jewel’s Blog Posts
Jewel is a mother of two boys who prefer to be referred to as 'pre-teens' than children. She is currently wading the waters of parenting a special needs child while working part time and trying to have a personal life. Definitely very yoyo-like.
holiday craft fairs and markets 2011
Filed Under events | November 15, 2011
Our annual craft fair listing is brought to you by this year’s One Of A Kind Show and Sale! I love holiday craft fairs. Not only do I get to pick up some unique gifts, but I love the decorations, the smells, the music, and the treats: they always get me into the holiday spirit. [...]
Tyze wrap up
Filed Under parenting | October 31, 2011
I’m wrapping up my free month with Tyze, and I have to say I’m seriously considering purchasing a membership. I thought I’d share with you my reasons: Privacy: Yes, this one is first on my list. The more I reflect on it, the more I realize how much I had held back online because of [...]
private-Tyze
Filed Under parenting | October 26, 2011
A recent article on Mashable confirmed what I’ve heard anecdotally so many times: what you do online can have very real impacts in the offline world. It’s been shown that more than 90 percent of recruiters have made hiring decisions based on how the applicant presents themselves through social media. This got me thinking: how [...]
getting on top of my schedule
Filed Under parenting | October 18, 2011
If you’ll forgive the pop reference, this week was a classic ‘Oops, I did it again.’ I arranged for my older son to go to his grandmothers after school on Friday, so I could book a therapy appointment for my younger son, followed by 3 hours of respite for me. We were all looking forward [...]
Tyze it all together
Filed Under parenting | October 15, 2011
When my boys were about 3 and 4 years old, my mom made a comment that I wasn’t just a parent, I was also a full-time administrative assistant to my family. And she was right. With two special needs children, there are times when we’ve had 5 appointments in any given week. And if that [...]
And then we played…
Filed Under parenting, things | September 26, 2011
We talked introduction to strategy games for ages 5+ on yoyomama today. Here’s a few more recommendations that are technically for ages 8-10+, but we’ve found children as young as age six enjoying the first three once they’ve been introduced to basic strategy games, and have the concentration to play for an hour or more. [...]
lunch box deconstructed: chocolate hummus
Filed Under parenting | September 12, 2011
Now, having said we don’t usually attempt novelty we did introduce something new this school year. We’d seen an abundance of chocolate hummous recipes in the blogosphere this summer, and we just had to try them out. We found the standard recipes a little too gritty to be popular with our more conventional eaters, so [...]
hip and cool and back to school
Filed Under things | August 15, 2011
find more details on all the fab back to school products on yoyomama.ca. Northface Daypack Mossbud Soft Shell Jacket Resolve Jacket Kamik Boots Stonz Boot Linerz
under construction
Filed Under faces & places, fitness | March 24, 2011
I am about to write a post about weight loss. But it’s not the post you expect. I am not on a diet, and I am not trying to be thin. When I rounded and softened while carrying my children in my belly, I wore it like a badge of honour: I had carried and [...]
rock your image
Filed Under biz tips | May 4, 2009
You are a smart entrepreneur. You have done your research, and carefully chosen where to spend your advertising dollars. You want targeted exposure, a responsive audience, and the ever important goal: branding. You have lost sleep over what specials you want to offer, chewed your fingernails raw planning lead capturing techniques, and you have gone [...]
