My Winter Escap

After a very balm November, winter came suddenly and put us in a deep freeze.

22 years ago while still working I was visiting Arizona with an Elderhostel program I bought a small condominium in the middle of the desert literary, There was nothing around but desert, cotton fields, broccoli fields and orange grows. It was an impulse buy and it was a new development for a retirement village.
It was wonderful even dough you had to drive miles to get anything. .
22 years later, it is now surrounded by several shopping centers, many new homes. Gone are the orange grows, cotton fields replaced by concrete and traffic.
However, this is progress.
I am happy I had this impulse and looking forward every winter to escape the freezing weather.
The place is small , population about 3000, gated community, beautiful 18 hole golf course a huge heated swimming pool and lots of organized activity, where you can participate or not. It is really paradise.
Sometime an impulse act turns out to be good.
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Cotton Organic Mattresses

Do you have a new baby on the way, or a new born?
Do you have the right mattress in the crib or basinet? Look for toxic chemical free mattress , sheets and clothing. Have a healthy start on they life.
Grandparents this are good gifts and they are well appreciated.

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ORGANIC COTTON CRIB SHEETS

Holidays are approaching, need a gift idea? Check out the list below. Cotton Organic basinet and crib sheets for your baby for a better sleep. It is a wonderful and practical gift for any occasion and appreciated all the time.
It is a good healthy start on life not to mention the affordable price and how good you will feel knowing that your precious child sleeps soundly on chemically free soft sheet.
Therefore, do not hesitate click on the ads and see it for yourself, then compare
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Organic Cotton Waterproof Pad - Crib Fitted (28x52)
Dual Firmness Organic Cotton Ultra 252 - Crib
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Organic Cotton Waterproof Pad - Twin w/straps (38x75)
Organic Cotton Changing Pad - 4 Sided Contoured (16.5x33x4)
Organic Cotton Waterproof Pad - Crib Flat (28x52)
Organic Cotton Changing Pad Cover (16x32)
Organic Cotton Ivory Bassinet Sheet (15x30)
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Organic Baby Bedding

Do you and should you buy an organic cotton baby bedding for your baby or as a gift for someone else’s baby?
Let us begin. What is an organic cotton mattress and why babies need that?
More and more people buy organic food, simply because they are free of toxic chemicals pesticides and it is healthier to ingest.
Do you know how mattresses are made and often wonder what questionable chemical material is in it?
Naturepedic makes among other things Organic Cotton crib mattresses with certified organic material, which is not linked to any childhood health problem.
Naturepedic specializes in organic baby mattresses and this is the first step toward a healthy environment for your baby.
What are the materials used in the organic baby mattress?
Polyethiline is an environmental friendly plastic. It has a simple molecular structure that does not require chemical additives, and it used and favoured all over the world. This is the cover. Inside they use the purest form of organic cotton, grown without any pesticides. For fire retardant, they mix the cotton with baking soda and silica which bonds to the cotton’s cellulose fibre.
Beside the mattresses, they also make organic waterproof changing pads, cotton sheets 250 tread counts and machine washable.
Start your baby’s environment on the right track. You be happy you did.
Grandparents out there this makes a lovely holiday gift.
If interested check out the ads and learn more about this wonderful product.
The health and safety of your child is not and should not be negotiable. Also, take advantage of the 30 days money back guarantee, providing the product is not damaged and was purchased directly from Naturepedic.

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Cool Chrismas Gifts

When my grandchildren where small all they wanted to eat was grilled cheese sandvich. They were very meticulous of what they eat and mealtime was a struggle.
Sounds familiar? I had to come up with something, so I started to cook a variety of vegetable, pureed, and hid in the spaghetti sauce. They loved it and never knew the difference.
Eventually they outgrew this stage and today they are very strong healthy young men with good eating and life style habits.
They most likely would of grown up the same way without me interfeering, but I like to think that I was instrumental helping them to grow healthy and strong.
Family is the essence of life, and parenting is the most important and responsible job in existence, and so is grand parenting
Grandparents mean more than just babysitting. If you have a good relationship with your child and they spouse then you really have a chance to develop a bond with your grandchildren, which is special and memorable.
With the holidays coming, remember to buy your children and grandchildren green and educational toys. Nothing that may suggest violence or aggression.
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UNIFORM IN CLASS ROOM

The other day somebody asked me, what I think about school uniforms.
I believe it is a good idea.
Children come to school from different financial backgrounds and that could create a social divide. Kids whose parents are not well off cannot buy expensive cloths. Those kids may feel left out less important, envious. All this feelings will influence they performance, how they feel about themselves values angry with the parents.
Uniforms would eliminate most of these things. At least in school they would look the same.
The hardest and most responsible job is to be a parent. The children are the future and a child that comes from a loving well-balanced family setting, is less likely to do drugs, engage in sexual activity, steel or lie. Parents are the models and the rock in the children is growing up stages. Money has nothing to do with it
Attitude and the right value are
We need stable people to have a better and safer world and it starts right from the cradle.

Green Toys for Christmas

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As the holidays are approaching, I want to remind all of you grandparents that when you look for toys to your grandchildren’s buy green. Avoid anything with violence or even a hint of it. It is so much out there in movies, videos games toys and young children are so impressionable. Just click trough the TV channels and see how many programs deals with violence, fights killing in one night. You be shocked just as I was. Unfortunately, that is what sells and it is not likely that it is going to stop.
I myself not buying anything, which suggests even so slightly any kind of violence, or anything, which glorifies it in any shape or form There are so many wonderful toys out there soft toys learning toys just needs a little effort to find it

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Green Toys for Chrismas

For grandparents like me this is the time of year when I have to put on my thinking cap for organizing on a budget the gifts to my family
Not an easy task, but doable. I make a list starting with my four grandsons, they wife is where applicable and my only great granddaughter. Next my two sons and they spouses and here is when I stop.
Since I find it difficult to drive around for stores who have good sales, I go on line and usually end up at Amazon where I find good green toys and electronics at a very good price.
It is hard to make a selection on a budget from all the things available, but with patience, perseverant you can do it.
No need to panic or leave everything to the last minute with today's technology you can shop in the middle of the night in your PG.

Choosing Toys For Special Occasion

It is getting cold today. The temperature in my neck of the woods is 4C which I think is 36F. For sure, winter is on its way and so are the holidays.
I gave up shopping in crowded malls years ago, now I shop on the internet and find nice things with acceptable price tags. You have to start early and have patience
My main shopping items are toys and I find very good selection, in not only toys but everything else as well.
Therefore, start early and you be happy you did.

Ammolite The Canadian Gem

One harsh winter the Buffalo disappeared from the region where the Blackfoot Indians lived.
Young women-collecting firewood heard beautiful singing in the distance. She followed the voice and found an Ammonite stone under a Cottonwood tree.
The stone told her that it was a powerful medicine and if she would take it back to the tribe, it would provide the much-needed food for the Blackfoot Indians
She followed the instruction and the next day a large heard of buffalos where seen nearby.
From then on, the Blackfoot Indians used the stone for hunting ceremonies and as a medicine wrapped in buffalo skin.
As a Canadian, I am very proud of our gem, which is found and mined in Alberta Canada by the Korite Company. Millions of years of tectonic pressure created this brilliant gem from the fossilized remains of the Ammonite shell. Extremely rare and elegant the color of Ammolite glow with the beauty of the rainbow and it changes color as the light falls on it.
The value of Ammolite increases every year and it is not only an heirloom but also a glittering addition to any jewellery collection.

The Red Tent

The Red Tent is a biblical fiction about women in biblical times. The Red Tent was the place where women gathered together for they cycle of birth, menses and illnesess.
It is a fascinating book hard to put down, I know it was for me.
Buy the Red Tent I highly recomended and you will enjoy it emmensley.


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Back To School Soon

No matter where you are located your child or children's will start a new school year soon or after Labour Day. This is an exiting time for both parents and children's.
The transition from a long and fun filled summer to back to school with arranging car pool, early wake up, homework after school activities is quite an adjustment to everybody. So Mom and Dad don't pull out your hair and panic. Sit down with your kids discuss and accept rules, and schedules, STICK TO YOUR GROUNDS and don't cave in and you will have a much smoother back to school transition time.
In the other hand if you have teenagers you have to apply diplomacy, humor understanding and patience.

Back To School

It seems that summer is getting shorter and shorter every year, especially if you are a kid or a parent of a kid. The transition into a new school is greeted with great anticipation, mixed feelings and fear.
Keep in mind that back to school not only affects the children but the whole family unit as well. Discussing and accepting rules and shedules will make this transition easier .

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DISNEY GAMES & BOOKS

The other day I visited a friend and together we vent to see her grandchildren. They had a very large playroom in the finished basement and it was littered with toys, all kind of toys. wind up toys, mechanical toys computerized toys stuffed toys games books. All this for two children.
I remember when I was a child, I had a rag doll a pram for her and wooden toys and blocks. When we played alone or with other children we used a lot of imagination.
I wonder, where we better off or to days children are with large playrooms filled to the brim with toys ? What you think. would be interesting to hear some of your comment.

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Renovation

I needed two drawers in my small gale kitchen to de clatter the counter tops and free some cupboard space. A new handyman was recommended by a friend who assured me that he is fantastic, and he was, also very meticulous. Drove me crazy.

He build two deep drawers and on the top of it under the counter a fake drawer and when I pull that out it is a table for eating.
After the kitchen was done all off a sudden the living room needed painting and after that the bedroom and bathroom.
Now i am in a mess but it will look wonderful and I am happy and BROKE

How I slow down the aging process

It is possible you know, but you have to be very determined and change some things in your life style.
I believe age is just a number, also the two words I CAN`T has to be eliminated from your vocabulary and be replaced with words like I WILL.
I`LL TRY, I DO MY B EST.
10 years ago a very well equipped gym opened in my neighborhood.
I joined and eversince I go reularly 5 days a week. I swim one mile every day, and work out 45min 2-3 times a week in the gym. On those days I only swim 1 km.
I keep very busy attending my balcony garden, selling jewelry on ebay
being an affiliate asociate with Amazon.com.
I chat with my garndchildrens all grown up and my 18mo old great granddauhter often on Skype
As you can see there is no room for boredom or feeling sorry for myself;
I live alone and I am fiercly independent.
It is not easy to fight age BUT SURE IT IS DOABLE

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My Balcony Garden

I started this blog with my balcony garden, but I had no comments so I gave it up. Giving up is not my nature, so I am back again.
I always loved to garden and when I was working I lived with my son and his family in a duplex and under my living room window I had a rock garden.
I am a social worker and worked with single parents family and teen age mothers. It was a stresful job and working in my rock garden after work was very therapeutic.
21 years ago I moved from that duplex into a small condo with a 60 sq. foot balcony. For 21 years every spring I transform that balcony into a very collorful place of refuge and I live there practically all summer.I
read, listen to music, take a nap every afternoon when I come home from
the gym where I swim one mile 5 days a week, or paint when I am in the mood.
In month of May I visit my favorite nursery and pick the dominant color
and work the other colors around that.This year the dominant color is orange and yes the work is still very therapeutic.
It is hard work specially when you are 85 which I keep fergeting. It took me 10 hors to plant and arrange everything and I was fine... but the next morning I could hardly move. My knees and back was kiling me. It took a whole week to get back to normal. Anyway I learned my lesson.
I believe that gardening which is good for the soul and swiming which is good for the body slows down the aging process. Try it sometime and if you do be consistent or it won't work.

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In 1952 a ship full of emigrants arrived from Europe to Halifax Harbour My husband myself and our 4 year old son was among them.
We where ushered into the train station and then boarded a train to Montreal.
Neither of us had any family close or distant in Canada. A friend of my husband waited for us at the station in Montreal and took us to a rented room. We had a total of $ 46.00 between us
We both came from Romania and lived through the war there and my husband spent time in a forced labour camp.
We met and married after the war in 1946.
Life in Canada was not easy Lots of ups and downs but being free compensated for many things.
In 1978 I found myself in a situation where I had to choose “sink or swim”
I went back to school. I had no time or money to complete the necessary training for
a university entrance, so I enrolled in a 3 year program at a community college for social counselling
majoring in Geriatrics.
At the end of the 3 years I had a job offer in a hospital looking after seniors to be discharged, to check
their home for safety and connect them with other community services, like home care meals on
wheels, visiting nurse etc. At the same time bill 101 the French language bill came out in Quebec.
Anybody hired for government post or same kind of social work had to pass a french language exam to obtain the job.

I wasn’t to nervous since I speak french. I passed the oral and failed the written test. There where
multiple choice questions and I answered all of them. To this day I don’t know why. They would not tell me or the hospital administrator's
My younger son who was born in Montreal was living and working in Winnipeg. I sold everything .and made the move. I lived in Montreal for 29 years.
I looked for work everywhere,nursing homes hospitals It was no hiring then one day trough a friend I landed a job in a social agency working with single
parent families and teen age mothers. I never worked with Geriatrics . I was 57 years old at that time. I stayed with this job until retirement.
I am 85 years old still very active enjoying my family. I learned all this years and also believe that everything is possible
providing it is realistic and you have the will , perseverance, discipline sense of humor and love for life.
It is not easy and you are not born with it, You have to develop it but it is doable.


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