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AIR MILES | Father’s Day Special!

How to win at Father’s Day the AIR MILES Way! (Featured Image)

Last updated on March 30th, 2021 at 03:42 pm

People often forget about Father’s Day. You know—that day between Mother’s Day and summer where we celebrate dads with their ceremonial dress shirts and ties.

Well… not anymore.

See—Father’s Day doesn’t have to fall short in the effort department. It doesn’t need to be so routine or predictable. You might think you know everything about dad after all these years, but the man might surprise you! Part of agreeing to do this gig is giving up some of the man you were before, and you eventually forget that guy as you get used to your new normal.

But you can do better – and I have the solution! You can get a gift that truly matches dad, and get some benefits for yourself along the way. Friends—let me introduce you to the world of airmilesshops.ca and the curated Father’s Day Gift Guide that AIR MILES has created to help find that perfect match.

The AIR MILES Father’s Day Gift Guide

Let’s face it—everything’s online these days. You can buy just about anything from one of a million places out there, but that’s also kind of the problem, isn’t it? You use all this time visiting sites. Making comparisons. Trying to find the perfect place to buy from that won’t charge an arm and a leg for shipping.

But with over 200 online retailers to shop from with all sorts of unique gift ideas, the airmilesshops.ca Father’s Day Gift Guide lets you find just the right thing while getting Miles on gifts you’d buy anyway! That’s right—while shopping for others you can get Miles for yourself! I got spoiled with some of these gifts this year, ones that are both practical and personal.

HP Tango Printer

The HP Tango Printer is an all-in-one device that prints whatever you need, whenever you need, wherever you are – you don’t even need Wi-Fi!. I’m a dad constantly on the go, so being able to have the luxury of last minute prints from my phone is life changing. Not to mention the fact that with a young family, free space in our home is a commodity. So having a more compact tool that makes my life easier is a win-win!

Lenco L30 Turntable

The Lenco L30 Turntable has stirred up feelings of both nostalgia and curiosity in my house this Father’s Day, letting me revisit all the records I’d forgotten about while introducing my sons into the world of vinyl. Music is a big deal to me, and being able to share this new experience with my children is better than any gift I could have imagined.

So if you’re on the hunt for something unforgettable this Father’s Day, make sure to check out airmilesshops.ca—trust me; your dad will thank you!

Good luck, fellow shoppers, and until the next, I remain,

The second logo for Casey Palmer, Canadian Dad

Happy Father’s Day from Tile!

Happy Father's Day from Tile — May You Never Lose Your Possessions Again! (Featured Image)

Last updated on April 14th, 2021 at 12:16 am

Our Tile family’s grown significantly since last we crossed paths, tracking far more than just our car keys now! With a new Tile Mate four-pack keeping track of our house keys, additional car key, and Sarah’s purse (well, the one that matters most, anyway), it makes getting out the front door a lot easier, than it’s been in all the years we’ve been together.

Happy Father's Day from Tile—May You Never Lose Your Possessions Again!—Tile Mate Box

When I recently asked what Dads really want for Father’s Day, “time” was the #1 answer! It’s such a sparse commodity for far too many of us, and if a tool can help you get some of it back by taking the guesswork out of knowing where your stuff is, why wouldn’t you use it?

For those not in the loop, Tile’s a powerful way to track your prized possessions!

CONTINUE READING about what Tile can do for you and how you can WIN a Tile Mate four-pack! “Happy Father’s Day from Tile!”

Old El Paso | Sweet Treats, Toddlers & Tortilla Bowls.

Last updated on April 14th, 2021 at 01:33 am

I don’t know how to cook.

Well, that’s not entirely accurate—I don’t enjoy cooking. I’ve never found the kitchen a domain I called my own—growing up in restaurant culture, I always cooked to the beat of someone else’s drum. Chop these faster. Make sure that’s on the stove. It was a mechanical relationship, not one inspiring any love for the craft. And even now, years later, you’ll rarely catch me in there cooking food—between taking things at my own slow pace and the… particular approach Sarah prefers with respect to cooking, I’m rarely inspired to go in there and experiment. My skills feel better suited to other tasks in Casa de Palmer.

That said, this isn’t an attitude I want my boys to inherit. We need to eat to survive, yes, but preparing that food should be something we enjoy doing, putting a bit of ourselves into our cooking (metaphorically speaking, of course). We should ultimately benefit from food we can appreciate.

So perhaps it’s not a tradition, per se, but my promise to myself is to make sure my sons don’t end up like me. I need to roll my sleeves up, get out of my comfort zone, and start cooking with my boys now to make their lives far better later.

And what better way to do it than with Old El Paso, with flexible products that’re as simple or complicated as you need them to be?

Life is a Party’s Cinnamon Sugar Tortilla Bowls and Grilled Pineapple Sundaes—Old El Paso ain’t JUST for Dinner!

Old El Paso Let’s Taco ‘Bout It, Chapter Five—Of Sweet Treats, Toddlers and Tortilla Bowls.—Cinnamon Sugar Tortilla Bowls and Grilled Pineapple Sundaes
CONTINUE READING about these DELICIOUS Cinnamon Sugar Tortilla Bowls!!! “Old El Paso | Sweet Treats, Toddlers & Tortilla Bowls.”

HP Instant Ink Review

Oh, the Prints We Can Print with HP Instant Ink! (Featured Image)

Last updated on January 25th, 2021 at 01:56 pm

This HP Instant Ink review is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of HP Canada. All opinions are 100% mine.

There are three things which we can be fairly sure about in our lives—death, taxes, and that it’ll cost a pretty penny to buy new cartridges for about any inkjet printer.

It’s a costly business—people will do all sorts of things to avoid buying new cartridges! You had the kiosks that’d refill your empty cartridges with a syringe. Or the parents who smuggle school projects home from the office printer. I even know people who’d be so stingy on their ink consumption that their cartridges eventually dried out, and they’d try soaking them in water to revive them!

But this need not be the case in 2017, where the all-or-nothing approach is slowly going extinct. No one wants to pay everything upfront anymore: software subscription services are eating traditional purchasing alive. DVDs went the way of the dino when people realised you could pay one monthly price and access thousands of titles. We’ve done it with cars, video games, and office space, so why should ink be any different?

And that’s exactly what HP Canada‘s looking to answer with their HP Instant Ink service, a monthly subscription service available to all HP Instant Ink-enabled printers, like the Desk Jet 3755 Printer!

READ MORE about HP Instant Ink and how it can save you money! “HP Instant Ink Review”

Best Buy Smart Home

Checking out the Best Buy Smart Home at the National Home Show! (Featured Image)

Last updated on April 20th, 2021 at 09:39 pm

Part of me wants to think I was the perfect kid, never causing trouble for my parents… but my childhood home would likely disagree. I routinely fell asleep with the light on. I burned TVs out holding my place in the video games I kept on all night. Yes, I kicked holes in walls and jammed garage doors through idiocy—the fact that the house is in great condition today is a miracle unto itself!

But the ’90s it is not. We’ve come a long way since towering home entertainment systems with dedicated real estate to handle their bulk. TVs are slimmer, computers are lighter, and our phones are remotes for the whole shebang.

Though my childhood had wired peripherals and cords galore, the same doesn’t have to go for my boys, and I’m glad—I don’t think this house could outlast them otherwise!

What we really needed was a home far smarter than ourselves, and I knew just the people to help—none other than Canada’s go-to retailer with the best selection of the latest tech at the best prices.

It was time to say what’s up to Best Buy!

And it just so happened they had a Smart Home showcase at 2017’s National Home Show!

The Best Buy Home Show and the National Home Show—A Match Made in Homeowner’s Heaven!

Continue reading “Best Buy Smart Home”
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