Healthy Life Lessons

Are you an animal lover?  Do you live in the Greater Toronto Area?  If so, how would you like free tickets to the IAMS SO GOOD Dog Concert this Saturday, June 8th? To win, just leave me a comment telling me about your pet (or a pet you used to have) and why you love him or her.  I have 8 tickets to give away!! Here are the details: Saturday, June 8 at Echo Beach in Toronto from 4-8 p.m. This will be the first concert of its kind in Canada - an event for the whole family - including your pup!  A live, 45 piece orchestra will play classical canine-inspired music  including hits like  “Hound Dog,” “Bella Notte” from the film “Lady and the Tramp,” “Cruella de Vil” from “101 Dalmatians,” “(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?” and “Who Let the Dogs Out?".

I have a $25 gift card for SpaFinder that can be yours, redeemable at over 20,000 Spas, Yoga, Pilates, & Fitness Studios Worldwide! For a chance to win, just follow me on Twitter and/or 'Like' my professional Facebook page and then leave me a comment that you've done so.  You get 2 entries if you do both! Just look at this list of over 100 participating yoga studios in the Greater Toronto Area alone.  The gift card is like a free class! This contest is open to EVERYONE.  Contest closes May 31st, 2013.

I'm a wee bit tired today.  So is Adam.  Believe it or not, it's not because the girls were bouncing off the ceiling on sugar highs all night.  Nor is it because we were bouncing off the ceiling from sugar highs. Nope, it's because Little A had a middle-of-the-night tantrum.  Yep, that's right.  In the middle of the night! You see, she has suddenly decided to potty train herself at night.  Until a week ago, she was happy to fill her pull-up with pee while she slept.  Last week, she began waking up at night and calling us to take her to the bathroom.  Okay, no problem.  We went through this with Big A when she began night-time potty training.  It goes with the territory. But last night, the call for help wasn't for a bathroom run.  It was to fix her blankets.  Little A has always been very particular about her blankets.  She has, up until last night. refused to sleep under her covers.  Instead, she has slept on...

I am very excited to offer the first giveaway ever on my blog! If you love to cook, like I do, than you know how important it is to have high quality kitchen equipment, particularly knives.  Believe it or not, I despise chopping fruits and veggies, but I do it because I believe cooking from scratch is essential to good health and nutrition.  I think a significant contributor to the North American obesity epidemic is our over-reliance on restaurant, prepared and processed foods.  I don't see "hating it" or "not having time" as excuses for not cooking.  It's a life skill, and like brushing your teeth, I think you have got to do it, regardless of whether you want to or not to ensure good health - unless you are wealthy enough to pay someone to do it for you, I suppose.  I was recently sent several complimentary products from the Cutco Cutlery company to try out.  The company makes a wide variety of kitchen knives, gadgets and cookware.  They sent me ...