Proudly located on the traditional, un-ceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, Full Circle: First Nations Performance presents the 17th annual Talking Stick Festival on February 14-24, 2018 at various venues in Vancouver. Drawing meaning from the salmon’s journey to their spawning grounds, 2018’s Talking Stick Festival is aptly named Scháyilhen (S-ch-eye-yay-lh-un), which translates literally to “Salmon Going Up River,” and speaks to […]
Show Your Love for your Pets at the 2018 Pet Lover Show!
If you follow me on Instagram, you may have noticed that I tend to share more photos of all the pets in the house rather than my kids. Does this mean I like my pets more than my kids? Weeeeeellll some days for sure. Also teens do not like their moms to take their photos […]
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I have a blog so I should use it for shit like this. Life has felt very busy these days. Juggling the lives of the three kids, work, and husbands and pets have felt a bit overwhelming these days. I don’t feel like I got over Christmas. I don’t feel like I got over 2017, […]
After the Dooce – What happens to Influencers after they stop influencing?
“Making a business off of documenting your life on social media is an unsustainable model, simply because of the toll it takes on your life, on your relationships, on your psyche, on your physical and emotional stability,” This was a quote from Heather B Armstrong speaking to CBC Radio last week. I stayed in the […]
Back to Reality
So the chaos of getting ready for Halloween has delayed getting back to the usual grind. But here we are. Cold gray weather and a slightly cold gray mood at the house crunch. Where is the Disney magic now? All the Halloween decorations are down and put away. Oldest has stormed out the house angry […]
Face Your Fear at Fright Nights 2017 @PNE_Playland! FLASH GIVEAWAY!!!!
Love ghoulish screams and spooky jump scares? Then you don’t want to miss 2017’s Fright Nights at Playland this year. This year features EIGHT haunted houses with a new one to chill you called The Bloodshed. Enter if you will this dilapidated summer cabin that no one would ever want to vacation in. It promises to be […]
Teenage Alien Love
Last night the kids and I (and Nana) decided to head over to Queen Elizabeth park so we could sneak a view of the end of game fireworks at Nat Bailey. The kids were fully loaded with newly procured snacks and we had a couple of blankets to settle one. The rain did indeed hold […]
Safety & Fun go Together with the 2017 Toyota RAV4 SE
I haven’t been reviewing cars for a little while now. I was finding that my work hours were clashing a bit with the pickup and drop off times. That doesn’t mean I was done with cars for Crunchy Carpets. I love to drive and I love finding family friendly vehicles that I can imagine the […]
Chill out with YVR on August 19th
YVR will be hosting its second annual Community Chill Out on August 19th at Larry Berg Flight Path Park in Richmond. This FREE family fun event includes live entertainment, local vendors and lots of exciting activities. Performances include Bobs and Lolo, Derek Pitts, Fionn and David Morin. Latincouver will be on-site hosting free dance lessons […]