I was shooting quick pictures of my daughter having fun at a trailer park where friends were staying recently when I spied her shadow. For some reason the image caught me as symbolic. Wordless Wednesday is a regular photography hop. I like to link up at http://www.tarasviewoftheworld.com/
What a difference a year makes. Readers of thriftymommastips.com know all about this journey we have been on with my mom. It started one year ago and led us down a really rough path for a long period of time. It was tragic, drastic, devastating emotionally and financially, and it has left us all changed. Last summer, my Mom spent the greater part of two months in London hospitals as we tried to figure out what was going on. She was hallucinating and she was confused. Meanwhile her symptoms escalated. It was a sad and exhausting time _ one I…
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Some time ago I spied this contest hosted by the Microsoft Windows Team and @kristinalibby, a Windows team gal I follow. The details are send in a blog or vlog that tells us why you need a style Makeover for Blogher ’12. I like to vlog and I like to Pin on Pinterest. So I was torn, pin or vlog? Anyways, I combined a bit of both. Basically I live in my Lulu’s and that’s okay. A lot of Moms do. Plus, I write from home, so seriously most days who cares what I wear? Occasionally though, I step out…
Well, here it is Saturday night, so I apologize, but my Friday finds are now my weekend finds. Anyways this weekend in London there is no reason to leave the city. Home County Folk Festival is on. And on Sunday starting at 9 a.m. the John Labatt Centre is hosting a huge Yoga Shack charity event for Heart and Stroke Foundation. Superstore has Tax Free event now. Shoppers Drug Mart has cash your points in. Yes, that’s how I spent my afternoon. $100 in points can vanish fast there. Too fast. No Frills has my T-Discs on for Tassimo. Time…
I am so incredibly excited about the new movie The Odd Life of Timothy Green. The themes apparent within the movie, make me so happy to be a consumer. Special needs, adoption, the environment, family, infertility. How amazing! I can’t wait to see the screening at Blogher 12. You can see a screening too. I am giving away 1 family pass. So one winner will get a pass for four members of their family. Jennifer Garner stars in this story about a couple told they cannot have kids and the magical child that joins their family. (Can you see why…
Three simple ingredients. I have been super excited to get my hands on a recipe that is simple and easy to make but also turns out to be a delicious fudge. Fudge can be a hard one to make. It is temperamental at times. The wrong temperature for setting it seems like a big issue sometimes. Butter Condensed milk Brown sugar 1/2 lb of butter 2 cups of brown sugar 1can condensed milk. Put it all in a microwaveable bowl and microwave, so butter melts. Stirring in between. Then blend with the blender on medium for several minutes. Place…
The other day one of my followers asked on Twitter for some ideas on how to teach her children about the Olympics. I started to tweet her a pile of thoughts on this topic, but then realized I had several thoughts and most of these tips are ones we have done before, so hopefully your kids will find one or two they like also. With less than two weeks left to go before the Olympics London 2012 start, you have plenty of time to get these ideas together and plan some fun while learning as well. The London Olympics run…
It’s been a long time since my babies were babies. They grow so fast. My girls are now much too old for baby bottles, but I know a thing or two about fussy babies and children who were colicky. And as an adoptive parent I am an expert on bottle feeding. When my girls were wee ones there were plastic bottles only, and ones that were really not so healthy as we learned much later. I so wish we had known more then about BPA and PVC options. We switched to straight glass bottles with my youngest daughter as soon…