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I am a Volunteer Superhero. For as long as I can remember, I have volunteered. When I was in high school, I volunteered to get our yearbook published and I volunteered to help with our graduation celebrations. In college, I was an executive on our student council. Later on, when I attended McGill University, I … Read more
Swimming is a life skill.Period. No truer words were spoken. I have to say that my love of water, swimming and water safety came at a young age. When I was a kid, I was a pool rat. We were those pesky kids that spent the entire day at the public or community pool (private … Read more
Introduction This summer, I could not help myself when I saw the playbill for the Stratford Festival. One of the best if not the best Shakespeare festivals in North America, Stratford always puts together a winning lining up. This year we have managed no less than four productions. We started the summer with Guys and … Read more
Home2Suites Huntsville – Research Park – Hotel Review I cannot believe you could get a hotel room this big and not pay an arm and a leg. When you have a large family or you are traveling for a longer period of time, size does matter. Who would have known that I would have found … Read more
My Benjamin Moore Home Going from dark blue to a pale yellow is quite the transition. It was a dramatic change but one that we welcomed! When we moved to this house 13 years ago, this became my Benjamin Moore Home because the whole house is painted with Benjamin Moore. I had painted the bathroom … Read more
Visiting the Henry Ford Museum Located in Dearborn, a suburb about 25 minutes from downtown Detroit, The Henry Ford Museum is, well, exactly what is says on tin: a museum founded by the very man behind the Model-T. The museum is situated next to the entrance to Greenfield Village (practically a museum in its own … Read more
60+ Easy Items to Toss out NOW– How to Declutter You need to make a few changes and they need to be as painless as possible. Sometimes we overthink what we need to do. Deciding what to get rid of is one of the toughest parts of decluttering. It’s natural to develop a certain attachment … Read more
SESQUI 2017 Ever wonder what makes our nation so great? It is the natural beauty that surrounds us. We are the second largest country in the world and we have a huge diversity of people and of landscape. We are pretty proud of ourselves these days celebrating Canada’s 150 in 2017. As part of the … Read more