With the warm days finally upon us, many gardeners are getting out into their gardens and parents with children are no exception. If your kids are anything like mine, they are already getting ready for the run to the local greenhouse to pick up some annuals and more perennials than I had planned to add.   Planting with [...]

I just wanted to give a heads up to another article on Bisphenol A  and the recalls that have been occurring this week.  Health Canada has decided that there is cause for  concern regarding Bisphenol A, especially relating to infants and young children.  They will be putting up controls to limit bisphenol A in products [...]

This is a recall for Canada but since there is a concern over the chemical used in the manufacturing of plastic bottles, it might be a good idea to look into whether your bottles contain the chemical bisphenol A.  Although there is not sufficient data that says bisphenol A is harmful to humans, there is [...]

When my sister’s beautiful baby became a difficult and argumentative child, I thought to myself, “Well, that’s karma,” since my sister had been pretty difficult and argumentative as a child herself. I didn’t worry about that karma coming and biting me since I hadn’t been nearly as argumentative as she had, although I definitely wasn’t the [...]

After missing a day due to feeling slightly under the weather, I’m back and ready to talk again.  You might be groaning right now but I’m sure you will enjoy the next post and of course, since I missed Thursday, you get a special Saturday edition this week.  Anyway, enough from me, let’s get into the [...]

It’s only a few days away and the stores are packed with chocolates, candies, baskets and everything else that has to do with Easter.  Actually, in some places those shelves have been packed since just before Valentine’s day but Easter probably hasn’t been on your mind for that long. Every year I do the exact [...]