If you had asked me a few weeks ago what the safest form of payment is, I might have had a different answer. But after being schooled in fraudulent activity from Interac over dinner, I now know so much more. It turns out, with all the chips on our new…
Wellness
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Ok, ok, ok. I know, you know, we all know. January flew by and that health kick we were all going to get on ended up being only a little tap on the butt for a couple of days and then poof! It was Valentine’s Day! And now it’s the…
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I can hardly believe that Valentine’s Day is coming up! It feels like we just celebrated a new year. Time flies, doesn’t it? So it’s so important to stop and smell the roses…and appreciate the love around you. It can get tricky when you have lots of kids to take…
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Right now, we are smack in the middle of the holiday season. You may be at work again, in between Christmas and New Year, but there are still a couple of days coming to you with celebrations. We just had a lovely Christmas with family and are taking this week…
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Although I’m not a blogger that writes about politics or news reports in general, I just couldn’t step through the obvious tragic event that the world is tuned into the last couple of days. I couldn’t continue my scheduled posts about the holidays and fun things without addressing this. Paris…
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It’s a strange thing, really, this Halloween thing. I used to love it as a teenager. It was a moment of liberty, filled with parties, late nights, friends and scary costumes. We used to decorate the house with handmade tombstones on the front lawn (before they were available at every…
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I still remember the day. Anyone who was old enough to watch the news remembers. But instead of going into the details of what I experienced that day (absolutely nothing compared to many) I wanted to show you a few pictures of my visit to the beautiful memorial at Ground Zero…
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It’s one of those things we are required to do as parents with school-aged children: labeling. Everything. Every. Thing. I still remember, back in my elementary school days, my father would sit at the kitchen table with a thin indelible marker, and write my name on every single pencil crayon…
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Today as I drove home from my business class (more on that later), I saw a woman with headphones on and she was walking with her arms raised, singing away. It made me smile. Shortly after that, I saw a bag of golf clubs at the bus stop. Strange, I…
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I hear a lot about the benefits of yoga for adults, but just imagine if all those amazing benefits began at an early age. What would it change in the little person growing up? How would it help them, or even empower them? I spoke with my sister, Angela Chiarella,…