Bride on a Budget 2019

The average wedding in Canada costs easily between $20,000 to $30,000 and that is a lot of moolah! Below are some examples of others who have researched the cost of saying “I do”: When it comes to planning your wedding, a key component every bride should remember is this is YOUR wedding.  I recently was …

Ending 2017 with Intention

I must give credit where credit is due so I want to share what blogger and author Cait Flanders https://caitflanders.com/ shared with her readers from Daisy for “No Sidebar” https://nosidebar.com/intentionally/ , which is ten questions I have copied below to end the 2017 intentionally. I encourage all of you to visit the URL I pasted …

So, You Wanna Shop Eh? 

So, you wanna shop eh?  Flexing my Canadian linguistics I am going to tell you that depending on your financial situation, there may be a few ways for you to shop and not break the bank.  For those who have a shopping budget for new threads right now there are heaps of End of Season …

Lunenburg – Nova Scotia

During my staycation last week, Brian and I drove up to beautiful Lunenburg; it is home to the Blue Nose II & her quaint Maritime feel has travelers from all over the world visiting.  Pictured below by Trip Advisor: One spot both Brian and I cannot get enough of is a small diner called  “Salt …

The Priceless “Stuff”

I am not going to lie, I have a lot of stuff and some of it is pretty nice, top quality, brand names, expensive and et cetera. Since being a teenager to my mid 30s, I tried my best to keep up with the Jones, or at least try to appear that I was keeping …

Another Great Staycation Day!

Sure, you can fly to California, France or Italy to visit some fine vineyards, but why do that when an abundance of quality vineyards are in your own backyard.  Welcome to Nova Scotia aka God’s Country, where the people are down to earth & have a great appreciation for the finer things in life such …

Celebrities who were Bullied Before Making it Big

Tomorrow is Pink Shirt day in Canada (February 24, 2016).  The origins of this anti bullying day come from a small town in Nova Scotia by the name of Berwick.  In 2007 two brave young men decided to come to the defense of a grade nine male student who was bullied for wearing a pink …

Nova Scotia’s Appellation Grape

For those who may not be so wine savvy and by no means am I; an Appellation  Grape is a legally defined grape which can only be grown in a certain region or a country in order for a wine to wear a certain title, for wee little Nova Scotia this grape is Tidal Bay. …