Tweaking the Pleep

um… I mean… Taking the Plunge – Twitter style!I’ve signed up for Twitter, after the previous discussion here (read: peep pressure, er, peer pressure).  I also had feedback from friends on Facebook about it, so I decided to go for it. ...

Local Business Owners Need Your Internet Marketing Skills

Guest Post Written by Kelly McCauseyDo you realize that most local brick and mortar business owners feel lost and overwhelmed by the idea of marketing themselves on the internet?  It’s true.As a long time internet marketer, I have a good understanding of how the...

Mother’s Day Giving Back Idea

The nonprofit, mothers2mothers, is honoring Mother’s Day by giving anyone who donates $50 or more both a special Mother’s Day card as well as a music video on DVD created by 17-year old rising star Rachel Eskenazi-Gold entitled “Save An...

Advent Reminder

Wow – it’s almost that time already… let the weirdness begin!No, seriously, I love the Christmas season, and it’s well underway here in Canada – they skip right from Halloween to Christmas up here ‘cuz Thanksgiving is in Oct!As...

And I can’t understand anything they are saying!

I have to rave again about my new favorite music group, Perpetuum Jazzile. (see my first rave about their music video “Africa” here.)I bought one of their CDs after seeing their Africa video on YouTube as well as this one:  Čudna noč (pronounced...

My Star-Gazer is a God-Sighting

When we left our home in BC, I left behind at least 150 bulbs in the flower beds, bulbs that I had meticulously placed in fun groupings and careful color combinations.  I know the people who bought our house don’t enjoy those crocuses, tulips, dahlias, and...

The Sugar Pine Quilt Company

About a month ago the girls in our family took a little trip, and had ourselves a little adventure.  I mentioned before that my mom-in-law, my daughter, and myself were going to be driving 4+ hours to visit some new friends and a fantastic quilt store we had been...

Going on a Girl Adventure

Tomorrow my mom-in-law, my daughter, and I are going on a little girl adventure!A Facebook friend of mine is travelling across Canada with one of her Facebook friends (who is visiting from overseas) and we’re going to drive up to Canmore to see them!My Facebook...

This Explains Some of the Weirdness

I feel like I’m sticking my neck out a bit here.  I don’t know who all reads my blog – friends, family, complete strangers… I have only discussed this with my husband and my mom-in-love, and I’m a bit concerned that family members...