My new favorite Salad:
Baby spinach
Sliced strawberries
Carrot sticks
XChopped Yellow Pepper
Mandarin Oranges
Raspberry vinaigrette dressing
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Yummy Folic Acid Rich Salad
So I am sensitive to folic acid. In pill form it can make my morning sickness worse. So I have been finding ways to take in folic acid in other ways. Baby spinach and berries are high in folic acid. So mixing them into my diet is pretty easy to do seeing as they are already yummy. Today I tried out a new salad and it worked out great.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Pittsburgh has the worst drivers!!
I'm not even going to go on about how they all forget how to drive in the rain or god forbid the snow!
But this morning I was in two almost accidents on my way to work. All for basic human stupidity.
Frist merging onto the turnpike: You have a long on ramp to help you build up speed as you merge onto the highway. By time you get to the end you should be driving at highway speed. Check!
When the looping ramp and the highway come together you should try to make sure you are in between drivers that are already on the road if not slow down or speed up if need be. Same way if you are driving in the closest lane to the ramp you should be checking for on coming traffic. If someone is merging and you have space to move over you move to the next lane. If you and the oncoming car are going to occupy the space judge if you need to speed up or slow down. (this is usually done by judging to see if you are in front or behind the on coming car). So today when the lanes came together moving towards the merge point I was in front of the other car but he was right at the back of the van. So what does the person do???? Nothing!! Just keeps pace with me as the merge lane is coming to an end as though I am supposed to slam on my brakes to let him pass me and then blasts me with the horn as he is attempting to run me off the road....Meanwhile. If he just tapped his brakes he would have reduced his speed enough to let the merge happen the way it should. Meanwhile, the next lane over was clear of all traffic making moving over a lane his optimal choice. There was no traffic behind him to which it would be a danger to slow down. There was no where for me to go seeing as there was a car in front and cars coming onto the highway behind me. So essentially I had little options in maneuvering unless I wanted to ram the guy in front or get rammed by the guy behind me. Why do people not know how to use a merge point?
Second one of the ride was getting into pittsburgh which is always like driving in a parking lot with a bunch of drivers ed students. So you're just always a little more cautious. So I needed to move over a lane but traffic is backed up forever as it always is. but there is a truck moving slowly in the right lane...you can tell he's used to driving here because at any moment someone can dart out in front of you. So I wait for the last car to pass and I go to pull out into the lane where as the little sports car behind me does the same thing but at a much faster pace so I slam on the brakes barely missing her and she starts flailing her arms and so I move out and around her and she gets out of her car and circles it looking for damage....I was like we didn't even touch if you're going to try to pull something over on me you got another thing coming. I was pretty sure she was going to try to come B**** me out which I was ready for but apparently she was in much to much of a hurry which is why she almost got smushed in the first place! Lesson in blind spots! When your car is small and low to the ground I am not going to see you in my mini van until you are halfway along the length of the van. Which is where I finally caught sight of her and put on the brakes. She was just lucky I didn't gun it to merge over, as she did in order to try to get in front of me. What is your rush people? Why don't you look and pay attention to peoples signals.
But this morning I was in two almost accidents on my way to work. All for basic human stupidity.
Frist merging onto the turnpike: You have a long on ramp to help you build up speed as you merge onto the highway. By time you get to the end you should be driving at highway speed. Check!
When the looping ramp and the highway come together you should try to make sure you are in between drivers that are already on the road if not slow down or speed up if need be. Same way if you are driving in the closest lane to the ramp you should be checking for on coming traffic. If someone is merging and you have space to move over you move to the next lane. If you and the oncoming car are going to occupy the space judge if you need to speed up or slow down. (this is usually done by judging to see if you are in front or behind the on coming car). So today when the lanes came together moving towards the merge point I was in front of the other car but he was right at the back of the van. So what does the person do???? Nothing!! Just keeps pace with me as the merge lane is coming to an end as though I am supposed to slam on my brakes to let him pass me and then blasts me with the horn as he is attempting to run me off the road....Meanwhile. If he just tapped his brakes he would have reduced his speed enough to let the merge happen the way it should. Meanwhile, the next lane over was clear of all traffic making moving over a lane his optimal choice. There was no traffic behind him to which it would be a danger to slow down. There was no where for me to go seeing as there was a car in front and cars coming onto the highway behind me. So essentially I had little options in maneuvering unless I wanted to ram the guy in front or get rammed by the guy behind me. Why do people not know how to use a merge point?
Second one of the ride was getting into pittsburgh which is always like driving in a parking lot with a bunch of drivers ed students. So you're just always a little more cautious. So I needed to move over a lane but traffic is backed up forever as it always is. but there is a truck moving slowly in the right lane...you can tell he's used to driving here because at any moment someone can dart out in front of you. So I wait for the last car to pass and I go to pull out into the lane where as the little sports car behind me does the same thing but at a much faster pace so I slam on the brakes barely missing her and she starts flailing her arms and so I move out and around her and she gets out of her car and circles it looking for damage....I was like we didn't even touch if you're going to try to pull something over on me you got another thing coming. I was pretty sure she was going to try to come B**** me out which I was ready for but apparently she was in much to much of a hurry which is why she almost got smushed in the first place! Lesson in blind spots! When your car is small and low to the ground I am not going to see you in my mini van until you are halfway along the length of the van. Which is where I finally caught sight of her and put on the brakes. She was just lucky I didn't gun it to merge over, as she did in order to try to get in front of me. What is your rush people? Why don't you look and pay attention to peoples signals.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
I'm saddened
This is my little note or long not...not sure if it will turn into a rant...on why illegalizing abortion will do a thing about stopping abortions from happening. Key note here. This is not a pro life or pro choice rant. this is a take a step back and look at what it is you want to accomplish and how you are going about doing it.
First off if you are in agreement that stricter gun laws wont stop people from shooting people. Then you have to be smart enough to see that illegalizing abortion wont stop a desperate women from getting it done. The only thing it will accomplish is pushing it back underground. Leading desperate people to do desperate things. Now you are not only loosing the lives of the baby but many times you are also loosing the mothers life as well. You make it a breeding ground for sick careless people to pray on their weaknesses. Men and women who will call themselves doctors or experts who will butcher these women and for what? So you can sleep better at night?
The only way you will ever stop abortion is to fix the world we live in. Make it safe for women to go out into the world and know that no man is going to force himself upon her, that their male relatives wont hurt them when no one is around. Make it so every women can afford to feed her family and give her the support needed to raise a child. By giving your sons and daughters a sense of responsibility for their actions.
Educate your children about sex. Not just preaching abstinence until marriage. If sex wasn't seen as this dirty nasty subject everyone seems to think it is then your children would feel free to come to you and to ask questions. You should be building a child's sexual self confidence along with everything else you teach your child to be proud off. They should grow up knowing that these are my special private parts, to be protected and cherished. Not these are my dirty no no bits, not to be spoken about. Abstinence doesn't work, self esteem does. When a person feels they are worth waiting for, worth protecting themselves and can stand up for themselves that's where the abstinence you are looking for will come from.
If you want to look at it from a biblical point of view. I agree there are rules as to what you can and can not to in order to be a true follower of the lord. However, I need someone to point out where the lord states go into the world and smite all those not following the rules? I would also like to have pointed out where Jesus forces people into following the lord by screams profanities at them and spits in the faces of sinners? Jesus never forced anyone to follow his teachings. He lead by example. If you are pro-life and you want to save the lives of children then offer up your own money, your own homes. Become the parents for these children you clam are out there.
The childcare system in this country is not the fairy tale you try to sell it as. Most children are not adopted as infants unless they are white. Most children get passed around from home to home or are stuck in an institution. A great many are placed in unsafe homes with people who only want the money. Many are abused at the hands of the people you say are out there to love and protect them. There are also far many children that need a home then there are families willing to take them.
If at this point you are thinking you're just a pro choicer who thinks it's o.k. to kill babies and doesn't know what they are talking about then you are only half right. I am pro understanding. I am pro compassion. I am pro education. I know many pro lifers out there that are wonderful people and who openly express their view. I'm fine with that but if your idea of helping is yelling at pro choicers, yelling at scared 15 year old girls that if they kill their baby they are going to hell, or you think bombing a clinic is a good thing you need to rethink your idea of a good Christian moral code. If you want to help then instead of trying to scare already frightened women who have already found themselves in a mess how about you use that energy to actually do something that helps. For example take the billboard with the fetas at such and such weeks and how it's got a heart beat and you are nothing more then a murderer if you go through with the abortion; compare that to the one that says are you pregnant and need help? call blah blah blah.... one is compassionate and shows there is someone out there that cares that can help you decide what is right for you and your baby; compared to the self esteem eating propaganda.
In the end what I'm trying to say is stop using hatred and hurtful means to get what you want. Fill yourselves full of love, understanding and tolerance. Finish the work Jesus started the way he intended it to be done. With a gentle hand and a kind heart. A sin against your fellow man done in the name of the lord is still a sin.
First off if you are in agreement that stricter gun laws wont stop people from shooting people. Then you have to be smart enough to see that illegalizing abortion wont stop a desperate women from getting it done. The only thing it will accomplish is pushing it back underground. Leading desperate people to do desperate things. Now you are not only loosing the lives of the baby but many times you are also loosing the mothers life as well. You make it a breeding ground for sick careless people to pray on their weaknesses. Men and women who will call themselves doctors or experts who will butcher these women and for what? So you can sleep better at night?
The only way you will ever stop abortion is to fix the world we live in. Make it safe for women to go out into the world and know that no man is going to force himself upon her, that their male relatives wont hurt them when no one is around. Make it so every women can afford to feed her family and give her the support needed to raise a child. By giving your sons and daughters a sense of responsibility for their actions.
Educate your children about sex. Not just preaching abstinence until marriage. If sex wasn't seen as this dirty nasty subject everyone seems to think it is then your children would feel free to come to you and to ask questions. You should be building a child's sexual self confidence along with everything else you teach your child to be proud off. They should grow up knowing that these are my special private parts, to be protected and cherished. Not these are my dirty no no bits, not to be spoken about. Abstinence doesn't work, self esteem does. When a person feels they are worth waiting for, worth protecting themselves and can stand up for themselves that's where the abstinence you are looking for will come from.
If you want to look at it from a biblical point of view. I agree there are rules as to what you can and can not to in order to be a true follower of the lord. However, I need someone to point out where the lord states go into the world and smite all those not following the rules? I would also like to have pointed out where Jesus forces people into following the lord by screams profanities at them and spits in the faces of sinners? Jesus never forced anyone to follow his teachings. He lead by example. If you are pro-life and you want to save the lives of children then offer up your own money, your own homes. Become the parents for these children you clam are out there.
The childcare system in this country is not the fairy tale you try to sell it as. Most children are not adopted as infants unless they are white. Most children get passed around from home to home or are stuck in an institution. A great many are placed in unsafe homes with people who only want the money. Many are abused at the hands of the people you say are out there to love and protect them. There are also far many children that need a home then there are families willing to take them.
If at this point you are thinking you're just a pro choicer who thinks it's o.k. to kill babies and doesn't know what they are talking about then you are only half right. I am pro understanding. I am pro compassion. I am pro education. I know many pro lifers out there that are wonderful people and who openly express their view. I'm fine with that but if your idea of helping is yelling at pro choicers, yelling at scared 15 year old girls that if they kill their baby they are going to hell, or you think bombing a clinic is a good thing you need to rethink your idea of a good Christian moral code. If you want to help then instead of trying to scare already frightened women who have already found themselves in a mess how about you use that energy to actually do something that helps. For example take the billboard with the fetas at such and such weeks and how it's got a heart beat and you are nothing more then a murderer if you go through with the abortion; compare that to the one that says are you pregnant and need help? call blah blah blah.... one is compassionate and shows there is someone out there that cares that can help you decide what is right for you and your baby; compared to the self esteem eating propaganda.
In the end what I'm trying to say is stop using hatred and hurtful means to get what you want. Fill yourselves full of love, understanding and tolerance. Finish the work Jesus started the way he intended it to be done. With a gentle hand and a kind heart. A sin against your fellow man done in the name of the lord is still a sin.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Not enough hours in a day
This weekend is my little man's 1st. Birthday Party. This will be the first time we have people coming over in a big group other then our family so my hubby and I are a little stressy. Hubby thinks everything needs to be redone. Our house is a work in progress; we bought it as a fixer upper roughly 3 years ago...needless to say we are still fixing. I myself am trying to organize my craft room and turn it more into an office for my Passion Party Business that I started. Not exactly an easy task. I have too much stuff. I need one of those clean house shows to come over and help me get organized. I also never realized how expensive organizational products are. You can get a basic gray tub to throw your stuff into for like 5 bucks. But if you want anything nice it's going to cost you an arm and a leg. Right now I just don't have the arm and leg to spare.
It also doesn't help that my little man has reached the clingy stage in his development. He wants to be carried and doesn't want to be left alone for a second. Even being in the same room isn't enough sometimes; he has to be literally touching me. Try getting anything done with a baby stuck to your leg...it's just not going to happen. So I have spurts of like 20 minutes where I can actually do something before he realizes I'm not right beside him or that god forbid his little feet are on the ground. I'd almost rather him be getting into things. Then at least I can just put him somewhere safe and work a bit. I might have to resort to bringing the playpen into the hall so it's in the doorway and letting him sit in there. I have found he really likes rulers for some odd reason. That is what has him entertained at the moment. Hopefully this will last long enough for me to move a bookshelf or two.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Swimdress, a new mom's best friend
I was wondering around Target this morning before work trying to waste some time. My husband and I had to car pool today because his car is broken, yet again. Unfortunately he starts at 8 and I didn't start until 10. So I was wondering around and noticed their Bathing suits are on clearance. I need a new one since we will be going on a cruise at the end of January; it will be our official honeymoon.
I have been looking for a bathing suit for a bit, unfortunately I am so long in the torso that most one piece suits look like they are being dragged down and unless I want to spend a lot of money getting one in long then a one piece is just out of the question. On the other hand seeing as I have stretch marks up the wazoo from having my son I'm not all that comfortable in a bikini. Tankinis end up in much the same way as the one piece. I still end up with a ring of skin in the middle because the bottom of the top doesn't come down as far as it should and most bottoms are low riser....unless I want to dress like an old lady.
Which is what I've always really thought of the swimdress. A one piece with a stupid half skirt in the front. So there I was going through the rakes of endless bikini bottoms and one pieces that I could never fit into when I come across a v-neck black swim dress with gathers on the side and by god it's actually cut. I mean you hold it up and it's really just the perfect little black dress....Dare I try it on??? Oh I dare!
So the tag says XL which I am now between a medium and large depending on what I'm wearing...However, in a bathing suit I know I can get a smidgen more out of the length if I wear one that is a size to big but I didn't know if XL was to large. I was wearing an XL when I was 6 months preggers. So I put it on and not only does it fit, it hides all my new body flaws that I have yet to get used to. The skirt is also long enough it actually looks like I'm just wearing a cute little dress and it covers up the stretch marks on my thighs! The best part is, it was only 25 bucks for probably the best bathing suit I've ever owned. It's also small children approved. I don't know if it's just me or what; maybe I'm just old fashioned but you wouldn't dress like a hooker to take your children to the park you shouldn't be wearing a string bikini with your ta-tas poppin' out the top and your butt crack poppin' out the back when you're swimming with your kids.
Note: I will post a picture of said wonderful piece of fabric soon.
I have been looking for a bathing suit for a bit, unfortunately I am so long in the torso that most one piece suits look like they are being dragged down and unless I want to spend a lot of money getting one in long then a one piece is just out of the question. On the other hand seeing as I have stretch marks up the wazoo from having my son I'm not all that comfortable in a bikini. Tankinis end up in much the same way as the one piece. I still end up with a ring of skin in the middle because the bottom of the top doesn't come down as far as it should and most bottoms are low riser....unless I want to dress like an old lady.
Which is what I've always really thought of the swimdress. A one piece with a stupid half skirt in the front. So there I was going through the rakes of endless bikini bottoms and one pieces that I could never fit into when I come across a v-neck black swim dress with gathers on the side and by god it's actually cut. I mean you hold it up and it's really just the perfect little black dress....Dare I try it on??? Oh I dare!
So the tag says XL which I am now between a medium and large depending on what I'm wearing...However, in a bathing suit I know I can get a smidgen more out of the length if I wear one that is a size to big but I didn't know if XL was to large. I was wearing an XL when I was 6 months preggers. So I put it on and not only does it fit, it hides all my new body flaws that I have yet to get used to. The skirt is also long enough it actually looks like I'm just wearing a cute little dress and it covers up the stretch marks on my thighs! The best part is, it was only 25 bucks for probably the best bathing suit I've ever owned. It's also small children approved. I don't know if it's just me or what; maybe I'm just old fashioned but you wouldn't dress like a hooker to take your children to the park you shouldn't be wearing a string bikini with your ta-tas poppin' out the top and your butt crack poppin' out the back when you're swimming with your kids.
Note: I will post a picture of said wonderful piece of fabric soon.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Beware of Stairs
Two days ago I was at work. The day was going pretty well. I had just put down the little girl I take care of for her nap and was heading back down stairs to start getting my little guy ready to nap too. I took 2 or 3 steps down the stairs and next thing I know my feet are in the air and I'm coming down fast and hard.
It happened so fast I have no idea what even really happened. But I did have time to think one my feet left the ground that A) this is going to hurt and B) do not put your hands down to stop your fall. Wait for the thud and grab the railing at the first chance you get. Which is good because I hit so hard I would have snapped my wrist if the angle was bad and who is checking angles when they're falling down a flight of stairs??
So I end up thumping half way down the stairs and then I hobble down the rest of the way as fast as I can and stumble around in a circle waiting for the numbing to turn to pain and then to subside so I could figure out how bad the fall really was. Meanwhile my little guy just saw me slide after the first thump so he now thinks fun things are happening and he's all excited to come see me and I'm trying really hard not to scream or ball. He also wants to be picked up now and my arm is just starting to send signals again that it's injured so now I have a crying baby at my feet and all I can think of is thank god I just put one down to sleep or I couldn't handle two right now.
So I iced my arm since it was bruising right away and did a bit of a body scan. I hit my butt and back but not as bad as my arm...or so I was lead to believe through my nerves system since they weren't screaming in pain. but I knew my toe was pretty bad because it was still in the numb stage and not yet able to register as pain. So I tried to ice it as well but once I touched it that ended up being a no go, ubber pain. I was sure it was broken at first. I actually thought it might be bleeding because it felt sticky inside my sock but it ended up just being the skin swelling and touching the other toes. It turned out it wasn't broken but it turned red purple blue and black by that night. especially on the underside since that's where all the blood pooled. The little toe is also bruised and in between the toes and across the top. I think I smashed it into the banister post.
It's now been two days since the stairs and my toe is looking better...sorta at least it's not swollen and I only limp with shoes on. My arm has a nice carpet burn and bruise, my butt hurts if I sit back and I can't stand for very long without the muscles in my back getting really sore. But at least nothings broken, I didn't hit my head and I wasn't carrying any babies at the time!
At this point I can't believe I am in charge of two children's safety and I can't even operate a set of stairs! I don't even have the excuse that I was sauced at the time, which I'd like to be able to tell people cause it makes for a better story then I'm I'm 28 and still don't know how to use my feet.
It happened so fast I have no idea what even really happened. But I did have time to think one my feet left the ground that A) this is going to hurt and B) do not put your hands down to stop your fall. Wait for the thud and grab the railing at the first chance you get. Which is good because I hit so hard I would have snapped my wrist if the angle was bad and who is checking angles when they're falling down a flight of stairs??
So I end up thumping half way down the stairs and then I hobble down the rest of the way as fast as I can and stumble around in a circle waiting for the numbing to turn to pain and then to subside so I could figure out how bad the fall really was. Meanwhile my little guy just saw me slide after the first thump so he now thinks fun things are happening and he's all excited to come see me and I'm trying really hard not to scream or ball. He also wants to be picked up now and my arm is just starting to send signals again that it's injured so now I have a crying baby at my feet and all I can think of is thank god I just put one down to sleep or I couldn't handle two right now.
So I iced my arm since it was bruising right away and did a bit of a body scan. I hit my butt and back but not as bad as my arm...or so I was lead to believe through my nerves system since they weren't screaming in pain. but I knew my toe was pretty bad because it was still in the numb stage and not yet able to register as pain. So I tried to ice it as well but once I touched it that ended up being a no go, ubber pain. I was sure it was broken at first. I actually thought it might be bleeding because it felt sticky inside my sock but it ended up just being the skin swelling and touching the other toes. It turned out it wasn't broken but it turned red purple blue and black by that night. especially on the underside since that's where all the blood pooled. The little toe is also bruised and in between the toes and across the top. I think I smashed it into the banister post.
It's now been two days since the stairs and my toe is looking better...sorta at least it's not swollen and I only limp with shoes on. My arm has a nice carpet burn and bruise, my butt hurts if I sit back and I can't stand for very long without the muscles in my back getting really sore. But at least nothings broken, I didn't hit my head and I wasn't carrying any babies at the time!
At this point I can't believe I am in charge of two children's safety and I can't even operate a set of stairs! I don't even have the excuse that I was sauced at the time, which I'd like to be able to tell people cause it makes for a better story then I'm I'm 28 and still don't know how to use my feet.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Why do you hate me Jo-Anne's fabric store?
So I am on a diaper making venture. I went to Jo-Anne's which is the fabric store in our area and wanted to know if they had PUL fabric and coloured FOE(fold over elastic)...they had PUL in like two colors and only white elastic. They didn't have bamboo fabric, snaps or anything else needed to make diapers. So I had to start looking on line. Guess where everything I need comes from?
No not china....bloody Canada!
So I take myself up to canada to look for the things I need. Still no real luck. They have some stuff but for the life of me I can not find fold over colored elastic. So I use the white and make due. My diapers did come out really nice. But something just wasn't right. I wanted a removable liner so I wouldn't have to change the whole diaper if it was soiled but couldn't figure out how to do it so I gave up on it for now.
So now that I've spent hours of trouble going here there and everywhere to get frustrated and disappointed in the availability of diaper making supplies guess what Jo-Anne's Fabric store now carries......
A Whole Line of Diaper Making Supplies!!!! Damn you Jo-Anne and your being 3 months late! They also had a book on how to make diapers...after I spent countless hours on designing my own diaper pattern. But one good thing came of this....I found out how to do the removable liner like the g-diapers...didn't want to use a g-diaper pattern incase it was copy written. but now I can use the insert pattern and fit it to the diapers I already made...viola! removable inserts to hold the soaker pads
No not china....bloody Canada!
So I take myself up to canada to look for the things I need. Still no real luck. They have some stuff but for the life of me I can not find fold over colored elastic. So I use the white and make due. My diapers did come out really nice. But something just wasn't right. I wanted a removable liner so I wouldn't have to change the whole diaper if it was soiled but couldn't figure out how to do it so I gave up on it for now.
So now that I've spent hours of trouble going here there and everywhere to get frustrated and disappointed in the availability of diaper making supplies guess what Jo-Anne's Fabric store now carries......
A Whole Line of Diaper Making Supplies!!!! Damn you Jo-Anne and your being 3 months late! They also had a book on how to make diapers...after I spent countless hours on designing my own diaper pattern. But one good thing came of this....I found out how to do the removable liner like the g-diapers...didn't want to use a g-diaper pattern incase it was copy written. but now I can use the insert pattern and fit it to the diapers I already made...viola! removable inserts to hold the soaker pads
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