Got backyard? Then Veggie City wants you.I posted about this last week over at http://www.OurLondon.ca but I love the idea so much that I wanted to give some of my other London readers a heads up about this excellent London initiative called Veggie City. They have a blog too – if you are interested and want more information – visit http://www.londonveggiecity.com/ The group of young people who are employed for the summer through Youth Opportunities Unlimited to execute the concept of Veggie City and do the gardening for you Veggie City is a concept that originated in Guelph where it is called…

Happy Wednesday. There is so much to love about Wednesday. The first thing I love about Wednesday is my new cynergy class at lunch at the Y on Sunningdale Road and then there is my favourite show on TV. My guilty pleasure – otherwise known as America’s Next Top Model. Oh I know it is really sad, but I love it. Can’t argue with that, can you? My youngest child does riding lessons at SARI on this evening and I love watching. Occasionally I love not going to watch and taking a moment to blog books over at http://www.thriftymommasbrainfood.blogspot.com/ or…

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,…