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Happy Holidays!!!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Menu Friday
- Monday: Chili (the recipe on the back of the seasoning packet), Bagged Salad (we prefer the Lite Ceasar mix), and Jiffy Cornbread
- Tuesday: Weight Watcher's Teriyaki Turkey Burgers, CousCous, and Broiled Asparagus with Soy Sauce
- Wednesday: Weight Watcher's Pancakes, Turkey Bacon, and Fresh Fruit
- Thursday: Red Beans and Turkey Sausage (From Martha Stewart Everyday Food Mag, November 2009), Bagged Salad, and Jiffy Cornbread
- Friday: TAKE OUT!
- Saturday: Weight Watchers Spaghetti, Garlic Toast, Bagged Salad
- Sunday: Meatloaf Muffins, Steamed Broccoli, Instant Mashed Potatoes
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Tip Thursday
My friend Lisa has discovered this clock. Within a few weeks her little girl went from getting up at 5am **gasp** to sleeping in until 7am **squeeel**. If you are in need of a sleep solution, she would recommend this to you. I haven't used it myself, but with her glowing recommendations, I totally wouldn't hesitate to invest in it if necessary.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Wednesday....not wordless
This post will be more for me than for you. I need to get it down on "paper" in order to try to figure out where I want to go. I am at a crossroads.
Jacob turned 6 months old yesterday. He doesn't have a check up until November 4th, so stats will be a little delayed. I can tell you that his is about 20 pounds or more! BIG GUY for sure.
We started cereal last night and we got melancholy results. He was interested in it at first and then thought..."hmmm, not sure this is what I was expecting" We will continue to try it and maybe he will be the eater that Maggie is one day.
We have also been bottle feeding since 3pm yesterday. I have had a medical setback that requires medicine that isn't approved for nursing mothers. At this point his bottles have been half breast milk, from my stored supply, and half formula. He doesn't like taking the bottle from me and I generally think he doesn't like the bottle. I know this is something he's just going to have to get over if he wants to eat; there are no other options. Why bottle feeding you ask?
I went to the hematologist yesterday to have my platelets checked. Like I said on Monday, I had a weird spot show up on my leg and it concerned me. Rightfully so....my platelets were at 18. If they drop below 10 I will have to have a platelet transfusion. Because they are below 30 I have had to go on steroids. We are doing a 4 day blast of steroids. I take 10 pills first thing in the morning for four days and then my platelets will be checked on Friday morning. I hope they will have improved by then. I will then go off the steroids for one week. If necessary I go back on for another 4 days. We will continue the process for 4 treatments. If these treatments don't work, then the treatments will get a ton more aggressive and nursing will no longer be an option at all. Right now, I can't nurse while on the steroids, or for 2 days after my last dose, but I could nurse on my week off the drugs. No issue really, you say. Just a break from nursing.
This condition, ITP, is something that came about randomly as a complication from pregnancy. There is a chance that the hormones coursing through my body as a result of breastfeeding could be continuing the platelet complication. A chance. There are thousands of reasons that my platelets could be low. It's easier just to try to fix then find.
Pumping and dumping and bottle feeding with a 2 year old running around is a lot of work. Because Jacob really hasn't ever had many bottles it takes him FOREVER to eat. Do I really want to invest the time and energy to keep my supply up, when there is a remote chance that there may be residual drugs in my breast milk. It's not like they test these drugs on nursing moms. Is the risk worth it?
My dad brought up another thought. Jacob's a big kid and he requires a lot of nutrition. It has been said that the breast feeding baby or the gestational baby get what ever they need from mom. EVEN TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE MOTHER. The body will steal from mom to provide. Is there a chance that I can't heal because my body is working so hard to keep up with Jacob's nutritional needs?
I know in my head, for my own health, that I need to stop nursing and give myself time to heal and get better, for both of my children. If there is a remote chance that all of this will go away with a few cans of formula for 6 months, I can't see that I have a choice. Jacob got 6 months of exclusive nursing. I gave him a great start. I have to be proud of that and stop feeling like I am letting him down.
I know in my heart, that I am not ready to stop. I love the bonding time and the closeness that nursing provides. There is just something special during that time. But is it worth the risks.
So Dearest Readers.....what are your thoughts. Give me the good, the bad, and the ugly! Bring it on........
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Tutorial Tuesday
Head on over to NOTNIGELLA.COM for a great tutorial on how to whip up these little guys!
I think these are too cute!!!!! What other designs can you think up?
Monday, October 26, 2009
Love Monday
- LOVE that we were able to get together with Family and Friends this weekend and celebrate a Buckeye WIN!
- LOVE that Maggie was able to take care of herself during that gathering and didn't need direct supervision from Mommy or Daddy the whole time. She was very happy circulating among the adults.
- LOVE that Jacob did one night of 7pm-7am. Yes, it was just one night, but I was thankful. Hopefully, we will see that again soon.
- LOVE that Maggie has transitioned to her Big Girl Bed so easily. She stays in it and sleeps great. Naps are still only happening about every other day, but that would have happened in the crib.
- LOVE my husband. I can't say that enough. He is so supportive and encouraging. I know he seems over bearing and egotistical and a know it all, but I love him. I wouldn't trade him for anything. He allows me the freedom to be me and I am so thankful for the opportunity.
- LOVE junk food. But unfortunately, I think I am noticing a trend. Every time I binge on crap I end up feeling really yucky for a few days. And sometimes, like this time, I find myself heading to the Hematologist to have my platelets checked. I have a weird spot on my leg....bummer
- LOVE the family photos we have on the way. I had a great time at the photo shoot and think we got some really great shots. I should have them back in a week or so and I will be sure to post pictures. If you are in the Columbus area and are look for a FaBuLoUs photographer, check out Tammy at TDSnapshots.com
- LOVE my readers. Thanks for checking in. I appreciate your interest. Now tell me....what do YOU love today????
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Wordless Wednesday
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Tutorial Tuesday
I came home with 15 pounds of apples, 1 gallon of cider, and a jar of apple butter. I guess I got a little excited about the outing. I think we will be eating apples for breakfast, lunch and dinner for then next few eons. I am going to start with this site to get some recipe ideas....
Monday, October 19, 2009
Love Monday
- LOVE that life has settled down after 3 trips to urgent cares, one trip to the pediatricians office, one xray, and one bright orange cast.
Yeah, I can read your mind. Here's the synopsis:
Trip 1: I went to bed one night a couple of weeks ago and I just couldn't fall asleep. I tossed and turned for 2 hours or more. My arms felt incredibly restless. I don't have restless leg syndrome, but my arms felt like what I imagine that condition to feel like. Boy, that was annoying! The next morning my arms still felt weird. My body was just totally out of energy. I felt as though I hadn't eaten in days, you know all weak and shaky. But, I had eaten. So I called the hematologist to see if this could be related to my ITP. The hematologist didn't think so and urged me to head to the ER. I told Dan that I didn't want to go to the ER because that's where people who just lost limbs go. I just felt weak. We decided to go to the Urgent Care. They ran a ton of blood tests and urine tests and came up with ZIP. All of my tests came back normal. Oh well.
Trip 2: On Friday, a week ago, I got Maggie up from her nap. Like I usually do I set Jacob on the floor while I got Maggie out of her crib. I usually put Maggie on the floor with Jacob while I fold Maggie's blanket and put all of her stuff in its place. While I was folding her blanket, I heard Jacob let out a yelp. I looked down and he was on his back with his arm pinned behind him. Maggie was "helping" him roll over. OH CRAP. When I swooped down to pick him up his left arm just hung limp by his side. Off to Children's Hospital we went. Wow, that ER was one crappy place to be. I am so surprised that none of us got sick from being there. The nurse diagnosed Jacob with Nursemaid's Elbow. A doctor came in and did a quick movement with his arm. He cried for about 30 seconds and then all was good and fine again. Crisis averted.
Trip 3: On Tuesday of last week, I was on my way upstairs to get Maggie from her nap when suddenly she started to cry. When I opened her door, she was standing in the middle of her room. I had left her in her crib. Yep, she jumped out. Or better said, she fell out. She kept telling me she went boom and hurt her arm. I took her downstairs to calm down. You know, a little Elmo and a frozen GoGurt usually does the trick. After calming down, her arm still hurt. I called Dan and we decided to head off to Children's once again. Better safe than sorry right? We went to the Westerville. We waited 2 hours and weren't even so much as called to register. We decided to cut our losses and head on home and go to the pediatrician in the morning. We headed off the next morning to the doctor. They sent us to the Dublin children's for an xray. It was BrOkEn!! We then headed downtown to have a Children's orthopedist put her cast on. He told me she had a buckle break in her arm that would cleanly heal in 4 weeks. Week one will be complete on Wednesday. She does pretty well with it though. She really doesn't even let it slow her down.
Now....here's to no more doctor/ER/urgent care/xray/orthopedist visit's this week!!
Friday, October 16, 2009
Menu Friday
The following comes to me courtesy of
Skip to My Lou
You've Got Supper!
Five Family Faves
1. Easy Enchiladas
Saute a swirl of olive oil and ½ cup chopped yellow onion in skillet. Add 1 lb cooked and chopped chicken, ½ tsp cumin, 3 T cream cheese, and 2 cups of salsa and cook until smooth. Place mixture down the center of 6 flour tortillas. Roll and place in greased baking pan. Top with green taco sauce and shredded Mexican cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
2. Pizza Roll Ups
Roll out Pillsbury pizza dough to a rectangle. Top with favorite toppings (mozzarella, pepperoni, spinach). Tightly roll like a long cylinder, keeping the filling inside. Tuck in ends. Coat with olive oil and sprinkle with kosher salt. Place cylinder, seam side down, on baking sheet and bake at 425 degrees for 12 – 14 minutes. Let rest. Slice on the diagonal and serve with pizza sauce on side.
3. Meatloaf Muffins
Mash 3 slices of torn bread, 2 eggs, ¾ cup milk. Add 2 lb ground meat, 2 T Worcestershire, 1 T minced garlic and ¼ cup chopped yellow onion. Spoon into greased muffin tins and bake for 25 – 30 min. at 400 degrees. Mix together equal parts brown sugar, yellow mustard, and ketchup, Top each muffin with tsp of sauce.
4. Easy Meatballs
Sprinkle 1 lb ground meat with Italian seasoning and add 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, ½ cup Italian breadcrumbs, 1 egg. Mix and form into golf ball sized meatballs. Place in sauce pan with 1 jar of sauce. Let bubble and simmer for 1 – 1 ½ hours. Serve over pasta (or on sub rolls with provolone the next night).
5. Ritzy Cracker Chicken
Pound chicken and marinate in Italian dressing for at least a few hours. Combine equal parts crushed Ritz crackers with Parmesan cheese. Remove chicken from dressing and dredge in cracker mixture. Bake chicken on lightly greased cookie sheet for 20 – 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
Richmond moms, Michelle Jenkins and Susan Aprahamian, founded YouveGotSupper.com to provide an online recipe resource for busy moms and others stuck in a recipe rut. For more recipes and a dynamic, categorized grocery list, please go to www.youvegotsuppper.com.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
New Link Thursday!
Have fun adding things to your project list!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Wordless Wednesday
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Tutorial Tuesday
Head on over to SWAKembroidery.com to check out the pdf instructions
on how to make these little bean bags. SO CUTE!!
And I will be headed here this afternoon with Maggie. Remember these from elementary school? SO FUN!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Love Monday
- LOVE that it's Pumpkin season and Maggie loves it as much as Dan and I do. We went to pick pumpkins (in the POURING rain) last week and boy was she excited!
- LOVE that Jacob might be closing in on sleeping through the night. On a good night he makes it until almost 6am before he peeps. I usually can get him to go back to sleep, until 7am or later, by just applying a pacifier and a lovey. On a bad night he starts to stir around 2am and Dan and I are up every hour trying to get him to fall back to sleep.
- LOVE my life. I know I complain a lot and I bellyache over the simple things, but all in all, I really appreciate what I have. My kids are wonderful, my husband rocks, and things could be so much worse. One of my favorite blogger moms always reminds us to "Think about the people with NO LEGS" when the going gets tough.
- LOVE My new 2 year old and she love her new bike!
- LOVE that my camera has 309 photos on it! If you want to spend a few hours reminiscing with me, head on over to www.TeamStamm.com
Friday, October 9, 2009
Next Weeks Menu
For those planners out there who fail to plan, I thought this might be useful. I try to have a monthly menu to eliminate the dinner stress.
Things change sometimes but this makes things easier!
Monday: Beef Tips in Mushroom Sauce over No Yolk Noodles with Broiled Broccoli
Tuesday: Beefy Mac n' Cheese with Brussel Sprouts and Reduced Fat Crescent Rolls
(Mac n' Chesse Recipe from WW cookbook and then I add 6 oz browned lean beef)
Wednesday: WW Pancakes with Fresh Fruit Salad and Turkey Bacon
Thursday: Chili with Lite Cesear Salad (in a bag) and Jiffy Cornbread
Friday: TAKE OUT!!!!!!
Saturday: Grilled Turkey Brats with Light Buns, Cous Cous, and Roasted (frozen) Asparagus
Sunday: Chili Rellenos Casserole with Spanish Rice
Happy Eating!
PS- I will try to post reviews of the linked recipes, as they are new ones for me to try. Also, do you have any good, family friendly recipes that I should have in November?
Thursday, October 8, 2009
New Place to Spend Some Time
Your place to buy and sell all things handmade
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Wordless Wednesday
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Tutorial Tuesday!
I just completed my first craft show this weekend and sold lots of stuff! I now am completely self sufficient in my business!!! YAY!!! One of my most popular products was this one. I can make you one if you want....or you can make your own!!
So easy and SOOOOOOO cute!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Field of Dreams
I haven't written in a while. The "to-do" list with two children, a husband, a handmade baby goods business, a house that still isn't unpacked, 4 rental properties, and 2 cats doesn't leave much room for frivolity. The blog has fallen to the bottom of the pile.
Jake still isn't sleeping.
Maggie has turned 2.
I really do love my life, but DANG I am busy. I promise...I'll be back regularly. I just need Jake to sleep through the effin night....just once.....please......I beg......
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Sleep Training...one week
Here's what I've learned. Jacob only needs about an hour nap in the morning. But, he isn't hungry when he wakes up. He can stay on his every 4 hour feeding schedule. Also, he needs a longer afternoon nap. Sometimes it's 2 hours, sometimes it's not. He also still needs a cat nap in the evening, about 45 minutes or so. He just isn't the napper that Maggie was and I am becoming okay with that. She set the bar pretty high. And yes, he still gets up once a night, somewhere between 2 and 5, and again, I am okay with that. I know it's only for a short while that I will get this middle of the night snuggle time with my little boy. He will soon drop this feed.
I think a lot of the "issues" I was having were more about perspective than anything else. I was measuring Jake's sleep against his sister's patterns. And so the sibling comparisons begin! :0 . I need to realize that Jake will pave his own road and I need to let him follow it. I have to realize that sometimes the errands won't get run and dinner might be late and all of that is okay.
So, I am going to continue to make sure we are at home for all naps, but I think we can still go to a play date now and then.
NOW......on to fun stuff.....
Go buy some stuff this weekend....go buy my stuff this weekend :) !!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Go Bucks!
Friday, August 28, 2009
Sleep Training...so far so...well I think we're making progress
He did take 2 naps that were almost 2 hours each yesterday and he went to bed without crying last night. He slept from 8pm-6am on Weds night and from 8pm-5am last night. So I feel like that's pretty good. But here we are on day 4 and this morning nap looks just like Tuesday's. Is it because he's older that it's taking so long? I feel like he should be getting the hang of things by now. All I can do is keep trying and hope we'll get there.
I am a little discouraged right this minute. Hopefully this afternoon will be easier. I don't have too much to get done today (just 11 dresses to finish...yeah, not much). So maybe I'll squeeze in a nap later. Hopefully.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Random Thoughts from People Our Age
-I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
-More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.
-Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
-I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink to have fun." Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and sticks when they've invented the lighter?
-Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.
-That's enough, Nickelback.
-I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
-Is it just me, or are 80% of the people in the "people you may know"
feature on Facebook people that I do know, but I deliberately choose not to be friends with?
-Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.
-There is a great need for sarcasm font.
-Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the f was going on when I first saw it.
-I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.
-How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
-I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
- I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
-The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text.
- A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.
- Was learning cursive really necessary?
- Lol has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".
- I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
- Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.
- My brother's Municipal League baseball team is named the Stepdads.
Seeing as none of the guys on the team are actual stepdads, I inquired about the name. He explained, "Cuz we beat you, and you hate us."
Classy, bro.
- Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".
- How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?
- I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a dick from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!
- Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in'
examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G as in…(10 second lapse)..ummm…Goonies"
-What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?
- While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it…thanks Mario Kart.
- MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
- Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
- I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.
-Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.
- I would like to officially coin the phrase 'catching the swine flu'
to be used as a way to make fun of a friend for hooking up with an overweight woman. Example: "Dave caught the swine flu last night."
-I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
- Bad decisions make good stories
-Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!
- Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?
-If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.
-Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem….
-You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.
-Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.
-There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.
-I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
- "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.
-I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'
-I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello?
Dammit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
- I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
-When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.
-I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.
-Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles…
- As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.
-Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
-It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.
-I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
-Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.
-Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, hitting the G-spot, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey – but I'd bet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time…
-My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?
-It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.
-I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.
-I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
-I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.
-The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimated that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There's nothing like being made to feel like a fat bastard before dinner.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Tutorial Tuesday: How to Make and Tie a Moby Wrap
I think I might. As soon I have plans to leave the house with the kids again. However, by that time....Jake might be walking.....
Head on over to Monkeys-On-The-Bed for more!!
Sleep Training Day 2.....the rollercoaster of guilt
First and foremost let me say that I know I don't have it that bad. I could be much much much worse. There are many mothers out there that fight harder and longer battles to raise their children and in the grand scheme of things I am not dealing with all that much. Having said that, I would still like to throw myself a small pity party and you are of course invited.
Last night started of like any other. I got Jacob ready for bed as usual just before 7pm and started his bedtime feed right at 7. As per the nurses instructions, I was to not feed him to sleep but feed him to drowsy. When I got the sense that he was done I was to make eye contact, sing him a little song or something, and then put him down awake but drowsy. If he cried wait 10 minutes before going in. He cried lightly but was out in about 5 minutes. He then cried/whimpered on and off for about an hour. Never for very long, but just enough to get me listening. I was by myself for bedtime last night so it was helpful to have the first ten minutes happen while I was getting Mags ready for bed. I had enough going on with her to not stew over him and his tears. And that's one part that really sucks,....he has real tears now....the are little but they are there....
I went to bed about 10:30 and then stewed and tossed and turned and worried that I was doing the right thing and then I worried that he had suffocated himself with his lovey (I made Dan go check just in case) and then I worried about what I was going to do when he got up. I laid there until almost midnight. Just staring at the insides of my eyelids.
Around 12:20 he started to stir. This is much earlier than usual. I watched the clock until 12:29 and then like a switch, he got quiet. Shew...we made it...or so I thought. At 12:45 he started up again. This time he was filled with so much angst that the 10 minutes were almost unbearable. But, my be was super comfy and I was really tired, I diligently waited the requisite 10 minutes. At 12:55 I went in to feed him. He at for 30 minutes total. Again I laid him down drowsy but awake. Again he cried when I left. It only took him about 3 minutes to settle and fall asleep.
Then I got some rest. I slept from about 1:30 until 6:30am. At 6:00 I was awakened by his cooing. It was a nice sound but entirely too early. I decided to wait him out. Would the cooing stop and he fall back asleep? (no) Would the cooing gradually gain speed until he was uncontrollably crying? (yes) I went into his room at 6:30 to calm him down. His ramp up from cooing to crying was very short, but he cooed for more than 20 minutes. I really want him to get to 7am. We're working on it.
On to naps.....duh don duh....(**cue ominous music**)...not so successful this morning. Because he got up early, he was tired early. I made him last until 8:30 before I put him down. He got himself to sleep very quickly (YAY!) but then woke up after 1 hour. (BOO!) For the second hour of his nap I went in every 10 minutes to soothe him (not really every ten minutes, but I did go in about 4 times during the hour...every time I came in he seemed to get even more pissed when I left....although he was all smiles when I was in there.) I finally rescued him from his crib at 10:50. He ate like a champ. I have been trying the Gripe Water, but he spits most of it out. ....and then I remember the tip that Jenny gave me. (put it in a bottle nipple and let him suck it out...that worked much better...thanks Jenny!!!!!!)
So here we are. I am now out on the back porch enjoying the AwEsOmE day. Maggie is splashing around in the baby pool and watering the plants. Jacob is next to me in the shade on a blanket, cooing away. I might put him in the bumbo if he gets bored on his back.
Hopefully, the afternoon nap will be smoother since he is pretty tired already from only having an hour nap followed by and hour plus of intermittent crying. I feel like I should feel really bad about the CIO method, but honestly I don't. I feel like it's going to work in the long run. If I can make it through the next few days. If.............
Monday, August 24, 2009
Hi...it's been awhile
I know today is Love Monday and I will get there today, but not yet. If you just want to hear the fluffy stuff, then feel free to scroll down. Okay, now the warm fuzzy folks are gone. Let's get down to brass tacks. Life as I once knew it is gone. Now, I am not talking about Thursday evening Martini's at the Rossi or even Friday nights at the Mynt Lounge. I am talking morning outings and having more that 1 hour daily to run all of my errands. But WHY? you ask. JACOB.
For the past few days, Jacob has been a general cranky pants during the day. He is happy when one of the following is occurring: 1) he's eating, 2) he's riding in the car, 3) he's asleep. Other than that he is just generally whining at me. So....I started to realize that he never burps. Not all that uncommon in breastfed babies, you say? You're right and his sis was the same way. However...he toots like a mad man. He is constantly letting them rip and he only has one good poo a day. This all leads me to believe that he has some bad gas. I called the pediatrician this morning to inquire about the Gripe Water thing. Nurse Chloe says GO FOR IT! It won't hurt and it could help. Then she asks my why I might want to try it. I begin to explain the grumpy factor and bad napping and then I start to talk about how tired I am and that Maggie is now in the "MINE" and "NO" phase and how my socks feel funny and how I never quite get my oatmeal to the right temperature (add an ice cube? nope now it's too cold. okay in the microwave...dang too hot...argh...) and how....well you get the idea. After about 5 minutes of general venting, therapist Chloe begins to ask leading questions about Jacob's daily napping. Am I putting him down in the same place (no) at the same time (mostly) for EVERY nap (um.....NO...did I mention I have a 2 year old?) Well, in that case. DUH...."mommy you are doing all of this to yourself. Jacob needs sleep training. I bet he will even start sleeping through the night if you fix his daily naps"
Sleeping through the night you say? Okay, I'm listening and as I am listening I am realizing that this is all the stuff I was adamant about with Maggie. Jacob needs it too and I am doing both of us a disservice by not sticking with it. So, no more outings in the morning. No more Friday playgroups. No more life. I know this is a mere blip in the grand scheme of things, but now I have to figure out how to keep Maggie (and myself for that matter) from climbing the walls.
Sleep training began with this afternoon's nap. I put him down happy and awake 10 minutes before the desired sleep start time (1pm). I am to let him cry for as long as I can stand it (in this case I was going to wait 10 minutes) HEY INTERNET!! GUESS WHAT....he was quiet in 6 minutes. YAY! I didn't go up once. Now that's pretty good progress so far. What? It's only the first nap you say. Shut up. I am looking for silver linings. And those of you out there that think it's wrong to let them cry it out. Good for you....head on down to Love Mondays.
Usually he begins to cry after about 45 minutes of sleep. Guess what? Yep. I am going to have to wait another 10 minutes before I go soothe him. I am not sure what the best way to soothe him is. I don't want to pick him up. The nurse discouraged the paci because once it falls out we are back to square one. SO...I guess I will use my mommy instinct and see where we land. Hopefully he just falls back to sleep and I don't have to come up with a plan.
So...same nap time....same nap channel....tomorrow my friends.
I need to get some sewing done. I have 10 nursing covers done. 11 dresses in progress. 12 belts in progress. shew...I am a busy seamstress. If you interested you can shop my wares at www.the.abbeygiftshop.com. My stuff isn't on the site (yet) but you local folks can jot down the address and head on over. I think she is planning on opening the shop sometime in September.
If you landed hear to order a nursing cover or other such baby gear....don't worry I will have more fabrics soon. In the meantime you can send me an email at ForYourPeanut (at) gmail (dot) com.
- LOVE that Bruce and Amy are expecting there "Cheetah" in February. His/Her big brother "Cooger" will be awesome!
- LOVE that Maggie will be TWO next month. ELMO birthday here we come. If anyone has any good Elmo birthday sites to send me to, please feel free!
- LOVE the Internet love. I love that 40+ people look at my blog daily. What keeps you coming back? Or....are you all just spam bots trolling for email addresses?
- LOVE the garden. So far I have some green beans and a couple of good handfuls of cherry tomatoes. There are lots more things on the vines though. Please send ripening thoughts.
- LOVE all of the blogs on my blogroll. I keep reading things at 3am, when I am feeding Jacob, and it's keeping me sane. All you bloggers out there....keep it coming!
Monday, August 10, 2009
What is your salad dressing of choice?
Blue Cheese
What is your favorite sit-down restaurant?
Akai Hana
What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of?
Pizza Hut Pan Pizza
What are your pizza toppings of choice?
Mushrooms, pepperoni, bacon, and black olives
What do you like to put on your toast?
Apple Butter
How many televisions are in your house?
3 (one has no cable and no converter box, so it just catches dust)
What color is your cellphone?
Do you have an iPod?
Are you right-handed or left-handed?
Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
Blood, wisdom teeth, 2 other teeth, and 2 babies.
What is the last heavy item you lifted?
Diapers, 4 boxes of 'em
Have you ever been knocked unconscious?
If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
I love my name. I wouldn't change it.
Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000?
No Way.
Spring. Everything is so fresh and new.
My Birthday. Yay Me!
Day of the week?
February. My birthday!
Missing someone?
What are you listening to?
Jacob starting to cry.
Current worry?
getting it all done. we have Maggie's birthday party in about a month and the house looks like it did a year ago when we had just moved in. we have such a hard time decorating. I call our style...cardboard and toys r us
First place you went this morning?
to feed Jacob
What's the last movie you saw?
??? I probably fell asleep.
How many pairs of flip flops do you own?
3 but I am only allowed to wear them when Dan isn't around
Last time you had a run-in with the cops?
I had a state trooper go through my diaper bag at the fair on Sunday.
Last person you talked to?
Last person you hugged?
Do you always answer your phone?
No. I'm busy and don't like to talk on the phone.
It's four in the morning and you get a text message, who is it?
My friend Lauren
If you could change your eye color what would it be?
Do you own a digital camera?
Have you ever had a pet fish?
Favorite Christmas song(s)?
All of them. Especially the ones where Dan feels compelled to sing along to the radio
What's on your wish list for your birthday?
A night out with NO kids
Can you do push ups?
yeah....a couple of em
Can you do the splits?
I used to be able to....I haven't tried recently
Does the future make you more nervous or excited?
Do you have any saved texts?
Only because I neglect to erase them.
Have you ever been in a car accident?
Several, nothing horrible.
Do you have an accent?
Depends on whose listening. Some say I sound southern.
What is the last movie to make you cry?
I can't remember. I try to avoid this kind.
Plans tonight?
Picture project!
Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom?
Not quite.
Name 3 things you bought yesterday?
diapers, diapers, diapers, wipes, sippy cups
Have you ever been given roses?
Yes. Dan had them delivered to me on our 6 month dating anniversary.
Met someone who changed your life?
How will you bring in the New Year?
Probably by going to bed early.
What song represents you?
Hooked on a Feeling....from the Reservoir Dogs soundtrack. OOGA CHUCKA!
Name two people who might complete this?
Kelly and Amy....maybe
Would you go back in time if you were given the chance?
No, the present usually seems better.
Have you ever dated someone longer than a year?
Do you have any tattoos/piercings?
No and Yes.
Does anyone love you?
Would you be a pirate?
What songs do you sing in the shower?
I don't sing in the shower....I relish the quiet alone time and the hot water.
Ever had someone sing to you?
nope and please don't
When did you last cry?
probbaly recently. I have a 2-year old and a 3-month old.
Do you like to cuddle?
Yes. It's a great way to start or end my day.
Have you held hands with anyone today?
Who was the last person you took a picture of?
The kiddos
Are most of the friends in your life new or old?
Mostly new.
Do you like pulpy orange juice?
Absolutely not.
What is something your friends make fun of you for?
How quickly I am willing to make an ass out of myself. We only live life once. Why not have a lot of fun while we are here?
Friday, July 31, 2009
ah....memories...thanks to SYTYCD
Melinda - Thanks for making me smile when you remembered one of my favorite songs...it made my day...
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Roller babies
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Wordless Wednesday (mostly)
PS- I found a new blog. Check it out.... MommyWantsVodka.com
She is an incredible writer with a great story. I got sucked in for a solid 2 hours yesterday...when I was supposed to be sleeping...and now I am tired this morning. Off to the drudgery I go............
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Love Monday (Tuesday Edition) and Tutorial Tuesday!
LOVE: That the kids are sleeping in. Both are still asleep right now. Maggie has been sleeping until 8 or 9 am. Jacob has been sleeping until 8am. WOO!
LOVE: That my garden might be producing. I have 2 red cherry tomatoes right now....yumm-o
LOVE: That Maggie loves the pool. We went to a birthday party on Sunday and Maggie sat by herself in the baby pool, while all the other kids ran around everywhere else, for over an hour. She was so excited when Daddy brought her her plate of food poolside. She didn't even have to get out to eat....she was in heaven. I had to wrestle her swimsuit off of her when it was time to leave.
LOVE: Getting stuff done. It's really hard with two kids, but I feel like I got a lot done yesterday. Unfortunately my blog fell off the bottom of the "to-do" list. Today is a new day.
LOVE: That Maggie will be 2 in 2 months! What a BIG kid she is turning into. I think we will have a Sesame Street themed party. She an Elmo are really close these days. He comes over to play almost daily (thanks to the DVR). Any thoughts and suggestions for this party would be appreciated.
I have seen a lot of these made for birthdays....I might consider it:
and I might combine it with this idea....
Happy Crafting!
Friday, July 17, 2009
Wordless Wednesday...neither wordless nor on Wednesday.....sometimes you'll have that
Here is my picture for Wordless Wednesday:
I love how my little ones love each other....and it's a great shot of the beautiful bows that Jamie makes. (and they stay in her hair!) Be sure to visit her site at SweetiePieBows.Blogspot.com!
and on a sad note....a well know blogger has passed away. I unfortunately just discovered her site. It's full of great ideas. She will be missed and if there is anything the blogging community can do, I will let you know. In the meantime....check out her site at thethriftychick.blogspot.com. She is leaving behind a very young family. The oldest of her children is only 8 years old and the youngest only 14 days. Such a cruel turn her life took. I really was struck by how short and unfair life can be. I will keep them in my thoughts.
Have a great weekend everyone....mine will be full of birthday parties! I plan on making at least one gift...I will be sure to post pictures!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Tutorial Tuesday (and my 200th post!)
(that's the kind of day I am having)
Monday, July 13, 2009
Love Monday
LOVE: going to a wedding. HooHah and Ryan got married this weekend! YAY! The wedding was beautiful and the reception was a blast. Here's to MANY wonderful years together!
LOVE: Having Grammy in town to watch the kids so that Dan and I could go to the wedding!
LOVE: Cake...need I say more?
LOVE: My "Little" Guy. Jake had his 2 month check up on Friday. He weighs 15 pounds 7.5 ounces (95+ %) is 24 inches long (95%) and has a head circumference of 42 centimeters (90%). He is right in line for an average 4 month old...yep he's HUGE. We also found out that Maggie weighs 30 pounds...I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
LOVE: all of the work I have lined up. Orders keep coming in and I have a ton to do before mid-August. All of my stuff will be for sale at The Abbey in West Jefferson, OH. The shop opens mid-August....you will have to check it out!!
LOVE: that this is my 199th post....hmmmm.....what should I do for my monumental 200th post??? Any suggestions?


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FreedomWorks also weighed in Tuesday on another House primary in Arizona, backing state Sen. Ron Gould (R) over Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.). A third candidate in that race, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu (R), dropped out last week.
FreedomWorks's record has been hit-and-miss this cycle. The group backed Indiana state Treasurer Richard Mourdock (R), who successfully ousted incumbent Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) in early May. But the group also supported Nebraska state Treasurer Don Stenberg (R), who came in third place on Tuesday in the primary for the state's open Senate seat.


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Rating: Pages: 144
Reading Level: 4th - 7th
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Jurgen Klopp was at his charismatic best when a journo asked a question about Liverpool's expected lineup in their Europa League game against Rubin Kazan on Thursday.
During the press conference the German was asked whether he will keep the same XI as it was against Chelsea or will there be changes. Klopp laughed and said 'yes', twice!
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In September I visited my family in New Jersey and came across some colorful paintings that I had shipped back to California. I've decided to put the horse painting in the guest bedroom and use that as my jumping off point.
navy blue and green living room that I wrote about last week.
I changed out the bedding, the curtains, and added the horse painting. Everything else, such as the furniture and lamps, remained the same.
I've loved this blue diamond Nate Berkus bedding from Target since it first came out. I debated between the orange version and navy, but once I saw that blue and green living room I knew it had to be the navy. Last week the navy blue curtains were on sale at Target, so that seemed like fate. The green quilt on the bed was also from Target years ago and was formerly in our master bedroom three houses ago.
I feel like the bed could use a bright, fun decorative pillow of some sort, but I haven't found what I'm looking for yet. This room feels bright and cheerful (and less brown), so I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
I didn't get this room done in time to join up with the One Room Challenge, but yesterday was the reveal day for all the participants, so I highly recommend you check them all out here.


text: I like getting a box or bag of a few varieties so I don't have to buy all individual to try. I really enjoy the mango and strawberry ones. I love those flavors and the Kasugai gummies are always my number one gummy producer from Japan. They are individually packaged which means you can control yourself and the rest wont get stale when you open the large bag. Lychee might be a flavor that I just don't always agree with. I like it as bubble tea but not as gummies. I also found out I don not like it as a hard candy either. I still always will say good things about these gummies as there are a lot of flavors but I'm not feeling the lychee ones. Maybe you will.


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For much of the past week, Nigeria's politics has been dominated by a message by president Muhammadu Buhari. But it wasn't a national TV broadcast, instead it was a audio message released from London, where the president has been away on a medical leave for an unknown ailment for almost two months. In many ways, Buhari absence speaks louder than his faint message, especially to the state of Nigeria's healthcare sector.
Nigeria's political elite have historically shunned local hospitals and instead sought treatment abroad. Famously, in September 2015, Godswill Akpabio, former governor of oil-rich Akwa Ibom state, flew to London for treatment after a car crash just four months after he'd commissioned a $95 million hospital in his state.
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I can't tell you how many times I heard, "I could never do Zentangle because I can't draw a straight line." No one believed me when I told them that it really isn't necessary, even after I showed them the tile I did left-handed.
Recently, I had a few people in my classes who didn't have the steadiest of hands and their work was still beautiful. The unexpected jitters did not detract from the overall effect and just reinforced that this is work done by human hands and not by a machine. To try and prove a point, I did this tile while my DH drove us to the beach. No way to draw a straight line in moving vehicle. I could barely draw a curved one!


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" 'Two of the Democratic Party's core institutions are challenging a bipartisan consensus on Israel and Palestine that has dominated American foreign policy for more than a decade,' Politico reports:
The Center for American Progress, the party's key hub of ideas and strategy, and Media Matters [sic], a central messaging organization, have emerged as vocal critics of their party's staunchly pro-Israel congressional leadership and have been at odds, at times, with Barack Obama's White House, which has acted as a reluctant ally to Benjamin Netanyahu's Israeli government.
"Whatever one may think about the Middle East, the emergence of CAP and MediaMutters as 'core institutions' of the Democratic Party is unsettling. It suggests that the donks are increasingly organizing themselves around tactics of bullying and slander. That's good news for the GOP inasmuch as it indicates the Dems' underlying weaknesses. But it's bad news for the country that one of the two major parties has so lost its moral bearings."
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There are now three different videos posted on the Internet claiming the Pakistani Taliban was responsible for the failed bomb attack Saturday evening in Times Square in New York. The bomb was discovered by a street vendor who noticed the abandoned SUV was running with keys in the ignition and its emergency lights flashing. The Nissan Pathfinder was filled with gasoline, fireworks, alarm clocks and fertilizer.
New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said police have no evidence to support these claims. Mayor Bloomberg said there was no evidence tied to international terrorism but, according to the AP, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said it was too early to rule out any suspects.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed the New York bomb was intended to avenge the deaths of two al-Qaeda operatives who were killed by U.S. forces in Tikrit 12 days ago. The two were thought to have played a role in the car bombing in London in 2007. Terrorism experts were quick to point out that the Pakistani Taliban has been known to lie about its involvement in various terrorist activities.
Some observers noted that the SUV was parked near the headquarters of Viacom, which owns Comedy Central. Recently, the network aired a controversial "South Park" episode that portrayed the Prophet Muhammad dressed in a bear costume. Various individuals and organizations have promised reprisals against the show's creators for the episode.


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Priyanka Chopra has said that she is proud to have accomplished so much in her career.
The former Miss World is preparing for the release of Barfi!, in which she plays an autistic girl named Jhilmil, and is also bracing herself for the release of her debut song 'In My City' featuring will.i.am.
Speaking to NDTV Movies, Chopra described her professional journey, saying: "I am a girl who came from Bareilly, then Boston and now Bollywood. The world is my oyster and I can be anybody I want to be.
"Who thought a budding engineer would be a movie star? I never expected life to be this good. I love what I do and am blessed I can do all that."
'In My City', the first track from Chopra's debut album, will be used as the theme tune for the NFL Network's football show Thursday Night Kickoff.
The actress explained that while she was both excited and nervous about the public reception for the song, she is proud of her personal achievement, commenting: "Well, I hope it all goes well... It's a huge honour for me and I am glad I have made my country proud."
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This is the debut novel by Louise Penny. The story takes place in Canada and the sleuth is Armand Gamache. My question would be if Gamache would take his place with other great detectives like Poirot and Gideon Fell.
In the book, a 76 year old woman named Jane Neal was murdered when she was shot with an arrow. Was it an accident or murder? If it was an accident, then how come no one is coming forward. If it was murder, then it's up to Gamache to decide who committed the murder.
It was tough for me to get out of the gate with this novel. In one of the earlier scenes, you found some kids in ski masks throwing feces at people. Maybe it was done to point to one of them as a suspect in the murder but I could have done without that.
I'm not sure that I should have had expectations that Gamache was going to be the next Poirot in this novel. Much of time, he's arguing with one of his colleagues and eventually fires them. During the case, he makes a mistake and he seems devastated by it. Not that Poirot would have done that but I think he would have handled it differently.
Of course, my comparison may seem unfair on the surface and maybe Louise Penny would not want me to make a comparison. As a detective, Gamache doesn't seem that brilliant and the story is hard to follow because the point of view changes in the story.
I had hoped that the tension of finding who killed a woman with an arrow would move the story along but that wasn't happening. Of course, much of the story was questioning suspects and finding the murderer in between personality clashes that Gamache was having with his colleague which wasn't much of a subplot.
I am a big fan of Agatha Christie and I had hoped that I would see a story like that here. That may seem unfair but in the end, I would like to try other novels by Louse Penny but I can't give this one more than two stars.
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my 1994 ford f-150 has no pep and burns allot of gas, is this a sensor issue? if so which one?
the truck doesn't take off no matter how much you hit the gas, once you get going it cruises good. It also seems to burn too much gas. its a 94 F150 xlt with a rebuilt motor and new tranny. 2 wheel drive.
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No check engine light (it does work), I was having issues with the overdrive but the tranny place corrected that and overdrive does work. It does shift but sometimes I feel it takes longer to shift gears. I will try manual shifting the gears tomorrow morning to see if that does anything. I purchased an 0-2 sensor on ebay and will try to change that when it arrives. The truck has 135,000 miles on it. The engine was rebuilt at 99,000 miles. The tranny was rebuilt at about 120,000 miles.
Sounds a lot like what my daughter's 99 with a 4.0 pushrod engine was doing. Turned out to be a tuneup issue. Check the resistance on your spark plug wires before replacing. Use Motorcraft plugs and wires if necessary.
before the engine was rebuilt it was sluggish and i had no compression in one cylinder. I was told it was a cracked valve. So I decided to rebuild the motor. Now its not as bad as it was but still not right for a 5.0 motor. no balls at all. sometimes it feels like its struggling to get up to speed but once i'm going over 50 mph it seems better. Also when I first start it cold it wants to die or stall for about 5 seconds then rev's right back up. very odd.
I put a super duty clutch fan in it and it sounds like its pushing heavy air like a wind tunnel. TrannyMan's got me thinking....I changed the radiator and added in the heavy clutch fan, could that be doing anything negative? Also the heat in the truck never gets hot in the winter and someone told me it was air locked in the radiator but flushed it through a few times. I'm starting to think the superduty clutch for the fan might be a part of my issues?.
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Strike culture in South Afirca
I just want to post some thoughts before I head to school to see if there's really a teacher strike today. People like strikes in South Africa. It's pretty much their favorite negotiation tool, and it's a right provided by South Africa's new constitution. It's almost always about money. The ongoing bus strike is for an 18% raise across the board, and the rumored teacher strike will be because teachers haven't been paid for work they did recently.
I would think that striking is such a powerful image in South Africa because years ago, people marching in large groups with picket signs really did bring a significant change in the government. Now you see the image of the picket march being used in the most incongruent of places. There's a poster at my secondary school featuring cartoony people picketing AIDS. There's a chapter in the Life Orientation groups with some kids picketing crime. When I was in training, there was a TV commercial for Maggi seasoning, featuring a mob of women happily marching on another woman's house because she was using the wrong seasoning. (I tried to find it on Youtube but couldn't; it wasn't very good anyway.)
The impact these strikes have are real. When I first arrived in Venda, there was a municipal strike. Imagine, if you will, being at City Hall for a near-tropical African city, with carefully groomed and cultivated plants, and trash overflowing in the streets because no one will take it away. I remember in the States hearing about standoffs between unions and companies, but it always seemed so distant.
My question is this: what image of real people do we have in the USA that's so popular it permeates print and advertising? South Africa has strikers. I would think in America we have revolutionaries defying status quo to do what they believe in, because that relates to the founding of our country, but I can't think of any examples.
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Knowledge (Arcana): Sages believe that early North men were unified by a powerful magus who had discovered a book of great magical power that survived from the Days of Creation; a tome of parchments that legend calls the Nether Scrolls.
Under this man, whose name is lost in time, and those people who followed, Netheril rose to power and glory, becoming both the first human land in the North and the most powerful overall. Many speculate that this discovery marked the birth of human wizardry, since before then; mankind had only shamans and witch doctors. For over 3,000 years Netheril dominated the North, but even its legendary wizards were unable to stop their final doom; the aberrations.
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Dear friends,
Valentine's came and went and I just did not get my act together like I thought I would. I was going to do a series on marriage that highlights how it is not all about the romance but very much how we navigate life together, (although the romance is there.)
In spite of my inability to be relevant to the calendar holidays, I really do believe this is important to cover. Is it ever a bad time to talk about love? Valentine's is over but I will be doing this still, in my own time and way. And as always, thanks for sticking with me and hearing my heart.
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This post I want to share today is a guest post from the lovely Adela Just. And she really is lovely, through and through. I want you to hear her words. I want you to see the pictures she paints from memory and the hope she carries and clings to. I am so excited about this poem. Let it take you back in time. Remember...
First Kiss
Another evening ends at my front door.
February wind blows timid, caresses not so biting.
My heart surprises me with its fluttering -
the revelation of how I do not want you to part. {ever}
The good-bye hug begins.
I linger far past the acceptable time for such things.
{you do not seem to mind.}
The scent of cologne, the strength of your arms,
the warmth of you near -
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if only for a moment.
Walls shudder and snap back into place.
I force myself away,
fighting the magnetism of my heart and yours,
but your arms tighten with the resolve of knowing
and your kiss lands like a grenade on all my barricades.
Many years and many fiery kisses lie behind us now.
Still this is our secret -
when locusts come to eat everything alive
and vultures come to feast on our weary, wounded hearts -
we are saved by the heat and the sparks and the melting in,
the pulling close of two lives forged into one.
Adela Just is a writer/musician who lives to see all the arts welcomed and released in the body of Christ. She is still figuring out how to balance her roles as wife, mommy and creative, so she pauses for afternoon tea most days in order to maintain her sanity in this process. Her corner of the internet can be found at adelajust.wordpress.com.


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Once the fighting has died down, they examine the elf-gate and talk with the elf woman on the island. The party surveys the newly created ruins for a few minutes before returning to regroup with the elves with Eviana.
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While we were working on our projects, our tile guy was working away downstairs, ripping up the floors. Success! The whole kitchen is ready to begin laying tile tomorrow! Yippee!!
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All that to say that while I was painting and the tile guy was making a lot of noise, Mr. Mister was in and out of the house. When he came later in the afternoon, he wanted to get his hands dirty, so I suggested he begin sanding the new (old) table for our new kitchen. And my, oh my, did we find a diamond in the rough!
I found this table on facebook in a sale group. It was the perfect size. And we loved the shape, the bones, and the pedestal. Plus it had these cute little casters! But we made big plans to paint it for the new breakfast nook.
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THIS is what happened after the Mr. got ahold of a sander.
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If you had a child (7yo) doing very well academically at a good local state school, would you consider moving them to a private selective school for Y3 (if fees just affordable)? For the extracurricular activities offered such as music, sport, drama, and to miss out on the later stress of the 11+ and school selection (as the school goes up to 6th form). What are the main considerations?
The main consideration for me would be:
* what are the options for state secondary
* can you afford fees if one of you would be made redundant
* what else can you buy for the family if the fees money will be available for everyone
You can provide excellent music education outside of any school! And kids make friends in orchestras and musical theatre schools.
more money left for half-term trips and skiing!
Thank you anti, very valid points. State secondary options are pretty limited.
I can see many advantages.
But some private primaries can be socially limiting - small class sizes can restrict friendship possibilities, and if all your extra-curricular is also in school, mixing with 'outsiders' becomes more unlikely.
Also make sure that the school does go through to 18 for everyone, some have some 'screening' at 11+.
Also, at this age, it can be hard to tell what would be the right school for your child at 11. They can change quite a lot in those 4 years. So be prepared for needing to change again at that age if 'better fit' schools are required.
Thanks Seeline. The school does go through to 18 for everyone who gets in at Y3. Good point about needs perhaps changing at 11.
My youngest is at nursery in the pre-prep dept of a prep school 20 mins away (which we chose as it was a small setting and we really liked the staff who were gentle and "got" preschooler and toddlers). He will join his sister at our very small local state primary in September.
The prep has lovely facilities and grounds, the music is better and there is much more space and a great variety of activities (ponies, mountain biking, rugby, tennis, archery, they have their own pool etc etc etc).
The state primary is a small building - really they need an additional classroom or two, and while there is a playground and a little garden, there is not field after field of space like there is at the prep. Inside space is used to the max. Class sizes are however small because it is a small school (average probably 7/8 in each year - often two year groups are taught together).
The extra curricular stuff is not bad at the state primary, they do a couple of really quite impressive theatre/musical productions each year, and lots of adventure things like camping, building rafts, camping out and making pizzas on a fire, forest schools, swimming every week for the whole school, PE and gym at the local secondary each week, dance and so on. However there are no sports pitches so there is no tennis/rugby/hockey etc. Music is ok - they sing a lot - but there is no orchestra/band and although there are grouped violin and guitar lessons the kids seem to progress quite slowly (whereas at the prep they do concerts when each kid does a solo and they progress much faster with a dedicated music department there).
However the state primary is "our school" - part of our community here. Many walk to school, the kids know all the mums and dads and where all their fellow pupils live. You would never get that feeling with the prep (kids are driven/bussed in from a wide area). I think that is really important - little children love to feel connected at school and ours is like one big family for them. It is also a very kind, small school with practically no bullying, and where older and younger children mix together. The values are strong around kindness, inclusiveness, trying your best and so on. The head is very inspiring and really lives to help our school be even better than it currently is.
I don't think the prep is any better academically. My eldest is well above expectations academically and they differentiate so that they are getting appropriate work, mine is doing Y3/4 work now as a Y2. Bright children are entered for level 5 and 6 SATS. There is also very careful monitoring and intervention for any child who is finding any particular thing tricky.
I don't think its "state v private" - it's more do I prefer THIS PARTICULAR private school over this particular state school? They are all different. The state schools around us are some of them quite different in character to ours!
Thank you Bumps. You are very lucky with your state primary, it sounds great. Ours is also very good, but without much in the way of sports at the moment. What you said about being part of the community is so true and counts for a lot. As the private I am considering is a selective school the academic side is very strong and will be much better than the state.
Your DC is very strong academically. What would you say is their strongest point and what is the weakest one?
I also have very academic kids which both went to a very small private school. I think what they got out of it was due to the Head being an ex Music teacher and school during that time was amazing in stretching kids in that area. Academically that school wasn't great. However that we nurtured enough for them both to pass very selective 11+ and both are doing now very well.
Sports were extensive, I would say my dd took more out of it. My ds is not sporty at all
I didn't know what I got them by choosing this school. I was not very knowledgeable about English school system. But I am glad I made this choice!!!!
My questions would be?
Does every child who enters in year 3 genuinely get to move into the senior section of the school or are some parents advised against entering for the senior school exam.
What does the school really offer within the fees that is different to state primary, in particular what age are subjects taught be specialist teachers.
You say just affordable can you cope with a 5% rise every year in fees as this is very normal.
Anti, DC also loves sports and is good at it but doesn't get much opportunity at current school. So perhaps what you would call an all rounder, and very self motivated. It sounds like you did very well despite the school not being so academic, with your children both getting through a very selective 11+. Did you need to get a tutor for this?
yes, tutor and most important me understanding what it was all about to work out where my kids needed help from me
if your son is sporty he would benefit to be in school which will have 2nd, 3rd and even a 4th team for any sport they put on their brochure!
don't get swayed by funky pictures, look at fixtures and number of kids in the school
if coed - what opportunities girls get (my dd played same sports as boys with them in 1st and 2nd team), it was good for her confidence!
Thanks again anti. DC is very sporty so we will have a closer look at sports opportunities.
Lonecat, great questions. Thanks. I absolutely agree, the main question is what the new school offers within the fees over the state primary DC is currently at. Personality wise and fit, I think both are good.
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There's not going to be any end to this. Third wave feminism was bad enough, and now we are in 4th wave, and I have no idea even what that is.
I actually like some 2nd wave feminists. No really, I do. Sex-positive feminism, one of the only useful feminist currents, came directly out of the Second Wave and the Porn Wars. I understand that Jezebel is officially sex-positive, and I have never found that site to be anti-men. They're anti-asshole, but that's not the same thing as being anti-men. I always thought I could make alliance with Jezebel types. They seem like they like cock too much to hate men.
This has been the fatal downfall of many a feminist – they need the dick. The more of a cock addict you are, and it's worse if you're strictly dickly as so many women really are if you get right down to it, the more that is just going to pull you away from the really nutty feminism right there.
Let's face it, feminism is man-hatred. They scream and yell, "They say we all hate men! It's not true!" Well, you know why we say that? Because so many of you are, really, truly and objectively, man-haters by any stretch of the imagination.
Even more accurate is to say that feminism plugs in to the anger and resentment many ordinary straight non-misandrist women feel towards men. Most women have some sort of anger and resentment towards men and vice versa. It's fairly normal, and it's called the War of Sexes.
The problem is that feminism plugs right into whatever lingering anger and resentment any particular woman has towards men, and almost all have some. Even with women I have known fairly well, I see their faces harden and become colder when feminism is brought up. They take positions that are deliberately designed to privilege women and screw over men. I point this out, and they shrug their shoulders. So what! It's paybacks! Feminism is all about paybacks and revenge against the men. Well screw that. I'm a man, and the Hell if I am going to support you attacking me legally and societally by taking revenge on me.
My message to feminists if you want men to quit calling you man-haters, how bout if you quit hating men so much? I mean, just for starters?