Debt Avenue: Taxes

This is my first article on how to fix Alberta’s financial situation. Alberta has always been seen as a “have” province, with a great amount of natural resources fueling our growth. In the past weeks, however, residents all across Alberta received shocking news – we’re headed straight into debt city. If Alberta can’t solve its…

Oreo Goodness-be creative!

Oreo has been one of my favorites since childhood! Not only because it is delicious, but also because it can be eaten in a few different ways. You can eat it as a whole, or eat the filling and the biscuits separately, or dip in milk. The choices make eating Oreo more fun than just eating ordinary cookies. After we…

Fantasy Sports

At the start of the shortened NHL season I participated for the first time in a fantasy sports league with my friends. Before, the term ‘fantasy sports’ left me with an “unimpressed” and “lame” attitude towards the whole idea. Maybe its because the term ‘fantasy’ left negative connotations with me, especially since playing sports is…

Our Materialistic Society

We are exposed to so much advertising everyday. Our society is continuously being consumed in a vast environment of the constant pursue to spend. Everywhere we go, we see ads for the latest phone, the latest shoe, the latest food. As a society, the push for us to spend our money on things we don’t…

10 Amazing Fantastical Landscapes

So, today I want to share with all you lovely folk one of my most treasured favorite pastimes — staring at fantastical art and architecture. Oh, and by the way, by “fantastical”, I don’t mean “really freakin’ awesome” (which, to be fair, most of these paintings are), but rather “magical” or “fantasy-inspired”. Like this: 1.…

Awesome books not enough people know about

Escaping to another world, making friends with fictional characters, and learning how to face life’s obstacles are all key aspects that make us love literature. However, many of us are trapped in a small bubble of well-known books, but really, there are sooooooo many great books out there, so look beyond the common trends! Before…

Musicians care for kids!!

Much thanks to the Kids Up Front for giving me tickets to the Musicians Care for Kids. An annual event where musicians team up to raise funds for the Boys & Girls Club. The host for the night is the renowned Calgarian artist, Russell Broom, a JUNO winner for songwriter of the year.  The musicians…

Horrible Conversation Killers

Have you ever met a person who only talks about them self…or a person who will barely share his/her input so you feel like you are doing all the talking?! CONVO KILLERS 🙁 Have you ever had a conversation that went like this: Bob: Hey John: Hey Bob: What’s up? John: Not much  Ohhh those…

Best thing of the week: Harlem Shake

This week has been a bummer with school, but I found this thing that’s solved all my problems. 30 seconds of happiness for each video. So Gangnam Style was a big thing, but it’s so 2012 now. There’s this new dance meme called the Harlem Shake. The song that everyone does it to is by…

Cheesy Pick Up Lines

Valentines day is here! So what better way to pick up some ladies and gents then with pick up lines! I’m just joking of course but everyone can use a good laugh every now and then.     I was wondering if you had an extra heart, mine seems to have been stolen. If you were words…

Sweetest thing ever

I’m going to help celebrate Valentine’s Day by sharing these super adorable stories with you. Enjoy ♥  Special Delivery My sweet husband, John, and I were married for 46 years. Each Valentine’s Day, he’d send me the most beautiful flowers containing a note with five simple words: “My love for you grows.” Four children, 46 bouquets…

Awesome things about Valentine’s Day

Last year, I wrote about a blog titled “Annoying things about Valentine’s Day”. This year I decided to counter my disgruntled opinions with something more enlightening (I find it a tad bit ironic how I was in a relationship when I was complaining about V-Day and am now single and am complimenting it). So February…