March 6
6- National Frozen Food Day
6- Read Aloud Day
6- Toronto's Birthday 1834
6- Michalangelo's Birthday
6- National Chocolate Cheese Cake Day
6- Oreo Cookies Day first sold 1912
6- Stop Bad service day
6- Alamo Day
Oreo Cookies and chocolate cheesecake. Today must be a day made straight from heaven! I swear it's what heaven will be like. I mean, who could ask for more?
Oh wait...how about a Oreo Cheesecake!!! http://homepage.mac.com/robotch/DessertsBasics/oreo_cheese.html
In celebration of Oreo's birthday, why not go get a package of Double Stuff and challenge your kids to a race. See who can open them and lick off the icing the fastest. Make a lasting memory with them.
Do you have any Oreo memory's?
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Tuesday Twelve 03/06/07
Since I'm new to the blogging thing and no one really knows me, I'll start by listing 12 things about me. :)
1. I have 5 kids
2. I can touch my nose with my tongue
3. I've been married for 11 years.
4. My favorite flower is a tiger lily or day lillies
5. My favorite color is green...yep, I have Irish Heritage
6. I swore from the time I was 6 and in first grade that I'd marry a Mexican. My first crush that year was Mark Romariz. 13 years later, at age 19, I married my husband.....who is Mexican!!!! :)
7. I'm very claustrophobic. Even sitting in traffic gets me panicking at times.
8. I have a Bachelors Degree in Psychology
9. I'm getting ready to start college to enter a Doctor of Chiropractic program(DC...Chiropractor) and also Life Coaching.
10. I hope to one day write a book. God's given me the idea and the first several lines already and I have the basic understanding of what each chapter will be about. Just waiting for the "GO" in my spirit to actually start it.
11. I love politics. I'm a raving Republican to the core and am quite conservative on most issues.
12. I love my Jesus and am working hard at finding a new found intimacy with Him.
1. I have 5 kids
2. I can touch my nose with my tongue
3. I've been married for 11 years.
4. My favorite flower is a tiger lily or day lillies
5. My favorite color is green...yep, I have Irish Heritage
6. I swore from the time I was 6 and in first grade that I'd marry a Mexican. My first crush that year was Mark Romariz. 13 years later, at age 19, I married my husband.....who is Mexican!!!! :)
7. I'm very claustrophobic. Even sitting in traffic gets me panicking at times.
8. I have a Bachelors Degree in Psychology
9. I'm getting ready to start college to enter a Doctor of Chiropractic program(DC...Chiropractor) and also Life Coaching.
10. I hope to one day write a book. God's given me the idea and the first several lines already and I have the basic understanding of what each chapter will be about. Just waiting for the "GO" in my spirit to actually start it.
11. I love politics. I'm a raving Republican to the core and am quite conservative on most issues.
12. I love my Jesus and am working hard at finding a new found intimacy with Him.
Monday, March 5, 2007
Monday Mournings 3/5/07
This probably isn't the best day for me to start this. It was a pretty rough weekend and so I'm not going to go into all that. The one thing I took from this weekend is God is Faithful. If you read my Mother-In-Law Day post, you'll understand a bit about what my weekend entailed...a conversation with MIL and FIL. Anyways, we also had some good times this weekend. On Friday we took the younger kids out for the day while the older ones were in school. We went to McD for breakfast and then had a ton of errands.
Saturday I hit up a Mom2Mom sale and did really well. I got a ton of clothes for the girls, which are desperately needed for summer.
Sunday was our weekly home church at our house and it was SO good. If you haven't heard of Gary Keesee, you need to check him out. His understanding of Kingdom Finances is AMAZING!!!
What do I expect this week. Let's see. I have parent teacher conferences on Thursday so that will be fun. I get really good reports on these two kids so it'll be smooth sailing I'm sure. I also have a midwife appointment that day for my 6 week check up (even though I'll be 8 1/2 weeks).
Wednesday, my best friend and I are going shopping. We are going to a jazz club/martini bar next week and they are doing Latin Night so we need to find some cute outfits to wear for dance lessons. We are also shopping for stuff for a Care Package for our friend Lincoln who is in Israel til August. He's pretty lonely so we are shopping for him. He's a riot, so it should be fun to see what crazy stuff we can send.
Other than that, nothing much happening this week. The kids have Thursday and Friday off school so I may do something fun one of those days with them.
Hope everyone has a great Monday
Saturday I hit up a Mom2Mom sale and did really well. I got a ton of clothes for the girls, which are desperately needed for summer.
Sunday was our weekly home church at our house and it was SO good. If you haven't heard of Gary Keesee, you need to check him out. His understanding of Kingdom Finances is AMAZING!!!
What do I expect this week. Let's see. I have parent teacher conferences on Thursday so that will be fun. I get really good reports on these two kids so it'll be smooth sailing I'm sure. I also have a midwife appointment that day for my 6 week check up (even though I'll be 8 1/2 weeks).
Wednesday, my best friend and I are going shopping. We are going to a jazz club/martini bar next week and they are doing Latin Night so we need to find some cute outfits to wear for dance lessons. We are also shopping for stuff for a Care Package for our friend Lincoln who is in Israel til August. He's pretty lonely so we are shopping for him. He's a riot, so it should be fun to see what crazy stuff we can send.
Other than that, nothing much happening this week. The kids have Thursday and Friday off school so I may do something fun one of those days with them.
Hope everyone has a great Monday
Going to do this
I have so many ideas floating around my head. I'm going to get this blog moving and I hope that someone will come along, find it and have fun with it and that I can meet some new people, make new friends and just have fun. Here's my plan. Everyday I'm going to journal about from the site Holiday For Everyday. If you haven't seen it, check it out. There really IS a reason to celebrate everyday!! I'm going to pick one reason to celebrate and write something about it. I'm also going to start a segment that will go everyday. Here's how it will work...
Sunday Seven-I got this idea from another site and hope to link with them. This will be one thing from each day of the previous week that I am thankful for or really enjoyed.
Monday Mournings-This is just the complaints (or joys) about having to start a new week, the updates from the weekend, the expectations for the week.
Tuesday Twelve-This will be like David Letterman's Top 10 List but will involve me, things I enjoy, my family, etc.
Wordless Wednesdays-Wednesdays will be devoted to a picture, no words. I want to see your picture too (whatever it may be) so stop by and post it.
Thursday Thankfullness-Thursdays will be about a prayer of thanksgiving. We don't thank God for His blessings often enough!
Friday Funnies-Simple...jokes, jokes and more jokes
Saturday I still have to come up with something for this.
I'm hoping to have fun, so let's get started.
Sunday Seven-I got this idea from another site and hope to link with them. This will be one thing from each day of the previous week that I am thankful for or really enjoyed.
Monday Mournings-This is just the complaints (or joys) about having to start a new week, the updates from the weekend, the expectations for the week.
Tuesday Twelve-This will be like David Letterman's Top 10 List but will involve me, things I enjoy, my family, etc.
Wordless Wednesdays-Wednesdays will be devoted to a picture, no words. I want to see your picture too (whatever it may be) so stop by and post it.
Thursday Thankfullness-Thursdays will be about a prayer of thanksgiving. We don't thank God for His blessings often enough!
Friday Funnies-Simple...jokes, jokes and more jokes
Saturday I still have to come up with something for this.
I'm hoping to have fun, so let's get started.
Sunday, March 4, 2007
My inspirations
I was asked the question "What ispires me" and would have to answer that it's my family. I'm a sahm to 5 kids (youngest is almost 8 weeks and the oldest is almost 9) and am married to a wonderful man. When I think of inspiration, this picture sums up where I'm at right now.
My children are the inspiration behind why I fight so hard everyday. My husband and I have just made the VERY tough decision to uproot our family from Michigan to Georgia and both of us go back to school to get a degree as a DC (doctor of chiropractic). Leaving our family and friends, and everything we know, behind is not an easy choice, but having a better life and being able to offer more to my children, becomes my inspiration. The look in my sons eyes in this picture as he looks both with admiration, and a bit of mischief, at my husband is an inspiration to me. I'm inspired to be more as a mom when I see my husband interacting with the kids. I'm inspired to be a better "ME". Being in college full time with 5 kid will not be easy, but when I look at this picture, and see the delight in my son's eyes, I will be reminded to "Keep Going"! and that the end result is worth the momentary pain.
My children are the inspiration behind why I fight so hard everyday. My husband and I have just made the VERY tough decision to uproot our family from Michigan to Georgia and both of us go back to school to get a degree as a DC (doctor of chiropractic). Leaving our family and friends, and everything we know, behind is not an easy choice, but having a better life and being able to offer more to my children, becomes my inspiration. The look in my sons eyes in this picture as he looks both with admiration, and a bit of mischief, at my husband is an inspiration to me. I'm inspired to be more as a mom when I see my husband interacting with the kids. I'm inspired to be a better "ME". Being in college full time with 5 kid will not be easy, but when I look at this picture, and see the delight in my son's eyes, I will be reminded to "Keep Going"! and that the end result is worth the momentary pain.
Which is more offensive?
As I sit here to type this out, my almost 8 week old son is lying on my lap, nursing happily on my right breast. Every couple swallosw brings a small sigh as he 'sings' to himself. He's truly happy. His eyes are rolling back in his head as true uphoria takes over and he begins to drift to sleep. What could be more perfect that that?
In today's society however, breastfeeding is still seen as taboo. Breasts are sexual and nothing more. Many fail to overlook their life sustaining ability, the emotional stability they add to a child, the immunities that the milk provides and the brainpower that it contributes too. It's all about bigger boobs to please a man's eyes. It's about the breasts 'sell-a-bility' for media and advertisers. It's about how well a quick flash of a breast can sell their product, no matter WHAT product is being sold.
There are now raging debates over breastfeeding being offensive. What is offensive about a mother feeding her child lovingly? What is offensive about a small baby or child looking up at his mom's eyes, with a slight drop of milk dripping down his cheek as he releases his latch and smiles at mom, in his own way, thanking her for providing for him and loving him so much?
Decide for yourself. Which looks more offensive to you?
OR 
In today's society however, breastfeeding is still seen as taboo. Breasts are sexual and nothing more. Many fail to overlook their life sustaining ability, the emotional stability they add to a child, the immunities that the milk provides and the brainpower that it contributes too. It's all about bigger boobs to please a man's eyes. It's about the breasts 'sell-a-bility' for media and advertisers. It's about how well a quick flash of a breast can sell their product, no matter WHAT product is being sold.
There are now raging debates over breastfeeding being offensive. What is offensive about a mother feeding her child lovingly? What is offensive about a small baby or child looking up at his mom's eyes, with a slight drop of milk dripping down his cheek as he releases his latch and smiles at mom, in his own way, thanking her for providing for him and loving him so much?
Decide for yourself. Which looks more offensive to you?
OR 
OR 
OR 
Which would you rather YOUR daughter do??? I know which MY choice is!!
Infant Mortality Rate
This is quite interesting to me. In the US, where we have every means of hospital and medical care available to us, obstetrics and every possible means of medical equipment for every possible "emergency" and for all the "What Ifs", our infant mortality rate is unbelievable. For every 1000 births last year in the US, 6.4 were fatal to the infant. Why is that? In a society like ours, we shouldn't rate #21! In another list, the US is ranked #43!!!! https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2091rank.html
The World Health Organization has seen the potential danger in overusing technogoly in childbirth and has tried to urge the US to go back to a midwife type system.
Gentlebirth.org says it like this "The neonatal mortality rate for the U.S. in 1989 was slightly more than 10 per 1,000 live births. We have the most highly sophisticated and expensive system of maternity care in the world, yet in the same year twenty other countries — countries with less technology than we have in our hospitals and laboratories — had more babies survive their first months of life than our babies in the United States.
With fewer high-tech hospitals and obstetricians available, many of those countries — like Holland, Sweden and Denmark — use midwives as the primary care-givers for healthy women during their pregnancies and births."
Is it 'ironic' that Sweden has the LOWEST mortality rate and they have a midwife based system? Denmark is #10. Why will the medical professionals not see these statistics and take them to heart? Why does it seem that the OBs are more interested in their pocket books than what the statistics and facts show? Look at the statistics for yourself before deciding to go to the hospital and have an OB deliver. You're baby could be one of those 6.4. :(
Infant Mortality Rates 2006 infant deaths per 1000 of populationhttp://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004393.html
1. Sweden 2.8
2. Japan 3.2
3. Finland 3.5
4. Norway 3.7
5. Czech Republic 3.9
6. Germany 4.1
7. France 4.2
8. Switzerland 4.3
9. Spain 4.4
10. Denmark 4.5
11. Australia 4.6
12. Austria 4.6
13. Canada 4.7
14. Portugal 5.0
15. United Kingdom 5.1
16. Ireland 5.3
17. Greece 5.4
18. Italy 5.8
19. New Zealand 5.8
20. Korea, South 6.2
21. United States 6.4
22. Israel 6.9
23. Cyprus 7.0
24. Poland 7.2
25. Slovakia 7.3
26.Hungary 8.4
27. Chile 8.6
28. Costa Rica 9.7
29. Sri Lanka 14.0
30. Russia 15.1
31. Panama 16.4
32. Mexico 20.3
33. Albania 20.8
34. Venezuela 21.5
35. Ecuador 22.9
36. China 23.1
37. Brazil 28.6
38. Syria 28.6
39. Guatemala 30.9
40. Peru 30.9
41. Egypt 31.3
42. Iran 40.3
43. Zimbabwe 51.7
44. India 54.6
45. Kenya 59.3
46. South Africa 60.7
47. Bangladesh 60.8
48. Pakistan 70.5
49. Nigeria 97.1
50. Mozambique 129.2
51. Angola 185.4
The World Health Organization has seen the potential danger in overusing technogoly in childbirth and has tried to urge the US to go back to a midwife type system.
Gentlebirth.org says it like this "The neonatal mortality rate for the U.S. in 1989 was slightly more than 10 per 1,000 live births. We have the most highly sophisticated and expensive system of maternity care in the world, yet in the same year twenty other countries — countries with less technology than we have in our hospitals and laboratories — had more babies survive their first months of life than our babies in the United States.
With fewer high-tech hospitals and obstetricians available, many of those countries — like Holland, Sweden and Denmark — use midwives as the primary care-givers for healthy women during their pregnancies and births."
Is it 'ironic' that Sweden has the LOWEST mortality rate and they have a midwife based system? Denmark is #10. Why will the medical professionals not see these statistics and take them to heart? Why does it seem that the OBs are more interested in their pocket books than what the statistics and facts show? Look at the statistics for yourself before deciding to go to the hospital and have an OB deliver. You're baby could be one of those 6.4. :(
Infant Mortality Rates 2006 infant deaths per 1000 of populationhttp://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004393.html
1. Sweden 2.8
2. Japan 3.2
3. Finland 3.5
4. Norway 3.7
5. Czech Republic 3.9
6. Germany 4.1
7. France 4.2
8. Switzerland 4.3
9. Spain 4.4
10. Denmark 4.5
11. Australia 4.6
12. Austria 4.6
13. Canada 4.7
14. Portugal 5.0
15. United Kingdom 5.1
16. Ireland 5.3
17. Greece 5.4
18. Italy 5.8
19. New Zealand 5.8
20. Korea, South 6.2
21. United States 6.4
22. Israel 6.9
23. Cyprus 7.0
24. Poland 7.2
25. Slovakia 7.3
26.Hungary 8.4
27. Chile 8.6
28. Costa Rica 9.7
29. Sri Lanka 14.0
30. Russia 15.1
31. Panama 16.4
32. Mexico 20.3
33. Albania 20.8
34. Venezuela 21.5
35. Ecuador 22.9
36. China 23.1
37. Brazil 28.6
38. Syria 28.6
39. Guatemala 30.9
40. Peru 30.9
41. Egypt 31.3
42. Iran 40.3
43. Zimbabwe 51.7
44. India 54.6
45. Kenya 59.3
46. South Africa 60.7
47. Bangladesh 60.8
48. Pakistan 70.5
49. Nigeria 97.1
50. Mozambique 129.2
51. Angola 185.4
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