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Pudding Results Are In!

My last post entitled, Did You Know The Crap That's In Pudding, was about the crap that's in instant pudding. The one I made... DELICIOUS! Just thought you should know. When I had my first bite, it didn't taste "normal." Then I realized it was because it actually tasted like real chocolate! The boys totally dug it! It passed the test, and I am happy to report that I have found a pudding that tastes great and has ingredients that I can pronounce!

Did You Know the Crap That's in Pudding?

A little video about pudding 101. I had no idea. I am so glad I have educated myself on this. To read about how we figured out our issues with Funny Man I, just read these two posts entitled Meeting My Son For The First Time, and Our Life Is Different Now.

Funny Man is far from perfect, but our life has changed. He is happier and not so angry all the time, and I'm not exhausted every night from having a daily battle over EVERYTHING!

I hope you can see the changes in your kids too by just changing the products of your favorite foods. I do this not just for Funny Man. I do it for my other five kids, The Hubby and myself. Just because the rest of us don't have a reaction to all this crap, doesn't make it okay for the rest of us to put it into our bodies as well. Because I have the knowledge, I can't ignore the truth about the food of today.

It's dangerous out there, even in something as innocent as pudding.

Lids and Boobies...

So, the time has come to join me and the fight against Breast Cancer. You all  know I love Cafemom. I have been there for a long time, and I have watched it grow from a small network of Moms to a GINORMOUS place for Mom's to come together and be a part of an amazing network. We are all there for different reasons. But we do share two things in common. One, we have children and two, we have boobs.  

So with that said, CafeMom has asked me to be part of this amazing movement with Yoplait and the Susan G. Komen Foundation. I could not be more honored. I have started my own group called, of course, Mothers Fighting For Others.  Let's start our own Army to help fight against breast cancer. Watch the video below and see what you can do to help!

What The Heck Am I Suppose To Do With This?

I had been a Mom of boys for nine years before my daughters came into my life. Little Miss S came along and she was still tiny, well, she still is tiny, and she was really easy. Then Miss M came into the picture seven months later. She was malnourished and only time (and food) fixed that. So the girl thing was not in full effect.

Fast forward two years, and I have two VERY talkative three year olds. It's ridiculous. Really, it is. The high tone of their voices can drive this Mom insane! I'm serious. There are days that I'm so frazzled, simply because of their high voices, that I turn around and say to Miss M, "Only dogs can hear you!"

But there is so much more than that! Now, there is hair, and pinkish-purplely things on the floors, purses, princess talk of Cinderella, and of course, thanks to Mrs W, fake plastic shoes.

THEY LOVE THEM!

There is nothing more annoying, insane, adorable, than watching the two girls act out "I'm going to the store.. love you Mom, bye!"

What have I got myself into?

I know, I know, that's what girls do. But I find it so interesting how Miss M takes "pretty" so seriously. She is ALL about the pretty!! Here is a little example! 

I'm going to need a drink...

A Day of Silence

Today, I will sit still and honor the heroes of 9/11. I will sit still and think about the families that were left behind.

Today, I will be silent to honor them.

This is the Eternal Flame in New York City, New York, at Ground Zero, lit by Mayor Michael Bloomberg on the first anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks upon the financial district of the city. It is currently temporarily located at Battery Park on the southern tip of Manhattan under The Sphere, which is a sculpture that had been recovered from the World Trade Center site. The eternal flame will be relocated to the World Trade Center location when the memorial there is completed. *


*wikipedia

Helping A Schoolmate Out

I received this email last week from my High School Alumni Office. It struck a cord in me because we had our own Bone Marrow Drive last year in honor of Trevor Kott. I remember the stand we took to help Trevor. Here’s our chance to help Arthur.

Dear Notre Dame Alumni,
 
We recently received the following message from Arthur Cabico '82.  Please keep him and his young family in your prayers.
 
I am married with five children. The oldest (Ashley) is a sophomore at USC studying structural engineering. Katelyn is 13 and is in the 8th grade. Mackenzie is 7 and in second grade. And Sean and Ryan are in Kindergarten.  Mackenzie was adopted at birth from the State and Sean and Ryan were adopted a year ago from the State. Robin and I were licensed as special needs foster parents.
 
In February of 2008, I was diagnosed with grade 3 non-Hodgkin's follicular lymphoma. Since then it has been a battle trying to put the cancer into remission.  I have transferred my case to the doctors at M.D. Anderson in Houston because the cancer appears to have gotten more aggressive and is now considered a difficult case. I desperately want to be here for my family. In order to find a cure, I am in need of a bone marrow donor and preferably one of the same ethnic background (Filipino) for a closest match.
 
I would like to ask the alumni and current community and staff to pray for me to find a donor.  And if you can help organize a bone marrow drive in your area I would really appreciate that. Of the 7 million registered donors, only 8000 are Asians - that's 0.10 of 1%. Not very good odds. Please contact me if you wish to help or you can go to the NMDP web site at www.marrow.org. Thank you again for your thoughts and prayers.
 
Arthur Cabico '82
 
3135 S. 83rd Circle
Mesa, AZ  85212
480.984.9057    Home
domer86_ac@msn.com

I am asking all of you once again, if you have not already, become a Bone Marrow Donor. You could help a family. You could save a life.

Out Of My Haze

On Sunday night I went to Six Flags because I'm a 37 year old groupie. Yes, me. Our tribe loves to watch, "So You Think You Can Dance." My neighbor invited me to go (the dancers, choreographers, and production had the entire park to themselves after 8:00pm) and I took the opportunity because I'm a 37 year old groupie. And let me tell ya... It was soooo cool! ALL the dancers were there and even a few from last year! I even got to talk to WILL!!!! He was my favorite! This man, is a beautiful dancer. He took my breath away! You have to see what I am talking about!!!

This was one of my favorites... ENJOY!!

And here was one of my favorite solos...

Hello.... I'm a groupie!!!!

BTW, the title is called "Out of my Haze" because I had taken two Dramamine so I could go on the coasters Sunday night. I don't take any medications any more, not even for a headache, so this med KICKED MY BUTT and I was drowsey for over 24 hours! I'm back to "normal" today. But I gotta work, I missed an entire day yesterday!!! Love ya ladies!

Need Some Funny?

Take a few minutes, (okay a lot of minutes), let your hair down, relax and enjoy!!!

We've Got the Baby Surrounded

This is what happens when my boys play with dolls!