Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Feb 7, 2012, 6:15 pm
(All pictures taken - again - by my very talented husband because it seems that winter has sucked all the desire to take photos right out of me. Luckily I am married to a man who takes photos like these!) Link-Up your Wordless Wednesday posts h...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Feb 7, 2012, 12:49 am
I have been blessed with some pretty amazing friends in my life. But there is something strange about my friends... many times they seem to think they suck. They think they suck as mothers, as wives, and as women in general. No matter how many things they did RIGHT that day they seem to get st...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Feb 7, 2012, 12:05 am
I joined in with  This Lil Piglet and Tales of a Ranting Ginger  and a group of fabulous Canadian bloggers to present the Moola Love Valentine Sweeps cash giveaway. It begins February 7th 12:00 am EST and will end on February 14th at midnight. You can ...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Feb 6, 2012, 6:00 am
LADY AND THE TRAMP Diamond Edition Blu-ray Combo Pack A classic love story unfolds in the best Disney tradition as a lovely young pedigreed cocker spaniel named Lady, who lives a pampered life, finds herself falling romantically for Tramp, an amorous ...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Feb 6, 2012, 12:00 am
I have teamed up with a group of blogs to offer our readers a fun giveaway. We are giving away $400 in Target Gift Cards to one lucky person! Please note you only need to enter once on any of the participating blogs as we all will have the same form. The giveaway is ...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Feb 4, 2012, 11:32 pm
Film Synopsis:  The Buddies are off on an all new adventure, and this time their journey takes them all the way to the ruins of ancient Egypt where, with the help of some new friends, including Digger the Archeologist dog, Cammy, a baby camel, and a mischievous monkey named Babi,...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Feb 1, 2012, 7:19 pm
Once again I am participating in Pretty on Pinterest- a weekly meme hosted by Simply Stacie and Sassy Mamma in LA. The Pretty on Pinterest theme this week is "hot" and honestly the first thing that popped into my head when I saw that theme was "well it sure isn't hot here"... we are still rig...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Feb 1, 2012, 12:02 am
my husband took both of these pictures this week Link up your Wordless Wednesday posts here: Mister Linky's Magical Widgets -- Easy-Linky widget will appear right here! This preview will disappear when the widget is displayed on you...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Feb 1, 2012, 12:01 am
Welcome to the Cupids Cash Giveaway hosted by MamaNYC! I have teamed up with an fabulous group of bloggers to bring you a terrific CASH prize that is sure to amaze you. One lucky winner is going to receive a $850.00 PayPal CASH prize! Please use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter th...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Jan 31, 2012, 11:30 pm
Welcome to the Cupid's Cash Giveaway Event! Kidsumers and Sober Julie Doing Life have partnered up with lots of different and wonderful bloggers to bring you a fabulous prize, just in time for the Valentines Day! ...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Jan 31, 2012, 12:06 am
Source: homemadeinheaven.blogspot.com via Tara on Pinterest Why yes I DO have sparkly hot pink slippers and bright green nail polish on! Thank-you for noticing! They were a special gift from a dear friend.  &#...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Jan 28, 2012, 11:59 pm
My husband took this picture of our daughter this week and I love it. I shared it on Facebook but I really wanted to share it here too. She is growing up so fast! Olivia changes her clothes about 8 times a day... I believe in this particular picture she was sporting her summ...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Jan 26, 2012, 11:50 am
Thank you to who?Comics for sponsoring this post and encouraging my child to read biographies in comic book form! Please click here to learn more about the app. And follow who? Comics on Twitter for updates! This is a screenshot I took di...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Jan 25, 2012, 5:42 pm
The Pretty on Pinterest theme for this week is Chocolate. Source: aboutamom.com via Tara on Pinterest Mmmmmm.... chocolate!! Just in case you have no idea what Pretty on Pinterest is I explained last week why I love Pinterest and what Pretty on Pinte...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Jan 24, 2012, 6:09 pm
(my husband Doug took all these photos of the kids at bedtime last night) Link Up your Wordless Wednesday posts here Mister Linky's Magical Widgets -- Easy-Linky widget will a...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Jan 24, 2012, 7:00 am
I am so pleased to welcome Deb Lowther- the amazing woman behind IronKids Gummies and Adult Essentials Gummies vitamins-  as my special guest poster today- I have met Deb several times now in real life and think she is fabulous. I asked Deb if she could talk to us today about the importance o...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Jan 23, 2012, 9:00 am
I am participating in TWO Cupids Cash Giveaways this February... why? Because with my husband out of work going on 8 months now I am feeling like we could all use a little extra cash right now! Just in case any of the rest of you would like to join in I wanted to tell you about them in time for you ...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Jan 22, 2012, 12:48 pm
I have mentioned before that I am extremely excited to be going to Blissdom in Nashville this year. I can't believe that in one month I will be at the Opryland hotel with 750 amazing women. Blissdom SOLD OUT this week which is pretty incredible too! Satin Woods Boutique was my clo...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Jan 20, 2012, 7:36 pm
I just had an interesting conversation with some of my favourite blogger friends- @Shasherslife @OKtobeWEIRD and @MomsMusings. They were talking about how Chinese New Year is coming up and how they love to celebrate things and will pretty much use any old excuse to create a celebration and just love...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Jan 18, 2012, 7:46 pm
I have been asked numerous times what the appeal of Pinterest is. It is hard to explain but I am going to try because I love it! For those of you who are not yet familiar with the delight that is Pinterest it is sort of like the best picture scrapbook ever. Except it is online and you ca...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Jan 17, 2012, 6:24 pm
My Wordless Wednesday posts are usually ACTUALLY wordless... but today... not so much. We have had a spectacularly crappy couple of days but I want to share something GOOD with you all, because even in the midst of crap I am truly thankful. The other day I asked my husband t...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Jan 16, 2012, 12:02 am
I've attended the Blissdom Canada conference two years in a row now and I LOVED it both times. This year I am super excited that I get to experience the Blissdom conference where it first began- in Nashville, Tennessee!  This is exciting for...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Jan 12, 2012, 7:00 pm
People often think that children with Autism don't want friends and for some kids I suppose that may be the case. But for some kids with Autism, like my son Aiden, that could not be farther than the truth. Aiden desperately wants friends. Unfortunately he struggles with soci...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Jan 11, 2012, 2:39 pm
The Mom Biz Retreat is a weekend designed specifically for mom entrepreneurs to develop the necessary tools and strategies to build their business successfully. The Mom Biz Retreat is one part business bootcamp and one part weekend getaway for mom entrepren...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Jan 10, 2012, 10:30 pm
(Picture taken by my fabulous husband Doug) Link up your Wordless Wednesday post here: Mister Linky's Magical Widgets -- Easy-Linky widget will appear right here! This preview will disappear when the widget is displayed on your site. For best results, ...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Jan 10, 2012, 12:18 am
Last week we got this seriously awesome box of stuff from Kellogg's. I posted about it on my Facebook wall. My kids were surprisingly excited considering it was a box of food products! They were thrilled though and immediately wanted to dig in to the new boxes of cereal.
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Jan 7, 2012, 11:08 pm
Olivia was playing some form of princess something-or-other today and in the game she decided that she (being the princess) and daddy (being the prince) would dance. She was very bossy about the whole thing and it was very cute. She told me I had to take pictures but then was annoyed whe...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Jan 6, 2012, 10:34 pm
What happens when the kids are home from school and mommy is sick? No blogging. That's what. We've been taking the kids to the pool for a swim (more accurately daddy and the kids swim and I sit in the hot tub and try to soak the pain away) to try and work off their holiday energy but tha...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Nov 1, 2011, 9:50 pm
Link up your Wordless Wednesday posts here Mister Linky's Magical Widgets -- Easy-Linky widget will appear right here! This preview will disappear when the widget is displayed on your site. For best results, use HTML mode to...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 31, 2011, 10:19 pm
Our town has the best policy ever- trick or treating is allowed from 6 to 8 pm. That's it. There is a siren that goes off when you are allowed to begin and another siren goes off at the end. It is brilliant. We had a great time tonight with the kids. Olivia dressed up as a fairy......
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 29, 2011, 11:35 pm
Last weekend we finally got the chance to celebrate Owen's 8th birthday. Owen's actual birthday was on October 12... which was unfortunately the same day I was flying to Toronto for Blissdom Canada. But it all worked out because he was thrilled to have a Halloween themed birthday party this year. &#...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 28, 2011, 11:02 pm
Guest Review by my husband Doug - all pictures in this post were taken by him as well! Mega Bloks; Blok Squad, Fire Patrol Rescue | 2422 We received the box of Mega Bloks to review and my oldest boy was partic...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 28, 2011, 1:41 pm
 I must admit that making lunches is not my favourite thing. I'm sure you are all shocked to hear that since so many of us moms just LIVE to make school lunches day after day after day after day... right? Our school has a "balanced day" which means they have two "nutrition breaks" instead of ...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 27, 2011, 11:32 pm
Today was national "I Can Be" day in Canada.   I Can Be day was dedicated to inspiring young girls to dream big with help from their mentors. Participating schools had moms come into the classroom and speak about their careers. The id...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 27, 2011, 1:08 pm
5 Years ago today, at this very moment I posted my very first blog post ever. FIVE YEARS!! Can you believe it? I started this blog when I was on bed rest with my 3rd child. Actually, my husband Doug started it for me. He said I needed somewhere to vent. And he was so right. M...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 25, 2011, 6:00 pm
Link up your Wordless Wednesday posts here Mister Linky's Magical Widgets -- Easy-Linky widget will appear right here! This preview will disappear when the widget is displayed on your site. For best results, use HTML mode to edit this section of the post. &#...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 25, 2011, 9:00 am
This past summer I was lucky enough to win a cool contest with The Brick for a $2500 gift certificate to their store. We were super excited but since we moved this summer and life was just ridiculously chaotic we decided to wait for a bit to spend the credit. Well we finally did it! ...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 23, 2011, 2:43 pm
Last week I had the distinct privilege of attending the second annual Blissdom Canada social media conference in Toronto. I loved it. I went last year and had a wonderful time but this year I got to experience it from a slightly different angle- this year I was helping out! It was fascin...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 22, 2011, 7:45 pm
We had my son Owen's 8th birthday party at the pool today. I think he had fun :) I still can't get my camera to work properly so all the pictures I took today were at least partially blurry. Sigh. Happy birthday party day Owen :)
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 19, 2011, 10:12 pm
I love The Lion King and have loved it for years so I was excited to get The Lion King Diamond Edition in the mail to review. Here is some information I took from the press release: “‘The Lion King’ is the best-selling home entertainment release of ...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 19, 2011, 10:17 am
Hello again! I am still having trouble with my account- if you see a link pop up on ANYTHING from me that is something like "I just got an iPad for $24" or "work at home" it is total spam.  Please don't click on it.  I am still trying to figure out how to...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 18, 2011, 7:17 pm
Here Shannon (@shasherslife) and I are all prettied up for the CBC Live opening party of Blissdom Canada on the first night:   (I am wearing my very pretty dress from Satin Woods Boutique)  and here we are all dressed up at the Costume party on the last night: Â...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 17, 2011, 9:17 pm
Two weeks ago I attended a social media conference in Toronto and CentrSource very graciously covered my hotel room costs. I really appreciate their support! CentrSource is currently running the Dream Big, Canada! contest and I wanted to make sure you all knew about it. The Grand ...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 17, 2011, 4:05 pm
Sorry folks, while I was away at Blissdom Canada for the past several days my blog was hacked. Someone decided to post a link to some "work at home" thing and while I don't think it will cause any problems (several folks clicked on the link unfortunately but nothing happened to them) it is sti...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 13, 2011, 11:43 pm
Right now I am at Blissdom Canada and having a great time! The irony of being at a blogging conference is that you have very little time to actually blog :). Here is a picture of me with @shasherslife and MamaYamma (with her fabulous puppeteer Ali Eisner) from Kids CBC at the CBC...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 11, 2011, 7:36 pm
Owen is the one with the huge green eyes and wearing the green shirt :). We are staying at the fabulous Canad Inns Destination Fort Garry right now- I am flying out of Winnipeg  to Blissdom Canada in Toronto tomorrow and since tomorrow is ALSO my son Owen's 8th birthday we decided...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 10, 2011, 11:46 pm
To my fellow Canadians- I hope you have all had a wonderful Thanksgiving long weekend. We have much to be thankful for :). Here are a few pictures my husband took on his canoe trip to Quetico Provincial Park last week for you viewing enjoyment- and to remind you just ho...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 7, 2011, 5:05 pm
Last week I attended the ShesConnected social media conference in Toronto. Addition-Elle was kind enough to send me a gift card to buy some clothes for the conference. I was super excited. It can be very hard to find clothes that fit well when you are a plus size lady. My friend Ruth (@MomsMus...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 6, 2011, 10:57 pm
My husband has been away on a canoe trip with @shasherslife 's husband for the past several days. They went to Quetico provincial park here in Northern Ontario... which incidentally is about 21 hours North of where @shasherslife & her hubby are from! They were planning on coming home tomorrow...
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Tara R. posted an article on Tara's View of the World - Oct 4, 2011, 9:53 pm
This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing The Mercy Bethany House (September 6, 2011) by Beverly Lewis ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Beverly's first venture into adult fiction is the best-selling trilogy, The Heritage of Lancaster County, including The Sh...
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