Puppy??

We ran to the grocery store to pick up a few quick things for dinner and Audree started saying.... "puppy?" "puppy?".. we tried to figure out where the puppy was... but there was no puppy in sight. We were checking out and here it comes again... "puppy!" Mich looked over to the next line and there was a woman in a leopard print fur jacket next to us that Audree was pointing to... puppy!! puppy!!!

April 27, 2007

Everyone keeps asking, so I thought I would let everyone here know also.....

....as of last week I have finished my medical transcription training. My diploma will be mailed this coming week. :) YAAAHHH!!!

Marchin' for Babies with the Baby Brigade

We walked the entire six miles and though all exhausted, we were still smiling at the end. There were 4 girls (from left to right - Carmen, Me, Tonya & Tara), 3 kids (Kendall, Audree & Tanner) and 2 chaperones (the guys.... not pictured... Mich & Tonya's hubby) :-) Was fun and for a good cause, though I'm sure the kids would have rather done something else.

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes......

I gave Audree cereal & peaches to eat on her own yesterday... I only let her do it herself when she's getting a bath because she makes a HUGE mess, she's doing good with a spoon, but is by no means a pro yet. I walked away for a minute to finish up some work and came back to find her doing "head, shoulders, knees and toes" with the wiggles while still in her chair and covered with food. It was so cute!

I'm also proud to say that Michael was chosen to receive the Jack White Scholarship! The only one out of all the apprentices! It pays for his books & tuition and a little left over for gas, etc. He was grinning from ear-to-ear when he opened his letter this afternoon.... =-)

Interesting Food Facts.....

This sounds like something God would do. Here is just a short list of examples of Whole Food Signatures.

A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye...and YES science now shows that carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

A Tomato has four chambers and is red.The heart is red and has four chambers. All of the research shows tomatoes are indeed pure heart and blood food.

Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows that grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.

A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds are on the nut just like the neo-cortex.We now know that walnuts help develop over3 dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes,they look exactly like the human kidneys.

Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and more look just like bones.These foods specifically target bone strength.Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet the body pulls it from the bones, making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

Eggplant, Avocados and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats 1 avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? ... It takes exactly 9 months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit.There are over 14,000 proteolytic chemical l cons tituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the motility of male sperm and increase the numbers of sperm as well to overcome male sterility.

Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries

Grapefruits, Oranges, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

Onions look like body cells. Today's research shows that onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes

Living Without

I never thought there was such a thing... but I just came accross a magazine called "Living Without"... it is A Lifestyle Guide for People with Allergies and Food Sensitivities .... interesting!! I was bummed that the magazine idea in the Martha Stewart contest didn't really get much further than that, but I'm curious to check this one out. :-)

www.livingwithout.com

If you have time, let me know if you see anything interesting. I might look into a subscription if it's worth it! :)

Catching up

Sorry... we've been kinda busy around here. I finally have an afternoon to catch up on a few things, so I thought I would include this on my to-do list.

I started working part time as a contractor for a general transcription company. It's not as easy as you would think! :) I can type anywhere from 65-80 wpm, but that's definitely not enough. I'm doing well though.. they've already given me my first uprate and I've learned a few things. I've transcribed a sermon, war stories, and a couple of conference calls from different companies. It's fun.... a little extra play money until I actually finish my medical transcription training and start working with that.

Mich and I spent this past Saturday shoveling dirt. We borrowed a truck and found someone that had some fill dirt they wanted to get rid of. We only took two loads, but that was enough for the day.... Mich does a lot of that for his job, I, on the other hand, was totally exhausted and sore. Mich called the piles of dirt our "cute little piles." They, of course, did not compare to the actual size of the hole we are trying to fill. Whenen we were done with that Mich talked to a friend and found out he could have helped us out with a dump truck and some dirt and make it easier...figures. :) Hopefully we'll be able to get that taken care of soon. Mich got the sprinklers working also.... one of the stations still doesn't work, but most of the yard can get water now.. including my front garden. YAH!! Now, does anyone know of a good way to get rid of squirrels???? (the pic on the left is just under half of the dirt we got)

With help, we cleaned up the yard a couple weekends ago, it was quite a long weekend and a crazy weekend! My guess is that we had about 30 lawn bags full of clippings, leaves, weeds, etc, that went to the dump, plus all the sticks and bushes. It snowed, rained and hailed that weekend... and we worked right through it. It'll be worth it though, when we have a place to play and don't have to go to the park just to get away from all the dirt. I can't wait until everything gets growing!! :)

I took Audree to the park last week and she went up the toy and down the slide a few times, but being as though it was spring break, it wasn't fun trying to get past all of the kids. As most of you know Audree loves ducks! To her, other than the black colored birds in our trees outside, all birds are ducks, even the icky seagulls. It was hilarious to watch our funny little toddler chase after the seagulls. She was running as fast as she could with her arms either behind her or flapping up and down yelling "duck duck duck!" as they flew away from her.

Our little girl is changing so much every day. I recently noticed that she's filling out again, which means she'll probly have another up spurt soon. Her hair is starting to fill in quickly now. I hope she keeps the color for a while, it's a gorgeous light brown, almost blonde, with a slight red tint to it and little curls at the bottom. (I wonder if she'll have curly hair like mommy.) Her vocabulary is changing too. Dree is figuring out how to anunciate her words and gets that little tongue going like crazy. It's so cute when she tries to hold a conversation, of course SHE knows what she's saying. We're also now starting to say Mommy and Daddy instead of mama and dada. She's getting soooooo big!!

I am proud to say I've introduced her to oats now that I'm sure she was ok with wheat. So far, I have not seen any reaction to the oats. Hooray!!! :) She's only had small amounts, but she likes her fruity cherrios. :) We have her 18 month appt coming up in June, i'm going to request another allergy test for her. I'd like to know where we stand now, since it was almost a year ago that she was tested.

April 5, 2008

Ok.. I have a plea for everyone that buys toys and books for Audree... please no more for a while!!! We have too many and are out of room. I'm having to put some in storage downstairs in order to maintain my sanity. If you need to buy toys, let me know..... I have a wishlist for outside toys and Michael is planning to build his own version of a wooden swingset/play house/etc which will be MUCH cheaper than buying one, but we don't have the funds to do it right now.