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Letter: Passing of Charlie Crooks merited more public notice
Sheryl Paul, Fort Pierce
Letter: Passing of Charlie Crooks merited more public notice
It is very strange to me that this newspaper ignored the death of a local legend, Charlie "Redbeard" Crooks. The only mention of him was a paid obituary.
Charlie was probably the most likable "bad guy" in Fort Pierce back during the days of what I call the "Real" Cattleman's Parade, when ranchers, schools, local businesses and politicians all participated. I find it appalling that no one noticed his death after all he has contributed to St. Lucie County.
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Buss: Longing for the days of Cowboys glory
I knew the day was coming. All the signs were in order. We'd talked about it before. What I didn't know, however, was that it would happen so uneventful. It was like a line from a poem by T.S. Eliot. My long journey to remain a Dallas Cowboys' fan ended, "Not with a bang, but a whimper." Sorry to sound so melodramatic, but 50 years of sweat and tears for a football team are nothing to sneeze at. I sense that at least some of you around my age can at least understand the dispassionate feeling when something you held dear for so long is over.
A couple of weeks ago, on a lazy Sunday afternoon, I was intent on making the job of repairing a backyard gate more difficult than it deserved. To calm growing exasperation, I went into the house for a water break. The TV set in the den was on and the Cowboys were deep in the second quarter against the Carolina Panthers. I'd forgotten that the game was on. Call it a lapse of an aging mind if you want, but I choose to believe it was indifference. My long love affair with the Dallas Cowboys has been building toward this day for the past 15 or 20 years.
I think I speak for many men and women my age who dedicated their lives to God, country and the Dallas Cowboys. We see our team being cruelly taken from us by an ego maniac who appears to care only about self and his tight little circle of family and friends. I'm speaking of course of Jerry Jones — a man I view as an NFL emperor. He is a pharaoh in the Old Testament of sports and we're his Moses; folks in pro football bondage, imploring the ruler in the jeweled gold football helmet to "Let my people go."
I can't remember the last time I watched a Cowboys' game from start to finish. I subscribe to the DVR method of following "The 'Boys." Unless I forget a game is on, I set the kickoff on my DVR. If the Cowboys win, I scan through the best parts. If they lose, I erase it. I'd love to love 'em, but it just isn't the same anymore. The old passion no longer exists.
Do you remember when you were young and read every newspaper line you could lay your hands on that carried any mention of the Dallas Cowboys? Remember how you walked on air for days after a big win over the Redskins, Giants or Eagles? Do you remember how painful the loss to Baltimore in Super Bowl V was and how long it took you to get over it? Do you remember Dorsett's runs, Renfro's defense and Lilly and Jordan's tackles? Do you remember later on how Jimmy Johnson controlled all things to do with football readiness and Jerry was more owner than GM? They won two Super Bowls. It could have easily been four straight, but JJ couldn't take another day living in Jimmy's shadow.
Every year JJ envisions a glorious return to the throne, and every year brings failure. Like me and many of you, Jones is an aging man who is too stubborn to see that under his GM rule the Cowboys' days of dominating the NFL are over. Who of us doesn't wish JJ would see the light? He could lure the best young GM available and allow him to hire the best head coach available. He could then relax in a cushy stadium box where all great owners live happily ever after. It sounds so sensible, so easy doesn't it?
Obviously there are far more important things in life than home runs and touchdowns, but where love of sport is concerned, it would be nice to become a Dallas Cowboys' fan again. Right now I see only gloom and despair in this team's future. I think of how my sports clock is ticking. I think about morbid lines from "The Hollow Men," by T.S. Eliot.
"This is the way the world ends/This is the way the world ends/This is the way the world ends/Not with a bang but a whimper." The poem has nothing to do with sports, but its dreary refrain is fitting. It carries a somber beat and best delivered in monotone. Monotone represents a dull sameness and Jerry Jones is Mr. Monotone.
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Last year's version was phenomenal, but the option to use the Wii MotionPlus accessory makes Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 the most authentic sports video game I've every played. [July 2009, p.90]
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The end of August is a transitional time for the many families preparing to send children off to college. I serve on the board of directors for a national Christian fraternity because I have a special place in my heart for the college-aged man and woman. I personally try to visit my alma mater whenever I can.


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A rare Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) game is currently up for auction on eBay. The game is a Nintendo World Championship cartridge from the early 90's. Unfortunately for collectors, the label on the cartridge is ripped and has had "Mario" written over it, which lessens the value. The cartridge is also the grey version, which is worth less than gold versions. However, the cartridge has still reached over $7,000 as of Friday afternoon.
Only 116 of these Nintendo cartridges were made. They were given out as prizes to winners of the 1990 Nintendo World Championship, Engadget[4] notes.
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Royal Princess Cruise Review by bags r packed: Royal it is not!
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Royal it is not!
My 55th cruise on the Royal was much less than expected. Attention paid to the asthetics certainly are impressive, however many design shortcomings detract from the overall experience.
*No stairs in the middle of the ship with insufficient elevators to handle the traffic.
*The traditional promenade deck is gone. It goes by the same name, but lifeboats obstruct the view of the ocean resulting in an absence of a peaceful, outdoor space with a view.
*Service in restaurants did not compare with our January cruise on the Emerald Princess. While dining in the Crown Grill, we waited 25 minutes for our coffee. I was tempted to go into the kitchen and help myself. I thought we were paying for attentive service as well as good food.
*The dance floor is now in the piazza and it's marble. Little kids, all decked out and cute as a button, are permitted to run loose on the floor among couples trying to dance. No fun for the adults.
You've read about the More miniature balconies in other reviews - impossible.
We have cruised over 500 days with Princess. Our next cruise will be on another line. If we come back to Princess, we will avoid the Royal as well as it's sister ship the Regal. Less
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Balconies are not worth the extra cost. They are extremely small and cramped rendering them impossible.. A positive feature in this cabin was the curtain that could be drawn between the bed and couch. My late to bed husband used the curtain while he watched TV and I slept.
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Baja Rally 2.0
So now that I've had a week to recover from the Baja Rally I feel like I should share my experience so I can thank those that helped me along the way, and so those that have sat on the fence thinking they would like to do something like this can finally get off the fence.
Yes, this is a picture of Andy Grider giving me a High Five at the finish line on the last day of the rally. Something I will never forget....lets rewind to how I got there.
My whole adventure started about a year ago when 88NX250 (Iain) and I were out on a trail ride and he asked me if I wanted to go to Baja with him, the answer that came out of my mouth without any hesitation was "YES! when do we leave?"
My brain was still processing what the actual question was and it probly wasn't till some weeks later that I realized once again I had probly bit off more then I am accustomed to chewing. None the less, as anyone here can understand, it was too late to turn back and have my testosterone levels called into question. So onward and ever forward, I called in the big guns to my rescue...."honey, can I go to Baja next year?" Expecting a grueling series of questioning, that ended with "its going to cost how much?" and then the ultimate blow "NO!" I thought my dirty work would be done for me. Id be out of my obligations and everyone would understand that I had to make my Wife the higher priority.
Well Turns out my wife is far more supportive then I ever gave her credit, and now I was obligated to this trip more then ever! So I start trying to conquer the endless to-do list I have ahead of me to get ready. First thing is First....im not riding the KTM 200 EXC on this ride, so time to find a bike. My first advice for anyone when looking at a bike to take to Baja is...."DONT BE A CHEAP ASS". I learned this the hard way. I bought a clapped out 2001 KTM 400exc that had been blown up and started rebuilding it from the ground up. After I was into it for $3000 I realized I was going backwards not forwards.....Time to sell the bike and get something that is closer to ready to go. That's when I got my KTM 530 xc-w, that would faithfully carry me to the finish.
Now I've got the bike, all I gotta do is get everthing else, how hard can that be? Well turns out that equipping your bike for rally AND a 4 day Baja adventure gets kinda spendy. I could have probly fudged on some stuff, not everything was a pure need, some things were wants....but on a trip like this I would encourage anyone to go the extra little bit to be over prepared because it pays dividends down there and when you don't have a flat tire or you have the extra part you need...its worth every penny.
Well At this point its about 5 months till the Baja Rally and I still have ZERO on hands Rally experience. I decided I really needed to do something to get some experience. I had been playing with Rally Navigator to try to get a better understanding of road books, and since we had two other guys going with us I decided to make a roadbook that went around my hometown where I grew up. Rally Navigator is an amazing program and I would challenge anyone who is interested in rally to try it out.....it has to be one of the easiest ways to get started in rally, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, go try Rally Navigator! If rally is for you, you will be hooked!!
That being said....making roadbooks is still not easy....I had a steep learning curve and came to appreciate just how much work goes into this. The Baja Rally guys put sooooo much work into the roadbooks alone, not to mention every other detail they had to cover, for very little thanks, but many complaints I'm sure.
Well we got some time in on the bikes, and before we knew it, we were headed to Baja, ready or not. In true procrastinator style we were putting the final parts on our bikes the night before we would leave, and by we, I mean I. Every train needs a caboose!
This is where the story really takes off and we get to the meat of it all. My friend Rick. You can call him "Crazy Uncle Rick" if you like. He wanted to go to Baja with me the moment I asked. I couldn't have done it without him, he paid for hotel rooms, gas, provided a vehicle and trailer, paid for parts on the bike and any other thing you can think of, just so he could go on this once in a life time trip with me. He is an amazing person and none of us could have had the kinda trip we had without his support. That being said, we had reservations at the beginning because he is the wildest party animal you have ever tried to keep pace with. This cat can party like a rockstar, and by rockstar I mean guy who has been to jail more then once!
I also need to thank Alex, from Konflict Motorsports. Not only did he put top notch suspension on my bike, but he also supplied his van and time to come down to support us. I cannot say enough good things about him and Konflict Motorsports.
So Rick Picks me up at my place in Bellingham, Wa at 5am Sept 21st and we load up and head for Iain's house (88nx250). Iain is a fairly prepared kinda guy, so you can imagine his reservations when we show up at his house with this and we have to make it from basically the Canadian border all the way down to Coco's Corner and Back.
For all you Top gear fans.....this was dubbed "the sports Lorry" for the remainder of the trip. She worked flawlessly, and by the look of it I think this truck was right at home in Mexico.
The trip down was rather uneventful, we just tried to cover as many miles as we could and got to san diego in about a day and a half. We met up with the rest of our crew and proceded across the border the next day.
This was my first time to Baja/Mexico, so it was an eye opener. Tijuana for those that have never been there is this special place where the air smells of Dead rotting animals mixed with raw sewage and a few other scents mixed in that I just couldn't put my finger on. My problems at home immediately became smaller.
Eventually we had made our way to the San Nicolas Hotel in Ensenada where we were greeted by other smiling faces of fellow riders all excited to embark on the same Journey. Ensenada was much nicer then the border town we were initially greeted by, and put my mind at ease. Many of these guys I would get to know much better along the way and get the privilege of calling friends before the trip was over.
Day one was pretty simple....we had tech inspection, welcome meeting, support crew meeting and of course the "riders meeting". This is where I first got to meet Scotty. Scotty is a high energy guy, you can tell his brain is running a mile a minute, and a lot of the time so Is his mouth (all in fun jest of course scotty ;) The meeting was a little scatter-brained to say the least and I don't blame him a bit with the amount of things he had hanging over his head with this event. I would not have wanted to wear his shoes. That said, Scotty got us all though it and we eventually were off and running trying to get ready for the next morning.
This was how things would be the rest of the trip for me....staying up till midnight getting ready for the next day that would start about 4:30 ish each morning. I ran on pure adrenaline for 4 days straight.
Day 2 was when the actual riding began. We were escorted out of Ensenada by the police with all our support guys there at the Ceremonial Start to cheer us on. My whole body was a ball of nerves and apprehension that I tried my best to keep from showing on the outside. This is when I got to meet Brian Pierce from "Seat time" for the first time. He is hilarious and a heck of a good guy. He is very entertaining and you all should check out "seat time" if you never have before.
Well the great thing about Rally is a lot of the time the days would start out with a liason stage to the start of the special....this was on average about 50- 100 Km. The reason I say this is great, is because it gave me time to get the jitters out and get comfortable on the bike, by the time I got to the start of the special, my head was in the right place and I was actually ready to ride. This format worked really well for me and I liked it a lot. Well I pull up to the start for the special and Im starting right behind Andy Grider. As you can imagine, I feel the pressure of a really fast dude setting the pace in front of me, and a whole lot of fast dudes behind me that will be looking to pass me at some point during the day. So I settle into my pace allowing myself to be ok with getting passed a lot.
The day went off without a hitch for the most part.... didn't get passed as much as I expected to, got lost a couple times but over all felt pretty good, I seemed to be picking up on the navigation. Day one taught me the harshness of penaltys, I got a speeding penalty in a speed zone that added an hour to my time putting me in 17th. That was a mistake I promised I wouldn't allow myself to do again the rest of the event.
We ended the day at the Iconic "Horse Power Ranch" which was an awesome place to end the day. After a warm sweaty day of riding, the Pool was very inviting and I took full advantage of it.
We had an amazing diner and got to hear the first days results, and then it was off to bed to get some much needed rest.
4:30am came early as it always does, and we geared up to do battle a second day. Muscles were sore but overall I felt pretty good, and ready to put in another long day. I knew today was going to be exceptionally long as we had to make our way all the way down to COCO's, so I started preparing mentally that today had to be about survival...the bike had to hold togeather to Coco's or todays ride would be pointless. Im glad I did, because the 2nd day of riding proved to be one of the hardest on the machines. By the End of the day, Andy Grider's bike had blown, Brian Pierce's KTM had Seized and our own Team mate Whitney Koeberly had a complete Transmission/engine failure. I was greatful to have a bike that was still running when I got to Coco's, but it too was scary low on oil, and it would be something that The guys and I would have to keep a sharp eye on for the rest of the event.
Now you remember me talking about "Crazy Uncle Rick" well Coco's corner is where he really started to come into his own.
Up till this point most everyone we had run into was all business, but after a long day with a high attrition rate on the riders, some loosening up was in order. We wont go into details, but SOMEHOW, Some MOONSHINE made its way into COCO's Corner and judging from the grins I saw an hour or two later, it was a welcome guest. Everyone proceeded to have a good time that night as we watched Andy Grider and Half the camp, try to put new tires on Coco's 4wheeler. It was an awesome evening and a once in a lifetime experience.
The next morning started with us getting the green flag from Coco to start our liason stage to the next special. So I had a really hard get off on the first stage of the previous day, and my tailbone had taken the brunt of it, I knew today was going to be a long day and I was not looking forward to the suffering that I knew was going to be required of me to finish. None the less Finishing had to be my goal above all else. The road in and out of Coco's is pretty unpleasant on a bike, I cant imagine how the vehicles handled it, needless to say....I DID NOT SIT DOWN. When I got to the pavement I was happy to get a little relief....but it was only temporary. As I rode down the road I saw a group of birds ahead....my previous experience with this here in Washington has always be crows and I didn't think to much about it. It was when I was right on top of them and saw them start to fly that I realized I was dealing with a much larger kind of bird. If you have ever had a Vulture hit you while your riding 70mph down the highway then you know my experience well.....it was as if someone threw a 15lb turkey at me from the side of the road! I don't know how I stayed on the bike, but I have the bruise to prove I made life ending contact with the most smelly of all feathered creatures. I was almost more upset about the fact that my jersey smelt of rotten animal carcass and I was going to have to ride in it all day, then I was about the bruise and the near brush with death. That would be worst of my day and everything was uphill from there.
Now for those that hadn't heard....there was a bit of a hiccup on the 3rd days special. Some might call it more then that, but after my brush with the carrion eater of Death earlier in the day, my spirits were hard to be dampened. To get to the bass tacks of it if you will, it was a last minute change to the road book the night before, it wasn't very clear, and the intended route was impassible. I understand the frustration people felt, but I think nobody felt it more then Steve Hengeveld. (picture credit to chilly white)
We helped steve get his bike out and that's where the whole race got turned upside down. In the end I don't think anyone was happy with it, some suffered the brunt of it worse then others, I feel like the organizers did their very best to be fair but there was no fix all situation that could have made everyone happy.....in the end its rally, and had it been DAKAR, I belive the French would call it "force majeure". I still had a fun day and I wasn't about to let one day ruin the great time I was having. Eventually we made our way to MAMA ESPINOZA's. A must stop for anyone going to see Baja. The food is good and the company we kept there was even better. Great people and times were had by most. The hotel rooms were nicer then expected and probly the only complaint I had was the highway right next to us. It sounded like we were watching the Diesel Super trucks race circle track all night, but even with that I was tired enough to sleep through most of it.
Well the next morning came and it was the final day. Im here! Ive made it this far! all I have to do is buckle down, keep the bike togeather and I could finish this thing. Im excited as I push my bike over towards the start out of Mama's. I decide to go ahead and start my bike....and I kick, and I kick and I kick. Nothing is happening! My heart sinks to the pit of my stomach as I start to realize that finishing may not be a possibility now. The great crew of helpers that came along in the Konflict Motorsports van jump into action.
As they work on my bike I see all the other riders pulling out. Even Brian Pierce on the Super Pimp 200 (im pretty sure that's what the SP stands for on that bike). Well 40 min goes by and just about when I have lost all hope, the guys got my bike going and I throw my helmet on and rip out of Mama's to applause, it was an amazing feeling. I had crashed on the Mama's loop stage though about half way through and filled my road book holder with sand. I actually tore my road book in half at one point when one of the rollers locked up, so I had to stop and tape it back up and disengage the electric motors and roll by hand the 2nd half of the loop. At this point im feeling a little bummed about my situation, but still happy that im on my way to finishing. Eventually I pass a few guys and roll back into mama's with the end of the pack. I start to realize my day has turned around. My awesome support team clears the dirt out of my road book holder and gets the electric motors working again and I take off to the Penultimate stage. Day 4 had the most awesome riding, scotty and the crew did a great job of rewarding us on day 4 with some of the best riding Baja has to offer, I loved every minute of it.
The rest of the day was kind of a blur, I stopped once to zip ty my speedo back on cause the bracket it was bolted to broke, but the focus the entire time was just finish, just finish. Eventually I rolled into the finish for the stage and that was where I had half the support crew waiting for me cheering and Andy Grider waving the Checkered flag and giving me a pat on the back. It felt amazing. I had done it!
Then to my amazement less then an hour behind me, here comes Brian on the SP 200. My hat is off to him...day 4 was a long day with a lot of off road miles and he made it look easy on that bike. Since I was about ready to leave I stuck around and followed Brian back to Ensenada. I wanted to see him cross the final finish line at the Hotel.
When we got back to the hotel in Ensenada, Brian did a meaty burn out across the front of the hot tubs and we were greeted in rockstar style by our support guys and the whole event crew.
I had an amazing time, period. This event isn't for everyone. But if your looking for a challenge and you love Rally, and you think you got what it takes. You should think really hard about it. I promise that if you allow yourself to have a good time and just enjoy it, you will walk away with more memories and good times then you know what to do with. I wish I could share all the pictures and every single moment on here, but it would never end if I did. Thanks guys.
1200 GS Rider
Joined: Aug 2006
Location: Camas, WA
Oddometer: 2,310
Thanks for sharing...so bummed about missing it I need to live vicariously through others!
2006 R1200GS; 2009 Husaberg Rally 570; 2011 Husaberg FE570
"Speak to me of summer, long winters longer than time can remember;
Setting up of other roads, travel on in old accustomed ways."
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Jan 2009
Location: The land of the Dutchmen
Oddometer: 272
Great report! Good to see rally is developing on that side of the globe
Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Dec 2005
Location: Wherever I go, there I am
Oddometer: 1,912
Great write up and really cool to get your perspective. I would have really liked to have seen the Ensenada start and finish (instead of a computer screen ). It was great to see your bike finally fire up at Mama's.
I've sent Scotty a few suggestions for consideration in next years Baja Rally 3.
"You can follow me, but it's gonna hurt"
Joined: Mar 2007
Location: Bothell, WA
Oddometer: 1,161
Great report, thanks!
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Go Outside
Joined: Aug 2009
Location: Quartz Mtn. West end of the Wichitas
Oddometer: 2,662
Good stuff. ~ Nice write-up.
Allergic to Asphalt!
Joined: Oct 2004
Location: Kalifornia
Oddometer: 7,597
So Many Idiots, So Few Comets!!!!!!!!!
just happy to ride
Joined: Aug 2010
Location: vancouver island
Oddometer: 24
nice R.R. Mark,it was good to see you get through to the finish!
Joined: Jan 2007
Location: Pacific NW
Oddometer: 1,934
Mark, thanks for taking the time to do a RR.
Easily the most fun I've had on a bike, (until my transmission expired). I LOVE RALLY!
Turns out I like the rain, easier to Spin, Skid and Slide.
Log Riding 101
Two flats tires
Joined: Nov 2013
Location: Anacortes, WA
Oddometer: 14
Awesome to see a guy from bellingham rally it down there! I'm in Anacortes and i'm heading down that way next year. Anacortes to Patagonia. I would love to hear more about your trip.
Joined: Jan 2007
Location: Pacific NW
Oddometer: 1,934
Thanks for chiming in. The more we talk and share stories, we realize that even if we're from Small Town, USA (I grew up in Anacortes) and we dream big, big things can happen.
I have to give credit to my buddy Iain who was a major motivator, telling me that Mark was the first rider to register for the Baja Rally and that he was number two! I had only ridden with Mark once, well over a year ago, but with that amount of conviction from the both of them I knew I had to be apart of the fun.
For me, Rally is the natural progression in riding and racing. After college I got into trail riding and Dualsport. It didn't take long to figure out that if you wanted to stay out of the dust, you better learn how to navigate! I'd see a pack of guys roll up to an intersection and stop, look down at the roll chart and then go. I'd look ahead on the roll chart, memorize the next turn or two and blow by them into clean air.
It wasn't until my late 30's that I started to dabble with hare scrambles. And by 40, I had fallen in love with Timekeeper Enduros. Unfortunately many of them are converting to an ISDE format, or Sprint format. This is due to dwindling land availability and shrinking clubs.
Adventure riding helped with navigation and orienteering; again, if you don't like dust, you better know how to navigate. :)
Rally combines all of this into one epic multi day, navigation, adventure race in a far off land. Ride safe, ride smart, and preserve your equipment. I learned my lesson this year!
Turns out I like the rain, easier to Spin, Skid and Slide.
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Although natural/no intervention pregnancies and births, they were in the hospital. Some doppler during pushing.
Timeouts. Plastic toys. Plastic plates and cups. Jogging stroller.
Disposable wipes for no. 2s. The occasional disposable diaper.
Ipads and video games. AC and mosquito spray, both sparingly.
Encourage weaning by three. And that is my absolute upper limit.
Not a fan of older kids in my bed.
Van. More driving than I would like.
Not all organic produce and dairy. Store bought, nonorganic chicken.
Public school, not crazy about it but definitely best for us. Selective delayed vaccs.
Some dryer usage esp in winter. I will not hang socks or undies. And my 'delicate' undies are so out of circulation anymore!
Im sure there are a lot things Im not even thinking of! Its not like theres a rulebook...RIGHT?!
this is great!
I swear around my kids and don't care to try not to.
I get angry and annoyed and I can't always express my feelings the way I'm always telling my daughter she needs to.
We eat sooo much pizza, usually about once a week. I even let her get pepperoni sometimes (gasp NITRATES)
We eat too much chocolate and sweet things.
My oldest daughter is fully vaccinated.
My baby got the dtap cuz I'm slightly more terrified of pertussis than I am of the vaccine.
We eat white rice sometimes because it's just so delicious.
ohh there is probably so much more...
Oh jeez....I'm not sure I can list the things.
we have had TV dinners the last two nights.
My baby is currently in a huggies disposeable
when my husband gets behind on the recycling and it gets annoying I grab a trash bag and clean it all up.
We are a tech house....video games, iPad, iPod, computers the whole shebang.
Adinal! *gasp* tv dinners?????????? the kind with the little desserts in the center? ...lol teasing mama!!!!!
Cute thread! On the one hand, I LOVE to read about all the wonderful and sometimes "over the top" efforts some families make in the name of NFL, AP, the environment and peaceful living. It inspires me to do better. But, skimming through this thread and seeing how much of a relief it is to other mamas when we talk about our "digressions", I'll go ahead and tell you all that I am currently down'nee'ocean, hon! I am in candy, asphalt, SPF 600 heaven! So, yea, we do our best. When money flows like the river Jordan (am I using that correctly?), I can be a pretty awesome NFL mama. But I really struggle with doing it on a budget. But, I also found some of our favorites in the NFL/AP world were a bit consumerist and I feel more ethically in line with some foundations of NFL/AP by not being able to afford so many of the beautiful perks.
So, yea, I struggle with the buy local, buy organic or buy lots of inexpensive veg, meat and dairy and have wonderful cooking options. I simply buy so much less new and feel so great about that. Yea, some of that is plastic...but it's old and loved and less complicated in some ways than all those beautiful wooden toys.
We managed 1 year each in cloth before I just couldn't/didn't stick to it. The kids were using fewer and fewer diapers and disposable just looked so good and easy. Both PT pretty early I think in part over my feeling pretty bad about disposable.
I absolutely dislike food trends, a lot of which seem to be embraced in the NFL world.
Our kid goes to public school.
We partially vaccinate.
I have told my loved ones that I would like them to go all out for Western meds if they get some terminal-seeming illness.
We spend a lot of time in the sun in the summer and I use the drug store sunscreen. It works the best for our family and is most comfortable to wear. I do use some zinc too... but mostly just mainstream chemical laden goo. I have a couple of bottles of organic stuff that I just don't trust and only use if we're out in the sun a sort while.
I'm a sold non-hitter (not that this is something to be proud of) but I can get pretty darn exasperated. I work on it but... sometimes it takes me a bit before I get caught up.
What else?
I love Rice-or-Roni.
Troll? Here's me...
I vaccinate
I birth fully drugged
I use disposable diapers
Formula feeding this LO
I spray real liquid death on my lawn and in my house (bug killer)
We eat fast food like there are no grocery stores in my city
I only use my recycling bin because I have to. Otherwise my trash can isn't big enough for all the trash we accumulate each week.
My kids are in public school and I buy public school lunches because Frito Pie is AWESOME!!
My kids do not have organic toys or wooden blocks
I shopped at Wal Mart the other day.
I could ride share but I don't because I hate other people talking to me in the morning.
I buy bottled water, Large Costco flats of bottled water and just fill the city dump to brim with them.
The meat I do buy is probably all horribly treated cows and chickens... they still taste good.
I pretty much parent my kids. Like I tell them what to do and how to dress. I don't allow that free for all feel good crap.
I fed my LO bb food at 5 months. And it was store bought.
Laws haven't changed yet but that doesn't stop some.
Disclaimer - I am a law-abiding citizen. But I do drive off-road.
I have a full-time job by choice and use a day care center. They do use our cloth diapers though.
I yell. I probably am not the most gentle discipliner, though I try.
WOHM to Leo (4/08) and enjoying the journey with DH
Announcing the arrival of Clara in August 2013!
We're trying to get back to natural living so I figure airing my dirty laundry off the bat is the best way to keep me honest about my progrss and lack thereof.
Things we have no intent of changing...
We don't use any "natural" alternatives when it comes to personal hygiene. I love my shampoo, soap, tampons, TP, and body wash too much.
Drive a van by necessity.
Have a probably larger home than we need.
Watch TV.
Large family.
Equally enjoy organic produce and cheetos, and have no problem eating McDonalds once in a while. I figure that if the bulk of our diet is good, healthy, home-cooked food, 10-15% of the other stuff is a good balance between healthy and normal/fun.
Things we're changing...
Recently moved and have started raising chickies for eggs, will slowly start raising other things for meat and milk. Growing more of our own veg now that we live in a place where food actually grows!
Getting back to homeschooling/unschooling all or most of our children. Our oldest 2 went to school for a few years, at first it was because they were interested (which we have no problem with them going to school if it's their idea), but then because we just felt obligated to and they weren't happy any more. We were becoming naggy, authoritarian, school-focused parents who we didn't want to be. Now they're back home for the coming year, but our 5 year olds are going (by choice).
Moving toward replacing all our household cleaning products and methods with more natural alternatives.
Focusing more on entertainment at home rather than jetting here and there on a hectic schedule.
Peaceful, homeschooling, UC/HBing, select vaxing, breastfeeding, intactivist mama to a bunch of small people.
So I deliberately picked some of what I think of as the newer things, or things that are way more mainstream now than they were when I got pregnant in 1998.
I'm not paleo or Weston-Price, nor am I veg*n, but I do eat vegan & veg meals sometimes, buy grass fed meat and try to buy local or organic as much as possible. But then I eat out a lot, and we still eat sugar and flour and from the salty, crunchy snack group.
I don't make kombucha, kefir or my own yogurt. I have made kombucha before, but I gave up on it.
I don't own an amber teething necklace, my children have never worn one. I do think they are cute, however.
My babies never had a craniosacral adjustment, nor have they seen a chiropractor.
I hate the term baby led weaning. I also feel like the idea behind elimination communication has been so co-opted or whatever you want to call it. I actually did try EC with my first way back in 2000, but you didn't need special apparatus for it, and I'm kind of confused by it all now. I feel like a lot of time what gets called EC is really early potty learning, and less of the attention is on learning the cues. But if it works to eliminate the need for diapers, cloth or otherwise, I'm in favor of it.
I used a stroller, I was fine with the big baby toys like exersaucers.
I'm so sick of kale everything, seriously. My kale chips don't really work out that well because I don't own a dehydrator, and the whole kale smoothie thing is not that great so far. Spinach is fine, but if I try to minimize the grassy taste of the kale, I barely put any in.
I don't homeschool.
I sometimes fly on airplanes or drive long distances in my minivan. We also have a big house that is air conditioned, and we each have our own computer.
I've never had a chicken in my yard, even for a day, although once a pair of ducks hung out for awhile.
I don't knit, crochet or dream about winning the lottery and buying out the yarn store.
I yell sometimes, I'm not the lovey dovey patient type of mother, although I am kind of a pushover parent.
I have a microwave and I use it.
Sometimes I shave my legs...a couple times a year. And I'll throw my pits in there too, upon occasion, but they don't seem to look any better even with a shave.
The more brightly colored plastic toys, the better. My dream is to have a giant Playmobil room.
My dog does not eat a prey model diet.
I don't use a stool to squat for stool. If sitting on the toilet and straining was good enough for the King, it is good enough for me.
I take ibuprofen or other NSAIDs, I'm not really into homeopathy.
My children only smoke organic pot...yeah, kidding, they don't smoke at all.
Oops, I forgot one: I only had my children rear-facing in their carseats until 30 pounds. Or maybe even not that long, I can't remember. I know it was over a year, but it wasn't as long as 2 years with either of them.
Just let my DD watch a Richard Scarry video so (after 2days!) I could do her hair. With all this humidity it's the only way outside of the bathtub to get through the curls.
Too expensive to buy all organic, so we don't.
I'm a big fan of the swiffer and paper towels. I've promised myself that someday we'll have a washer/dryer and then we can abandon the paper, but until then ... And we clean with all kinds of things.
There's definitely some plastic in the house.
We both like sugar, so DD eats sugar. And she was born in a hospital, but just barely.
We did cloth-diaper, but we used a service (no washer/dryer and I was NOT going to haul a cartful of dirty diapers three blocks to and from the laundromat).
I'm sure there's more but ..
LOVE this thread!
He wears disposable diapers when his parents are feeling too lazy to deal with cloth diaper laundry, or when we travel. We use disposable wipes.
He's a fish stick eating fiend.
He was totally over the Ergo as soon as he started to walk.
He loves his pacifier with a passion.
He's been sleeping in his own room since he was 8 weeks old.
Take THAT, Dr. Sears! ;-)
I like a couple ultrasounds during pregnancy.
I'd *like* a shot of some pain killer during birth. We do home births, but I wouldn't shun some meds if legally offered. haha
We eat sugar. Not always organic. Some times what we eat may not even qualify as "food".
I live being sensitive to every ones wants and needs--- but at the end of the day I'm mom, and I make the final decision. "I'm the mom, that's why!" is a totally acceptable reason.
I drive a vehicle that gets maybe 10-12 mpg. Living rural, I drive 200 miles a month= $$$ for not a lot of travelling. Store and library a couple times. :(
I've driven through a McDonald's drive thru to get french fries to calm a crying kid more times than I'd like to admit in my life as a parent.
I have a bottle of bleach in my house.
I have no problem using disposable diapers when I have them for long journies, same with paper plates/napkins/cups for postpartum period or travels....
I haven't breastfed a babe over 10 months of age, and my first 3 children drank formula...I can recognize that may not be ideal without feeling guilty. That was huge, to me!
Daughter of Him, Wife and Mother to them ,
One more on the way Fall 2013
Great idea! Here it goes:
We use disposable paper towels
My kids watch way too many youtube videos every day (we don't have cable), I pacify myself with the fact that we can monitor what they watch :) lol
My first was born in a hospital and I used disposables with her for the first 6 months
I stopped making my own bread
I don't buy all produce organic
I let my kids eat bad things when visiting grandparents
I had two ultrasounds with my first baby
I eat too much dark chocolate, with my least favorite ingredient - soy lecithin!
I am secretly hating cloth diapering right now (stink, hard water)
I yell at my kids sometimes, then feel horrible about it
Our house is way too cluttered and the kids playroom is FAR from 'Waldorfy' lol
Hmm, more:
Not vegan, paleo, primal, etc.
I couldn't identify kale at a grocery store, let alone eat it. Just never been on my radar.
We go out to restaurants a lot. Some top quality, some just average chains.
Kids all have wayyyyyy too much clothes. Most aren't thrifted. We do pass things down though.
Sometimes a raised voice is the only thing that will do. Almost never to the individual, but I do find myself yelling to get the attention of a group.
I'm a terrible twin mama. I dress them alike (their request, but I still get dirty looks about it sometimes), they're going to public school (their choice), won't be in separate rooms (my choice), and though they do have friends, they really only play with each other 90% of the time. They also don't have "separate" friends. Not that I'm against it, it just hasn't happened yet.
We have too much "stuff."
Our pets subsist on commercial (albeit "natural") pet food and table scraps. We do have a hayfield for the horses' food though! But OTOH they sleep on pine bedding which is probably not a very sustainable thing.
We fly commercial air and drive our van and RV for vacations and adventure.
The one really great thing about Texas was that it taught me how essential a fryer is and how to use it.
We use air conditioning, thank goodness.
I shave, use makeup, dress sharp, etc.
I can't sew to save my life. I've never knitted/crocheted anything more than a hat or scarf.
Peaceful, homeschooling, UC/HBing, select vaxing, breastfeeding, intactivist mama to a bunch of small people.
I've had 4 c-sections.
I use disposable diapers. I once bought some cloth, but chickened out.
I nurse my kids on a schedule and they sleep in a crib in their own room from about 3 months on.
I don't own any green cleaning products except I make my own laundry soap.
My boys are both circumcised.
I could go on and on! Ha!
Did anyone go to get a free Slurpee today, on 7/11 day? Just curious. I saw people mentioning it, even people who would normally never drink them.
Nearest 7-11 is atleast 90 miles away. In my hog, that free slurpy would cost over $80 in gas roundtrip. I licked the screen when a picture of one came up - does that count?
Daughter of Him, Wife and Mother to them ,
One more on the way Fall 2013
This is great.
I feel so guilty sometimes - we are on a tight budget in a smallish town, so most of our food comes from Wal-Mart. I only buy the Canadian meat there and avoid the really processed stuff, but we could never afford organic.
We drink fluoridated city water and there's nothing I can do about it.
We eat white flour. It doesn't go rancid like the whole wheat stufff does. I try and cut it with something better if I have some, but sometimes I don't and I make good white bread.
I carried my daughter for months, but she's heavy, and we don't have a car, so when she FINALLY began to enjoy her stroller, I embraced it. I love the stroller. I don't feel like a pack animal anymore.
On that note, I can't wait until we can afford a car, and we will get one big enough to handle our roads in the winter, and high enough that we won't all be crushed if we hit a moose. These things are more important to me than fuel efficiency.
I sometimes buy disposables when I am tired of doing laundry.
My husband and I eat candy when the kid's asleep, but she's caught me sneaking chocolate a couple times and I let her try some. She loves it.
We planned to have no screen time, but sometimes when I'm exhausted and out of ideas I watch nature documentaries with my toddler.
me too. I love calrose and basmati....Just bought a 50 pound bag actually...
Daughter of Him, Wife and Mother to them ,
One more on the way Fall 2013
We eat ice cream. Lots of ice cream. We LOVE ice cream!
~Mama to my boys~ to a teen, a tween & a toddler and surro-mama to twins and their sister
Livin' in the sticks with my chicks and lovin' it!
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All my kids have had coffee.
I believe in moderation but you have to enjoy life and eating is a part of life. I like food!
I like me some quick-fried Cheetos now and then.
Being an older Mom with a 9 yr old who has three adult siblings (the youngest is 25), I have learned throughout the years to develop my own parenting style by using a hodge-podge mess of skills that have worked for me. From time to time I do resort to "because I am the Mom and I said so!"
How can you not have plastic Legos???
I have danced and sang with Sharon, Lois and Bram; Barney; and The Wiggles!
I did not even really know about attachment parenting..I read about it briefly but ....Dr. Sears books were my BIBLE. we co slept we breastfed, we also did specific vacinationations.
I often tell people we pretty much mesh a little bit from several types of parenting techniques into OUR parenting technique.
We watch tv.
we eat out more than i care to admit
We also had to supplement with formula early on.
We also have had to use more consequences in discipline...I wouldn't call those times posiitive discipline but she is getting older...
Me, too. The world is full of consequences and not all of them are logical.
I am a little confused by this thread, and by that I mean that the fact that it is suppose to be a list of our "shortcomings". In my opinion I have always taken an AP/NFL lifestyle as something to generally live by as guidelines, not absolutes. I am in an AP playgroup and have noticed that some parents do cloth diapers and some don't, some have children who go to public school and others homeschool etc, but I do not judge anyone in my group who does not do things exactly as I do. We are all human and do the best that we can and make decisions based on what we feel is best for ourselves and our families.
Maybe I am taking this topic too seriously, but I find it a little disheartening that so many mamas feel that some of the things they are listing make them "un-AP". I hope my two cents does not offend anyone, but I feel like it's hard enough trying to tolerate the judgements from people who disagree with or do not understand AP parenting, without adding feelings of inadequacy from our own community. Ok, and for the record I am currently pregnant which could explain why I am reacting so strongly to this thread! LOL
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Rebbecky - I totally get where you are coming from. I actually said something similar to a couple of the other moderators
But I think some of the relief comes from browsing some of the forums and seeing one poster so into "AP thing A" and then another poster really into "AP thing B" and then yet another poster who is really great at "NFL thing C" and sometimes there have been posters or threads that have been completely 100% against something... plastic, McDonalds, Walmart all come to mind. I feel like sometimes it get overwhelming when everyone else "seems" to be doing better at this "AP/NFL" thing then you (general you) especially if it's something your life you'd like to do better at but can't. Sometimes the AP/NFLingness of the board is seen as a sum off ALL the posters instead of each individual. I don't know if that makes sense?
With that being said...
AP/NFL is not a one size fits all parenting/living style. But then neither is mainstream parenting/living. Not every child or family fits into the same box. And that's cool. AP is about parenting with intent, about listening to your heart and your child and doing what you feel is best for them, it's about parenting with full awareness and care. And AP is about supporting our children in their needs. And NFL is about living in this world and trying to be a little gentler on Mother Earth and getting back to a more "natural" way of living. AP and NFL can go hand in hand quite well, but they *don't have to* go together either. Some mamas on here are all about the AP and not so much about the NFL, others are the opposite and many more fall somewhere in the middle of one or both categories.
I don't think anyone is feeling less AP for posting on this thread. More the feeling of relief comes from being able to admit that they still feel like they are AP even if they don't do everything that if feels like everyone else does based on browsing the board.
And I've even seen threads (I was on one today) where posters have different ideas of what makes something AP. And that's cool too, my idea of AP may very well be different then Jane Doe's and different again from John Doe's but that doesn't make us any less right within our own families :)
I am a little confused by this thread, and by that I mean that the fact that it is suppose to be a list of our "shortcomings". In my opinion I have always taken an AP/NFL lifestyle as something to generally live by as guidelines, not absolutes. I am in an AP playgroup and have noticed that some parents do cloth diapers and some don't, some have children who go to public school and others homeschool etc, but I do not judge anyone in my group who does not do things exactly as I do. We are all human and do the best that we can and make decisions based on what we feel is best for ourselves and our families.
Maybe I am taking this topic too seriously, but I find it a little disheartening that so many mamas feel that some of the things they are listing make them "un-AP". I hope my two cents does not offend anyone, but I feel like it's hard enough trying to tolerate the judgements from people who disagree with or do not understand AP parenting, without adding feelings of inadequacy from our own community. Ok, and for the record I am currently pregnant which could explain why I am reacting so strongly to this thread! LOL
You are so sweet! I actually totally dislike the label "AP" and usually use in in quotes. I even started a thread on it in the past few years and was so chuffed to see Peggy chiming in with similar feelings. To me, AP is something I fell into because so many of my choices seemed to fit with that label - not the other way around. I only use "AP" here and even then only reluctantly so nothing can make me feel "un-AP", yk?
Also, I think it's important to keep in mind what DB was saying about how we define AP and NFL. You can easily come to NFL from two pretty different perspectives - one from personal health and one from an environmental one. That may get you to about the same place but not quite, yk? Same with AP. Some of us are motivated by being a change we want to see in the world, others want to raise their children autonomously. Again, that can unify some pretty different folks.
I posted to the thread because I saw it gave so many moms a sense of relief to see what other families were doing. I sympathize with you in that it SUCKS if mamas are feeling badly about their life and the choices they make. Yea, to a certain extent that is a good motivator to do better - for sure. But too much and over relatively small things is such a waste of worry, right? I'm sure there is some lovely saying about not wasting our guilt on...wait..."Don't sweat the small stuff." Ha!
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