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Always Time to Shop in Your Pyjamas at Walmart.ca
I am an on line shopper. I don’t have time to run around from store to store comparison shopping. I need my shopping experience to be as efficient as possible. We moved this winter to a bigger home. We jettisoned a lot of old furniture and clothing and we need replacement items for our growing family. I hit several furniture stores in London, Ontario shopping for my daughter’s new dresser and night table to match her bed purchased ten years ago. No white or cedar or maple, or pine. I needed off white. Finally I found what I needed on line. I am still seeking just…
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How Does Your Easter Egg Hunt Grow? #Kindermom
There is something about Spring time and Easter that brings to mind fresh starts. The windows have finally been thrown open here after a long winter and we are enjoying being able to take walks, riding the bikes, and being able to explore our new yard. This year we will be starting new Easter traditions in our new home. There’s something exciting about that also. One tradition I look forward to every year is the Easter Egg Hunt. It’s a hold over from my own childhood and it brings out the child in everyone. Treats and Toys that are Safe to Share Kinder Surprise has been a big part of…
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Infertility Community Reacts to IVF Funding Announcement for Ontario #ivf4ON #onpoli
Ontario’s infertility community reacted with many emotions this week to news that IVF will soon be funded. That’s long awaited for many who took two or three jobs and sometimes used credit cards and second mortgages to be able to pay for health care treatment needed to get the health care treatment prescribed. Last Thursday, Ontario’s Minister of Health and Longterm Care Deb Matthews announced that public funding would be made available for in vitro fertilization. IVF funding is part of the draft budget officially. The funding will take place starting in 2015. An advisory committee or board will be appointed to help roll the program out. There will be…
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The Many Faces of Infertility #Abhc4ivf #abpoli
What does infertility look like? You might be surprised. Very often someone you know has already been struggling with infertility. Many times there are underlying medical issues that contribute to infertility. You might be surprised to know that in all likelihood someone on your street has intimate experience with struggling to conceive. One in 6 people struggle with infertility. Take a moment to think about that. What does infertility look like? Sometimes it’s a couple who may never know the cause of their infertility. Sometimes infertility is a young married person like Danielle who learns at 25 they cannot conceive a child. Sometimes the face of infertility looks a lot…
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Soon, My Pretty #WordlessWednesday
The snow has finally melted here. This will be my summer view. This is a Wordless Wednesday post.
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How I Started and Continue the Period Talk With My Daughter
How we tackle tough topics in my family is something I often talk about here. Period talk is no different. It’s just part of being a parent. Periods are as natural as showering, eating and sleeping here. So why shy away from period talk? Starting and continuing the period conversation is an important part of parenting and a vital part of development for young girls too. This post is part of the YummyMummyClub.ca and Always Tampax sponsored program. I received compensation as a thank you for my participation. This post reflects my personal opinion about the information provided by the sponsors. Do you remember the book Are you There…
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Fairway Solitaire Blast Release #FSBlast
Fairway Solitaire Blast is the perfect app for your card loving friend or family member. I have a card shark in my house. One of my daughters loves cards and she has from the time she was little. It’s freakish to watch actually. She’s like a little card savant. Card games are relaxing for her and she’s incredibly good at them. Even Go Fish is a competitive event in our house. It’s comical, in fact, how often she beats everyone in this house at games like War, Snap, Go Fish. Crazy Eights is another favourite and Old Maid too. So when I found Fairway Solitaire Blast I knew this was…
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Spring Fever: Nerf Rebelle and Nerf Bash Ball – Review
Bye Bye Winter. It’s Hurricane season. Hurricane Ainsley season that is. Spring fever has hit hard here – FINALLY. I am not complaining. It was a long snowy, cold winter and we are still not entirely free of the season. There is still frost on the rooftops here most mornings and it’s April 1st! But the first hint of spring in our area of Ontario, Canada and my kids were racing outside knocking on doors in our new neighbourhood trying to make new friends. New Nerf toys like Nerf Rebelle helped start new friendships. We moved into our new home in the middle of the messiest winter month ever…
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Support #OHIP4IVF #onpoli #WordlessWednesday
This may soon be within reach for more Ontario people. 1 in 6 couples struggle with infertility. The prescribed course of care in order to conceive is often IVF. But IVF is not currently covered in Ontario or Alberta or BC. It often carries a price tag of $10 to 13,000 so many couples can’t afford the health care they need in order to conceive. In Fact IVF is funded only in Quebec. Manitoba has a tax credit. So this news means infertile people in Ontario might soon find this within their reach. A draft budget leaked this week indicates there may be funding for IVF, in vitro fertilization, in…
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Grief Finds You in the Card Aisle
It hit me hard in the card aisle. Grief. Such a sneaky emotion. Tricking you and then hiding behind obstacles in the open. Like a thief hiding behind doors and in alleys waiting to pounce out and holler. Friday was my Mom’s birthday. The first birthday we haven’t spent together and also the first birthday since she passed away. It rained a lot here and it was, without doubt, the hardest day I have had since she left us. Way harder than Christmas. Grief Finds You in the Card Aisle One week ago I was standing in the grocery store when it hit me. I stopped to buy a card…