Clean socks are a privilege, not a right
I remember freaking out when I was told to ‘be sure to bring LOTS of business cards’ when I was planning on attending one of my first conferences. I had only ever ordered cards when I was working in offices with budgets and accounts for such things. I freaked out no more when someone directed […]
Canada Day is fast approaching and across the Lower Mainland, you have many choices for you and your younglings. Why not have some fun with your kids and the singing stylings of Will Stroet. You can start the fun with Golden Spike Days in Port Moody at Rocky Point Park on Saturday, June 29 at 2:15 pm. […]
The kids have done a great job prepping for Father’s Day without my hell this year. Breakfasts are planned and gifts are made all ready to celebrate dear old dad. I thought as I have already waxed poetic about Father’s Day over on CBC Parents, I would plug Proctor & Gamble a bit as they […]
On this typical Crunchy Carpets Saturday morning, I should be banging out some articles that I owe people while it is relatively quiet around here. Husband is on a call in his office, dogs have given up hope of any walks, Adam is upstairs (still not feeling better) Caity is tuned out on her […]
I WISH my kids could do this… Each summer during the months of July and August, the Aquarium offers AquaCamps to children entering grades K-8 in the fall. AquaCamps provide children with a hands-on learning experience about local and exotic animals, lifecycles, ecosystems and sustainability. Through activities, animal observations and arts and crafts, they learn […]
I am now waiting for the guys in the hazmat suits to show up at my door after the lab that tested my washable dishcloth came back with 450,000,000 counts of bacteria and 1,190,000,000 counts of yeast and mould. An unused dishcloth only harbours approximately 1,080 counts of bacteria and five counts of yeast and mould. […]
From the majestic, century-old schooner Adventuress, the world’s “greenest” tall ship to the crowd-favourite mini-brigs with their pop gun cannons, a flotilla of classic ships is making sail for Ships to Shore Steveston on the Canada Day weekend. Running from Saturday, June 29 to Monday, July 1, visitors can relive the days when Richmond’s Steveston Village was a […]
The cost of living has gone up considerably over the last decade, with rising wholesale energy prices in large part responsible for increasing costs. At the same time, real wages have remained stagnant, in part as a consequence of weak economic conditions. For those with families, the result is a squeeze on their incomes that […]
Our May trip to Disneyland was an interesting trip for so many reasons. Being a media trip, it gave me many opportunities we would not have had being a regular family vacation. It was also Tara’s first time there and Caity had been almost the exact same age when we first took the TWO […]
