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Summer nostalgia reads: 5 best Fear Street books to read on a hot summer day



I grew up in the 90s’ during a time when crimped hair was cool, bracelets slapped on and RL Stine was the king of teen horror. While I have read many books by many different authors, RL Stine will always remain my favorite author of all time. His books sent shivers down my spine and kept me turning page after page until I got to the bitter and bone-chilling end.

As a child I loved the plot-twisting, comical Goosebumpsseries, but as I got older I graduated to the scarier, sexier Fear Street novels. Every summer I crack open a dusty Fear Street book and consume the yellowed pages while lying in the sunshine. It reminds me of a simpler time when I would get lost in a book instead of one of my many devices, and murder was more often on the page than in the news. To this day I still collect and read RL Stine’s books.


Organic Week Top Product Pick: Happy Planet Lemonade



Happy Planet is Canada’s leading all natural food and juice company and contains the Canada Organic seal. Happy Planet tried their hardest to source their ingredients from Canadian farmers. I absolutely love Stop correcting "their" organic lemonade and raspberry iced-tea. CLICK HERE to find out more about Happy Planet organic products!


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Summer Reading List: Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs


Miss Peregrine’sHome for Peculiar Children has been one of my favorite new series. Ransom Riggs blended his magical story with real-life old peculiar photos to make a trilogy unlike any other. The peculiar children each have their own unique abilities, and when their home is threatened they take off on an action-packed adventure filled with magic, time travel, and horrific monsters. While on their adventure they have one treasure that they hold dear, and source for clues to unanswered questions: an old and faded copy of Tales of the Peculiar. This book is like a peculiar history textbook, and it helps them along the way as they fight to find their beloved Miss Peregrine and save their loop.


Tales of the Peculiar is now available to all of us; it is the very same one with the history of peculiars that Miss Peregrine's kids used on their adventure. The strange stories and beautiful illustrations are a great read for those who love the original series. If you haven’t read the Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children series yet it is a fantastic read! Stay tuned for the major motion picture Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, directed by Tim Burton and set to open September 30.


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Organic Week Top Product Pick: Crofters Fruit Spreads

Crofters is a Canadian company, located in Parry Sound, Ontario. They have been in business since 1989, and they are deeply passionate about the environment, and about the public knowing what is in their food. That is why being verified by the Non-GMO Project is so important to them.

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Repopulating Ridley Bronze: Raising endangered turkeys is more fun than work


Raising Ridley Bronze turkeys may seem like a lot of work, but to Marie-Josee, it is completely worth it. “They have such friendly personalities and love to follow you around,” she said. “I think they actually know their names!” She and her boyfriend Matt raise Ridley Bronze turkeys at their home in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Quebec. They have other breeds of birds on site; Coturnix quails, Barrad Rocks chickens, Rhode Island chickens and even Pekin ducks. Not to mention their adorable cats; Minnie Mouse the grey tabby and a pure white Persian named Mr. Grinch. They care for and love all of their pets equally, but they raise their Ridley Bronze with a purpose.




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Organic Week: How to shop for Organic food on a budget

Many people who don’t eat organic cite the high cost of organic food as the reason for not making the switch. Even people who care deeply about the environment, animal rights and their own health say they just can’t afford to eat organic. Let’s face it- just eating healthy on its own is more expensive. Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) did a study in 2013 where they examined 27 existing studies that evaluated the cost of healthy vs un-healthy foods in 10 different high-income countries. Their study found that it costs about $1.50 more a day to eat healthy, even if the food items weren’t organic. The term “healthy” was given to diets that incorporated more food like fruits, vegetables, nuts and fish. “Un-healthy” diets consisted mostly of packaged processed food, meat and refined grains.




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Nature at its best: Organic Week kicks off tomorrow!
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Paws For Reaction is so excited to announce that tomorrow, September 17 kicks off Organic Week! Eating organic is something that I am very passionate about, and over the past year I have been able to convert the majority of my diet to Certified Organic and Non-GMO food. Organic Week is an exciting way to raise awareness about the importance of organic food, and sustainable, ethical farming. Whenever I see the Canada Organic logo or a product verified by the Non-GMO Project I know that it was created or farmed ethically and contains no genetically modified ingredients or chemicals.

Why should you choose organic products? There are so many reasons! Products with the Canada Organic logo must meet strict national guidelines that include but are not limited to the following:


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Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Beauty and the Beast with these Disney dog toys

My anticipation for the 2017 live action retelling of Disney's Beauty and the Beast has been building for months and I think I might explode with excitement. The wait seems so long, but Disney has found a way to make the waiting a little bit easier. They are releasing a 25th
Anniversary edition of Beauty and the Beast. This re-release of the animated 1991 Disney classic will be available September 20, 2016.
Beauty and the Beast was the first Disney animated film to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, and went on to win two Oscars that year; Best Original Score and Best Original Song "Beauty and the Beast."


Disney Dog Days of Summer Sweepstakes would be a big win for your dog



The Dog Days of Summer are here and who better to celebrate them with than Disney? Disney Movie Rewards has a great sweepstakes running right now, but the prize is all about your pet! You can enter once for the chance to win a "drool-worthy grand prize" including:

- $1000 shopping spree for you and your furry friend
- A dozen of your favorite dog movies
- $25 Petco gift card

The Sweepstakes accepts entries from the United States and Canada (excluding Quebec) and it ends on 9/30/2016 at 11:59:59 P.M. PST. See the contest page for full details on official sweepstakes rules. Each person is allowed one free entry. You can check out their Pinterest page to unlock additional entries or points, or you can earn points on the Disney Movie Rewards website.


It has been a long, hot summer and you deserved the break. Doesn't your dog deserve some fun too? Summer is almost over Paws peeps! Try your luck and enter the Disney Dog Days of Summer Sweepstakes before its too late!


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Simplistic Panda: A custom Nintendo cell phone case that is anything but simple

Hey Paws peeps! I love sharing products and things I love with you all. As many of you already know I am a huge Nintendo fan- Super Mario in particular. My fiancé and I collect vintage toys and comic books, and basically anything with some 90s' nostalgia. I purchased a custom cell phone case from the Simplistic Panda Etsy shop and I am so impressed I had to share it!

I saw Simplistic Panda's work online and fell in love with the creative phone cases, and other crafts. I asked the artist if she could make me something custom; a Super Mario Bros. iPhone 6 case. I let her be creative, I just wanted it to be Mario and Luigi. She has a lot of samples on the Simplistic Panda Facebook page, so I felt pretty confident she would come up with something cool. 

Ask Felix: Mystery road trip takes us to Madawaska Valley to see local art

Last summer while Robert and I were garage sale hunting we came across an old Felix the Cat toy from the 1990s'. You "Ask Felix" a question and spin the cat around, and he tells you your fortune- similar to a magic eight ball. I fell in love with this toy cat, and we started taking him on road trips, spinning Felix and allowing him to decide our route- and often our fate. Felix took us to the fair in Renfrew where we rode a Ferris Wheel and drank fresh lemonade. He took us to a man's home in Jacksonville who was a picker; he had one arm and the largest comic book collection I have ever seen. He took us to Stitsville to the Barbie museum and the best used bookstore. EVER! He took us to a chip truck called Pong's Poutine where we ate the BEST poutine! Those who follow me on Instagram @GonzoTheFacey may remember my Felix adventures. If you want to see how the Felix toy works head to my Instagram and watch the video.

Today we dusted off Felix and he took us on yet another road trip. This time we started at the Cobden fair and ended up all the way in the Madawaska Valley. We explored and acted like tourists. We asked Felix and he directed us on our way to a day filled with adventure and shenanigans. This is Ask Felix: Travel to the Madawaska Valley, our day in photos.

Photo by Rob

The starting point was the Cobden fair, where I pretended to be a scarecrow. Unfortunately the rabbit agility doesn't start until 3pm...

Photos byStacey McIntyre-Gonzalez Copyright©
We asked Felix if we should go to Barry's Bay and he said "Righty-O" so we went on our way and parked at Zurakowski Park...


The park honours Janusz Zurakowski, a local resident and world renowned test pilot...

He tested the CF-105 Arvo Arrow, a super sonic interceptor and the most famous aircraft of his career...

Next we headed to Mad Outdoors where we bought some clothes and were greeted by this guy...


We asked Felix if we should continue on to visit the other local shops and he said "Hopefully So." The next shop was The Vintage Gift Shoppe that also has their own store greeter...


This shop has a wide selection of specialty loose leaf teas!


Next stop is a mystical place full of whimsical novelties and glorious wonders...


Grumblin' Granny's!

(Top and clutch by Tommy Hilfiger)
 Photographed by Robert





Someone else to greet us!



This is the most amazing store, and the fun starts on the outside. This store is full of everything you can think of! Imported art, crystals, jewelry, furniture- Grumblin' Granny's has something for everyone...


This was the most beautiful piece I found, and if I could have afforded it ,this witch would have been coming home with me...

The store is huge, with things outside, inside, of the walls and on the ceiling. It is sensory overload. I couldn't believe the beautifully carves skulls and longhorns, Rob has wanted longhorns ever since I can remember. He was in heaven...


Longhorns for days! Longhorns for years! But alas we had to say goodbye to Grumblin' Granny's...


Next stop on our adventure was Sweet Memories Candy Shop for some sweets and a drink...


We bought some salt water taffy, assorted mix. Colourful, but not labeled. We have no idea what flavour they are. Another mystery waiting to happen. From there we jumped across the street to another local shop...


The Botanical Glassworks and Gallery where we met the glasswork artist who is really nice and has a great sense of humour. She had a lot of cool things in her shop, but this was the best! Since I was left unattended I asked for about the free goods, but she said she was all out of puppies...


We took a little break at a local park, it had many different types of trees all planted in honour of someone who had passed, we think this is a plum tree but not too sure... 


The Barry's Bay old water tower is beautiful...


According to the door it was built in 1904? The doors locked, we checked...


The park has some old railway artifacts...


I found the Maltese Falcon!


As well as an uncomfortable looking ride, no thanks Felix...




We were hungry so we asked Felix if we should eat at the Wilno Tavern and he said "Not Sure. Ask again!" so we asked again and he said "Righty-O" and away we went...


We asked Felix if we should order something we have never tried before and he said "Hopefully So" which freaked Rob out because he really wanted the pierogis. Luckily they had a authentic Polish buffet with things on it that we had never tried, so we went for it. Felix is able to compromise...


We tried a little bit of everything and the food was amazing as usual. I have never tried the pickled heiring. It was amazing. I also tried, for the first time, the homemade polish sausage with their in-house mustard, delicious! Thanks Felix!


We asked Felix if we should visit some of the local shops that surrounded the tavern and he responded "Hopefully So!"


We visited Rijoice Tie-Dyes and saw some beautiful, handmade rainbow fashions, amazing tie-dyed clothing...


Right behind her shop is the beautifully painted sigrid natural skincare...


Felix insisted that we visit The Wilno Craft Gallery so "Righty-O" away we go!


It was nice to see they featured my favorite local soap makers Opeongo Soaps...


We asked Felix if it was time to go home and he said "Hopefully So" and we agreed because we were full on pierogis and salt water taffy...


But it was a great adventure and Robert bought me some treasures: A Canadian made copper 1986 penny bracelet (1986 is the year Rob was born) from The Wilno Craft Gallery, a polished stone ring from Grumblin' Granny's and a Burton tank from Mad Outdoors that was on my wish list! It felt great to support so many local businesses today because that is so important to me. I can't wait to go on another Ask Felix travel adventure and take yoall with me!




Photos byStacey McIntyre-Gonzalez Copyright©
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Happy National Dog Day: Ways to celebrate







Hazel and Keira are both super excited for National Dog Day today, August 26. This annual doggy holiday celebrates all dogs, and hopes to raise awareness about the number of dogs looking for homes. There are so many dogs in shelters and rescues across the country looking for a forever home. The folks at the National Dog Day website have a great list of 20 Ways to Celebrate!

One of those ways to celebrate is to hire a photographer to do a shoot with your dog, and since Hazel and Keira live with a professional photographer the rates were really affordable! Here are the highlights from their play time photoshoot! How are you going to celebrate with your dog? Don't forget to tag #NationalDogDay in the photos you post!! 

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Bad breath blues: Keira tries easy dog dental care with #bluestempets products


This post is sponsored by bluestem™ and the BlogPaws® Pet Influencer Network™. I am being compensated to increase awareness of and share my experiences with the bluestem™ oral care products, but we only share information we feel is relevant to our readers. Bluestem™ is not responsible for the content of this article.

I love it when my dog Keira the Saint Bernese smiles and gives me kisses! Unfortunately, Keira’s doggy breath is pretty stinky and she is aging, so I am more concerned about her oral health than ever. Bad doggy breath is not normal; it is a sign that your pet has periodontal disease. According to the Veterinary Oral Health Council® (VOHC) bad breath is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to dental disease and a sign that there is a bigger problem. So while I fight with her once a week to brush her teeth, I need something for those in between times to keep her smiling and smelling great! I need something quick and easy, something that doesn’t require a fight.


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