My dream vacation Source: google.com via Paula on Pinterest What would you do with $50 K? $50,000? My dream house will be big enough to house a home office. How cute is this? Source: houzz.com via Ezgi Gunyel on Pinterest These are a few of my dreams. With $50,000 I would…
Is there anyone on the planet that likes peeling potatoes? I don’t think so. Thank goodness for Cavendish From the Farm potatoes taking the work out of dinner. My kids and I love to cook. These days, when the weather is frigid and my time is at a premium I love to make soups and stews and healthy delicious meals that last for a couple of nights. Comfort food that warms you right up and wards off the chilly temperatures while boosting your body with vitamins. Potatoes are a great source of vitamins and I grew up eating potatoes with…
Probiotics have been in the news a lot this past two years so I have updated this post to include a bit more information. Align Probiotic is one of the options on the market that claims to support digestive health. This post is my personal experience with the product. My loyal readers here know that I have some health issues, mainly digestive, directly related to Crohn’s disease. Crohn’s Disease is an inflammatory bowel disorder that effects the digestive tract the entire way through. How to manage life with Crohn’s Disease is a whole other post. It flares at any time…
Shutterstock Image I purchased. This is a throw down. That’s right. This post is a challenge to all my readers. I want to know what you know, or understand, about fertility and infertility. So pop quiz. I will put the correct answers at the end of this post. I totally trust you my loyal readers to be honest and grade yourselves. For those of you who live in Ontario, I am extremely interested to know your answers, so please leave me a comment stating whether or not you live in Ontario. Thanks! By way of background – In 2009, the…
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This is my daughter holding her cousin four years ago. Taiga is four now. We are anticipating a new cousin within the next two weeks. My brother and his wife are expecting their third baby. This is a Wordless Wednesday post. Wordless Wednesday is a linky and a photo meme. Leave a link and we will visit you too.
This is the Tria Beauty Home Laser Hair Removal device. I wrote about Tria last week and will continue to do so to demonstrate the results the product provides. Tria Beauty is a handheld unit that gives the same results you can get in a dermatologist’s office in your own home. So last week I set the device up and was impressed with the safety features and this week I have been all about getting into a routine so that I use the laser every day and will be better equipped to see results six or seven or eight weeks…
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Last year 2012 New Year’s drop in with Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews (The one in which I am serious about kids and politics.) This week I read with great interest the columnists who challenged U.S. President Barack Obama for bringing kids to an event where he announced executive orders to tackle gun violence. Many columnists, like this one loudly argued that kids should not be used as “props” to further political agendas. Obama was flanked by several school aged children at the executive orders announcement. He was also criticized for releasing videos of children reading letters they sent to…
With thanks to Kerri-Lyn Cuppage for her family photo. It is a given this time of year when temperatures dip and families begin the process of nesting through the winter, when holidays are pending and the year winds slowly to a close, that we all take stock of our blessings, our gifts, challenges and triumphs. For families whose children came to them either through adoption or in vitro fertilization, whose start was rooted in the sad realization of infertility, then compounded by medical issues and potential financial difficulties the blessings are magnified. But the challenges are not to be forgotten.…