The January blues, aka post-holiday depression, seasonal depression, winter blues, or what I like to call temporary insanity, can be a common occurrence after the festive season comes to an end. It's natural to feel a little down after the excitement and celebration of the holidays but add in the shorter days, some extra weight many of us carry into the new year, and temperatures as cold as a witches tit, and it's no wonder we're collectively depressed. As we inch closer to Blue Monday, the …
Each week, the 10 best blogs I’ve read that week will be listed here.
GROUNDED: 5 Tips to Help with a Fear of Flying
I have AVIOPHOBIA , ACROPHOBIA, CLAUSTROPHOBIA and AGORAPHOBIA, the fear of flying, heights, small spaces, and not being able to escape. Throw in a few dozen snakes and Samuel Jackson and you have a hit action movie. You can imagine how fun it is to sit beside me on a plane. This list of FEARS from Wikepedia accurately sums up what goes through my head every time I squeeze my ass into a far TOO SMALL airplane seat. The fear of flying may be created by various other phobias and …
Top Ten Back to School Movies
There are curled, dried up maple leaves on my driveway this morning and I can hardly smell sunscreen on my kids anymore. There's been no sticky burnt marshmallow crust in my hair for almost a week and every store I go to has aisles full of sullen children crying over pencil crayon displays. Summer's all but done, and come this time just a few days from now, it'll all be a frozen margarita-soaked memory. So, buh-bye Summer 2014! We had a decent run, but the fun's gotta stop sometime, and that …
Top Ten Christmas Apps
I am currently in the process of Christmas-fying everything. The kitchen, the living room, the front hall, my phone.....yes, even my phone. I am a Christmas freak and so I say "why not?". Christmas is only here for a short time, so if you're like me, yule love these Top Ten Christmas Apps. Christmas!! - Free This fun app comes with a Christmas countdown, an Advent calendar, jokes, wallpaper, and even a gift list. It's a Christmas extravaganza on your phone. Shave Santa - …
Top Ten Cookbooks of 2012
By Jodi Lariviere This was a really stellar year for cookbooks and cooking related novels. But, in my opinion, here are 10 of the best. Well worth your money and they make a great gift! In no particular order: 10 - Saveur The Way We Cook - A photo collection of home cooks and professional chefs doing what they do best. A wonderful coffee table book. 9 - Canada's Favourite Recipes - by Elizabeth Baird and Rose Murray - Everyone should have a book that showcases …
