardous waste facility. We had to wait for specific days and specific hours. This meant that for our family, our batteries piled up and piled up and about once a year, I made the trek over to the facility to make a huge drop off. Well, this is no longer the case! Ontario Residents can now visit Make The Drop to find many locations that are now accepting used batteries including participating stores such as Home Depot, Best Buy and Future Shop to name just … Continue reading →

Today is Family Literacy Day! Family Literacy Day takes place every year on January 27th. It is a day to mark on our calendars where we can celebrate reading and learning together. One thing that I like to do with my 5 year old is bake. We read the recipes together and whip up muffins, cookies, cakes galore. Literacy is all around us. From the signs on the roads to the signs that tells us what store we are shopping at to the words on the food items that are in our grocery cart. Then at home, we can read … Continue reading →

Tomorrow is Family Literacy Day! Family Literacy Day takes place every year on January 27th. It is a day to mark on our calendars where we can celebrate reading and learning together. One thing that I like to do with my 5 year old is bake. We read the recipes together and whip up muffins, cookies, cakes galore. Literacy is all around us. From the signs on the roads to the signs that tells us what store we are shopping at to the words on the food items that are in our grocery cart. Then at home, we can read … Continue reading →

I wanted to share with you today a very generous site that is offering adorable, FREE Twitter backgrounds with a Valentine’s Day theme! Check them out here! Leelou Blogs does some amazing work! Be sure to surf around her site while you’re there. I am not getting compensated for this post, I just wanted to share something fun with you today!

I would like to share an incredible resource website for parents called Imagery for Kids that has been a real help for our family this past year and a bit! Dr. Charlotte Reznick’s website Imagery For Kids provides parents with articles regarding topics such as: Stress Anxiety Psychosomatic Problems Phobias Bed Wetting Encopresis Sleep Disorders Dr. Reznick has written an amazing book called The Power of Your Child’s Imagination that provides many helpful techniques for helping children in the above situations. It helped my daughter with her anxieties about starting Kindergarten last year amongst other issues. Reznick’s ideas are creative … Continue reading →

I am going to be working on some cross promotional work with Life and Beauty Weekly that I am very excited about. I have been given permission to post some interesting and informative articles that are posted over at Life and Beauty Weekly. So, over the next little while, please continue to check back here to look for more great articles! This one, I thought was a good one to post right now. I don’t know about you, but at this time of year, I find myself burning the candle at both ends. Between Holiday Baking, Christmas shopping and wrapping, … Continue reading →