The mention of the word summer conjures up all kinds of wonderful associations—beaches, fields to run through, yummy food, road trips, and time spent with friends and family. Summer is a time of spontaneity for me. I like to keep my schedule light so that I can throw a few things in the trunk and be off on a summer adventure on short notice. I like to think that I'm a fairly organized person, yet every summer, my trunk ends up looking like a disheveled mess! I recently spent some time ...
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How I’m Going on a Journey for Fresh Air #FRAMFresh
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FRAMFresh #CollectiveBias One of the things I most enjoy doing is leaving the busy city behind and heading to a waterfront park. I love venturing out to enjoy natural surroundings and going on a journey for fresh air. Part of the fun of going out to waterfront parks is the journey of getting there in my dear little car. I recently learnt a disturbing fact: did you know that the air ...
Top 10 Daytime Date Ideas
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #OilChange #CollectiveBias Maybe taking your vehicle in for an #OilChange doesn't seem like the most romantic or fun errand for you and your partner to participate in, but it's one of those things that is necessary to do for your vehicle's health and maintenance. The time spent waiting for the oil change could be "wasted" looking at your mobile phone or on social media—or made more ...
I’m Taking a Mini-Break to Seattle for SoFabU on the Road #SoFabUOTR #cbias
I'm so excited to be going to Seattle in April for a few days to connect with other bloggers, learn more about blogging and of course, check out some of the sites in Seattle. Going to SoFabU on the Road is big for me, because it'll be my first blogging conference! I've been to social media events and things like that before, but this is my first blogging-specif event of this nature! This month is my 5th blogging anniversary (yay!), but as a lifelong learner, I know that there is always ...
Nice Try Allergens: I Have Allergy Relief #CBias
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for Collective Bias and its advertiser. You may call it spring and summer, and generally think of the seasons as wonderful care-free parts of the year. For me? It's more like a months-long sneeze-fest. Allergy-sufferers, can you relate? That white stuff floating around in the air. . .it isn't snow. And my eyes don't look red because I've had too much to ...
Organizing Bill Payments and going Paper-Free with ePost #CBias #Shop
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and their client. Not all paper kept is important. Sure, some paper you have around the house should be kept and cherished—diplomas and certificates, emergency phone lists, motivational messages. . .but others, like paper bills? Those paper bills just seem to cause stress both when they arrive in the mail and when I see them lying ...
Do-it-Yourself Spring Manicure Ideas #CBias
Looking around on other blogs, I see that people have been getting an early start with organizing their homes. Clearing the clutter, doing major overhauls, and getting the house back in working order after the busy holiday season all take a tole on one's nails. Even if those things haven't been on your to-do list this year, dry winter weather has surely been noticed by your nails and hands! It's March, and I'm ready for spring — and spring-looking nails. I'm all about seasonal looks for my ...
Can You Keep a Secret? Being Social Online and Social Media #cbias #mysocialmedia.
I used to visit chat rooms back in the 90s, but I was more or less anonymous online. As someone who has spent years of my life writing to others —I find it hard not to tell people what's going on in my life when it's important to me. Using social media more and more lately for both my blog and (previously) my business, I've come to be more social online—as myself. I use twitter to share the things I love online, and Facebook to share things that are happening in my life and on my blog. Pinterest ...
Attending a Niche Blogging Conference or a General Blogging Conference? #Conferences and #cbias
While there are a huge number of blogging conferences going on year-round, mostly in the USA and in Toronto, there aren't very many blogging conferences geared toward the niche topics I write about. Amongst other topics, I blog about interior design and travel—and there aren't a lot of conferences for those blogging topics. One of my goals for this year was to attend a blogging conference—but I didn't want to attend any old conference. Sure, there's always something you can learn about ...
Taking a Break From Holiday Shopping at Second Cup #CBias #EqualCanada
We left our holiday shopping until the very last moment this year—busy with work, renovations, and freelance projects—we didn't even notice that we were running out of time until December 23rd, and we found ourselves in a sea of similarly disorganized shoppers. We started out the morning all gung-ho, but by the time we'd spent almost an hour getting to the mall that's usually ten minutes away—we were more than ready for a coffee. Normally we try and avoid large chains of coffee shops—but ...
