09 Oct Cranberry Chicken Balls
CRANBERRY CHICKEN BALLS
I’m coming up on a pretty big anniversary. It’ll be 14 years that we’ve been together. When I got engaged my future mother-in-law asked me what I wanted as a gift and I knew immediately: a food processor! Initially she hesitated – bless her, she was afraid I’d cut myself on the steel knife. No worries there, I assured her.
08 Oct Thanksgiving Centerpieces
The leaves are falling, the air is crisp and you can smell apple crumble baking in the oven from a mile away…all telltale signs that
Thanksgiving is right around the corner!
08 Oct A Bright new day: fall photgraphy
No matter how much I pouted for one more hot day or prayed for the summer to never end, it did.
07 Oct Practice what you preach…transforming your space with paint
Okay, so you know that saying, "do as I say, not as I do?" Well, I seem to be the queen of that! As much as I love great design, and having a space look absolutely beautiful and put together, it is sometimes hard to actually get everything together in order to get it done in my own home (not to mention the time it takes to convince my husband that it is the right design choice for our place).
07 Oct Breast cancer awareness
Women are feeling more empowered than ever before to take control over and improve their health. Awareness about the preventative approach to breast cancer can greatly influence positive health outcomes and survival rates among Canadian women.
04 Oct Would you wear blue, green or yellow lipstick?
HAS THE COSMETIC INDUSTRY GONE MAD?
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I have been in the cosmetic industry for 32 years now. As a makeup artist and a makeup designer with experience in just about every field where makeup is required such as film, theatre, and beauty pageants, I have never experienced a trend where the colours are so ridiculously UNFLATTERING! Blue, green and yellow are being promoted as the hot new colours in beauty for fall.
04 Oct Rejection… no one likes it
Have you ever been invited to an event, I’m talking to you, single ladies, and faced the dastardly deed of having to “muster every ounce of confidence [you] have and cannon ball into the water”?
04 Oct Motherhood and Postpartum Depression
“Your illness does not define you, your STRENGTH and COURAGE does.”-anonymous
03 Oct WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
When you look into the mirror, what do you see and how do you feel?
For many, our human conditioning has automatically programmed us to see and feel the worst part of ourselves. Ultimately leading to a very critical and unhappy self-image.
03 Oct Organizing your closet: The scoop on hangers
Things got a little heavy around these parts last week, so let's take things down a notch with another topic that's near and dear to my heart. Hangers. I grew up with a father who was a neat freak. His clothing was color-coded and each hanger hung exactly two fingers widths apart from its neighbor. That was a little crazy, and also a hard standard to replicate without a ruler and a compass.
03 Oct What to expect when you’re not expecting: the emotional side of IVF
The hardest part of infertility for me wasn’t the physical demands of IVF (in vitro fertilization), the testing, injections and procedures. It was the stress and emotional turmoil I felt while going through it.
02 Oct Home vs. the gym
While there is something about the atmosphere of a gym that I love, I haven’t trained in a gym in several years. These days, I choose to work out at home. Amongst many other reasons, it just works best with my schedule. I don’t need to get a babysitter, I don’t need to waste precious time driving to and from, and I don’t have to worry if I’m not wearing my best sports bra :). But I am also disciplined enough to do my workouts at home.
02 Oct Surviving Single Motherhood with a Smile
I didn't start off my parenting experience as a single mother. I started things off by following a common path. I got married, had two baby girls, and played the role of wife and mother. I was married for close to 12 years before my husband left. All of a sudden I found myself carrying the new title of SINGLE MOTHER. Quite honestly it was never a title that I imagined having. But there I was, a single divorced mother with two children under the age of ten.
02 Oct Montreal Restaurant Round-Up – St-Henri
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The weekend is so close it just makes me wanna DANCE![/caption]
It’s Wednesday night - you’ve just gotten over Hump Day and the weekend feels so close you can almost taste it. But what are you going to do with those 2 days of “freedom”? Where are you going to eat? How will you find time for yourself? Who’s gonna take care of those crazy kids?! But most importantly, where are you going to eat?
01 Oct The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
I have to hand it to Sarah Addison Allen. What a heartfelt and “feel good” book to read! The Peach Keeper is uplifting, it made me laugh out loud, and cry like no tomorrow. There is no stronger message in this book than the importance of true friendship. Add to it some superstitions and a town ghost—and you have the makings for a wonderful story.
30 Sep Fall 2013 Nail Trends
It's that time of year again! Time to take out our cozy fall sweaters, scarves and favorite booties. The best accessory to our fall fashions is the right shade of nail polish. Gone are the days of my mom who always matched her nails to her lipstick. Today, nail color is chosen because it's what's in style and trendy. The nail color you choose should always complement your skin tone, but there's no need to be matching it to your clothing or makeup. Have fun with your nails and be daring!
30 Sep Choosing the Right Yoga Teacher
It’s that time of year again – what I consider to be the New Year of yoga. As the summer draws to a close, the majority of people return home from vacation, begin to spend more time indoors, and fall back into some sort of routine. With this annual immigration of yogis, most yoga studios experience a stark increase in attendance.
27 Sep Master Bedroom DIY – Part 2: The gallery wall
I hope you all enjoyed my first blog post! Before I start telling you about Part 2, I wanted to show you the beautiful pillow my partner in crime found during our weekly trip to Homesense. It couldn't be more more perfect for my room.
27 Sep Wild Side Dish: Wild Rice with Wild Mushrooms
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I love Rice Krispies (keep reading this is about the rice side dish). Let me clarify: I love Rice Krispies-like recipes where you pop into the kitchen for 10 minutes and emerge with a dish that the people of your household and guests will ogle in amazement and drool with anticipation – and yet, you’ve done it all in 3 steps – Hazzah!
26 Sep Apple Compote Tart with 1-2-3 Cookie Dough Crust
26 Sep On beauty and loss
My dad always noticed when I was dressed up. He was the kind of guy who appreciated a good pair of heels and a swipe of lipstick.
25 Sep Choosing the Right Real Estate Agent
You’ve decided to sell your house.
You take your collection of business cards and flyers from real estate agents, fan them out in front of you, close your eyes and pick one. Right? Maybe you’ll get lucky, but this is really isn’t the best way to choose the person to handle what is likely to be your single largest financial investment.
24 Sep The Mealtime Battle: Mommy vs. Toddler
Every evening around 5:30 pm, I get ready to enter into battle. I arm myself with a smorgasbord of food: Main meal…..check. Back-up meal….check. Last-resort-meal…..check. My kitchen resembles a cross between a buffet restaurant and a war zone and I look like a frazzled waitress trying to unsuccessfully please her VERY demanding customer. I am stressed. I am desperate. I feel defeated.
24 Sep The 10-minute “what if” dinner table conversation you need to have with your kids about drugs
[caption id="attachment_1722" align="alignleft" width="300"] Talking to your kids about drugs also means listening to what they have to say, whether at the dinner table, out for a walk or in the car.[/caption]
If your house is anything like ours, all the members of the family blow in from their own hectic lives for a brief 30-45 minute daily window of togetherness. Between work, school, basketball, volleyball, debating, gymnastics and more, dinner is often the only time all five of us are sat down together during the workweek.
23 Sep The fear/shame dynamic in men and women
My name is Stephanie Mitelman, and I am a certified sexuality educator. In this blog I will be addressing readers’ questions on sexuality, health, and relationships. Please don’t be shy to send me a question you have! I will be happy to answer one every month!
23 Sep Wallpaper…Back and Better than EVER!
For years I've been trying to get my clients to use wallpaper, and every time I suggest it, I'm forced to have the same discussion with them. They are always nervous about it being too busy, and they don't know if it would work in their space. I don't know if it's the stigma from the wallpaper that was used in the 70's, or if they are nervous about having to take it down later on. Either way, I'm going to finally put an end to all of the wallpaper doubters out there!
20 Sep A little taste of Ludger goes a lonnnnng way
Pop by and be wowed by LUDGER, St-Henri's new "buvette gourmande". When i moved to Montreal’s South-West neighborhoodof St.Henri 5 years ago my father pointed out in jest that if my great-grandfather was still around, he would have been shocked...
20 Sep There is beauty everywhere
Everyone seems to struggle a bit during this time of the year. I am not sure if it's the summer ending, school starting, the weather getting colder or the days being shorter but without a doubt I feel a bit melancholy.