Month: January 2015

January 7, 2015

A New Year, New Goals & A New Me with Giveaway!

Last year was quite the whirlwind for my family and I as life changed, new goals were both realized and set and brand new opportunities arose. I love the work that I have been blessed to do, both in the office and at home as a Mother and a Blogger. I knew that in order for myself to grow as a blogger I had to make changes and develop goals and the steps that I would have to take to make it where I want to go.

I started off by enrolling in a Marketing Diploma that began in the fall of 2014. I have to admit this has been super hard on me. Since having kids I feel like I can read one chapter from my textbook and whoosh it is all gone after finishing the chapter – I used to be like a walking encyclopedia! I am currently wrapping up my first course and while it has been a bit of a learning curve for me, I have loved learning the new terminology, new skills and new concepts to help me be a better blogger.

Another important goal that I had for myself was to celebrate 2015 with a new site and a new look. I have been on the fence about switching to WordPress from Blogger and after a few hiccups (which I am so grateful to my fellow bloggers who helped me out so much) my new site is now live!

I want to thank all of you for being there for me on this journey, supporting me and teaching me. All of the words of encouragement, emails and comments mean the world to me. It is what keeps me going when I feel ready to give up.

For 2015, I want to continue to bring you:

fun, new and exciting content
fabulous new products
giveaways
delicious recipes
photography and more!

I am also preparing for some travelling this year and can’t wait to bring these experiences to you. So far we have planned a trip to Blue Mountain and Quebec for the BConnected Conference (can’t wait to meet all the fantastic friends that I have met online in real life).

To help celebrate my new goals and to say thank you to each and every one of you I am so happy to bring you a new giveaway sponsored by me.

My Canadian readers can now enter to win a $50 gift card to Shoppers Drug Mart (my personal favourite place to shop).

Good luck and thank you so much for all your support! <3

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January 7, 2015

Guess How Much I Love You #Giveaway

Guess How Much I Love You, the much-loved story for all ages, has now come to life in DVD format! Guess How Much I Love You, with a release date of January 5th in the US and Canada, has a total of seven heart warming episodes full of love, friendship and the ever important love between father and son. In each of these episodes, Little Nutbrown Hare and Father Big Nutbrown Hare remind us that there is no greater love than that of the love between a parent and their child.

Guess How Much I Love You is full of incredibly sweet songs with catchy tunes (I have been singing the ‘Guess how much I love you’ tune for the last week and it has been our new catch phrase at home!) and loveable animal characters with excellent illustrations. The animation brings back so many memories of my own favourite childhood characters! As a family we were able to join Little Nutbrown Hare on his adventures as he meets new friends, learns new songs and dances all to show Big Nutbrown Hare how much he loves him. Each episode is just over ten minutes long with a total running time of eighty minutes. This makes it perfect for short viewing times for the younger crowd with the ability to play the DVD for longer for the older child.

The story is based on the love between a parent and a child and how strong that bond is. It was great to be able to cherish this with our children and to watch their faces as they watched the episodes.

kaboom! Entertainment and Working Mommy Journal are offering one of my readers the chance to win not only their own copy of Guess How Much I Love You but also the brand new panorama accompanying book! My Canadian readers can enter via the Rafflecopter form below – Good luck!
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Disclosure: I received a free copy of this DVD in order to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own.

January 2, 2015

Gluten Free Fruit Crisp

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How can you not resist a delicious fruit crisp during the cold winter months?! It has to be my personal favourite breakfast meal and not to mention a delicious snack to keep you full during the afternoon. Here is a gluten free spin on one of my favourite dishes.

Ingredients

1 cup of steel-cut oats (Udi’s gluten free oats are delicious)
2 medium sized apples
1 banana
1 pear
2 tbsp of maple syrup
1 tsp of cinnamon

Directions

Cook the gluten free oatmeal as per instructions.

Peel and slice the pears and apples into small chunks. Cut the banana into slices. Place the fruit in a lightly greased baking pan.

Mix the fruit with the maple syrup and cinnamon.

Cover the fruit with the oatmeal mixture.

Place in the oven at 350F and cook covered for twenty minutes and uncovered for an additional five minutes.

Enjoy! What is your favourite gluten free fruit recipe?