Twas a month before Christmas, and all through the house, No preparation was done yet – a reason to grouse. The stockings were still packed in the basement with care. And no shopping was yet done to the FoodRetro Grinch’s despair.
How An RBC Avion Card Saved Christmas Shopping in 2014 #AvionVIP
There’s Still Time to Sponsor Me for #WalkForSickKids!
If you were thinking about sponsoring my walk in The Canaccord Genuity Great Camp Adventure Walk to benefit SickKids Campaign and helping the Sick Kids raise their target of $2 million, there’s still time! 8 days remain before our big walk with the BLUNTmoms, and we could really use your help trying to make our goal. Even if…
Help Me Benefit The Canaccord Genuity Great Camp Adventure Walk on September 26! #WalkForSickKids
Marvel Universe Live is a Blast! (Bring Ear Protection)
Let me start out by saying I’m not too bright sometimes. I knew that there were going to be pyrotechnics and motorcycles in Marvel Universe Live. I brought ear protection for Monster Jam, cause monster trucks. Duh. Why it didn’t occur to me to bring ear protection for this, I’m not quite sure. As a…
Be Weird. #Win Tickets to See Blue Man Group
The Adventures My Son Will Never Get to Have Like I Did #StreamTeam
I’m all about the retro films, introducing my son to the oldies-but-goodies. But there’s a double-edge to watching a bunch of the adventure movies I grew up with as a kid on Netflix, like The Goonies. And the cutting backside of that is that I’m faced with the incontrovertible truth that childhood isn’t like it used to…
Win Tickets to Marvel Universe Live at FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, ON! #Hamont
There hasn’t been much in the way of live shows that appeals to my son. He’s still too young to introduce to proper live theatre (musical or otherwise), and he’s unfortunately full onto the boy phase where he’s too “cool” for anything remotely resembling classic Disney and Pixar. He ate, slept, and breathed Cars up until approximately…
Monster Jam – Not Just for the Boys
What with my son being bullied over having a purple backpack earlier this week, I’m a little sensitive right now to issues of gender bias. I can’t believe we seem to have forgotten everything we’ve learned from the 1980s when everything we thought we knew about fashion, hair, and makeup was deconstructed, and both boys and…