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make your bed and be on time

May 6, 2013
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make your bed and be on time

Happiness is a funny thing. Sometimes it hits you just as hard as its arch-nemesis, sadness and/or depression. And then you don’t know what to do about it. You don’t want to talk about it, because then you’ll *JINX* it. You don’t want to celebrate anything too wildly, because you don’t want to seem boastful or like you are rubbing it in anyone’s face. And because of the nature of our often cruel and spiteful world, you hold your breath, silently enjoying your happy, while at the same time, constantly looking over your shoulder, waiting for that ominous other shoe to drop. But why should anyone feel ashamed of being happy? That just seems incredibly counter intuitive to the whole concept. Yet, there it is. I’d like to blame the Internet for this shame (or more specifically, Facebook), but that’s not quite right. The Internet, for all that we...

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How to be a proper “mommy blogger”.

May 1, 2013
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How to be a proper “mommy blogger”.

I have just finished watching all three first seasons of Downton Abbey. It took about three episodes of season one to hook me, but after that I was a goner. It really is a very well written, acted and produced show and I am looking forward to season 4. I was drawn to the show for a few different reasons. One, EVERYONE and their well-bred dogs kept going on and on about it and so I had to see what all the fuss was about. Two, I have a secret obsession with all kinds of historical dramas set in England (I am a quarter British BTW). I have seen the Elizabeth movies about five times each, I am a huge fan of The Tudors, and this just seemed to fit in with the whole genre. And three, my maternal grandmother (the British part of me) was a governess for...

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Cookies before dinner.

April 11, 2013
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Cookies before dinner.

You tell yourself you are just going to try it. To see what all the fuss is about. I mean its free, right? So there is no harm done there and besides, all your friends are trying it too. It’s pretty fun actually. You have a good time, play some silly vampire vs werewolf games, find out your stripper name, poke some people, catch up with old friends and even find some new ones. You start doing it more and more. You start adding pictures of your life. What you made for dinner, what you did that day, funny shots of the kids. You like more of your friend’s stuff and your ‘friends’ like your stuff too. Soon you are sharing all kinds of things with all of these friends. Things that you like and things that you think they will like too. And they do, they really, really...

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430,000.00 Silver Linings

March 23, 2013
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430,000.00 Silver Linings

I am exhausted. A really good exhausted. Today I spent the whole day moving my butt, shaking my groove thang and busting some moves with over 400 other people at the 2nd annual Bust a Move for Breast Health. I was part of the BamBassadors Social Media team with the lovely @JenBanksYeg, the superb @realturkeylady, our at-home-with-a-concussion tweeter, @AprilWiens and the ever a good sport, wearing his pink tutu with pride, @ChrisTse_ . We are Team Hello Titties and we all had a blast today tweeting, Vine-ing, Instagram-ing, and Facebook-ing all about this amazing event (and we managed to get the #bamyeg hashtag into the top trending topics for Edmonton too)! Bust a Move for Breast Health is a six hour fitness extravaganza that will have you move more than your feet to raise valuable funds for the Cross Cancer Institute. One small step for events, on large step...

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Mirror, mirror on the wall…

November 1, 2012
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OK. I have had enough. No, not of parenting or motherhood or the never ending to-do lists that exist in my head and on my fancy new iPhone 5. Although that is a lot and it has been a full moon week. I have kind of had it with women. Not all women, mind you, just the ones who say they are all about empowering women and then go and do the exact opposite of that. It hurts my feminist heart to no end when it looks like the thing that undermine’s the status of women and our ability to actually ever be equals, is not men, it is other WOMEN! Feminism. The other F-word. At least that is how a lot of the world sees it. If you call yourself a feminist, there is an automatic assumption that you are an opinionated, man-hating, bitch with an agenda. And...

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The #good100 experiment

October 23, 2012
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About a month ago I had a very long and interesting conversation on Twitter with a few people whom I respect and admire. At the end of this convo (which, in case you are wondering, was about gender equality and relationships), my Twitter pal @DebMerriam invited me to a fabulous local event. The Good Hundred Experiment. In the words of the day’s organizers, it was “An unsectored gathering of Edmonton’s savviest do-gooders, with the objective of connecting with future partners & collaborators, getting meaningful & actionable feedback on your project (from people who know what they’re talking about) and being inspired by some of YEG’s most bad ass do-gooders.” I was honoured to be invited and also wondered if in fact, I was sufficiently qualified as a do-gooder to attend this event. I mean, one look at the list of attendees and I was inspired (and somewhat intimidated) just reading their...

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I have hair growing in weird places

September 24, 2012
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I have hair growing in weird places

I feel like I need to explain some things. As I look back at the last few weeks of posts, I realize that all of them are rather self-centred. I have not written a babywearing post since the one I wrote about why I don’t do ‘forward facing out’ went semi-viral (in my world that is) or a breastfeeding post since my journey, (Oh hell, let’s call a spade a spade. At this point, 5 years, 9 months and 12 days, I think it is more of a breastfeeding odyssey), is finally coming to an end. This past week I attended a wonderful Modern Mama event in our city called Mama Blogs. The expert panel consisted of Tanis Miller from Attack of the Redneck Mommy, Jennifer Banks from Techmommy and Make Jen’s Day, Felicia Dewar from Single Mom of Two and Jenifer Shaefer of City and Baby fame.  These...

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Phase one

September 19, 2012
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Yesterday, I signed up for my first writing course. It is an online course being taught by the awesome Alice Bradley of FinSlippy fame. I have been a big FinSlippy fangirl  for quite a while now and so, when Alice made the announcement about her course yesterday, I jumped at it! And then I went and caught up on a whole bunch of her blog posts that I haven’t read yet. I didn’t have to go too far back to find a post that made me feel like I got hit with a hammer in the head… Alice posted this video on her blog and introduced me to the genius that is Jay Smooth, aka illdoctrine.com. I swear he took all of these thoughts directly out of my head! I don’t care what you do. Be it a writer, an artist, a blogger, a stay-at-home mama, or you are...

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A good day

August 31, 2012
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A good day

Today I got up early. Got the kids ready, got myself ready, walked the dog, made myself a smoothie and was out the door by 8:00AM. I know what you are thinking… Dry run for school next week right? Wrong. Today, for the first time in MONTHS, I made it to an #SMBYEG (Social Media Breakfast Edmonton) meeting! My lovely sister-in-law had the morning off and offered to take the kids for breakfast and I gladly took her up on her offer. Some of you may be asking, what on earth is #SMBYEG and what exactly do you do there? In a nutshell… SMBYEG houses an open environment to share today’s best and worst examples of social media, as practiced by individuals, industries and organizations in Edmonton and around the world. Guest speakers share their experience and expertise of social media use, followed by an opportunity to network with...

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Just ask the Tweety-box!

August 14, 2012
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Just ask the Tweety-box!

There are days when I really do turn to Twitter to make decisions.  {Please tell me I am not the only one who does this!} Today was one of those days. I was in Chapter’s with the kids, picking up a last minute birthday present and a much needed soy latte at the attached Starbuck’s and I decided that I wanted a new book as well. Yes, I still read and purchase actual books. I like the feel and smell of words on real paper. And finishing that last page in a book feels like an accomplishment to me, and maybe especially so now that I don’t do as much novel reading as I used to pre-children! So I sent out this tweet. (Please excuse the typo!) And the Twitterverse answered! I now have the following list of books recommended by people I like, whose opinions I trust and...

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