Do you know about Staples Canada’s Superpower your School contest? Participating Canadian elementary and secondary schools have a chance to win one of 10 prizes of $20,000 in new technology. Can you imagine what your school would do with $20,000 of tech?! This contest is an inspiration for students, educators, and parents to kick-start positive…
Tech & Home
50 Best Tech and Electronic Gift Ideas
I was asked by Walmart Canada to share my 50 Best Tech and Electronic Gift Ideas for this holiday season. I brainstormed stocking stuffers, gifts for her, gifts for him, gifts for teens. Basically, everyone on your shopping list is covered. 50 Best Tech and Electronic Gift Ideas I know you on’t always think tech…
Have you seen the BlackBerry KEY2 LE series?
Have you seen the BlackBerry KEY2 LE series? The BUTTONS! The classic BlackBerry Buttons which everyone loved are back! Let’s face it…raised buttons on keyboards are just friendlier to those with big fingers. Read on to learn why the BlackBerry KEY2 LE is the best gift to give (because of the buttons and more!)… About…
5 Reasons to Get an LG G7 ThinQ Phone
These 5 Reasons to Get an LG G7 ThinQ Phone might inspire your holiday gift giving (or any day productivity purchase). From ease of use to fantastic camera (and a bunch of things in between) the LG G7 is coming recommended by Parent Club! Keep reading to get the deets on why this needs to be…
Tips on How to Get Kids Active While On Screens
These Tips on How to Get Kids Active While On Screens might be handy for parents who find their kids a little too docile during entertainment time. TV, computers, tablets and phones all have entertainment capabilities but it is also very complicit experience. Here are a few tips on how to get kids active while…
Microsoft In Education
As a modern Mom, I support tech in class as learning tools. Do you know about Microsoft Learning Tools? Microsoft offers a number of tools that help students with different abilities in the classroom and at home. Around 80% of Canadian classrooms surveyed had at least one student formally identified as having a disability, and…
Tax Tips for Self-Employed Individuals (like me)
I’m sharing these Tax Tips for Self-Employed Individuals (like me) because this will make filing your Canadian self-employed taxes easier. My #partner in this post is TurboTax. Unlike full-time, salaried, workers — we, self-employed people, have income, expenses, GST/HST, and deductions to handle…quite often from multiple revenue streams. As I am all about sharing information…
10 Holiday Shopping Tips Inspired by Best Buy Canada
These 10 Holiday Shopping Tips Inspired by Best Buy Canada are smart and should be taken to heart to make your gift shopping easier. BONUS: there is a Best Buy Canada $100 Gift Card Giveaway below — which will REALLY make one lucky reader’s shopping easier. Note: The following giveaway is open to residents of…
Lessons for Life
Some of my greatest Lessons for Life came from my Catholic teachers. They role modeled, encouraged, expected, and positively reinforced core values such as fairness, compassion, and respect. These are values which have served me well (in childhood and adulthood). And they are values I try to encourage and ignite in my children… Lessons for Life…
5 ways to keep children safe from electrical injury in the home
Sharing 5 ways to keep children safe from electrical injury in the home because prevention is the best way to avoid injury. We all want our homes to be an electrical safe-zone for kids throughout their childhood. Because electrical safety has different milestones: moving babies, curious toddlers, little kids who think they are big enough,…
DIY Home Improvement Projects
What DIY Home Improvement Projects are on your to-do list? Whether it’s building a deck, trimming trees, updating your garden, building a deck or setting up a fence, now is the perfect time to tackle your home improvement projects. DIY Home Improvement Projects With STIHL Landscaping TOOL STIHL MSA 120 C-BQ: – This lightweight lithium-ion battery…
How RateSupermarket.ca can help with back-to-school shopping
Are you one of the over 7 million Canadians using RateSuperMarket.ca? It’s a one-stop-destination where you can compare and find the best rate for mortgages, credit cards, bank accounts, savings accounts, GICs, and insurance quotes. But that’s not all…Here is How RateSuperMarket.ca can help with back-to-school shopping. From buying your child’s first backpack to stocking your university-bound…