Recipe: Shortbread – Butter Makes Everything Better
It was a little embarrassing, but there I was, walking around the Superstore, when I suddenly exclaimed (to my toddler’s confusion I’m sure) “Ohhhh! Butter is on sale! And WOW what a price!”.…
Direct from the North Pole: Our Elf on the Shelf has arrived
Have you heard about the Elf on the Shelf? Does your family participate? After seeing some conversations about it for the past year or two, we finally decided that this year we would…
Biggest Ikea in Canada opening December 7 in Ottawa
It’s been in the works for months, and finally the new mammoth Ikea is opening in Ottawa – to be the largest in Canada, it’s located almost right where the old one was…
ShopSense Deal: Save 10% at Green Planet Parties
I am really fortunate to have amazing advertisers, and many of which I am also a customer of. Green Planet Parties is working hard to provide eco-friendly party materials, gifts, wrappings and more.…
Giving Back this Holiday Season
At this time of year it becomes even more apparent to me just how truly blessed we are. As I write about cooking and the treats we indulge in, shopping and the what…
In and Around Ottawa – Dates to Remember in December
Wow. I’m writing about December!! Even though the first of the month is packed for me – blog stuff, events, holiday fun – I’ll start to wind down the week before Christmas. The…
25 Days of Christmas – Advent Calendar Activities 2011
Once again I’m putting together our 25 Days of Christmas activity advent calendar. We’ve done this for a few years now, thanks to the creative blogger Andrea of A Peak inside the Fishbowl.…
Win! KitchenAid 13-Cup Food Processor Giveaway
Tis the season for cooking and baking and for me, being in the kitchen even more than usual. I love to bake and that’s assisted with my Kitchenaid Stand Mixer. We also cook…
Preschool Activity: Holiday Felt Magnets
This is a really simple activity to do with the kids and the magnets are great for the fridge, office white board or gifts! What you will need: glue felt scissors glitter glue…
Christmas Tree Decorations with Meaning
We put up one of our two trees yesterday! Yes, two trees. Our main large tree will go up later this week and yesterday we decorated our mini three-foot tree that sits…