Posts by Shantimama

I am not even thinking of running these days - how awful is that for a Dingo? I am on my feet all day at work and up and down that narrow flight of stairs 20 - 60 times a day. That has to count for something, doesn't it? My feet are...

Thanks, everyone. I have a friend in Toronto whose husband is going to see if he can get the name of a  paediatric neurologist Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children who can see ds sooner than at the other Children's Hospital. He...

Our health insurance is only for our province and we have more options here that in any other province in the country. Then there is the reality that the province directly to the east of us is an 8 hour drive from here and the province...

I am so mad I am speechless. Just for now, mind you, I will calm down shortly and gather myself because this evening I will start my list of calls trying to find a shortcut through the system. I was at work today when dh walked in to...

I love, love, LOVE my Enjo mop. I use the dust fibre every day and the wet fibre whenever it is needed.

My kids have been in French Immersion for many years. It is 85% French instruction until grade 7 and from there until the end of high school it is 50/50. It has been a very positive experience for them. The only thing they have found...

Way to go!

lentil soup and salad black bean tacos gazpacho and bread falafel

Breads and muffins freeze well.   I also like to soak and cook beans and freeze them - it gives me the convenience of canned without the cost, sodium and packaging.   I also freeze a lot of fruit when it is in season...

He did go to the ER last August and that is how we got on the path we are. They do the best they can but we live in a rural area - our local hospital has 16 (yes, sixteen) beds. Our pediatrician is at the nearest big hospital 45...