A few of my favorite things....

Favorite things; they make us happy, give us comfort, put a smile on our faces. You know the song "I simply remember my favorite things and then I don't feel so bad." You just sang it in your head right? I know I did.

Well here are a few of my favorite things just because I feel like sharing. Here we go and they are in no particular order. Enjoy and please feel free to comment.

Disney's Typhoon Lagoon; To me the happiest place I could imagine being. I just love it there. It is a Tropical themed water park with Caribbean music playing and white sandy beaches with Tiki huts everywhere selling yummy drinks. Cool water rides with caves and a lazy river and a massive wave pool. A must see.

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/destinations/typhoon-lagoon/

Jessica Smith's workouts; She is an online personal trainer who is the girl next door and extremely personable. She has perfect form and is easy to follow. I workout with Jessica on a daily basis. Her over 200+ FREE workouts are easy to follow and will get you results. Check her out, something for everyone, you wont regret it. (She also has amazing professionally made DVD's of her workout as well)

http://www.jessicasmithtv.com/

Red Wine; I love a good glass of red wine in the evenings. I must say this is my guilty pleasure. Right now our house wine at home is Cesari - fine wines of Verona (Merlot). It has a good bouquet and a full-bodies flavour. LCBO: http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo/product/cesari-merlot-delle-venezie/572453#.VBWy6BNzbIU
But my red wine of choice for a treat is by far Masi. LCBO: http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo/product/masi-costasera-amarone-classico-doc/317057#.VBWzVxNzbIU This bottle of wine actually gave me goose bumps.

Contagious laughter; I love a really good laugh and all I can say about that is watch this YouTube video at the time it had 19,838,799 views. Enjoy.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p32OC97aNqc

Sushi; Robbie and I have been Sushi tasting all about Toronto. We each have our favorite roll, his is Spicy Salmon and mine is Avocado Cucumber. To be honest with you and this might be a shocker for some of you but the best we have found SO FAR is from a Grocery store called Oceans. You get 8 rolls for $2.99 on sale. Great value and bang for your buck.

http://www.grocerysavings.ca/onlinegrocerystores/ontario/oceansfreshfoodmarketflyer.asp

Facebook; I love being on Facebook. I enjoy seeing all that my friends and family are up to and getting caught up with them as well. I was able to locate some long lost relatives that I probably wound not be able to find without it.  Stop by and say hello - follow us: @Mr.&Mrs.Hollywood on Facebook.

Some others things that are my favorite things are spending family time with our kids, a neat and tidy home, tropical places, yummy bagels, a good movie and ALL of Robbie's home cooking. :)
I am a very luck lady.

What are some of your favorite things?

The view from where I sit

I'm a Leo, please don't hold that against me. As a Leo I can be very stubborn and as such get myself in some hot water, but nothing I can't handle.  I am opinionated yet open to hearing all side to a story, even though mine is always the right way (lol)- I can still appreciate others input.

With regards to parenting these days I have had to bite my tongue a time or two. Kids are running the show and the parents just don't seem to see it or chose to not see it. For example getting a toy when I was a kid happened at my birthday or was found under the Christmas Tree. Getting toys for todays kids seems to be an almost every day event. Even if is a toy from the dollar store it is still affirming to the child that they get something wherever they go - they don't understand the value of the dollar and whether you are spending $1.00 or $100.00.

I was once at a highly recognizable restaurant (if you can call it that) indoor place area with a few kids I was watching and I noticed a group of Moms eating lunch with their children. One mom came back from being inline for a spell with a bag full of crap....I mean food for her son. Upon discovering what was in the bag the kid started freaking out. "That is not what I wanted - I want something else." and without skipping a beat the mom got back up and went to stand in line to get her son what he wanted. I didn't know if I should smack her or her son. Both behaviours were terrible. All done in the name of not causing the kid to have a melt down in public no doubt, well she can shoot yourself in both feet at this point.

So let us chat about saying "No." You do know that it is okay and beneficial to say no to your children on a regular basis. I will admit that this actually was easy for me to do when my kids were smaller. My kids knew that no really meant no in our household, not I will keep asking until I get my way, that just got them into trouble but they learned quickly. You are only setting your children up for disappointment after disappointment as they get older if you lead them to believe they will always get what they want. Believe you me I am no perfect parent and I have always room for growth and development even as a Leo.

In closing as I have a 20 yr old and a 16 yr old I want to remind you that time is fleeting and before you know it your children will be moving out. While you have them under your roof set boundaries, say no, talk to them about personal finance, teach them to give back to the community, cook & bake with them and always give plenty of hugs and positive reinforcement. Mistakes will be made, milk will be spilled and that is okay, been there done that. May the force be with you :)

Happy parenting......

Boobies, Breasts, Knockers

 

 

I want to talk about breast. There are a lot of different names and references to breast, some of which are not very nice. Right off the bat I want to say that I love breast – they are amazing in their function and purpose. I mean look what they can do; they produce food for babies, wow!!  how wonderful is that. Not all moms however can breast feed and there is no shame in that. This post is not in any way shaming women and or breasts and the ultimate topic which is breast feeding.

There has been a lot of talk of late on breasts and going topless and the right to do so. As a matter of fact women in France are starting to cover up at the beach as noted in a recent Huffington post article, noting some reasons such as skin cancer to higher amounts of social media and other beach goers posting unwanted picture on the internet. I say if you don’t want something out there by way of social media, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place. Just a thought.

So, here is the thing (In my opinion) As I said before breast are amazing, I believe in breast feeding (if you can) I breast fed both my kids till they were about a year and a half. I wouldn’t however whip my boob out in front of others to breast feed my child. Whether my child was urgently hungry or not I would be very mindful of others around me and feed my child with discretion. Imagine for a moment being at a family bbq or at a public park and a little boy had to pee (just as natural as breast feeding, right) but we wouldn’t encourage him to whip out his penis and urinate anywhere he so pleased. We would teach him to excuse himself to a more appropriate place to relieve himself. As with breast feeding we should be aware that maybe others find it uncomfortable and at the very least cover up.

As with women going publicly topless, I just don’t agree with that. Especially on this side of the world where I would think a good percentage of people see breasts as sexual. We have been conditioned to think this way through media and social networks etc. I personally don’t understand why any women would want to walk around topless. I would love to hear some reasons why they would like to!  I think that if you want to go partially nude in public go where you can do so without making others feel uncomfortable like a nude beach for example.

Breast feeding should be done where ever, public or private but in my opinion with some discretion covering up with a breathable fabric like a soft light cotton blanket for example. But going topless in public isn’t the only thing that people do in public that I don’t think they should, would include, blowing your nose, making out, passing gas. Certain things we should excuse ourselves and at the very least be discrete and mindful of others.  Thank you for reading my 1^st blog. I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Link to a breast feeding cover up cape:
http://discreetdining.com/


Here is the link to the Huffington Post article:

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/09/09/french-women-bid-topless-_n_5789072.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-living&icid=maing-grid7%7Ccanada%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D527031

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