How to get the most from your smart display this holiday...
A smart display can be really useful in a number of ways. Here's how you can get the most out of one this holiday season.
How to find great gifts at any budget for the hostess
Every family or group of friends has that one person who loves to host parties, and there are lots of great gifts for the hostess.
Shelly’s Friday Favourites has the Thanksgiving side dishes you’ll make every...
The leaves are orange and brown, a chill is in the air, and it’s officially Thanksgiving weekend. If you’ve been dreaming of a big turkey dinner, you’re probably been dreaming of all the amazing side dishes you can whip up too. It’s hard to choose just a few, but here are some of my favourite side dishes for Thanksgiving.
Winter fitness tips
In winter the weather can make it hard to fit in a 30 minute cardio workout, but I've got a few winter fitness tips you can try to do just that.
Shelly’s Friday Favourites: Summer Salads as a Meal
You can prepare delicious side salads to go with any vegan BBQ. Or you can serve a hearty salad as a meal, by loading it up with lots of different proteins (just not meat, chicken, or fish) and other ingredients such as quinoa and rice.
How To Give the Gift of a Smart Home
Today I ponder how to give someone the gift of a smart home. Whether you wish to bestow security, convenience, or energy savings, I've got you covered here.
Shelly’s Friday Favourites: Pasta Salad Recipes
Pasta salad – it’s just one of those things that fits in with everything. Summer BBQ in the backyard? Pasta salad goes great with steak, chicken, or veggie burgers. Having a formal dinner for friends? Pasta salad can fit right in with some of the main courses you toil for hours over. At my house it’s practically expected that I make a side pasta salad for a roast chicken, and I always whip it out for the official Canadian kick off for summer on July 1st.
How to clean and sanitize the tech in your home
Cleaning your tech can not only help keep your home germ-free, but can even improve your tech's performance and prolong its life.
What you should do if you plan on selling or giving...
Smartphones are some of the easiest items to resell or pass down to friends or family. Even if they are no longer the latest, greatest models, they are still functional for calling, messaging and running apps. Here’s how to prepare for the turnover.
Game Room Essentials – How to Play Ping Pong
Ping Pong, or as my dad likes to call it “gnip gnop” (pronounced “geh-nip geh-nop”), wasn’t invented in China, as many believe, but came into being in the late 1880s in England when a group of upper class Victorian gentlemen created a version of tennis they could play indoors as a way to relax after dinner. At that time, the tools used to play the game were everyday objects, such as a line of books as a net, a champagne cork as a ball, and a cigar box lid as a racket.