Yesterday.

Cadet got stung by a bee. Tink landed his picture in the newspaper for the 2nd time in 3 days. Hubby got mashed pretzel on his suit. I scored a sore throat.

Energizer Baby

So last week, when I was in the bathroom Tink managed to swallow a watch size battery. He was playing with a light up flash toy that you put on your arm to make sure you are visible on a bike. We got it at a safety fair. Yeah, not a very safe thing to give your baby I guess. He managed to break it open. I noticed that there were two battery slots inside, with one battery missing. I looked everywhere. I wasn't sure at first if he swallowed it - but being a battery and all - I decided to take him in. Sure enough the x-ray revealed the battery. They called down to the ER at Primary Children's, but they said that since the battery had already passed through to the stomach he should be fine. I just got to dig through his diapers for a few days until it came out. Hubby actually found it over the weekend. All is well again. I felt like a very inattentive mom. But - I have to say that it has been 3 1/2 years and two kids before either of them ever swallowed anything harmful. That's not too bad of a record.

I've been inspired by this incident. Tink is going to be the Energizer Baby for Halloween now. I'm putting some bunny earson him , giving him a drum, and he'll wear a black shirt with the picture of the battery in his tummy. Not quite as fun as Cadet's first Halloween as a Sumo-wrestler, but it will work.

5, 242, 650 : 6

5, 242, 650. That is the number of steps I took this summer from June 4 - September 27th. I entered the Weber Pathways Step it up Competition. You just had to wear a pedometer, and the person who clocked in the most steps won a day pack with a witer syphon thingy and a whole bunch of other stuff. I ended up winning. Walking has been my solution to boredom this summer. I'm taking at least a week off from walking now!

6 - that is the number of steps that Tink has taken this summer! On Saturday he took his first steps. Now that's a REAL accomplishment. I can't wait for him to start walking. Neither can Cadet. Cadet wanted to call everyone and tell them that Tink was walking. Cadet also wants to start potty-training Tink. "He can use my little toilet." Cadet proclaims. Ahh - if only it were that easy! I think he has a few more years before he gets the hang of that. Cadet thinks he can do it tomorrow. We'll just wait and see who wins this debate.

Disturbing. Wrong. Gross.

I read a terribly disturbing news story. Here it is:

September 23, 2008
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, CofoundersBen & Jerry's Homemade Inc.
Dear Mr. Cohen and Mr. Greenfield,
On behalf of PETA and our more than 2 million members and supporters, I'd like to bring your attention to an innovative new idea from Switzerland that would bring a unique twist to Ben and Jerry's. Storchen restaurant is set to unveil a menu that includes soups, stews, and sauces made with at least 75 percent breast milk procured from human donors who are paid in exchange for their milk. If Ben and Jerry's replaced the cow's milk in its ice cream with breast milk, your customers--and cows--would reap the benefits.
Using cow's milk for your ice cream is a hazard to your customer's health. Dairy products have been linked to juvenile diabetes, allergies, constipation, obesity, and prostate and ovarian cancer. The late Dr. Benjamin Spock, America's leading authority on child care, spoke out against feeding cow's milk to children, saying it may play a role in anemia, allergies, and juvenile diabetes and in the long term, will set kids up for obesity and heart disease--America's number one cause of death.
Animals will also benefit from the switch to breast milk. Like all mammals, cows only produce milk during and after pregnancy, so to be able to constantly milk them, cows are forcefully impregnated every nine months. After several years of living in filthy conditions and being forced to produce 10 times more milk than they would naturally, their exhausted bodies are turned into hamburgers or ground up for soup.
And of course, the veal industry could not survive without the dairy industry. Because male calves can't produce milk, dairy farmers take them from their mothers immediately after birth and sell them to veal farms, where they endure 14 to17 weeks of torment chained inside a crate so small that they can't even turn around.
The breast is best! Won't you give cows and their babies a break and our health a boost by switching from cow's milk to breast milk in Ben and Jerry's ice cream? Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Tracy Reiman

This just really bugs me. I had to vent. I think maybe it is because I nursed both of my boys. I think it just bugs me. Worried about the cows? What about the women? Have they ever used a pump? Anyone who has ever used a pump will probably agree - it is just not fun. It is just wrong to suggest using women's milk for ice cream. Not just wrong - it's gross. Peta. You really disturb me.

I've been tagged.

Jenna has tagged me on a High School Tag. I have to agree with Jenna - I liked college a lot better....and Jenna this post should make you feel a lot better. You were WAY cooler than me :)



.1 Did you date someone from your school? Date? What was a date?


2 What kind of car did you drive? um....I did get to drive a Pontiac Grand Am once or twice about a month before school got out. The first time I drove it - I got hit. Not my fault really. I was rear-ended. Really.

3 Did you pass your driver's license test on the first try? Okay...here we go. No. I didn't. Well, let me preface by saying I got 100 percent on the written part on the first try. Now - the driving part. That was another story. I didn't pass on the first try, or the second...I think it may have been the third. I've kind of blocked that whole misery out. Let's just say driving was not my forte. My seminary teacher had pity on me (Good old Brother Pyper was a private driving instructor on the side). He gave me some private driving lessons - and yes, I finally did get my liscence. Albeit - rather late. I think there was something in the yearbook that was Top 10 Signs you shouldn't be out on the road - go me - my name was Number 6. I'm happy to report though, that I can drive California freeways with no problem. LA traffic even...and I've never had a ticket, or been in a wreck that was my fault, or hit another moving object (not moving...well....let's not go there...I did hit a cement wall my first week of college and dented my car.)

4 Were you a party animal? Not a chance. I was voted most likely to live with my parents until I die! Go me! That's how much of a party animal I was.

5 Were you considered a flirt? Only the biggest ever. Okay, no.

6 Were you in a band, orchestra or choir? I was in choir and musical theatre, and would have loved to have been in an orchestra but our district didn't believe in stringed instruments.

7 Were you a nerd? Yes - and I still am. Once a nerd always a nerd.


8 Were you on any varsity teams? What are varsity teams? (Kidding.)

9 Did you get suspended or expelled? No - but that might have been fun.

10 Can you still sing the fight song? Yes, unfortunately. Music sticks to me like glue. Especially annoying songs.


11 Who were your favorite teachers? I think that I must be negative - because it was much easier for me to think of all the teachers that I didn't like. I did like Miss Nelson - she was the only teacher who made me feel like I could actually do math. I liked Ann Ward - even though she only taught I think one semester for the complete joke of a class "Advanced Research" - she was my elementary LEAD teacher, and I have always just adored her. Mr. Anderson.


12 Where did you sit during lunch? On a chair. I remember going to some bagel store with Jenna, Ashley, and Tigger or staying in the cafeteria with Kami and Jennifer.


13 What's your school's full name? Hillcrest High School

14 What was your mascot and colors? Knight. Red Black and White.

15 Did you go to homecoming? Which dance was that? I may have. I did go to a few. I just didn't enjoy them much.


16 If you could go back and do it all again, would you? No way. Been there done that. Don't want to do it again.


17 What do you remember most about graduation? Not much.


18 Where did you go on your Senior Skip Day? Which one?

19 Were you in any clubs? HOSA, Italian Club, Key Club...maybe something else - I don't remember.


20 Have you gained some weight since then? Yes, I did gain quite a bit in college. I got the classic "piano bench butt" (your bottom expands to fit the bench because you are sitting on it so much) - , but then I lost it. I'm thinner now.

21 Who was your prom date? It that is the one at the end of the year - I think it was John Welch. A friend who was going to Ricks College.

22 Are you planning to go to your 10 year reunion? I missed it. I was out of town. Really I was. My hubby had a business trip and I went with.

23 Did you have a job while in high school? Yup - I taught piano. Funny, I'm still doing the same thing. Some things don't change that much.