It can be lonely working for yourself. In an office environment, there are many other people around to bounce ideas off of, have lunch with, and chat with around the coffee machine. But, when I am working from home and get into a groove, it can be an entire day (or two) before I connect with other people. Outside of working in a co-working space (where there are desks and other office supplies set up so that people can come in and work - similar to what they'd do in an office at a regular job), ...
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How the IoT Helps Homeowners Know how Quickly They run out of Groceries
This is a sponsored post but all opinions are 100% my own. When I first heard about smart refrigerators, I didn’t know what to make of them. My fridge at home is a disorganized mess and I never seem to know what I am out of when I’m at a grocery store. Smart refrigerators can help homeowners with some of their kitchen problems. Several features of smart refrigerators will help homeowners organize the contents of their fridge. Homeowners will also know when they run out groceries. The ...
How to Get your Home Ready for Holiday Entertaining
OR: I Should Have Bought a Bigger Tree I am working with Kohler Canada to share my tips on how to get your home ready for holiday entertaining. I was also provided products from Indigo. I hope you'll like my tips and that they'll help you this holiday season! When I was younger and still lived at home with my family, preparing the home for guests was always a stressful time. In part, the stress was so intense because everything happened last-minute. Mad rushing around to get a home ...
Preserve your Year’s Best Memories in a Photo Book
**This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links. Maybe you had an amazing vacation this year - wouldn't the pictures from your once-in-a-lifetime trip look awesome in a layflat photo book on your coffee table? Okay, so most of us don't have boxes filled with little envelopes of printed photos or dozens of old and yellowed photo albums documenting our lives in photos, like our parents do. But, having your precious memories ...
How I’m Preparing my Kitchen for Fall #PutaLabelonIt
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Newell Rubbermaid®. The opinions and texts are all mine. With so many new things starting in the fall—like new courses I'm taking, increased blogging opportunities, and being home more often than I have been throughout the summer—I'm preparing for fall in my kitchen now. While back-to-school season and getting ready for fall usually means organizing an office area (which I have already done), I want to share what I've been doing ...
Intuitive Tax Software: Use UFile (with 5 product giveaways)
As someone who is self-employed but also has a full-time job, you might think that I'd get overwhelmed with the different things I need to do (and keep track of) for filing my taxes each year. But you'd be wrong. I prefer to do my own taxes online. I have been using UFile for several years to quickly and easily file my taxes. It's possible to psyche yourself out, thinking it'll be a daunting process to get all your T4s, receipts and past-year's return information together and then figure out ...
Happy New Year Card Trends
Foil pressed holiday cards are really hot this year! They shimmer and shine, look amazing from every angle, and add a touch of luxury to any card design. Minted has a great selection of foil pressed cards for all occasions. I recently customized one of their designs for my holiday cards. I chose a neutral design so that I could send them out to wish my friends and family a Happy New Year. ...
Top 5 IKEA Home Office Essentials
Budget-friendly, pretty, and practical. These are three things I am looking for when I put together a home office. If something is gorgeous, but impractical and expensive—it's not going in my home office! And, you get the idea with the others, too. It's essential to have all three, and I can't think of a better place to shop than IKEA to fulfill all my home office needs. ...
Decluttering Challenge: Using the KonMari Method of Tidying
When people start describing my one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver as "cozy," I start thinking about apartment-hunting days where "cozy" has often been used to describe a place that is on the small side. Maybe even a place that is somewhat cramped. I have a generously sized main room, where I work from home, with my desk facing a large expanse of windows, work at my dining table (which is not in the little designated dining area), lounge on my sofa, and prepare meals/style Instagram and blog ...
A Journal for Book Lovers
I'm a list-loving, book-reading, day-dreaming kind of a woman. The Well-Read Women: a Reader's Journal is pretty much the perfect gift, in my eyes. Seriously, if someone had given me this book, I would think to myself: "wow, they really know me!" My favourite journals are the kind that have prompts and space to create lists. This book has many sections just like that. The majority of the journal has full pages dedicated to single books: where you put in the book title, your rating, your ...