Looking for a map of California? As soon as the weather starts to change here in the Pacific Northwest my thoughts turn away from frozen nights inside with my bag of caramel popcorn to sunshine, warm weather, and the beginning of road trip season. I have a family of six so we go on road trips a lot. You could …
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The older I get the more I realize I’m part of a unique group of people. I was born in the 70’s and I grew up in the 80’s, so I remember what it was like to not have a remote for our TV. I also remember what it was like to get our first remote for the TV, and …
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I’ve lost count how many sleepless nights I’ve had since having kids. As a mom of 4, I like to tell people I’ve been tired for about 12 years now, and there is no end in sight. Even though I was fairly used to not sleeping after having 3 kids, having the fourth really threw me for a loop. I …
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Who doesn’t love Starbucks coffee syrup? I always ask for a shot of sugar free vanilla coffee syrup in my my morning blonde roast, and because I know it’s sugar free I don’t worry about adding a ton of fat or calories to my coffee. When I got my Keurig coffee machine, I started buying Starbucks coffee syrup to take …
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Dyson – it’s a name well known for having the best vacuums in the business, and they make a mean hot/cold fan too. Last week I was asked to do a Dyson Digital Slim Animal Stick Vacuum review. My full review is here, but here’s the quick and dirty of what I thought: Dyson Good Long, slim, and very light, …
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Updated: I’ve added the video of our trip to the Once upon a time film set in Steveston, BC. Click here to check it out: Once Upon A Time film set Fan of ABC’s Once Upon A Time? So am I. I don’t do the whole “I ship SwanQueen” (honestly, I had to Google this after hearing about it, I …
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The Consumer Electronic Show (CES 2014) kicked off on January 7th in Vegas this year. For those of us who love tech gadgets, it’s like Christmas is happening all over again. I was expecting the usual range of bigger, better, brighter TVs and louder headphones, but I wasn’t prepared for the ‘Mom Tech’ gadgets that are lighting up the shelves. …
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I know, I know, where I live we can’t really complain about the cold. It’s actually colder than Mars in parts of Canada, and if the Eastern coast didn’t know what a Polar Vortex was before this, they certainly do now. But that’s not to say that the gloom doesn’t get Pacific West Coast people down. And when the gloom …
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One of the best things about a chalkboard wall is how you can just doodle it up whenever the feeling takes you and then you just wipe it away. Since I’ve had my chalkboard wall in the kitchen, I’ve used it for spooky Halloween decorations, a big Thanksgiving turkey mural, and birthday banners for my kids. Christmas came and went …
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Track Santa with Norad 2013 It used to be that every year millions of children around the world would wait for Christmas Eve morning, knowing that they’d spend the day looking out the window and wondering what he was up to right at that moment. Times have definitely changed. Not only are kids these days equipped with personal laptops, iPads, …
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