Veterans Affairs Canada - Skimping on Benefits?

"The Canada First Defense Strategy provides the resources needed to expand the Forces to 70,000 Regular Force and 30,000 Reserve Force personnel. This will give the Canadian Forces a total strength of 100,000 to achieve the Government's defense objectives in Canada, on the continent and internationally, as well as positioning them for future growth".

(http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/pri/1/index-eng.asp)

That's right, 100 000 potential people who could find themselves in a situation where they are injured on the job in the name of their country. And how does the current system treat the injured veterans who apply for disability benefits? Many of them are treated like a number and sent a vague denial letter without a reason, a cast-aside if you will.

Seriously Canada? You will spend millions of dollars to train and deploy these husbands, brothers, wives, mothers and send them into a raging battle field of rockets and warfare but when they ask for your help in return, you round house kick them in the back of the head? That is not the Canada I grew up in, and that is not the Canada I want to raise my children in.

If you are going to skimp anywhere in life, let it not be in the area of Veterans Benefits, that is just embarrassing. Why don't we ask "The Honorable" Steven Blaney what he thinks the honorable thing to do is here.

Sarah

DRESS PARTY - Like Dresses?

HEY WANT SOME DRESSES?

http://myworld.ebay.ca/dresssparty

and lots more.... 

Go to: http://myworld.ebay.ca/dresssparty

Have fun

Sarah Shafey

Big Weddings and Even Bigger Dollars!

What is going on lately with a string of just crazy people having just crazy expensive weddings?

Don't get me wrong, weddings are a beautiful thing, I love them if they are genuine and I love them for love. But seriously gals, there is no need to spend enough money to host an African country for a few days worth of supplies, ahem... including food.
 
I think the idea of Romance has taken a wrong turn somewhere down on Route 66. Gone are the days of poetry that will fill your senses with warm fuzzies. The trick to old love and old poetry was that it still embodied the realities of life. 

Okey dokey then it is settled ladies, no more Cirque to Soliel trapeze artists jumping out of a cake that is mounted on a giant pot of gold (opposite of small Stonehenge). 

Sarah

Long Time No Speak

Since my last blog I have been playing a genuine game of "Let's See Who Doesn't Speak For the Longest".  That game was a family favourite during our childhood van rides to Atlantic City and Cape Cod:

Arabs in Cape Cod?

I always lost as a child because of my enthusiasm for asking if we had arrived at the destination yet. My timing was slightly askew as a child but alas, I have fine tuned and now I practice the art of silence as if a shaolin monk.

You know Batman had to do something along those lines before he really became a superhero... just saying.

Every time the show Weeds has come out on DVD, I wait months before I rent it. I do this because I know that I have to be prepared for a whirlwind of ADD induced bad choices and croquet mallets. The most recent season is just all over the map yet I am trapped by it's heightened sense of urgency. It is so stupid that it is great. I highly recommend this show to anyone who want's to turn of the neuron tap of firing synaptic clefts.

Good Night!
Sarah

The World's Slowest Blogger Award Goes To...

... I won! I won the prize. I am hoping the prize is a pair of tickets to go see the Chicago Bulls when it was Pippen, Jordan, and Rodman. Michael J. and I would hitch a ride there with Doc. This sounds like an adventure worthy of perhaps another sequel in the Series. Which series you ask, the movies or the game? Mmmm open ended that's how I'll leave this. Yesss I think I think I shall.

I hope you have a great fathers day. Happy Fathers day Dad.  Let's go eat some steak and potatoes while watching Back to the Future the next sequel , while watching a game on the other T.V. Rodman will pass the ball to Pippen who will then proceed to Alley-Oop the ball into the air to Jordan, then J-Dawg will slam dunk and shatter the glass.

Sarah

LITTLE JIMMY'S SHOES

Hey lovely people! A song I wrote and produced called "Little Jimmy's Shoes" has been released May 10th 2011 as a single through my collective Broad Way Sleep.

Better yet we are giving the track away for FREE! Yup that's right FREE so go to our facebook page to download it: you won't be sorry.

P.S. Ask me sometime about what the song's about!

Love,
Shafey

http://www.facebook.com/broadwaysleep

COMMON SORT CLOTHING STORE

The first time I walked into this stacked to the brim clothing bonanza I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. So many beautiful clothes sorted by color like a skittles rainbow burst and settled onto shopping racks for me, you, and magical fairies to shop till we all drop.

This place ladies and gentleman is called: COMMON SORT

There are so many great things about this place but what makes it a Gem in a city full of fools gold is the true feeling of community and love that emanates from; the store, the clothes, and the owner Nicole Babin who is one cool chick.

Right away she greets her customers with care and spends quality time helping them to pick out something that works. Oh yes and it's so amazingly well priced that it'll knock your socks off. I always leave feeling like I was just part of a magnificent Goodfellas style heist. The stores mantra is BUY, SELL, TRADE and anything goes, (meaning not only vintage). It's about style so if she likes it great.

I decided to go in one day with a budget of $80 and have Nicole help me pick an outfit for work. I work in a corporate atmosphere but I still like adding a funky twist to my business attire. I let her go nuts and she was even so lovely as to offer to take my camera from me in the middle of a busy Saturday to help take pictures and document this fun day. Have a look:

FINAL CHOICE

Purchased:

1) Navy Blue Button up Blouse

2) Red Floral Pencil Skirt

It was way below budget so I threw in:

3) Leopard Print Skirt (that is dangling off on the side). This is not for work bur for a night on the town. A guilty pleasure.

Total spent: $58.76

Yes you see that total correctly. I took my 16 year old cousin in and her brain almost exploded in sheer joy. Did I also mention they play good music in the store. Alas a full package deal that is true. Now I highly recommend you take a stroll over to one of two locations and feast your eyes on the lovely buffet. Too bad Mandarin there is a new Sheriff in town. 

Check out the website for more details:

www.commonsort.com