Ottawa School Breakfast Program – PSA
Check out this PSA that Algonquin students put together for the Ottawa Network for Education School Breakfast Program. Doesn’t it break your heart to think about little ones going hungry at school? The…
Recipe: Easy Ranch Style Salad Dressing
I rarely buy salad dressing. Usually I just make a balsamic dressing of some sorts. But for certain kinds like caesar dressing or ranch or Greek I tend to buy them. Until last…
Review: Green Beaver Certified Organic SPF 15 Daily Face Cream from Nayla Natural Care
I am really lucky to have gotten to know Gwen, owner of Nayla Natural Care, over these past many years. What started out as a Twitter/Business relationship (I reviewed product way back in…
Bananas in Pyjamas are Back!
My excitement that is relayed in the titles is actually partly representative of the excitement my son has expressed in seeing the Bananas in Pyjamas commericals on Disney Junior. He keeps asking when…
Win! $50 Gift Certificate to Givopoly in Ottawa
There’s a new gift giving/shopping service in Ottawa, and I am loving it. Givopoly is a gift concierge service in Ottawa. With over 50 partners (most are local) to chose from, everyone’s shopping…
Good Eats Friday: Recipe Round Up – Stew, corndogs and homemade Nutella
Another Friday is here! Hooray for the weekend!! I am planning some culinary magic (or disaster) in the kitchen this week as I re-attempt home made pasta. Here’s hoping. But this week, the…
Kindergarten Registration
So. It’s official. Today I handed in the last piece of paperwork to officially register my daughter for JK in the fall. My baby. My last child. Off to school. Big kid school.…
Recipe: Candied Bacon and an easy mid-week sandwich for supper
One of the most underrated meals I think is the sandwich. What I love about a sandwich is that there is no right or wrong way of putting one together and it’s an…
Reclaiming Your Space: Drowning in Paper
This is the Reclaiming Your Space post I’ve been stalling on. Because frankly, if there is one thing that I am terrible at it’s keeping paper organized. And by paper I mean anything…