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Buddy - Sex at full speed into Christian churches ! And it is remarriage of believers , especially preachers who put the door open for this , nothing else!
Aril Edvardsen said, " that God has shown me " and all that God "had shown him" hit nothing , except everything was pretty much exactly the opposite . I was obviously in youth that the most important church of God is how a preacher and management responsibilities preach and practice . Where remarriage is like a cardinal sin. We see today that soon the entire Protestant Christianity is remarriage allowed, not least among the PinseKaresmatiske . This is like a great, great opener for all other sin !
Photo of Pastor Jan Hanvold which is the biggest "doorway" for sin and wickedness here in Norway with his life and realities . That I must point out this time after time is incomprehensible. He 'd only gotten one thing, one foot in the asses of the church of God !
From the newspaper Our Country 15 January 2014 :
Former catechist wants the church says yes to vennesex .
- I think she speaks for many, says bishop Tor B. Jørgensen about Marianne as in yesterday's Our Country did to advocate for those "who can not handle truth ."
The former catechist wrote that her need for closeness, intimacy and sex are covered " by some male friends in a similar situation ." She wants ecclesiastical recognition of the life she lives and challenge especially homosexuality liberals .
A clear message . - Although I would like to have a clear message it is okay that we are single too have a sex life , as long as things done in honesty , says Marianne to Our Country . She believes that the minority she represents , is much more " overlooked " than gays in the church.
- I have become quite tired of so much in church debate has been about marriage. Most Norwegians are the no longer married, but to us saying the church that we must live without sex , says author letters to the editor that our countries have agreed to anonymize .
- Marianne travels great and important questions about a reality that could apply to quite a few. This is probably more widespread in Christian contexts than we care to admit , says Bishop Tor B. Jørgensen in South Halogaland .
DISCUSS : Vennesex the bishop's table
Unconditional sex ? - When you say yes to homosexuality , it is then natural to say yes to informal sex between Christian friends ?
- No. You can not use sympathy with homosexual unions to suspend both heterosexuals and gays are committed to placing sexuality within a responsible framework.
- Will an ecclesiastical recognition of extramarital sex force their way in the same way as it happened with the church's stance on gay relationships ?
- There are already and will increasingly challenge the way we talk about extramarital sex. Then we come to the debate about cohabitation, and the church has not done finished yet , answer Jørgensen.
Not made for monogamy ? - What would you say to Marianne , who thinks she is not made for monogamy and wanting recognition of the life she lives ?
- Prejudices and utestengelsesmekanismene is not as strong as before. We are not a duvet lifting, but she must acknowledge that the Church does not recognize one 's sexuality as non embodies a clear expression of responsibility and commitment.
- Do you think Marianne live in sin?
- I think that her lifestyle does not match the ideals of our ecclesiastical tradition. The concept of sin seems I can be difficult to use . In the face of people who Marianne church must exercise caution and respect for human vulnerability , responding bishop in South Halogaland .
( end of quote ) .
This is only nitrist , but one followed by the other. Accepts a sin, so get one just accept "rest" too. Scripture says James 2 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law , and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all .
It is a spiritual law , opens one up for Satan " ajar ", then release than him soon enter . It is naive and incredibly stupid to think that we can open up for some sins and block others. Opens one up for some sins , then open a really up for anything !
Here is an article I wrote a year ago : Ranked # . 554 : When will group sex, swinging , zoophilia and pedophilia in among the believers ? Remarriage and homosexual practices are now allowed, the next must be even worse sins? !
From my commentaries Revelation 22 11 Let him who does wrong continue to do wrong , and the unclean continue in its filthiness ! Let the righteous still do what is right , and the Holy continue in sanctification .
Now we return to what we otherwise find in God's word of truth and learning. We find the same in a prophet in the Old Testament that is often compared to John, the prophet Daniel . 12 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and refined . But the wicked will continue in their wickedness , and none of them will know anything. But the wise shall understand.
The world is hopelessly lost , but what about Christians ? Do they go on and on with the Lord? Unfortunately it turns out that all too often a landscape by the way. But for those who walk with the Lord shall be glorious trek and glory . As believers we resemble more and more in Jesus as we walk with Him.
12 Behold, I am coming quickly , and My reward is with Me , to render to every man according to his work.
We as humans will slither with the Lord. It is important to collect treasures in heaven than on earth. It is more precious than anything . The Bible gives instructions here too .
Matt . 6 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness , and ye shall receive all the others as well .
13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet like A is in Norwegian . And Omega is the latest in the same alphabet just like in the Norwegian .
Jesus is God's first creation and the last he will stand upon the earth . He is the first and the last . He is Alpha and , with all that it contains .
Heb . 12 2 looking unto Him who is the author and finisher of our faith , Jesus. To get the joy he had in store , he endured the cross, despising the shame , and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God . We read again like many other places that Jesus is both the author and finisher . The dichotomy of Jesus is something that recurs . By his death and by his life , the last Adam , the second man etc.
14 Blessed are those who wash their clothes, so they get right to the tree of life and go through the gates into the city.
We look up to people who get something . We feel sorry for people who fail. We think and talk like humans. But the real failure is failing to accept Jesus , and to really succeed is to accept Jesus . And if one reaches one day, when they have succeeded more than anyone else.
15 But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral , the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood .
Now there are those who read this verse so that it is someone outside and are such as these. That's not true , there are those who live like this and want to believe . But they will never reach , whether they think. As living here mentioned . Paul speaks in 2 Tim . 3 of those living in sin . But they will in fact many of them also love God , but it is something they love more than God, " their appetites ."
2 Tim . 3 4 treacherous , rash, conceited . They love pleasure rather than God. ( end of quote ) .
We know that before, so was sexuelle sinner of the worst kind , where, among other things, sex with animals , known as zoophilia very prevalent here in Norway . Fortunately , God raised up He Nilsen Hauge and other Lutheran and Free Church revivals created something new here in Norway , but now what? That we in Norway have enjoyed it as well, no doubt under the influence of all revivals and influence of Christianity rather than anything else! But now what?
I'm so old that I not only theoretically know about this, but have followed developments since the 1980s was an explosion of breakups and later became standard in the world also standard in the church etc. It is now generally among the most faithful one acceptance or acquiescence of remarriage . Also among ministers and priests. This is ståa , and one would preach against this. So is he who keeps the words of God are seen to be difficult, not the person or persons who accept and practice remarriage among Christians. It's been like holding a red rag before a bull to tell that remarriage , or to marry a divorcee is for Christians to commit adultery .
The last "new" now that all bishops of the Norwegian Church provides full acceptance of gays. And when you include them PinseKaresmatiske provides full acceptance of remarriage , then the path clear for those who want to live in sin . Will one be homosexual as a being a believer and being a Lutheran . Will a separate and marry a believer , then, can one be a Pentecostal or karismatiker , the path is open for Satan my God church. Or is it not a church anymore?
We know that marital selection by the bishops in the Norwegian Church says yes to gay , also that they should get married and hold positions in the same skjøgekirken . And if we know that soon all over Norway frikirke accept not only remarriage , but can also be re-married as believers and to preach in the same skjøgebevegelsen , as it is for me not apostasy which is to come. But come, all because they loved and practiced the word of God .
Let us learn from history and look at Lot fell deeper than any other believers. Even though God's word says he was just so ended his life at the deepest tragically when he had children with his daughters and the children were opponents against God's people , the Israelites . We read that in the end will be like the days of Lot .
Luke 17 28 In the same way it was in the days of Lot .
Lot was a lukewarm Christian , yet fair.
2 Peter 2:7 And delivered just Lot , which bothered by the wicked
But how could Lot ending up in such a disability as he did? It is not the cardinal sin that Lot did with having sex with their own daughters who brought him yours, but what went before . Let's look at five ( five) things with Lot, who brought him into the curse and the sin which he had experienced in his life .
1 ) Lot was concerned with the material , then without putting the Lord first in their lives and their choices .
1 Genesis 13 10 Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of Jordan was rich in water. Just to Zoar was the Lord that garden, Egypt . This was before the Lord had laid Sodom and Gomorrah deserted. 11 So Lot chose all the plain of Jordan and headed east. So they parted from each other .
The material is of course a prerequisite for living, but it should not be what drives and directs us ahead. For Lot saw was what he could get the most out of that "led " him , he never asked the Lord for advice about things. Abraham let Lot choose and he selected what the eye saw , not what the "inner " look and voice would . We as believers are called to let us lead and be ruled by God , Lot chose to be led and guided by what he saw and even thought .
2 ) Lot lacked or had no authority over other people, they affected him, but he did not affect them.
1 Genesis 19 4 But before they lay down , come all the men of Sodom , both young and old, from all parts of the city and surrounded the house . 5 They called to Lot and said to him, " Where are the men who came to you tonight ? Bring them out to us ! We want to have sex with them! "
6 Lot went out to them in the doorway , shut the door behind him 7 and said, "Brothers , do not act so wickedly ! 8 Listen Now! I have two daughters who have not been with any man. Let me bring them out to you, that you can do with them what you will . But against these men shall do something, they have found shelter under my roof . " 9 But they shouted," Move! " And they said," Here comes a stranger to live with us, and he will make to the judge! Now we do worse atrocities against you than against them. " They needed violently upon the man Lot, and came close to turning in the door. 10 Then the two men stretched out his hand and brought Lot into the house and shut the door. 11 men who were outside the house, both small and great, they struck with blindness. They struggled in vain to find the door .
Whether one is a warm or burning believers will unfortunately experience that others around a disrespectful then it will never be popular to be a God and believers in Jesus . Lot was considered to be a believer , but what do we see? Every time anyway, he never sought the Lord in their trouble. It is said that difficulties bring us closer to God . But many times also shows our difficulties what is in us and in our hearts and lives. For Lot was unnatural to seek God if it was easy or difficult. He was like a spectator of his own life , and it is usually not good, especially for believers !
3 ) Lot "shortage" of spiritual revelation that his uncle Abraham .
1 Genesis 18 16 The men rose up from there and looked toward Sodom . Abraham went with them to see well off . 17 Then he remembered the Lord, " Shall I hide from Abraham what I want to do? 18 Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation , and in him shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. 19 I know him, that he may instruct his children and descendants to keep the way of the Lord and do what is right and just. Then the LORD bring upon Abraham what he has promised him. "
There is a difference between believers , those with revelation and those without. Those who live entirely for God and those who do not. Thinking about my life before and after I was baptized in the Holy Spirit. Before Spirit baptism I was an anonymous believer, by the fullness of the Holy Spirit, one strong and courageous believers. The spiritual experiences has its great importance, just submit to God's word. Lot lived in Abraham , and as long as they lived under the same roof went well with Lot, but when he moved to themselves. It was when he fixed to live like a true believer .
4 ) He wife " betrayed " him , it 's hard to serve God when those who are closest does not go your way .
1 Genesis 19 22 Hurry , escape there! Because I can not do anything until you get there. "- Wherefore the city Zoar.
23 The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar . 24 Then the LORD brimstone and fire rained on Sodom and Gomorrah - from the Lord out of heaven . 25 And he overthrew those cities , all the plain , all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground . 26 But Lot's wife looked back . When she became a pillar of salt .
We see that it is like an epidemic among all people in the western world with divorce and remarriage , and those peaks statistics in the U.S. a few years ago, the religious movement . After Lot's wife died also occurred the greatest tragedy in his life when he made his two daughters pregnant . Oh he's a good marriage is itself a worship service , and have a bad marriage , who can bear it ?
5 ) Lot had a liberal outlook and attitude to alcohol.
1 Genesis 19 33 And they poured wine for his father that night , and the firstborn went in and lay with her father. He did not notice that she lay down , not that she stood up .
Alcohol itself is not too bad , but given that everything else that we should enjoy it. But to drink so that inhibitions disappear and too much , it warns against the word of God . That 's daughters poured father was sure not the first time that they drank together , too much . Here they had seen God's judgment , yet they could do such a thing , can you understand that? The fire of God had rained on Sodom and Gomorrah , but what did Lot and his two daughters ? We read that they are getting drunk and Lot made his two daughters pregnant, it was incest and shame which were the fruits of it to drink too much alcohol. And it is possible for believers to , be a total abstinence , when we see the damage that alcohol has .
If we look at this together, so we understand why Lot ended up having children with his own daughters :
1 Genesis 19 30 Lot went up from Zoar and settled in the hill country along with the two daughters , for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his two daughters . 31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, " Our father is old , and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us as usual. 32 Come, let us pour wine for the father and lie with him, that we may sustain father's family , " 33 And they poured wine for his father that night , and the firstborn went in and lay with her father. He did not notice that she lay down , not that she stood up . 34 The next day the elder said to the younger, "Behold now, I lay last night with my father. Let's pour wine to him in the night too. Then you go in and lie with him, that we may nurture offspring by our father . " 35 Also that night poured the wine to his father , and the younger arose and lay with him. He did not notice that she lay down , not that she stood up . 36 Thus both the daughters of Lot pregnant by her father. 37 The firstborn bore a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites , who are to this day . 38 Also the youngest bore a son and named him Ben- Ammi . He is the ancestor of the Ammonites , who are to this day .
The lessons here are many, including that little sin is more sin. If we give Satan the little finger , he takes the whole hand .
What can we expect will happen to the Christian Norway ? It depends on two things , it is still dropping out or being the revival?
Without a true and profound revival which also homosexual , remarriage and others with a life that is Christ and the Word of God worthy of being asked without past the church door until they have repented . So we will end up in an even greater drop-out, which will lead to even worse than and perverse sins that are now beginning to spread herself (the world's people live today as well as Sodom and Gomorrah , where the church will also end if we do not repent ) . We must never think that Christians can get away without repentance . The spiritual and moral laws that work anyway. Lets say that said the little finger , or even more to Satan , so he takes both whole hand and the more.
Final Comment: What I 've tried to say here , and whatever else I write and preach ? Most profoundly, so goes our Christian life in two directions . Whether revival or apostasy ! There is no such thing as downtime or the golden mean when it comes to live with God. This allows everyone to ask themselves how it is with my life now ? I love God more now than before? I live by the word of God more now than before? Is Jesus my biggest role model in life? Am I living in sin or doing heresy ? It is these issues that are so important to ask oneself , not infrequently , but often!
Matt . 6 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness , and ye shall receive all the others as well .
The lesson of Lot and most what happens in the Norwegian and here in the western world within its Christian "world" is really easy. If we did not the Lord in the first place , he asks what God's word says about the advice in every situation we come up in. So we are all in danger of ending that Lot, or we can " get " what Abraham that prevailed after having done all ! ( end of quote ) .
Final Comment:
Where will this end? It will end in the great whore of Babylon where an apostate , corrupted , beside the point , misled and deceived Christianity will end , before being cast into the lake of fire together with Satan and destroyed because they did not follow the Lamb and God's clear words !
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Season one of The Good Fight marches triumphantly off into the good night both literally and figuratively, with the finale's case of the week focussing on a cyber-terrorism plot to hack the Chicago power grid and cause a blackout, for woolly reasons not dissimilar to those old-school 24 villains used to have – "things need to change, save the country from itself" etc. How turning the lights out is going to achieve that any time soon remains somewhat vague, but I assume it's a very long game.
The plot brings back both Bitcoin Boy and NotMilo, and causes all sorts of trouble for Colin, Lucca and everybody else with lots of dashing from court to court and angry lawyering going on all over the place. Not that the lawyering always needs to be quite so angry – was I the only one thinking it was somewhat counter-productive for Adrian (much as I love him) to attack Colin on the stand in the way he did? The guy was DESPERATE to tell the world Lucca was innocent – why not let him?
But attack mode is the order of the ep, with the partners finally telling Maia she needs to be "more bold" and Maia finally – DEAR GOD – actually doing it. Her defence of Lucca is as spirited as it is unexpected, so good for her. Especially since she may need to use this new-found boldness to defend herself now Papa has done a runner and the Feds are coming after her instead. While apparently ignoring Lenore and Jax who could not be more obviously guilty if they held up signs saying so? Hmm.
The other big news is the return of Gary Cole's Kurt McVeigh, being as irresistibly Kurt McVeigh as he can possibly be, and winning back Diane at last, even if it only takes a carjacking, an act of heroism and a short hospital stay to do it. I love Diane, I love Kurt, and I love Diane and Kurt together, so hurrah for that. Just don't mess it up again, dude, FGS.
And that – give or take a bit of jealousy on Barbara's part which might well cause trouble for Diane later – is pretty much it for a great first season. It took me a little while to warm to it, but once I was in, I was in deep. Following the TGW house style in wit, intelligence, legal quirks, thought-provoking interest in technology and general awesomeness (before it lost its way) as well as a gallery of fantastic familiar characters and fantastic new ones, TGF has performed the impossible trick of giving us not just a worthy follow-up to one of the best tv shows ever made but a genuinely terrific one in its own right. Like its parent show, it's not without its flaws (Maia, Lucca's love life, Maia) but it's also smart and thoughtful, and its cast, both regular and recurring, is to die for. I can't mention everyone, but my gosh, Delroy Lindo's Adrian is magnificent. Sarah Steele's Marissa makes everything better, and her partnership with Nyambi Nyambi's Jay is tremendous fun. Cush Jumbo is excellent as Lucca, even if Lucca is the new Kalinda. And, at the heart of it all, Christine Baranski's Diane is, of course, peerless. As Jed has pointed out, there are some narrative drawbacks to a season as short as this one, but one advantage is that it leaves this viewer, at least, wanting more, and thankfully we're getting it. Bring on season 2.

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Britney Spears, MTV, and Her Tummy
There have been a lot of people commenting about Britney Spears and how she looked at the MTV Video Music Awards last Sunday. Dr. Rob Oliver at Plastic Surgery 101 has a balanced commentary from a plastic surgeon's perspective which is a nice read.
From my standpoint, I think she looked good for someone who's had two children. Sure, her performance was terrible (closer to Ashlee Simpson than Milli Vanilli), and she should have worn more clothing, but geez, are some people cruel. The New York Post's "Lard & Clear Loser" headline is exaggerated at best. Hopefully her new album will silence her critics, but I doubt it.
p.s. Nope, she didn't have a tummy tuck after all. I knew it!
Thanks for reading.
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The public's expectations of how celebs should look is ridiculous anyway. Britney's body, whether pre or post children, was not bad. Granted, she should have chosen a more figure flattering outfit, she still looked more "thick" than fat. I wouldn't complain if I looked like that!
Comming from someone who just had a baby...I am so jelous I wish I looked like that.
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Improve Your Mood with Food
I'm an emotional eater. I eat when I'm happy. I eat when I'm sad. I eat when I'm feeling depressed and I eat when I'm celebrating. You get the picture……
When you're an emotional eater like me, it's so easy to reach for everything that's not so good for you which usually means highly processed food full of fat, salt and sugar. And it's no use telling us not to eat is there? We're going to anyway, right? So that being the case, I think what makes the difference is what we eat.
I truly believe that food makes a big difference to your mood and that it can help make you feel better. I don't know about you, but I certainly notice how I feel when I eat all the wrong things as opposed to when I eat well.
So I've done loads of research and had a nutritionist's input to help you make good choices when you're feeling emotional. I hope it helps and if nothing else, you'll feel pretty good about yourself for eating right.
Foods that help when you're:
- Premenstrual
- Sad, Down or a little Depressed
- Stressed Out
- Tired and Lethargic
- Hungover
- Sniffly with a Cold
Let's face it, if you're a woman you've experienced PMT (premenstrual tension/syndrome) at some time. I, for one, suffer big time with PMT (or should that be my poor family suffer…..). Bloating, cravings, tiredness, tummy pain and mucho mood swings are just but a few of my symptoms from the monthly hormonal fluctuations. Here's what you need to help you assuage the swings:
Vitamin B
B stands for bestie when it comes to PMT. Research has shown that good levels of vitamin B (especially B6) helps with symptoms of PMT. Try to include:
- Tuna
- Chicken breast
- Lean turkey
- Potatoes (with the skin on)
- Sunflower seeds
- Nuts
- Spinach
- Banana
- Avocado
- Capsicum
Get more into your diet:
Snack on: mashed avocado with vege sticks, home-made muesli with sunflower seeds, capsicum sticks or small handful of unsalted nuts.
Cook with: replace meat with a can of tuna, swap out the steak for a tuna steak, add chicken or turkey breast to a stir-fry, bake a potato and stuff it with low fat cheese and tuna, add shredded spinach to your salads.
Complex Carbohydrates
Wholegrains, legumes, fruit and vegetables help to improve mood through the production of serotonin. Serotonin is a hormone that is known to help lift our mood. Try to include:
- Quinoa
- Brown rice
- Whole-wheat (wholegrain) pasta
- Chickpeas
- Lentils
- Veges – all veges are good and try to make it colourful so you get a wide range of vitamins and minerals, but specifically make sure you've got: cauliflower, broccoli, green beans and kale.
- Fruit – apricots, avocado, banana, kiwifruit, navel oranges, pineapple, plums, watermelon.
Get more into your diet:
Snack on: raw vegetables, home-made hummus, roasted chickpeas, fresh fruit.
Cook with: Replace white rice with quinoa or brown rice, replace white pasta for wholewheat pasta or go half and half, throw some chickpeas into a soup or curry, replace meat with chickpeas and lentils in a casserole or curry, up the vegetables in everything you eat making sure half your plate is filled with a colourful range, eat fruit for dessert for a sweet treat.
Calcium-Rich Foods
Calcium is known to reduce moodiness, water retention, PMT pain and depression. Try to include:
- Reduced fat cheese
- Low fat milk
- Low fat natural yogurt
- Low fat fruit yogurt (just watch the sugar content)
- Chia seeds
- Soy milk
- Tofu
- Kale
- Chinese cabbage
- Almonds
- Oranges
Get more into your diet:
Snack on: low fat yogurt, reduced fat cheese, home-made tzatziki (low fat natural yogurt, garlic, lemon juice, chives), make a smoothie (90g banana, ¾ cup low fat milk, 2 tsp honey, 1-2 tsp chia seeds).
Cook with: encourage a meat-free Monday and do a tofu stir-fry with almonds and chia seeds, add a natural yogurt sauce made with garlic and lemon juice to your next barbeque, slice up kale finely and add it to a salad or stir-fry.
My tip:
Try to incorporate these into your diet on a daily basis. Every little bit helps and it may lessen PMT symptoms in the first place.
Some of my go to foods when I'm cranky and emotional every month:
- Smashed banana on multigrain toast
- Smashed avo on multigrain toast (also lovely with a bit of sweet chilli sauce!)
- Big bowl of fresh fruit salad with a dollop of yogurt and a sprinkling of home-made muesli or toasted nuts/seeds
- Bowl of porridge with strawberries
- Chickpea curry on zucchetti (zucchini spaghetti)
- Salade Nicoise (lovely big salad with tuna and egg
- Big bowl of barley vegetable soup
- Panfried chicken or turkey breast with loads of steamed veges, a little olive oil, salt and pepper
- Tomatoey chicken with olives – big and soupy which is comforting
- Chicken kebab – chicken with salad and garlicky yogurt wrapped in warm bread – big on taste, low on calories
- Lentil soup – oh so filling and tasty
- Stir-fry with lean turkey or chicken, tofu and loads of sliced vegetables (the recipe calls for pork but you can replace it with turkey, chicken and/or tofu)
Sad, Down or a little Depressed
We all feel drawn towards salty chips or chocolate or ice-cream when we feel a little sad or down but it won't help us in the long run. For one, it makes you feel bloated, dehydrated and just plain blugh. We also feel guilty that we've indulged in so much processed food that we know isn't great for us and will just intensify our sad state of mind.
But don't despair, there are some great choices that will not only taste good but also help lift our mood. Although clinical depression is a serious illness that requires treatment beyond nutrition, making the right choices can help beat the everyday blues.
Vitamin B
Especially vitamins B6 and B12 can help lessen the severity of sadness and depression by improving your neural function that helps determine mood. Great options include:
- Lamb
- Beef
- Prawns
- Scallops
- Salmon
- Tuna
- Chicken
- Tofu
- Eggs
- Wholegrains
- Carrots
- Spinach
- Banana
- Avocado
Get more into your diet:
Snack on: slices of avocado on wholegrain crackers, banana, raw carrot slices with a little low fat hummus, a boiled egg.
Cook with: mix it up for lunches and dinner adding ingredients from the list that you wouldn't normally use, make a chicken salad or soup, stir-fry with some prawns and tuna, replace white bread for wholegrain, replace all or some of your normal lettuce with spinach, enjoy a poached egg with wilted spinach for brekkie.
Lean Protein
Protein helps to stabilise blood sugar and keeps you satisfied for longer; but be sure to keep it lean and light. Great options include:
- Eggs
- Quinoa
- Lean turkey breast
- Chicken breast
- Pork fillet
- Lean beef
- Fish
- Low fat cheese
- Tofu
- Low fat/low sugar yogurt
Get more into your diet:
Snack on: a hard boiled egg, a small can of tuna in springwater, cottage cheese, low fat cheese with some vege sticks, a tub of low fat/low sugar yogurt.
Cook with: Pump up your use of quinoa (it's a powerhouse) anywhere you would use rice or pasta, choose lean meat options, eat one or two meals with fish per week.
Omega 3
Omega 3 helps brain function. There is an established link between people who have depression and low levels of Omega 3 although much research still needs to be done. Good sources of omega 3 include:
- Fish – tuna, salmon, sardines
- Chia Seeds
- Flaxseeds (linseed)
- Walnuts
- Chinese Broccoli
- Spinach
- Soybeans
- Tofu
Get more into your diet:
Snack on: add some ground flaxseed and/or chia seeds to a smoothie, a tin of tuna in springwater, handful of walnuts.
Cook with: add more fish to your diet, make a tuna salad or sandwich, stir-fry with plenty of chinese greens, replace meat with tofu every now and then or add it to a soup or stir-fry.
Magnesium influences the production of serotonin in the brain. Serotonin is our feel good mood enhancer so the more serotonin we make, the happier we'll be. Good options:
- Leafy greens – spinach
- Seeds – pepitas (pumpkin seeds), sesame seeds
- Nuts – brazil, almonds, cashews, pine
- Beans and lentils – chickpeas, cannellini beans, kidney beans, lentils
- Brown rice
- Avocado
- Low fat dairy – cheese, yogurt.
Get more into your diet:
Snack on: a handful of mixed nuts and seeds, roasted chickpeas, slices of avocado on multigrain crackers, low fat cheese, low fat/low fat sugar yogurt.
Cook with: add shredded spinach to salads and sandwiches, replace white rice with brown rice, replace meat with beans and lentils once or twice a week, use low fat Greek yogurt instead of sour cream.
An amino acid found in complex carbohydrates and protein, tryptophan helps the brain to make serotonin which is our feel good mood enhancer. Great options:
- Lean chicken and turkey
- Tuna
- Salmon
- Lean Lamb
- Chickpeas
- Traditional oats
- Wholegrain bread
- Dairy – low fat yogurt, milk, cheese
- Bananas
- Hazelnuts
- Cocoa
Get more into your diet:
Snack on: a small handful of nuts, a tub of low fat yogurt, banana, tin of tuna in springwater, hummus with vege sticks.
Cook with: get some lean chicken, turkey, lamb or tuna on your plate and serve it with a simple salad, add some chickpeas to a casserole or curry, make porridge or muesli for brekkie.
My tip:
Try to incorporate these into your diet on a daily basis. Every little bit helps, right?
Some of my go to foods when I'm sad and a little depressed:
- Bowl of porridge with walnuts and honey
- Eggs for brekkie – boiled, scrambled, poached
- Smashed avo on multigrain toast
- Salad with boiled eggs and tuna – salade nicoise is great
- Salad sandwich with lean turkey or chicken
- Soup with lean lamb or chicken with loads of vegetables and chickpeas
- Salmon or tuna steak with lovely big salad that includes spinach and seeds
- Stir fry made with lean turkey, chicken, pork, beef or fish with loads of vegetables and quinoa or brown rice.
- Chickpea curry
- Chickpea meatballs
Stressed Out
You know that feeling you get when you're stressed – jittery, on edge, a bit cranky, can't sleep properly and your brain won't sit still for long enough to form a single thought? Stress! When we're stressed it usually means we're time poor too and you know what that means; drive-through, take away, or a bowl of cereal for dinner……
We just don't look after ourselves properly when we're under stress but it's actually the time when our bodies need it the most. Good nutrition, plenty of water and daily exercise (even a 15 minute walk will help) are all so important to get us back on an even keel. A little meditation doesn't go astray either (but I must admit, when I'm stressed sitting still or getting my brain to sit still is virtually impossible!).
Needless to say, when you're stressed it's best to avoid caffeine, alcohol and high GI foods that will give a spike in blood sugar leading to a sharp fall in not only blood sugar but mood. Try herbal tea (I love camomile and peppermint, but choose what works for your tastebuds). T2 also make a wonderful combination of camomile and lavender tea which is fantastic before bed.
If you're prone to stress or know that you're coming into a stressful period, try these to help you out:
Complex Carbohydrates
Wholegrains, legumes, fruit and vegetables help to improve mood through the production of serotonin. Serotonin is a hormone that is known to help lift our mood and calm frayed nerves. Make some of these swaps:
- White potatoes for sweet potatoes
- White bread and processed crackers for wholegrain options
- White rice for brown rice
- Rice or pasta for quinoa.
Omega 3
Omega 3 helps brain function and serotonin production which in turn helps us to feel good.Add some:
- Fish – tuna, salmon, sardines
- Chia Seeds
- Flaxseeds (linseed)
- Walnuts
- Chinese Broccoli
- Spinach
- Soybeans
- Tofu
Vitamin B
Vitamin B group helps to keep our nervous systems healthy and our brains functioning properly. They act as mood stabilisers so it's important to make sure we get adequate amounts in our diet.Try some of these:
- Dark leafy greens such as spinach
- Asparagus
- Broccoli
- Fruit such as oranges, grapefruit, strawberries, raspberries, papaya
- Beans, peas and lentils
- Avocado
- Wholegrains (fortified bread and cereal, oats)
- Nuts and seeds
- Lean chicken
- Fish and seafood
- Eggs
Magnesium helps with serotonin production which is our feel good mood maker, but it also helps muscles to relax which is very important when we're stressed with tight muscles.Try including these on a daily basis:
- Buckwheat (use instead of rice, throw a handful into a soup or casserole, make a salad)
- Kidney beans
- Green beans
- Tofu
- Broccoli
- Spinach
- Oats
- Banana
- Blackberries
- Dates
- Mango
- Watermelon
- Nuts: almonds, brazil, cashews, hazel
- Prawns
- Tuna
Potassium helps to lower blood pressure which is important in times of stress.Include:
- Avocado
- Banana
- Tomatoes
- Fish – tuna, salmon, sardines
- Baked potato
Some of my go to foods when I'm stressed out
- Bowl of porridge with banana
- Smashed Banana on multigrain toast
- Smashed avocado on multigrain toast
- Big fruit salad with plenty of mango, strawberries, raspberries and watermelon with a dollop of yogurt and crushed nuts
- Throw a teaspoon or two of chia seeds and flaxseed (linseed) into a smoothie
- Tofu stir-fry
- Big energy salad with plenty of vegetables including spinach, avocado, beans, broccoli and nuts
- Salade nicoise – big salad with tuna, beans and other vegetables
- Light quinoa tuna bake
- Stuffed sweet potato (Moodie recipe on another site)
- Tuna steak with vegetables (the recipe calls for swordfish but just swap it out for tuna steak)
- Garlic prawns
Tired and Lethargic
We all get overtired don't we? You know those days when the alarm goes off and you just think "No, No, No! Don't want to get up today!" It's days like these when we need to give ourselves a boost of energy, a natural pick-me-up, an instant energiser. Well, actually there's no such thing as an instant energiser but there are some foods that can help and some that hinder.
Needless to say, if you're feeling tired and lethargic you need to avoid highly salted or sugary foods, processed foods and anything that's high GI. For while you may think that the chocolate bar is giving you an instant boost, really it's giving you a spike in blood sugar that will bring you crashing down making you feel even worse than before. Stick to fresh foods that are full of fibre and natural nutrients that help to detoxify and energise.
Complex carbs give you loads of energy but it's slow sustainable energy that keeps you balanced until your next meal.Try these:
- Wholegrain bread and crackers
- Oats
- Buckwheat
- Barley
- Quinoa
Lean Protein
Lean protein gives your body energy and helps it to repair itself. Add some:
- Skinless chicken breast
- Skinless turkey breast
- Pork fillet
- Lamb steak
- Beef steak
- Fish – tuna, salmon
- Eggs
- Low fat dairy – cheese, yogurt
- Legumes – beans, peas, lentils
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
Fruit and vegetables are important in your diet at any time but particularly if you're feeling tired and a little blah. Full of fibre, vitamins and minerals fruit and vegetables will help clean out your system, detox and provide your body with much needed energy. Choose a wide range of fruit and vegetables and get colourful, the more colours you have on the plate the wider range of vitamins and minerals you eat.
My tip
Now I know there's no fix-all for tiredness but I find that squeezing half a lemon into some hot or cold water really helps to boost my energy and I feel instantly alert. If I'm staying away from wine to give myself a chance to re-energise I squeeze half a lemon into some bubbly mineral water. Give it a try, it might work for you too.
Some of my go to foods when I'm tired and in need of some energy
- Porridge with fresh fruit and a little honey
- Boiled egg with wholegrain dippers
- Fresh fruit salad with a dollop of yogurt and toasted walnuts
- Vegetable soup with a little lean chicken or turkey
- Spanish Eggs
- Salade Nicoise (with tuna and eggs)
- Pea Soup
- Lean chicken, turkey or lamb steaks with loads of steamed vegetables drizzled with a little olive oil
- Quinoa Chicken Pilaf
- Big bowl of soup with lamb, buckwheat and loads of vegetables (or any soup with lean protein, complex carbs and vegetables)
- San choi bao
Ooooooh ouch, a hangover is truly a terrible thing.
Headaches, tiredness and trouble focussing?
That's probably the dehydration caused by alcohol's diuretic effect.
Nauseating nausea?
The alcohol you drank last night has irritated the lining of your stomach making it sore and sick.
When we're a little under the weather from the frivolity of the night before, we crave salt and stodge and grease, right? Well before you embark on the drive-through-of-shame consider that it's only going to make you feel worse. All that grease is going to irritate your tummy even more and the salt? Mucho dehydration, so more pounding heads I'm afraid. Stay away from the caffeine too; it's a diuretic and your body is already prune-like.
The only thing that's really going to make you feel better is tomorrow, but in the meantime there's a few things that you can do to help your poor body regain some of its natural fabulousness.
Drink Plenty
Not what you drank last night, but rather:
You're already drier than the Sahara Desert, alcohol is a diuretic after all, so fill up on H2O. Try to drink a big glass or two before you hit the hay but if you forget, a drink bottle is your new BFF today. Rehydrating is one of the best things you can do for yourself right now.
Ginger and/or Peppermint Tea
If you've got a tender tummy and you're experiencing waves of nasty nausea, go for ginger or peppermint tea. If you've got fresh ginger in the fridge, cut some up and steep it in some boiling water for 5 minutes and then sip, sip, sip. A nice cup of peppermint tea also works wonders. The added bonus is that you're rehydrating too.
Eat Plenty of the Right Stuff
It's not just fluids that you need to replace in that poor body of yours but vital nutrients. When you go out and have a few drinks you start losing all those vitamins and minerals that you need to function as a normal human. It doesn't take all that many drinks to begin the mass exodus so even if you only had a few, it's worth thinking about replacing:
Often depleted during a big night out, your potassium levels need to be replaced before you start to feel better. Try:
- Bananas
- Kiwifruit
- Coconut water
- Tomatoes
Vitamin B
Especially B1 and B12. Ever taken a Berocca in the hope that it will help? It's the replacement of the vitamin B group that you need which is often seriously depleted during a night out on the town. Vitamin B helps with brain function and a healthy nervous system, replacing it may help with many a hangover symptom. Add some of these to your day:
- Vegemite or Marmite
- Sunflower seeds
- Lean pork
- Legumes and lentils
- Salmon
- Lamb
- Beef
- Yogurt
- Eggs
- Cheese
An amino acid that helps to break down the toxins that you drank last night which are contributing to how bad you feel right now. Try:
- Eggs
- Yogurt
- Cottage Cheese
- Turkey and Chicken Breast
- Oats and Granola
Anything that replaces vital vitamins and minerals is going to help, so load up on plenty of fruit, vegetables, complex carbohydrates, lean protein and loads of water.
Some of my go to foods when I'm feeling seedy:
- Smoothie with banana, kiwifruit, low fat milk, yogurt, oats and chia seeds
- Big bowl of soothing porridge with banana or other fresh fruit
- Boiled egg with wholegrain dippers
- Scrambled egg on wholegrain toast
- Turkey vegetable soup with quinoa, buckwheat or brown rice
- Chicken sandwich on multigrain bread with cottage cheese
- Lean chicken breast and salad
- Spanish eggs – poached eggs in a spicy tomato sauce
- Turkey burger made with lean turkey mince, onions, plenty of salad on a multigrain roll
- Big bowl of soup made with lean protein such as chicken, turkey, beef or lamb, vegetables and brown rice, quinoa or buckwheat
- Roast Chicken with loads of vegetables
Sniffly with a Cold
Argh, colds. Sore head, stuffy nose, aches and pains and you feel that you just might die if you open one eyelid. Colds are the pits! And food? No way, it's just not what you feel like right now is it? But it may just be the best thing for you. When your body is fighting a cold it needs all the help it can get and that means fuelling up on good cold kick-butt vitamins and minerals. Try some of these:
Packed with antioxidants, garlic will help boost your immune system to ward off a cold but is also known to help reduce symptoms and help your body fight one if you've already got it.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C is said to help reduce the symptoms of cold and flu and may just reduce how long you suffer. Vitamin C rich foods: oranges, capsicum (peppers), strawberries, tomatoes and broccoli are all perfect foods for helping with a cold.
Lean Protein
Protein helps keep your white blood cell-making bits healthy. White blood cells help your body fight infection, so keep 'em coming and grab: lean skinless turkey or chicken breasts, lamb steaks, beef fillet, pork fillet, fish, eggs, low fat dairy, pulses – lentils, chickpeas, beans.
Anything that makes your nose drip is good for a cold as it thins out all that ahem, mucus. So get spicy in the kitchen with chilli, or better yet get someone else to get spicy in the kitchen for you while you rest in bed. Loads of ginger also gives the same effect.
Apart from packing a punch when you use a lot of it, a little ginger is fanastic for soothing that queezy tummy you get which is caused by all that mucus. Ick!
If you've got a cough and a sore throat, honey helps to coat the throat and soothe irritation.
Fab Food Options for Cold Butt Kicking
I know that if you're suffering from a cold right now the last thing you want to do is cook, but if you possibly stand in the kitchen for 10-15 minutes, these will make you feel so much better. If you've got someone who will take pity on you, leave a few recipes lying around….
Chicken Soup:
It's not just an old wives' tale, chicken soup is said to clear the nose, throat and chest – the secret is the heat and steam. Whack in some noodles or sweet potato and you'll give yourself carbohydrates to boost your energy levels. Add loads of veges for an injection of vitamins and minerals and you've got a winner. It's also lovely to eat when you feel awful, there's just something so comforting about soup. Chicken Soup recipe
Meatball Soup:
There's something so comforting about meatballs, right? If you use lean meat and pack your soup with vegetables, your body will thank you, thank you, thank you. Energy, vitamins, minerals and steam, aaaaaahhhhhh, just what the doctor ordered. Meatball recipe
Garlic Broth:
If you just can't stomach anything solid, try a little soothing garlic broth. Pop 4-6 garlic cloves into 4-5 cups of stock along with some sliced ginger, carrots, celery, broccoli stalk, chilli and sliced onions. Simmer for 15-20 minutes and strain off the solids and sip the broth.
Heat up the wok and stir-fry plenty of vegetables with any lean protein, freshly grated ginger and a little chilli. It's light and healthy but soothing at the same time. And all those vitamins and minerals will give your body a boost. Add some complex carbohydrate for energy if you feel up to it. Try some wholewheat pasta, quinoa or brown rice.
Sip On:
Honey Tea – Made by steeping a little freshly grated ginger in boiling water with a teaspoon or two of honey and a squeeze of lemon. Honey soothes the throat, ginger helps to soothe your tummy which feels a little icky with all that mucus, lemon gives a little energy and the steam from the tea helps to break everything up and keep your head less clogged.
Green Tea – packed with antioxidants, green tea boosts your sad immune system.
In between meals, snack on: anything packed with Vitamin C such as orange segments, capsicum slices (especially yellow, red and orange which are higher in vitamin C), strawberries and tomatoes.


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Richard Monisi fell four times during the Comrades Marathon this year. The first time, he tripped over a cat's eye in the road. The second time, he stumbled into a pothole, and on a third occasion, he took a sharp corner and bumped into a pavement. His fourth accident happened just 500 metres from the finish line. But for Monisi, it was just another day beating the odds. Why? Well, Monisi is legally and functionally blind, with just five per cent sight in his left eye. As he shuffled into the stadium, he heard a cacophony of cheering and music. "Amazing!" the spectators shouted. "Awesome!" The noise only confused his senses further. Unsure of the way, he lost his balance and fell. But as swiftly as he hit the grass, he felt hands on either side of him lifting him to his feet – fellow runners were on hand, determined to help him. "Let's go!" they encouraged, urging him not to give up. Monisi finished the Comrades in 8:28. Even more significant than his time was the fact that he ran most of the race without the assistance of a guide. But he's no stranger to falling down, picking himself back up again, and carrying on: he's been doing it his entire life.
"Monisi felt a great sense of injustice – and even then, at his young age, he refused to give in to his 'inferior' status."
Born blind
As a child, because he had never been able to see, Monisi didn't even realise he had a disability. He often bumped into things, and fell, and hurt himself – but he thought that was normal; didn't everyone fall? Each time, he got up and carried on playing. Growing up in a rural village near Louis Trichardt was difficult. The basics were scarce, people were starving, and no-one was helping. Monisi lived with his mother Anna, his father James and his brother Lucky. But though Monisi played happily with his older cousin Gloria, he was never given the same opportunities and responsibilities that she had. Gloria and Lucky were often sent on errands, to buy sugar or tea. They attended the local school. Monisi, on the other hand, stayed at home. At seven years old, he asked his mother: "Why?" Anna explained. "You can't be sent on errands, because you can't see where you're going. You're blind, which means you're disabled. Disabled children can't cope in a general school, and we certainly can't afford to send you to a specialist school." Monisi felt a great sense of injustice – and even then, at his young age, he refused to give in to his 'inferior' status. "Then let Gloria come with me, and I'll go and buy sugar," he pleaded. "And if I fall, so what? I'm used to it! I want to be like the other children." "You are disabled," Anna repeated.
Light in the dark
When Monisi was 12, he contracted typhoid – an infectious and dangerous bacterial fever – and was admitted to Elim Hospital in Louis Trichardt. While he was there, the attending doctors took the opportunity to examine his eyes and confirmed what his mother had been telling him all along – he was blind. But there was hope, and they were able to operate on Monisi's left eye. Two days after his operation, a doctor removed the bandages, and light flooded into what had been a lifetime of darkness. Although Monisi couldn't make out shapes or even colours, he moved a finger in front of his eye, fascinated by the way the light shifted. He had five per cent vision. Not much. But five per cent was more than before. The doctors warned him: "Don't look at the sun – it will make you completely blind again." They began to teach Monisi how to use touch – feeling rounded edges, right angles and corners – to identify objects. The eyes, it seemed, were not the only way of 'seeing'. On his behalf, the doctors applied to the Pretoria School for the Blind. It was there that Monisi finally gained access to the facilities and equipment he needed to participate in sports – swimming first, then basketball. But he had started his schooling late, and because of his age, when he reached grade 10 he was asked to leave. Sadly, he did not get the opportunity to write his matric exams. Monisi received a 'disability' grant from the government, but it was very little. His father was working in Johannesburg at the time, which inspired him to pack a bag and catch a train to the big city. For the first month, Monisi stayed with a friend, Manaba – a blind man he'd met at school in Pretoria. When the time came for Monisi to receive his next grant payment, he realised he didn't have the money to return to Louis Trichardt and collect it. So for the next three months, he and Manaba sang and begged in the doorway of a mall. And people donated money, which the pair used to buy food. But in the fourth month, a man called Gerald Fox – the founder of Rocky Road Runners – approached him in the mall. "You have a good physique – tall and slender," he observed. "Even though you're blind, you'd make a good runner." Fox made Monisi an intriguing proposition:
"If you stop begging and start running, I promise to support you."
He offered the blind man a room at the back of his place. He would go on to train with him early in the mornings and after work, and then help him get a job at Services For The Blind. And once Monisi was established, Fox helped him to move into his own place – to live independently. (Sadly, Services For The Blind closed four years ago, leaving Monisi unemployed.) How could Monisi disappoint the man who had done so much for him?
Monisi began to run
Monisi lived in Pennyville close to Westbury – far from Soweto and the suburbs, the most likely sources for a guide. So in training, he ran alone. Up and down, on a straight, one-kilometre section in his local park. He woke up at 3am and trained until 6am. It was the quietest time of the day, devoid of noisy traffic that could hamper his senses. To avoid bumping into things, he used a combination of hearing, touch and a cane. And so his passion for long-distance running was born – Monisi began to enter events. He achieved a marathon personal best of 3:45, but wanted to do even better. He trained harder, and slotted a new PB: 3:15. Fellow runners warned those who were thinking of volunteering to guide him. "If you're guiding this man, you must watch out," they said. "He'll burn you. You'll hit the wall. He runs fast." Monisi was 32 when he met Jane Mokone, who is also blind. She was the captain of the women's team at a football tournament for the blind he attended at Filadelfia Secondary School in Shoshanguve. He liked Jane. She was patient, a good listener. Luckily, she gave him her phone number. In November 2003, the pair were married. Then Monisi's first son, Valentine, was born, in 2004; their second, Prince, is a year and 10 months old. Like his father, Prince can only see out of one eye. For Monisi, the start of the Comrades Marathon is a horrible experience – it scares him. He can hear lots of people all talking at the same time, lots of people making nervous noise. The songs only add to his trepidation. As if the disorientation isn't enough, he has only just met his pilot and guide, Florence Munyei, for the first time. Munyei stands next to him. She wears a belt, and attached to the belt is a piece of string for Monisi to hold. The famous cock-crow sounds, signalling the start. "Even if I don't finish, I'll try my best," Monisi reminds himself, as the crowd slowly surges forward. For the first 10km, there are too many other runners for Monisi to set a pace. Munyei leads, advising him when there are obstacles in the way, and when to turn right or left. "Here comes the blind guy!" the pair shout when they want to pass other runners. Sometimes Monisi bumps into fellow competitors, and together they tumble. But then, his guide has to admit defeat: Munyei can't maintain Monisi's brutal
pace. Grasping his white stick, he decides to go it alone. Monisi tracks the time by the sun: when it's on his face, he knows it's 8am; a bit higher, 9am. When he can see the shadow of the sun, it's mid-afternoon. "We're halfway," shouts a fellow runner, and Monisi recognises his voice from one of the races he did in training at home. His heart lightens – he remembers that the man behind the voice just happens to run at the same pace as him. Monisi knows he's on track for a good time. Sometimes he takes a wrong turn, but other runners – realising he's blind – help out by calling him back to the route. "I'm waiting for you, my man!" shouts a fellow competitor, running just ahead of him. And when Monisi falls in the stadium, they pick him up, and their camaraderie carries him the rest of the way. It's through sheer determination, and his humble ability to connect with other people, that Monisi achieves the same as – more than – 'able–bodied' people are able to achieve. Whatever hand life deals you, you don't have to give in to it. You just need to find a different way of… looking at it.


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So, the twincesses are nearly 8 months now, and either they are sleeping better or I am ignoring them when they make sounds now. I had to get up the the middle of the night for some juice because I knew my blood sugar was low, I wasn't sure if the babies were on or around me because I think I was dreaming how they were sleeping with me, I kept patting myself and the surrounding area so I would drop one on the floor on the way up. You see, now that I sleep, I actually wake up in the middle of dreams.
Anyways, the twincesses had the normal and highly feared four month sleep regression which started in May. This included waking up at 2 AM and babbling for 2 hours, then screaming for food. Eventually it got worse and they made bi-hourly or hourly Mommy wake-up calls. I think one night, I had an all time high of getting up at least 20 times, I stopped counting and looking at the clock around three months. It gets really depressing when you think your babes slept so well because it must be 4 AM. When you look at your iPhone, you cry inside, because it's only 11:30 PM. On average, I must have woken up to tend to the babes at least 10 times a night. It was getting really old. You have no idea how sleep deprived I was, I covered it up really well with good concealer and lots of coffee, and chocolate cupcakes.
My husband knew better though, no amount of cupcakes cures craziness by sleep deprivation. One night, we gently rocked the babies to sleep, put them in their cribs ever so softly, so they would not wake up, and we tip-toed out of the nursery. Usually, the first half of the night was uneventful. We probably watched netflix. Babies have radar, though. They have a 6th sense of when you are going to bed. Our heads hit the pillow, and just when we are about to hit sleep – "wahhhhhhhh!" This time, both of them were up, I always prayed only one would wake up, it was so much harder to nurse them at night together, and harder to place them softly in bed one handed. I proceeded to nurse the little babes back to sleep. My husband came to help me put them back but K had a booger, that made her nose whistle. I feel kind of bad for saying this – but I did not care. The girls have had whistling noses a few times and I never did anything about it. My husband, though, is a wonderful and doting father. He is wonderful, and our babies are definitely daddy's girls.
My husband takes a hold of K and whispers "where are the nasal aspirators?" We had at least 6 of them, half of them unopened, from the hospital. "I don't know" I answer with hand gestures because I want him to drop it. But he doesn't. He searches the room in the dark, checking under the changing table, checking on top of the dresser and eventually going into the bathroom to check every nook and cranny in there; all the while making every possible noise to wake the babies up. His search continues to outside the room. Every minute his search continues for the stinking nasal aspirators, I get more angry and annoyed. Eventually, we both end up yelling about where the nasal aspirators are. My husband saying I have no organization and me telling him they are where I said they were under the sink (which they were). He finally found an aspirator and proceeded to suck a booger out of K's nose.
Me: Really?!
Hubs: She was choking on her booger! She couldn't breathe!
At this point, both babies are wide awake. We were not at the point yet where they would go back to sleep on their own. So we attempted to rock and sway back to sleep. The babies were not having it. I gave up, in exasperation, I said "F this, I am up for the day!" I turned on all the lights, it was only midnight. I sat around, in my pissed off mood and thought about what he said and realized that I have never heard of anyone choking or dying from a large booger. It pissed me off even more. Eventually the babies did go back to sleep – 2 hours later, it wasn't as pretty or as peaceful as when they first went to bed but we did the best we could. That is when it pretty much hit home that my tolerance meter was at zero, I made a fight about a booger.
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In December 2017, St. Mary's held its first night of XLT. XLT is short for eXaLT and is an evening of praise music and adoration. XLT will be offered at St. Mary's Parish the first Thursday of every month and includes music/singing, adoration before the Blessed Sacrament, the opportunity to go to confession and a time for fellowship.
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Karl was born Sep 16, 1891 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, and died Mar 20, 1928 in Marion, Franklin, Ohio. S/O Henry Peetry (B:1857-Germany), and Carrie S. Kreutzer (B:1857-OH). He had a brother, Harry E Peetry, born in 1902.
Karl was single and his trade was a storekeeper. He died of a disease called carbuncles; and was buried at Green Lawn Cemetery on Mar 23, 1928.
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Illinois, The Extraordinaires Kick Off Olde Club Season
Editor's note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore's online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG.
Illinois's publicity photo, courtesy of their MySpace page.
Pennsylvania natives Illinois — yes, you read that right — and the Extraordinaires played the semester's first show at Olde Club last Friday night. Illinois, whose music is relatively standard indie with country influences, made for an entertaining show, though there was nothing about the show that was overly exciting.
Illinois's frontman switched between playing the banjo, guitar, and keyboard; he also occasionally switched from a regular microphone to one inside of a phone handset. Despite these quirks, Illinois seemed generally to subscribe to the doctrine that "more is better"; the majority of the songs featured all the band's members playing essentially non-stop at full volume. The songs were all different, of course, but most of them — especially when you factored in the standard Olde Club inability to hear vocals — sounded more or less identical. Not that they were by any means bad, but the band needs to exploit the differences in their material and instrumentation in making the music actually sound varied. There's potential there, if the band is able to take advantage of it.
The biggest indicator of this potential was one song, Nosebleed, which stood out as having a different sound and significantly more polish. Weeds fans might recognize the song as being from "the scene where [the main character] dances for a brick of weed," according to the banjo-wielding frontman. Nosebleed made better use of the banjo and effects, as well as, shockingly enough, moments where some of the band members didn't play at full volume. Basically, the Weeds executives made a good choice. Illinois has toured with the Hold Steady, who also played at Olde Club last year.
The Extraordinaires, who opened, say that they "would describe [their] music by saying 'swoosh', or with a picture of Shaq slamming a dunk." Personally, I would lean more towards describing it as "generic indie rock." Again, there was nothing in particular wrong with their show, but there was also nothing particularly exciting. It made for an enjoyable Friday night, but I'm not going to buy a CD.


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It's been a busy week with more to come, and that, along with the lack of anything really interesting to post about, explains the lack of bloggery.
Friday and Saturday nights, though, I did something I've never done before. I went to the races.
No, not horse races (although I've never been to the nearby horse races either) but dirt track automotive races. Specifically, I was there to cheer on the men of my other family.
W, S, and J all race in the econo or hobby truck divisions so at the nearby track that means they all race in the same race. Imagine, if you will, a Farmgirl, hanging out in the pits, up near the fence of the back side of the track, watching the cars go, feeling the engines roar (believe me, you feel the roar of those engines...) and screaming out "Go W Go S Go J!" as her friends all speed by, roughly bumper to bumper.
Yeah, eventually I gave up and cheered for W since he was in the lead of the guys I cared about on Friday night.
Last night though, there was an extra special bit of redneck fun. See, that particular track has a "race" called Anything Goes. Basically, you scrape together whatever car you can, load up yourself and a passenger, arm the passenger with squirt guns or water balloons, and go participate in what really amounts to a demolition derby with liquid filled projectiles. To win, you have to knock over an old Ford van, and every race weekend that the van survives, the bounty on it goes up. The bounty is sitting at four hundred dollars, now.
There are no cautions, no restarts, and no real standard for the cars, as far as I can tell.
Oh, and did I forget to mention they soak down the track and turn it into a slimy, soupy, slippery mess for this race?
Gawd, it looks like fun!
If I had the disposable income, I'd totally have W and S help me put together a car for it. Alas, I don't, so a car to go bang into other cars with in the mud will have to stay on the back burner, although I may see if I can talk the Fam into donating one of the old junker cars for the project and talk W and S into building it for themselves, if I can ride shotgun.
Who says rednecks don't know how to have fun?
Sunday, July 4, 2010
The Races
Posted by FarmGirl at 8:33 AM
5 comments:
- OrangeNeck said...
Rednecks have the most fun of all, making do with what they have. Glad you had fun at the races!
- July 4, 2010 at 9:03 AM
- Lokidude said...
Hell, rednecks have more fun than non-rednecks can imagine, and in much more interesting ways.
- July 4, 2010 at 10:38 AM
- Jeffro said...
Real racers do it in the dirt!
- July 4, 2010 at 12:06 PM
- Old NFO said...
Yeah, but it's gotta be RED mud... aka Red Clay... and that stuff NEVER comes out. :-(
- July 4, 2010 at 6:29 PM
- SewerDweller said...
Hey, tell you what, find me a carcass, and I'll build you one.
- July 5, 2010 at 3:28 PM
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For a new promotional campaign celebrating the iPhone 6 camera, Apple reached out to a multitude of amateur and professional photographers alike to assemble a collection of 57 non-commissioned images. Collected here are a dozen of my favorites, but you can see the full collection in their online gallery which also mentions the various apps photographers use to process their images. (via Kottke, PetaPixel, My Modern Met)


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You know, I'm not a huge fan of working out.
And by "not a huge fan", I mean… I don't like to work out.
Which sorta aggravated my hip condition because all of my hip muscles got super weak and so I've had to deal with some pretty hefty pain for the past two years. So, I learned my lesson: stretch and do some form of work out.
But of course, I learned that lesson, like, about a year ago… annnnnnd never got a gym membership to go work out. I did yoga at home (still love that) but I needed something to really get my heart pumping a bit more because I'm not at that point yet in yoga where I can do the cardio-type yoga.
Okay, I'm rambling.
So, I have recently started swimming at a local gym (thanks to my hubs, Mr. Chord Dice).
And I have already gotten a GOOD spiritual lesson out of it!
In swimming, just like the other sports, form can really help you get more out of the workout, and I had really been feeling sorta like something was wrong with my swim stroke. So I looked it up on what Jon Acuff calls "the internets" and found an article on Active.com that had some suggestions.
Number one tip: Keep your head up.
I totally figured that it would be something more akin to my arm position or how I kicked my legs, but no… keep your head up. The article says, "Look forward, with your hairline cresting the surface of the water in front of you" otherwise "if you bury your head into your chest, it will serve as a 25-pound form of resistance."
Now, this post is not all about swimming position, but gosh… WHAT. A. PARALLEL. for all of us.
As I just skimmed through the water after reading that I was amazed at the different in my swim. And I think that our life is just like that. We, oftentimes, bury our face down into our SELVES and act as our own form of resistance.
I think that I've been doing that for MONTHS. Focusing on why I wasn't losing weight, on what MY body looked like, how how MY clothes didn't fit the same, on what I could or could not eat.
All of this focus was all on me. all on my weight. all on me. me. me.
I have been acting as my own form of resistance.
But when I lift my head up and focus on where I am going and Who I am following, then I practically skim through my days.
And one more parallel while we're at it. There is also the line down the center of each swim lane. A big, thick, dark blue line that acts as a guide for me so that I don't swim off course. Well, when I am looking straight down in the pool I just see a bit of this line and it makes the lane seem endlessssssssss… I would often think, "How LONG is this swim lane?!?!?!" But when I can look up, I see the end of the lane so much more clearly and it's actually easier to stay on course.
Again… wow. When I look UP to Him instead of where I am at that very moment then it is easier to see that it's not all about where I am at that very moment but where He and I are going.
Gosh, I don't know if this will speak to anyone but it was just a huge reveleation, renewal, restart for me! I can say to myself over and over again throughout the trials and tribulations of the day, during the pull and temptation of food… Keep Your Head Up, January! Focus on Him and on where You are going! And it just… changes my persepctive. Doesn't always change the fact that I'm only halfway down the "lane" and I'm exhausted, but it does make me remember that He is taking me somewhere… I have to, in the words of Dorrie, "just keep swimming."


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- Physics 30 MCQ's
- Chemistry 30 MCQ's
- English 20 MCQ's
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Total Time = 150 mints