Huffington Post Canada ranked Kathy as one of the top 15 of the BEST Canadian Parenting Tweeters

See the entire slide show here!

May 14th: Kathy will be on Canada AM talking about her book

May 17th: Kathy will be on CTV Ottawa Morning Live

May 23rd – May 30th: Kathy will be visiting Glasgow, Scotland for a travel feature

June 1st – 2nd: Kathy will be attending TBEX in Toronto

Jun 14th – 16th: Kathy will be attending the TMAC Conference in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

June 17th: Kathy will be promoting her new book in Saskatoon

Vancouver Sun

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Personal+finance+Times+tight+families+face+downturn/7596864/story.html

Most of the women I know have a pretty strong “Pink Network”, which is a group of women in your life you can go to, to unload with, be yourself with, and build yourself up while just possibly taking down a few people who annoy you…just a bit.  These are the women you want in your corner, and given the choice, would spend every Girls Weekend away with.  As well, my perfect weekend would have to include, but not be limited to:

• Being far enough away from home to feel like you’re really away. It doesn’t have to be far…just far enough so you can’t run a kid to a hockey game, be responsible for picking up the dry cleaning, or assist in duct taping a kid to a piece of bristleboard for a school project.
• Copious amounts of ridiculously good food.  It can be nutritious-  I’m fine with that – but it has to be very tasty, and complicated to prepare, thus rendering it something I wouldn’t be able to make at home by myself. Also, the food has to be eaten as we talk about the food we’re going to eat, the food we shouldn’t have eaten, and the food we’re going not eat in the future. (It’s a natural reflex.)
• Wine. Pour, drink, repeat as necessary.

I’m grateful to have many strong and inspiring women in my circle of friends. I’m also extremely lucky to have had only a very few of them touched by breast cancer. But many women are not so lucky.  During the month of October, TELUS will donate $25 to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation for every pink BlackBerry Curve 9360 sold.  (Seriously, who doesn’t need a BlackBerry – have you read my book The BlackBerry Diaries yet?)

In addition, any Facebook user who tries out this application will trigger a further $1 donation. Watch this video, and yep, that’s another $1 donated right there.  So, help a girl (and her Pink Network)  out?  Get on Facebook, buy a BlackBerry, or simply Retweet my Tweets around this campaign when you see them. I’ll have the hashtag #pinknetwork attached to them.

(Full disclosure: In return for this blog and promotion, I, and others participating,  are entered into a contest in which the winner will receive a Pink Network Girls Getaway.)

Glad to see this new segment and look forward to being on again soon.

The Chat.

I’ll be at CTV today as well, talking with Sandie Rinaldo on her Straight Talk Panel – we’re tackling some serious and some lighter topics today, so tune in over your lunch at 12:30pm

And, as always, you can read my latest parenting columns over at Sympatico.ca, anytime.