Finding the best treatments for dry, cracked lips is something I’ve been working on for years. I started having issues due to peri-oral dermatitis due to allergies back when I was in grade 8 I started to get this awful, raw, red, peeling sore all around the outline of my mouth. It happened to be […]
Sometimes you need to tweak the recipe
A few weekends ago I decided to make some homemade bread. It was a stormy, snowy day and I have a tendency to be a “storm baker”. I’ve made homemade bread lots of times before, but not frequent enough that I have a tried and true recipe that I go-to. So I did what any […]
5 Ways to Save Money & Get Healthier
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Fit4Less. The opinions and text are all mine. Each January millions (billions?) of us declare New Year’s Resolutions or goals we want to achieve. Two of the most popular goals are to get healthier and to save more money.With that being said it only […]
2017: A Year In Review
Here I sit, writing the last post of 2017 preparing to look back on the past 12 months. I write this post for myself more than anyone else as it allows me to take a few minutes to look back and compile all the really cool things I’ve had the opportunity to do, things that […]
Top 10 Books of 2017
Here we are at the end of 2017, and all year-long I’ve been sharing monthly recaps of all the books I’ve read. Well, I figured I’d switch things up for this last book post of 2017 and compile a list of my favourite 10 books of 2017. To be clear, these are the 10 books […]
My (not quite) solo Christmas party
There are a couple of things I miss about working for someone else. Paid vacation and sick leave top that list, but somewhere down around “not having to pay for everything when it breaks” and “having other people to give your problems too when they get too big” is the annual Christmas Party. We always […]
Healthy Immune Boosting Recipes #Fluless
Did you know that 70 percent of our immune system is found in the gut? I’ve talked about it a number of times before, so maybe you have heard it, but it bears repeating – 70 percent! That’s a staggeringly large amount, which just goes to show how much what we put in our mouth […]
The Book Everyone Should Read This Year – November Reads
Hello December! My favourite month of the year! And one of the best months to curl up with a book with a cup of tea next to a twinkling Christmas Tree with a blanket and a kitty. Perfection! I’m only a couple of books away from hitting my revised reading goal of 100 books in […]
Top Three Ways To Avoid The Flu #Fluless
A few weeks ago I kicked off my series of posts as part of the #SuperstoreFluCrew team with a post on tips for staying healthy during the kick-off of cold and flu season – back to school AKA the fall spike. Today I’m back with another post to share the top three things you can […]
Bellabeat Activity Tracker Review
Just a head’s up that this is NOT a sponsored post. I received a Bellabeat Activity Tracker a month ago as a “bonus” in a campaign package. Bellabeat has no idea who I am, no do they care, haha. So while I did get this unit for free, it wasn’t given to me by Bellabeat. And […]