tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46662928325888736902026-10-24T05:39:21.122-04:00My journey of balancing a full time career,two young boys & marriage! Sharing my passions for family, cooking and photography!Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03430454152235231766noreply@blogger.comBlogger596125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666292832588873690.post-65321330491541262962014-12-24T09:33:00.001-05:002014-12-24T09:33:50.367-05:00

I love my skin care products - they have always played an important role in my skin care routine. A good mask, cleanser, toner and serum is of great importance to me - especially as I get older (to be able to have the skin I had in my teens!!). I have always believed you are never to young to start to take care of your skin and make sure it is at your best so that you feel at your best.

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Our family loves a good animated comedy - something perfect for the whole family that can leave us all in stitches. Not too long ago we were able to attend the premiere of the new Netflix series All Hail King Julien in Toronto. King Julien is the love able and cheeky character from the popular Madagascar movie series. King Julien delivers it all in this new series dedicated to his favourite

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Martians, space adventure and rockets! Aoleon The Martian Girl Part One is the story of two brave young characters who take on the US Air Force, form a friendship and more! About Aoleon The Martian Girl Crop circles begin to magically appear in farmer Johnson's field. A mysterious light sweeps over the night sky and awakens both farmer Johnson and Gilbert - the boy who lives next door.

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Tis the holiday season! Time to enjoy good company and even better food (and the wine!). For individuals with food allergies and sensitivities it can also be very difficult to attend parties or host them. Udi's gluten free foods has a fantastic variety of products to cover you during the holiday party season. My favourite holiday dishes include: Bruschetta style bread loafs Chocolate

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Growing up in an Italian home we have a few dishes that are present at every holiday get together. My favourite? Bruschetta! How can you not love a toasted loaf of bread with fresh tomatoes and vegetables?! Here is my gluten free bruschetta loaf for you to enjoy using Udi's French baguettes. Ingredients Udi's gluten free french baguettes two tomatoes one small onion one medium zucchini

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Trying to find a delicious gluten free dessert to satisfy everyone at the table this holiday season? Why not try chocolate dipped Snicker Doodles from Udi's! Ingredients One package of Udi's snicker doodles Gluten free chocolate chips Directions Melt the chocolate chips. You can either melt them on the stove top or in the microwave. Dip the snicker doodle in the chocolate about

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Little Things Long Remembered is a fantastic guide to help us re-connect with our children in this digital age. Susan gives us helpful tips and ideas on how to speak and play with our children. About Little Things Long Remembered As our digital devices take over the family life in subtle ways, what will happen to child development and family bonding when children spend more time with

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Ready to lose weight and get healthy? Get ready for The Metabolism Solution from Lisa Lynn! About The Metabolism Solution Have you tried many weight loss plans? Or perhaps you have tried to eat right but keep giving up because of lack of results? The Metabolism Solution will help you with your weight loss goals by making it easier and quicker. What makes The Metabolism Solution different?

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22 amazing bloggers from 2 countries have gotten together to offer 22 prize packages for this year's Christmas Wish List Giveaway! Each blogger has gathered some of their favourite items from their own wish list and put together a gift for you! Visit each blog to see what items are included in their prize.  Every blogger has a separate giveaway that you must enter on their own

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I love capturing special moments on film. It allows me to relive the most important memories in our life with my family over and over again. PhotoInpress was launched in Montreal in 2006 and is proud of it's 100% Canadian product (yeah!!). Anne and Stephane developed PhotoInpress after a trip to Europe. They wanted to capture and seal these memories for their children to carry for a lifetime.

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After having kids I realized how important it was for me to make healthy and natural choices for our family. It wasn't as if I was not doing this before but I became more conscious of my decisions after kids. I wanted to use products that would be not only safe for my kids but also for the environment. Trying to find a cleaning product that is natural and does an excellent job at cleaning the

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While we all try our best to ensure we are eating well rounded meals following the Food Guide it can still happen that we are not consuming enough of certain vitamins and minerals. A lack of proper nutrients can lead to multiple health conditions as well as an overall feeling of fatigue and I know for myself irritability! A multivitamin is essential to ensure we are providing our bodies with

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A young, independent woman trying to find her way in the publishing world in New York. The Publicist Book One by Christina George in audio book format has it all: adventure, finding oneself and a forbidden love. About the Book There is always more to every story. A young woman wants to change the age old institution of publishing. Will she succeed? Maybe not but Kate sure wants to try. As a

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Tweens and active individuals alike will love the Kinivo BTH240 Bluetooth Headphones! Sleek, easy to use with a great charge life these headphones will be the perfect gift under the tree this year. Kinivo BTH240 bluetooth headphones is the new re-design of the popular BTH220 headphones. Kinivo took customer recommendations into consideration and the new design includes: increased battery life

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December 1st is just around the corner and every year we like to count down to Christmas Eve in a special way. This year we made our own Advent calendar (along with their Kinder chocolate calendars - we can't not have those ones!). We put together a list of all the activities we wanted to do together as a family before Christmas and began our new craft. You will need: Christmas bowl, basket

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Love, loss and finding oneself amongst different cultures - The Chrysalis by Bindu Adai Mathew has it all! About The Chrysalis Our main character, Sarai must walk the fine line between honouring her Indian heritage and being true to her own Western mindset. Her story unveils the kaleidoscope of human emotion from ecstasy to heartbreak to triumph, along with every nuance in between. What

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The past and present collide in Swept Away - will our two main characters be able to come to peace with their past in order to love in the present? About Swept Away Sara doesn't think she wants to have to love in her life. Her Grandmother has different plans for her. Sara Morgan is trying to balance teaching with caring for her stubborn and unwell Grandmother. When school lets out for the

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Learning to love and trust again after loss and pain can be a long road. Love Without End by Robin Lee Hatcher covers this and so much more.  About the Book Chet and Kimberly have both failed in their relationships and both are scared to risk giving their heart again. Chet's life was forever changed when his seventeen year old son died and soon after this his wife walked out on their

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How many people do you know that have struggled to learn how to use a tablet? Your parents perhaps? Or maybe even yourself - I know my children can navigate a tablet much better than I ever will be able to! A tablet is the perfect alternative to a traditional desk top computer - you can take it outside with you in the backyard or even out on the porch with your morning coffee or tea. Tablets

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Fire up the romance this holiday with Robin Lee Hatcher's latest offering in the King's Meadow Romance series, Love Without End. For two single parents with bruised hearts, it’ll take more than a little courage to get back on the horse when it comes to love. Celebrate love rising from the ashes of tragedy with Robin by entering her Kindle Fire giveaway.    One grand

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Thanksgiving has past and for the first time we have our Christmas decorations up before December! My little ones helped with the decoration this year and I couldn't wait to show off their hard work on our tree. They chose a new colour for our tree this year (the first time it has been updated in over ten years!) and went with a green and silver theme. I found this snowman at the Dollar

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Brrrr!! It is getting cold outside - this morning was a chilly -21C with the wind chill! I honestly did not want to get out of bed it was so cold. But here I am up and working away even though all I want to do is curl up on the couch with a warm blanket and a great movie playing. With the temperature drop there seems to always come the rise of cold and flu symptoms which tend to peak in

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A photograph can capture an important milestone, a special secret, a happy moment and so much more. These moments are captured forever on canvas print as a way for us to always hold on to that moment. The holidays are the perfect time to collect the best memories of the year and have them developed into a canvas print and delivered to a special person in your life. Canvas prints by

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I love to read as I am sure many of you have figured out by now! Reading takes you to a whole new place, allows you to learn new things as well as enjoy some good quality down time.  One of the best gifts you can give a child is the gift of learning. Children love to explore and learn about their favourite topics. As parents (and aunts, uncles and grandparents!) we are here to nurture this

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This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. The fall (and quickly approaching winter) season is upon us. With the cooler weather we find that there is a typical rise in eczema symptoms in our home. Both of my children as well as myself suffer with eczema. Each of us has our own triggers but the one thing that holds true is that

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