Now that the holidays have come to an end unfortunately, so has our contest to win a Baileys Latte set.  Thanks to all of you who entered!  Hope you had a wonderful holiday.  And, congratulations to our winners listed below. Christine from Charlottetown Lori from Hamilton Kim from … [Read more...]

Phew! Back to the blessed routine again! Now, don't get me wrong...I do enjoy the winter holidays: having my kids around all the time, having my husband around most of the time, not hearing the alarm every morning...and I look forward to school/work holidays every time. But I'm always ready to go … [Read more...]

Thank you to those of you who contributed to our winter boot drive.  Your generosity and efforts helped us collect over 120 pairs of new and gently used boots which were distributed to several shelters via an organization called Windfall.  Your kindness will go along way in helping those … [Read more...]

Dove Nourishing Hand Washurbanmoms.ca Tested and Approved! As you know, we never endorse a product on urbanmoms.ca unless it has been tested and approved by our Research and Testing Panel. Well, we sent samples of the new Dove Nourishing Hand Wash out to our panel and it came through the test with … [Read more...]

Week: 30 Pounds Lost: 49.2 Just before the holidays, my Weight Watchers leader challenged our group to set weight loss, maintenance or gain goals for the two weeks that covered the holiday season. She handed out little boxes with ribbons in them: you were to choose a green ribbon if you wanted to … [Read more...]

How would you like to host your own Kitchen Party with Cuisinart? Well, several lucky urbanmoms.ca members will win the chance to do just that. Want to know more about the urbanmoms.ca Cuisinart Kitchen Party? The urbanmoms.ca Cuisinart Kitchen Party is a unique opportunity to host a party in your … [Read more...]

New Year's Day in our family is typically a quiet day: we take down the Christmas tree and other decorations, we put away all the new toys in the playroom, we have a light dinner, we read books and watch TV. This year's January 1st TV offerings really caught my attention: TLC: The … [Read more...]

Guess what? My husband got a very generous Christmas gift this year from a colleague at work. Several hundred pounds of meat. Yup, you read that right: meat. Several hundred pounds of it. Here's what our deep-freeze looks like now: And yes, that does say "ground buffalo" on the smaller … [Read more...]

With holiday festivities behind us and reality setting back in I find a feeling of melancholy in the air.  So, what do I do?  I get help from my girlfriends!  January and February can be more than a little depressing so why not create your own fun?  That’s what my friends and I … [Read more...]

Yup.  It’s that time again.  The dreaded New Year’s Resolutions are looming on the horizon.  I have learned over time that setting hard and fast resolutions never work, at least not for me.  However, I do take the start of a new year seriously.  I see it as an opportunity to … [Read more...]