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    Kobo Ereader Review

    July 13, 2010 - By 

    This is my sad review of the Kobo ereader. Sad because I have had to return my fun new toy since I was only reviewing it. I know that purists still argue ereaders are ruining book publishing and are not the same as books. But I had this for almost three weeks and loved every minute of it. A recent piece in the London Free Press notes that ebooks are outpacing regular books at library checkouts for the first time ever. The interesting thing about the Kobo is the fact that it’s changing the market for consumers. That’s good news for most of…

  • family - family travel

    My Happy Birthday Deals and Follow Friday

    July 9, 2010 - By 

    Well Happy Birthday to Me and I hope this rain clears for Sunfest this weekend. London, city I have grown to love, has the best festivals all summer long and this truly is one of them. Try not to miss it. In the mean time, here are my finds for this week and take a minute to check out myFriday Follow bloggy friends. Follow the first person on the list. List your blog and find some new fans. Saturday only: Old Navy $1 Flip Flops. Getting some of those for sure.Toys ‘R Us has five days of deals ending on…

  • Parenting

    Tooth Fairy Tales and How to Fix the Fails

    July 7, 2010 - By 

    My Payton has had a wobbly tooth for about one month now, so we’ve been anticipating the tooth fairy visit for a while. Her wobbly teeth seem never to be nudged along by prying hands or crunchy foods or anything else for that matter. She is content to let them fall out when they are ready and that’s okay by me. It’s the kind of girl she is. Cautious and happy to just take life as it comes.   Our Tooth Fairy Adventures Anyways, it is the sixth or seventh tooth she has lost. The process should be firmly entrenched…

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    My New Vlog

    July 3, 2010 - By 

    Well, in the spirit of growth I am trying my first vlog. That’s right. Mama’s giving this a shot and she got her self a brand new little camera thingy (read: gadget) just in time for summer. Wahoo!! No stopping me now. So this is me telling you all about my excellent, cute, adorable and sporty new Kodak Playsport. $159.99. Good price and well watch vlog to see the rest. PSST. I will get better at this, by the way. 

  • Parenting - parenting

    Toilet Water and Welcome Wednesday

    June 30, 2010 - By 

    If I had a dime for every time my kids did something that stunned me and made me fall down laughing, well I would be a very wealthy woman. The beautiful wild thing about parenting and having children is the very unpredictability of it all. A friend of mine who sat on a panel of adoptive parents with me a couple of weeks ago described her adoptive experience like this. She said it was a very calm easy slow process at the start that lulled them into believing parenting would be the same. They filled out their adoption application, waited,…

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    Ironic Awards Day

    June 28, 2010 - By 

    On this rainy Monday I am blogging quickly about my first award. Yay me! The Sunshine Award – funny and slightly ironic name for the award on a day like today. (Booming thunder drumroll in the background.)Anyways so this is me thanking my readers for one year of excellent support and comments and ideas. And also acknowledging Deb Kade, over at Lucas’s Journey With Sensory Processing Disorder for giving me this award. Thanks much my lovelies. Now for this next year of growth and partnerships I look forward to having you visit me at one of my other blogs http://www.thriftymommasbrainfood.blogspot.com/…

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    Welcome Wednesday and Snoezelen

    June 23, 2010 - By 

    Hi all. I spent my Wednesday morning at the local Community Living London Ford Access Centre doing a Snoezelen Room training. That was kind of cool to see the sensory tools they have hooked up for public use. All you have to do is take one two-hour training session on how to use the equipment and then call and schedule a timeslot. For those who don’t know, these rooms are great for kids and adults with any type of sensory needs or autism. I may have to try out their leaf chair myself next week when I take my daughter…

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    Bingemans Grand Experiences and Lays Chip Trips

    June 22, 2010 - By 

    This was too funny for me to resist putting here and frankly here goes Mommy’s first attempt at vlogging. Be afraid! Be very afraid! I took my family on a day trip to Bingemans in Kitchener. It’s a waterpark, amusement park, camp site with splash pad and various other fun things. For full review come visit http://www.thriftymommastips.blogspot.com/ Also I saved money because I am totally rocking the Lay’s Chip Trips promos this summer. For more on that go here: http://tiny.cc/7hud0

  • family - FASD

    Weekend Warrior post

    June 21, 2010 - By 

    So I was browsing around the other day and I found this excellent topic Weekend Warrior, started by the lovely blogger at Adoption of Jane. The idea is to educate others about special needs. So this is my post from the weekend – better late than never. This is my daughter Ainsley. She’s 6, beautiful, daring and athletic. She says Arm of Woir for Armoire and “No I willn’t” and that still makes me chuckle. She also was adopted at 5 months old and she’d been prenatally exposed to a number of substances, including alcohol and variours drugs. She has…

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    Welcome Wednesday

    June 17, 2010 - By 

    Hi all. I am trying something new here on a rainy Wednesday night. The awesome Take It From Me has started a sort of social bloghop. Visit http://www.takeitfrom-me.blogspot.com/to find out the details. Basically every Wednesday you visit and enter your blog url and then follow the directions. It’s a good way to meet some new blogger and attract some new followers too.