Well the long-awaited 2011 budget came out Tuesday with a galley full of bobbleheads and not so many surprises really. It was a document that looked a lot like an election year budget. Restrained, yet well worded with so much emphasis on FDK, as they call it. Not surprising Premier Dad is hanging it all on full day kindergarten. By no means am I against full day kindergarten. It makes sense for working parents and it makes sense too for typically developing children. It is not the answer for every child. It would never have worked for my youngest, a…
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No Frill’s owner Brian Macdonald with Sophie Davies-Hales, mom Dana and their newly certified Autism Services Dog Crosby Tweet Meet Sophie. She has a riot of dark brown curls, cheeks as round as apples, a little brother who likes to play dressup and a big sister. Sophie also has a whole host of largely invisible special needs, and now an autism service dog that shadows her every move. Sophie was adopted as a baby by Mom Dana Davies-Hales and Tony Hales. She was three when she was diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Neurological Developmental disorder ( a condition that falls under the umbrella term of fetal alcohol…
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Hi there and Happy Monday! Pop by Jennifer Regan’s site over at http://www.eightymphmom.com/ and visit more of my favourite blogger and vloggers for a fun start to your week. Cheers! Tweet
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Picture courtesy of Wiki Images Love it or hate it – virtual politics is all about the numbers. 100,000 to be precise. This week Londoners took part in an experiment, a virtual telphone townhall that was part of Ontario’s pre-budget consultations. There have been several of these townhalls across the province and they began in February. Telephone townhalls have taken place in Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury and Kitchener already as well as a few other areas. Last week the consultation process took to Ottawa. The virtual stop in London was the most successful so far with 20,000 people…
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I have been blogging now for close 18-20 months and I have learned a few tricks along the way. Some are easy to pass on and the results are quick. Like always be true to yourself and your voice. Readers love authenticity. Other lessons are a bit trial and error. Like how do you earn money on a blog? Well there are a few ideas out there and a few revenue streams. Some bloggers run ads and sell privately. For about one year I tried Project Wonderful, but that wasn’t really that lucrative for me so I cut my ties…
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Some amazing friends of mine in the Canadian blog world have started this hop for Canucks only and so I am giving it a whirl. Join in if you blog and find a friend or two..
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Hey there. I love this lady over at Design It Chic. She’s a savvy blogger. So today come and join in this bloghop and find a few new friends and don’t forget to leave a comment that you are following so your friend can send you their undying love and support, or whatever! So this weekend Gymboree is still 30 % off everything in the fill a bag sale.Sears Outlet code is 30 % off if you purchase on line and use your Sears credit card. Use this for the code: 941612257.Canadian Tire still has excellent upto 75 % off…
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I am a huge fan of Fisher Price products and I have been since I was a child. Their brand is one I trust. Their products are durable and safe and affordable and innovative as well. We have the Fisher Price kids digital camera and the Fisher Price Kid Tough MP3 player, dubbed the FP3, has been a great hit for my daughter. We sought this product, the FP3 out when she was very small because she has sensory processing disorder and FASD -fetal alcohol spectrum disorder – and she has always been hypersensitive to auditory input. We found early on that…
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Wow! Can I just say Wow? Apparently retailers everywhere are certain there will be shopping going on this week during the March Break when children are home and Moms are routinely, either: 1. overwrought by being home all day with the children and tired of hearing “I’m bored!” 9,000 times an hour or 2. thrillled they don’t have to get up and shuttle the kids all out the door, lunch in hand and backpack jammed with completed homework. Which one are you? I probably will straddle both categories over the course of the week. I like not making lunches every night and…
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The View From My Window in Vancouver’s Coast Plaza Hotel Downtown near the shore in Vancouver I discovered this gem by accident really and I was very fortunate, so I wanted to pass it on to my readers. While in Vancouver on business at a conference last week I had the good fortune to stay at the Coast Plaza Hotel on Comox Street, near Denman Plaza. The prices were excellent and the variety of rooms plentiful. I understand there are some folks who live here year round inside the Coast Plaza and therefore some of the rooms are the size…