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Friday, April 20, 2007
What I Did Today...
So I decided it would be interesting to keep a log of what I did during a typical day in my life. Only, the day turned out to be anything but typical. In fact, as I read back over my notes, I'm almost chickened out. I thought, "I can't share this day with the world. This is not how our typical modus operandi."
First of all, Madeline and I usually have at least one "field trip" – to a park, to the bookstore, to the grocery store, but not today. We've been sleep-deprived all week and needed a day to re-group. Nor do I lose my temper very often. But I did today. Then there's the chaos that ensues during the bedtime hour(s!). Madeline has always had some sleep issues. She didn't "sleep through the night" until well past the six-month mark. I voraciously read books on infants and sleep - Elizabeth Pantley's book "No Cry Sleep Solution" being my favorite. We tried many, many different approaches (co-sleeping, putting her to bed while she was awake but tired, sitting in her room reassuring her, etc.) with little success. Then one day she just started sleeping better. I still didn't have one of those kids who takes three-hour naps and asks to go "night-night," but we were managing and for the most part, I thought our sleep issues were behind us. Until last Saturday when she refused to go to sleep. I am usually not one to cave in. I do my best to practice consistent parenting, but she was crying hysterically. Dave and I finally let her sleep in our bed. Big mistake: Ever since then she's been pleading to sleep wedged between us. Only, she doesn't sleep well in our bed. Nor do we. She kicks and twists and turns. She whimpers. She flings her arms and her legs like helicopter blades, over and over…
Now every night she's asked to snooze with us. She's cried and cried. It's been awful and tonight was a record. So all I ask is that you don't judge us, our behavior or our daughter's.
Another caveat: This is a LONG blog entry, but that's what you get when you have a LONG day in the frontlines of motherhood. I did try to be as accurate and honest and possible, which means I won't be up for any Mommy of the Year Awards anytime soon. In all honesty, this was one of the toughest days I've had in a long time. Madeline is usually very easy-going, as am I (at least when it comes to being her mommy), but we definitely hit some rough patches today. Still, it's an honest account of one particularly challenging day. Perhaps that makes it more real… every day can't be glittery gold and full of sunshine and agreeable, angelic children, right? Plus, if I documented one of those near-perfect days, other moms might start to despise me or they'd probably think I was just lying through my teeth.
But here on these web pages, I am telling the gritty truth. Yet, one truth I neglected to mention in the course of my day is that despite everything – Madeline and my own tears today, my frustration and exhaustion and my seeping guilt – being a mom has made me happier than any other job I've ever had or any other part I've played in drama of life. This is my God-given vocation – to be a wife and mother – and I am thankful every day for my husband and for each tiny soul God gives me.
So buckle up and come along for one bumpy ride:
PART I: What I Did Today…
12 a.m.: Officially, the new day has begun. I'm still not asleep. Madeline has started to boycott going to bed and didn't fall asleep until after 10 p.m. last night. I caught up on email, brushed my teeth, chatted with my husband, flipped through a magazine, remembered that I still need to wash my face, came to bed, prayed and lay in bed feeling powerful roundhouse kicks and jabs while Baby started her nightly kickboxing routine in the womb.
3:03 a.m.: Baby is no longer kung fu fighting; she's doing a headstand on my bladder. I get up and pee.
3:44 a.m.: Madeline wakes up sobbing. I sigh, waiting and hoping her cries won't last long and that she'll drift off to sleep. She does.
5:34 a.m.: "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy!" I wake up hearing more plaintive cries from my wonderful, but sleep-disordered 2-and-a-half-year-old. Usually, I go to her, but I'm too tired to move. I can't help but think, "How am I possibly going to nurse a newborn all through the night AND cope with a toddler who still doesn't "sleep through the night" on a regular basis? I start to pray, "God, give me the grace."
5:44 a.m.: She's still begging for Mommy. I am a horrible mom because I just can't get out of bed. Dave eventually wakes up and says he'll go to her. "No, she's calling for me," I say, slowly swinging my feet to the ground. "I want to," he insists. "I haven't gotten to spend much time with her. I miss her." I relent. A part of me feels guilty for not "rescuing" her. Another part of me is resentful and wants Dave to stay in bed with me. "Wake me up when my alarm goes off," he says as he stumbles to her room. I consider following after him. Instead, I go pee.
6:45 a.m.: I've been waiting in bed for the alarm to go off. Its hideous noise rings in my ears. I say another quick prayer, "God, please help me get through this day." Then I go pee...again. I stagger into Madeline's bedroom, toting my body pillow with me. I nudge Dave. He slowly stirs. Before passing like ships in the wee morning, he plants a gentle kiss on my forehead. Madeline's supersonic hearing detects the lip-smacking noise and she lifts her head. "Mommy," is all she says. "Go back to sleep," I say softly. I lie next to her and spoon my stupid body pillow that's supposed to help preggos sleep (I think at this point, I'd need a high dose of valium). Madeline gropes for my hand in the dark, finds it and holds it tightly.
8:29 a.m.: I wake up from a restless sleep. My knees crack as I try to make my escape. Madeline stirs. I immediately throw myself back on my body pillow. She's still again. I move in slow motion and travel down the hall to my bedroom's bathroom. I go pee.
8:41 a.m.: "Mommy, don't go." I hear. "Mommy?" Then the pitter-patter of feet. At least she slept in and we thankfully don't have any plans today.
8:43 a.m.: Madeline finds me. I'm on the toilet again. "I'm happy now!" she exclaims as soon as she sees me. In her world, she apparently can't be happy while in a horizontal position. "Go downstairs now, peas," she politely requests. So our day has started. Or did it begin at 3:03 a.m. during my first voyage to the commode?
8:55 a.m.: I start my first load of laundry while my little cowgirl rides her golden steed (AKA a Palomino-hued rocking horse that was a 2005 Christmas present from Gaba and Papa). I hear her happily shouting, "Wee! Wee! Wee!"
9 a.m.: We're heading downstairs for breakfast. Madeline pauses at the top of the stairs and makes some beautiful butt music and grins. "Excuse you," I say.
"Ma-Ma pooted," she informs me, still grinning. My potty-humor-loving dad would be proud.
9:08 a.m.: I give Maddy two breakfast choices – cereal or juice (AKA smoothie made with fruit and plain yogurt). She wants cereal, so I offer her more choices. At first none of the cereal we have in the pantry is appealing. She starts whining. Before I can prod her to make up her mind, I hear the washer thundering upstairs. "Washer make noises," Maddy says. "Silly washer." I race upstairs to the silly washer. It's as off balance and out of control as I feel. When I return downstairs, she's decided on Clifford's Crunch (I feel like such a good mom because she's opted for a healthy, organic cereal). She wants to help me "make" the cereal, so we get out her safety stool. I pour the cereal and milk. "More milk," she requests, even though I've filled the small bowl to the brim.
"Honey, we'd need a bigger bowl. I can't fit anymore milk." Wrong thing to say.
"Different bowl," she demands. I know this is typical toddler behavior, but it's NOT typical Madeline behavior. I curse her lack of shuteye.
"No. Mommy already got this bowl out and looks your cereal is already in it, ready for you to eat," I tell her. She complains a little more but eventually relents. I ask her if she wants water or milk to drink.
"Chocolate milk."
I pour the chocolate milk and ask her what kind of fruit she wants. Maybe I'm giving her too many choices, but she quickly replies, "Apple." Apple it is.
9:15 a.m.: I sit down with Maddy and have a cup of coffee. I always drink decaf, but today I added one scoop of the real stuff. It also has skim milk and cinnamon in it. Tasty.
9:17 a.m.: I read my daily meditation from "A Catholic Woman's Book of Days" aloud. Maddy listens. Its closing prayer reads: "Lord, send your spirit and lead me to wherever I am needed today." No leading is necessary. I am sitting right next to a little black hole of need.
Madeline notices my breakfast and asks to have some of my "nola bar." It's not a granola bar, but a protein bar that's good for the growing baby. I share a few bites with her. She sees me dipping it in my coffee. "Dip in Mommy's coffee, too?"
"Not too hot?"
"No." She dips the "nola bar" in my coffee. Then she requests that I read more about Jesus, as she dodges bites of that healthy, organic (not to mention expensive) cereal and spoons out only milk.
9:18 a.m.: Before reading more about Jesus, I tell Maddy I need some more coffee.
"Why?" she asks. The interrogating has begun. Fortunately, her apple distracts her from this line of questioning as she sinks her teeth into it. "Brrrr… Apple cold, Mommy!" she exclaims.
9:22 a.m.: I read about Jesus from one of her religious children's books and sing songs like "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee."
9:25 a.m.: The washer is at it again. "Washer make funny noises!" Maddy says.
9:27 a.m.: I fix the washer and then return downstairs. "Read more about Jesus," Madeline says. I pour a little more coffee into my cup. (Hey, it's halfway-full with skim milk, okay?") Maddy notices a picture in her book of Jesus holding children. "Where's Mommy at?" she asks.
"She's not in this picture. It's just Jesus holding the children," I explain. "Remember how I've told you that when Mommy's not around [HINT, HINT: Like at night in your bed!], Jesus will take care of you. You can just imagine him holding you anytime you want."
She considers this for just a moment. "No. Mommy hold Ma-Ma," she says as she reaches for my arm and gently caresses it and smiles at me. I don't feel worthy of her unconditional love.
9:38 a.m.: Madeline wants her apple cut up. I get up and cut the apple into slices and dust them with cinnamon. Then I say I need to get a little bowl to hold the slices. "Why?" she asks. Then out of nowhere, she bursts into tears. "No, Mommy, no! No cut it up!" Tears spill down her cheeks. This is how I know she's exhausted. She's such a happy child who only cries at night when nightmares creep into her mind. She's not prone to unreasonable fits and requests. I know I'm tired because I don't feel sympathetic; I feel frustrated.
I sigh. She settles down. "Just a tiny bite," she says. "Want apple back."
9:41 a.m.: I oblige this diminutive dictator and bring the apple back to her. When I place the apples in front of her, she bursts into tears again and immediately pushes the bowl off the table onto the carpet. There's cinnamon and apples all over the carpet. I just vacuumed last evening. I throw my own tantrum; only I'm 28, not 2 and should be better able to control my emotions. "No!" I yell, slamming my hand on the table. She's silent. So am I. I roughly pull her out of her booster seat and she falls onto her Thomas the Tank Engine train set and begins sobbing. She runs to me and clings to me with all her might. The guilt is already consuming me. I rock her like an infant. I feel more unworthy of her love than ever. I want to cry along with her, but I'm too tired, too defeated. I was just reading about Jesus; yet, only minutes later, I transformed into a mommy monster.
We both settle down. "Let's clean up," I say. We pick up the apple pieces together. The carpet is stained brown with cinnamon. We put the apple slices back into their original bowl. I can't help but imagine they are pieces of her broken heart. I can gather them up, but I can't make it whole again.
But her forgiveness is quick. "Mommy silly," she says. I don't feel silly. I feel like a horrible, horrible mom and person. I head to the kitchen and look through my arsenal of carpet stain removers. I grab some "Spot Shot." I vacuum first and then I let Madeline use the vacuum hose on the kitchen floor while I tackle the cinnamon stains with the spray and some warm water.
"Ma-Ma help Mommy," she says, smiling. And she does help me in more ways than she'll ever know. I have to be a better person because of her. I have to be more humble and ask for God's help. So I do – just a quick prayer. "God, give me the graces to get through this day."
9:56 a.m.: Madeline wants to eat her apples now. "Ma-Ma won't spill 'dis' time," she says. I kiss her on the forehead and say, "I love you."
9:57 a.m.: I call my mom for moral support while I clean up the kitchen. She's not home, so I leave a message. Maddy wants to leave a message for Gaba, too. "Hi, Gaba," she says into the phone. She then sings one verse of "Ten Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed." "Wuv you, Gaba. See you soon." She tries to hang up. I grab the phone and say one last good-bye. I hang up. "Where's Gaba?" she asks.
"I don't know, but she's not there," I say, thinking that you never stop needing your mom.
10 a.m.: I swig the rest of my cold coffee.
10:01 a.m.: "Finished now," Maddy says. "Ma-Ma didn't spill her apples 'dis' time." As I'm getting her down from her booster seat, she says, "No Mommy push Ma-Ma down on Thomas. No hurt Ma-Ma."
My heart breaks. DFACS should be called. "Oh, Maddy. I didn't mean to hurt you," I say, looking into her bright brown eyes. "I shouldn't have pulled you out of your booster seat like that. Will you please forgive me?"
"Nam." She says her word for "yes" and takes my hand and kisses it. I thank God for such a sweet child.
"Mommy, play with choo-choo train?"
10:07 a.m.: Before playing with Thomas, I make a trip to the bathroom. I try to read just a bit of "Canticle" (a publication designed to help women grow closer to Christ) because God knows, I need to feed my faith right now. Maddy comes in, holding her baby doll. "Mommy, wrap up baby, peas." I wrap her doll up like a burrito in a blanket we once used to swaddled Madeline with when she was an infant.
10:11 a.m.: We play with Thomas together. As we race around the track, Maddy says, "Better go fast. Thomas is late." She informs me that he's headed for the "quarium" (translation: aquarium). I look at her smiling face and notice I never washed it after breakfast. Blonde wisps of hair are caked on her face. Clumps of cinnamon cluster at the corners of her mouth, and she has dribbles of dried milk on her chin. Thankfully, I can't see any remnant of tears her face.
10:19 a.m.: I can't focus today. I'm wired, probably because I'm past the point of exhaustion. I change the kitchen trash and bring the trashcan in from the curb since today was garbage day and they've already made their stop at our house. Maddy follows me and brings in what she always refers to as "Daddy's paper" (the "Wall Street Journal"). As if I don't read anything cerebral. Does "Kid Cooperation" by Elizabeth Pantley, the book currently on my nightstand, count for anything?
10:23 a.m.: I have to pee again. Maddy says, "I lock Mommy in bathroom." She shuts the door and stays in the living room. I hear her singing, "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy!" It's what she calls the "Mommy Song." I smile at the tribute. When I'm finished, she is hiding behind the kitchen table. "Hide from Mommy," she says. It's all in jest, but the guilt creeps back in. I wonder, "Would she ever really want to hide from me?"
10:25 a.m.: We go outside to water our flowers. We have a pitiful bed of pansies (a few unseasonably cold spring days have wreaked havoc on Georgia's plant life. I don't have the greenest thumb, but I'm really not to blame this time for the paltry garden). We also have two flowerpots with begonias and one with a rose bush. I point to a rosebud that's ready to burst. Maddy touches it. She then uses her own watering can to give the flowers water. "Not dying anymore," she observes of the pansies. "Ma-Ma watering them to make them feel better."
10:30 a.m.: This is not a typical day. We are still in our PJs. I had planned on going to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens today, but I think we just need to be at home to re-group.
10:33 a.m.: We play with "Ma-ma's choo-choo train" again.
10:37 a.m.: I read Maddy two Thomas board books – "Go, Train Go!" and "Stop, Train, Stop!"
10:43 a.m.: I remember that I need to take my prenatal vitamin and also do a few Kegels. With my hand on my growing belly, I whisper, "I love you, Baby." As if she hears me, she gives me a little kick and the left side of my stomach jumps.
Maddy sees me get my vitamin and for some reason it makes her think of gum (she likes to unwrap my gum for me). "Mommy, you want some gum?"
"No thanks."
"Just a little bit?"
"No thank you."
She ignores me and starts opening drawers and cabinets searching for my Trident.
"Where's more gum at?" she asks. "Oh no, Mommy. Where's gum?" She's getting more desperate.
She sees me taking my fiber pill. "Put in Mommy's mouth?" This is her new thing: She likes to pop my vitamins in my mouth. I let her put the prenatal vitamin in my mouth. "Not too big?" she asks.
I shake my head "no" and gulp it down. She returns to her search for my gum but is distracted when she finds her potty stickers. "Potty sticker! Need potty sticker from last night!"
I realize I forgot to give her a sticker last night for peeing on the potty before bed. How many strikes is that against me? She picks out a tiger sticker.
10:49 a.m.: This is insane. I have to pee again. When I return from another trip to the potty, Maddy is busy putting tiger stickers all over a piece of paper with a zoo scene printed on it. I pick up my dumbbells and try to squeeze in a few exercises. Who cares if I still haven't put a bra on?
10:54 a.m.: Madeline notices me doing bicep curls. "Mommy exercise on TV," she says, clearly thinking of the prenatal workout DVD I sometimes do in her presence.
"That's okay. I'm just exercising a little bit while you play with your stickers."
Now her mind is on the television. "Watch TV, peas."
"No, Honey."
You'd think I told her the apocalypse was approaching. She throws herself to the ground in utter despair. Looks like my workout is over. Fortunately, the tantrum is short-lived. Still, once again I am surprised by her behavior. I suppose my expectations are too high, but I know she's just exhausted.
We've been having sleep issues for over a week now. She's never been an amazing sleeper, but we'd make great progress and then suddenly, last Saturday she threw a fit and didn't fall asleep until 11ish. I've tried to be consistent and firm yet loving, but the problems continue. I am slightly panicked, knowing our baby will soon be here. Maybe we should try co-sleeping again. In the past, it hasn't worked. She is an extremely restless sleeper and we only have a Queen-sized bed. Dave is about 6'3" and my growing belly and side-sleeping position makes it hard to sleep with a child who is comfortable with a foot in my butt and her head pressed against Dave's thigh. Maybe tonight will be better…
10:56 a.m.: I tell Madeline we need to go upstairs to get a shower. She starts throwing another fit, but I am too quick for her and have her laughing before she can start crying. I've pulled out her three favorite plastic animal figurines – a yellow Lab that looks like Ivy, my parents' dog whom Madeline adores, a black Lab, and a pig she calls "Babe." I smell them and crinkle my nose. "P.U. These animals are stinky! They need a bath." Madeline convulses into giggles and pretends to smell Ivy.
"P.U. They smell!" she agrees. "Wash 'em up with soap." One point for Mommy. We head upstairs.
10:59 a.m.: I toss in my first load of wash into the dryer and start the second load. I go to my bedroom and discover the door is locked. Madeline is inside. "Honey, please let me in."
No response. "Sweet pea, please let me in." Slight pause and then she comes and opens the door.
"Locked Mommy out and went to sleep," she proudly announces pointing to my bed. If only she'd be so willing to climb into bed at night without me around…
11:07 a.m.: We finally get in the shower.
11:28 a.m.: Maddy is still playing in the shower stall (the water is off, of course). She's babbling, consorting with her animals and amusing herself with an assortment of plastic cups and plates that litter the floor of the shower making it a regular obstacle course.
I feel my legs. They're smooth. I actually shaved today. Hooray for Mommy!
I take advantage of the free time and quickly check my email. I find a few emails from Totus Tuus, my awesome Catholic homeschooling group; an email from a stationery website I ordered Madeline's second b-day invitations from; and some good news – WritersWeekly.com wants to publish an essay of mine. Yippee! Before I can really celebrate, I hear urgent cries from the shower stall. "Ouch! Mommy! Mommy! My boo-boo hurts!"
What boo-boo?
I run to the shower. I discover Madeline covered from head-to-toe in soapsuds. She's rubbing her right eye. "Tings, Mommy, tings!" There's no water to wash any of it off. So we're back in the shower together. "Pick Ma-Ma up," she begs. I scoop up her slippery, naked, soap-covered body and hold her close. She clings to me. It reminds me of the first time I held and nursed her skin-to-skin, moments after she was born. I can feel us both relaxing as the warm water runs over our bodies.
11:54 a.m. "Boo-boo feels much better," she informs me as we get out of the shower. I let Madeline pick out her outfit for today. She chooses a Cubs t-shirt from my mom and a Cubs sun hat. (See photo.) My die-hard Cubs fan of a mom would be proud.
11:59 a.m.: Maddy pees on the big-girl potty. Yippee! I give her a high five.
12:00 p.m.: Time to brush her teeth. I pretend her teeth are railroad tracks and the toothbrush is Thomas chugging across on his way to an important destination. Madeline opens wide.
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1) Name: Igor
2) Age: 17
3) Location + Time zone: BiH/Doboj +1
4) Tell us something about yourself: I am a fat kid , who likes to raid,have no private life.I am a metalhead..Like Cheeseburgers..favorite bands Gorgoroth if u wanna know more just ask
Character INFORMATION
1) Main character: ( Courtney,Human,Hpala)
2) Specialization:
Main spec: Holy ( http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?paladin#ZtiPIZhSXPG8_,,12213 ) PvE
Off spec: Holy ( http://wow335.gamestool.net/paladint.php?000000000000000000000000004532003002000000000000000005212051203331322133201331 ) PvP
3) How long have you been playing your current class and spec? 4 years at least
4) What are your professions and are they on maximum skill? Enchanting/Mining (344/450) (450/450)
5) Screenshot of your interface, stats and DPS on a dummy
6) What made you create this character? I was always a fan of palas..so that was crucial..
7) Alts:) Boops(Rogue) Depending (Drood)
1) How long have you been playing WoW? 4 yeas ,only private servers
2) How do you classify your playing time? No lifer ftw!
3) What do you prefer, PvP or PvE? Why? PvP..bcs this is a pvp oriented server
4) Are you able to use Team Speak? Sure
5) Have you played on retail? If yes, for how long? Nop
6) What is your raiding experience? Did all curent raids on Lothar
7) Are you the sole user of your account? Yes
What addons are you currently using?recount,none
9) What made you choose Ghost Division?. All my friends r there, n i am looking for a PvE Guild … n i heard u r tha best.
10) Why should we invite you? Very gewd healing skillz…or bot some of the guildies can proove it..
11) Will you attend a raid even if you don't need any gear? ofc…like i said i am a nolifer…it will be my pleasure
12) What are your previous guilds and why are you no longer part of them? Legion Of Darkness…got invited duno when..but i left hopeing u will invite me
13) Can anyone from our guild vouch for you? Unholy,Belthazor,Neurotic,Datrohan…etc.
Entertain us: Move.Star Wars,Band:Blink 182/All the small things,Quote:Let the force be whit you young Skywalker
(You don´t need to answer those questions, but it will be nice if you do.)
1) Do you play any other video games? Wow addict only
2) Describe yourself to us in the best possible way: Porky Pig

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MAYOR BRONIN, with accompanying resolution concerning the appointment of Darrell V.
Hill as the City of Hartford's Chief Financial Officer and Director of Finance, effective July 5, 2016
I don't normally use profanity, but a few choice words come to mind when reading this. Darryl Hill should be nowhere near Hartford's finances when you consider the mess he has already created. Dillon Stadium quickly comes to mind, and the Hartford Stadium Authority is a close second.
What is Luke, (or whoever is making these decisions) thinking?
And where in Hartford's City Charter does it say anything about a Chief Financial Officer? As a broke City, what are we going to pay for this newly created position? And how can we possibly go to the region and try to explain we are being fiscally responsible and ask for their help while doing things like this.
The Hartford City Council needs to step up with a loud and clear "NO"


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If it's been a hard one (or is currently hard) this is for you. If it's been a joy and you feel ok letting baby stay put as long as their little heart desires... happy day... keep reading too!
A little about me...
I am about to have my 7th baby... yep.
#1 was 13 days overdue
#2 was adopted at the age of 5
#3 was born on his due date (what a considerate child!)
#4 was 9 days overdue
#5 was adopted at the age of 1
#6 was 4 days overdue
... and we will just see what happens this time around. But, as you can see I've had my share of days (and "extra days") in late pregnancy. I've learned to cope... and when I haven't coped well, I learned things then too. Like ugly crying is totally ok. Just tell your children, "Mama is having a hard day, don't worry, I'll feel better after I am done." And you will.
My current status:
I am dog tired. I was up from 3:30 to 6 am with very strong Braxton Hicks contractions, a wiggly baby who wouldn't be settled and general discomfort. My pelvis feels like it's splitting in two every time I walk, and I have heartburn all hours of the day. Plus, (and maybe most of all) I just want to hold my baby and see who he/she is. And... I still have several (likely) weeks ahead of me and that is really discouraging me right now.
So without further delay, here's my list of ideas of ...
How To: The Last Month of Pregnancy!
Don't Focus on your Due Date... and tell anyone who is (including care providers) to step off...
Here's some pretty undeniable facts about why due dates are a load of bologna. The fact is you're likely to safely deliver the two weeks before or the two weeks after any date you or a care provider determine is a "due date", and typically, when a baby chooses to come on it's own is going to be the healthiest and easiest way to deliver them... not a forced induction your body isn't ready for or capable of (of course there are reasons and exceptions to this). If inductions need to be scheduled realize you can always call your provider and ask for a few more days... or make a "deal" with them. It's your body.
If people keep asking "Have you had that baby yet???" Send them this.
A watched pot never boils, as they say. With that in mind, let's move on...
Consider all the things you can be doing... while you wait.
The last month of pregnancy is best spent doing the following...
- Resting. Sleep in girl! Sleep til' noon, if you can. If you can't then move down the list...
- Prepping for baby... get your house spotless and savor the beautiful order. But, don't over do it.
- Enjoying time with your mate. Go on a date... or 4.
- See a movie... or 4.
- Read a book, because your hands will soon be full and holding a book and a baby is harder than you think.
- Stock up on supplies so you don't have to go shopping after baby arrives.
- Practicing a pain management technique. Even if you think you'll get that epidural... don't be fooled, you will be in pain... prepare yourself.
- Take a walk.
- Eat dates.
- Do squats.
- Make some freezer meals and stock up on easy prep food for postpartum.
- Make "Padsicles".
- Go to a La Leche League meeting... nursing might be difficult and getting support will help.
- Read some good, positive birth stories... HERE.
- Make some birth "affirmation" cards to post in your birthing space.
- Go see a chiropractor.
- Get a pre natal massage.
- Do yoga.
- Make sure your camera is in working order and learn how to take better photos.
- Make something, knit, sew, craft, write... be creative.
One of the most overlooked parts of the last month is making a plan for postpartum self-care...
How are you going to take care of yourself? Learn about "lying in". Consider this plan...
3 days in/around your bed or room
3 days in/around your couch
3 days in/around your house
Investing in concentrated healing will help you SOOOO much in the long run. You need to realize the overall big picture of healing and restoring your body and the sacredness of time you have to set aside with your baby and family as you all adjust.
Set yourself up for postpartum before hand.
It's ok to rest, take it easy and not be "super woman" postpartum, you don't need to prove anything to anyone ... you have a literal gaping wound on your insides... and you and your little one need to adjust to life. Give this time what is required of it.
Give yourself GRACE!
This is my motto these days. I feel like I'm failing everyone and being a huge flop... relationally, physically and mentally. I'm just out of whack. But, the reality of my situation is that I'm exhausted, hurting, mentally preoccupied and sort of all focused relationally (emotionally) on this baby. I am in the last days of growing a HUMAN BEING! While 255 babies are born each minute around the world, that doesn't mean that we should dismiss the personal impact of such a sacred and wonderful act.
"Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy. When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world!" - John 16:20-22If it's hard take care of yourself and realize this wonderful truth... they always come out. Each minute there are 255 new human beings to prove it! One way or another. Rest in grace and let it be what guides you through this season of time!


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Created by Dale Beaumont in 2009, Business Blueprint® is the world's most forward-thinking business education company and have assisted over 100,000 business owners around Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. We have hosted hundreds of events and produced over a thousand training videos, helping businesses achieve significant and sustained success as a result.
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Lake of the Woods Fishing, Ice & Trail Report 12-23-09
posted on 12/31/2009
This is what we have been waiting for!
Good ice base, nice temperatures and fantastic fishing, it is here! This past week along with the warmer air heating up so has the fishing. Lots of action, and a nice limit of walleye and sauger to enjoy for Christmas or plenty of catch and release whatever you choose to do have been the common chorus sung at the Sportsman's Lodge this week. One house reported 43 fish in 3 hours this morning for 3 people! We had other groups report 75, even 100 fish caught in a house in one day, now that is fun fishing!
Saugers have been more prevelant than walleyes right now which is odd for this time of year, but makes sense with the DNR reporting that Lake of the Woods has one of the best sauger counts ever this year. Angler's have reported lots of fish being caught, many in the smaller class, but plenty to make a nice limit and even a few trophies too! Three 10lb walleyes were caught this week. So where do you go for good fishing? Sportsman's Lodge of course, the guides have been diligently keeping up with the fish patterns and currently finding the best luck between 25'-30', deeper than normal for this time of year and luring them in with gold and white jigs tipped with a chub. Avoid the hassle and let us do the work, our houses will be warm and ready!
Ice Conditions
We had a real good freeze up this year, nice and smooth, and excellent clarity. We currently have 16 inches of ice on Lake of the Woods and 12 inches on Four Mile Bay (the bay between the Rainy River and the Lake of the Woods in the areas we travel and fish. We have seen a warm up in temperatures from the bitter cold -20 with highs in the twenties during the day and teens at night so we are still making ice! We currently continue to use jeeps with heated enclosed trailers to get out to the fish houses at this time, but it won't be long and the bombardiers and heavier track vehicles will be out, stay tuned!
Snow & Trail Report
As I write this at 5pm Wed, Dec 23 we have 1-2 inches of snow on the lake and 3-5 inches of snow on the land. This is really not much snow and the snowmobile trails are really not that good, however it looks like this is going to change pretty quick in the next few days. The meteorologists are currently reporting that we may get up to 8 inches of snow in the next few days, this could really change things in a hurry. Check out our report after the storm for an update. The snowmobile trail from Sportsman's Lodge on the Rainy River to Sportsman's Lodge on Oak Island has been marked and groomed. The trail from Sportsman's Rainy River to Warroad has been marked but not groomed yet. The groomers are planning to go out this weekend to groom that trail. Many of the land trails in the Lake of the Woods area have been groomed but are in need of more snow for a good ride.
The fish are biting, the snow is falling, come on up to the northland and enjoy winter!
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|60th lap Coulthard wins...Irvine is 1.8 seconds down in 2nd. Ralf Schumacher takes the third place on the podium
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|55th lap Fisichella is in 7th,
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Southern Health Care Trust chief executive Mairead McAlinden is leaving to take up a top post in England.
Mrs McAlinden, who has been in the role for five years, has been described as a "colossus" within the Health Service by Upper Bann MP David Simpson.
She has been appointed chief executive of South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Mr Simpson said, "Mairead McAlinden has been an outstanding chief executive within the Southern Trust and she will be sadly missed by her colleagues, friends and myself as an elected representatives. Mairead was someone who through hard work and dedication worked her way up the career ladder and as a result knew every detail of hospital and Trust life.
"I believe this knowledge and dedication set her apart from others in the field and that is why I personally would describe her as a colossus within the Health Service. I always enjoyed a strong and effective working relationship with Mairead throughout my years as Member of Parliament for Upper Bann and I will miss her as a work colleague and also as a friend.
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Rapid evolution during biological invasions
Invasion dynamics are notoriously difficult to predict. In addition to being highly stochastic, invading populations are subject to a slew of unique ecological and evolutionary forces that aren't present in stationary populations. Interestingly, many of these forces arise as a simple consequence of populations expanding across space.
For example, if there are differences among individuals in dispersal ability (the ability to run, walk, fly, swim, hop, etc.), populations can become spatially-structured by dispersal ability, with good dispersers being overrepresented at the edge of the invasion. This can lead to non-random mating among good dispersers, which can result in the evolution of enhanced dispersal ability at the edge. This process, known as 'spatial sorting', can cause invasions to spread faster and faster over time, and may affect how we make predictions about invading species.
I use laboratory experiments and simulation models to study spatial sorting and other processes unique to invading populations. One experiment, using the bean beetle Callosobruchus maculatus, was among the first to show that spatial sorting could accelerate biological invasions. Some of the simulation models I've built explore how demographic processes and genetic constraints can affect the outcome of these spatial evolutionary processes.
Demographic modeling and population dynamics
Demography is the study of populations that takes into account the age, sex, body size, reproductive stage, and other characteristics of individuals in a population. Understanding what drives demographic changes can help us make predictions about how populations will respond to environmental pressures, such as increases in population density, loss of habitat, or change in climate. I use observational data, often coupled with computer simulations, to model demography and population dynamics.


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In a letter to Google chief executive Larry Page, France's data protection agency (CNIL) officials said on behalf of European Union members that, after a preliminary review of the company's privacy policy changes, "Google's new policy does not meet the requirements of the European Directive on Data Protection."
In a response to the letter, Google declined to delay the launch of the new policy and said it has been reaching out to regulators.
"Over the past month we have asked to meet with the CNIL on several occasions to answer any questions they might have, and that offer remains open," a Google spokesman wrote in a letter to the commission. "We believe we've found a reasonable balance between the Working Party's recommendations: to "streamline and simplify" our policies while providing "comprehensive information" to users.
But the spokesman said the company would go ahead with its privacy changes because it had notified more than 350 million Google users, and "to pause now would cause a great deal of confusion for users."
The EU comments echoed similar concerns expressed last weekend by the head of the Federal Trade Commission. In an interview Sunday on C-Span's "Newsmakers," chairman Jon Leibowitz said of Google's new policy: "It's a fairly binary and somewhat brutal choice that they are giving consumers. I think I can't say much more. But we're aware."
The FTC has declined to confirm if it is investigating whether Google's policy changes violate a privacy settlement with the agency.
On Thursday, Google will begin to combine data across its 60 services for users who are logged into a Gmail or other Google accounts. The practice will allow Google to build more complete portraits of users for behavioral ads.
The European regulators said in their letter that Google doesn't clearly inform users of such intentions and that the firm didn't properly brief European officials on the altered policy.
The letter, signed by France's Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, asked Google to "pause" until regulators complete an investigation into whether the privacy policy breaks European data protection laws.
Google users unsettled by changes, but find leaving hard to do
Report: Microsoft, others complain to E.U. about Google+


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As millions of people around the world wore red and pink, exchange flowers cards, or candies, there were many who refrained from observing this holiday–Valentine's Day.
For some, it's a painful reminder that they're single. For others, it's just another way for Hallmark to cash in. For Christians, however, the history behind Valentine's Day is a contradiction to their faith.
Putting aside all the materialism, Catholic saints, and Roman rituals, do we really know true love–the basis of this holiday? Sadly, many of us would say yes ashamed to say otherwise.
The words, "I love you," have been diluted. The words no longer hold as much meaning when they're carelessly thrown around. True love has been exemplified through God's love for His children–you and I.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. [John 3:16 KJV]
Love is sacrifice, pain, patience, understanding, kind, appreciation, forgiving, respect.
What many of us call love is anything but love. We're just too heartbroken to admit it to ourselves.


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It's the week of Thanksgiving, a holiday that gets pushed aside in the name of shopping for Christmas (even Halloween seems to get a bit squeezed out in the name of buy buy buying). But if you think about it, Thanksgiving is kind of a perfect holiday; for many people (who don't work in retail at least), it's a 4-day holiday of eating, relaxing and spending time with family, it's all-inclusive because there's no religious connotations, no consumerist obligations. And, the part that makes Thanksgiving one of the most meaningful holidays of the year–the whole purpose of the holiday is to pause and be thankful for your life.
Some families go around the table and ask everyone what they are thankful for, I've seen friends post one thing they are thankful for everyday as their status on Facebook, being a chronic list-maker, I've been in the habit of listing what I'm thankful for from the past year. Some people keep a gratitude journal, forcing themselves to record things they are thankful for even on days when they wished they never got out of bed. You could send a thank you card or email to someone you are particularly grateful for, or in the tradition of the holiday, bake a yummy treat for someone. Or, simply say thank you more often. Often those that you are most grateful for in your life (family, significant others) are the people who you overlook the most. It's surprising how great a "thank you for doing the dishes, I really appreciate it" feels.
So this week, while you have the time away from work, I urge you to stave off switching to Christmas prep mode and think about all the things big and small you have to be grateful for.
And in the name of Thanksgiving, I'm going to share one of my favorite Thanksgiving comfort food recipes. Being a vegetarian means that often Thanksgiving dinner is all about the side dishes, and I've been obsessed with finding the best mac and cheese for over a year. I made this recipe last year for Thanksgiving ( I think it might be a Martha Stewart one), it's really good–see if you think it lives up to the title of "Perfect Mac and Cheese" (click to view larger)