Your Feedback Is Appreciated!


Hi friends,

If you’re one of the people I’ve managed to give one of my stylus-pens to, I would very much appreciate your feedback. Over time: do they write well; does the stylus respond well; how does it feel in your hand – to write with; does the imprint last or wear off; and any other thoughts.

If you’re local, haven’t got one yet, and would like one, please let me know. Sadly, I think mailing them to folks who live farther away would be far too costly.

Based on feedback I’m trying to determine whether they’re a quality worth ordering more of in the future.

WE All Should Start Asking WalMart…..


After reading a post from a friend of mine on Facebook, I decided to do what I can to support her. I suggested that WE all should start asking WalMart to consider getting one or two more scooters in their stores, at least in their bigger outlets. If they get enough requests, they might actually comply. How awesome would that be! So lets start by:

  • Sharing this idea.
  • Writing our local WalMart a gracious letter or email, asking them to please get at least one additional store scooter for their customers with mobility limitations and to ensure that all their scooters are maintained in good working order, especially on high traffic days, such as Fridays and weekends.

The following is my friend’s (Vanessa Anne Barnes) original Facebook post. With her permission, I am posting it here:

October 19 at 10:15 PM , Vanessa Anne Barnes is feeling frustrated.

“With my disability, I’m not able to shop unless there’s a motorized scooter available. The only place I can usually shop is Walmart but on Fridays it’s such a s truggle to get a scooter. You’d think with such a huge store and tons of handicap parking, there’d be more available. Had to wait a half hour before I could start shopping. 😠 😫”

Now Hiring

I’m looking for new

Personal Living Attendants.

Please reference anyone

who may be interested to:

www.disabilitypride.net/jobs/casual/

When is “Free” not free?

When you get deducted $78.00 a month for a FREE bus pass!
Saaaaay……whaaaaa…..tf!!!!
The government giveth and then taketh away!
Nova Scotia’s Social Assistance is wacky business!

That’s Just Flippin’ Awesome!


Hiring attendants is admittedly one huge challenge for me. It can honestly take months and months to find ”a good one.” It’s damn scary.  I worry a lot about “What if someone leaves, gets sick,  etc., and I can’t find that next “good one.” Frustratingly the Gov. funding I get to pay my attendants is far below what someone with disability insurance can pay, which makes hiring even more  difficult.

So, is it worth it – all the stress, worry, sleepless nights of tossing and turning, and fearing the worst? In a word and without one split second of hesitation…… YESSSSSS!!!! And here’s why:

The amazing women that I do end up having the immense honour to hire are incredible and the following is only one example of why I become so outraged when on occasion people (usually Gov. Bureaucrats) talk of how I can simply hire other attendants as if I’m changing my flippin’ underwear.

This “example” happened Thursday morning:

As pretty typical, I as Kris to go to Tim’s for me. When she opened my wallet her first words were: “Uuhh… Where’s your debit card?”

My instant and only reaction was just to laugh and say aloud “ok….. Who has it this time?” I KNOW each of my attendants are completely trustworthy. I know I never have to worry about any one of them taking advantage of my trust. (Mine you, I only keep a little in that account at a time. That’s only wise, for my own budgeting as well.)

As I was about to text my attendant from the night before, I received this text: “Hey lady! I have your bank card. Frig. I’ll bring it tomorrow morning with me, sorry about that.”

That’s just flippin’ awesome! I truly love and immensely value having staff that I know I trust absolutely.

Have I ever had any staff who I was suspicious of? In June, I had a “petty cash change purse” with about $75 in it, and very oddly a pair of scissors vanish, shortly after I hired a new person. Curiously though, she texted to say that she was quitting after the next week’s schedule. When I got the text, I replaced all her future shifts with my other attendants. In retrospect, right from when I interviewed her, in my gut, I didn’t trust her. My other attendants, God love them. The were so upset and downright horrified on my behalf. Each one of them helped me search high and low – in every nook and cranny, but nope, it was gone. Still, I am so immensely blessed to sooner or later have the right person to apply for this crazy  job of assisting me in living my life on my terms. I am truly grateful to each of them –  past, present and future.