My youngest child has diagnosed special needs. My mother has recently been diagnosed with mild dementia and/or Alzheimer’s Disease. I am the very definition of a sandwich Mom. What that means for me, is that I have had to be very proactive and in charge of building our strengths. We eat with an eye to preventing further physical and neurological health symptoms. We focus our brains on building pathways and maintaining functioning ones. So for instance, resveratrol, from grapes and antioxidants from berries and Vitamin E are huge around here right now. Because I know they protect the brain from…
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In the fall I attended Blissdom Canada. It was a conference I was fortunate to attend given that I didn’t intend to go originally. I stumbled upon a sell off ticket while attending She’s Connected, another fabulous blogging conference for digital women. I really can’t say enough about either one of the conferences. Both distinct and both worthwhile. But for me, Blissdom Canada represented a huge commitment. A leap of faith, an investment in me and a vote to keep moving forward. A turning point. The summer of 2011 had been a challenging one. My mother deteriorated rapidly in the…
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A Valentine’s Monday Mingle: For those of you who don’t know this meme, pop by eightymphmom.com and link up. Use your iphone or your Flipcam or your Kodak Playsport and tape yourself answering the weekly list of questions. Then take a half an hour and visit the other vloggers and leave a comment. This is a great way to learn how to vlog and get comfortable in front of the camera.
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Hey there and Happy Weekend! I am so excited to share this giveaway with my readers. I love this product. I love the vitamins – both IronKids and Adult Essentials and I am really pleased to have been chosen as Adult Essentials brand ambassador with Shes Connected and Adult Essentials. There has been some chit chat and noise lately about brand ambassadors and their authenticity. I have to tell you that if you know me at all, you know that I don’t tweet or sing the praises of any item, brand or product I don’t believe in. If I wouldn’t…
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Well, I know you are all dying to know what we cooked or baked together this week, so without any further introduction here it is. Oh don’t get all healthy on me. It’s Valentine’s so we decided to make treats and give them out to the volunteers and friends that we see at SARI therapeutic horseback riding program every week. We only ate a *cough* couple hundred ourselves on the way to and from the horses. It is a long ride you know. Anyways, nothing much kids love more than cooking and making candy. This one is easy peasy. I…
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For several years now my kids have been at the same school. In fact they may have been there collectively for close to a decade and you know journalists, well, we don’t miss much. Truly. Trained observers. Yup. So today when I spied this sign on the outer wall of the school, near the door we walk in every day I was not surprised. Nope, because, as I mentioned I am a trained observer. Eagle eyes, they call me. Well, not to my face. Because that would be overkill. Anyways today I read the fine print and doubled over laughing.…
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Thriftymomma goes to city hall. Oh yeah and that’s my kid Ainsley, sitting in Mayor Joe Fontana’s chair. One of the best things about having children for me, an introvert and former shy person, is how they expand your world socially. Several months ago my youngest daughter befriended London city Councillor Sandy White. Ainsley has a way of doing that. At that time Coun. White offered to have Ainsley take a tour of city hall and it was something my quirky kid went nuts for. In fact she kept asking for several months when the tour was going to take…
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Well this is a wee bit late, but I wanted to let you know there are a couple of great sales in and around London. At Western Fair the big story is the North by Northwest sale. Also Children’s Place has 30 % off. Some good food deals at Walmart too.
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In case you missed last Thursday’s brand new feature announcement, here it is again. From now on every Thursday I am running a fun family bloghop. There is so much that is fun about Cooking With Kids. My children love cracking eggs and the sensory nature of beating batter, reading recipes, measuring and – of course, the eating part too. Just this week after launching the idea and letting them know we would all be involved in cooking and baking for my blog thriftymommastips, they were inspired and their interest in cooking and helping in the kitchen was sparked again. I counted easily…