Oil of Olay has been my go to moisturizer since it was also the one my Mom used too. I love their cream with sun protection and really notice a difference when I am diligent about using it. Now that the whole ‘anti-aging’ thing is hitting me as I creep further into my forties I […]
TELUS & Free the Children: Give Where You Live
My mom actually worked for TELUS during my teen and adult years, so I have always been aware of how community driven TELUS truly is. It is not all about telephones and the internet. TELUS encourages community involvement within it employees TELUS and as a company. This was why I was honoured to be asked to check […]
Meet the Meat & Love Canadian Beef
Canada Beef Inc, and Canada Safeway not only sent me a load of information about the beef we buy and eat in Canada, but invited me to visit a Safeway Meat Department with one of their Meat Merchandiser’s. It was a real pleasure to talk to someone who is not only a professional when it […]
Get Those Kids Geeked Early with Geekling Designs
Because, really, what is the point of having kids if we can’t use them to express our own geekiness right? How cool is it to use our children to display our nerdiness AND support a local company. THAT makes me happy. Meet the folks behind Geekling Designs, a Chilliwack based Jennifer and […]
Family Day with Old Navy!
Kicking off the first BC Family Day, Old Navy is hosting a free Family Day Festival on Monday, February 11th from 1pm – 4pm at Metropolis at Metro Town location. This festival promises tons of fun and a sneak peek of the spring collection for the whole family. But the best reason to come is to have […]
Is Patience all that it is Cracked up to be?
When people here about thee kids and dogs and cats and all in a teeny tiny townhouse, they either think I am a freaky animal hoarder or some earth motherly nature loving benign being…and think THAT sort of crunchy. This is far from the truth. For someone with as little tolerance and patience as I […]
RV Adventure Planning
More and more, I find myself missing road trips and the open road. Unfortunately with three kids and dogs, hitting the open road seems to be getting more complicated. When I go camping in my TENT, I look longingly at those families bouncing happily out of an RV. The envy is palpable. You can now […]
An Apple a Day Can Win Prizes in February
My children will be horrified that I am promoting GOOD eating instead of something baaaaad. Although, my kids to profess to love apples and Tara is all fruits all the time. So I can’t be a total parenting failure right? February is apparently National Apple Month and so the British Columbia Tree Fruits folk […]
Jammin with the Monster Trucks
Despite the oldest boy suffering some sort of ailment, we headed out to BC Place Stadium for our first ever experience with Monster Trucks. We have seen the TV ads for years and finally could not restrain our curiosity and scored some tickets to check it out. Against all gender identification, I think the girls enjoyed the […]







