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- January 9, 2017
Workin’ Moms? The New CBC Comedy Is Spit-From-Your-Sippy Cup Funny

If you can't laugh at parenting mishaps, or you are a parent going through an identity crises, CBC's Workin' Moms, may just be the laugh aloud medicine you need for the parenting ride. Can these four working moms find balance in their lives? Watch and laugh!
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- March 9, 2016
To the Twins on Their First Birthday

Dear Beaner and Big Bad Bill. I cannot believe that today you turn one year old. I am in shock at how the time since you entered our world has flown by. One year ago today, I woke up in the morning and knew that you would be making your appearance befo
- family-life
- February 22, 2016
Felicity Huffman Gets Real About Being A Working Mom

The struggle of balancing work and family is something all working mom know too well. And Hollywood moms are no different. Felicity Huffman recently spoke about her own struggles with juggling a...
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- December 1, 2015
8 Portrayals of Working Moms that Hollywood Got Right

Being a working mom, was there ever a harder job? We are told day in and day out that we can't have it all, that we can't do it all and that if we try, there's hope for happiness in our...
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- July 26, 2015
Friday Faves

Happy Friday! Eve and I are wrapping up our trip to Halifax today and are off to explore smaller towns and seaside resorts in Nova Scotia. Travelling with kids always surprises me.
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- May 11, 2015
How Bloggers Can Start Working with Brands

Working with brands: a how to
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- April 22, 2015
Decorating and DIY Project Preview

Hello everyone! I hope you are having a great week!! I've been super busy here, I'm in the middle of completing lots of DIY and decorating projects to post for you later this week and next…..and since they aren't ready yet I thought today I'd gi
- family-life
- April 9, 2015
Why I Love Working with Children

I love what I get to do for a living! I have been working with children for the majority of my life, beginning with babysitting and moving through to becoming a certified Early Childhood Educator. Now I can happily say I've worn many different ECE hats: n
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- March 30, 2015
Working Girl. Again

I haven't said too much online (didn't want to jinx it), but when I said before that I wanted 2015 to be the year of change, I meant it. I have been feeling very stuck and consequently I felt the family was too. So on February 17th, I started back
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- March 20, 2015
When Being a Working Mom Sucks

This morning my alarm went off at 6am, and I thought to myself 'I don't want to go to work today. I'm too tired. I'm not ready... the laundry is not done and I couldn't get all of my to-do list completed over the weekend'. I pressed snooze. Twice. Around
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- March 19, 2015
The Pursuit of Happiness For My Writer Soul

I am a writer. I have known that simple fact the majority of my life. I have been writing for as long as I can remember. I had my first story published in my school year book when I was in first grade. It was short story, 8 sentences or so, about seeing
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- January 9, 2015
Friday Faves

Happy first Friday of 2015! OK, technically it's not the first Friday this month, but it is the first Friday Faves of 2015. Hopefully your new year got off to a smashing start. I'm in goals mode, thinking about the best ways to set and keep goals and
- mom-101
- August 5, 2014
Working Out Retro

This long weekend we held an 80′s themed workout at our box. It was brilliant. Leigh and I tried to master the synchronization of the 20 minute workout
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- May 21, 2014
Questions to Ask Yourself

Don't tell anyone, but I've been doing a bit of soul searching lately. For this I blame Oprah. I don't buy her magazine, but I came across her latest issue in a waiting room and couldn't put it down. In it was an article on questions
- family-life
- May 9, 2014
The Evolution of a Working Mom

So I am into my fourth week at work. Wow. Nearly a month under my belt and aside from getting lost in the parking lot and mixed signals causing my daughter to be forgotten The truth is
- family-life
- April 14, 2014
Obsessed with Kimonos!

Kimonos are my new favourite things. They are so easy to wear and you can pair them with a dress and heels for a dinner out or with shorts and flips for an afternoon at the park
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- April 4, 2014
The Reality of Working on Vacation

Have you ever worked on your vacation? I'm embarrassed to admit that I do. Since I started working for myself, I've struggled to separate my work and home life. They both seem to bleed into each other on a regular basis.
- family-life
- February 11, 2014
What I Wore (40 is the new 30)

No, I am not 40 (yet) but I recently attended the 40th birthday party for dear friend and collegue who has reached this oft lamented age. I was having serious wardrobe anxiety
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- January 15, 2014
Manuary and Global Resort Homes Working Together

Adventures in Living Gluten Free Being Gluten FreeJanuary is always the start of a brand-new year…around here, January means Manuary. It's the time of the year when my husband grows a beard in support of head and neck cancers to raise awareness
- mom-101
- December 3, 2013
My Not Job Description as a Work From Home Mom

I'm such an instigator. I'm about to heat up the Mommy Wars. Or rather, I'm probably just going to start a war in my family, in which I am the Mommy. Let's be clear. I do not believe ...
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- September 24, 2013
Working out with Toddler

Time to switch things up and find routines that work for us
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- September 21, 2013
A Day in the Life of a Modern Mama

Just reading this mom's schedule will make you tired
- mom-101
- August 21, 2013
Quality Time With The Family

It's Saturday and the day is about to get started
- mom-101
- October 4, 2012
Good Old-Fashioned Grey Areas: Before the Famous Fifty Shades (and preventing unwanted ones). A rant.

Am I just a highly sensitive parent and teacher, or is Black and White thinking something that happens during the onset of cool autumn nights?
- mom-101
- September 20, 2012
I am a working mother.

We know what that phrase typically means in the world of Mommy Wars, but I am not going there with this post.
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- September 16, 2012
Mommy muscle, LOL!

I am quite comfortable doing the stay-at-home mom thing; everyone knows you don't make any gains until you step outside your "zone".
- mom-101
- August 24, 2012
My accidentally productive day

Yesterday, against all odds, I had a productive work day. And Adelaide wasn't even in daycare. How did I do it, you ask?
- mom-101
- August 6, 2012
Super Model

I'm stuck in this zone where I'm never doing enough and I'm always distracted.
- family-life
- July 9, 2012
Are you a Desk Jock? The Workstation Workout.

Ever wonder why all the hours at work are causing your body to feel achy, stressed and tired?
- family-life
- July 5, 2012
Part-Time Mothers? The Conflict from my perspective…

I had to read it – the controversial book on Motherhood and Feminism –and now I have to tell you about it!
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- July 4, 2012
The Subject We Love to Hate…Going Back to Work!

The dreaded subject that we us mom's and dad's don't want to think about, but a lot of us have to think about … going back to work.
- mom-101
- April 13, 2012
I’m Not Cut Out to Be a Stay at Home Mom

My boss under-pays me, under-appreciates me, physically and verbally assaults me, throws the meals I prepare for him at my face and on the floor if he disapproves and my scheduled breaks (read: his naps) are at his discretion in both length and frequency
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- April 6, 2012
Mompreneur Tips to “Keep Calm and Carry On”!

I love being a mompreneur. I have a deep sense of satisfaction knowing that I'm doing what I love to do on a daily basis and having flexibility to be there for my son. I'm in a great place professionally and personally, but of course the demands of

Workin’ Moms? The New CBC Comedy Is Spit-From-Your-Sippy Cup Funny

To the Twins on Their First Birthday

Felicity Huffman Gets Real About Being A Working Mom

8 Portrayals of Working Moms that Hollywood Got Right

Friday Faves

How Bloggers Can Start Working with Brands

Decorating and DIY Project Preview

Why I Love Working with Children

Working Girl. Again

When Being a Working Mom Sucks

The Pursuit of Happiness For My Writer Soul

Friday Faves

Working Out Retro

Questions to Ask Yourself

The Evolution of a Working Mom

Obsessed with Kimonos!

The Reality of Working on Vacation

What I Wore (40 is the new 30)

Manuary and Global Resort Homes Working Together

My Not Job Description as a Work From Home Mom

Working out with Toddler

A Day in the Life of a Modern Mama

Quality Time With The Family

Good Old-Fashioned Grey Areas: Before the Famous Fifty Shades (and preventing unwanted ones). A rant.

I am a working mother.

Mommy muscle, LOL!

My accidentally productive day

Super Model

Are you a Desk Jock? The Workstation Workout.

Part-Time Mothers? The Conflict from my perspective…

The Subject We Love to Hate…Going Back to Work!

I’m Not Cut Out to Be a Stay at Home Mom

Mompreneur Tips to “Keep Calm and Carry On”!

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