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My Day in Pictures: June 1

It's pouring rain today and whenever the weather is gray, I like to make indoors as cozy as possible. Luckily I'm working from home and my 4 toothed co-worker is super cute.

I was in a bit of a self-reflective mood this morning so I spent some time with spreadsheets and my old pal, the Bible.  I'm one of those purpose-driven types and it's important to me to evaluate how I...

We Love Fridays: Summer Reads Edition

During the summer months, my reading material needs to be that perfect blend of humour, romance and fun, of course some juicy drama thrown in doesn't hurt either! I'm a big fan of beach reads. I love light hearted novels that I can just relax and unwind with. Sure, it isn't War and Peace or anything but who doesn't love some guilty pleasure reading in the sun? 

There are...

Top 10 Ideas for Long Weekend Fun

I love long weekends. Who doesn't, right? I super, duper love them though because all of my out of town friends come back home for the weekend and I get to spend some quality BFF time with them. We like to have little 'staycations' on long weekends. We spend the weekend doing tons of fun stuff that we might not normally have the time to do during the weeks and of course, we get to do...

Treat Your Skin: 10 Foods for Better Skin + 3 Foods to Avoid

I've mentioned before that I've been aiming to treat my body a little better lately by eating lots of nutritious snacks. I won't lie, it's been difficult. But I will admit that so far, I've actually been able to see some of the results of my healthy eating. I feel more energetic throughout the day and I've also noticed how much brighter my complexion is. This...

Arts and Crafts: 3 Easy (and Kid-Friendly) Mother's Day DIY Gift Ideas

 

Attention chicks: Mother's Day is May 13th. That's this coming Sunday! Are you prepared? No? Running a little behind on the shopping? Hey, it's cool because I have three super easy, super inexpensive and super cute crafty ideas that also happen to be kid-friendly! 

Each of these crafts uses only a few materials, all of which can be found in a quick trip to the dollar store....

How to Travel to NYC With an Infant

The short answer is you might want to reconsider that.  I just returned from four days in New York City with my husband and baby and was quite disappointed to discover how hard it is to get around with a babe in tow. Sure, it's a big bustling city and space is always an issue but it went beyond that.  From small inconveniences like waiting on the side of the sidewalk until there was...

My Grandmother the Bad*ss and 6 Other Women I Admire

Recently, and for the first time in my life, I heard myself referred as a “strong person.” I guess they were referring to the fact that I haven’t had a total nervous breakdown, but those people haven’t seen me run into a spider in our basement or watch our dog nearly kill a rabbit in the backyard. But here’s the thing about strength: you don’t know you have it until you have no choice...

Chocolate Caramel Cocktail Recipe

This is a naughty Easter(ish) drink I invented.  Since the kiddies are going to be eating lots of chocolate this weekend, there should be something for the adults too.  It was inspired by the Cottontail Punch in the Spring 2012 issue of Food and Drink (p.127),  but that one called for butterscotch liqueur, which I don't like and there wasn't any chocolate. ...

Ali's Top 5 Spring 2012 Essentials

I love dressing up and wearing a full face of makeup, but life as a Mommy makes that a much bigger challenge than is worth it most days.  So, I love me some products that can achieve great results with minimal effort.  I also love me some sugar.  These are a few things on my radar right now:


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Getting back in shape post baby has been a huge goal...

Hunger Games Inspired Party Ideas

 
The Hunger Games film is coming out in 3 days and we're crazy excited over here at ChickAdvisor. So excited in fact, that we think the 23rd should be made a national holiday, actually, an international holiday and no, we don't think that's over doing it. 

In preparation for The Hunger Games, we thought it would be awesome to host a Hunger Games theme party with all the...