In today's consumer-driven world, it's impossible to imagine a birthday without presents. The gift planning often starts months before their actual birthday with family and friends asking what they want this year. The list of items gets rhymed off without much thought of cost or logistics to make it a reality....
A wise old man (cough, my pandemic-stressed, aging husband) recently said, “let’s get back to basics.” Albeit, it was during a heated discussion about a household task that turned overly complicated, BUT having the party-planning brain I have, the phrase really struck me in a different way. It made me reflect on how complicated and elaborate parties...
With more lockdowns coming in hot, we're forced to put more pen to paper - or let's be honest - finger to phone - to type out our birthday wishes to friends and family. Knowing that celebrating a birthday during Covid dampens plans, a nicely crafted message can be the difference...
With Halloween just around the corner and COVID-19 numbers rising, we’re not holding our breath for an executive order from Ontario that we will be celebrating Halloween in the style we’re all used to. Gone (or paused) are the days of large groups of children running house-to-house in exchange for candies...
We can pinpoint the exact moment our lives changed forever. It was November 2018 and we were on a flight from Toronto to San Diego. We were browsing through the in-flight entertainment when a colourful image of "The Greatest Showman" popped up. Well, I think it's fair to say that since that...
