We all want to be happy. And frequently our New Years Resolutions are centered around activities or changes that we think will bring more of it to our lives. Yet so many of us ‘fall off the wagon’ with the resolutions we make.
This year, I’m challenging you to join me in following Gretchen Rubin’s ‘Happiness Project’ as a way of raising awareness and making small but effective changes to make you happier. Gretchen is the author of ‘The Happiness Project’ a New York Times best seller. If you’re feeling skeptical (and trust me, I was at first), just give this video series a chance.
Each week there will be a new video posted right here on our website. They’re only a few minutes in length but well worth listening to. We deliberately started this a little bit late as we wanted everyone to settle back into regular routine before we promote this series. So instead of running from Jan-Dec, we’ll run it from Feb-Jan!
The Okanagan Symphony Orchestra is putting on a family show titled: How the Gimquat Found Her Song on Saturday, February 19 at 1:30 and 3:30 pm at the Rotary Centre for the Arts and in Vernon on Sunday, February 20th at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre at 1:30 pm.
What is a bird if she has no song? It’s a cold winter day when Griffle the Great – the magical musical wizard – meets the sad and songless Gimquat bird.
Soon the two are off on a tumble through time in search of the missing music: an adventure that takes them from monasteries to Mozart and from rap to Ravel.
After more than 200 performances around the world, this heart-warming tale told in Dr. Seuss-like verse continues to garner rave reviews and keep audiences of all ages spellbound.
Join the Platypus Theatre and symphony musicians in an entertaining romp!
The program music:
Phthalates are chemicals used to make plastic toys, as well as soothers and other products, soft and flexible. Often these products end up in the mouths of infants, who may suck or chew on them for prolonged periods. Phthalates, which may enter the bloodstream via saliva in these infants, have been linked to reproductive and developmental toxicities in animals.
In 1998, Canadian industry voluntarily removed the two main phthalates used in teethers and pacifiers, but as most of these products are manufactured off-shore, the impact has not been significant. As well, there are many other products that are likely to be mouthed by infants, bath toys (e.g., rubber ducks), squeeze and inflatable ones, which may contain phthalates.
When the big ball dropped at midnight New Year’s Eve, the calendar changed, but will you?
After two years of recession and recovery that is moving slower than molasses going uphill in January, Certified Financial Planner Louis Scatigna, author of The Financial Physician (www.thefinancialphysician.com), believes that 2011 is the time for people to make some solid resolutions to change those old habits.
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Buddies Kids is a fantastic Kelowna-based boutique that carries brands that offer stylish, fun options to celebrate the uniqueness of your child!
Have you heard of Noppies, Kate Mack, Little Maven, Ally Girl or Butterfly Girls? If your answer is no, you don’t know what you’re missing!
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Kula Klips provides some of the best accessories on the market for little girls and boys. It all began in 2006 with a clip and some ribbon and now Kula Klips offers an incredible line-up with pattern choices that will suit everyone’s taste! Whether you need hip belts, mitten clips, hair accessories or soother clips, check out Kula Klips!
Here’s what is included in this fantastic prize pack:
Well, there’s no doubt that Winter has arrived. So it seems perfectly fitting that our Winter issue is out on the streets now too. 
As always, you can read it on-line here, or enjoy a hard copy available at lots of locations around the Okanagan. Here’s a list of many main locations, but there are tons of other spots as well where you can find it.
Enjoy!
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From the shores of Okanagan Lake to the slopes of Apex Mountain, Colleen was born and mostly raised in Penticton, B.C. Now a West Coast transplant and new mom, Colleen desires to...