Urbanmoms.ca Book Review: Ecoholic - Your Guide to the Most Environmentally Friendly Information, Products and Services in Canada, by Adria Vasil Global warming, carbon emissions, toxic waste, landfills, climate change, endangered species, unsustainable farming practices, diminishing natural … [Read more...]

Urbanmoms.ca Book Review: Ecoholic - Your Guide to the Most Environmentally Friendly Information, Products and Services in Canada, by Adria Vasil Global warming, carbon emissions, toxic waste, landfills, climate change, endangered species, unsustainable farming practices, diminishing natural … [Read more...]

Okay, so I'm on to week 2 of the running program here. Sorry I neglected you on all on the weekend - luckily I didn't also neglect my run, much as I would have loved to. You see, my left bum cheek was so sore from my first days on the program that I thought I might not ever be able to walk again. At … [Read more...]

Last week, I had a presentation in Mississauga for my new job. I don't drive on the highway, so I asked the woman with whom I was doing the presentation (she is a speaker retained by our company to do workshops) if I could get a lift.  She replied that yes, that would be no problem, as long as … [Read more...]

Well, I ran again yesterday, Day 2 of the 10k Training Plan. I would post a picture of myself that I took post-run, but I can't yet figure out how to get the %#@$ pictures off the &*%$ blackberry!!! Well, photographic evidence or not, I did manage to get out for an hour yesterday, and I'm happy … [Read more...]

Sometimes, things just coast along, and then there are those other times... With work, kids and family, a home and a busy husband, I am forced to  do a lot of multi-tasking.  The juggling of various responsibilities, however, is not my chosen m.o. and it's something I've had to consciously … [Read more...]

Check back next week for the Luscious Lunches winners announcement and voting for Delicious Dinners. And it's still not too late to enter the Marvellous Meals contest - check it out on the Kitchen Party Forum. In the meantime, check out how much fun was had by the lucky guests at Montreal's Kitchen … [Read more...]

Looking for tips and advice for your own small business (or maybe even how to start one?). Then be sure to visit the QuickBooks Women in Business Forum and don't forget to check out this great offer from QuickBooks as well! Healthy Sprouts Foods Inc. by Tanya Moore I'm the founder of Healthy … [Read more...]

'kay girlfriends...can I do this to you? Can I take my erstwhile Weight Loss Diary and convert it into my Running Diary? My thought process goes thus: I have been a member of Weight Watchers for nigh on a whole year now (gawd, who can believe?) and I've come a long way. A really, really long way. … [Read more...]

This past week's glorious weather set off a series of celebratory events in our household.  Yard clean-up began; a basketball net was ordered; summer clothes were pulled out of storage; and various balls and bikes were dusted off to be reincorporated into neigbhourhood play. The biggest event … [Read more...]