Mmmm…Chocolate Philadelphia Cream Cheese with Chocolate Cream Cheese Blondies Recipe

May 17, 2013

I love chocolate, I love cream cheese….chocolate cream cheese? Oh yes, I will! Philadelphia  Cream cheese recently added Chocolate to it’s line of flavoured cream cheeses. I couldn’t wait to try it! Also, with Chocolate Philly you get the dairy goodness of Philly plus the deliciousness of pure milk chocolate – with half the sugar [...]

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A bit of bragging and a few new features at MerryWithChildren

May 14, 2013

First off, I am super excited to tell you that I was featured in Canadian Living’s article, 15 Amazing Moms to Follow on Pinterest. Sweet, huh? If you love Pinterest as much as I do, you should follow me. Leave me a comment with your Pinterest name below and I’ll follow you too. Did I [...]

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Test Driving the Nexus 7 Tablet – 7 Reasons You’ll Love it

May 13, 2013

We are a tech heavy household. We have more iDevices and laptops than people. Current tally is: 2 smartphones, 2 tablets, an iPod and 3 laptops for 3 people. Yeah….excessive. However, both my husband and I are engineering/technical types so we love new gadgets with new features to make our lives easier. It is a [...]

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An Easy and Healthy Breakfast Muffin – Easy Yogurt Morning Glory Muffins

May 10, 2013

You know those days when you have someone coming over for coffee super early in the morning and you need to feed them something yummy but life is majorly getting in the way? Yeah, I had one of those yesterday. The evening before I did have about an hour to bake. Cue feverish searching of [...]

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Hungry Lives Next Door – Hunger Awareness Week

May 8, 2013

I had three meals to eat today, how about you? I will be the first to admit that I take having food to eat for granted. Even though I grew up poor, we always had enough to eat. I can not imagine the stress and anxiety that comes along with wondering where your next meal [...]

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Italian Sausage Baked Penne Supreme with Alberta Milk

May 7, 2013

Last month, one of my recipes was featured on the Alberta Milk blog. Their blog features easy, tasty and healthy recipes that showcase Alberta dairy. Definitely worth checking out for all the recipes (there are many, many delicious looking ones on there!) as well as for my featured baked pasta recipe. I love this baked [...]

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Calgary Cool – Pop’s Dairy Bar and Grille

May 6, 2013

Pop’s Dairy Bar and Grille is a Calgary landmark with history going back to 1939 complete with an awesome neon sign that dates back to 1957. Even without the Calgary historical significance, it is a great place to swing by on a warm and sunny Calgary afternoon. Located in the lovely neighborhood of Ramsay, it [...]

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Walmart Frugal Heroes Challenge – Shopping for Summer on $100

May 2, 2013

A few days ago I got an email from Wal-Mart with the following message “Walmart Canada invites you to participate in the first-ever Frugal Heroes Challenge. Nationwide, Walmart is calling on Canadian shoppers to challenge themselves to make the most of their dollar by shopping the lowest prices and saving.  Walmart is excited to provide [...]

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The Weekend of Awesome!

April 28, 2013

I feel like I had 12 weekends this weekend. Not because I slept enough or had enough downtime but because it was chock-a-block full of life and fun. Living through the fun and NOT getting enough sleep have left me drowsy and lazy this eventing so pictures and the odd blurb it is! I went [...]

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Evan’s Big Debut in Print

April 26, 2013

Evan has spent his entire life being photographed incessantly. So much so that he refuses to take non-goofy pictures more and more these days. It drives me nuts but I can see how he got to this point….and it is mostly my fault. What can I say? I like having lots of pictures of my [...]

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Kid Friendly Meatball Soup

April 22, 2013

Another weekend in Calgary….another weekend with snowflakes. Yep, that’s right. Even though it is mid (heck…late) April, we still had flurries on the weekend. Even though I am yearning for all things Spring, Calgary is just not cooperating. What can turn a cold, snowy weekend around? Soup of course. The entire family loved this soup [...]

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