I’ve always said that it would be nice to have video conferencing services for our town meetings because the town meetings are held at times when we have to open our store or people who have to be at work. But if we have video conferencing services, anyone can log in and join the town meetings wherever they are even if those who are not in town and on vacation and don’t want to miss out on important issues of the town. I’ve highlighted this issue to the town councilors and the election for town councilors will be coming up soon – nor this is the time to re-talk about this issue with the council. Live telecast is not really what we want to see – the people of this town wants to be able to interact directly and live conferencing should be the way to go – if they wanted the people to be involved. The many times that I’ve attended town meetings – I never see anyone except the councilors and the mayor and the Chief Administrator – so what s the point if the town cannot participate actively in these town meetings that concerns the town. Town meetings should be interactive and to do it – the most feasible way is a video conferencing service.
Teaching My Kids About Wants & Needs
We always try not to buy expensive and unreasonable gifts for Chloe and we also trained her not to see something and wants it immediately from young. The toys you see here – are not toys that Chloe had asked for – nor are they new – we bought them from a local yardsale – for less than $65 altogether. And we also want to state that we didn’t buy everything for her at once – they all came in pieces and at the time when they are at the right prices.
Chloe had been taught that money is hard to earn and even though she doesn’t know the value of money – she never really ask for a lot of toys. We usually buy her toys from the dollar store and even then – we make it look like it’s a lot to ask. She n ever ask more than 2 toys from the dollar store.
Because she is so good – we buy stuff for her without her asking for it when we see them on sale at the local yard sale – she would be surprised and very grateful with whatever we buy for her. So yes! we taught our kid – her wants and needs and to differentiate it
Saving Money At Home & Work
We try to save money in any way we can – from buying things that is on sale – and stock up when there is a good sale on but of course, we also make sure that we don’t buy or spend just because something is cheap. Owning your own business as well as raising a kid means only one thing – spending your money wisely – so if there is a rebate to get we get it. Now the only thing that is killing us is our power bills. There is no low cost energy here in our town – and when it comes to winter – it does suxs big time. I wished we can lower our electric bills – our entire house is electric heat – so we are quite dependent on it.
So this is what we did at home to save money, to save power bills – we had a french door put in our tv room – so that we won’t have to heat the entire kitchen and tv room when we wanted one or the other heated. We also only heat up the rooms that we are using – and at work we brought 2 infra-red heated to save on our power bills. We thought about putting in a wood stove at home but that would means we need to fork out money to put in a new chimney and of course buy the wood stove and rewire the home a little. At work, we will heat up the store for a few hours and then turn it down for the rest of the day – using only the infrared machine. If we are still cold, we have small little heaters turned up for a bit to warm us up. So there – you have it – on how we save money at home and work with our power bills. If only we had this low cost energy saving program they have in certain part of the USA – I would definitely bee the first to jump on it.
Back To After School Program
We’ve decided to let Chloe go back to the after school program today because the weather was so nice – and also because of what happened last Sunday. We went out to visit Grampie because her Godma came from Toronto but they were so tired – no one wanted to play with her. Poor Chloe had so much energy but there was just no one who wanted to go out and play – PB did go out for a bit after a lot of sulking from Chloe but I felt so bad for her so I decided that the after school program would do her some good. She came home all sun burnt but happy with all the things she did at the after school program and this time – they seems to take better care of her – so lets hope it will continue. Poor Chloe without Grammie things are going to be a lot different – and all grammie’s sisters who promised to baked with Chloe and look out for her – well, we haven’t seen them since the funeral. *sigh* – this summer is going to be a hard summer for poor Chloe.
Healthy Living Begins Now
Procrastination must be my middle name these days – because I have yet to begin a healthier diet but after seeing what the spouse’s cousin ate – even though she is diabetic, it hit me that I should be a living example for a healthier living. I had promised myself to lose 2 kg a month and I haven’t even started on my exercise regime. I don’t have those HCG shots Austin like those who lived in the states can get – so I won’t get the help I need because I’ve heard that cleansing is also a very important part of losing weight. Now what made intrigue me was a testimonial I read – not only did she lost 47Ibs but she was off diabetic medication!!!! wow!!!! now that would be something worth trying for sure. I asked a friend in Austin Texas to check it out for me – because I’m really excited about the diabetic part.
Taking Advantage Of A Discount
Yes, even though we didn’t need the labels for this year since everything that needed labeling was done in September last year – I took advantage of a discount from Mabel Labels – at 20% off the labels. Some parents might think that paying so much for labels is not worth it – when you can use those permanent markers and mark everything that belongs to your kid. Sure you can – but you only are cute for a certain period of their lives and so why not take advantage of that and give them the cutest things to go with their cuteness right? Sure it’s a lot of money – but it is worth it as the labels do last a long time – and they don’t peel off. I did get some from Etsy thinking that they are cheaper and i wanted to support the locally made ones – but they peeled off and was so disappointing – so when it comes to labels my faith is on Mabel labels.
My Child Is Still Grieving
Chloe is still grieving for her grammie – we can’t talk about her grammie because it makes her sad – and at night she wants a hug from her grammie. When she visits her grampie – she wants a hug from grammie before leaving but of course, she can’t get any hugs from her grammie. She reminds us that her grammie didn’t give her a good bye hug before she died and she had been writing letters to her grammie and calling out for her when she plays.
She knows that grammie is in heaven now but she cannot understand how it can be better in heaven when she cannot see her grammie nor her grammie sees her. She knows her grammie loves her but she misses her deeply. I grieve with my child and I wished I know how to say the right thing – but I could only think of all the things she cannot do with grammie anymore. Very sad indeed.
Kids Can Do Housework Too
Yes, kids can do housework too and help around the store. Today, Chloe wanted to help clean the toilet and we let her – her daddy stayed and watch her cleaned it and even though she didn’t do a good job – it’s alright – because it’s a start. Usually on Sundays, we make her clean up her books and dust around the house while we clean up the house like vacuuming and stuff. And at the store, we make her dust or do some spraying of fabreeze or help the customers with opening the locked cabinets.
One thing for sure is when you ask your kids to help out with the housework, never tell them that it is not cleaned enough and you want to do it all over again. This would then make your kid not want to help you in the future. My mom did that to us, she was never happy with what we did and even called us a liar and accused us for not doing our chores, now that is a huge no no !
For Chloe, doing housework and helping out around the home and store is a joy, she feels that she is responsible – she feels like she is a big girl for helping out, she feels useful – that is how you want your kids to feel.
Battle Of The Weight
I think it’s the age factor – that one finds it really hard to lose the extra weight – especially someone like myself who loves to eat. I eat when I am happy, I eat when I am sad – I eat when I watch a tv show – I eat when I am hungry. Sounds like a lot of eating right? and sounds really familiar too right? Anyhow, I’m trying to lose some weight for the summer because I have a wedding to attend in New Brunswick. Last year we didn’t get to go for another wedding of a cousin because we didn’t have any help – but this year there is no excuse – so I’m looking for some help – like a wee bit of diet pills. Of course, I also need to see what the side effects of myonox is before taking them and also I will check with my doctor about it. So wish me good luck with my battle of my weight this summer.
Hacking My Lungs Out !
Darn ! I lost my voice and currently am hacking my lungs out! I bet I caught the cold from PB – who had been hacking his for a few days now causing me no sleep. But I can’t complained else he will feel bad about it. So now revenge time for me tonite and the next few nites – hahahha!