What did I learn this week?
So apparently medical students in Canada are routinely performing pelvic exams on unconscious women during surgery, without any consent, as part of their medical training. I won`t bother saying more, since there is already LOTS to read from many other rightfully livid bloggers out there like this one. There is also a petition you can [...]
Posted on February 1st, 2010 by apprenticemom
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My sister and her husband are doing the Tour D’Afrique this year. Kind of makes aspirations to do the Times Colonist 10K a little tame…
Posted on January 17th, 2010 by apprenticemom
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I just put a link on my blogroll to my friend Sarah’s food blog. Sarah knows about a lot of things, and she especially knows food.
Did I mention she is learning to knit? Sarah was not satisfied to knit the sample square for class. She mad an actual scarf for her little [...]
Posted on November 20th, 2008 by apprenticemom
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Congratulate us, we are now members of the cowshare community! Thanks to our good friend Sarah, we “own” a share of a lovely Jersey milking cow named Nell. Starting next week, we will be getting a gallon a week of real, fresh from the cow, milk. What’s the difference between this and [...]
Posted on November 14th, 2008 by apprenticemom
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For some reason, I can’t find Spray N Wash Stain Stick anywhere. I have been to 6 different retailers, and I even phoned Spray N Wash – no one knows where it is (or, in the case of the retailers, what it is). I feel like I am in some surreal sci-fi story [...]
Posted on November 9th, 2008 by apprenticemom
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Well, if I were really on top of things I would have posted this earlier – this years’ Quintessence Breastfeeding Challenge is happening this weekend, Saturday, October 11 at SilverCity. But, since very few people read this anyway, I don’t think my failure to post about it will make much difference!
Posted on October 10th, 2008 by apprenticemom
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When the B.C. government kindly sent us our $300 climate action dividend cheque we asked ourselves the same question everyone else in B.C. asked themselves: “should we use this to reduce our family’s carbon footprint, or just fill up our giant SUV with gas?”
As you know, we no longer have the giant SUV, so we [...]
Posted on September 14th, 2008 by apprenticemom
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Following up on the same research it did last year, the Environmental Working Group has again released its latest recommendations for choosing safer sunscreens this summer. You can view their top 10 list of products for 2008 here.
Posted on July 12th, 2008 by apprenticemom
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I guess it is for some people. Apparently there is mounting evidence confirming that overweight babies and toddlers are at an increased risk for obesity later in life. There is definitely a difference between having a toddler who still carries “baby fat” and one who is overweight, but most parents of these [...]
Posted on June 11th, 2008 by apprenticemom
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