The Mogo Blog

With all of the options for packing your leftovers these days, it’s easy to get lost in a mountain of plastic. And as recent reports suggest, much of this plastic leaches into your food, which can be cancer-causing. But then I discovered something, while out for dinner with a friend at an Indian restaurant. Ladies and gents: the tiffin. I’d seen them before, but I’d never considered how awesome a tiffin could be, so I bought one and I am hooked. I also looked a little deeper into how this great

Like many Canadians, I once dreamt of owning my own home. Eventually I was able to buy a condo in an okay building, and I’m still sitting on it with fingers crossed that the value will go up, but my hopes of own a freestanding structure get a little less as years go by. That’s why I was interested in this article in the National Post [http://business.financialpost.com/2012/09/01/the-pros-and-cons-of-buying-a-fixer-upper/] the other day that talked about fixer uppers. I figure that if I ever do

You may recall that a little while ago I ended up pulling a last minute babysitting mission and was left with not a lot of time to plan some activities (we made a board game from scratch). Well, I was apparently enough of a hit that the kids wanted me back, and so I figured I’d better up my ante this time. I’ve been thinking about painting my closet door with chalkboard paint so I can use it as a to-do board and shopping list, so I’ve been researching what paint is the best. In my research, the

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