Today I dropped of my son off at Paintball Birthday Party with his school friends - 10 and 11 year old messy boys.
I'd never been inside of a Paintball place before. I looked to the left and was shocked to see a shop stocked with what looks like very powerful guns and artillery. Of course they're just guns that shoot paint but it kind of turned my stomach.
As much as I love the YMC site and community, I understand everything must change, transform, modernize and be re-energized. So I put together a comprehensive survey asking YMC readers to share their opinions on the good, bad and ugly of the Yummy Mummy Club.
I was very clear that I didn't want anyone to feel as if they had to sugarcoat their responses. Give it to me straight. I'm a big girl. I can take it.
Well, I asked and you gave it to me. And I thank you. Having said that, some of the feedback was hard to hear. But I heard you loud and clear.
I heard rumblings about this, but didn't realize how close it was to becoming a crappy reality - Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are about to successfully start charging Canadian consumers like us per byte - just like they charge us for our data plans on smart phones.
What does that mean for moms like us, who spend hours on our computers surfing, watching online TV and playing interactive games with our kids? It means our internet bills are going to SKYROCKET. Once again, the consumer gets gouged by big, greedy corporations.
A perk of being a guest on TV talk shows is that often there's a makeup artist onsite to do you. On the rare occasion, it's a makeup artist who is so good you learn new cool techniques or discover new products.
I was asked to be a guest on the Kourtney and Dave Show, a new parenting lifestyle talk show on CMT featuring the country singing husband and wife, who in their spare time, are also raising 3 young kids.
I spent the other night reliving the 80's with mixed emotions. My old friend Christopher Ward, also an ex VJ from MuchMusic who sat across from me at the Nations' Music Station for a decade, invited me to an event at the Horseshoe Club featuring a bunch bands who were big in the 80's. And when I say big - I mean hair.
On the roster: Platinum Blonde, The Spoons, Maestro Fresh Wes, Triumph and Chalk Circle.
Michael Williams - also a MuchMusic veteran - DJed - spinning tunes by Martha and the Muffins, Jane Siberry, Tom Cochrane, The Cult....you get the picture.
You're not going to believe what happened to me over the holidays.
Four months ago we booked a family vacation to Cayman Islands. I was exhausted and really needed to get away and spend quality time with my family in the sunshine.
I was so organized. AirLine tickets, booked. Hotel, reserved. Airport taxi, called. American dollars, purchased. Car Rental, done. And, my awesome assistant @YMC_BC confirmed everything for me. We were set.
There are only a few times during the year I have the luxury to go through fashion mags - at the hairdresser and while on vacation. This holiday season I vowed to waste my precious time with a stack of magazines featuring clothes that will never look that good on me, worn by models I'll never look like. I'm okay with that.
When I was invited for a short four day vacation with my daughter to Turks and Caicos to write about Beaches Resort, I was happily surprised. I've only heard great things about this chain of luxury family hotels and was eager to experience it first hand.
One of the biggest conversations on Twitter, in blogger communities and at Blissdom Canada is monetization - how do moms who blog make a buck?
When I started YMC I had no idea how to turn my passion into a business. Through trial and error and going with my gut, we've developed what I think is a successful solution for all parties.
The end result - unique, playful ways of integrating content into our site, allowing our awesome team of bloggers to generate income and our readers to have great stuff to read and interact with.
Today I dropped of my son off at Paintball Birthday Party with his school friends - 10 and 11 year old messy boys.
