This is us – enjoying the first long weekend of the summer – thanks to Wonder + Simply Free and The BBQ It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year This is me doing my happy dance because BBQ season is here and the weather is glorious. Yes, all weekend I have been singing that song – you know the Christmas carol and Staples jingle. Well here It’s the Most Wonderful Time of The Year because it is barbeque season and that means Mama doesn’t have to cook. See my husband, considers himself the Emeril of the BBQ and frankly that…

Vote mob in Victoria Park. Rick Mercer and University of Western Ontario and Fanshawe College students urged people to vote Chalk drawing at the vote mob In politics so much can change in a mere matter of hours. Take, for example the election that just took place. It started as a dull sprint. It ended full speed. At first it appeared that the Liberals had a small amount of momentum and the Conservatives mostly appeared angry and disinterested in the whole affair. The NDP didn’t ever really look capable of pulling off what they did at the end. So what…

Happy Election Day and Happy May! I am in a great mood here today at thriftymommastips, because the election is almost over and that means I will be getting back to business here, blogging again and reviewing products and having a great old time. Not that I haven’t loved the election. To see what I am talking about you can hit Twitter and punch up #elxn41 to find out about the hijinks and strange goings on in the last 36 days. That’s right – it was a 36 day campaign. Eek! That meant a whole lot of running and a…

The Lacklustre televised English language debate I was, until recently one of those not so rare birds, they call the undecided voter. I was absolutely a bit ticked when the election was called, because truthfully I think in terms of dollars and cents and an election is a whole lot of wasted time and money. I think of a few of my particular causes that might have benefitted from $50 million or billion or whatever the ludicruous amount of money is that is spent on these things and I get irked. I have, as a person with a few hats,…

I watched the whole debate last night and frankly as most of you already know there were no big sucker punches. A lot of disappointment really. There were a couple of quips worth noting and a whole lot of comical moments, especially when Federal NDP leader Jack Layton started dropping words like “Bling” and “Hashtag fail.” The best zingers of the debate for me were relating to crime and prisons and the CPC we’re not soft on crime approach that Green Party leader Elizabeth May repeatedly shut down on Twitter. Smartly trying to crash the party, she jumped in a…

Well here’s the Monday Mingle a wee bit late this week, but computer problems last night again. Anyways have a great week all.!

Prime Minister Stephen Harper Sunday night The lobby of the Ignatieff town hall event Well it’s been a bit since I did the federal election dance. Ten years about. This weekend I found myself dancing again as two of the leaders of Canada’s federal parties swung through town. It was a most unexpected weekend. I started Thursday with the Ignatieff town hall. Michael Ignatieff, Harvard graduate and well known genius, packed the Best Western Lamplighter Inn. Here was a Liberal leader shrugged off as pretty much unelectable a couple of years ago. And yet the polls have started to indicate maybe more…