http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com Thu, 07 May 2009 17:38:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/2008/12/10/sam-keeps-his-pony-emily/ http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/2008/12/10/sam-keeps-his-pony-emily/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:17:21 +0000 ThisGirlWearsGlasses http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/?p=331 Thank you to everyone who lent their support by offering words of encouragement and also who signed the online petition for the Spiteri family. I am happy to say that today Antonia Spiteri won the right to keep her son’s therapy pony on her land. A quote from her Facebook group, Save Sam Spiteri’s PONY [...]]]> http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/2008/12/10/sam-keeps-his-pony-emily/feed/ 1 http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/2008/11/27/sam-needs-our-help/ http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/2008/11/27/sam-needs-our-help/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:01:27 +0000 ThisGirlWearsGlasses http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/?p=327 In small town Caledon, Ontario there is a little boy named Sam. He is 3 years old and shortly after birth was diagnosed with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. He cannot walk, or crawl and lives with his single-mother, and siblings on their grandparents rural-residential home. As part of his therapy it was recommended that he [...]]]> http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/2008/11/27/sam-needs-our-help/feed/ 31 http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/2008/11/12/when-does-having-an-opinion-mean-youre-a-fraud/ http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/2008/11/12/when-does-having-an-opinion-mean-youre-a-fraud/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:39:19 +0000 ThisGirlWearsGlasses http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/?p=305 When I first had the idea of hosting a blog, I knew that by putting myself “out there” I left myself open to criticism. The topic of consumer safety and particularly, toy recalls was my champion topic since I am deeply affected by the topic. However, what I did not anticipate was the amount of [...]]]> http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/2008/11/12/when-does-having-an-opinion-mean-youre-a-fraud/feed/ 7 http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/2008/10/12/the-awful-back-alley-of-our-gleaming-toy-isles/ http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/2008/10/12/the-awful-back-alley-of-our-gleaming-toy-isles/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:51:33 +0000 ThisGirlWearsGlasses http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/?p=284 Since our family has been affected by toy recalls, I must admit that I have only focused on ensuring that no hazardous toys find their way into our home. Also in my plight to ensure awareness for consumers I have given very little consideration to the people who actually work in the factories that supply [...]]]> http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/2008/10/12/the-awful-back-alley-of-our-gleaming-toy-isles/feed/ 2 http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/2008/10/07/people-have-to-know-their-families-are-going-to-be-safe/ http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/2008/10/07/people-have-to-know-their-families-are-going-to-be-safe/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:21:02 +0000 ThisGirlWearsGlasses http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/?p=268 Our community has been enraged by an incident that happened on a city bus on Sunday, October 5th. According to an article in the Ottawa Citizen, a bus driver tried to restrict two women with their strollers from boarding the bus . The driver advised the women that only one stroller was allowed on the [...]]]> http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/2008/10/07/people-have-to-know-their-families-are-going-to-be-safe/feed/ 3 http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/2008/08/02/off-topic-best-one-minute-green-fil/ http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/2008/08/02/off-topic-best-one-minute-green-fil/#comments Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:57:46 +0000 ThisGirlWearsGlasses http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/?p=97 The Plastic Battle – Best Green One-minute film Winner of Friends of the Earth’s Best One-minute green film award. Director Ulla Jacobsen (Denmark) on her entry: “Over-packaging of children’s toys takes on absurb dimensions…” ]]> http://www.thisgirlwearsglasses.com/2008/08/02/off-topic-best-one-minute-green-fil/feed/ 1