Three Tips for a Relaxing Sunday Dinner

Plan, Share and Tidy as you go

I am excited to have a Guest blogger today. Enjoy Eliza’s tips on the Sunday Dinner.

Like Elaine, Sunday Dinner is an important event in our household. It provides everything Elaine says it does. However … yes, there is a however … it can also be a lot [...]

The Art of the Sunday Dinner

Want to Connect with People…Have Sunday Dinner

When was the last time you had the classic Big Sunday Dinner? 

Did you invite anyone?

I hope you did.

This weekly activity is an important thing for us this year on our journey to Simplicity…

It help us to focus on Relationships!

This Sunday Dinner is a [...]

Simplicity is for Me!

A life Simplified

Over the next 12 months Elaine and  her family are going on a journey to Simplify and Enjoy life to the fullest!

They are not waiting until the children leave to ‘Right Size’ their home, they are doing it now. So the process of selling the beloved family home of 14 years [...]

Top o the morning to you:Happy St Patty’s Day

Top o the morning to you….and the rest of the day to yourself!

To honor this St Patty’s Day…my Irish heritage and to celebrate all things Irish  I am sharing some great sites that you can search through for recipes, fun stuff for the kids and perhaps an Irish beverage recipe or two.

For the [...]

How are you celebrating International Women’s Day?

March 8th is a special day….a day that has been celebrated  annually since 1911…it is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future.

It is International Women’s day and I will be celebrating at the KV Networks 5th annual International Women’s Day Breakfast this morning. I [...]

How do Entrepreneurs take a Vacation?

I know, you are waiting for a catchy punchline….

Something profound that will perhaps help you as you are thinking of unplugging, taking a break, spending some time with family or friends and doing nothing work related for several days in a row!

Can you feel the anxiety building up…I can.

Tomorrow I am embarking [...]

Elaine Shannon Rants on the Recession and Overconsumption

creak….can you hear the video vault being opened?

I have been known to get up on my soapbox as you have seen in the last few weeks and I also love a good rant….

If you are Canadian then you have had the opportunity to see Rick Mercer in action…well…he is the king of rants. [...]

Go Ahead Have Fun and Laugh a Bit

Sometimes we get too serious..work too hard…and forget to have some HaHa…today go and have some…not some….lots of  hahaha…ok got to go…there is some paper that I have to crumple up and laugh about….and I might roll around on my belly and giggle some more….oh and don’t bang your head when you are laughing so [...]

We are not in this ALONE, Elaine gets on her soapbox

I got this question the other day on my Youtube channel.…Yes I have my own channel…yes with videos…and yes I am in them…Enough with the sarcasm please!

Anyhow this is how it went.

…”you have a lot of great ideas…can you do a video on maybe getting your kids (and husband lol) to help around [...]

Peter Walsh and Oprah reveal “The Disconnection of the Family”

Everything is not fine…from the outside it is all puppy dogs and white picket fences but when you start to dig a bit deeper….cutting through the surface…there is a problem…a big problem.

This show really got to me. It got to me in a way that we all need to be gotten to. We need [...]