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Top 10 Things to Worry About When Travelling Without Your Children

Top 10 Things to Worry About When Travelling Without Your Children

I love to travel. I beg for work trips. I love meeting new people and seeing new things. Life is all about the experience! I love to see all my remote coworkers in person, engage with customers, and learn how create more success through work. This type of learning experience is often the best motivation.

Since becoming a single parent (50/50), I get a little anxious about traveling without my…

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THE GIVE: What is your best memory at the Saint John Regional Hospital?

THE GIVE: What is your best memory at the Saint John Regional Hospital?

This question to honor the 5th Annual Love Your Hospital Radiothon, a 12-hour broadcast from the Saint John Regional Hospital by Country 94.1 and 97.3 the Wave. They hope to raise $200,000.00 for the Pediatric Department at the Regional. For those that are able to, please consider showing your love for your hospital today with our Radiothon – www.thegive.caor call 648-7500 with your…

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What's your Favourite Crayola Crayon colour?

What’s your Favourite Crayola Crayon colour?

“THE QUESTION OF THE DAY.” It’s not really that original, but it’s fun. I decided to start one a couple of times each week and my first one is: What’s your favourite Crayola crayon colout?

People joked about eating them. They compared the colours to marmalade, poop, and Trump’s spray tan. They talked about the “flesh” crayon. Jeff said he wanted the invisible crayon that Wile E Coyote used. It’s…

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MY FIRST FULL MARATHON!

MY FIRST FULL MARATHON!

As the kids and I were leaving Walmart today, a group of adults who were blocking our passage split down the middle to let us pass.

“I feel like I’m crossing the finish line of a marathon!” I joked.

Immediately, not even looking to one another, they broke into exceptionally loud cheers and clapping, and so I jogged through, fists in the air, looking for my finishing medal, and laughing. It was…

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Is "Bell Let's Talk" worth it?

Is “Bell Let’s Talk” worth it?

There is mental illness in my family, as there likely is in yours. We’ve even lost loved ones to suicide. It was hard to accept that the first suicide couldn’t be prevented by my actions. I wanted so much to travel backwards in time and try to do something to change the outcome. I battled the “What ifs” for a long time. I felt alone.

Feeling alone

I hadn’t heard anything about these types of…

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Do all moms hate shopping?

Do all moms hate shopping?

I hate shopping for clothes. I really do! I know what you are thinking. You think I am insane and ask, “What’s better than a couple of hours away from the kids, indulging in modeling fabulous outfits in sizes you never dreamed you’d reach before kids?” And truly, while I’ve come to grips with the size battle, I still can’t stand shopping. So what’s my problem?

The pain of it all

Occasionally, I…

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What are your goals for 2017?

What are your 2017 goals? What do you really want to do? Can you help me with my goals?

What are some of the things you are actually planning to do this year? I don’t mean pie in the sky wishes that you’ll forget in a month. What do you really want to do and why? Share in the comments below.

Also, can you advise me how to achieve my 7 goals for 2017? I need all the help I can get. Nobody does everything on their own.

My 7 Goals for 2017

Here are my goals for 2017. I chose them by…

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Christmas can be really hard.

Christmas can be really hard.

Christmas can be really hard. It can be especially hard preparing everything when you’re on your own, kids in tow. And kids are smart. They know when you’re finding things tough.

And so, today while we were running through my lengthy list of pressing errands, my eight year old ran around the car and pushed me hard in the gut.

“What are you doing? Stop! Stop!” I was agitated. When did she become…

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Best free photo editing app (Android/iPhone)

Are photos your favorite part of Facebook, Instagram, and online in general? Do you have a photo envy complex? Did you know that you too can make your photos rock without paying a cent on an app? I’ve used both Samsung Galaxy and iPhone and my favorite app is available for both!

Best free photo app: PicsArt

PicsArt is available through Google Play and iTunes App Store

People may tell you that…

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Saint John #Riptide "Tipoff" Thanks #TelegraphJournal! #growsj #saintawesome (at Harbour Station)

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Grandma Rossie's Christmas Dinners

Grandma Rossie's Christmas dinners & feedback from her father-in-law on his final Christmas.

My mother, who is affectionately known as Grandma Rossie, did everything for us growing up: cooking, cleaning, driving, teaching, and anything else she felt needed to be done. She was lucky enough to be a stay-at-home mother, which was much more common in the 1970s through 1990s.

Christmas Dinner

The most exhaustive work that she did had to be our Christmas dinners. Grandma Rossie invited our…

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What girls want for Christmas

What Santa might bring your girls for Christmas.

Maybe your kids don’t show you their Christmas List for Santa.  Maybe your kids are too overwhelmed to tell Santa what they’d like. If your kids are like mine, you might have to hit half a dozen Santas. Well, I’ve done that for you!

My kids have visited almost every Santa in town this year and they have confirmed that the one at Market Square is the real deal.

Girls really want Shopkins,…

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Top of Christmas list this year: Kendama @ L'il Shop of Science. #santa #growsj thatsthree.com (at Brunswick Square Shopping Centre)

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Christmas Shopping Uptown at L'il Shop of Science

Christmas Shopping @ L'il Shop of Science ❤ Best toys & gifts ❤ #GrowSJ #thatsthree

I love Christmas shopping. I really do! I know that running around looking for gifts can be a nightmare, so I choose the easiest way to shop. I shop in uptown Saint John, which makes life a lot easier for me as a parent. Because I work uptown, I can also shop during lunch or on the way home from work. What could be easier?

My favorite store in Uptown Saint John

I love to Christmas shop in uptown…

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Finding happiness as an adult

Finding happiness: Heart tugging youtube confessions from my niece

I remember that time of my life just after highschool. I went to university right out of highschool and struggled to balance meeting my parents’ expectations and following my passions. My battle was between engineering and fine arts, which eventually led me to my current role as a technical writer.

My career happiness

I’m a technical writer. Basically, I read what developers and engineers want to…

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Why I started a YouTube channel http://wp.me/p8aduj-5