I know there’s still a thick crust of snow outside our windows but it has been brought to my attention that it’s dangerously close for summer day camp registration in and around Ottawa.
Because I have the luxury of working from home we have never used daycamp as a substitute for daycare. But many do. As a result, summer camps tend to book up very quickly around here.
My tip to you: if you’re thinking about sending your kid to camp this year you better figure out where you’re going.
Last year we signed the girls up for a week at the Experimental Farm camp. It was a huge hit. I highly recommend sending city kids to spend time on a working farm. This year we’re giving in to Emma and Sarah’s (but especially Emma’s) love for horses. Both girls are going to a western riding camp.
The girls haven’t gone to sleepaway camp, but I’d really like to send them to one someday. I think all kids should have the opportunity to go to camp. As a former camper (and camp counsellor!) I think it’s one of those “can’t miss” experiences.
Do your kids do the summer camp thing? Any really good ones to share in the Ottawa area? (I’ve always wanted to send them to art camp at the Ottawa School of Art.)
And what about you? Did you go to camp when you were a kid?
p.s. Can you spare a pint? Don’t forget about the Valentine’s Day bloggy blood drive!
This crossed my desk the other day, a note about about a couple trying to raise funds to buy a service dog for their 7-year old daughter who was born with something called 18p. Tetrasomy 18p results in a developmental delay and autistic tendencies such as a pervasive, potentially dangerous trust of strangers, a lack of social boundaries, and extreme sociability.
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Subtitle #1: Can someone PLEASE use me as a case study.
Subtitle #2: How NOT to market to bloggers, a long ranty post.
I have been stewing over this post for almost a week, and I still don’t know how to go about writing it without sounding like a b!tch. But I’m annoyed. There. I’ve said it. Annoyed.
Where to begin?
I receive lots of email pitches for various products and services. I don’t mind, I really don’t. I like finding out about cool new stuff, not just for the blog, but for my work with SavvyMom too. I like it when marketers make life easy for me. And I like passing good info along to you too.
Sadly, many pitches are poorly written, misdirected, or totally out of whack with the kinds of things I write about.
I think what annoys me the most is ye old form letter.
Dear Blogger,
We love [a peek inside the fishbowl]! And we know you would love our new Dog and Cat Hypnosis CD…!
Hello! How many extra minutes would it take to write a personal email? (Hint: not many.) And by the way, I am not a dog or cat owner.
A dam has broken and I am on the receiving end of a great flood. Marketing people are dying to get involved in this THING called BLOGS and didn’t know where to begin. Many are stuck in old skool marketing mode in which they think that step number one is to INFORM i.e. spam all of the bloggers who may or may not be interested in their product/service/Pet Hypnosis CD.
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