My Magical Moment: May 2013

This past month, May 2013, had many mini magical moments for me.  In my mind the “normal” definition of magic does not really fit these events, but I believe that magic is the thing, the time, the happening, the event that makes you feel special, invokes a variety of emotions and makes you feel alive. 🙂  May gave me a few new things to try and each one was something I had never done before.

The beginning of the month brought about the Anaphylaxis Canada Food Allergy Awareness Community Conference and Doug and I attended it.  I have been to the odd conference, but not in a long while so I was not sure what to expect.  This was just to be an afternoon, which was plenty for our first foray into the Food Allergy world in this fashion.  The main topic was “Ask the Expert” and I was armed to the teeth with questions and very eager to get started.  The conference did not disappoint.  There were lots of sponsors including Medical Alert, Olli Lolli, Allerject and Allergic Living and they all had abundant amounts of pamphlets to share and samples to take home.  We were given two trainer Epi pens and Allerject auto-injectors to practice with at home. The speakers were incredible, full of knowledge and very empathetic to our common disease of Food Allergies. I enjoyed every bit of the day, but the segment “Kids Tell It Like It Is” with Kyle Dine was very eye opening.  Six teens from the Anaphylaxis Youth Advisory Panel (YAP) spoke about dealing with Food Allergies from their viewpoint.  They were all very mature, well spoken and it was a pleasure to listen to them. Many of my questions were answered before the question period began, which was a very good thing.  Anyone who knows me knows my own little, ah, issue.  I get very emotional over things that affect my family and this is no exception.  By the time question period rolled around it was all I could do to utter a word or two to Doug without my voice cracking, LOL.  This conference was a great way to start off May and truly a magical moment for me. 🙂

May also brought about a flurry of activity involving On Line Auctions.  I posted about this new passion of mine here and it is has proven to be a great way to make a few bucks!  It is hard to believe, but it is also addicting, LOL.  If you have some stuff to purge from your house and are not really a fan of hosting a yard sale then I suggest you check out these On Line Auctions.  You won’t regret it 🙂

A few weeks ago I decided to stop procrastinating about something I have wanted to get more information on and so I met with a local expert in the area of Couponing.  Yes, you read that right, I said Couponing.  This is a popular money saving technique in the United States, but you do not hear a lot about it in Canada.  A few months ago I read this article in the Brampton Guardian about a local gal who coupons.  She is an airline hostess as well and is known as The Flying Couponer.  My interest in this article led me to a Facebook group for Couponing here in Ontario and I dove right in.  I was fortunate enough to meet with Maria Faria-Soper, the creator of this group and she spent three hours with me, showing me the ropes!  I was shocked at all the details, the tips and tricks and I suggested to Maria that she should host some sort of class for newbies to Couponing like me. 🙂  Yes, it was that informative and well worth the three hours we spent together.  Thank you again for sharing your expertise with me Maria.  It was a bit scary at first, but during my first purchase after that time with Maria, I used eight coupons and saved almost thirty dollars!!  No, that is not an exaggeration.  What a thrill to realize I had saved that money from our grocery bill using something we all have access to.  How’s that for a little magic?  Another addiction has been born!! 🙂

So tell me, what Magical Moments do you have to share with us today?  What emotions were wrought because of these special times?

FT&PD

Suz