• Food

    #Linkedmoms Kisko Twitter Party – Join us -May 8th

    April 14, 2013 - By 

    A few of my favourite Kisko Freezie flavours Well, woohoo it’s time for a party announcement!! This is your official Hold The Date for: May 8th at 8 p.m. EST. The Linked Moms (@Downshiftingpro) and me (@inkscrblr) are featuring Kisko Freezies as our guests. I like Kisko Freezies because they are free of allergens and tasty to boot. Nothing cuts that sweaty post soccer game win, or helps you celebrate that black belt trophy, like a Kisko Freezie. Free of all major allergens: nut free, dairy free, soya free, gluten free and egg free. That means they are school friendly. Also…

  • family

    Before You Ask Bloggers to Write For Free #blogging

    April 12, 2013 - By 

    A collage of a few of the brands I work with, or provide social media strategy for, as a business at thriftymommastips.com (Every week my email in box fills up with perplexing public relations pitches and blogger outreach programs. Many of these go unanswered. Then today I also received a telephone call – follow up from a local London company – that asked if I need more information about an email in order to post a tiny discount code for my readers free. I am compelled to share a letter I recently sent to a contact about the business of…

  • Health - parenting

    Bra Shopping is a Metaphor for My Life

    April 11, 2013 - By 

    The Bra is a metaphor for my life.  I took my Mom to get her perm today. Phone bonging all the way with emails coming in fast and furious, tweets and Facebook updates, last minute travel things to care for and the threat of freezing rain. Two hours it takes for a perm to set from start to finish and well with my iphone in hand, hint of bad weather – which makes my mother extremely nervous – and numerous gift cards burning a hole in my wallet I thought I might as well stay and shop at Masonville Mall…

  • family - FASD - Parenting - special needs

    My #WordlessWednesday and a Linky #specialneeds

    April 10, 2013 - By 

    I am posting this because it is Wordless Wednesday and it’s past the time in Ontario where we should be doing this right. Supporting children with a disability is not a suggestion or an extra-curricular, or an add on for systems. It is the job. Period. Full stop. If you have cancer and you go to doctor, do they say to you sorry my friend we don’t do that. And yet consistently in Ontario where we receive this diagnosis we have no follow up, no support or help. Very often we do not even have schools that support our children’s…

  • family travel - Giveaways - Health - parenting - special needs

    The Ultimate Blog Party #UBP13

    April 8, 2013 - By 

    This is the second year I have taken part in this great event hosted by 5MinutesforMom.com. It’s a fun annual event and a great way to get to meet a few new bloggers, expand your circle and build some connections. So what’s involved, you ask? Well over $20,000 in prizes and a massive group of bloggers who write about various topics: from review bloggers to niche bloggers that focus on special needs. There are Dad bloggers and Mom bloggers and even some parents in waiting bloggers. So, for those taking part in the party who are new to this blog…

  • Health

    Tria Beauty Series – Post 5 – Home Laser Hair Removal

    April 7, 2013 - By 

    It’s working!! It’s working! It’s been numerous months since I started using this Tria Beauty Hair Removal Laser 4X. I first read and heard about it at last summer’s Blogher event in New York City. I agreed shortly after to write several posts about the laser witnessing over time whether it worked as intended to remove hair in problem areas. Happy to say I am now seeing the results of my efforts. For the first two months I used the Tria Laser almost every day. I built in 10-15 minutes a day to use the wand which is extremely safe…

  • Food - Health

    Energy Bits Review

    April 5, 2013 - By 

    Several weeks ago I heard about these energybits on twitter and was interested. I am forever trying to stay on top of this thing called 40, and those of you who know me well know I may not be super coordinated, but I make up for that in ambition and good intentions. So I exercise a lot and I am open to trying new routines, exercise programs and nutrition ideas. So I gave these algae bits a shot to see what they might add to my routine. Let me just start with a small disclaimer: energybits will probably not be…

  • infertility

    I Remember Feeling Empty and Scared – #ohip4ivf #onpoli

    April 4, 2013 - By 

    Shutterstock Images photo of a man giving his partner an injection during fertility treatment The following is a guest post from a member of Conceivable Dreams, Carla, who struggled with infertility for years and asked to use her first name only.  Infertility has affected the past seven years of my life. I had a miscarriage before my first child was born, but the birth of my son was normal, a term delivery at 40 weeks. We had no problems conceiving and my son arrived without any complications, healthy and happy. It was shortly after that when my journey with infertility…

  • Health - Parenting - special needs

    If This Child Were Blind #specialneeds

    April 4, 2013 - By 

    Photo from Today’s Parent, this was an article I wrote for them that was published in 2008. This is Ainsley. Some of you know her well. Others have never met her and that’s okay. You just need to know she has multiple disabilities, aka special needs. That’s the sad fact of prenatal alcohol and poly-substance exposure. It hurts your brain, in fact it can often cause brain damage when you are in utero. (before you are born). I have seen children with FASD, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, whose brains are essentially mapped with holes in places where another child would…