We Are Knitters sells DIY knitting and crochet kits that they design and create themselves (there are some super awesome kits on their website that I've got my eye on, like check out this Beginner Level Chewing Gum Sweater). They are one of the leaders of the handknit revolution, that is seeing people's perceptions of knitting change from something you think of your granny … [Read more...]
No Longer One Paycheque Away From a Rainy Day, Saving With a TFSA
This post was sponsored by TD but, as always, opinions are my own. Are you saving your pennies for a rainy day, or just struggling to get by? A recent study revealed that many Canadians are living paycheque to paycheque, and nearly half are only $200 away from not making their monthly bills. A Tax-Free Savings Account from TD can be the perfect solution for your rainy day … [Read more...]
Do Cold Medications Help, Or Do They Make You Sick(er)?
How do you feel about cold medications? Do you start popping tablets at the first sign of a sniffle, or do you try and avoid taking them all together? I remember sitting with my husband, at the time my boyfriend, in our apartment, watching this news expose on cold tablets. Feels like it was last month, but I'm doing the math and it was more like fifteen years ago. At the … [Read more...]
Tips on How to Survive a Cold {Plus GIVEAWAY}
"I'm going to stop at Shopper's on the way home, do you need me to grab anything?" My spidey-sense went off. I knew something was up as soon as my husband told me he was going to stop at Shopper's on his way home from work. See, he has a compromised immune system. It's one of the many not so lovely side effects of living with colitis, and it means that he catches … [Read more...]
Delete or Memorialize? How to Control What Will Happen to Your Facebook Page When You Die
Have you ever wondered what will happen to your Facebook page when you die? Will it just sit there? Will it get deleted? What would you like to have happen with your page? Would you prefer to have your page turned into a memorial? Or would you like it all to just disappear? I discovered that you can have a say in the matter if you make the choice now and let Facebook know your … [Read more...]
On making the dreaded upgrade to Windows 10…
So last week I admitted to the fact that I bought a laptop a few months back, and that I named said laptop Fred. Fred is mine and mine alone. No one else is allowed to touch him. Not the kids, not my husband, no one. It is absolutely glorious being able to leave reminders and notepad files open strewn across my virtual desktop and know no one is going to close them without … [Read more...]
Take the Pantene Beautiful Lengths #8or8 Challenge for National Donate Your Hair Day
If you've been following my blog for any amount of time you are probably aware of how much I adore the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program. If you're not sure what I'm talking about, that's the amazing program where Pantene has partnered with the Canadian Cancer Society to take donations of cut hair and turn those ponytails into real hair wigs for women battling cancer, which are … [Read more...]
Coming from overseas to work in social care in the UK…
The following is a guest post. I actually have a friend who worked in the UK as a social worker for a while. That's where she met her husband. What a great way to see the world, right? Social work is one of the most varied and rewarding careers you can go into. Social work jobs are dynamic, challenging and diverse, and no two days are ever the same. However, despite this, … [Read more...]
Cooking : The Good, The Bad and The Surprising
I have always loved to cook. I assume it is the same with many families but for me it was always a time of togetherness with a side of great adventure. My mother had this spiral notebook which held mystical recipes that she used to turn boring dinners into tasty delights. I remember fondly my excitement at being old enough to use that notebook with my mom, and one day on my … [Read more...]
How to Make Your Kids Clothes Last Longer…
Confession time -- I am horrible at doing the laundry. Both my mom and my mother-in-law are going to shudder when they read this, but I don't sort things by like colours. I don't sort things at all. I just dump dirty laundry bins into the basket by the armful, toss it in the machine and wash it. Everything goes in on the same setting, heavy, cold water, second rinse, extended … [Read more...]
How I’m Saving Money by Using Thermos Funtainers…
The school my girls go to offers a milk program. For $2 a day you can get a serving of milk to go with your lunch, in one of those wee personal-sized cardboard cartons. They offer both chocolate and white milk, though my eldest daughter confided in me that no one ever takes the white milk. I've been sending my daughter to school with milk in a bottle since kindergarten, and … [Read more...]
What I Learned and What I Know, About Gardening…
Ever since I was a little girl my dad would tell me..."you never want to do anything unless you already know how to do it." This has been a common theme throughout my life. I would always have to read and re-read and study up and explore options and check and check again...before I would even attempt most things. I was never that just try and see kind of kid (or for the most … [Read more...]
How do you take care of your loved one’s Facebook page after they’ve passed away?
What happens to your Facebook page when you die? My father passed away about a year and a half ago. My mom had the password for his Facebook account and she mentioned to me that she intended to log in and delete his account "after a reasonable time". I begged her not to do it because there were so many notes, funny comments and photos from my Dad, many of which existed solely … [Read more...]
How to Kill Fruit Flies with Science! Quick & Simple Two Ingredient Fruit Fly Trap
Someone in my Facebook feed mentioned that they were looking for ways to combat fruit flies, and it reminded me of this post. A long while back I posted this as a guest post over on Of Lemons and Lemonade. In the meantime Amber has quite blogging (at least for the moment, fingers crossed she gets back in the groove). Since her site is pretty much defunct, I thought I'd repost … [Read more...]
Getting Free Goodies via the P&G Brand Sampler
This is what came in the last P&G Brand Sampler I received. Check this out: a Venus razor, full sized Cover Girl mascara, Tide pods for the laundry, Cascade pods for the dishwasher, a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, $12 in coupons and wee containers of Pantene shampoo and conditioner. (I love those wee trial size shampoos, I save them to toss in my bag when I … [Read more...]
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