Its beginning to SMELL a lot like Christmas

by | Dec 12, 2017 | Home

The delicious smells that come with the Christmas season are enough to lighten anyones mood.   Its so hard not to love the smell of a Christmas tree and of course those other holiday scents like cinnamon, peppermint and Candy Cane. Yum! All of those beautiful smells...

What’s Your Stim?

by | Dec 11, 2017 | Health & Wellness

Having a child with autism is always interesting around the Holidays. Along with all the excitement of Christmas coming, we also see increased anxiety, stress and more situations where everyone is expected to be on – looking fabulous and being present. These...

Real Estate & Technology

by | Dec 8, 2017 | Home

Real Estate and Technology To my children, I am a luddite: I still read books (not e-books), shop in real stores and text in full sentences with proper punctuation. To my parents, I am someone who can’t put her phone down, stopped getting the newspaper delivered and...

Christmas Calm

by | Dec 7, 2017 | Home

I love Christmas decorating but I always think it is going to be stress-free and take me 5 minutes. However, reality is, 1 string of lights, 2 boughs and 2 bows and I am already 1.5 hours in and starting to stress. Ugh! So…after searching for some easy holiday...

As long as I’m living, Pilates it will be

by | Nov 30, 2017 | Fitness

I have been practicing pilates for about 15 years and have been a certified STOTT instructor for over 10.   I first started trying classes when I was training for an IRONMAN triathlon after I graduated from university, mainly for injury prevention. I knew with the...

My Favourite Mornings

by | Nov 22, 2017 | Health & Wellness

Setting goals are so important when we want to start making (or maintain) healthy habits in our lives. When we don’t have something to work towards it can be much more difficult to get where we want to be if we haven’t even really figured out where that is. In...

On Trend at Tulipe Noire

by | Nov 19, 2017 | Health & Wellness, Home

Michael Kors Lace Dress  Step into the Holiday Season with elegance, romance and style in this Michael Kors lace dress at Tulipe Noire. Simple and whimsical with a nod to the past yet ever so on trend. DESIGN Sheer lace and flirty bell sleeves instill this tactile...

November is the New January

by | Nov 16, 2017 | Fitness, Health & Wellness

November is the new January (starting today) First of all, before I get in to the November talk, I have to say that I really love Canada. I love my home, I am proud of where I come from, and I will always stand behind the red and white. Now that I have that out of the...

Simple Beauty

by | Nov 15, 2017 | Home

Simple Beauty I found this article on the European beauty in minimalism helpful for maintaining a lifestyle that goes with the home style. Let me first say that I am not a minimalist: my walls are covered in art from tame to eccentric and I am person who needs colour...