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Four Secret Rules to Making Perfect Nachos at Home {Recipe}

March 21, 2018 by Deanna Tousignant 25 Comments

Now, don't laugh, but it took me years to figure out how to make decent nachos at home.  Every couple of months I'd give it another go and something always went wrong. The chips were burnt around the edges but the cheese was barely melty, the chips were soggy in the middle, or the toppings were so-so. I would throw up my hands, say "I give up, I can't make nachos!", and a few … [Read more...]

Library with Dad

March 4, 2014 by Deanna Tousignant Leave a Comment

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Check out the Parker Urban, the Perfect Gift for Father’s Day

May 20, 2013 by Deanna Tousignant Leave a Comment

Ok, so I gave away a gorgeous pink Parker IM Pen for Mother's Day... and now I have a classy black Parker Urban pen to give away, just in time for Father's Day! I seriously think the Parker Urban pen makes the perfect Father's Day gift. In fact, it's one of the gifts I'm giving hubby this year. (Um... I so hope this is one of those blog posts he skips past). I know this … [Read more...]

Keeping the Dads in Our Life Healthy with Adult Essentials

May 14, 2012 by Deanna Tousignant Leave a Comment

One of the many reasons I'm crazy about Adult Essentials is the fact that I've finally found vitamins my husband will actually take. For years now I've been buying vitamins for my husband in hopes that he would take them.... and then eventually tossing them away as they expire. I had pretty much given up hope when Adult Essentials came on the scene. As I was writing this … [Read more...]

Gaming with the Kids and Getting in Shape

May 2, 2012 by Deanna Tousignant 2 Comments

  This is a guest post from my husband. He runs a local gaming forum and frequently posts reviews for video games, board games, and roleplaying games to his local gaming blog www. WindsorGaming.com. A 37 year old overweight man bouncing around playing Dance Dance Revolution – somewhat pathetic, right?  A 37 year old overweight man bouncing around playing Dance Dance … [Read more...]

The Great Ornament Debate

December 20, 2011 by Deanna Tousignant Leave a Comment

Around this time each year my husband and I have what I like to refer to as "The Great Ornament Debate". The conversation usually goes something like this: Him: Look at this nice box of ornaments.  It's on sale. We should get this. Me: We have plenty of ornaments. Him: It's red and gold.  Those are "the colours" for our tree. Me:  I don't really want to spend any … [Read more...]

Introducing Your Kids to Gaming…

October 29, 2011 by Deanna Tousignant Leave a Comment

This is a guest post from my husband. He runs a local gaming forum and frequently posts reviews for video games, board games, and roleplaying games. If you want to check out more of his reviews take a look at the Windsor Gaming Resource. I'm a gamer. I play all kinds of games, from pen and paper RPGs to card games to board games to video games. I am also a father of two … [Read more...]

Cooking Mama for the Wii

April 4, 2011 by Deanna Tousignant 4 Comments

This is a guest post from my husband. He runs a local gaming forum and frequently posts reviews for video games, board games, and roleplaying games. I thought you guys might enjoy reading his review of Cooking Mama: Cook Off  for the Wii. If you want to check out more of his reviews take a look at the Windsor Gaming Resource.   Picked this up for my 3 year old as she … [Read more...]

No Kids Allowed….

March 15, 2011 by Deanna Tousignant 9 Comments

When I was pregnant with our first child my husband had the idea that our children would never set foot in our basement.  The basement contains our gaming area, full of my husbands large collection of books, board games and miniatures.  How would we keep little fingers out of all those dangerous, breakable, little pieces?  Simple. We would tell them there was a child eating … [Read more...]

How To Pick a Lock – Mom Things You Thought You’d Never Need to Know {Life}

January 25, 2011 by Deanna Tousignant 11 Comments

Rainbow caused a minor panic when she managed to accidentally lock herself into the bathroom today. I was upstairs getting the baby ready for bed when I heard some muffled thumps followed by her yelling "Mom, mom!! Help the door is stuck."  I stood at the top of the stairs holding the baby and watched as her father headed down the hallway to Rainbow's rescue.  "You've got … [Read more...]

A Pox on My House….

October 23, 2010 by Deanna Tousignant 3 Comments

My husband's been sick for the past few days. As in, truly miserable, sent home from work twice, sick. It's such a horrible feeling, watching him stumble around the house in misery, while I'm just waiting with dread to see who it will strike next. Knowing the inevitability of it, that the girls are likely to take sick at any moment. Ugh. It's immensely depressing. We tried to … [Read more...]

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