What have I been up to?...

Wow it's been a few days since I last posted.

First of all, Happy Anniversary to my awesome husband Kris!! Today we have been married for 7 years..(man where does the time go??) ...and I am still in love with him as much as I was the first day that I met him (which was in grade 12, yes we are high school sweethearts). I am looking forward to celebrating with dinner and a movie tonight while Grandma babysits!!

So where have I been? Well most of you know that I also work full time and this week was the Employment First conference. I am still reeling from getting to meet Hayley Wickenheiser who was the inspirational keynote speaker at the conference.

We were also getting ready for the garage sale that we held this weekend. A right of passage of being a home owner in my opinion, and a great way to meet your neighbours, but thank god it is over.

The birthday party season also continued and we celebrated one of Cart'er s friends 4th birthday this Sunday, which honestly I still can't believe that Carter is 4, his friends are 4, and time just flys by way too fast!  It's just another reminder that life is short and you need to take time for friends, family, and life!

To celebrate the end of it all we went in the hot tub and drank rum.

So that brings us to today! I have lots of fun things planned for some posts so stay tune.  And if you want to receive emails of my posts you can sign up below!!

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Are you a busy mom? This may help.

Template printed from mommytracked.com

With me juggling such a busy schedule it is important for me to plan ahead and be organized.
I was having a hard time specifically with planning for posts for my business & blog as well as planning for healthy eating so I decided to google organization templates. After some searching I came across the Mommy Tracked website, which offers some free downloadable/printable templates for organization.

Pictured in this post are my 2 favourite templates which have become SO useful, and there are MANY more.

Template printed from mommytracked.com

If you want to make these templates or others into a DIY organization book or calendar,  one way to do it is to sign up for an online account for staples.ca and have them printed. You can print them in colour, have them laminated, and pick your paper preference. They can even bind it into a booklet for you.

Oh the possibilities are endless. 

Have you found some awesome templates online or a good tool. Please share it :) 

Ebates.ca - Getting paid to shop

I have recently discovered www.ebates.ca and I am hooked! 

Signing up is easy -

Email ✓✓✓

Choose a password ✓✓✓

Put down the persons email that referred you (I didn't fill this in because I found this website on my own) 

Click Enter ✓✓✓

The basics of ebates.ca is that they receive a commission for sending customers to various online stores and instead of keeping the full commission, they offer a certain amount back to you, the shopper. They have a variety of well known businesses such as Old Navy Canada, Sears Overstocks, Carters/OshGosh, Mexx, Keurig Canada, and so many more. 

Four times a year ebates will send you a cheque, deposit the money into your Pay Pal account, or send it to your charity of choice for no added cost. 

Tonight I shopped online @ Old Navy Canada. I spent $82.02 on my purchase and will receive $3.28 towards my ebate cheque. While that does not seem like a lot - I got paid to shop and I didn't really do anything different, AND its $3.28 more in my pocket. 

**For a limited time, ebates.ca is automatically giving each new customer a $5 credit **

How can you maximize your ebates earning potential?

• If there is a gift you have to buy or you know there is a store that advertises on ebate, then go through ebates to shop.
• Going on a trip? Check out what travel options are available through the website 
• Keep up to date on the ebates deals & offers.

Until next time

~Christine~

Win a blanket from Baby Jack Blankets!

The Pregnancy & Newborn Facebook page is offering Facebook fans 4 chances to win a cute blanket from Baby Jack Blankets!

How do you enter? A few simple steps!

1. Like the Pregnancy & Newborn Magazine Facebook Page
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2. Like the Baby Jack Blankets Facebook Page
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3. Go back to the Pregnancy & Newborn Magazine Facebook page and leave a comment on their post about why YOU feel that you should win a Baby Jack Blanket!

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