Let’s Get Healthy Together Week 4 (with help from the Heart and Stroke Foundation)

This post is written as part of a journey inspired by the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s My Healthy Weight Action Plan, an online tool geared towards helping you live a healthier life. Feel free to get caught up on previous posts: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3 This week has been very challenging for me as I have pneumonia. I finally decided I had better get my behind to the doctor and I am sure lucky that I did. No wonder I’ve been dragging, feeling a serious lack of energy and not able to kick this cold that I’ve had … Continue reading

Valentine’s Day is Coming…

I don’t know about you, but I find that Valentine’s Day creeps up on me too quickly! January tends to be a catch up month for me. It’s about putting away holiday decorations, re-organizing, decluttering, cleaning and getting back to life as usual. I start to enjoy the less chaotic life and before I know it, it is Superbowl and then January is gone. There are only 14 days in February before Valentine’s Day and those 14 days fly by. This year, I have already received so many emails in my inbox about Valentine’s Day Flowers on sale, gifts for … Continue reading

Friendly Followers Hop

Welcome to Friendly Followers Blog Hop hosted by The Knit Wit by Shair and Multi-Testing Mommy where our goal is: you will find some new blogs to read you will gain some more followers you will gain some more friends you will get a new genuine comment or two RULES: Follow the two hosts’ links and the featured friend link. Enter your link (any ONE SOCIAL MEDIA link you choose–NOT a direct link to a blog/website). Follow as many people as you can throughout the week. Try to make this genuine! Leave a genuine comment after following someone new and … Continue reading

Did You Know That M&M’S® Ms. Brown is Coming to Town This Monday! #BrownisComing ?!? (GIVEAWAY)

In celebration of Ms. Brown coming to town on Monday, I am hosting an M&M’S® Gift Basket Giveaway! Mmmm….M&M’S®…milk chocolate, peanut butter filled, chocolate covered pretzel bits, peanuts……yum! Enter my giveaway for your chance to win this gift basket: And stay tuned on Monday at 3pm EST for the LIVE reveal of Ms. Brown on the Brown Is Coming tab on M&M’S® Canada Facebook Page. Pin It Check out Multi-Testing Mommy’s Giveaways Toy Clearance Sale at chapters.indigo.ca! One or more of the products or services mentioned above was provided free of charge, by the manufacturer or a representing PR agency, … Continue reading

Happy Family Literacy Day!

Today is Family Literacy Day! I hope that every family can find some time today to engage in some family literacy activities. Here are some suggested activities: ABC Bread Snacks Play a game. Read some books. Write a story together as a family. Go on a word hunt. For more family literacy ideas, feel free to read last year’s post on Family Literacy Day! Pin It Check out Multi-Testing Mommy’s Giveaways

Sign Up to be the “FEATURED FRIEND” in Friendly Followers Blog Hop!

Friendly Followers Blog Hop is hosted by The Knit Wit by Shair and Multi-Testing Mommy. You can link up one social media link of your choice each Monday! Each week, we will have a FEATURED FRIEND. If you are interested in having a chance of being the FEATURED FRIEND, please fill in the form below. The FEATURED FRIEND will get spot #3 in the hop and it will be a requirement for blog hoppers to follow them and the two hosts before adding their link. This is an excellent way to gain some more exposure! So, what are you waiting … Continue reading

Tackle it Tuesday: Finding Healthy Recipes

I’ve often thought that “healthy recipes” didn’t taste as good as regular ones, but boy was I wrong! I’ve been on a hunt for some healthy recipes to make for myself and my family these past couple of weeks and I am happy to report that I have found some. As you may or may not know, I’ve been on a “Get Healthy” Challenge using the My Healthy Weight Action Plan on the Heart and Stroke Foundation website. You can read about my experience here and here. Here are some recipes that I’ve tried out in the last couple of … Continue reading

Did You Know that “Ms. Brown” is Coming to Town? #BROWNISCOMING @mmsCanada

Have you heard? The sixth M&M’S® character, Ms. Brown is coming to town on January 30th, 2012! “Ms. Brown has her own distinct personality, which is rooted in her wisdom, high intelligence and sharp wit. Her unmatched knowledge of milk chocolate vaulted her to the position of Chief Chocolate Officer at Mars Inc. – a position she’s excelled in for seventy years – helping make M&M’S® brand one of the most popular chocolate candies in the world.” Ms. Brown will be revealed for the first time during LIVE events streamed on M&M’S® Canada Facebook Page. The makers of M&M’S® will … Continue reading