Mother of all pets

Mother of all pets

Sep 13, 2011

Adam may have named all the animals, but I am pretty sure Eve had to take care of them. It sure is...

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Sexy Soymilk for Hot Flashes

Sep 2, 2011

I say sexy because I feel more like my self, less like a crazy menopausal woman when I drink a glass of soy milk every day. Without my daily hot cocoa soymilk, I get hot flashes. Go figure. For me this works. There are so many...

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Big Hair Styling in the 80s

Aug 24, 2011

I was still young in the 80s — young enough to have a big hairstyle. In 1980, I was pregnant with my first child and for the next 10 years, I was pregnant a total of almost 4 years and breastfeeding for 7 years. I had four...

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Put In Your Adoption Papers

Aug 20, 2011

This is one of my sayings that explains one of my beliefs — “put in your adoption papers.” I have friends that wanted to have kids but it just didn’t happen for them until they decided to put in their...

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Stayin’ Alive When You Don’t Drink Coffee

Aug 11, 2011

I need to be alert at my job, I’ve got to stay alive. Every morning, I have to cross a busy street, look out for rattlesnakes and other interlopers on the trail. I’ve got kids to raise at home. I’m not much of...

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Men’s Gray Matter — Talking to Women

Aug 6, 2011

Men like to talk to women, and they contrive a variety of means. I have to admit, the one yesterday morning was creative and gutsy — I’m with my hubby and two German Shepherds.  We’re walking the dogs, on our...

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Can You Tell Kids They Are Good?

Aug 1, 2011

  I remember being told as a parent you shouldn’t tell your kids they are “good.” I always did anyway, because I felt there was this quality of character — called “good.” My hubby would...

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How phytoestrogens help you in menopause

Aug 1, 2011

  For some women phytoestrogens help menopause symptoms. I’m one of those women. Here’s a sampling of foods, all of them plants or derived from plants. Phytoestrogens are plant-based chemicals with weak estrogen...

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The Battle of The Breast Milk Baby-Doll

Jul 27, 2011

Lots of little girls imitate their nursing moms. We have dolls that pee their diapers. Baby dolls come with pacifiers and bottles, so why are some parents so angry? Doll maker, Berjuan Toys has introduced a doll that...

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Ma and Pa Kettle

Jul 24, 2011

  If you’ve thought about moving to the country and raising chickens, you better see this 1947 film, starring Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert as the newly weds who opt for life with the chickens and neighbors, Ma...

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Parent Peer Pressure

Jul 19, 2011

Kids aren’t the only ones who get peer pressure. Parents get peer pressure too. The moment you become pregnant, the pressure is on — whether you choose natural childbirth or epidural; breastfeed or not (and how...

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Black biting horse fly

Jul 13, 2011

  It felt like a razor cut me, sharp and painful. I was walking the dog with my hubby dear when a nasty black flying arthropod took a stab in the inner-most part of my arm. I was surprised that it hurt so much and started...

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I Feel Like A Fool

Jul 12, 2011

  I can’t believe I complained. I know better. I feel like a  fool. Sunday morning, my son informs me he needs to bring the bread for Sacrament Meeting, just as a back-up. He is the Pres. of his...

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