You're hearing it everywhere.  The 80s is the key era influencing fashion this season. Why have we headed back to the 80s?  Not exactly the decade known for an enduring sense of style. So, if you're worried about big puffy skirts, big shoulder pads and even bigger hair - have no … [Read more...]

As a mom of 2 toddlers, Sharon Vinderine established Small Made Simple as she had a need for certain products that she found were unavailable in the marketplace. Vinderine’s background is one of a high tech entrepreneur. She established the first wireless internet company in Canada in 1997 and sold … [Read more...]

Is a child allowed to go to school with impetigo? That probably should have been my first question for the diagnosis of the scabs that had formed around the little Gaffer's body and arms and were now starting to weep. But I was so relieved it wasn't some form of cancer or other incurable disease … [Read more...]

I took my four-year old to her first dance lesson of the season last Thursday. This year we took a step up from the community centre dance lessons and enrolled her in an actual, for-real dance studio. It's an introductory ballet & tap class, and the studio is exactly like what I remember from my … [Read more...]

i can't stop eating donuts. seriously. i can't. my friends went to Buffalo yesterday for the day. How jealous am i?? With the dollar the way it is, and a cheesecake factory so close to the border, it's a wonder that i don't go as often as i do - - - which is never. and when i came home last night, … [Read more...]

I love the fall. Not only do I love the clothes, the weather and the food - all those yummy fruits and vegetables piled so seductively at the grocery store - but for me, it's the season dreams are made of.  Not the dreams that one has unpredictably while dozing, but those dreams that carry my … [Read more...]

I'm in labour! water just broke! Will miss you, Gorgeouses, while am in hospital, but will be back with deets ASAP!!! EEEEEE! LATAH! LOVE! xo Haley-O … [Read more...]

Gotta run!!! LOVE!!!!!!!!!! xoxo Haley! … [Read more...]

in honor of that dumbass girl on Survivor: China who decided not to wear a bra on day 1, who clearly has never watched a single season of this show....i decided today we'd talk about our underthings. For a very long time, my mother was instrumental in my underwear purchasing. It was always jockey. … [Read more...]