I’m going to be stopping in to Algonquin College as a guest speaker tomorrow. I’ll be speaking with students in the Advertising Program and the particular course is Professional Practice, which is described like this:
Attitude, communication, and human relations are the key to surviving in the ever-changing world of advertising. This course helps you prepare for workplace success by providing [...]
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March 8th, 2010
If you were an Algonquin College Advertising student
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March 7th, 2010
The Winter Resolution series: Bush party! (shhhh … pass it on)
When I was a teenager, every so often word would spread that a “bush party” was going to take place on the weekend. Unlike the “house party” which took place at some poor unsuspecting parent’s home while they were away, a “bush party” involved no house, just a location in the woods somewhere.
The two types of parties still shared some [...]
March 6th, 2010
Extra! Extra! Read all about it …
Good morning! If you don’t normally buy an Ottawa Citizen newspaper, pick one up today to support not only your local paper but this caffeine-needy writer!
In today’s Travel Section, I have two articles for your morning coffee:
#1: What a woman wants: how hotels can cater better to women business travellers and a list of hotels going all out to do [...]
March 3rd, 2010
Maybe a puppy wasn’t such a bad idea, after all?
Last year, we lost Riley. Riley was our family dog. The puppy my husband and I adopted the summer we moved into our first home together. We had Riley for five years before any children came along. And in total, we had Riley in our lives for a decade. For anyone who’s had a pet, you know what kind of [...]
March 1st, 2010
The Winter Resolution series: I did it!
The last item on my winter resolution list was: “Go on winter hike in the Adirondack mountain range.”
It certainly seemed a lofty goal for a book-worm gal like me, but hey, I put it out there in writing on my blog and while I don’t mind being a private wimp, I don’t like being a public wimp. So off we [...]
February 26th, 2010
Forgiveness
My daughter celebrated the sacrament of first reconciliation this week. This is one of a series of sacraments that one progresses through in the life of a Catholic, which start with baptism and continue on to marriage. For this sacrament, one confesses their sins and then one receives forgiveness from God.
Although I find myself unable to believe in a God [...]
February 21st, 2010
Dani is feeling indignant
How do I know that Dani is feeling indignant? Because she wrote last night, and I quote: “am going to bed on a wave of righteous indignation!” on a public online space — Twitter.
Did I ask her permission if I can quote her on my blog? No. Why would I? It was a Twitter post — publicly available for anyone’s [...]
February 9th, 2010
The “Vacation”
I’m currently sitting in a beautiful suite in a resort hotel with access to two of my favourite things – but luxury version. The first, high-speed internet access – but in a quiet space that is not full of unsorted laundry, sippy cups and mountains of toys. The second, sleep – but in an enormous bed with high-quality linen and [...]
February 5th, 2010
Hyper Parents & Coddled Kids
Did you catch this CBC documentary yesterday?
I got a heads-up from Ann Douglas’ blog at parentcentral.ca that it was coming and I was intrigued. In her review, Douglas concludes that this “hyper-parenting” phenomenon is largely a thing of the past:
The documentary is worth watching, if only as a reminder of where we’ve been and how far we’ve come in rejecting the [...]
February 2nd, 2010
The Winter Resolution series: The Shilly Shally
Ah, the infamous Shilly Shally. Stella has been raving about the charm of the Shilly Shally for years now. I’m not sure if she goes on about it unconsciously or as a conscious attempt to convince me to go cross-country skiing with her and hubby. Either way, I have always responded with something along the lines of “Have a special [...]
February 1st, 2010
Life As A Human has launched!
So, today is the big day! Life As A Human, the Canadian-based e-zine I was telling you about in my last post has now launched.
I really had no idea how it was all going to come together or who the other writers were — it was a bit of a leap of faith to sign-on as a contributor. As you [...]
January 28th, 2010
A pelvic exam without my consent?
As you know, I am now bopping around in Twitter checking it all out and making new friends, er, followers.
Today I started to notice some tweets about women having pelvic exams done to them while they are unconscious in the hospital. Like many bits of way too information that I let into my day, I let it go into my [...]
January 28th, 2010
An Ode to a Teacher
If you live in Ontario, you still have a few days left to submit a nomination to the Premier’s Teaching Awards for Excellence. Just being nominated means the world for a hard-working teacher!
Below is my nomination and a public shout-out to a special teacher in our daughter’s life. Please feel free to use my comments section to share your thoughts [...]
January 24th, 2010
I buzzed over to Montreal this weekend
To push myself up into the higher ranks of the Mother-of-the-Year contest, I took Stella to Montreal this weekend. Yes, we went shopping and got Mommy & Me pedi’s & mani’s!
Did I have you convinced — even momentarily — on that one? Okay, okay. We know my Stella would never entertain such notions. But I did go to Montreal.
And I [...]
January 21st, 2010
Julie visits the ER
It’s not too often that one gets to do something for the first time after 38 years on this earth. But through a combination of good luck and conscientious avoidance, I have never had a visit to the ER. Yesterday, however, I was initiated to life in the ER. I spent from 7 am to 3 pm there — 8 [...]
