Saturday, June 28, 2008
Those Summer Ni-hites
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A Vampire for me but not my Daughter
So I'm reading the vampire series. I, like most women who read the book, am into Edward. He is the archetypal male. His got the hair, the eyes, and the body. He also has the charm and the protective nature that most women find appealing. But here's the catch, he is the type of guy that I'd want my girls to stay clear of. If you just examine the way he treats Bella (take away all the meant to be love stuff and the fact that he is a vampire) he's behavior would alarm me as a mother of a teenage daughter. He tells Bella who she can be friends with, where she can go, and what she can do. He also uses he's charm to get his way with Bella. Now to see my point you'll have to step away from your love for Edward and examine his behavior from an outsider looking in. So if you've read the books what's your opinion?
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
The Good,
I had such a blast at Girls Camp this past week! The theme was Reach for the Stars. I went up as a cook and a fill-in adult leader. In the kitchen I learned how to cook for a large group of people (start three hours ahead and make use of crock pots). I also got put in charge of making things pretty. (See my two cakes for 100 people.) I squirted ketchup in star shapes onto people's plates and fancied up the desserts a little.
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the Lame
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. . . and the Funny
A lot of funny stuff happened at camp. There were a bunch of harmless pranks, the girl pictured had her sleeping bag cornstarched by her friend. It was all in good fun because they are both pranksters who played pranks together.
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Chicken Little's New Chick
Flashlight and I are thrilled to announce the early arrival of Hairbaby. She was born on Monday, June 23 at 12:57 pm weighing 7 lb 11 oz and 20 in long.
Hairbaby was scheduled to be born by cesarean section on July 9th, but on Sunday night I started having frequent contractions and Flashlight and I went to labor and delivery to get it checked out. After monitoring me all night, my doctor decided that it would be best not to wait and she was born a few hours later by c-section.
Getting the spinal block was a little scary, but the rest of the birth experience was really positive. Flashlight was with me during the surgery and I got to breastfeed her soon after she was born. She seems to be a content baby but starts screaming when I change her diaper or clothes. Hopefully she'll get used to that soon. I had fantastic nurses who spent hours helping her feed. She hasn't got the hang of it yet, but I think that she'll do much better when my milk comes in.
We came home last night and we're both doing very well. With thick dark hair, she looks the opposite of Headbanger, who only recently decided to grow hair.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Laugh with me about lingerie
My niece, on Flashlight's side, is getting married in a few short weeks. Her bridal shower is a few days before the wedding and I've been asked to buy lingerie. I'm pretty excited by this as I'm 36 weeks pregnant and feeling very un-sexy. Looking through lingerie collections online has helped me feel a little sexier. I keep thinking "ooh, when the baby's born and I've shed the water weight, I can't wait to try something like this..."
The problem is that I don't really know my niece that well. She's LDS (they're getting married in the St. George Temple) and 19 or 20 years old. She's tallish with a slim/medium build and I've been told that red and pink things are out of the question. At the moment I'm leaning toward this (I'm a big fan of Victoria's Secret) in white but I'm not sure. To me, it says innocence in a subtle summery-sexy way, which, in my opintion, is probably good for an inexperienced woman. I often feel out-sexed by lingerie and tend to prefer tamer stuff.
After having a good laugh with Flashlight over some of these, especially the ones in the top row, he suggested something other than white, because white is the color of her regular underwear. He liked this one, which is, um, a little less subtle.
So I need some help here, ladies. What would you recommend for a first-timer on her wedding night?
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Sunday, June 15, 2008
Treat yourself to a retreat
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Saturday, June 14, 2008
My First Braids by a Pro
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
Just Get Out There and Do It!
I went on a longish (18 mile) bike ride with a good friend of mine early this morning, let's call her Farrah Funtime. It was relaxing because it had some gentle hills and stimulating because Farrah Funtime is a great conversationalist. We talked a little about a friend of ours (let's call her Wanda Wish-a-lot) who is always saying that she wishes she could just wake up and be someone else that she really admires. Farrah Funtime was saying that she would like to say to Wanda Wish-a-lot that instead of wishing to be someone else she should just love herself and if she really wants to, she can work on developing the qualities she admires in other people. What a great piece of advice!
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Keep trust in myself
I recently reached a point where I realised I had to regain trust in myself. I felt crappy and did not know exactly why, considering the fact that I look like a happy mother, a happy wife, have a house and 4 adorable kids at 30. What was wrong?
The answer is now clear to me. Because of my health problems! The French saying is : quand la santé va, tout va. In the opposite, when health is not au rendez-vous, nothing goes well (in the head at least). Reading the post on Lady doctor, I felt a little better thinking, oh, I'm not the only one getting in trouble.
Since June 2007 (my first period after my 4th pregnancy) and May 2008, I had bleedings and spottings continuously, and I have had about 6 cystitis or urinary tract infection. Having taken 4 times antibiotics, having had inbetween that either vomiting or diarrhea (stomach pain anyway) I have been more or less very incomfortable since a year now.
It takes time to analyse and point out what's going wrong. Today, being again sick and taking antibiotics, I know for sure that: what changed after my 4th baby compared with the others is that I started to take the pill and that pill was based on progesteron, then I had a DIU with progesteron as well and the bleedings kept on. Since the gyneco took it out end of April (telling me that I lack obviously oestrogen hormon), I had my first normal cycle since ages in May. I told my husband, "you don't mind if we use condoms the time my hormons get back to normal?" but then, I started to have a cystitis again. I read on the internet that lack of oestrogen and lack of vaginal secretion can lead to vaginal infection and thus urinary infection as well after sexual intercourse. My gyneco told me as well to gain some weight because lipid help produce oestrogen hormon. So, now, I am in a much better mood. My action is : gain weight, produce more oestrogen, to produce more vaginal secretion, to protect better the area from germs! Simpler to say than to do, but at least, I have a plan! I weight 45kg instead of 48kg before marriage and 50kg after giving birth. Even the Wiifit tells me I am underweight...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Banoffee Waffle
I have not lived in England for almost two years now so my memories of our time there are currently rose coloured:). One of my favourite things to eat at the Coton Orchard was their version of banoffee waffles. I craved these constantly and ate them about once a month. You can leave out the Heath bits and mini chips or sprinkle them on top of the waffle instead of inside it. It will still be yummy. I think this would be a nice breakfast to make for Father's Day. Here's my version:
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Monday, June 9, 2008
YAY! We made it to 100 posts!
Housewives Out Loud is now officially . . . official. That was a little anti-climactic. Anyway, good for us! Now in celebration I will reveal a few cupcaking secrets. These include the dip and swirl method, basket weave frosting technique and mini-marshmallow flower petals.
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Sunday, June 8, 2008
If you were a spice...
This evening, several of the Relief Society Presidency came over to visit. I'm almost 35 weeks along and they wanted to see how I was doing and if they could help with anything. I've been impressed with this presidency, as they seem to be a pretty well-oiled machine.
One of them made the comment that I'm "spicy" - that my life experience is so very different from the other sisters in our ward, who have spent most of their lives in Southern Utah. I was surprised at the word "spicy" and the sister clarified that I was "good spicy". I wasn't offended but thought that this was a funny comment. To me, I'm fairly tame Chicken Little. Sure, I've lived in Scotland, England, have a doctoral degree and some other unusual experiences, but I really don't see myself as spice-material. Maybe a bland spice - like garlic salt or dessicated onion (to me, garlic and onions are mild), but definitely not cayenne pepper or cumin. Heck, I'm not even as exciting as pre-ground black pepper.
Are you spicy? What kind of spice do you identify with?
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Friday, June 6, 2008
Lady Doctor
If anyone is uncomfortable talking about women's reproductive health please look away right now . . .
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
These Cupcakes are Dedicated to Chicken Little and her Chick(s)
HotDog had a preschool program with a barnyard theme and his teacher asked me to make some animal cupcakes. See horses, pigs and sheep here.
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Best Anniversary Present Ever
Flashlight and I been talking about buying a piano for the last few months. We've read the official piano-buying guide, been to several piano stores, played lots of pianos and got lots of advice from others. We decided on a small Yamaha grand from a local shop and were waiting to figure out how to pay for it and possibly play some other pianos in Las Vegas.
Today is our fourth anniversary and Flashlight woke up at 7 and announced that the piano would be arriving around 8:30. I thought that he was joking, but it turns out that he wasn't. I was so happy I cried, though pregnancy hormones may have helped. The piano people arrived on time and now we are the proud owners of a piano!
Having a piano means a lot to me. I've had about 11 years of lessons and playing got me through difficult patches in high school and at home. Recently, Headbanger has shown great interest in pianos and we hope to get her lessons in a few years. She has Flashlight's long fingers (not my short stubby ones) and loves to bang on the piano. Unfortunately, the first thing she did with our new piano was to bang her head against it. Fortunately, I don't think it will put her off.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
My Child Eats Bugs
Q. What is more revolting than find a dead bug on your child's lip?
A. Finding half a bug on your child's lip.
Recently, my sister-in-law told me a story that a friend had told her. The friend is watching her toddler play in their back yard, when the toddler spots a large cockroach (they're everywhere in the Southwest). As the toddler reaches for the roach, the conversation goes something like this:
Mom: "No!"
Toddler "I eat the bug!"
Mom: "NO! NO BUG!"
Toddler: "Mama, I EAT THE BUG!"
The scene ends with the mother wrestling the child away.
I would love to be able to tell you that Headbanger has never eaten a cockroach. I really would. But twice I've seen her chewing on something suspicious and have pulled out cockroach pieces. We have a clean home and routinely spray for pests, but these awful creatures love the climate.
Its been a while since the last cockroach incident, but yesterday I found half of a dead fly on her lip. There's no doubt in my mind where the other half went.
So what's worse - eating cockroaches or eating flies? Or are they equally gross?
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Easy Camper
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In August of 2008 I will have my third opportunity to see the sights and commune with nature. Expect more posting then.
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Sunday, June 1, 2008
Camping Virgin Gets Laid
So I have never been a big fan of camping. My camping experience was pretty much limited to Girl's Camp as a tween and teenager and while I liked the spiritual atmosphere, the hiking and camping parts kind of stunk. There was one year when the leaders underestimated the amount of food we would need and we spent a week backpacking through Yosemite, with severely rationed food for the last 3 days. I used to have allergic reactions to mosquito bites as well (they swelled up to half golf ball-sized lumps on my face on group picture day). Fun times. I have been very very very resistant to camping because of those experiences. Now I feel major anxiety about wild animals, weirdoes with guns, being outside in the dark and getting lost. So much so that every time anyone asked us to go camping I always had many excuses not to go.
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