April 18th: Catch Kathy on CityLine talking about The Perfect Sleepover

April 19th-21st: Kathy will be attending the Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop in Dayton, Ohio

April 26th- 29th: Kathy will be in Fort Lauderdale on a press trip, covering the Air Show and doing a Dabble Dare in the Everglades

May 3rd – 5th : Kathy will be speaking at Mom2.0 in Miami, Florida on “From Sponsored to Spokesperson”

May 9th: Breakfast Television Toronto – Taking Control of Mother’s Day

May 10th: CTV Ottawa Morning – Mother’s Day Study Reveals Moms Know Best

May 11th: Kathy will be on CHCH Morning Live, all morning, sharing Mother’s Day ideas

May 11th: CHCH Television, Live With Lori, Hamilton – Great Ideas and What Mom Deserves

Friday May 11th, 12:00pm to 1:00pm, EST, Kathy will be hosting a Twitter Chat for @PCFinancial. Follow #PCPointers for chat, and rewards.

May 31st: Kathy will be hosting the Misssissauga Arts Awards (MARTYs) at the Living Arts Centre

June 1st: Kathy will be speaking at the Women in Biz Conference “Old Boys Network vs New Girls Connections” Toronto, Ontario

June 11th – 16th: Kathy will be attending the opening of CarsLand, in DisneyLand (Anaheim, California)

June 19th: Kathy will be speaking at Jeff Pulver’s 140 Conference in New York City, NY

July 21st – Kathy will be the MC at the Social Capital Conference in Ottawa, Ontario

August 2nd – 4th: Kathy will be attending BlogHer in New York City, NY

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.