This week I got a really exciting assignment from urbanmoms.ca and two of our sponsors: Cuisinart and Baileys (host of Girls' Night). Using Cuisinart kitchen appliances to test Baileys recipes, how can you go wrong? So, recipes in hand, I took off to the store to stock up on those wonderful things … [Read more...]

I am disorganized by nature but my busy life makes it almost impossible to pull everything together in time for the holidays.  This holiday season I have 3 resolutions…check them out: 1) Send cards.  Every year I receive beautiful, thoughtful messages from old friends and far away … [Read more...]

We sent a copy of Lori Lansen's The Girls (published by Random House Canada) to Sarah, urbanmoms.ca member and book review panelist. She shares her thoughts on this interesting and unusal novel for us below: U: What was your initial impression of this book? Sarah: My initial impression of the … [Read more...]

Okay, I'll admit it. I treated my second child differently than the first. When number one was beginning solids, I did everything right: organic cereal and home-made baby food frozen in little ice cube trays. Ahhh...the doting mother (and I was even working full-time, too!) And then the second … [Read more...]

We sent a copy of Lori Lansen's The Girls (published by Random House Canada) to Sarah, urbanmoms.ca member and book review panelist. She shares her thoughts on this interesting and unusal novel for us below: U: What was your initial impression of this book? Sarah: My initial impression of the book … [Read more...]

We were on a road trip in Oregon over the holidays and decided to drive along the coast on the way to meet our friends in Bend. We stopped in this little town and went to a bar. The place was filled w/ old folks - 70's was the median age I think - and they were GETTING DOWN to the live jazz band in … [Read more...]

Week: 24 Pounds Lost: 42.2 WOW. To see it up there in black and white, the numbers are really quite impressive, aren't they?  I was thrilled this Saturday to weigh in at a nice, even 175. 175 was a real milestone for me, because it was the point at which I drop down to 22 points (from 24) on … [Read more...]

Hey guys!  Those of you who know me know that I am a freak for the holidays.  I was the one voting in last week’s poll that holiday decorations should be up as soon as the Halloween ones go down.  Well, I am not quite that organized this year (my Halloween decorations are still … [Read more...]

WARNING: mixed metaphor will be uttered in 10...9...8... Oh, whatever, here goes. Call me a Hallowe'en Scrooge (there it is, folks!), but I hate shelling out to kids who are old enough to drive. Maybe this is because I was banned from trick-or-treating at thirteen (when all, and I do really mean … [Read more...]

I first saw this video at an urbanmoms.ca member's blog Free Hugs Campaign said: Free hugs is a real life controversial story of Juan Mann, A man whose sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives. In this age of social disconnectivity and lack of human contact, the … [Read more...]