A MESSAGE FROM OUR NEW YOU CONTEST WINNER TRISH SALTER
Hi Cheryl: I thought I would send a special thank you for all the prizes I won. I originally entered the contest because…who doesn’t want to look and feel better. Have you ever reached a plateau in your workout regime? Well I have. So I’m really looking forward to my personal training sessions. A pamper session is what every woman wants, so I will be running to Ethos Spa….and you can see from my picture, that it’s time for a new hair style. I am also a purse fanatic. Everything you offered in the contest was calling out to me…but what was appealing was the one on one session with Pat Fortin Mussieux. When I entered the contest, I was in the process of trying to figure out how to find balance in my life. I have two teenage kids, a busy household, two jobs, a husband that works shifts and I love to work out, but there has to be a balance in all of this….I’m really looking forward to getting all these prizes set up. I’ve sent a before picture. I’m sure I will get one from Launch Performance before we start the training sessions as well. I’ll keep you posted over the next couple of months to show you the progress….It will be fun to watch! Stay tuned!
Trish Salter

Trish Salter- New You Contest Winner
VEGAS BABY!!!!
My husband and I were in Las Vegas last week for a little getaway and a belated birthday celebration for him. Las Vegas is an amazing place…filled with all kinds of people, attractions, foods, smells and places to shop! Oh the shopping…..I wish I had more room in my suitcase for more stuff. I could have shopped ALLOT more than I did- that is for sure. The food is amazing- that pretty much goes for every restaurant we went too. Did we win any money you ask? No- but we didn’t lose much either. If you are a blackjack player- the first thing you should be buying is a strategy card for 2$. You can find them in any gift shop and they let you bring them to the tables. Too bad we only figured this out on the last day!
I decided to make a list of the best things about Vegas- in case you decide to go someday too…and I highly suggest you do.
Places to stay
- Bellagio
- Wynn/Encore
- Caesars Palace
Places to Eat
- Serendipity (across from Caesars)
- Bellagio buffet (for breakfast…NOT dinner)
- Eiffel Tower Restaurant (make reservations)
- Olive’s (at Bellagio)
What to Bring With you
- Running shoes
- An empty suitcase (you’ll need it)
What to See
- Cirque de Soleil “O”
- The tigers at MGM Grand
- The Bodies Exhibit at The Luxor
- Premium Outlets in Chelsea

The Bellagio- Las Vegas
Benefits of Death With A Valid Will
BY: Kate Thompson, CFP, CSA
Broadhead Financial Group
FundEX Investments Inc.
Mobile 226 268 5431
Fax 519 473 4095
kateatwork@rogers.com

- Orderly, specific, & cost effective transition of your wealth to your intended beneficiaries
- Trust provisions for minor children, disabled children, second spouse
- Appointment of Guardians
Continuing Power Of Attorney for Property
Orderly appointment of individual(s) to manage your finances should you become temporary or permanently incapable of managing them yourself
Incapacity without Power of Attorney for Property
- Automatic appointment of Public Guardian & Trustee
Continuing Power Of Attorney For Personal Care
- Orderly appointment of individual(s) to give or refuse consent to medical treatment upon determination of incapacity, practical
Incapacity Without Power Of Attorney For Personal Care
Legislative appointment of “next of kin”
- children 16 years or older
TOP 25 TOYS OF THE SEASON
Ryan Carr
Toy Expert
Mastermind Toys
www.mastermindtoys.com
To jumpstart the shopping season, and to help gift-givers get going on their holiday list, outlined below are Mastermind’s Top 25 Cool Toys for Christmas – a fun-filled selection of items for kids of all ages with plenty of affordable options.
1. Thomas Track Rider ($399.95), Ages 1½+ All Aboard for the only battery-operated Thomas Ride-on Track Train! This awesome, easy drive train features push buttons, start-up train sounds, music and real working lights. It comes with a full circle of 8-feet track, and with every purchase, Mastermind will include four complimentary pieces of straight track, a $40 value.
2. Giant Submarine/Giant Rocketship Playscape ($149.95), Ages 3+ Exclusive to Mastermind, these fabulous wooden sets are three or more levels high, open on all sides and packed with figures and gear to play with. They have at least eight different rooms and a working elevator (it’s even better than a dollhouse)! Two styles are available: Giant Submarine or Rocketship.
3. Take ‘N Go Driving School RC Car Set ($99.95), Ages 3+ Open the case, snap together the puzzle-piece race track, grab your controller, and race away! This set comes with two wireless controllers and cars that really change lanes!
4. City Lights Day/Night Globe ($99.95), Ages 8+ By day this is a mild-mannered 12.5” geopolitical globe with the latest, up-to-date configurations, but turn off the lights and this globe uses an optical sensor to detect the light and illuminate the city lights of the world to make it seem like you’re viewing the earth from space!
5. Space Symphony Motion Gym ($79.95), Ages Birth+ This combination mat and gym offers music and motion to sooth your baby. The arches are covered with interesting space-themed toys, and they gently rotate to keep your little one alert and interested.
6. Sit to Stand Train ($79.95), Ages 12 months+ An educational activity/ride-on toy! The Sit to Stand Train is covered in letter and number activities with fun sounds and songs. It’s also a ride-on toy for little ones, complete with a caboose for holding the activity pieces!
7. Snap Circuits Green: Alternative Energy Kit ($79.95), Ages 8+ This new Snap Circuits kit has 130 easy-to-build electronic projects that demonstrate the latest innovations in alternative energy. Sources of energy explored in the kit include hydro, wind, solar chemical and mechanical – a great and safe way to plant the green seed in young minds.
8. Zero Gravity Laser Car ($59.95), Ages 8+ The coolest RC toy you’ve ever seen! This zero gravity vacuum car runs on the floor…and up the wall! What’s more, you control it by pointing a laser to the wall, so that the car follows the red dot!
9. My Singing Birthday Cake ($39.95), Ages 1+ It’s Birthday fun 365 days a year! This cool and colourful cake has candles that light up when touched by the magic wand. Hear the birthday song play, make your wish, and blow out the candles! Cut the cake with the child-safe knife and share the squeezable slices with your family and friends. It’s likely the only cake you have ever had that is machine washable!
10. Sort and Spin Blender (39.95), Ages 1+ Here is a new spin on shape-sorting toys that is packed with early learning fun. Sort the five brightly coloured shapes into the blender, press the button to watch them spin round and round, fast or slow while you sing along to the fun melodies and songs.
11. Standup Sing Along Microphone ($39.95), Ages 3+ American Idol wannabees can get ready to rock with this cool pink microphone! It comes with an adjustable stand, disco lights, volume control and cool sound effects.
12. Wahoo Puppy Bouncer ($39.95), Ages 5+ This big bouncy puppy is perfect for ride-on, play-on, huggable fun. Wahoo is a durable, inflatable dog-shaped toy that kids can sit on, bounce on, toss around and enjoy. A great toy that promotes balance and coordination.
13. Sun Jar ($39.95), Ages 6+ Jam jars store jam and Sun Jars store sunshine. This simple light may glow yellow but it is actually very “green”! The mason jar contains a solar cell that collects and stores sunshine and charges during the day. When darkness falls, the powerful LED light gives off a warm glow; providing you with your own solar-powered nightlight! Available in three colours.
14. Project Runway Design Projector Kit ($35.95), Ages 8+ Mini Project Runway wannabees, and Heidi Klum fans, can now be on their way to becoming a fashion designer! Use the projector to project different styles onto the page that you can trace; mix and match your designs to invent your own fashion sensations!
15. Kreecher Pillow ($29.95), Ages 3+ New from Manhattan Toy! Kreecher pillows are weird, wacky and uniquely-designed pillows that add pizzazz to any playroom. These funky pillows come in three awesome styles.
16. Text and Learn Messenger ($29.95), Ages 3+ A great idea for the CEO-in-training. Little ones love to imitate their parents, and now they can have their very own PDA toy! The Text and Learn messenger is an electronic learning game from Leap Frog that looks just like a Blackberry; little ones can play games and manage their busy calendar!
17. Make Your Own Cupcake Soap ($29.95), Ages 5+ Your bathtub never smelled so sweet! This yummy cupcake craft kit has everything that you need to make your own cute-as-a-button cupcake-themed soaps!

Cupcake Soap
18. Pop Up Scrap Book ($29.95), Ages 7+ Why make a regular scrapbook? Add a new dimension with this kit and make your own scrapbook come alive with pop up memories.
19. 39 Clues Board Game ($29.95), Ages 8+ Race around the world gathering keys by solving clues, decoding messages and tripping up the competition! Based on the new smash-hit series of books!
20. WobBally Game, ($24.95), Ages 5+ This topsy-turvy game is fun for the whole family. Use the special stacking toy to build your tower of marbles and platforms… and then roll the die to see which colour ball you have to pop out of the tower! But be careful, this tower shakes, rattles and rolls!
21. Gobblet Gobblers ($24.95), Ages 5+ Gobble up some fun with a new twist on Tic-Tac-Toe for little ones! Place your gobblers on the board to try and make three in a row…but remember that the larger gobblers can gobble the little ones! A cute, colouful and challenging game.
22. Straws and Connectors 400pc Deluxe Set ($24.95), Ages 5+ A Mastermind Exclusive Set! This jumbo kit comes with tons of straws and connectors pieces which can be used to make anything you can imagine! The simple pieces go together quickly to make huge models!
23. Shrinky Dinks Holiday Set ($19.95), Ages 7+ This kit comes with everything you need to make 30 different holiday-themed, shrinky-dinks ornaments, and your very own mini silver Christmas tree.
24. Rubik’s 360 Brain Puzzle ($17.95), Ages 8+ The Rubik’s Cube has a new spin with the latest and greatest iteration from the master of puzzles! The object is to move the coloured balls to their correct pods on the outside of the toy, but the challenge is maneuvering them through the weighted spheres! A Brainiac favorite!
25. Yummy Dough ($9.95), All Ages Every kid wants to eat their modeling clay and now they can with Yummy Dough! This edible dough comes in four colours and can be sculpted into anything you can imagine. Shape it, bake it, and eat it – Yummy Dough takes on the consistency of yummy cookies!
Mastermind’s Gift Guide will be available for download at www.mastermindtoys.com. All gift guide items are available at Mastermind’s 11 GTA locations and online. Mastermind Toys ships across North America and offers free gift wrapping, plus personalized gift tags for all online orders.
Gratitude
I am grateful for the warm sun on a chilly day.
Gratitude
I am grateful for my loving family and friends.
Gratitude
I am grateful for all my wonderful teachers.
Gratitude
I am grateful to be alive and joyful.
Brendan Talbot receiving Healing Touch from Grandma Shore (Pauline is a student of Healing Touch). The gift of giving includes our time and our heart.
To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, To enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. … Johnannes A. Gaerthner
During the month of December I encourage you to focus on Gratitude and to play the “Gratitude Game”. The “Gratitude Game” helps you to shift gears and decrease stress . Here’s how it works: Find a partner either in person, by phone, text messaging or by email and tell them 3 things that you are grateful for. Then switch roles. They can be BIG things or they can be SMALL things.
This game creates a focus on what you are grateful for in your life. It increases your awareness of what warms your heart and soul.
By focusing on gratitude , you are focusing on what you already have. This creates an attraction of more of what you want. Be happy in the moment and you will reap more benefits.
The Gratitude Game is a transforming way to connect with someone you care about. When stressed it shifts your gears and changes your vibrational energy to a positive one. Play the “Gratitude Game” once a week in December and see what happens.
A daily practice of gratitude, as you go about your day, will help you to grow and expand.
Gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.
Let your heart be awakened to the transforming power of gratefulness.
Below is a picture of a child surrounded by a blue orb. Orbs are energy fields of family members or angels that have passed. This child had a close connection with her grandma who they had just finished talking about.
Upcoming Workshops:
London Dowsing Meeting – Mon. Dec. 7th at 6:30 pm at Unity Church 4026 Meadowbrook Dr. Unit 137 , London, ON. 519-652-9294. Fee: $5.00 Learn how to use dowsing to prepare for the holiday season by being more grounded and centred.
Healing Touch Level 1 – Sat. & Sun. January 23/24, 2009 – 9 am – 5 pm Learn how to sense and feel energy, use chakras to increase your energy and to treat pain in 10 minutes or less with techniques called lazer, ultrasound, pain drain , magnetic clearing and headache relief (mind clearance. )
Location: 150 Winery Court, London, ON ; Fee: $300 (includes manual) ; Register at cpalajac@rogers.com
Other Guests:
Debbi Wilkes
Skate Canada
www.skatecanada.ca
Cindy Palajac
Healthy Connections
Meditation Techniques
(519) 685-1670
Kate Thompson, CFP, CSA
Broadhead Financial Group
FundEX Investments Inc.
Mobile 226 268 5431
Fax 519 473 4095
kateatwork@rogers.com
The Old Mill Leather
www.theoldmill.ca
Ryan Carr
Toy Expert
Mastermind Toys
www.mastermindtoys.com
Marty Menard
Elite Personal Training Studio
73 York St.
London, Ontario
(519) 645-2578
marty@elitepersonaltraining.ca
www.elitepersonaltraining.ca/
Katina Kritikos
Ethos the Spa
www.ethosthespa.com
633 Richmond Street
1-800-ETHOSPA
London and area (519)438-7327
Dr. Jamie and Joel Richards
Café of Life Chiropractic
www.cafeoflifelondon.com
E-mail: jamie@cafeoflifelondon.com
joel@faceoflifelondon.com
394 Oxford St. East
(519)439-5353
Jeff Robb
Turner Drug Store Ltd.
www.turnerdrugs.com
E-mail: turner@turnerdrugs.com
52 Grand Avenue at Carfrae Crescent,
Tel: 1 (800) 566-8482
Lisa Fisher
Fisher and Company
www.fisherandcompany.ca
515 Richmond Street,
Richmond Row
London, ON N6A 5N4
PH: 519.672.0073
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Monday to Wednesday 10-6
Thursday 10-8
Friday 10-6
Saturday 10-5
Sunday 12-4
Hollywood Tan London
1021 Wonderland Road South
London, Ontario
N6K 3V1
519.649.0385
1.877.TAN4FUN (8264386)
EMAIL:
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NEXT WEEK – it’s our holiday shopping guide- everything you need to look after everyone on your list- especially the hard to buy for people.
Scholar’s Choice will join is to talk about the top ten toys that will also help stimulate your child’s mind and they may even learn a thing or two! Also- the perfect last minute shopping solution- life EXPERIENCES is a collection of escapes designed especially for those who want to get the most out of life. We’ll tell you more about that next week and we will give some life experiences away as well!
We will also talk about holiday entertaining with Cocktail Diva Dee Brun and artificial decorating with Greens Galore- get that real, authentic look but without the mess and without the fire hazard of a real Christmas tree. Don’t miss next week’s show- join me live from 7-9am and remember we always have lots of free stuff to giveaway!