By now my readers know I am community manager for a group called Conceivable Dreams. I believe strongly, just as the World Health Organization does, that infertility is a health issue impacting many areas of society on a human and economic level. I wrote about the reasons why Ohip funding for in vitro fertilization makes sense last September here on thriftymommastips. I have also interviewed many people struggling with infertility here in Ontario, Alberta and B.C. I have spoken with many Ontarian’s who have spent as much as $50,000 trying to build a family through IVF. Currently in Canada, the…
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We wish you happiness and love this week. Trust this girl to find heart-shaped yogurt raisins in a package of raisins we purchased this week. Anyways, have a lovely week and a great March break too, if you are heading into a break week.
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Tria at Home Hair removal laser has been a regular part of my daily routine now for several weeks. This is post number four about the device which promises to remove hair permanently from legs, underarms and other areas of the body where unwanted hair grows. At the end of this series I get to give a device away (worth $449) and the giveaway will be open to Canada and the U.S. I have been faithfully using the Tria for several weeks, and have seen it easily integrate into the morning beauty routine here. It works best after a shower…
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Breakfast can be one of the least exciting meals of the day. Let’s face it, after a long night’s sleep, or even a short night’s sleep, my creative breakfast making skills are often tapped out. Or perhaps, they are just slow to wake. Regardless, Kellogg’s often comes to the rescue. My husband, the self appointed healthy eating conscience of the house, has always been a great fan of All – Bran products. We frequently try to get our oldest child to eat All – Bran and sometimes it works. She loves All – Bran bars by Kellogg’s, but for the…
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Does she look tired? Well, she should after five hours of waiting and one hour of performing and then three trophies, including two firsts and one third. My martial artist. My family is martial arts nutty. We owe a lot to martial arts for framing this child’s energy into something that is a big positive in her life. So cheers to Ainsley and kudos to Modern Martial Arts in London where we spend all our time and money and it’s worth it.
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So, some days I need to get out in front of that energy before it takes over my house. Back in the winter we started sewing together and she also learned how to knit. Then I was popping around on Pinterest and I spied this great idea. It’s a knotted fleece blanket that is so easy an 8 year old can make it with a little bit of help. Off to the fabric store we went and one day later we had these great and amazing little blankets for each girl. They are completely thrilled and proud and it was…
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Perry!!!! Need I say more. There aren’t many characters I enjoy as much as my kids do, but this guy is the bomb. Do people still say that? Not sure. Anyways, let’s all celebrate this new release of Phineas and Ferb with a giveaway here on thriftymommastips.com. How well do you really know your pet…or ANY animal? Behind a cute and/or cuddly exterior there may lurk a cunning crime-fighter with a brown fedora, a top-secret identity and a license to thrill! Meet the heroic Animal Agents of the O.W.C.A. (Organization Without A Cool Acronym) Join Perry the Platypus – a.k.a.…
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I am absolutely thrilled to be able to bring my Canadian readers this great opportunity. LinkedMOMs, aka myself @inkscrblr and @downshiftingPRO are celebrating my new client Learning Toys with a Twitter Party. That’s right, we know how you all love a great twitter party. This one is Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 at 8 p.m. EST on twitter. (That’s the regular Linked Moms chat time and we are the happy hosts.) There will be four great prizes given away during the one hour chat. All toys your children will love. Now let, me tell you a bit about this Canadian company…
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Danielle Xavier, Conceivable Dreams board member, 30. I proudly wear this button on my blog and I will tell you why. Building safe families, healthy families in the province of Ontario is an issue that should be non partisan. It should be front and centre every day. It should be the most important item on every party agenda. Plain and simple. Families are economic engines, building blocks, voters and future voters. This week a flurry of articles and TV segments ran on infertility – they framed the issue as one impacting only women. Families and men were absent from the…
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Just 11 short years ago, my oldest daughter could be picked up and carried around. Sigh. Now she’s a tween. Let me just say the tween years are clearly preparation for the teen years ahead. But adoption and the tween years, well that’s just a special planet in the parenting journey. And me with Payton last summer at a Dove event. My kids are all sorts of awesome. Except when they are not. Sound familiar? I’m not complaining, because I love them, all the time, even when they are not particularly loving. Anyways I slept very poorly last night which…