I’m on holidays this week so I thought I’d resurrect one of my favourite posts that I’d originally written last fall.  Leave a comment if you’d like! Scammers seep into every crevice of society including online dating sites. Spotting one of these pros may not be as easy as you think. If it’s too good [...]

Historic mansions fascinate me.  When the Idlewyld Inn here in London was offering a special promotion at the London Women’s Show I couldn’t pass it up!  In 1878, this magnificent mansion was built for successful businessman Charles Smith Hyman.  His political ambitions included Mayor of London and the prestige of serving as a Cabinet Minister with Prime Minister [...]

I’ve lost 20 lbs. and reached my goal!  Click here to see my before picture when I started this adventure.  Weight Watchers has my vote.  Believe me there were days when I could have eaten a dozen apple fritters from Tim Hortons topped off with a large DQ Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Blizzard.  But I [...]

Be true to yourself.  That’s been my mantra for most of my life.  Was Gayle Haggard true to herself when she stayed with her husband, world-renowned evangelist Ted Haggard after his scandolous confession of sexual indiscretion with a man and illicit drug use?  After reading her book, Why I Stayed: the Choices I Made In [...]