False alarm. Things got very scary for a little while, but everything is okay. :D

If you have to ask "should I call the doctor, the answer is Yes ( Read more... )

I did the math. I'm spending nearly 7 hours nursing Asher, per day. Seriously. 40 minutes at a session, at least 10 times a day. That's almost 7 hours, just nursing. That's nearly a full time job by itself ( Read more... )

Miriam, please don't throw carrots down the basement stairs!

for anyone local: the Bris will be Saturday at 2 pm at our joust. Call or email if you need directions.

Asher Samuel was born at 4:44 p.m. on the 28th of February.  He weighed in at 7 lb, 13 oz and was 19.5 inches long (3.54 kg and 49.5 cm).  He is healthy and strong.

Mama is tired after 5 days of hard labor, and is finally up for a little bit of computer time since both munchkins are currently napping.


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gonna fill you in here.  I don't promise that this will make any sense.  Some of you already know parts or all of this, for others, it'll be new information ( Read more... )

That today is someone special's birthday!

Happy Birthday Marinaw!!!

Since texaswren  asked . . .

Spaghetti pie:

about 10 oz of cooked spaghetti noodles
butter and parmesan (2 Tbl of each I guess)
1 batch of your favorite meat sauce
1 container of cottage cheese
about 6 slices of mozzerella.

Combine the spaghetti noodles, butter, and parmesan cheese.  Spoon into a pie pan and make a "crust" out of it by spreading it out and up the ( Read more... )

Okay, so I don't know how nuts I need to go, it's only been one study (although one article said two studies), but they've found trace amounts of mercury in half of all High Fructose Corn Syrup.

http://www.accidentalhedonist.com/index.ph...p;tb=1&pb=1

http://www.ethicurean.com/2009/01/26/mercury-in-hfcs/

After one set of scientists found mercury - ( Read more... )