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Magically warm, fizzy and fun all at the same time! Kids will love this chocolaty drink. Taken from the Betty Crocker website.
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- 1⁄2 cup chocolate syrup
- 2 cups milk
- 2 (12 ounce) cans cola, room temperature (or use lemon-lime soda)
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- Stir together chocolate syrup and milk in 4-cup microwavable measure until well blended.
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The AC Milan forward missed Italy's international friendly against Argentina with a persistent knee problem but is expected to be available for the trip to the Philips Arena
The Italy international was forced to skip his country's 2-1 friendly defeat by Argentina in Rome on Wednesday night because of a troublesome knee injury but the Rossoneri supremo expects him to be ready for Tuesday's game.
"Mario should make it for PSV," Galliani told Sky Sport Italia. "The knee is going well.
"I also heard from [Milan coach Massimiliano] Allegri, who told me that he should be there.
"Physically and psychologically, Milan are fine. I saw the team play in Germany and USA and they seemed to me in good condition, so we'll see."
Meanwhile, Galliani confirmed that there had been no movement in relation to the club's attempt to bring forward the arrival of CSKA attacking midfielder Keisuke Honda, who has agreed to join Milan on loan in January.
"The situation is very clear," he stated. "CSKA Moscow is the rightful owner of his card, so, if they want to give him to us, we will take him in August.
"If they don't give him to us, he will come in January on a free transfer.
"The market closes on September 2. It's clear that, as time goes by, the deal becomes less and less interesting for us but you never know; this is football, after all."


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The Folsom History Museum lies at 828 Sutter St. in Folsom's Historic District. Browse through folsomhistoricalsociety.org for admission info and hours.
When culture believes of women's freedom nowadays, pictures from the late 60s and very early 70's come to mind. A life transformed by the Space Race.
Manufacturing facility flexibilities.
One more production that aided women: the arrival of the cleaning equipment. While primitive by today's criteria, these makers really transformed the textile selections in women's apparel.
The exhibition has an interesting screen of styles from the 1860s right as much as the 1920's. Years by years, one sees the initiatives made to fit style.
Folsom Record Gallery shows success for women wasn't a cinch.
Styles advanced over the centuries that limited women even more. These consisted of bodices, hooped skirts as well as added layers of clothes to avoid the external garments from dirtying, high-heeled foot-wears to limit activity and also even more.
Servants to Fashion: The Beauty & Pain of Changing Styles, 1850 1925 provides the site visitor a special sight right into the lives of women as well as children prior to the Modern Era. And also it will certainly inform those that long for excellent old days that each age has its complete share of difficulties.
For countless years women used garments that covered their bodies from go to toe. Essentially.
This exhibition is an abundant prize that should be very carefully unpacked, display screen by screen. It is well worth the time.
Connected and unknotted.
Developers crafted patterns that utilized much less material and also had easier lines. Women acquired stitching patterns in stores or gotten them by means of direct-mail advertising directories or journal promotions.
Time was an additional point swiped from women. A woman's job was never ever done.
The arrival of the stitching device was among the very first gadgets to free women. It offered them a little step of something they never ever had prior to: time. A garment that formerly took control of a week to produce currently took simple hrs.
There's a strategy to invest a little bit of time at this display. There is a whole lot to learn, and to see.
An exhibition at the Folsom History Museum reveals that the initiative to cost-free women from the bonds that really going to them started a lot earlier. In the 1800's.
World war developed an additional point for women: manufacturing facility works. With men who went overseas for the battle, women tipped in to keep America going.
By 1920, women had the ballot and also the self-confidence that they might make it by themselves if they needed to.
Women had so many jobs to do, in truth, that they were totally reliant after guys for assistance. Unless a woman was individually affluent and also might manage slaves, she had actually to be wed or live with family members.
Gone were the limiting bodices. Frilly, large clothes weren't sensible in a manufacturing facility setup. Neither was the moment squandered to produce intricate styles taken into consideration patriotic.
This existing offering at the gallery is without a doubt the most effective the Folsom Historical Society volunteers have actually created on this subject. And also the previous displays were great.
Servants to Fashion go through Sept. 4.
Hemmed in.
Women were confined not simply by the effort they did, yet by the clothes itself. Site visitors could be amazed to learn that the limited lacing of the women's bodices reorganized their inner body organs.
Modification wasn't a cinch. Being cinched was component of the trouble.
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National politics, fashion make unusual bedfellows during presidential election season
There were enough women in sequins and enough silver-haired men in suits to transform viewing C-Span's coverage of it all right into some kind of alcohol drinking spree.
Republican national politics hasn't been the only elephant in the area today at the events nationwide convention at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. There have actually been styles (consisting of elephant-adorned attire) that, while being much from the emphasis of the week's occasions, were tough to miss out on.
Right here is exactly what else was trending throughout the week:
D-I-Y hats: Don your favored hood with homemade red, white as well as blue fuss after it! And also you'll be the grandest woman in the Grand Old Party.
She has come to be American design what Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton is to style throughout the fish pond. Her closet options for top-level occasions throughout Barack Obama's presidency have actually aided to transform as soon as obscure developers such as Jason Wu as well as Tracy Reese right into house names.
This crossover charm appeared once more today when Melania Trump, spouse of Republican governmental candidate Donald Trump, supplied her convention speech Monday in a white, equipped dress with significant sleeves by London-based developer Roksanda Ilincic that, according to Women's Wear Daily, she acquired on the internet through www.net-a-porter.com. It had actually been marketed as a modern-day bridal gown as well as valued at almost $2,200.
Oh many uncomfortable red women skirted fit collections: Enough stated.
Or when President Obama's khaki match established off a nationwide dispute from Twitter to Time publication? It will certainly be intriguing to see if any kind of focus is paid to previous head of state Bill Clinton s clothes selections following week while rallying for his spouse.
Keep in mind when she used that $148 off-the-rack, black-and-white print dress while co-hosting ABC's The View in 2008? The dress, created by Donna Ricco, practically offered out overnight at White House/Black Market. A research study by David Yermack, teacher of finance at New York University s Stern School of Business, discovered that for 189 public looks in between November 2008 as well as December 2009, Mrs. Obama produced with $2.7 billion in worth for the firms whose clothing she used.
Exactly what will Democratic delegates as well as political leaders use when it's their turn in the limelight following week in Philadelphia? Definitely we'll see a lot of pant matches as well as patriotic clothing, with a number of donkey hats forever step. If for a couple of even more days the sophisticated and also eccentric, the company connections and also middle-class T-shirts, could rest side by side as well as discuss their hopes as well as desires, possibly that's a pattern the remainder of the nation could obtain behind.
Business matches and also round caps: And not simply any type of round caps. These were cut-from-the-same-cloth-as-a-roadside-safety-vest neon ones. (But perhaps these people desired something that could increase for open season?).
Some wondered about why she didn't go with something by an American developer, the dress itself amassed appreciation from style doubters on social media as well as apparently marketed out quickly after. Donald Trump's oldest child Ivanka, that has her very own line of women's footwears, precious jewelry as well as apparel, has actually been one more stylish area today in lovely fit-and-flare outfits.
Nowadays, a growing number of developers are utilizing style as an automobile for advertising a reason or favored prospect. Marc Jacobs, Tory Burch as well as Public School s Maxwell Osborne as well as Dao-Yi Chow have actually developed unisex visuals tees for presumptive Democratic governmental candidate Hillary Clinton's creation for History compilation, readily available via her on the internet store. Style editor Anna Wintour likewise has actually been extremely singing with her assistance of the previous assistant of state.
Back in 2008, John McCain's vice governmental choice Sarah Palin produced a rise in developer spectacles sales, especially for her trademark Kazuo Kawasaki structures. When she changed them a couple of years later on, she made headings once more.
Allows be reasonable. Individuals usually aren't anticipated to use their red-carpet finest to these points. As the lines have actually obscured in current years in between the worlds of style and also national politics, it's obtaining harder to divide one from the various other.
Smells like state spirit: At times, the convention resembled a sneak peek for the coming summer season Olympics opening up event, with some states delegates worn "matchy" attire. Texans transformed heads with their single celebrity state flag t-shirts and Stetson, not to be outshined by the Guam delegation (in loud formed t shirts as well as bouquets) and also some honored Wisconsians. If you've obtained a cheese-head fedora, flaunt it!
In 2012, when Michelle Obama gave her speech at the Democratic National Convention, she selected a custom-made pink brocade sleeveless fit 'n flare dress by Tracy Reese, an American developer, with matching J.Crew pumps.
"She's informing her very own tale," states 'Veep' costume developer Kathleen Felix Hager. It's simply up to us to claim, 'Is that exactly what we desire our initial girl to be?' "
The inquiry is exactly how Trump's look Monday evening delivered the Trump script. Did it soften her profile on her husband's?
If you were to open up a style publication, that's just what she looks like. While she has accessibility to the exact same developers, her selection of shade and also print, her openness concerning purchasing at J.Crew, women could associate to that a lot even more compared to this fabricated, coiffed, best photo that Melania tasks. You could t say with the truth that she's a gorgeous woman as well as has taste, however it's not obtainable for the typical human being.
The appearance she picked can have been accomplished by several fantastic American developers, such as Michael Kors, Narciso Rodriguez or the present First Lady's favored, Jason Wu, states stylist Cristina Ehrlich, that collaborates with Brie Larson, Louis-Dreyfus, Allison Williams as well as others.
Detraction outfit developer Lyn Paolo keeps in mind Trump s fondness for tidy lines as well as refined design decorations, a capelet, a smoke or a diocesan sleeve. (It's an appearance like that of Scandal personality Pope's as it ends up.).
I marveled Trump didn't opt for an American designer. Also if she didn't really feel required to do so to accompany her spouse's message of Making America Great Again, she can have done it to sustain the apparel industry below, with which she has close connections. (In Monday's speech, she attributed her designer mommy Amalija Knavs for presenting her to the globe of style and also beauty, which at some point inspired her to America, by means of the paths in Paris as well as Milan.).
Trump's brand name of power design is kind of this quite attractive glamazon truly, a bit over the leading with the ideal blowout and also best makeup, claims Veep outfit developer Kathleen Felix-Hager. She uses this white, apparently angelic dress yet it's quite body mindful, with sleeves that are possibly a little style ahead. She has a cold-blooded style, yet it's likewise kind of sharp-edged, with the sky high pointy footwears, it has intensity to it.
In recent times, the actors of effective women political leaders on the real life and also Hollywood phase have actually confirmed that it's OKAY for women to welcome their feminineness. Michelle Obama's bare arms as well as bustier outfits; Sarah Palin's preferred red Naughty Monkey pumps; Veep celebrity Selina Meyers (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) body-hugging sheaths; House of Cards personality Claire Underwood's (Robin Wright) hot pencil skirts; and also Scandal celebrity Olivia Pope s (Kerry Washington) innovative white pantsuits enter your mind as instances.
Trump, a previous version that stands 5' 11", selected a streamlined white silk crepe dress with womanly bell sleeves by Roksanda Ilincic, a developer that is based in London, yet comes from the previous Yugoslavia, as Trump does. She got the $2,190 dress from Net-a-Porter, according to WWD.
Much of the information bordering Melania Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland is focused around accusations that she copied components of her speech from Michelle Obama, when it comes to obtaining clothed, Melania has a design all her very own. As well as it's worth checking out just how she provided herself to the life on the most significant public phase she s taken since her hubby Donald Trump started his advocate the presidency.
She's informing her very own tale, Felix-Hager claims. She's a blessed, well-off woman that has accessibility to a great deal of points. That's that she is, and also I put on to believe its incorrect for her to be real to her very own visual, it's simply around us to claim, 'Is that just what we desire our very first woman to be?'
Paolo additionally keeps in mind the theatricals entailed with Trump s convention dress. From every angle, the white of the dress was established within a background of red. While seeing the speech I was extremely mindful that the white of the stripe area of the flag was not behind her, so in regards to hosting and also angles it was effectively created.
Certainly, lots of political leaders as well as political partners have actually put on apparel by global tags, as well as at unpromising times, also, consisting of Hillary Clinton, that in June was slammed for putting on a $7,497 Armani natural leather layer when talking with inequality, and also Michelle Obama, that obtained flak in 2009 for using Lanvin tennis shoes at a food bank occasion.
In lots of means, Trump s appearance was a lot more red carpeting compared to White House. The shape was fairly body-hugging, clinging to her back as she strolled, as well as semi-sheer (disclosing her nipple areas, some in the space observed, decrying a "closet breakdown" that was not seen by visitors in your home).
Once again, possibly it's incorrect to recommend Trump alter her design to match her other half's story.


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Home 130 EASTERN AVE #1, ESSEX, MA 01929
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Beds: 3
Baths: 2
Sq. Ft.: 1,400
Type: Single Family Home
Listing #72123102
Freshly renovated home that is part of a new condominium association. Deeded, detached, 2 car garage with storage above the parking area. Large rear yard is shared with other unit. All utilities are separate. Stainless appliances, stone counter tops sit on new white cabinets. Convenient to highway. This officially is listed as a condominium, but no fees have been determined at this point. The property seems more like a house than a condominium.
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Location Information
County: Essex
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Total Rooms: 6
Number of Full Bathrooms: 2
Has Fireplace: No
Has Basement: yes
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Garage Description: Detached
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Garage Spaces: 2
Parking Spaces: 4
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Property SubType: Attached
Year Built: 1950
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Seeking Males & Females for a short scripted video – Los Angeles, CA
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Casting Males & Females for a short scripted video.
Rehearsals and shooting to take place in the second or third week of July 2014
Location : Los Angeles (Westwood area)
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There would most likely be one day of rehearsing and one day of shooting.
Males & Females, ages 18-61, Caucasian, African American, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Ethnically Ambiguous / Mixed Race, African Descent
Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Kevin O'Leary, Robert Herjavec and Daymond John : (Supporting)
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I think Christian is right. It's about to close the gate for being a *initial* committer. Not the *normal* committer status. And for this we have to define a deadline. My suggestion is still end of July or latestly end of August. When you have entered your name on the list on the beginning and haven't answered back until today (even not to say "sorry, I need a bit more time"), then IMHO it's time for a deadline. Marcus Am 07/23/2011 01:29 PM, schrieb Christian Lohmaier: > Hi Ingrid, *, > > On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 12:37 PM, IngridvdM<firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >> >> I disagree with you in the opinion that the door needs to be closed some day >> and that people need to be sorted out. This can easily be felt to be very >> alienating, without any positive effect. > > I strongly disagree here. The door is not closed as written many times already. > >> Lets choose the example that an initial commiter signs up the iCLA only next >> year. The reasons are pointless. > > No, not at all, you cannot be an *INITIAL* committer if you're not > part of it from the very beginning. > >> The ones that have signed the iCLA can simply fully work already. Those >> who have not signed the iCLA can contribute via mail and the user wiki. > > Yes. But not as *initial* committers. > >> So lets not waste our time with processes to prevent something that is of no >> harm. > > It is doing harm. Having "fake" committers/supporters that only exist > on paper is doing big harm (in perception, reputation of the whole > project). > > ciao > Christian
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'When Spring gives you blossoms- what do you do? Go and find the prettiest Victorian greenhouse, filled with draping palm leaves and oozing condensation as if you're planted on a scorching tropical island- of course! Although the little pink petals have me weak at the knees (really? I hadn't noticed by your Instagram Liv)- it was my trip to Kew Gardens this weekend that had me truly celebrating Spring- and when best to take out some of my favourite new season pieces, than to appreciate one of London's (not so) secret gems!
With a suit more than appropriate for a day on safari, I mean, the District Line- I paired this favourite co-ord with some subtle seasonal nods from Swarovski and their beautiful new collection. Now, I'm usually a girl that can get a little scared of accessorising but since experimenting with layering more delicate pieces of late- I seem to have become a bit of a convert. With a bold floral print on the agenda, some more subtle pieces worked as the perfect contrast- adding something a little ladylike to a more masculine summer look. To do this I paired these cute bangles together (and mixed and matched rose gold and silver, which I loved)- as well as a gold toned trend-led pendant and a couple of more statement stacking rings, for ultimate '70s style kudos. The collection also boasts some stunning collar pieces too- if you're a little braver than me too!
Although I was possibly a little overdressed in a sea of more appropriate jeans and jackets (what you can't tell is that I did opt for some tights, and felt pretty over the moon that I coordinated with a whole greenhouse)- Joe and I happily mooched around the gardens, learning more about their Grow Wild campaign and stopping for absolutely obligatory swan and flower bed shots- before heading home for lunch and an evening with friends- blooming lovely!


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A German physicist is hoping to reproduce the cockpit of a rare WWII warbird Ju 388 from scratch using the power of 3D printing.
Dr. Christoph Vernaleken is a physicist from Germany with a doctorate in engineering and has been an aviation enthusiast all his life.
He is particularly interested in the Junkers Ju 388 L, a high-altitude reconnaissance plane which appeared near the end of the war. Now he wants to reproduce the cockpit of this rare WWII warbird himself with the help of 3D printing, which he calls the "Ju 388 Project".
The last surviving plane is stored in the Restoration and Storage Facility of the non-public Paul E. Garber Preservation (also known as 'Silver Hill'), located in Suitland, Maryland, USA.
Vernaleken said to i.materialise: "My interest in the Junkers Ju 388 started in April 1993 with approximately two rolls of classic 35 mm negative film that I shot in the cockpit of this magnificent aircraft at the Silver Hill storage facility."
What are the benefits of 3D printing in this project?
Dr. Vernaleken learned about online 3D printing services in 2013 and immediately decided to give it a try using a battered original Bakelite bezel of a cockpit switch panel as a basis for a 3D reconstruction.
For 3D software, he started with the free version of SketchUp, but is now using Punch! ViaCAD Pro 9. Once he is satisfied with his 3D model, he usually makes an STL export and uploads it to i.materialise. To assure the accuracy of his print is correct, Dr. Vernaleken usually creates a first test print using a cheaper material.
He said: "3D Printing is the only economically feasible way of creating reproductions of cockpit parts which were originally cast in metal or created from historic plastic materials such as Bakelite in small numbers."
If this interests you, then make sure to check out Dr. Vernaleken's website and let us know what you think of this project in the comments.
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I am Lieutenant Mako. To this day, I am not sure whether I am an extraordinary man and soldier, or a man who got lucky. I guess I might as well tell you what I'm talking about. I served as a soldier on the Eel Hound Base on Titan. I was only a corporal at the time. My friends and I lounged around, enjoying our break.
A muscular woman with her brown hair in a bob walked past us, accompanied by many men. She was General Korra. We called her the Avatar for some reason. Must have been some high-brow humour from some ancient language on the long extinct home planet. No, not Mars, the original home planet, Earth. But yeah... General Korra walked past and we saluted. She returned our salutes. "Private Hasook, Private Fire, Delta Base is under attack, they have requested emergency support, ASAP."
Fire and Hasook picked up their rifles, fastened their bayonets and placed their helmets over their heads. "Right, let's kill some buggers! Someone's gotta teach them to stay away from our base."
Private Fire was a funny man. His massive beard, although looking fake, was not. I would know, I tried to pull it off.
I waved as they marched off, leaving me with Bolin. We stretched out and rested. Bolin was adjusting the knob on a radio receiver. "Hey Bo," I said, "what are you doing?"
"I'm trying to tap into Fire's communications, see what's going on." He didn't face me when he said it, for he was still fiddling with the system.
The radio finally cracked into life. Bolin immediately turned down the volume as ear-splitting screams and gunshots flooded from the speakers. Suddenly, the speakers fell silent.
"Must've broken," Bolin muttered to himself.
"Yeah," I frowned, "I hope so."
"Hello," Korra's voice crackled through the speakers, "anyone there? Hello? Is anyone still alive? Fire? Hasook? Sato? Can anyone hear me? Oh no!"
Before the transmission abruptly cut to static, Bolin and I could hear a few shots and a scream.
The static stopped and the lights faded to a red flash. The red lights started to hum. I could hear shaking through pipes and banging on doors. "Do you think that's the natives, bro?" my concerned brother asked me.
I cracked open my double-barrelled shotgun and slapped in two shells. I snapped it shut and placed it on the ground beside myself. I put a fresh magazine into my submachine gun and strapped it behind my back. My brother loaded eight shells into a standard shotgun and mounted a minigun, facing the door.
We heard an enormous screech. We heard numerous beatings on the reinforced door. "Do you think they'll get through, bro?" Bolin asked me.
I picked up my shotgun and levelled it at the door. "Yes."
"Do you think we will survive?" Bolin was growing concerned.
"Of course, bro. No way they can beat us!" Thankfully, my brother was naïve and was never terribly good at noticing lies.
We heard a rattling in the pipes above us. At the same time, the aliens pounded the door and caused dents. A large pipe burst open and something jumped upon us. I instinctively turned and pulled the trigger, popping its head like a fire cracker. I loaded up two more shells and examined the corps.
It was a strange creature. It was humanoid in so far as standing erect and being bipedal. It had the arms of a chimpanzee and the shrivelled head of a cougar (or so I could tell from the chunks). We'd decided to call them buggers, because that's as good a name as any.
The door split open. Half a dozen buggers jumped through the hole like the cougars they resemble. Bolin opened fire with the mounted gun and shredded them to bits. Another mighty roar and a bipedal goat swaggered into the room and threw a barrage of green fireballs. I swerved away from them and unloaded with my submachine gun. Bolin's minigun jammed and malfunctioned. Bolin jumped away from his gun as it was destroyed by a fireball.
Bolin grabbed his shotgun and prepared to pump this twat (or so we called it) full of lead. The door behind us collapsed and another twat staggered into the room, hitting me in the back with a fireball.
"Let's get out of here, Bo!" I yelled.
"But there's nowhere to go!" Bolin yelled. "We're trapped!"
I punched the wall beside us and a disguised door opened up. We rushed in and closed the door behind us. We slumped against the wall and started panting heavily. I opened a white first aid kit conveniently lying on the floor. I unscrewed the cap from a vile of blue liquid and swallowed it. I instantly felt much better. We proceeded through the dark passageway, keeping our guns ready at all times. The passageway opened into a corpse-lined corridor, filled with the stench of rotten blood. Although we felt terrible, we scavenged for whatever we could find, loose shells, clips, and food. More buggers and a few Eel Hounds littered the ground in roughly the same quantity.
"Wow, bro, look at this!" Bolin pulled a chainsaw from a boar corpse.
A big ol' chainsaw seemed just suited to Bolin. He was a big burly man, much stronger than myself, despite being two years younger.
The doors behind us opened and the two twats stood at a distance and unloaded on us with fireballs. Bolin pulled the chord on the chainsaw, and it burst into life. I snapped open my shotgun and checked the two shells. I slapped it shut. I nodded at my brother and we charged simultaneously. We side-stepped many fireballs and suffered some straight to the chest and arms.
We closed the distance quite quickly. I popped two shells straight into a twat's face and blew it to chunky giblets. Bolin crashed his chainsaw down upon its shoulder and ripped it down to the waist on its other side. He kicked the twat's torso, and it fell to the floor.
It gets pretty repetitive from there. Buggers, twats, and twits go splat. We found some new weapons and had unpleasant reunions with old friends. By the end, the only person unaccounted for was General Korra. Just as I thought that, we started to hear a voice in our ears, well, helmets. "Hello, is anyone alive? Can anyone hear me?"
I replied, "Yes, ma'am, we can hear you loud and clear."
"Listen, Mako, I need you to find the communications room and call for aid from Mars."
"Yes, ma'am."
We made it to the communications room with little effort. The trail was lined with corpses. Enemy corpses. Somebody made it there before us. I punched a few buttons into the panel on the door. A message 'security override' flashed on the screen, and the door flung open.
We heard another massive roar, and this time, saw its source. It was a giant Eel Hound, the native species after which we named our base. It tried to swipe at us, but we evaded it. We kept pummelling it with gunfire to no avail, no bullet pierced its thick skin. With a mighty strike, it broke my footing and flipped me. Bolin ran away to a bench.
The Eel Hound clamped down on my leg and severed the connection. I couldn't feel my leg, just a lot of pain above it. I cried in pain then found a black first aid kit. I opened it and found a syringe with a black serum. I had no choice but try the experimental drug. I rolled up my sleeve and injected the liquid directly into my vein.
My leg healed. Skin formed over my wound and my muscles repaired entirely. Bolin says my eyes turned a deep red. I jumped to my feet and ripped the leg off the Eel Hound. It fell to the ground. I flipped it over with little effort and plunged my fist into its chest. I could hear the ribs cracking. I pulled out its heart and shoved it back into place... via its mouth.
A body emerged from the Hound. It was General Korra. She staggered, and we supported her. We walked her to the communications platform.
"General," I asked, "how did they get in? This base is impenetrable."
"Nothing is impenetrable," Korra replied.
Korra was normally a warm, smiling person, but something seemed off.
"But there are shields... if they are touched, the natives die."
"They probably broke them down," Korra shrugged off my query.
"Someone must have deactivated it," I hypothesised aloud.
"That's preposterous. Who would do that?" Korra laughed.
"You're the last person I would have expected," I accused her, "the last person anyone would have expected. How could you do this?"
Korra reached the communications panel and started interfering with the controls, causing them to malfunction.
"Enough!" I ordered. "Are you trying to kill us?"
Korra laughed, "Of course I am. Humans have no place on Titan."
I realised that it was no longer Korra standing there. It was a native wearing her skin as a puppet. A native is just a native, and a human is just a human. One shell should kill either of them. I took the risk and shot her in the face. I threw her body off the control panel, and we called for transport to safety.
We were returned to the home world, and the debate went on about the Titan colonisation. In the end, we went ahead with the colonisation, but Bolin and I refused to take part. At first, we were threatened with court martial. After lengthy debate, we were given honours, and I was promoted on Mars security. Far away from that filthy moon.
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Week number 2 in the baby baking series. This week brought to you by chamomile tea and afternoons naps.
Weeks pregnant: 6 (presumably)
Weight: 185 POUNDS ( Yes. That is two pounds up from last week. I don't think it's a genuine gain though. My weight tends to pop up a couple of lbs when I ramp up on the exercise, which has been happening. My eating habits haven't changed, except for the better. I made chocolate chip cookies and only had part of ONE. Who eats PART of a cookie? More on weight later.)
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Emotional crap: Still with the crabby. Still with the emotional. The kids chewed almost all of my gum this week. I almost died. Seriously do NOT stand between a nauseated pregnant woman and her minty freshness. DO. NOT.
Physical crap: Still with the bloated. I look pregnant. Not a fan. Nausea off and on with no real rhyme or reason. Though the heat does NOT HELP. Not as bad as with Ella at this stage but very inconvenient in any case.
What I want to devour: Only craved spicy tofu one day this week. Two days later spicy tofu made me want to gag.
What makes me want to hurl: Only the *thought* of things makes me want to hurl. Hot dogs. Hurl. Corn dogs. Yum. Weird.
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Boy? Or girl?: Still with the boy. Or twin girls. Pretty sure boy though.
Names: I think we've firmed up a boys name. We were absolutely SET on Benjamin Joseph or Eli but I think we've tossed those both out now. I like Jack. So maybe that but the firm name I'm keeping under wraps for now :) (there's really no REASON to keep it secret. I just am to be ornery). I perused my family tree and found some GREAT names on my mom's side. My great great grandmother? Her name was Winnary. No lie. Also Amos, Riley, Saralia, JOHAN. There's a Hattie a Cornelius AND a Heinrich. We are all over the board with girls names but I think it's a boy so irrelevant. I hope. Otherwise we might have a daughter with 5 names. Definitely love Clara and Maggie (Margaret) though. Those are on the top of the list. I also love Ruby, but it's not well received. Those of you with older children… did they offer an opinion on names? Because we've got a whole HOUSE of opinions over here.
In other news: Let's talk about weight. I am LAMENTING my not losing weight before I got pregnant. I am not pleased with my size. I don't like buying XL clothes and I don't like that my maternity clothes from Ella will not even remotely fit (not that it matters because they were all spring and summer anyway). What I mostly don't like is by this stage with Ella I already had what was obviously (to me) a pregnant poochy tummy and with this baby I just look lumpy. And I don't want to be lumpy. It's all my own fault for not being more disciplined earlier but let me tell you it takes DISCIPLINE. It is HARD for me to lose weight. When I was 20 I used to look at overweight people and say "Oh I'll NEVER be like that. It won't happen. Because I'm skinny. TEE HEE Where's the CHEESECAKE?" Well guess what? Skinny people get chubby too sometimes. Also it is not an exaggeration when people say it gets harder to lose weight as you age and after more kids. This is FACT. If there is no data to back it up I'm here to say it's FACT. I AM THE DATA. With every pregnancy it has gotten harder and harder and taken longer and longer to lose the weight. Anyway it's too late now so all I can do is be careful and eat well and do what exercise I can. .
That all being said, because I marvel at the wonder that is the human body and the ability mine has to even grow one baby much less feed a WHOLE OTHER baby, this is no time to bemoan my physique. Lumpy or not. And to be frank ladies there really is nothing more UNattractive than a woman walking around complaining about how she is fat and ugly all the time. Act fat and ugly. Be fat and ugly. So you won't hear me mention this again. Head up. Shoulders back. Smile on. Period. Next item of business.
We, in case you were unaware, are planning a homebirth. We will be meeting with our wonderful CNM Rita Barron in August for out initial visit and labs/ultrasound. We plan on having concurrent care with her for these kind of things. And in the event we need to go to the hospital for any reason she would care for us there. I have known Rita for many years and she is a big proponent of homebirth. She's also a very nice lady. :) Also we've spoken with the midwife who will do our homebirth, Jacque. She attended Ella's birth and is awesome. And I think she's is about as excited as us!
Tandem nursing update (still talking about boobs. you may skip): Well there isn't much to say. Ella is still nursing day and night every 2-3 hours (sometimes all night). I've been sore on some days but on some days she spends so much time attached to me that I'd be sore if I were pregnant or not. It helps to nurse frequently and switch sides often. ALSO you should know that I am taking a prenatal vitamin and calcium-magnesium. I am not really a big fan of vitamins. Mostly I think they just give you expensive pee. I've taking enough physiology and nutrition classes to know this… If your nutrition is good (read: optimal) you shouldn't really need supplementation BUT in this case I feel like I'd better protect my bones because of the tandeming (and folic acid is always important so there's that). And I would offer this recommendation to other mothers as well. If you can't take a multi take calcium for YOU (and folic acid for your baby ) because in the end the body will protect fetus first, baby second and you, yeah you're last. Awesome. Also notable I think the tandeming definitely plays in to my being
tired DEAD EXHAUSTED . I've said it before I'm sure but having an infant relying on you while you're building another one is no joke. I'm being really aware of what I eat and drink and making sure to take care of myself to try to protect my milk supply. The thing I KEEP hearing over and over is "My milk dried up at 8 (10, 12, 18, 20) weeks." I know that this is a REAL possibility but if it happens I want to be able to say I did everything I could to try to have it not happen (though hormones are hormones and you can't change those).
And here's the photo (I can't suck it in this week):
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Well whatever. Anyway. I'm going to post my recipe for what are, without contest, the Kick Assingest Cinnamon Rolls EVAR. Because people are asking for it. So yeah. I'm not a recipe snob or anything so I'll share. You don't even have to say please. NOW, I'm not going to treat you like a kindergartner and give you step by step photos because I'm going to assume you know how to bake. If you don't know how to bake then feel free to ask me any questions you may have. Without further adieu.
1 c milk warm (110* F)
2 1/2 tsp. active dry yeast
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp salt
2 eggs (at room temp)
1/3 butter melted
4 1/2 c bread flour
Topping (what you put on before you roll up):
1/3 c. butter (softened)
1 c. packed brown sugar
1/4 c. white sugar
2 Tbls. cinnamon
(you may opt for 1 c. packed brown sugar and no white if you prefer)
FROSTING: (Yes, FROSTING).
1 8 oz pkg cream cheese
1/2 c butter
3 c. powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt
splash of milk (if you need it to make it thinner)
Directions are given for a stand mixer (kitchen aid type). If you need to use a hand mixer the kneading portion will be done by hand. Throw in your mixer the milk, sugar, yeast, salt. Let stand for 10 minutes (to activate yeast). Add in salt and butter. Blend in the flour 1/2 cup at a time (use the paddle for the first 2 cups then switch to hook). Keep adding flour until the dough is no longer sticky and then mix another 2 minutes. (Now here's the kneading part… if you don't have a stand mixer knead for 5 minutes. I like to think of this as a zen activity). Grease a large bowl. Place the dough in the bottom of the bowl. Turn to coat. Cover with a damp towel and let rise in a warm place (I put it in the oven on 100* because well my over has a WARM setting. How brilliant is THAT?) until double (an hour to an hour and a half or you know longer if you *happen* to sit down on the sofa and fall sound asleep). When doubled punch down and let rest for about 10 minutes. Or 20 if your baby needs to nurse. Or 30 if you fall asleep again (not recommended). Now the fun! Flour a large flat surface (I use my kitchen table) and roll those suckers out. Make it a good foot or longer tall and at least 18 inches wide. The wider the dough the more "rolled" the rolls, if you get my meaning. Then spread the softened (or melted if you put it in the microwave and forgot) butter over the dough. Sprinkle sugar(s) and cinnamon (I don't measure the cinnamon because I'm a rebel). Then roll up jelly roll style and divide (and cut) into 12 equal parts (a serrated knife works best for this). Place them in a greased 9×13 pan and let rise for another 30 ish minutes (until doubled-ish). Bake at 400* for 15 minutes. If you like you can invert these onto a cookie sheet before they cool so the gooey awesomeness can ooze all over the tops.
Before Baking:
Now mix up the creamy frosting of deliciousness by throwing the butter and cream cheese in the mixer, adding the vanilla and salt and then dumping in the powdered sugar a 1/2 c at a time. Add a little milk to make it thinner is you like. NOTE: this frosting keeps in the fridge for a long time. I store it in the fridge and smear it on when the rolls are being served. Up to you.
After baking:
Try not to die from the awesomeness. Try.
There you are BEST KICK ASSINGEST CINNAMON ROLLS. EVAR.
So this is this our first official weekly baby baking update. Week 5. We've known officially about Cinco de Babio (that's fifth baby in the Spanish I just made up, no disrespect to people who ACTUALLY speak Spanish intended) for about 10 days now. We had our first VERY faint positive test on July 8 which is about 15 minutes after implantation happened probably but in reality I knew the week before that because I just *felt* pregnant. I know people say you can't *feel* pregnant before implantation happens but I'm here to tell you that's an out and out lie. Because I did. And the funny thing is I've never really *felt* pregnant so early before. Anyway I'm going to rough this whole thing out as I go so feel free to ask me if you want something included I'm not telling you about. I am going to do weekly updates BECAUSE I want to have them for me later. So if this is ultra mega lame to you. Skip it. It's all good.
Weight: 183 POUNDS ( YES. That's my real weight. I am not trying to hide what I weigh. I don't know why people even CARE. It's just a goddang number anyway and my 183 might be someone else's 210 or 160 so whatever. I am writing it here because I want to keep my gain UNDER 20 pounds. I'm going to try. Because I don't really want to have another 10 and a half pound baby. So being careful. Very careful.)
Waist (at belly button): 36 INCHES (note: this is what my waist measurement was at 12 weeks with Ella and I was SHOWING. So yeah. I'm chubby. It's fine. When she was born it was about 50″)
Total weight gain: Zero
Average number of times I get up to pee per night: 2
Other pregnancy related crap:
Emotional crap: I'm cranky. Just ask my husband. Probably because of the complete lack of sleep. Also I am crying. Like constantly. And suddenly my children's every move is amazing to me. Mostly.
Physical crap: Bloated (yay). I am five weeks pregnant. I look five months. No nausea really, just some indigestion. EX.HAUS.TED. So tired. Ridiculous. It doesn't help I'm up with Ella and can't seem to manage a nap. Like ever. Sigh.
What I want to devour: Nothing special. Eating lots of tomatoes and mozz and basil and oilve oil. Yum.
What makes me want to hurl: No aversions. Yet. Hoping this means maybe a not so sick pregnancy. Though it's still veeery early. I was feeling sick with Ella by now. KNOCK.ON.WOOD.
Activity: Walking 2.5-3 miles 3-4 times a week (45 minutes) when the Mister is away at work. Also yoga. We ride our bikes in the evening when the Mister is home (and I ride alone when I feel up to it). I rode my bike when I was pregnant with Ella up until 7 or 8 ish months.
Boy? Or girl?: I'm going with boy. But I give myself until week 9 to make my final determination. I've been right 5 times thus far. So I'm due to be wrong.
Names: We have some picked out. Not sharing yet. hehe.
In other news: I hate pants. And pretty much anything with a waistband. Pretty typical for me.
Tandem nursing update (talking about boobs. you may skip):
I'm amending this post to include a tandem nursing update (or pregnant nursing as it were). Here's how it's going. Initially I thought I had a supply drop. Some moms describe this as being the way they realized they were pregnant. Last week Ella became fussy at the breast and would latch on and then immediately cry and let go refusing to nurse (she still does this periodically). After some period of this (2 minutes?) she would finally give in and nurse fitfully. Cry.. Nurse. Cry. I was WORRIED. But I've concluded that this is probably more teething than anything and possibly a slight change in milk flavor (it seems saltier and yes I tasted it to find out). Anyway my supply is abundant. I can easily express milk and she was spitting up last week which she NEVER DOES (again the salt?). Anyway this is the thing that concerns me the VERY MOST. Not having milk. I can deal with pain and discomfort but if I don't have milk then it's irrelevant. And what about pain? Well I'm very happy to report that the typical VERY sore donotlookdonottouchdonotcomenearme nipples have not happened. I also did not have any soreness when I was nursing Sean during my pregnancy with Owen (but we stopped at the end of the first trimester because he was 16 months and ready to wean anyway and my OB made me paranoid. NOTE: DO NOT LET YOUR OB MAKE YOU PARANOID. THEY DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING. The end. ) and actually did not have soreness when I was pregnant with Sean either (horrible with Kelsey and Ella though). I can make two possible conclusions either 1. my nipples are more sore with a girl or 2. First pregnancy (or having a big gap between) makes for sore boobs. One of those. Anyway this is all a long way of saying, it's going just fine. Thankfully.
Finally, the weekly photo:
I'm not showing. I'm just chubby. Thanks.
fast food nation
This is one of those serious times. I tell you this in advance because you don't always expect serious from me but you're about to get it, so I feel like you deserve a warning. Maybe because I'm pregnant and a little *ahem* moody or maybe just because. Anyway my friend Erin and I had a brief but very meaningful discussion about birth yesterday evening which prompted the writing of this blog post almost entirely in my head in about 5 minutes. Sometimes things flow like that and when they do, they should be written.
First… Facts: I am a RN (though not currently practicing). I worked labor and delivery as doula, then an intern and finally a RN for almost 5 years before I left for Hospice (that's a whole OTHER blog post). I am also a homebirther but I have not always been.
I get asked two things fairly often 1. Why, if I love birth so much did I leave L&D? and 2. Why would I have a homebirth, because I'm a nurse and I should know better?
The two simple answers are these 1. I got tired of doing things TO people instead of for them and 2. (this one is in two parts) A. I like my house and B. I didn't think I could get the birth I wanted in a hospital.
Now I am going to put on my flame retardant suit. Be right back.
While I'm gone look at newborn Ella…
Isn't she CUTE? Yeah. I know. I made her. ALL TEN AND A HALF POUNDS OF HER.
I am about to say something that has been said by bloggers before me, and will be said again after me and something for which many of you may not, shall we say, like me. I am qualified to make this statement for one reason alone, because I have given birth, both naturally and not naturally, both in a hospital and in my home, both with the help of a doctor and without. Because I am a mother and woman, who has given birth. Four times.
We are doing it wrong.
Yes, I said it. You heard me right.
We are all a mess in this country and we are making things WORSE.
I worked L&D for roughly 5 years in a hospital that did about 4,000 deliveries a year and in that time I saw some beautiful births. Some were medicated, some induced, some even C-section (GASP). A HANDFUL of truly lovely births. But the rest, well the rest were what I like to call, McDonalds mentality deliveries. You can use your imagination there and picture getting your extra large 44 ounce diet coke in the drive thru while you're in labor, but I'll explain to you what I mean. It looked something like this… Mom comes in 39 (or 38 or 41) weeks pregnant. She is TIRED. She is HUGE. She wants this baby OUT. She JUST CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE (been there ladies? Yeah. We've all been there.) Her well meaning, lawsuit conscious physician has agreed to induce her because well the baby is probably getting too big anyway or her placenta probably isn't functioning that well. So he does. She gets the cytotec or the cervidil or the pitocin and about 5 minutes later she's had all she can take. She stuck in bed, strapped to a monitor and she is DONE. She hits the call button. I want an EPIDURAL NOW. I call the anesthesiologist. Two minutes later her husband walks out, "She can't take it. Did you call? CAN YOU CALL NOW PLEASE I THINK SHE IS GOING TO KILL ME. Please fortheloveofgod (tone of begging)." The anesthesiologist administers the epidural and she kisses him square on the mouth and goes to sleep. She says, "wake me up when it's time to push." And I watch the monitor. I watch for fetal heart rate decelerations and the tell tale deep V that says baby's head is getting compressed and it's probably time to push. I check her. Sure enough, 10 cm. She can't feel her legs and she doesn't want to. So we push, numb. Sometimes for hours and hours until we finally see some hair. Sometimes for not too long before she gets a section. Sometimes the baby pops right out into my hands before the doc arrives (more often than you'd think actually). So the baby is out. It doesn't matter how it got that way or at what price as long as it's "healthy" and mom and baby are doing "fine". Her miserable pregnancy is over. The awful horrible terrible labor experience is over. Her baby is in her arms and she almost slept through it. But thank god. It's OVER.
People don't like when I liken the American birth experience to eating at McDonalds. But the fact is folks, we are, in large part, a fast food nation. And this mentality is trickling into our births. As fast as you can say two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun our births are becoming a managed experience, not just an experienced experience. People can control everything around them from the temperature of their house to what brand of jeans they buy. And why should birth be different? We want it fast, painless, timely. We want under our control. We want it how WE WANT IT. Have it your way. And all that.
Here's the problem, and where things get a little sticky, it's not MEANT to be controlled. In fact, I daresay, most of the time it functions best when left alone. Yep. I said it.
Now, before you start drafting your hate response, let me again say I have seen beautiful epidural births (and induced births and even c-sections). Births where mom was present and involved and asking questions and being informed. Not merely a passive participant in something happening TO her but rather an active participant in something she is doing. She does not lie silently waiting for it to be over. She does not ask to be left alone or tell the nurse to "just get the baby out." Instead she stays in tune with her body and baby. She feels what she can. And she processes it. That all being said, if you're asking my opinion, which I realize you are NOT, I'll also say I don't recommend an epidural. At all. And it's not because my births weren't painful, because of course they were. It's because I've had one. And I've done it the other way and I promise you, you're better off without it. Scouts honor. Better off. Moving on.
The McDonalds mentality is spilling folks. And it's scary. It's spilling into every.single.facet of our lives. Fast food. Fast birth. Easy out. Path of least resistance. Quickest result. And this is a DANGEROUS prospect for our nation and our world. When we start approaching life this way, from birth to death and every thing in between, we are shortchanging ourselves. The body, whether you believe it to be an instrument of grand design or a product of millions of years of evolution, is SMART. It does things for a reason. Why did it take my 10 and a half pound baby hours and hours to be born, when it was my fourth birth and should have been the fastest? Well because MY BODY was finding a way to get that huge baby down and out. Whether we want to believe it or not our bodies have a plan. And if we don't screw with it, usually the plan is pretty smart. When we start ordering it to be quicker, easier, painless, we are asking it to REVOLT. We are, for all intents and purposes, telling it to show us just who is boss after all.
It wins. Because it is boss. You cannot fast food drive thru your way out of birth. It's a bad idea. And I don't think we've even realized the depths of just how bad it is. I don't know how long it will take us to fully grasp all the ways we may be screwing things up by not letting nature takes it's course. A baby KNOWS when it should be born. The BABY. Not your OB. Not you. Not your mother in law or your great auntie or some lady at the grocery store. YOUR BABY. And pain? Well hey here's something, maybe pain exists for a REASON TOO. WHaaaaaat? Yeah I said it. I could get all physiological on you and start talking about dopamine and endorphins but suffice it to say, PAIN HAS A PURPOSE. No lie.
The other thing about the McDonalds mentality is where does it stop? We want our births easy? We want raising kids to be easy? We want our jobs to be easy? Housework to be easy? What should be hard? Should ANYTHING be hard?
Here's something… things aren't always MEANT to be easy. They just aren't. The best things in life are worth fighting for and usually take some WORK. Sometimes a LOT of work. Birth is no exception. It's hard for a reason.
It's hard because the hard work of growing and nurturing the unborn and the work of bringing that being earthside is meant to be preparation. Because motherhood is, ohmigawd I can't believe it, HARD. Like really really hard. And being a good mother? You can't get that in a drive thru. You just can't. And you shouldn't try.
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Monday day of random
In lieu of a 'regular' blogpost, because my thoughts are scattered like the Neptune Society, today I give you my list of randomness, inspired in part by Erin (who gave us her own variety of random last week), and brought to you by two loaves of zucchini bread, two batches of zucchini brownies, one sad cup of decaf coffee and my lack of sleep.
So here goes:
1. In case you don't follow me on twitter, or facebook, or know me in real life, let me just tell you I'm TIRED. Like dead corpse tired. Want to go back to bed before I get out of bed tired. Yeah, that kind of tired. TIRED. Just really epically tired.
2. Ella is teething. Bless her peapickin heart, she's about the cutest thing there ever was, even if she does have horns on her head, razors for teeth and flames shooting from her nostrils. And is screaming. And trying to bite my nipples off. Teething is an asshole. Teething, You're a PRICK.
3. Speaking of nipples (move on to #4 if you don't want to hear about nipples), my boobs. Oh yes. Boobs. Mine. A. They are no longer fitting in my bra. Which is awesome because they weren't NEARLY MOUNT EVEREST ENOUGH BEFORE. and B. Yeah, they hurt AND there is a baby attached to them like about 12 hours a day. Moms, remember that flaming, burning, aching DO NOT EVEN LOOK AT MY BREASTS UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO RIP YOUR EYES OUT feeling you get when you're newly pregnant? Yeah. That. And I'm still nursing. And as a result of aforementioned teething, I'm nursing, oh just about 77 times a day. (it's actually surprisingly not that bad. No, really. All that other stuff was for effect.)
4. Did I mention I was tired?
5. My husband has an extra long week away this week so that's awesome because I don't really like him AT ALL. And he's never helpful at all. And I don't like sleep or somebody to snuggle with. So yeah. AWESOME. (not)
6. My 13 year old SON is surprisingly helpful and really quite good with the baby. I mean like REALLY REALLY good. Like I'd pay him. He's good. I didn't give him enough credit. I feel bad about this. But grateful (because of numbers 1 and 4).
7. Because of #1 and #4, (I'm TIRED, in case you hadn't heard) I have recently become quite the slave driving chore requiring mother. I've always had the children do certain things and at times we have had very organized chore charts with reward systems even (not now though because I'm too lazy to do that every week, I mean get real, people) but recently I've let go of the guilt of feeling like because I'm back home again (after working outside the home for several years) I should be doing ALL the household duties. No. SO it goes like this. I wake up at the Ass Crack of dawn and I go for my 2.5 – 3 mile-ish walk while the children (the big ones anyway) slumber peacefully in their beds. Then I come home and leisurely prepare Ella and I breakfast. Then I grab the TRUMPET and sound the GET THE EFF OUT OF BED alarm and they get up all smiles and joy and happiness. Or something like that. Little do they know, dun dun dun, while they slumbered peacefully I prepared a chore chart of EPIC PROPORTIONS with things like pick up dog poop (ALL OF IT) and clean your rooms (No. REALLY), and unload the dishwasher (YEAH, the silverware too), and fold the laundry (NO, not JUST YOURS, all of it), and vacuum (yeah, with the vacuum ON and yeah if you don't do it right I'll make you do it again. Don't TEST ME.) Stuff like that. So far… working. Thank you little baby Jesus with the little baby Jesus halo in the tiny little manger. I need the help.
8. People say things like this to me all the time, "OH WELL at least you're other kids are OLDER so they can help you. That must be nice. How lucky you are." And I am. I'm lucky I have four awesome healthy children. But here's the truth (mom's of TEENS SPEAK UP), NOT REALLY. Teenagers are not like toddlers. Oh they are in this regard, they are MESSY and BOSSY and backtalk-y, they respond to the same positive reinforcement and spend the same amount of time ignoring you, but other than that no. They're rooms are almost always a disaster (oh wait that's like toddlers too). They can make their own food. AND leave the kitchen a huge mess. They have places to BE. Like all the time. It sounds like this, "MOM LEAVE ME ALONE. Uh but first, can you take me to the mall?" SO yeah, no. I'm not saying having 3 kids under 4 was EASY (it was, in reality a nightmare oft times) I'm just saying have 3 kids over 11 isn't EASY either. Having fours kids is just not easy. Nope. I'll give you this, I can hand one of them Ella so I can shower but the fact is I'm only showering so I can take one of them to the store to get tampons/ deodorant/ swim trunks/ a birthday gift for a friend/ a poster board/ a binder or to school or to a friends house or or or. You get my point. Awesome, yes. Easy, no.
9. I am thankfully not nauseous (YET). There will be more on this in the weekly pregnancy update later in the week. I am going to try to NOT make every.single.post about me being pregnant because I know that's going to bore the holy hell out of about 25% of my readers (though feel free to tell me if I'm wrong) but it's hard because, yeah, pregnant. So so pregnant.
10. I am wearing maternity pants. Not because Im' showing (I'm just chubby) but because I hate pants. So there you go.
Until next time… love and kisses and cakes