Category: Contests
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Creating Mental Support For Alberta’s Teachers
Below is a sponsored post with Sonnet Insurance Since February of 2020, we have collectively experienced a disruption to our lives like never before and besides healthcare workers, perhaps no one has felt it more than teachers. That’s why I have teamed up with Sonnet Insurance to offer these tips for self-care as well as…
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TFSA vs RRSP – What are they and which is better?
For the latest blog on our Servus Credit Union financial journey, we start to dive into the real meat and potatoes of savings. And as it turns out, this is also the part of savings where I get overwhelmed and confused. TFSAs and RRSPs. What are they? What’s the difference? What should we be invested…
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Financial Goals and How We’re Working Towards Freedom
As we embark on our savings journey with Servus Credit Union we started meeting regularly with our financial advisor Brock. In our first meeting, we talked about our life and Brock really took the time to get to know us as a family. He wanted to know what we do, what we’d like to do…
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A Dive Into The Dashing Family Finances
I’m very excited to announce a new collaboration for Dashing Dad – Servus Credit Union. But why should you care? BECAUSE YOU CAN WIN A MILLION DOLLARS! I’m not joking. I’ll get to that in a bit. Personal finance is something that Dashing Mom and I have been interested in for a while. Ok, I’ll…
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Dashing Dad’s 2020 Holiday Gift Guide
Let’s be honest – 2020 has been an absolute dumpster fire of a year. Small businesses are taking hit after hit, and local makers are no different. So for this years gift guide I wanted to put extra emphasis on local Canadian makers and businesses. There’s only one product on my list not local, but…
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Things To Do With Your Kids: Ghouls Night Out
Heritage Park has been one of our favourite activities in the city since Clara was born. We had our seasons passes all ready to go when COVID-19 hit, and greatly missed hanging out there this past summer. BUT, good news! They’re annual Ghouls Night Out is a go this year, with some additional protocols in…
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Things To Do With Your Kids: Granary Road
Granary Road is quickly becoming one of the best attractions for families in and around Calgary. If you’re not familiar with Granary Road it opened in 2017 and it’s located just south of Calgary. It features a 36-acre Active Learning Park, 3.5 km of trails, Market, Loft serving up fresh food and beverages (including a…
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Updating My Dad Fashion
Now that I’m a Dad, dressing like I’m a teenager looks bad and feels wrong. With the help of some local brands I updated my Dad fashion and can help you too
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Dashing Dad’s Holiday Gift Guide & Giveaway!
The annual Dashing Dad Holiday Gift Guide is back. All designed to help with your mental wellbeing this Christmas season. Enter to win all products here!
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Things To Do With Your Kids For Halloween In Calgary
Although we’ve been inundated with more snow this fall, I’m optimistic that weather is going to improve for Halloween. Halloween is a fun time of year with kids. You get to dress them up in adorable costumes that potentially have to somehow fit over a snowsuit and you get to watch them devour candy at…
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Heritage Park and The S.S. Moyie
We spend a great deal of time at Heritage Park. It’s truly my favourite place to be in the summer and we have every intention of spending a great deal of time there this summer. This year is even more exciting because the S.S. Moyie is back! Enter to win a free annual pass!
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Dashing Dad’s Holiday Gift Guide
I can’t believe it’s almost Christmas. I recently wrote about long days, short years and man it just keeps blowing my mind. None-the-less, Christmas is almost here and I’ve been working hard this past month to put together the first Dashing Dad Holiday Gift Guide! I’ve teamed up with some awesome local retailers to showcase…
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Things To Do With Your Kids: Heritage Park
I have always loved Heritage Park and now that I have a kid of my own, Heritage Park is one of the best things to do in Calgary. For as long as I can remember there’s something about the old timeyness of it that really speaks to me. Don’t believe me? When Dashing Wife and…