There are moments, that I try to embrace winter. Trust me, I'm not going for a run during the winter but I certainly admire those who do!! So I will encourage the kids to go skating, toboganning and skiing. Infact, we live two blocks from a city ski hill so we have been dropping of our son once a … [Read more...]

As promised. (I'm nice eh?). Makeover Story ...Part Two. I guess I was searching a few websites one day, and stumbled across the words BE ON TV. So I clicked and found out that they were casting for a makeover on a show called "The Mom Show". (it was on Slice Network). So I filled … [Read more...]

I am not a contest queen but I love to win free stuff. Don't you? So on the occasion (i.e when I have time and I'm in the mood) I will submit an entry to win something I am interested in. Fiirst Example: Toronto Life Magazine ran a contest one year for free VIP tickets to the Beer Festival. Within 2 … [Read more...]

I have always loved swimming. Just ask my parents. I have fond memories of them driving me to Nepean Sportsplex in Ottawa when I was 16, THREE TIMES A WEEK. However my real introduction to swimming was at camp. I had this amazing swim instructor (who is now a facebook friend), and she was the one … [Read more...]

Yahoo. Yippee. Phewww. Wow. (can you tell I'm excited?) Believe it or not, I'm back at the gym. After 6 months of doing SQUAT. Actually, all summer, I went to the pool but I stared at it (while tanning). My bike sat in the garage and my running shoes did not go running. I was on vacation!! … [Read more...]

I signed up for a twitter account last April. Initially I didn't "get it"..didn't know what it was for..didn't even know how to use it (which still is true). Months later. I now get it. I now use it and you could say that I have replaced Facebook with it. (ok, I should confess that I'm now addicted … [Read more...]

The house is quiet, infact it's very quiet (and clean too). Notice the picture of the CLEAN sink. It's because there is no one eating breakfast, no one eating lunch and no one eating dinner here. I'm on vacation in my own house!! Why? On Sunday, we went to Montreal and on Monday I came back to … [Read more...]

I've been keeping busy. Visits to Ottawa to see my parents, and now a visit to Montreal to visit my husband's mom. Not only are we visiting Montreal but we are going skiing too. Actually I should correct that - my husband and the kids are going skiing. I am not participating. I do not even … [Read more...]

I know I know...I should really stop talking about food. But it's holiday season, so please bear with me. I promise in January I will bore you with details about preparing for triathlon season. Trust me, my blog entries will have an entirely different focus. So let's talk about all the holiday … [Read more...]

A month (ok maybe two months ago), I signed up on twitter. I honestly had no idea what I was doing (and I still don't) but soon I started to follow others on twitter. (you guessed it, mostly foodies). I noticed a tweet announcing a "Bake Off" in November.  The link explained that volunteers … [Read more...]