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May 18, 2012 - 4:10am
Is it wrong that I have not cracked the cover of the last three months’ issues of Style at Home (one still in its protective plastic sleeve), the last two issues of Canadian House and Home, and either of the first two issues I received of...
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5
Average: 5 (2 votes)
May 11, 2012 - 4:09am
In honour of Mother’s Day, I thought it was time for a little confession. Well, a big confession actually. Turns out, I’m a bad mother. A terrible mother actually. A terrible cat mother, that is. You know no one loves their cat more...
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4
Average: 4 (6 votes)
May 4, 2012 - 3:47am
Apparently, we’re just not that handy. At least not Red Green handy, anyway. According to a recent survey, conducted by Harris/Decima, on behalf of Skills/Compétences Canada, “almost half of all Canadians are not able to...
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Average: 4.3 (3 votes)
April 27, 2012 - 3:52am
Do you shop with your significant other? More to the point, I guess — do you ENJOY shopping with your significant other? For the most part, my answer to both of those questions is no. Emphatically. It’s nothing personal. It’s...
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5
Average: 5 (2 votes)
April 20, 2012 - 5:57am
They say you are what you eat. If that’s true, right now I should be hopping around the office, because I’m a Lindt chocolate bunny. I didn’t give up chocolate this year for Lent, so it’s not like I had reason to dive, head...
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5
Average: 5 (4 votes)
April 13, 2012 - 4:20am
Is anyone as obsessed with Storage Wars as I am? Obsessed might be an understatement. Addicted may be more to the point. I just can’t get enough of it. For those of you who may not have heard of Storage Wars, you’re really missing out...
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4
Average: 4 (4 votes)
April 5, 2012 - 3:52pm
It was with great interest that I listened to Herald Homes professional organizer Jane Veldhoven (Streamline Your Stuff), last weekend during the Ideal Home show. She shared some really great tips, and I learned a lot.
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4.22222
Average: 4.2 (9 votes)
March 30, 2012 - 4:23am
They came, they saw, they learned — how to declutter and stage a condo, that is. Yes, the Waltons were out in full force at the Real Home Show earlier this month, and they came with a purpose (other than, of course, to hang out with Mag). My...
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4.333335
Average: 4.3 (3 votes)
March 23, 2012 - 4:25am
Start as you mean to go on. A lovely British expression. I know it because of my Coronation Street affliction, of course, and use it all the time. I think it sums things up perfectly. For you non-Cory fans, it basically means you should start any...
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4
Average: 4 (1 vote)
March 16, 2012 - 4:26am
Remember the days when it was fun to go to the grocery store? You could cruise up and down the aisles, filling your cart with your heart’s desires, not giving a second thought to good carbs or bad carbs, polyunsaturated fats, refined starches...
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4
Average: 4 (2 votes)
Author Articles
May 18, 2012 - 4:10am
Is it wrong that I have not cracked the cover of the last three months’ issues of Style at Home (one still in its protective plastic sleeve), the last two issues of Canadian House and Home, and either of the first two issues I received of...
Read More
5
Average: 5 (2 votes)
May 11, 2012 - 4:09am
In honour of Mother’s Day, I thought it was time for a little confession. Well, a big confession actually. Turns out, I’m a bad mother. A terrible mother actually. A terrible cat mother, that is. You know no one loves their cat more...
Read More
4
Average: 4 (6 votes)
May 4, 2012 - 3:47am
Apparently, we’re just not that handy. At least not Red Green handy, anyway. According to a recent survey, conducted by Harris/Decima, on behalf of Skills/Compétences Canada, “almost half of all Canadians are not able to...
Read More
4.333335
Average: 4.3 (3 votes)
April 27, 2012 - 3:52am
Do you shop with your significant other? More to the point, I guess — do you ENJOY shopping with your significant other? For the most part, my answer to both of those questions is no. Emphatically. It’s nothing personal. It’s...
Read More
5
Average: 5 (2 votes)
April 20, 2012 - 5:57am
They say you are what you eat. If that’s true, right now I should be hopping around the office, because I’m a Lindt chocolate bunny. I didn’t give up chocolate this year for Lent, so it’s not like I had reason to dive, head...
Read More
5
Average: 5 (4 votes)
April 13, 2012 - 4:20am
Is anyone as obsessed with Storage Wars as I am? Obsessed might be an understatement. Addicted may be more to the point. I just can’t get enough of it. For those of you who may not have heard of Storage Wars, you’re really missing out...
Read More
4
Average: 4 (4 votes)
April 5, 2012 - 3:52pm
It was with great interest that I listened to Herald Homes professional organizer Jane Veldhoven (Streamline Your Stuff), last weekend during the Ideal Home show. She shared some really great tips, and I learned a lot.
Read More
4.22222
Average: 4.2 (9 votes)
March 30, 2012 - 4:23am
They came, they saw, they learned — how to declutter and stage a condo, that is. Yes, the Waltons were out in full force at the Real Home Show earlier this month, and they came with a purpose (other than, of course, to hang out with Mag). My...
Read More
4.333335
Average: 4.3 (3 votes)
March 23, 2012 - 4:25am
Start as you mean to go on. A lovely British expression. I know it because of my Coronation Street affliction, of course, and use it all the time. I think it sums things up perfectly. For you non-Cory fans, it basically means you should start any...
Read More
4
Average: 4 (1 vote)
March 16, 2012 - 4:26am
Remember the days when it was fun to go to the grocery store? You could cruise up and down the aisles, filling your cart with your heart’s desires, not giving a second thought to good carbs or bad carbs, polyunsaturated fats, refined starches...
Read More
4
Average: 4 (2 votes)