Archive for the ‘Sweet Discoveries’ Category
My iPhone external speaker suddenly fizzled last night, with crazy distortion. It shocked me because the 2G never really was loud enough to blow a speaker, but it happened.
Anyway I called Apple Care today, and they informed me that I was 7 Days out of warranty and they probably couldn’t help me. I told him that my family was crazy for Apple and we basically decorate our homes with their products, he laughed so hard. Then he said hang on, and left for about 5 minutes. When he returned the product specialist granted me a CSCode, which means I can run in to the Calgary store tomorrow and they will swap out my old iphone for a new or refurbished one! SCORE!
This touching story has been brought to you by Apple and Boutique Cafe 
- Daria
Tags: Apple, Apple Care, iPhone, Service
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I haven’t posted about it yet, but I’m so excited I can hardly stand it! My talented sister-in-law Liz is creating the most amazing original quilt design for our Little Miss. Tomorrow she is revealing pictures of the quilt top on her blog Pigtails and Snails, so if you want to pop by to “ooohhhhh and ahhhhhh” at her talents please do so.
I can’t wait to hear what you all think. I commissioned her to do this for Little Misses room, but gave her Full Creative Control once I purchased the Tanya Whelan Fabrics I wanted. I’m just so thrilled and can’t wait to see what she has come up with for my little girl. While we are waiting for the post to go up, I figure I have time to rave about Liz. She designed a quilt for Patty Young last fall at Quilt Market that was literally a show stopper! You can view that past design here at LizzyAnne.com, and you can even order it there too. I’m sure you’ll agree that there are Big Things on the horizon for Liz, with talent like that she’s sure to be the next Martha Stewart (but she’s way cuter!).
Tags: Decor, Little Miss, Little Miss Bedroom, Liz, Quilt
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Prayers have been answered!! Influential and inspiring mommy blogger Stephanie Nielson (”Nie Nie” as she is known to her vast audience of blog fans) and her husband Christian were in a terrible plane crash on August 16th. Since then, word has spread across the globe, with heartfelt messages, events and donations pouring in for the family. Now for the good news…Nie Nie is BACK and blogging!!
We love you Nie, welcome back! XOXO
Go give Nie Nie some blog lovin’ >>
Tags: Blog, Christian Nielson, Mommy Blogger, Nie Nie, Recovery, Stephanie Nielson
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I’m looking out for all of my friends, you don’t want to miss out on redeeming your hard earned Gymbucks at Gymboree. Redemption starts today – I’ve already redeemed my online ones this morning and boy was it fun!!
We Canadians have a different redemption structure than in the US. We have to use ours in-store and only in Canada. Thankfully I ordered some things online before Christmas and was able to use those online ones this morning, since I’m far from a Gymbo store. Whew!!
Now if I can just make it up to Calgary this week to use the rest – those Gymbucks wanna go home! LOL
Tags: discount, gift certificates, Gymboree, Gymbucks, Shopping
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Here’s proof positive that my MIL’s Famous holiday fruit tea fights colds and wards off sickness. When she breezed through our town my Mom in Law made up a gigantic pot of mulled cider/tea for us, it was amazing as always. I drank tons of the stuff and felt fit as a fiddle, it’s just delicious. Jump forward to a few days ago when we finally ran out of Mom’s batch and I decided to crack open the recipe book make it myself.
Well now I’m sick with a cold and sore throat!! Ummmm that’s not supposed to happen. Obviously Mom has held back with her published recipe, and has a super secret ingredient that she adds to the concoction we don’t know about!! LOL!
Tags: fruit tea, holiday cider, Recipe
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I found some adorable stuff at Joe yesterday!! Just have to share this because they had screaming deals on dressy cute clothing for little miss.
First (pictured on the left) was the drop waisted shift dress with a poufy bubble skirt, the bubble skirt has box pleats and it’s satin!! It’s way, way cuter in person than in this picture. It came in Hot Pink and Black for only $16 so I snagged the pink one in a 2t AND the black in a 3t for her to grow into! 
But a girl needs shoes!! So I snagged these sparkly dressy mary janes in black for her as well for only $14! Now all she needs is an invite to a party and we’re set. Mmmmmm what will I possibly wear? Maybe I need to work on my closet too!
Tags: Clothing, Dress, Girl, Joe Kids, Little Miss
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My awe-inspiring friend Nena is doing a festive, holly, jolly, Giveaway in time for the holidays. She created this stunning glittering Santa on Canvas valued at approx. $175.00 – and now Santa is looking for a new home. I’m publicly offering him a warm and cozy home with our family, but sadly all of the begging in the world won’t work because she’s drawing a “random” winner. I will still try to butter Nena up though, can’t blame a girl for trying.
To get all the details on how to win this beautiful art piece in time for Christmas visit Nena’s Blog.
Tags: Artwork, Blog, Christmas, Contest, Giveaway, Nena, Santa, This is Life
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My favorite new book this holiday season is called “Bear Stays Up For Christmas” by Karma Wilson. This is the perfect story to cuddle up with and read with a lap full of children. Full of beautiful charming illustrations, rhyming story, and heartwarming acts of friendship.
“Bear’s friends are determined to keep Bear awake for Christmas! So they wake Bear up and have him help them find a Christmas tree, bake cakes, hang up stockings, and sing Christmas songs. Bear stays up — by discovering that giving is one of the best Christmas presents!”
I snagged my copy at our local Winners store for under $10 (I think it was closer to five bucks). If you see it, be sure to grab your family a copy too! The kids will love it.
Tags: Bear Stays Up For Christmas, Book, Christmas, gift
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My iPhone external speaker suddenly fizzled last night, with crazy distortion. It shocked me because the 2G never really was loud enough to blow a speaker, but it happened. 
