Today is moving day. This time last year I was frantically trying to pack up my little 2 bedroom house in Sault Ste. Marie and about to embark on an epic six day journey across half of Canada to move here to Nanaimo. Ryan found us this gorgeous house…
Last week I wrote about an Ottawa man who was facing losing his children due to his obesity. The court has decided, in its infinite wisdom *snort* that it's better for his two kids, whom he hasn't seen in a year, to go on living in the foster care sy…
TGIF, Happy Summer and good time-zone to you all. It's been a busy week here for me with work and packing (we move in a week! Aaah!) so I haven't been posting much. I hope you enjoyed the ones up on Monday and Tuesday though.
For today I just have …
From a happier file in the Ottawa Citizen, some Canadian doctors are coming out swinging AGAINST weight loss as a health strategy. In an article that sounds basically like an argument for HAES, Sharon Kirkey highlights comments from the medical journ…
Last week I posted a piece on whether or not doctors are stupid or blind when it comes to kids with obesity. Apparently now I need to be asking a similar question when it comes to lawyers and children's welfare advocates. An Ottawa man is fighting to…
I just had to share this today as the song has been stuck in my head, and this is my favorite version by a beloved son of Hawaii.
On Tuesday I was talking with my sister briefly online; she's found a bunch of my neice's early baby clothes, around size 3 months, and is putting them aside for me. She said I probably wouldnt' need them for a while, but I reminded her that Gabe was…
When Gabriel was born, two weeks early, he was described in the notes as a 'robust baby boy' and weighed in at nearly 9lbs. Through his first and second years he grew like a weed. He was a very chubby, happy baby with rolls at the wrists and ankles, …
Hey peeps! As I mentioned on the Facebook page I've been incredibly busy the last few days with a few different projects and the busy-ness is not abating in the next few days. So! Today's post, probably the only one this week, will be a place for sha…
The my last post was a sortof review at about athletic clothing at an Etsy shop. I had mixed feelings about their offerings; some shirts had snappy sayings that I might buy if I were the gym-going type, some contained mixed messages that were t…
Every once in a very great while there may be a post which contains a link to a product or service for which I've been paid to promote or have recieved for review purposes. I Blog With Integrity so you'll know which is which.
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