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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10646146989712411242018-03-06T09:44:43.292-08:00Mrs. Mommy Mc GMommy McGhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-2746786844701254302010-11-17T11:23:00.000-08:002010-11-17T11:37:51.294-08:00So, um, I think I may be pregnant...I know, right?! This is my first post in months, and I drop the baby bombshell? However, I'm not really sure if I am KTFU or not. It's waaaay to early in the game to know. Let me start from the beginning...

C is now 13 months old. We had always talked about having kids two years apart, so the time to start trying is now. I looked at my chart the other night and realized I should be ovulating any day--so we went for it. There were a lot of tears (more on that later) and questions about if this is right for us now, but in the end we said it was. And we DTD. I was having ovulation pain that whole day, so I'm pretty sure the timing was right. The pain was still there the next day, so we DTD again. (The timing on this started with ovulation day--Nov. 14th.) Here I am two days after our last TTC session, and I'm still in pain. I never cramp this much--expect for when I knocked up the first time. Now, I know it's still too early to tell, but I just have this feeling. If I'm not pregnant, then I need to see a doctor because of the pain.

So, now I begin the two week wait. We shall see....
Mommy McGhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-40936962719853351502010-06-15T11:19:00.000-07:002010-06-17T08:14:20.734-07:00Smartipants are a Dad's Dream Cloth Diaper
My first in depth cloth diaper review will be of our favorite diaper: Smartipants. In the words of my husband, "If I could marry a cloth diaper, I'd totally marry Smartipants!!" No joke. I was a little weirded out.

But yes, these are the best. We only have 6, out of 15 cloth diapers total, so my husband gets a little mad when we run out. Hey, don't yell at me, buddy! As I told him last night, if he wants more then he can buy them. (Well, he doesn't really yell, but he does get frustrated when we use our last one. And buying cloth diapers is addicting, so it's great that he supports it, right?)

On to why these are the best. First of all, they are a one size diaper that should last your baby from 7-35 pounds. Our baby girl is 17 pounds, and right now she's on the second row of snaps. I only use one size diapers because I'm not about to spend twice as much on cloth during the diapering years. One and done.

Secondly, they created the Smart Sleeve. This is basically like a pocket diaper, but instead of opening on one end only, both ends are open. In other words, it's genius! One of the draw backs to cloth diapering for me and my husband is the part where we have to touch the gross wet (or even worse, poopy) inserts. With the Smart Sleeve, you don't touch the insert. At all. Just throw the diaper into the washing machine, and the insert comes out during the wash. For real! I was kind of a skeptic when I first heard this, but I was amazed. The inserts, in my machine, come out during the pre-rinse.
 The Smart Sleeve also makes stuffing the diapers a breeze, which is why my husband really loves these diapers. Just put the insert in one side, and pull it through from the other side. Super easy and fast! When we stuff diapers, my husband only stuffs the Smartipants. He refuses to stuff the others because they are "harder." So, I get stuck stuffing the other brands, and by the time I'm done he's off spending quality time with baby girl. Time is precious. Would you rather spend it stuffing diapers or spending time with loved ones?
 Only one insert comes with the diaper. If I had one complaint, it would be that I wish a smaller insert was also included. Since we are only on the second row of snaps, the insert kind of hangs out of the back a bit. Nothing major, but we just have to make sure it's tucked in. However, we've never had a leak, so I really shouldn't complain!

Ok, now on to the second awesome selling point for us: price. You can buy one diaper for $14.95. That's like five dollars cheaper than the competitors! But wait, it gets better. The Smart Start 3-Packs are on sale for $36.95 until Father's Day. That's about $12 a diaper! Are you kidding me?

So what are you waiting for? Seriously, you have to try this diaper. We haven't had any leaks, and my husband loves them. If you are trying to convince your better half to hop on the cloth diapering train, then this is the perfect diaper. Heck, it's the perfect diaper no matter what!

Even baby girl loves her Smartipants!

**If I sound like a paid advertisement, then that's because we really love this product! Smartipants did not hook us up with free diapers--we paid for all of them.**

Mommy McGhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-12619017617473056752010-06-14T09:14:00.000-07:002010-06-14T13:19:45.725-07:00Time for ChangeWell, an RN from my doctor's office called and said I have a vitamin D deficiency. I now how to take big pills and get outside more, so hopefully this will help my "depression" or whatever it is. You are probably thinking, "but it's summer! Why are you not outside all the time??!" I'm very fair skinned, so I burn very fast. I even burn while sitting in my car! I just walk to my mailbox and I can feel my freckles popping out. So, I stay in the shade with baby girl. I've had so many sunburns in my life, and I'm very paranoid about skin cancer.

Also? It's been crazy hot here. Like, it's not even fun being outside with this crazy heat. And it's been stormy. I totally plan getting on our butts to the pool at least once a week, so hopefully the weather starts cooperating!

As for the title of this post, I think I am going to change this blog a bit. I don't like the direction it is going. I've been reading a lot of mom blogs lately, and frankly, I don't really understand the point. Mom blogs seem like a popularity contest, and for what? Reading a story about little Timmy using the big boy toilet? Why do I care about that? I have my own life, and I need to concentrate on my family. I don't need to get lost in other's dramas and personal affairs. (Ok, I'm going to stop here and say I'm not putting anyone down for reading mom blogs or writing them. I totally and completely understand if you are addicted to them! As for me and my life right now (which is totally filled with unnecessary drama), the best thing is for me to back off.)

So, what is this blog going to be about now? Well, it'll be about my new adventures in cloth diapering. Cloth diapering for dummies, if you will. Also, I love crafts. I feel like Martha Stewart when I accomplish something, so I'll post my work and how-to's so others can feel like Martha as well (it really is a great feeling!).

Other than that, it will kind of be an advice/helpful blog. There's no need to know exactly what we did over the weekend--I have my boring family blog for that! So there you have it. I hope all five of my readers don't mind!Mommy McGhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-44302544791508468992010-06-10T09:07:00.000-07:002010-06-10T10:01:13.864-07:00Therapy Thursday: PPD, Exhaustion, or a New Normal?I had my annual check-up yesterday, and when my doctor asked how I was doing, I broke down crying. Something I've been doing a lot. I told her my husband wanted me to talk about postpartum depression, and so we did. She also gave me a questionnaire/test--I was one point shy of "severe depression." So, she suggested I go to counseling, and she also gave me a prescription for Zoloft. However, I'm still nursing, and I plan on doing so for a year, so I'm not entirely comfortable taking meds just yet. So my question to myself is, am I really suffering from PPD, or is it just plain old exhaustion? Let me back up and explain my symptoms and history.

The first six weeks of C's life were great. I didn't feel like PPD would make an appearance, but I did have bouts of exhaustion and crankiness (what new mom doesn't?). The main source of my stress? Breastfeeding. I can't even tell you how many tears I shed over breastfeeding during those first six weeks. I will go into details about this in a later blog, but let's just say it was rough. I made it past the most difficult weeks, and now BF'ing is a breeze--mostly.

I was so proud of being a great new mom that enjoyed every minute with her baby girl, and then a traumatic event occurred (for me anyway). C developed a subgaleal hematoma six weeks after being vacuumed at birth. I seriously thought she was dying. It was the worst feeling in the world, and one of the scariest times in my life (the other being the day I thought I was miscarrying.) I became an uber paranoid mom after that day. I started obsessing over every little thing that could be wrong with her: Was that bump on her head there yesterday? Is her head shape normal? Does she have brain cancer? She hasn't pooped in four days, does she has neuroblastoma? My fears went on and on and on, and they still do. I can't stop worrying about her. Is this PPD, PPA, or Post Traumatic Stress? Or is it a normal reaction to what happened that day?

I thought it was normal until a few weeks ago. While eating out, Mr. McG's parents offered to fly us out to California to see our soon to be new nephew, and I straight up went into a panic attack. And then I started crying right there at the table. I should have been ecstatic to go on a free vacation to a state I've never been to before--all so we can meet the newest member of our family. Instead, I envisioned the plane crashing, or getting in a car wreck in California, or something bad happening to C in our hotel. My mind went crazy. That's when Mr. McG got really concerned about me.

However, I'm still inclined to think it's just exhaustion. Here's why: Baby girl has been getting up 2-3 times a night for the past three weeks. It's been absolutely horrible. She's 7.5 months now, so we thought that was long behind us. We thought wrong. I need my sleep. Seriously, I'm a crazy person without it. So, why would I want to start taking medicine that could get in my breast milk and get passed on to my baby girl if all I really need is sleep??

School is out now, baby girl is starting to sleep through the night again (we upped her food intake two days ago), and it's summer. I'm hoping I just need sleep. Lots and lots of sleep. So Mr. McG and I are going to have a weekend devoted to just that.

I don't feel comfortable popping pills just because my doctor can prescribe them for me. It's a shame that depression medication is dispensed like candy now a days as a way to cope with feeling blue. (I totally understand that people do need medication, but I seriously doubt half the people taking anti-depressants really need them.) Hopefully sleep will make me feel better, and if it doesn't, then I'll fill my prescription and see a counselor. Actually, I might just see a counselor anyway. Mental floss is a good thing!
Mommy McGhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-15586444667909867352010-06-01T08:16:00.000-07:002010-06-01T08:46:45.431-07:00Don't talk about your winkle!A couple of months ago, while we were standing in the check out line at BRU, I noticed the baby in front of us was playing with a Winkle. (If you have a 2-3 month old baby, go get one. Now! It's awesome.) I was so excited to see another baby with a winkle, so I told the mom, "Oh, my baby LOVES playing with her winkle!!" The mom looked at me like I was absolutely crazy and didn't say a word. She then inched her cart forward to get some distance in between us. I looked at Mr. McG and I was crushed. Why was this woman being so rude? The dad then came back and put a winkle, with tags on it, in the cart and took the tagless one away. So the one the baby had been playing with? Totally not theirs yet. So the mom had no idea that toy was called a winkle--thus thinking I was a perv. I was mortified! I was also disgusted they let their baby chew on a toy from a store without washing it first, and then return it back to the shelf.

Lessons learned from that trip: 1) Don't talk about your baby's winkle to other people without making it very clear what you are talking about, and 2) Don't let your baby suck or chew on anything straight from the store.

And here's a picture of C playing with her beloved winkle when she was three months old:

Mommy McGhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-86317531630861397552010-05-24T19:15:00.000-07:002010-05-25T07:15:52.303-07:00Head Issues
I don't know if I have postpartum depression, but some days (ok, most days) it seems like I have postpartum anxiety. I worry about C constantly. For real. The majority of my worrying came after an incident when she was just 6 weeks old.

When she was 6 weeks, I noticed a puffy spot on her head. It jiggled when you touched it. I immediately freaked out--I thought her brain was bleeding or swelling. I was home by myself, couldn't get a hold of her doctor, and was thinking the worst. So I rushed her to the ER, and Mr. McG met me there. The whole way there I kept thinking she was going to die. This probably sounds really dramatic, but that's what was running through my mind. After a brain ultrasound and talks with the doctors and neurosurgeon (scary, right?!), they discovered it was a subgaleal hemorrhage that was a result of the vacuum used at delivery. They weren't sure why it developed six weeks later because it usually occurs hours after birth. The bleed eventually went down, but since then I've been crazy obsessed with the shape of her head. Crazy being the key word, according to my husband. I really can't stop obsessing about it, and when I think back to how I thought I was losing my baby girl I cry. I was absolutely terrified.

In these pictures you can see the puffiness. We outlined it with a marker to track the progress and make sure it wasn't getting bigger.

You can see the spot under the white V on hubby's shirt.

Ok, now let's move on to today. I'm still obsessing over her head, but I think I have reason to! As you can see in the picture below, the right side (on the pic) is bulging out. The doctor said it's fine and normal, and is attributing it to her laying on her back. But her back isn't flat! It's normal. And this side isn't going down at all. So I'm freaking out again. I'm tired of everyone thinking I'm crazy about this, but I'm taking her to the doctor again and even thinking about getting a second opinion. What do you all think? Am I just being paranoid? Click on the picture to make it bigger so you can see what I'm talking about.

Mommy McGhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-59976773690357671512010-05-22T07:43:00.000-07:002010-05-24T16:36:19.694-07:00How to make a momma madI'm sure we all have one--an extended family member that plays favorites, and you aren't the one on the awesome end. It pisses you off. You then ignore it. But then something happens, and it pisses you off again. Well, today, my aunt pissed me off for the last time.

I should start with some back stories. My aunt (who's rich) completely plays favorites to my twin cousins, who are only two years younger than me. They go on vacation with her every year (she has a condo in Florida and they get to use it. My family? Not so much.), she's bought them Coach purses, and she's always doing things or getting things for them. Oh yeah, she even got them a car! I've just gotten bath towels for my wedding and she split my $70 pack n play with another aunt for my baby shower. Really, rich aunt?? So, yes, she totally plays favorites, and I'm sick of it.

Back in December, my aunts and cousins came over to my house to make Christmas cookies. Baby girl was just six weeks old, so I was completely exhausted. We also had a health scare with her just a couple days before: we took her to the ER for a head injury resulting from her being vacuumed at delivery...six weeks later! (More on that later, but let's just say I thought she was dying.) So needless to say, I was mentally and physically exhausted. They were supposed to arrive at 9, so I got up at 7. What time did they show up? 11!! Did they give me a courtesy call to say they'd arrive later? Of course not. They didn't even apologize! So I was pretty pissed. I'm a new mom, and sleep is very precious. I could have had two more hours of precious, precious sleep! I kept my cool for the most part until they did something that really ticked me off, and it was the straw that broke the camel's back. I kind of lost it. Like, I went bat shit crazy on their asses. I started crying, yelling, slamming doors....yeah, crazy. But remember I just had baby girl SIX weeks ago! Hormones were still raging. And I was sleep deprived.

So fast forward to yesterday. We went to a family function, and my aunt was there. She asked what was new with baby girl, and Mr. McG said that she's learned to scream. Rich aunt replied, "She takes after her mommy!" Hubby tried to ignore the rude remark by saying, "Yeah, she'll be a soprano like her mommy. Her screams get really high!" Aunt responds with, "Just like her mommy!" I. Was. Pissed! I rolled my eyes and walked away. Hubby left too. She also made a similar comment on Christmas Eve.

So I'm done trying to please this woman. I didn't do anything to her at all before my meltdown in December, and yet I was never on her good side. Whatever. My cousins can have her. She's the one that's bat shit crazy. As my mom (her sister) said after I told her what happened: "she's off her meds!"

Mommy McGhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-37532640419991712982010-05-19T07:54:00.000-07:002010-05-19T10:22:35.333-07:00Hello There!I guess I should properly introduce myself! This is a new blog, and I don't have any followers yet (boo!), but hopefully I'll get some soon. And when I do, I don't want you to think, "who the heck is this girl?!"

My name is Mrs. McG, hubby is Mr. McG (or J), and baby girl is C...or baby girl! I already have a family blog that covers the everyday and mundane stuff so our out of town family can keep up, but I wanted to create a more anonymous one so I can post stuff I don't really think family should (or would want!) to read.

I'm a teacher, and I'm trying to be the best mommy I can be to my 7 month old (gah, can't believe she's that old already!!). We practice attachment parenting. So I'm a breast feeding, co-sleeping (not bed sharing), baby wearing mamma who's also trying to cloth diaper....still new to that process though!

This blog will mostly be about my adventures, or misadventures, as a new mom, so sit back and enjoy the ride with me!
Mommy McGhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-53349612235939622742010-05-18T11:54:00.000-07:002010-05-18T12:00:39.498-07:00Because I'm a Huge NerdThere was a book sale at school today, and when I saw this book I knew I just had to have it!

I mean, look at how pretty it is! I couldn't pass it up. I've been wanting to learn how to sew and knit for a bit now (like my awesome rhyme?), so this book puts the directions into easy kid speak for me. I figured I could try it out over summer break--because I won't have enough to do--you know, with a baby and all. Hopefully I can learn a thing or two, and I'll report back with my creations.

Totally geeking out over here!

Mommy McGhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-17297347019396159312010-05-13T19:00:00.000-07:002010-05-13T19:26:22.089-07:00First day of cloth diaperingI should start out by saying I've been using disposables for the past 6.5 months. Cloth diapering intimidated me, and quite frankly, kinda grossed me out! However, I'm tired of paying a crazy amount on disposable diapers that a) don't work, b) cause rashes, and c) hurt the environment. So, I started looking in to cloth diapers. (I actually wanted to do this before C was born, but my family (who cloth diapered in the middle ages) advised against it. My aunt's reaction? "Pfft. Have fun with that. You won't last very long!" So, yeah.) I hope I find a great solution for my baby girl!

 Today was our first day of cloth diapering, and it wasn't a failure! Well, we had to change C's outift twice, but that was due to user errors. Daddy had diaper duty first since I was at work, so first up was Rump-a-rooz. Apparently, the urine just soaked through this diaper. But, hubby didn't set it up right! He didn't use the 6-r soaker--he used an insert for another diaper. So, I will refrain from really reviewing this system until I can do it the right way!

Next up was Happy Heinys. I wasn't too impressed with this one, unfortunately. I really wanted to be, too. Hubby changed C into this diaper right before nap time, and when she got up 1.5 hours later, her outfit was soaked. The pee came right out of the legs. Again, I'm not sure hubby had the fit down, so we tried again later in the day. We had better luck the second time, but it was really bulky on C, and we had to make it kind of tight so it wouldn't leak. I don't think she really liked it. I should add that we used the one size diaper with the velcro--I think the snaps would have fitted her better. But I don't have one to test, so for now Happy Heinys are at the bottom of the stash.

The diaper of the day was FuzziBunz. The fit was a bit trimmer, C seemed really comfortable in them, and it contained the poop and pee wonderfully! I can't wait to use these again!

Well, that's all for now. I just have these three brands, but I want to try more. I am interested in looking into Smarti Pants, bumGenius, and Flip. I better start entering some giveaways to see if I can win some!Mommy McGhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-38669889917715917542010-05-12T17:47:00.000-07:002010-05-12T18:22:50.546-07:00"I feel like we are being punished for having a baby..."Happy hour at our favorite restaurant (we'll call it Rock Bottom) is awesome. But after tonight, we probably won't be going back for awhile.

Back story: Before C was born, we went to happy hour at least once a week. The waitress always knew what we wanted--a Mt. Dew for me and a beer of the day for the hubs--and the food was great. As the end of my pregnancy was drawing near, one of my main concerns? What will we do about happy hour?! So, I asked our waitress what the policy for babies in the bar area was (because happy hour is only in the bar) and she said no babies allowed. Ahhh! Such horrible news! However, 18 year olds were allowed in the bar with parents. Hmm, let's think about this. Babies, who have no concept of what the heck is going on, aren't allowed. But 18 year olds, who are probably itching for their first taste of precious alcohol, can sit in the bar? Yeah, makes sense to me. (Our state is so backwards sometimes.)

So, tonight we decided to take C to dinner with us, and we obviously had to sit in the main restaurant area. Since we were there during happy hour (3:30 actually...yeah, we are losers), I asked our waiter if we could get the happy hour prices since we, you know, can't take the baby into the bar. The answer? No. "But we aren't allowed in the bar with our daughter, and we would totally be in the bar if we didn't have her with us." "Sorry, but you have to be in the bar. It's so you buy a beer as well, but I know you are going to get a beer anyway." This was where he pissed us off. Really dude? You can't just ask your manager? We are regulars. I am the Rock Bottom Macaroni and Cheese connoisseur, and my husband knows these beers better than you!

At this point, I was pretty mad. We were the ONLY people in the restaurant area. The stupid state law doesn't allow us in the bar with a SIX month old! We just want happy hour prices so we can afford to buy diapers and baby food fixings! That's when I said, "I feel like we are being punished for having a baby!" He just said sorry again, and walked away. So frustrating.

I was this close to telling the manager just how I felt when our waiter came back (toward the end of our meal) and said he can give us the happy hour prices. Darn straight! Don't discriminate against those with precious little cargo just because the state law sucks. Give the sleep deprived parents a little break!

Mommy McGhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-36560639835249771382010-05-05T19:15:00.000-07:002010-05-12T11:26:05.945-07:00Me? Cloth diaper?Today I heard that smallbundles.com is going out of business, so everything is 40% off. I figured this could be a good way to start cloth diapering. I should first tell you that we tried gDiapers a couple months ago. We like them, but the inserts are more money than disposables! So, we stopped using them. With this sale, hopefully we can get back into it. Here's what I got:

Happy Heiny's Girl Starter Pack (includes 3 diapers)

1 Happy Heiny's Diaper Cover

2 Fuzzi Bunz

2 Rump-a-rooz

2 packs of Happy Heiny's oval inserts

The total came to about $140. Hopefully we like, and use, all of these! We also have two gDiapers. I'm not expecting us to totally ditch disposables--I just want to help cut the cost of buying diapers. Do you think this is a good start? Any others I should get or look out for?Mommy McGhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-20029614421197130592010-05-04T18:32:00.000-07:002010-05-12T11:26:05.960-07:00Night time feeding struggles as a new parentAs a new mom, I had no clue how to handle night time feedings. Baby cries, so you just get up to feed her. Right? Well, that's what I thought you do, but for some reason that's not what I did. I blame my husband. He's fun to blame things on! Here's our night time feeding routine for the first month (and boy did this make for a looong month!):

Baby girl cries at midnight. I take her into the nursery (she sleeps in our room), turn the light on (crazy, right?!), sit on the futon, whip out my boob, and she eats for 15 minutes. I then burp her and change her diaper. (You are probably wondering why I changed her diaper. Yeah, me too.). She'd then spit up a little on herself, so I'd change her outfit....because I'm OCD like that. She's then hungry again because she, you know, puked up a fourth of what she just ate. I pray she doesn't spit up again, she falls asleep, and then I put her back in her bassinet. Whole process takes about 45 minutes to one hour. Multiple this by 3 and you have a crazy long night. My husband would help out with the feedings, so I didn't have to do them all by myself (I had to pump from day one, so he gave her bottles....more on that later).

One night during C's fourth week, as I was struggling to keep my poor brown eyes open, I had a brillz idea, yo: "Why don't I just feed her here in our bedroom and then put her straight back to bed?! No diaper changes! And a little spit up won't offend her boyfriend, Mr. Seahorse!" So that's what I did. It took 20 minutes. It was glorious.

The next morning my husband asked if I changed her diaper during the feeding, and I proudly told him no. I thought he'd be all proud of me too, but he was actually kind of mad. Being a brand new dad, he was still doing everything by the book. I was throwing that old, tired book out the window because it was making me, well, old and tired! I explained that a lot breastfeeding moms use the co-sleepers that attach to the bed, so when baby wakes up hungry they just roll over, whip it out, and nurse. Then back to sleep they go. So how do they change a diaper in the middle of the night? They don't! He came around to my way of thinking real fast--like the next day.

After changing our feeding routine, nights became pretty wonderful. It's okay to let a little bum wear the same little diaper for six hours, and a little spit up has never hurt anyone. Well, I take that back. It still makes me emotional. But that's another story!

Mommy McGhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-39781336239329093762010-05-03T18:37:00.000-07:002010-05-12T11:26:05.976-07:00Did I Just Say......that I was going to restart the dryer? Hmm, yeah, kinda forgot again. Now I'm staying up late so I can make the switch when they are dry. I think I'm a lost laundry cause!Mommy McGhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-75803923548929344762010-05-03T17:38:00.000-07:002010-05-12T11:26:05.991-07:00Reason #285 I Stink at ChoresI put laundry in the washing machine at 3 p.m., and when I go to bed I remember I forgot to put it in the dryer. However, I forgot to restart the dryer, so my previous load is still wet. New load then stays in the washing machine over night. I need some sort of alarm to keep me on schedule! Luckily, it's only 8:30, so tonight's load won't be forgotten! Time to restart the dryer.Mommy McGhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-49660768814896415702010-05-02T16:51:00.000-07:002010-05-13T19:28:02.392-07:00Ever feel like an inferior mom?Man, I have a bad case of the inferior mom blues today. I'm sure every mom feels inferior to other moms at some point, and frankly, it's sad we feel this way. But, sometimes we just can't help how we feel. I talked to my SIL last night who is 30 weeks pregnant, and I just got off the phone thinking everything I've done or do is wrong. Here's my list:

She's planning a "natural, med free" birth at a birthing center, where pain killers aren't even an option. Hmm, I totally had pitocin, analgesics, and three doses of my epidural. Heck, I asked for pain meds before I could even get them! Bring it on! C's labor and delivery was rough. I will post more about that later, but after 25 hours of labor, I just wanted her out safe and sound--no matter what the method. For our next baby, I am totally considering a c-section after the experience (and recovery) I had. People probably judge me for this (her birthing center website has a video saying how c-sections are horrible and wrong), but I don't care. I still think I did the best I could with the labor and delivery I was given, but hearing other moms say they are going med free makes me feel like a wimp.

She's planning on cloth diapering and wiping because she'd feel guilty about polluting the planet every time she'd change a disposable diaper. Well, I can't say those thoughts have never crossed my mind while changing a disposable, but I guess I'm selfish. The time and effort put into cloth diapering seems crazy. And the runny poop that I'd have to wash and rinse off? Blech! Cloth diapering seems to be a cool thing to do now, and I feel like I'm wrong for not following suite.

She's going to be a stay at home mom. Ok, this is the one that kills me. (Hello?! Blog title, anyone?) Even though they really can't afford for her to stay home, she is. We can't really afford for me to stay home, so I work. I have the working mom guilt, and I'd give anything to stay home with my baby girl.

So there's the short list of why I feel inferior to my SIL. But hey, she's not even a mom yet!! All of this could change. You never know how labor and delivery will turn out, cloth diapering could turn out to be a pain in the but, and planning on staying home even though you barely have an income? Sounds good until you end up with no money.

I just need to keep reminding myself that I'm being the best mom I can be and that my baby girl is happy. Seriously, she's the happiest baby I've ever seen. We all have different situations and do things differently, but that doesn't mean our ways our wrong if they are different. I'm an awesome mom, and so are you!

Mommy McGhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-33432533502346954602010-04-26T08:19:00.000-07:002010-05-12T11:26:06.022-07:00You want me to cook dinner?!Well, I actually made dinner tonight. J does about 90% of the cooking (I know, I'm a bad wife), but I found a recipe I had saved for years so I wanted to give it a try. And it was delicious! I'm so proud of myself. However, it was a very simple recipe, so any novice can do it. Trust me. If I can do it, then so can you. I'm taking baby steps! So, go out and buy these ingredients and make a fabulous dinner tonight!

Hunt's Basil Pesto Pomodoro Sauce

Yield: 8 servings (1/2 cup each)

Ingredients

 PAM Olive Oil No-Stick Cooking Spray

 1 cup chopped white onion (1 cup = 1 large)

 2 cans (14.5 oz each) Hunt's Diced Tomatoes, undrained

 1/4 cup prepared basil pesto

 Hot cooked pasta (I used a box of bowtie pasta), chicken or fish optional (I used frozen grilled chicken strips from Costco)

Preparation
Hands On: 15 minutes
Total: 15 minutes

1. Spray large skillet with cooking spray. Heat over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook and stir 5 minutes, or until tender.

2. Add tomatoes and simmer 5 minutes, or until slightly thickened. Stir in pesto just before serving.

3. Serve with 1 pound dry pasta (such as fusilli, spaghetti or penne), cooked according to package directions. May also be served over cooked chicken breasts or fish.

Add some Parmesan cheese and presto! A delicious pasta dish. It is very yummy (even the hubs loved it), and you will have leftovers for a couple of days.

Mommy McGhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-75415692805454442332010-03-06T14:18:00.000-08:002010-05-12T11:26:06.042-07:00Scariest day of my lifeA year ago today--Friday March 26th, 2009-- was the scariest day of my (and probably J's) life. That was the day we thought we were losing our baby. I was just shy of 7 weeks pregnant (6 weeks 5 days), and I started bleeding.

I remember going to my last school of the week and sitting in my car killing time until I had to go inside. I was eating Doritos when I felt really crampy in my lower back (almost like menstrual cramps), and then I could feel the bleeding start. I rushed inside at 3:45 (lessons started at 4), locked myself in the bathroom, and confirmed my fears.

I remember running to the car and calling J. I was freaking out. He wanted to make sure I could drive home in my frantic state. It was a 15-20 minute ride home and I was crying the whole time.

I remember calling my student's dad to tell him I wasn't going to make the lesson. I told him I had to get to a doctor right away.

I remember getting home and seeing J on the phone trying to figure out where to take me. It was about 4:15 and the doctor closed at 4:30. They told me to go to the office and the on call doctor would come over to look at me.

I remember going upstairs to the bathroom to put on a pad and to get a towel to sit on in the car. J packed a small bag for me just in case we had to go to the hospital for the night. Luckily, my doctor is right down the road, so it was only a 5 minute car ride. I kept telling J the baby was gone and apologizing.

I remember walking in the doctor's office and how quiet it was. No one was the but the receptionist (who was about to leave) and a nurse. The doctor was still at the hospital (across the street), and it took him another 10 minutes to get in. My family also met us there, so we all waited nervously in the empty waiting room.

I remember the nurse taking me and J back to an exam room. She said, "Daddy, you can sit right here" and I thought that was a really insensitive comment to make considering our situation. I told her "I don't think he's a daddy anymore" and she asked why I thought that. I then said "because I'm bleeding a lot," and she became quiet. She then said that blood doesn't always mean a miscarriage is taking place. I started crying because I felt for sure that we had lost our baby.

I remember the doctor coming in the room and seeing that he was a male. I didn't want to see a male doctor before, but at that time I didn't care who saw me--as long as my baby was okay. The nurse brought in the ultrasound machine (their old one--a technician uses the state of the art new one, but since it was after hours she was gone), but the standard ultrasound wasn't done (like you always see in the movies). I had a transvaginal ultrasound since I was still early in the pregnancy, and since I'd never had an ultrasound done before I had no idea about this kind. Again, as long as they could tell me my baby was fine, I didn't care what he used.

I remember the doctor looking at the ultrasound image and saying the baby was still alive. We could kind of make her out on the screen. He then checked the heart rate and looked concerned, saying it was only 75 beats per minute or so. It should have been double that. That's when he said I was threatening miscarriage and had a 50/50 chance of carrying to term.

I remember him explaining that 50% of women stop bleeding and continue with a normal pregnancy, while the other 50% keep bleeding and it ends in miscarriage. I had basically stopped bleeding in the exam room, so I was starting to become hopeful. But I had bled a lot before I stopped. It soaked my underwear and pad.

I remember the doctor looking at the heart rate again, and then he looked back at me and said, "I would like to see that heart rate a lot higher. Based off of this low rate, I'm not too optimistic about your chances...." He was patting me knee as he said this. He was trying to prepare me for a strong possibility of miscarriage. He was a nice man, but those final words were not what I wanted to hear. My first and original OB appointment was set for March 10th, so he said I should come back then and they would use the state of the art machine to see how everything looked. Until then, I had four days to think about those final words and expect the worst.

I remember going home, changing outfits, and laying on the couch the rest of the night. J picked up Donatos Pizza, and I started watching Momma Mia to take my mind off things. I thought it would be a good movie to cheer me up, but when the song "Slipping Through My Fingers" started playing, I completely lost it. I kept thinking about how I might not get a chance to see my baby grow up.

The next 3.5 days were horrible. I cried non stop and stayed in bed or on the couch 99% of the time (I didn't want to risk anything). At my appointment on March 10th, I was so scared they would tell me my baby had died. I was shaking and crying. However, the ultrasound technician said the baby looked great. And the heart rate was 150 bpm. She could see the source of my bleeding was from a Subchorionic Hematoma (SCH). The doctor couldn't see this on the old machine because the picture wasn't as clear. As for the low heart rate days before? We later found out from my main doctor that they don't even try to tell the heart rate on the old machine because it's not accurate. I was infuriated when I heard that! The on call doctor had me worrying almost needlessly for days. There are still risks associated with a SCH, but it doesn't always lead to miscarriage.

After my main doctor reviewed the good ultrasounds, and after diagnosing my SCH, she said I was still at an increased risk of miscarriage, and that my chances of carrying to term were slightly higher than 50%. That wasn't exactly what I wanted to hear, but it was better than I thought just days before. I went back and had more ultrasounds done during the next couple of weeks to see if the SCH was shrinking, and a few weeks later it was completely gone.

Now we have a beautiful baby girl, and she's the best thing that's happened to us. We love her like crazy!Mommy McGhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-30597989180560170102010-02-20T14:00:00.000-08:002010-05-12T11:26:06.060-07:00I went to Once Upon a Child last week to see if they had a nice excersaucer (they didn't), and I also needed to get some more outfits in the 3-6 month range. The first thing I did when examining the outfits was immediately look at the butt region. Too see if they had poop stains. From poopsplosions. And none of them did! I was shocked. And then it hit me--we could never donate or sell C's clothes because every.single.outfit has a poop stain. We can't get around it. So, I go home, show J C's new outfits, and the first thing he said? "We could never donate or sell C's clothes!" Haha. Oh well. At least the fronts of her outfits are cute...

**Edit (two hours after original post): Did I say the front of her outfits are still clean and cute? I spoke too soon. C had a big poop mess at about 1 p.m., so I thought I was safe to put her in a brand spankin' super cute outfit. About 15 minutes later, she had the poops of all poops. Not to be gross, but it went everywhere, and all over the front of this outfit. I'm so sad and frustrated! I'm going to look into cloth diapering, specifically gDiapers. The upfront cost is a lot, but if it stops these daily occurrences, then so be it!Mommy McGhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-62666709995347222272010-01-07T13:04:00.000-08:002010-05-12T11:26:06.076-07:00Bathtime Fun
Remember how I mentioned C's big poopy time a few posts down? And how it's always in the evening? Well, we went to give her bath tonight before her big poopy time, and we should have waited. She pooped in the tub. Not once, but twice. J cleaned out the tub after the first one, so then we put her back in, and she did an even bigger one. Fun times!

Lesson: never give C a bath before her evening poop!

Mommy McGhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-14223688178565656182010-01-07T12:58:00.000-08:002010-05-12T11:26:06.094-07:00You know you are tired when...
I washed a dirty disposable diaper last night. Trying to do laundry while completely exhausted doesn't really work apparently.

And I guess changing diapers in the middle of the night doesn't work either because J put that diaper on the floor after he changed C. The diaper genie didn't have a refill in it, so the floor was the next best option. Or so he says.

Put some dirty baby clothes on top of the dirty diaper, and when a completely exhausted mom does laundry, she'll pick up everything and wash it all. Even the dirty diaper.

My first week back at school has exhausted me….if you couldn't tell.

Mommy McGhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-30914577565166356592010-01-05T13:01:00.000-08:002010-05-12T11:26:06.113-07:00Diaper Blowouts
These diaper blowouts are driving me insane! They happen at least 5 times a week, and they ruin her clothes. We heard that going up a size would help, and we thought she might be ready for a bigger size anyway, so we tried a size 2 (which starts at 12 pounds….she's only 11.5 right now). Well, they seemed fine for about 6 days, and then tonight the diaper totally failed. Ahhh! So frustrating. We've tried different sizes, different brands, different ways of tightening them, and nothing seems to help.

The main problem, and what is probably ultimately leading up to these blowouts, is that she doesn't seem to poop regularly throughout the day. She saves them up for the evening–between 4 and 7 every night. So when it comes, it's full force. We don't think anything is wrong with her because she still has at least 4 bms a day. It's just that the evening ones are huge. Blech.

Totally Toddler spray helps get some of the stains out, but it doesn't get everything. Oh well. At least you don't see the back side in pictures. I just hate having stains on her clothes….especially if we have another girl someday.

Haha, sorry for the gross post. This topic has been bothering me for a long time now. I want to figure out how to make this stop. Otherwise, we are in for a long, hard time until potty training.

Mommy McGhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064614698971241124.post-59016699069172397682010-01-03T14:39:00.000-08:002010-05-12T11:26:06.134-07:00Gotta go back to workWell, I have to go back to work tomorrow, and I really don't want to. At all. I already have a family blog, but I wanted to make another one that was annoymous. You know, so my job won't fire me for posting bad things. Well, not really bad things, but complaints about working when I'd rather be at home with my baby.

I'm trying think positive thoughts about going back to work, so we'll see how this works. However, I don't think I'll enjoy work at all. Crap, there goes the positive thinking!Mommy McGhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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"Can one love everyone, all human beings, all one's neighbours? I have often asked myself that question. Of course not, and it would even be unnatural. In an abstract love of humanity it is nearly always only oneself whom one loves."
-Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
N.B. By quoting this, I don't mean to say that a saintly love of humanity is impossible, just that it consists not in a general idea of love toward all but a concrete love toward each. Or something of the sort, you know what I mean.
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The kids have finally, after 4 days, coming back into the realm of health….i.e. eating more than just Gatorade and yogurt. And just in time! Today is Sunday, so tomorrow Eli will head back to work after this week's break……BOO! But on the bright side, Nana Suzy will be home Tuesday!
The week went fast, and it was certainly a bit rough but we still got plenty done!
After a day or so of just being home nursing my sick kiddos with no adult contact, I piled them up and headed up to the new house! I couldn't take it anymore! So we made a nice little "nest" for Summer, and she slept well for 2 hours or so.
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It's been awhile since my last post was talking about my itinerary to South Korea. I was just back from South Korea (literally it was three weeks ago. lol!), I would like to share my travel experience and realization of my itinerary. Curious? Hahahaha check this out!
Day 1 ~ 19 Oct 2016
After a long day at work (and as always have problem before my leave. /sigh), I have flight at night from Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur and transit for 2 hours in Kuala Lumpur then bound to Incheon. As my friend has told me that she got delayed flight (OMG this is terrified) before, well my friend has travelled to South Korea 3 weeks before I go with the same flight (using Air Asia), she got delayed flight to Kuala Lumpur for a half and an hour, so she left behind the flight to Incheon even though it is a connecting flight. So, she has to wait for next day flight. Okay, now this is my turn and I also got delayed for 30 minutes. And thanks God, all the thing goes smooth until we bound to Incheon. So, yeah, there is no drama on my flight. 🙌😂
Day 2 ~ 20 Oct 2016
We bound at Incheon airport in the morning. The immigration queue was quite crowd, we spent almost an hour for queuing! wew! After passed the immigration, we are going to SK Telecom stall in arrival hall. What are we doing? We have won phone rental for 5 days from Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), just follow this link and find out. 😉
Then we were going to our hostel in Dongdaemun, named Charim Guest House. Its location is surprisingly made us surprise! Hahahaha. I would recommend you this hostel but for who use backpack/carrier. Why ? Because its on the 3rd floor in the building without elevator facility. And, the exit 8 Dongdaemun History & Culture Park has no elevator, so you have to be ready to climb up the stairs if you have luggage. 😂 Overall, I love to stay in there!
Alright, after check in, we haven't eat any food since morning, so we go to Gwangjang Market. What's going on in there? A lot of Korean traditional street food you can find there! Mention them, Gimbap, Sundae, Tteokbokki, Hotteok, Odeng, etc, you can eat them in many stalls! Ahjummas always welcoming us to eat at their stall. Ah, we met with friend of my friend in there, so he guided us to eat. Eversince pork is prohibited for me to eat, I only try Tteokbokki, Odeng and Gimbap and there's noodle I don't know what's the name.
Damage cost for 5 of us is W26.000. After "the gas has been fueled up" , we are going to K-Hub Style office to get T-Money for free from the F.I.T Redemption Program that I shared before. We had lost in there since the direction was quite unclear, but we were just lost like 5 mins. We found the office near Chunggyeon Stream. After we filled up survey, we got out T-Money with credit W10.000.🙌🙌
Our itinerary should be written that we are going to Namsan Tower. But, I want to go there when sunset time. Well, we have no time since it was 5 pm and it takes about 45-60 mins to go there by bus. So, we move our plan to Seoul Express Bus Terminal Underground Center for shopping. Actually for other girls, my friend of friend told that this place has a good bargain for all fashion stuff all around Seoul shopping center. Well, I am not a typical for shopping, so I let the girls shopping and I visit Banpo Bridge. Solo travel again. 😂 I was lost to go to Banpo Bridge, I thought I could cross-over the apartments to the bridge, but it was a dead-end road. 😂😂😂😂😂 So I should turn back and cross the apartments to get the other road. It takes about 30 mins (with my clumsiness for getting lost 😂) to go there. Well, maybe normal is 15 mins. Banpo Bridge is on the riverside of Hangang River, in the heart of Seoul city. It has a Rainbow Fountain show on schedule at night. There are a lot of people (couple actually) spent their time in there. Bicycling, hang out, picnic, yeah it was very neat even on the windy day. And I was alone (and forever alone) taking pictures. Hahahaah. Since the wind blown me away to the coldest night and I don't have someone to hug (sigh 🙀) , and luckily my friend called me, so I went back to meet them. But I missed the fountain show. It's fine, I can't handle the cold of the night! 🍃
We met in the Seoul Express Bus Terminal subway station and eat noodle. I ate odeng noodle and the hot soup made my body warm after been hitting by the cold wind. 😂😂 We've been tired and so we decided to go back to hostel because. . . . . We are going to Busan tomorrow!
Day 3 ~ 21 Oct 2016
Train to Busan! No no, we are not going to be zombie. 😂 We are going to Busan because there is a firework festival that will be held in Gwangalli Beach. So we write the itinerary to go to Busan. Oh ya, we bought Korail Pass for flexible 2 days Pass. I will post another article special for Korail Pass that I have bought. So, Korail Pass can save up our Won because we can ride as much as we can the KTX and ITX train to all around South Korea. We made reservation one day before for bound to Busan. The KTX is leaving at 8:30 am and it takes 2 hours and 50 mins approx to go to Busan. Yeah, KTX is the shinkansen of Korea. Lol! But I still love Shinkansen of Japan! 🙌🙌🙌🙌 okay, leave it. Hahaha.
After we arrived at Busan station, we found that the trees around have been changing colour. Yes, autumn foliage. 😍😍 We set ourselves to Jagalchi subway station (please note, Busan KTX station is different with Busan subway station, you just need to go outside Busan KTX Station then walk 3 mins to the exit 8 of Busan subway station), to go to Popcorn Hostel Nampo-dong or My Hostel Nampo-dong. I don't know why its name is changing, but as I know they are in the same chain hostel. Whatever, we ask the owner just to drop our bags then we continue our journey. The watch alarm us to have lunch first. Hahaha, so we walk to Jagalchi market, which just 3 minutes from hostel and will have lunch in there. Jagalchi market is famous for fresh seafood in Busan. There are a lot of stalls ahjussi and ahjumma who sells fresh sea food, fishes, eels, crab, shells, even octopus! So, we stopped in randomly restaurant and we order sashimi (raw fishes) and seafood platter. Don't bother to ask the taste, it was soooooo delicious even it costs us pricey! But it is so worth to try! The Busan weather was cloudy on that day, and even rain is falling, we are still going to Gamcheon Culture Village after have lunch.
Gamcheon Cultural Village is known as The East Santorini, it is famous because of the colourful village in Busan. There are mural arts in this area and you can do stamp post hunt in here. It's not too far from Jagalchi, just turn your head to the right and you can see colourfull houses and buildings in the hill. It is very beautiful. After arrived at Gamcheon Cultural Village, we do stamp post hunt, it cost W2.000 and you got map and let's the stamp post hunt begin!
We spent around 2.5 – 3 hours in there and super tired! After that we are back to our hostel to check in and congratulation for us because our room in the 4th floor without lift facility (again). Hahahahahhaah! So yeah, we are just relaxing then at night we are going to Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) Square to have dinner. But for me, seriously it is hard to find halal restaurant in South Korea, so I travel alone to enjoy the street food along BIFF Square, in the cold night (agaiiinnn?? Hahahah).
The time spent well in BIFF Square, so I went back to hostel, super tired! Hahahah. And our schedule tomorrow is explore around Busan and attend the fireworks Festival! Can't hardly wait!
To be continued…..
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Recover deleted data from Android devices, SD cards and broken Android devices.
We all have heard the word called factory reset especially in regards to our phone. Let us understand the basic meaning of factory reset. Factory reset, or more famously known as master reset, is a method in which any electronic device is brought back to its original setting. While doing so, all the information stored in the device is erased completely so that it is reset back to its old manufacturers settings. But why do we need to factory reset any phone? The answer to this question would be if your phone or electronic devices faces any malfunction, you forget your PIN or lock password, you need to remove a file or a virus, factory reset is the best option to save your phone and reuse it as a new one.
Note: Factory reset should not be done unless absolutely necessary as it will delete all and any important information in your phone.
In this article, today, we will focus on different methods which you can use for factory reset of your LG Phone.
How to Hard Reset your LG phone using Key Combination:
1. Switch off your phone.
2. Press and hold the Volume Down Key and Power/ Lock Key located at the back of your phone simultaneously.
3. Once the LG logo appears on the screen, release the Power Key for a second, however, immediately hold and press the key once again.
4. When you see the Factory hard reset screen appear, release all the keys.
5. Now, to continue, press the Power/Lock Key or the Volume Keys to cancel the factory reset.
6. Once again, to continue, press the Power/Lock Key or the Volume Keys to cancel the procedure.
You can also reset your LG phone from the settings menu. This method is helpful in case your phone has crashed, or any of the installed apps freeze/hang, making your device non-functional.
The following steps will reset all the system settings barring your personal data such as downloaded apps and saved media files:
1. Go to Apps from Home Screen
2. Then click on Settings
3. Tap Backup and reset option.
4. Choose reset phone
5. Confirm by clicking OK.
This is a quick and easy method to reset your phone without losing personal saved data.
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Have you ever forgotten your phone password and got locked out? No, yes, maybe? Well, many of us, I am sure must have faced this situation especially after you have bought yourself a new device and it is extremely frustrating.
Let us learn today, how to get rid of this situation in the most easy and quick way.
There is actually a simple way of factory resetting LG phone and that can be done using the Android Device Manager. Android Device Manager application or the website can be use to erase a device remotely. We know that all android devices are configured with Google account and that acts like a pathway to erase the phone connected to a particular Google account remotely.
Factory Reset using Android Device Manager website
Remotely erasing the device deletes all the data stored in the device. Here are the steps to follow:
Step 1:
Sign in to your Google account on android.com/devicemanager. You will find the below screen after you have signed in.
Step 2:
To select the device which has to factory reset, click on the arrow which is present beside the device name and you will see the location of that device.
Step 3:
After having selected the device which has to be erased, you will find 3 options saying "Ring", "Lock" and "Erase", as shown below.
Click on Erase, the third option and this will permanently delete all the data in the device selected. This will take few minutes to finish.
Factory Reset using Android Device Manager Application
Android Device Manager application can also be installed on any Android phone to erase your Google account configured device.
Step 1:
Install the Android Device Manager application on the device you plan to use to erase.
Step 2:
Sign in to your Google account and you will find the configured Android device as shown in the picture below.
Step 3:
Tap the arrow which is present beside the device name, to select the device which has to be reset.
Step 4:
Tap on the third options i.e. "Erase" to permanently delete the data present on the device selected.
Read More: 4 Ways to Reset LG Phone When It's Locked
We clearly know and understand the repercussions of factory reset on our LG phone. As clearly told in the above methods, phone reset option always carries the risk of losing data which we may never be able to recover like our personal photos, videos, family media files and so on.
So, indeed data backup is of foremost importance before opting for factory reset.
In this part, we will learn how to use dr.fone - Backup & Restore (Android) to backup the LG phone before performing the factory reset.
dr.fone - Backup & Restore (Android) has made it extremely easy and reliable to backup and never lose data on your LG phone. This program is very helpful in all types of data backup using a computer and your LG phone. It also lets your selectively backup restore data on your phone.
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Let us look at the few steps that will teach us how to use dr.fone to backup LG phone before resetting.
Step 1: Install and launch dr.fone on your computer and select Back & restore.
Using a USB cable, connect your LG phone to your computer. Do make sure that USB debugging mode is enabled on your phone. In case you have Android software version of 4.2.2 or above, there will be a pop up window on the phone which will ask you to allow USB Debugging. Once the phone is connected, click on Backup to continue.
Step 2: Now go ahead and select the types of file you want backup for. By default, dr.fone will select all the files in your phone, however you can deselect the ones you want to skip. Once selected, click on the backup button on the bottom right hand side of the screen.
It will take a few minutes to backup the files so wait patiently and avoid doing anything like disconnecting the phone, using it or deleting anything from your phone during the process.
Once you see that dr.fone has completed the backup of the selected files, you may click on the tab called View the backup to review all the backup done so far.
Great, so you have successfully created the backup of all your data on your LG phone, to your computer before proceeding with factory reset. This method is fully compatible with any Android device, although today we completely focused on LG devices.
It is always recommended to backup your data at least once a week to avoid losing any important information due to any mishap. Today we shared with you three different methods of reset for your LG smartphone. It is advisable to keep the hard reset option as the last resort, however before going forward with reset, do not forget to backup your data using dr.fone - Backup & Restore (Android) - the easiest and simplest way of keeping your personal data safe and secure.
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This book by William Marvel covers Lee's retreat from the Richmond/Petersburg trenches to Appomattox.
Near the very end, the confederacy, in its desperation, tried to entice African-Americans to enlist. "All but the most dull-witted of slaves comprehended the absurdity of fighting for their own bondage, and only the direst necessity could induce any black man, slave or free, to enlist; two condemned burglars became the first volunteers, offering their services on the day they were to have been hanged." [p. 5]
Marvel also talks about the problems the confederates had with desertions. "Union deserters came the other way, too, but the mass of disloyal traffic flowed toward Federal lines. Shots punctuated the darkness every night as Confederate pickets fired on their deserters, but the strictest precautions failed to stanch the flow. The discouraged Rebels knew that if they made it past their own and the enemy's pickets unscathed there would be hot coffee and a train ticket waiting for them, or a job if they wanted one; if they brought their weapons, or smuggled over some horses or mules, they could collect some cash as well. With such incentives they came by the dozens daily, especially in the cold weather. The second half of February seemed particularly productive: on the night of February 21 thirty-two came over along a half-mile stretch of trenches below Petersburg, and two nights later fifty-six more of them slipped into the lines of a single Federal division. Cold and snow continued into March, further wearing Confederate will, and Union morale soared commensurately at the volume and variety of Confederate deserters. Groups of neighbors or relatives frequently decamped together, including heretofore reliable veterans whose comrades considered them substantial citizens at home, and sometimes now their company officers joined them: in the closing days of March the adjutant general's office in Richmond received an alarming number of letters from regimental and brigade commanders asking to have captains and lieutenants dropped from their rolls for desertion. One Mississippi captain was suspected of having assumed the identity of a returned prisoner in order to reach home on that man's furlough papers." [pp. 5-6]
Contrary to popular belief, the Army of Northern Virginia was able to get some reinforcements during this time. "James Edward Hall, from the mountains of what the Yankees now called West Virginia, had just returned to his regiment from a lengthy sojourn in a Federal prison: exchanged prisoners had offered General Lee his greatest single source of reinforcements during March." [p. 24] Now that the confederates agreed to exchange soldiers without regard to race, the exchanges were back on, and most returning confederates were in such good shape they were able to go right back into the ranks. "After nine months in Union prison camps, [Captain John] Gorman had returned to duty only a few weeks before, resuming command of a company of the 2nd North Carolina that he had led since Antietam." [p. 32]
Marvel discusses numbers of troops on several occasions, such as here: "A dozen years after the fact, Colonel [Walter] Taylor [Lee's chief of staff], who had begun his retreat with a wedding, would calculate that Lee's army amounted to no more than 25,000 men 'of all arms' when it fell back on Amelia Court House and that it faced a blue host more than six times that number. His ciphering complied with a popular Southern romance of the postwar era that blamed the ultimate defeat on overwhelming Union numbers, but Taylor underestimated Confederate strength by half while substantially exaggerating the numbers of the enemy. On the night of April 3 more than 50,000 soldiers remained at least nominally under Lee's immediate control. That represented a larger army than he had carried into Maryland in 1862, and it slightly exceeded the number of sound men he had brought back from Pennsylvania in 1863. Many of them carried no arms–mostly, at first, because their duties did not require it, and sometimes because they had abandoned them in flight–but such men had been reorganized and rearmed before. The hour for utter despair seemed not yet to have come, or at least so thought a sizable portion of the army. Another faction evidently disagreed, though, and thousands of those discouraged Southrons took this opportunity to slip away from their comrades. Confederate soldiers had availed themselves of unauthorized absences throughout the war, but most of those who absconded during this final crisis had no intention of coming back. The chief difference between earlier retreats and this one lay in the number of men who so resolutely drifted away from the army, and nowhere was the phenomenon more obvious than in the demoralized southernmost column under Richard Anderson. The two largest divisions in the entire army, George Pickett's and Bushrod Johnson's, had fairly melted away in the rout of April 1 and in the subsequent pursuit. On the last day of February these two generals had mustered nearly 16,000 men within their camps, more than 13,000 of whom had stood present for duty. By the morning of April 4 not half of those soldiers remained within the sound of a Confederate bugle, and barely half of those who clung to the colors could be relied upon in a fight." [p. 41]
The popular imagination of the surrender ceremony has Joshua "Don't Call Me" Lawrence Chamberlain chosen, due to his bravery and gallantry, to command the Union troops at the ceremony where he commanded the troops to salute the confederate troops, "honor answering honor." Marvel casts a little rain on that parade. First of all, he tells us Maj. Gen. John Gibbon was in charge of the surrender [p. 190]. Also, things didn't go as smoothly as the popular version would have it. "It seemed that General Gordon had taken matters into his own hands, deciding to hold a unilateral surrender ceremony on the other side of the river, beyond the gloating gaze of the hated Yankees. Longstreet's divisions had stacked their arms in fields along the roadside the day before, and Gordon apparently reasoned that he had only to do the same thing for the Federals to give the Confederate infantry their paroles, as they had the cavalry and artillery. Late that misty Tuesday afternoon Gordon marched his corps once more into one of the expansive fields that bounded the stage road, where he took the opportunity to deliver another dramatic exhortation. No one appears to have noted what he had to say this time, but his defiant divergence from the prescribed ritual demonstrated that he clearly meant to preserve Southern pride; he probably polished that strange new version of surrender-without-defeat with which so many already seemed infected, cultivating the Confederate spirit in a manner that Union observers would never have tolerated." [pp. 191-192] Congressman Elihu Washburne was present at the time. "For him, the symbolic stacking of arms mattered most, and he seemed little concerned that while the ragged brigades marched away one of Gordon's bands struck up 'Dixie.' Other bands of Gordon's, perhaps including the one that accompanied this last march, had encouraged Southern belligerence on this same ground just three nights previously, and the moisture-muted notes seemed to suggest that little had changed since the fighting ended." [p. 192]
This would have consequences, though. "Union authorities wished to impress upon Lee's army that something had very significantly changed. It may have been through Washburne's own rendition of the event that John Gibbon learned of Gordon's recalcitrance, and Gibbon wasted no time letting the Confederate know that his more palatable version of the drama would not satisfy the side that still held the parole certificates. Gibbon very likely reconvened the surrender commission, or those commission members who had not yet departed, and he managed to convey to Gordon that before they could go home those 20,000 infantrymen were going to have to march across the Appomattox River, enter the village, and stack their arms between the assembled witnesses of the United States government. Gibbon's fellow commissioner, General Griffin, must have sat in on the discussion, for word quickly spread through his Fifth Corps staff that Gordon had objected strenuously, though in vain." [p. 192] This is what led to Chamberlain's presence, not as the commander of the Union troops. That was Gibbon. Griffin was also in the chain above Chamberlain, as was the division commander, Joseph Bartlett. The next day, "Bartlett's division marched back into position along the stage road. Three ranks of dark uniforms lined up in the grey shadows all the way through the village, from the ridge near the Peers house to the McLean house. To the northeast the Confederates were stirring as well, and in Gordon's camps the brigades began forming early, marching back to the previous evening's parade ground to retrieve their rifles and equipment, only to surrender them all over again." [p. 193]
Chamberlain, a brigade commander, was by luck of the draw positioned closest to the confederate route of march. "On the right of Bartlett's line, near the Peers house, stood the veteran brigade now commanded by Brigadier General Joshua L. Chamberlain, who had his men in place at 5:00 A.M. He had been reassigned to that brigade, which included his original regiment, the day after the surrender. Of all the men who fought heroically and well during the Civil War (and Chamberlain had done so), few promoted their own legends more actively and successfully than he did. A college professor from Maine just three years before this day, he saw the world as one grand romantic cavalcade in which he participated prominently, and if he did anything common, he seemed unable to remember it that way. His regiment had stood firm against the enemy on the second day at Gettysburg, but Chamberlain could not be satisfied unless his performance had saved the entire Union army. When a bullet nearly killed him at Petersburg, he begged to be promoted to brigadier general before he died, and a sympathetic recommendation raced its way to an accommodating General Grant. Later Chamberlain forgot his deathbed plea, remembering instead that Grant had offered the honor spontaneously–adding, inaccurately, that he had been the first recipient of such a battlefield promotion. Chamberlain could have passed for a hero with no exaggeration at all, yet he tended to recount his exploits in such towering grandiloquence that led even an old friend and comrade [Ellis Spear] to question his veracity. And so it would be with Appomattox. Because of his brigade's position along the road, Chamberlain would stand amid the first cluster of Union officers the Confederates would see as they marched in, and he made the most of it. Henceforth he would have it that he commanded the receiving troops in that illustrious ceremony–even that Ulysses Grant had personally chosen him for that honor–and from that inflated perspective he would remember offering the defeated foe a salute that banished sectional antagonism and launched the spirit of national reunion." [pp. 193-194] Chamberlain had the advantage of longevity. After General Bartlett died, in his retelling of the story he became the division commander, not just a brigade commander, at the ceremony. His story of the salute underwent changes as well. "With no better success he attempted to reconcile his purported salute with the manual of arms, but in the process he suggested instead that he had merely called his men to the period equivalent of 'attention,' with no real salute at all." [p. 194]
John Brown Gordon corroborated a salute, apparently for his own reasons. "It did no harm to Chamberlain's glorified version of events that the first Southern troops to march into the village that morning belonged to General Gordon, who owned a romantic imagination to match Chamberlain's, and Gordon found the fable too appealing to refute. In the real era of reunion, thirty years hence, he clung to it as the surrender ceremony he, too, would have wished to see. The story grew incredibly confused in Gordon's hands, and at least once he told an audience that Chamberlain had formally presented arms to an army led not by Gordon but by Robert E. Lee himself, incidentally insinuating that Chamberlain had not actually commanded that parade." [p. 194]
There are very few accounts of the ceremony. Chamberlain and Gordon had several versions themselves. "Chamberlain himself wrote an account of the spectacle for his sister the next day, and although that narrative ran rank with the general's enormous ego, he remarked on no salute, telling her only that his troops stood 'at a shoulder & in silence' as the Confederates passed. No Confederates mentioned a salute, either, although some of them noted the quiet courtesy of the assembled victors and the orderly conduct on both sides." [pp. 194-195] None of the Union soldiers who left accounts mentioned a salute either. Marvel has a possible explanation for the type of movement ordered, though. "General Grant had expressly wished to avoid unpleasant encounters that might mar the surrender: bringing the troops to a rigid position demanding stillness and silence would have been the customary means of preventing disruptive exchanges. The sun had not long risen when the first of Gordon's corps passed Chamberlain's brigade flag. Chamberlain called out the order, his men lifted their rifle barrels against their right shoulders, and–probably–Gordon snapped his men from route step to formal marching order for their final appearance as an army. They slogged through the mud over the top of the rise and into the village, halted, and faced to the left. As their officers barked the old commands, they strode forward, fixed what bayonets remained to them, and reconstructed the stacks of muskets they had dismantled across the river an hour before." [p. 195]
The book has some flaws. In writing about Richard S. Ewell, he claims, "His first and best opportunity to shine had come at Gettysburg, and he had not improved the moment." [p. 39] Marvel apparently forgets Second Winchester, which had folks declaring Ewell the next Stonewall Jackson. He also ignores that Ewell may very well have been right in his decision not to try to take Cemetery Hill on July 1. Marvel likes to play the curmudgeon, and this is quite evident from the tone of his writing. Skepticism of the accepted view is a good thing, but the curmudgeonly tone taken too far tends to grate a bit.
Still, overall the account is well done and I can highly recommend it for those who are looking for a good, generally accurate account of what happened in the closing days of the Army of Northern Virginia.


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text: Admiration September 19, 2009 by Tresha Barger Leave a comment When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. — Abraham Joshua Heschel Advertisements Like this:Like Loading... Related Author: Tresha Barger Writer (blogs, humor, short stories, poetry) and artist (miniature art quilts, watercolor paintings, soft sculpture dolls)


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What is the Blues? Rollin and Tumblin Jacquie "Lady J" Maddix
Let Lady Griot "work the roots" and take you on a musical journey to help you form your own answer.
Is the Blues really only about a good woman losing her man, after five long years? Is the Blues about healing the sick and raising the dead? Does the Blues really tell you how to get your mojo working? The LadyJ Griot says yes….yes, it does. The Blues tells you all that and much more. You only have to listen to the Blues with feelin' and let Lady J Griot conjure up the magic of the Blues for you! You'll be spellbound!
Lady J Griot connects us to the history of the Blues, showing the link between many of the religio-spiritual references found in the music to the ancient African tribal practices that the slaves carried with them from the old country to the New World.
COUNTDOWN to INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY
It's all Vocal Group Harmony today.
The first 20 minutes of the show were dedicated to Davy Jones, who passed away on February 29. The rest of the show was dedicated to International Women's Day.
The Irishman: Have Troll Will Travel, a story of magic and firearms in the wicked Wild West. From Crazy Dog Audio Theatre.
MJ Gilmore interviews Bob Schieffer, CBS News Journalist, about his life in journalism and Marco Amenta, Italian Filmmaker, about his recent film, The Sicilian Girl and his current production Banker to the Poor.
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