By the time this post shows on my blog, (thanks to Window Live Writer) Lil Man will probably be in the process of getting his tonsils removed. I know I shouldn't worry so much, but to be honest I'm scared. The idea of him receiving anesthia and having surgery is frightening to me, although I know many children his age and younger have done just fine. Still this time it's MY child and that is just hard to handle.
It should be an outpatient procedure as long as he is drinking on his own by the end of the day.
The hubster will stay with Lil One at home since the hospital won't allow him in this wing of the hospital. Yet another reason I am worried. Yes, he is with his father, but Lil One has never been away from me than more than 1 hour at church.
If you think of it, please keep us in your prayers and thoughts.
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Friday, May 16, 2008
Today Lil Man Has His Tonsils Removed
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Healthier Pizza Alternative
Last night I decided to get adventurous with pizza. While I was at the grocery store I saw some whole wheat mediterranean style flat bread and me thinks to myself "Hmmm these might make good pizzas!" They actually came out better than I thought they would. Here are two recipes.
Chicken Sausage, Pepperoni Pizza
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
1 medium onion, chopped
1 medium green pepper, diced
4 links chicken sausage, crumbed
cup of fresh sliced baby bella mushrooms
Package of low fat mexican or italian blend cheese**
4 Mediterranean Whole Wheat Flat bread (or ordinary wheat flat bread)
1 jar of unsalted organic Italian marinara sauce (or make your own
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Cook the sausage links over medium heat in the EVOO for about 7 mins. Add onions and green peppers and sautee the mixture for about 5 mins. Remove mixture from heat and set aside. Crumble the sausage or cut into bit size pieces. Lay flat bread on a cooking sheet. Spread marinara sauce on flat bread and then sprinkle cheese all over the pizza. Add on meats and veggies and bake for about 7 mins or until cheese is melted. Depending on how crispy you want the pizza you can gauge the length of time in the oven.
**We like the low fat mexican 4 cheese blend because it has monterey jack,colby, cheddar & mozzarella. You may prefer just mozzarella or an italian blend or some don't like cheese at all. Personalize the pizza to your liking. Perhaps there are other veggies/meats you like instead of the one's in this recipe, feel free to add those.
All veggie Pizza
I ate an all veggie pizza. With this recipe I sauteed diced eggplant, onions, zucchini, yellow squash, green peppers and mushrooms in a tablespoon of EVOO for about 3-4 mins over medium heat. I then added the marinara sauce to the veggie mixture and cooked for another 3-4 minutes. I added this mixture to the flatbread and covered with cheese. This was super yummo!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Can the Green Pendelum Get Swung Too Far?
I've been pondering this question for awhile now as I try to find the right balance of living a green lifestye, while keeping a proper perspective on being green. My family's gradual change to an eco-friendly lifestyle has been a good thing. Actually, it's been a great thing. We've become healthier. The hubster has lost weight that I fussed at him tenderly encouraged him to loose previously. I feel good that when Lil Man is retested for cholestrol there will be significant improvement. Lastly, as a family we are being better stewards of the earth. All these changes are proving we are on the right track.
Why then the concern do you ask? Perhaps it due to the fact that on several occasions the hubster had to put me in check. At the time, I thought he was over reacting or not really on board with my earth-cause mission. However, now that I've had sometime to reflect on each situation, I realize he brought me back to reality. If today I don't send as many plastic bottles, plastic bags, cardboard boxes, ectera, ectera to be recycled as I did yesterday, It's. Really. Okay. No, I don't need to call the hubster to bring my canvas bags to the grocery store because I forgot them. It's. Really. Okay. that I forgot them this time. I was slowly slipping into an obsessive-compulsive behaviour that left me no room for error. Worse yet, I was beginning to expect that level of perfection for others.
I've seen more and more while blog hopping how easy it is to cross the line between environmental consciousness and environmental obsession. It happens so easily I don't even think some folks realize they've made that transition. The potential to become an earth worshipper or a person who glorifies the environment exists in anyone who has a burden for the earth. What I've discovered is that when this happens the very thing (environment) we are seeking to save actually doesn't get saved at all. In essence, we've shifted the ecological problem from one area to another area, therefore accomplishing nothing. I'll post more indepth about my thought on this in another post.
My personal opinion is that sustainability is the answer:
...meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs...
If we all could learn to use just what we need and no more, there would be plenty to go around. Furthermore, our children and our children's children and so on would get there fair share.
As the Indian proverbs says, "We did not inherit the earth from our ancestors. We borrowed it from our children."
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Eco-friendly tip #8: Saving When Printing
When printing, to save on ink, click on preferences, then paper/quality tab, then on Draft. It will print out lighter than on the regular setting, but it's readable and saves on cartridge ink.
To save on paper, simply print on both sides of the page when printing multiple pages.
Also regarding inkjet cartridges, it's easier now than ever to reuse or recycle your cartridges.
No need to throw them away anymore. Over 13 cartridges are discarded in the U.S. every second, according to CartridgeFundraising.com.
That's hundreds of millions of cartridges that end up in landfills every year, made with plastics that can take at least 1,000 years to decompose. Not a good thing. It's actually easy to cut down on this waste. First off, some inkjet cartridges can be used more than once by buying a refill kit. If this seems too messy, take your empties (copiers and faxes as well) to the a drop collection center to be reused or recycled by others. (Plug your zip code into
Many companies, such as Hewlett-Packard, take them back for free. They provide mailers or labels for you to ship them back to be recycled or refurbished.
It takes about 80% less energy to remanufacture plastic than to produce it new. And remanufactured laser cartridges use about half the amount of oil (a nonrenewable fossil fuel) needed to make brand new ones. So buy recycled cartridges to begin with. You'll save them from entering the waste stream.
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Wordless Wednesday: Stylin' & Profilin'
You know my baby's stylin' and profilin' in these shades! Yeah baby!! Huhhh, what's that you said???? His hair. What about it??? Stop laughing at my baby's mullet...
Monday, May 12, 2008
5 Months Already!
I've decided to start chronicling each month of Lil One's 1st year because it's going by too dang fast! Ugh, I hardly feel like I have a baby anymore. One of these days I'll turn around for just one moment and when I turn back he'll be heading off to college. Ack! So what's up with our Lil One you ask?
Lil One's Shrunking My Mommy!
Last week I was at Walgreen's with Lil Man and Lil One. An elderly lady started talking with Lil Man. She commented on how big both kids are and Lil Man replies, "Thank you ma'am and I think Lil One is shrunking my Mom. She's getting shorter everyday and Lil One is getting bigger everyday." The nerve! Lil One really is getting quite big. Ask my back, it'll tell you so. Hence the crook in my back. He's over 15lbs now. He's begining to sit with assistance. He continues to push himself when he's laying on his belly so maybe he'll be an early crawler.
Squeals & snorts! Is that a piggy in the blanket?
As I reported last month, this little guy is quite a
That book's not for eating, it's for reading!
He has a fascination with books! He loves for one of us to read to him. He loves looking at the pictures and he loves slobbering all over them!
If you laugh too hard you'll float up to the ceiling.
Lil One has the most infectious laugh! I'm telling you when this baby gets to laughing you have to join in because it's so cute. Sometimes when he's laughing he'll roll over and his jelly belly will wiggle and I can just imagine him floating up to the ceiling. Do you remember that scene in Mary Poppins?
I see dead people!
Sometimes I seriously wonder what my baby dreams of when he sleeps. A few times a month he'll wake up screaming. Do babies have nightmares (or daymares)? It scares the living daylights out of me when he does this. I always fear he's hurt himself or fallen. It's not fun at all. I'm going to mention it to his Pedi on his next check up.
So that's what my Lil One has been up too! All that and eating his toes. He's got a toe fetish - no kinkiness here tho, just cuteness. :)
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
I hope all of you Mamas out there had a wonderful day! I had a very pleasant day and can't complain. If you didn't get a chance to read our collective effort for the
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