The Future President of the United States of America

Today one of my girls asked if me, "Mom if you were President what would you do on your first day?". That really got me thinking, there are two things I would want to do first off and this may seem weird and strangely conflicting. #1 start off shore drilling here in the US- it's insane that we sit on so many natural resources while we stuff the wallets of some seriously bad guys! Just plain stupid especially when there are amazingly high tech and safe drilling operations...duh! Ok so here's the oxymoron- second extreme recycling anyone who's hung out at my house knows my mantra "get that out of the trash, that can be recycled!". We need hi-tech recycling there is no reason for all that trash just screwing up our planet. Move over Sarah Palin!

Mean Girlz

Why is it that twins end up being fair game for rude, mean and generally cruel comments! Man I get so sick of hearing all the crap my twins take way to often. For some reason Mya ends up getting the brunt of it, not sure why she says it's because she's loud I think it's because she knows she's pretty and she's confident which can be intimidating. Today at school right to their faces a girl said Aly's face is Prettier than Mya's (to their faces!!!!). This stuff happens all the time.Girls can be soo mean! I'm glad my girls can laugh about it but, I know it hurts.

Boy CRAZY!!!

On the way home from school yesterday Aly (7th grade) expressed her disappointment in her friends, she explained that everyone is going boy crazy. She said that her friends are obsessed with boys now they want to sit by the boys and talk about boys and dream about boys- she's sick of it! "Mom it's like they forgot about all the things they wanted to do in life, and now all they care about is boys!". I wish I could say I was surprised but I'm not cuz I was one of those girls who went boy crazy it's like an infection it starts small then it just takes over and before you know it you are spending all your free time making list of baby names and practicing your signature with your future last name. So this morning I "accidentally" read a text that Aly write and blasted to her friends here it is..."Send this message to every BOY CRAZY girl you know! 21% boy crazy girls end up on the streets or behind steel bars...33% are/were highschool dropouts and can befound at bars and nightclubs...42% end up living in a small home or RV and have crap jobs because they dropped out of college to get married and have a family...And 3% SNAP out of it, get a degree and their dream job, get a big house and most everything they ever dreamed of. So it's your choice you can work at Mcdonalds till your 80 to pay your retirement...if you choose to..whoever sent this to you wishes to remind you that boys are stinky and gross...just like you always said when you were 3...just like it always should be....I will say no more"

Personally I'd love to know where she got the stats, especially the 21% who end up on the streets or behind "STEEL BARS"! That's awesome!!! keep it up Aly go for your dreams the boys will always be there!

Oh nuts!

This morning Gunnar was taking his bath before church and he called "mom hurry quick" I hurried over to him he was sitting on the step of the tub examining is private parts, I said "what's wrong are you hurt?" he replied "yes, my nuts are all wrinkled!"

New vocabulary word for the day "comped"

Tonight Aly came to me and stated that she was missing $50 and mysteriously Gunnar had new found riches of coincidentally $50....so I started to question Gunnar, "Gunnar did you steal Aly's money(dumb question)?" He replied "no I comped it." I said "what does comped it mean?" His answer was "comped it means not stealing." Uh huh....

So this morning the Fast Sunday after Halloween as I came out of my bedroom I saw my adorable 6yr old Gunnar with a chocolate smile, a pack of whoppers in each hand and the craze of a sugar rush in his blue/green eyes. I said "Gunnar you can't down all that sugar on an empty stomach you need to eat some breakfast first" his reply "Mom I can't eat breakfast it's fast Sunday!" It's all relative...

Re-evaluating nutrition, yet again......

So I spent 3 days last week glued to my computer watching a webcast of a raw food seminar in northern California. I ate it up and the girls were also very attentive. I loved all the info and feel very persuaded by the whole raw food movement, I do have some reservations and thoughts of my own that will keep me from going down that strictly raw road though. Such as the whole dehydrating idea wow 12 hours for a batch of cookies that so does not work for me, and I feel raw fooders in mean some raw fooders eat way too many nuts and seeds and frankly even a few presenters were a little on the chubby side which tells me that more cashews are being consumed than kale! Now I love cashews but some of these chefs were make "nut loafs" we are talking mega calorie and major fat! Not good, I mean moderation in all things. I really connected with Dr Doug Graham who wrote the 80-10-10 diet, I should get my amazon delivery tomorrow! He focused on eating food in it's original form I liked his ideas and he is an athlete he really looked the part. For me it's really hard to get inspired to follow someone's philosophy's when they don't look the way you want to look. Maybe that is very shallow but it's true. All in all I have learned so much about food the last year, I thank my Dad for introducing me to the book "The China Study" T. Colin Campbell, last year it has changed my life and taken all the fear about cancer out of my life I love the freedom in my mind knowing that I know what causes cancer and it's easily avoidable. What a huge relief since all the women in my life seem to die from cancer. Knowledge is POWER! So here I am still floating along as far as my ideas about food go I'm not locked on to any plan or theory I'm just letting the spirit guide me and try each day to nourish my family and make their body healthy and resiliant.