N&K’s Christmas: Day 6: Women

N&K‘s 7 Days of Christmas

K&I pledged on Giving Tuesday that we’d get the word out about giving back. And if N&K are winners un the contest, our fave charities (Canadian Women Foundation and CARE, Nellies) will get to split $2500!

Kells & I Are passionate about womens issues. This is Why we chose the 3 organizations to win $2500.

Historically (& we’d say even currentLy), women have gotten The shoRT end of The attention Stick.

Health, safety & well being of us ladies is not consistently addressed.

**N&k Felt today – December 6 – was the perfect day to bring this topic to the Forefront.**

🌲 Day 6 🌲

We remember: women

**What is the big D about December 6? Here’s what happened in Quebec, Canada in 1989. 20 Years Later, a movie was made about the Events.**

Atira

DTES Womens Centre

BC Womens Hospital

Canadian Womens Foundation has tips on other ways to give

Battered Womens Support Services

My Sister’s Closet

Women Against Violence Against Women

If you are a Woman* in crisis, here are some supports:

WAVAW (Lower Mainland) 604-255-6344 or call our national toll-free line at 1-877-392-7583

Transgendered People can be at a risk of violence within relationships as well as from strangers. If you are in crisis, please contact:

https://www.translifeline.org/

YouthLine or call 1-800-268-9688

The Hotline:

US: 877-565-8860

Canada: 877-330-6366

GLBT hotline

Transline

Males can also be victims of relationship violence. If you need help or more info:

Family violence:

N&K’s Christmas: Day 5: Food

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N&K’s 7 Days of Christmas continues!

Kells & I love good food. what a surprise! Christmas is a great time for eating because

1. there are a Ton of special treats around.

2. People bust out their pastry & baking skills and go to town.

3. Pnw just got a Whole hecKUva lot colder. Frost has shown up this morning. Good food makes you feel warm, cosy & happy.

There are people who don’t have money for food, let alone special treats. It’s expensive buying all the bits n bobs for baking. And you still need a stove, electricity and bakeware! How about we look to those who don’t have as much as us… and give others the basic right to eat healthy nourishing food.

🌲 Day 5 🌲

Food

A Loving Spoonful – this organization helps folks with hiv & aids.

Food bank – call them to see What types of food they need… or just donate money so the organization can fill the gaps as they arise.

Ronald Mcdonald home for dinner – give a family the gift of your warm dinner table. Some families Are in hospital, caregiving their sick kIdlet. Maybe you can be one of the pEeps tha CHANges that.

Union gospel mission

First united church

N&K’s Christmas: Day 4: Seniors

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N&K‘s 7 Days of Christmas

K&I pledged on Giving Tuesday that we’d get the word out about giving back. And if N&K win the contest, our fave charities (Canadian Women Foundation and CARE, Nellies) will get to split $2500!

Kells & I love The Christmas season. People are cheerier, more smiley & Gallant. We also love spending Time with family & friEnds.

For many folks, Christmas can be a super sad time. If you don’t have many resources or a support network, it can be extremely isolating.

Often, the focus of Christmas is Children.

Certainly, an overlooked population is our Seniors.

Imagine that you have lost your spouse or close friends to (age-related) diseases. Maybe you’re now in a care home because of your own changing health… Now you’ve lost some independence. Maybe you can’t bake or eat certain Christmas treats. Maybe your mobility is restricted, and so are your finances, so you can’t go shopping whenever you want… and you feel that you can’t spoil those peeps around you.

How about we spend some time with Seniors this year? Chances are, those very seniors spoiled you when you were a kid. And we know that they fought for us to enjoy today.

🌲 Day 4 🌲

SeniorS

Canadian Resources for Seniors

BC GovERNMENt site has some tid bits here

BC Seniors Guide

City of Vancouver Outreaching Seniors

Seniors Centres – search online for Centres in your area. Typically services are a lounge, game times, tea parties, bazaar meals, holiday gatherings.

Go Volunteer

Better At Home

Family caregivers of BC has some great tips.

Give back locally… take your neighbor-senior to get groceries to the doctors, or just go for a walk.

Elder abuse comes in many forms: physical, verbal, financial. See Seniors BC for deets

N&K’s Christmas Day 3: Blankets & Sleeping Bags

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N&K‘s 7 Days of Christmas continues!

**K&I love to be warm and cosy. And, here in the PNW, it’s getting pretty nippy. Wouldn’t it be great if we could all be cosy? A good coat or blanket can cost >$50.**

But what if you couldn’t afford this? Or you have dependents to feed & keep warm, too? This brings us to the list that we’ve compiled for you generous N&Kers.

🌲 Day 3 🌲

BLANKETS, SLEEPING BAGS, COATS

Blanket Drive – an oldie but a goodie

Nightshift Ministries – a faith-based organization that meets the needs of people where they are at.

Many companies have partnered up So that you can drop off at a blanket at convenient location: Blanket BC.

Got coat? The Straight has a fab list right here.

Coats for Kids & Families

Lotus Light did a Care Package last year with sleeping bags. Nothing listed yet for this year but here’s a link to 2017.

N&K’s Christmas Day 2: Kidlet Christmas

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N&K‘s 7 Days of Christmas continues!

K&I enjoy being aunties to our nieces & nephews. There are a lot of kidlets without aunties & uncles or without a lot of resources.

They say that Christmas is for kids, right? If you want to make a kidlet’s Christmas more special, take a gander at our list below.

This is not a comprehensive list. Rather, we like to bring creative and quiet organizations to the forefront.

🌲 Day 2 🌲

KidleTS

Baby

Coats

Food Bank Baby Formula & Diapers

Christmas Bureau

Northwest Wildlife Association educates teens & kidlets about wildlife in the PNW

Covenant House – opens Doors for hoMEless youth

N&K’s 7 days of Christmas Kicks Off Today

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N&K‘s 7 Days of Christmas kicks off today!

K&I pledged on Giving Tuesday that we’d get the word out about giving back.

And if N&K are winners in the contest, our fave charities (Canadian Women Foundation and CARE, Nellies) will get to split $2500!

K&I love non-human animals. So why not help the organizations that support pets?

🌲 Day 1 🌲

PetS & non-human animals

BC SPCA

Humane Society

Wildlife Sanctuary

Wildlife Rescue or this link

Recycle Christmas Trees for bird pens

Burnaby Lake Park

Critter Care Wildlife

Raptor & Owl Rehab

Northwest Wildlife Association

An app discusses how to coexist with wildlife, developed by kidlets

Wildsafe BC

Giving Tuesday

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Kells & I love shopping, looking good, eating well and just enjoying life. And, we love to give back when we can.

This year we want to feature 7 Days of Christmas Giving. And why not introduce this on Giving Back Tuesday which is today, november 27.

This is a global movement to… you guessed it: give back. What a perfect time than right after Black Friday? Giving back comes in many forms:

donating money or items

fundraising

raising awareness

giving time (volunteering)

And which charities or organizations, you may ask? Any one that you see fit, folks!

So stay tuned for our fabulous 7 Days of Christmas Giving starting December 1.

Maybe she’s born with it? Maybe it’s EyEnvy?

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**As you delightful N&Kers know, I had a coworker with lashes that went on for days. Her secret was EyEnvy.**

Eyenvy is an eyelash & brow conditioner.

I searched high and low last year and could only find the mascara. I thought it was peanuts but it actually made lashes a bit fuller. My review is here.

Kells found the actual conditioner. She reviews it here.

So in July, I finally got a bottle of conditioner. They recommend applying once daily x3 months then go to every other day. I noticed a difference about 2 months into the routine. Or rather, others noticed:

a friend of mine said “Your lashes are so full that they’re casting a shadow on your face!”

Mr Nals said “They look bigger.”(Man of a few words, that one.)

I’m now down to the every-other-day application. But, it was easy enough to remember to apply & let dry. My skin & eyes are super sensitive but I didn’t find any adverse reactions.

So N&Kers, if you want to try it: do it!

A couple of N&Kers have tried it, with uber positive results.

Review of: Skagit Valley Casino Resort

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A few years ago, our friend DJ Cocoa Smoov decided to celebrate his 50th in Vegas.

K invited me and… history was made as we realized that we travelled well together².

So, the following year, K&I decided to start a tradition of celebrating our October birthdays away from home. We Started with Leavenworth (Oktoberfest).

Last year, we went to Vegas where The Weeknd performed for Kells on her birthday.

Our Vegas reviews of: Yellowtail Olives Ballys

T h i s y e a r …

due to our work schedules and my limited vacation hours¹, we decided on a mini Run for the Border birthday getaway. Our sole goal was shopping. (So much shopping that we needed to spend a night.) We decided to grace Skagit Valley Casino Resort with our presence.

Kells has stayed here several times before, including a Suite. This time, we were in the Ridge Double Queen.

The hotel was large, spacious, clean, airy.

Rooms were decorated in muted tones. Beds were super comfy: firm but soft (ie: not lumpy). Pillows were snuggly soft. There was a lot of tabletop room. And a little sitting area. Bathroom was large and well-lit. Hot water took a bit to come in but when it did, it stayed. Rooms were quiet.

In-room amenities: Lots of toiletries including facial-cleanser wipes, TV, hair dryer, coffee & machine, little fridge and microwave. In fact, we would call this a kitchenette area because there was also a cute little sink.

: Outside the breakfast area

Hotel amenities: pool & fitness room. The lobby has a lovely fireplace for the cold days. Staff are lovely. And they have a continental breakfast room. Plenty of free guest parking. Of course there’s a casino. And as per their website, dining rooms and actual shows like the upcoming Clairvoyant Christmas². The surroundings are green & woody. So a lot of rooms lookout on this. We took pictures out there, and ended up seeing deer!

We would defo stay here again!

: Cozy lobby

: Outside the breakfast area

: Cute little seating area to enjoy their outdoor views

Footnights
1 Oh dear limited vaca days? Poor Nals! Well don’t feel sorry for me. I’m going to NZ next month!

2 Important things to consider when travelling with others: are you a neat freak, does the other person snore, is someone a blanket hog, who’s crabby in the morning til they get their coffee, what do you like watching on the old boob toob?

First Blog-a-versary and October Round-Up

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October 2018 was the mark of our First Blog-a-versary!

And to celebrate, we dedicated the last few weeks to Womens Health.

We went to VanCity’s Womens Expo, tried burlesque classes, talked self esteem, tried Sugaring, did fun photoshoots, did a giveaway, fundraised (see below: And A Word From Kells) and teamed up with Cadeaux Bakery and Sugaring Change.

Hope you enjoyed our First Ever Blog-a-versary as much as we did!

We are going to bring more delightful things your way in the next year.

Feel free to contact us for topic suggestions and places to review!

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Message us on:

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xo, Nals

And a word from Kells

**So in September I decided to join the 30 min Hit Kick the Beep Out of Cancer.**

As I mentioned before I have lost a couple of people to cancer and my bestie is a survivor. So it wasn’t hard to say yes to fundraising.

Over the month, Nals also joined me for a couple of fundraisers. We had a pub night and did guys day…which wasn’t exactly what we did… it was more like bring Nals to the gym with me. It was so much fun to work out with Nals. And she kicked some butt. It’s not an easy workout and she worked it.

Also, throughout the month I took a selfie for every workout (mainly because my bro challenged me to $2 per selfie). But I also tried to step up my game while doing the circuit. People, including the ones I’ve lost, have had to work so hard to fight through their cancer. So kicking hard for 30 mins is nothing compared to what those with cancer face.

Did I raise millions, no? But it really is about

♥Fighting together as a community.

♥Coming together.

♥Raising awareness together.

Cuz this past month was about fighting for everyboobie and everybooty. Cancer needs to be stopped!! And the only way that it’s going to happen is when we fight together.

Thanks for joining me in the fight. Let’s do it again next year!

xo, Kells