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You could be on a 7-day adventure with National Geographic’s Passport to Explore

February 25, 2013 by Wendy S

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When I was younger, my grandparents always got me a National Geographic subscription for Christmas. I loved when it would arrive at the house. My favourite part was looking at the spine of the book to see if there were any words in red; that meant that there was a pull-out poster or map. About the time that I headed off for University, they stopped my subscription. But I still have many of the maps as the cartography is always so amazing.

When I was contacted about promoting National Geographic‘s newest sweepstakes, I couldn’t say no. And as I share the details, you’ll see why….

Discover the mystery animal for your chance to win a dream vacation.

You and a guest could be off for a 7-day adventure to the North American destination of your choice. Simply visit a participating National Geographic and National Geographic Explorer luggage retailer to identify the mystery animal and fill out the entry form [~~found here~~] for your chance to win.

How amazing! There are so many places in North America that I would love to see … the mountains in British Columbia, the Grand Canyon or swim in the ocean off the coast of Florida!

Entering is easy. just follow these simple steps:

Visit a participating National Geographic and National Geographic Explorer luggage retailer [Where to buy]
Identify the animal that appears on The Passport to Explore hangtag that can be found on National Geographic and National Geographic Explorer products.
Come back to ~~www.passporttoexplore.ca~~ and submit your personal information along with the name of the mystery animal. Get ready to explore!

Additional entry blogger code — 897

If you go to the entry form found at ~~www.passporttoexplore.ca~~ you’ll see that there is a bonus “blogger code” by entertaining in 897 you get a bonus entry!

Good luck and happy exploring!

*Disclosure: I was compensated to promote this sweepstakes being run by National Geographic. All opinions are my own.

"there is no one alive who is you-er than you"

August 23, 2012 by Wendy S

I love Dr. Suess (obviously, I named my blog after a line from one of his books)! And to celebrate today, I’m sharing a poem.

Happy Birthday To You!

by Dr. Seuss

“If we didn’t have birthdays, you wouldn’t be you.

If you’d never been born,well then what would you do?

If you’d never been born,well then what would you be?

You might be a fish!

Or a toad in a tree!

You might be a doorknob!

Or three baked potatoes!

You might be a bag full
of hard green tomatoes.”

“Or worse than all that…Why, you might be a WASN’T!

A Wasn’t has no fun at all. No, he doesn’t.

A Wasn’t just isn’t.

He just isn’t present.

But you…You ARE YOU!

And, now isn’t that pleasant!”

“Today you are you!

That is truer than true!

There is no one alive…

…who is you-er than you!Shout loud, “I am lucky to be what I am!

Thank goodness I’m not just a clam or a ham

Or a dusty old jar of sour gooseberry jam!

I am what I am!
That’s agreat thing to be!

If I say so myself,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!”

Me 30-something year ago today!

Leafs vs Flyers with @FordCanada

March 30, 2012 by Wendy S

Last night Craig and I got to enjoy the Leafs game at the ACC with Ford Canada and a few other social media influencers.

We were spoiled with great food, a few drinks and a lot of laughs!

The Leafs didn’t win but I really enjoyed the experience. I’ve never sat so close to the ice! We were right behind the Leaf’s penalty box! Amazing!

Thank you so much to the amazing Ford Canada people, Rhonda and Jayne, for a great night!

Here are some photos from the night:

funny things kids say: super bowl edition

February 6, 2012 by Wendy S

Last night the girls and I had our own mini-Super Bowl party.

BigDaddy was at an amazing Super Bowl party at Labatt HQ celebrating with the 2 hockey teams that were featured in the Budweiser Canada Super Bowl commercial. Read BigDaddy’s post to hear all about the commercial — A Dream Come True For @Acurasherway — thanks to @BudCanada

The girls and I enjoyed our wings, milk (for them) and beer (for me) while watching the game.

I was explaining things to them like how downs work, how big the field is and what some of the positions are called. Munchkin had a lot of questions!

But some of the comments and observations were too funny not to share with you!

After the game started, Munchkin asks, “Who are we cheering for?”
Peanut replies, “I’m cheering for Canada!”
Me: “Canada isn’t playing. Both of the teams are American.”

Peanut: “But they look like Canada; they’re wearing red and white.”

She was looking at the Giant’s uniforms that were white with red numbers. We did cheer for them and I was excited to see them win. The girls didn’t see the end because they went to bed after the halftime show.

Peanut wasn’t all that into the game at first. She declared, “That guy is mean!” I asked her to explain. “He just picked up that other guy and threw him on the ground!” LOL!! I told her that there was a lot of contact and they guys would be hitting each other a lot; that’s why they’re wearing pads.

At one point during the game the girls were whispering and giggling. I had to ask them what was so funny!. Peanut tells me between giggles, “The big guys have to bend over and stick their bums out.” That made me giggle too. The perspective that they have is too funny!!

During the halftime show, the girls were excited to see all the costumes and dancers. They’ve never seen Madonna before and I can’t say that I’ve ever played her music for them; at least not enough that they know who she is.

Munchkin and Peanut are dancing to the music and part way through Munchkin looks at me and says: “Mommy, how do you know all the words?”

The biggest, most exciting moment for them didn’t have anything to do with the game itself. While BigDaddy was at the Super Bowl party, they filmed another commercial and he was in it! Standing behind the General’s hockey team, you could see BigDaddy! The girls went crazy!! “Daddy’s on TV! Daddy’s on TV!!”

If we can find that commercial on YouTube, I’ll come back and post it here!

We haven’t found the video yet…but someone did share a photo with us!! BigDaddy is at the top right!