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12 Last Minute Valentines Gifts to Find Online

GEAR, style By Jill Amery February 2, 2015 Tags: amazon prime, ancestry, animal jam, artist works, artistworks, Education, featured, fitorbit, fiverr, gifts, internet, last minute, messons, my yoga, Next Issue, online, online art classes, online personal trainer, picmonkey, rosetta stone, shomi, slider, tech, valentines No Comments

You might be a tad more organized than we are, but in case you’re more of a late shopper…. here are some last minute Valentines gifts that will actually enhance people’s lives. Online personal training, music lessons, language instruction… The lucky recipients of your gifts will be brilliant while being able to be hermits! (But then again, staying home can be pretty romantic…)

Online Yoga Classes: $8-$10/month – Downward dog on your tablet in the living room.
Fiverr: $5 per gig – You could spend hours looking at the weird and wonderful things people will do for just $5.
Rosetta Stone Online Language Course: 6 months $169 – Because the elementary school french is getting a tad rusty.
Ancestry.ca Geneology Subscription: $9.99 – $24.99/month – Doing a family tree has been on your list for ages.
Online music and art lessons at Artistworks: $20 – $30/month – Philharmonic here I come!
PicMonkey Royale Subscription: $4.99/month or $33/year – Easy photo editing, plus you can add mustaches and text to images.
AnimalJam by National Geographic Kids: $5.99/month – A fab educational game for kids.
Online Personal Fitness Training: $11.50 – $29.99/week – Because then you have an excuse to say ‘Sorry I can’t. I’m seeing my personal trainer today.’
NextIssue Magazine Subscriptions: $9.99/month – Hundreds of magazine issues to read on your tablet or phone.
Amazon Prime: $99.99/year – Free shipping, books and movies.
Rogers Shomi: $8.99/month – the new video and TV streaming service from Rogers
Club Penguin: $5.00 – $7.95/month – Club Penguin is an ever-changing world where the possibilities to create, socialize, and play are literally endless.

Easy Inspired Romance for Valentine’s Day

FAM, self By Jill Amery January 30, 2014 Tags: africa, dinner, featured, kilimanjaro, liberia, recipes, relationships, right to play, slider, tanzania, valentines, whish 2 Comments

The continent of Africa has helped me fall more deeply in love this year and I couldn’t possibly set up a romantic Valentine’s dinner without giving a nod to its guttural beauty and spirit. In February I worked with kids in Liberia with Right To Play Canada and then my husband raised money in August for Canada’s first blood cord bank by summiting Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Throughout the year, our kids’ school fundraised to build water wells in South Sudan.

Valentine Outfits for the Love Bug

GEAR, style By Jill Amery February 8, 2013 Tags: 3. Shopping, bathing suit, fawn shoppe, heart, love, style, valentines No Comments

In search of Valentine outfits for the love bug? We can’t get enough of Fawn Shoppe. It’s just unfortunate that yummy mummys can’t get in on the action. Valentine’s Day is for more than just you and your significant other to celebrate – share the love with your little ones by finding the right gifts. So if you have a little love bug in your midst, try these on for size. (Them – not you. You’re holding out for diamonds, remember?)

1. Stella Cove Bathing Suit ($52)
2. Poppy Ballerina Petticoat ($93)
3. C De C Heart Dress ($59)
4. Rachel Rilet Red Hearts Dress ($165)
5. Rachel Riley Patent Button Strap Slippers ($149)

Simple, Original Homemade Valentines Ideas

LIVE, nourish By Jill Amery February 13, 2012 Tags: crafts, homemade valentines, homemade valentines ideas, original homemade valentines, playtime, simple homemade valentines, unique homeade valentines, valentines No Comments

After I purchased cute boxes of Sweet Tarts for the kids to use as Valentines ‘cards’ at school, I got the ‘memo’ that no candy is allowed. Great. (read: PANIC!) And ‘from scratch’ is preferred. Naturally…. So, we did some digging and came up with some simple, original homemade valentines ideas! For more craft ideas as well as the original instruction on how to make these, please check out out craft page on Pinterest. Happy February 14th!

Easy Ideas for Year-Round Romance

FAM, self By Jill Amery February 14, 2011 Tags: inexpensive date ideas, love, parents, relationships, romance, romance after baby, valentines, valentines day No Comments

I never get flowers on Valentine’s Day. I made the decision long ago that I’d rather a bouquet every month for no reason than an overpriced bunch of roses on February 14th that won’t last long. Really, what do men and women need? To feel loved and cared about. Flowers, chocolate and all of the commercial trappings pushed on society once a year don’t always translate into a feeling of being loved. Why not try some of these ideas that will cost next to nothing but make your partner feel truly cared about? Here are some Easy Ideas for Year-Round Romance. Feel free to add your own.