It's garage sale season, and my mom is downsizing in a serious way. She's been in the process of moving from a four bedroom house to a two bedroom condo. It's been a bit crazy. We've had four garage sales in five weeks. Each time we think we're done she finds more stuff to purge. It's been a bit strange. Sorting through all the parts of my childhood that she's held on to for … [Read more...]
Stove Shopping, Much Better from Home with @HomeDepotCanada
Back in March our stove died. This was the stove we bought when we first moved into this house. I was pretty indignant that my stove would have the gull to stop working when it was only seven years old, or wait, maybe nine, no ten years... wow, we've been in this house for ten years already? How time does fly. I have clear memories of appliance shopping when we moved into … [Read more...]
Spring Cleaning with TIDE: Discover the #Plusabilites to Give Back with Tide & Goodwill
Nothing says time to clean out the closet clutter like spring. We've been spring cleaning around our house, more like spring purging, and the bags and boxes have been piling up as we sort everything into our keep / toss / garage sale / donate piles. I have a huge laundry stack of to be washed and then donated clothes waiting for me to tackle it. I always wash everything … [Read more...]
Springtime Inspiration with The Home Depot and Style at Home
Spring is here and this year I find myself overtaken with the urge for spring cleaning and redecorating not indoors, but out. Our backyard needs help. Like serious S.O.S. style help. Aside from tackling the weeds, I'm not even sure where to start. The patio set we bought when we moved in here nine years ago is looking pretty shabby, the gazebo needs the canvas top replaced and … [Read more...]
Stumped for Mother’s Day? Think Home Depot Canada
My mom likes practical gifts. She's always been the mom that was genuinely happy to get a new frying pan, she's never been the type to want jewelry or flowers. In typical mom fashion she's always gracious and happy with whatever gifts we give her, but the truth is she can be a bit hard to shop for at times because there's just not that much she wants or needs. My mom is the … [Read more...]
How to Create an Art Centre in Under 5 Minutes with 3M Hooks & Cord Clips
My six year old daughter LOVES to draw. She will happily spend hours at her art table creating masterpieces. I wanted to tidy up her art space and give her "a place for everything and everything in it's place". We have two small lidded plastic bins for her piles of colouring books and art creations. This is also where we've been stowing her pencils, crayons, scissors and … [Read more...]
Using My Ninja Like Skills to Clean Out the Kid’s DVDs
I've written in the past about my love for Netflix, particularly when it comes to kids shows. The offshoot of this though is that I have a large collection of kids videos collecting dust. While its nice to be able to pop in a Disney movie now and then, for the most part our DVD collection is a waste of space, as the majority of the shows we have on DVD are also available … [Read more...]
Introducing the New Swiffer BISSELL SteamBoost Steam Mop
My darling three year old daughter is still potty training. Success ratio of dry days vs. three outfit days is going up. Still far too much of my time lately has been spent mopping up puddles of pee and feeling thankful that the majority of my house is not carpeted. Add in the fact that my six year old has been having far too many "Oh gosh, I just spilt the entire full cup of … [Read more...]
That Time My Kids Decided to Test My Sanity… or When Rubbermaid All Access Organizers Saved the Day
A little while back my darling daughter decided to destroy her bedroom. Rocket got into her bedroom closet and unpacked every single thing I had stored in there. The closet was neatly organized, baby clothes she had outgrown off to the right of the door and clothes she didn't quite fit into yet off to the left. Box after box of carefully folded, sorted, kids clothing. Packed … [Read more...]
Get a New Closet with the Rubbermaid Closet Helper System {Review}
I gave my mom a somewhat unusual Mother's Day gift this year. My gift to her was a Rubbermaid Closet Helper. I know it may sound a little wacky, but she loved it. The Rubbermaid Closet Helper System maximizes your closet storage space. It adds both shelving and hanging space. One of the big pluses was the super simple installation, no tools needed. It just attaches to your … [Read more...]
Evil Wall Destroying Contraption, otherwise known as Baby Gate
Evil Wall Destroying Contraption, aka Baby Gate. A little while back we finally took down the baby gate that was blocking off access to our kitchen (and the basement stairs), and these lovely souvenirs of it's stay were left behind. Yeah, I'm not impressed. Particularly since I went with this fancy tension gate over the screw-in mount-on-the-wall kind because I didn't … [Read more...]
I want your opinion. Downy Unstopables, am I missing out on something here?
You guys know that as a P&G Mom I receive monthly care packs full of Procter & Gamble goodies. Much I keep for myself, some I donate, and some I give to my mom. Four times now they've sent Downy Unstopables to my house, and four times now I've passed them along to my mother. Each time she says thanks and tell me how excited she is to get more. Apparently she's totally … [Read more...]
Spring Cleaning? I dread it a little less with P&G
I hate cleaning. I mean I really really hate cleaning. I make a lousy housekeeper. I don't so much mind the tidy, move, organize aspects. It's the getting scrubby with cleaning products parts I detest. Which means I put it off, often for far too long. And when I finally do get down to the dirty task at hand, I need to apply extra elbow grease, and the right kind of product, to … [Read more...]
Charminize Your Bathroom for the New Year!
Nothing like having guests over during the holidays to get one looking at the household washroom with a critical eye. Suddenly I realize that the towels hanging on the rack are looking a little raggedy, and that perhaps it's time to rescue the rolls from the windowsill and teach the two year old what the toilet paper holder is really for (ie, it's not actually a handle to hold … [Read more...]
Command Poster Strips and Why They Rock
When I got my box of Command brand goodies and I saw the poster strips for the first time I was completely geeked out. Yes, I am publicly admitting that I got ridiculously excited over poster strips. I even called my mom and told her about them. I have to admit, I didn't even know Command Poster Strips existed until they showed up in my box of Command brand goodies. However, I … [Read more...]