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March 2007


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I'm Livid

Saturday, 31 March 2007 11:30 A GMT-05
Recently I have seen a flurry of ads on TV and in Magazines for the Gardasil vaccine.  this is the vaccine that is supposed to prevent Cervical cancer in women by preventing infections of the HPV virus in women.  at leat that is what the ad
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My friends are on their way to Kazakhstan

Monday, 26 March 2007 7:40 A GMT-05
Ironically, last September when I met L, she was expecting her travel papers any day.  I was excited that I would be able to hear about her adoption trip and learn from it before we went.  But God certainly kept us all guessing.  The t

The Girls' Turn

Sunday, 25 March 2007 9:44 A GMT-05
Since Richard and Michael were away on their Cub Scout Big trip, Genna invited a friend over for a campout of her own.  This time we pitched the tent in the living room.  Neither girl had any desier to sleep outside.  They still did th

Maybe he's just too busy to grow.

Saturday, 24 March 2007 5:36 P GMT-05
T, a friend who I went through my last few days in Kyiv with, recently reported on the amazing growth of her little girl in the past three months.  Many families report that thier kids can't stop eating and just seem to grow right before the

The last step (pics below)

Thursday, 22 March 2007 7:45 P GMT-05
Michael is camping out in the backyard with two of his friends tonight.  Fortunately the temp got up to the mid 70's today and wermed everything up.  We've had a few showers this evening that threatened to cancel the camp out but, s
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For those still in line to adopt from Ukraine

Thursday, 22 March 2007 6:55 P GMT-05
Dear Members of the American Adoption Community Interested in Ukraine: On March 20, 2007 the Parliament of Ukraine passed bill #2562 On Legislative Amendments to Ukraine's Laws (regarding adoptions).  The bill will come into effect after the

A little one's observation

Wednesday, 21 March 2007 12:25 A GMT-05
Nikita was helping me fix dinner tonight when Richard called.  As I hung up the phone Nikita asked "Papa Here?"  "No," I told him, "Papa isn't here but he's on his way.""Good," he said.I

More on Feingold (FP) Part 2 of 2

Tuesday, 20 March 2007 7:02 P GMT-05
Last week I wrote more detail about the Feingold Program, a diet to help identify and eliminate additives in food that can lead to behavior, learning and other physical difficulties.  It was XXX by a comment from a reader to a previos post. 

My Day in the Kitchen

Monday, 19 March 2007 9:50 P GMT-05
Today I thoroughly enjoyed spending time in the kitchen, nearly all day.  I had a great little four-year-old helper who loved to hold and pour whatever I asked him to for all the different things we made.  Our list included homema

Losing with Style

Saturday, 17 March 2007 9:57 P GMT-05
The kids prepared for tonight's playoff game by gathering everything they could find in the house to cheer on either the Spartans or the Tarheels.  Somehow the rivalry divided itself up into a boys versus girls thing.  In the end, we al
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More about Feingold Part 1 of 2

Saturday, 17 March 2007 9:09 P GMT-05
I received a comment today on one of my Feingold entries.  The comment was from a fellow homeschooler and mother of four.  She mentioned that she agrees with the idea of taking additives out of children's diets and sees the benefits of
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Don't Call us Saturday Night

Friday, 16 March 2007 2:55 P GMT-05
My underdog Michigan State Spartans will be taking on Richard's #1 seed UNC Tarheels in the NCAA tournament.  Let's hope the wearin' of the green brings a lot of Irish luck to the Spartans.   

FG Day one

Friday, 16 March 2007 8:52 A GMT-05
Step one:  Feed kids breakfast (Post Golden Crisp Cereal and milk)Step two:  Enlist Nikita's help in cleananing out the cupboards of contraband food.  We only had about four small grocery bags of food for the food pantry.  (No
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Nikita's Glossary of Terms

Wednesday, 14 March 2007 7:20 P GMT-05
Nikita's English is is getting better and better daily.   After three months at home, he understands probably about 75% of what we say and can get his point across an equal amount of the time.  There are still times when I just nod
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I goofed yesterday (and I'm paying the price today)

Wednesday, 14 March 2007 7:06 P GMT-05
On the drive home from our visits yesterday I stopped at a convenience store to get a snack for the trip.  As i was walking through the aisles I was thinking how hard it would be to find something that didn't have artificial colors or flavor

Old Pals

Tuesday, 13 March 2007 7:45 P GMT-05
We had an amazing visit today with the family that adopted one of Nikita's "group mates."  "R" 's parents were only behind us by about a month in adopting one of Nikit

Eating well is not always easy

Monday, 12 March 2007 1:17 P GMT-05
Yesterday I had my first real challenge in keeping to the Feingold Plan.  Even though we haven't officially started the program,  I have already identified a few things that will send Ni

A Family Weekend

Sunday, 11 March 2007 1:22 P GMT-05
This was the first weekend in an very long time that we had nothing makor planned.  We enjoyed it by spending some time with our favoriate people, us!  Richard took the kids to the park 

Allergies and diet

Saturday, 10 March 2007 12:00 A GMT-05
We are starting to see a definite pattern regarding Nikita's food allergies.  Not only can food cause him to break out in a rash, but we are seeing differences in his behavior based on the ki

Another Snow Day (with not much snow)

Thursday, 8 March 2007 12:00 A GMT-05
Our homeschool co-op cancelled classes today because of snow.  apprently this was supposed to be a big one, with at leat 4 inches for our area.  As of noon today we had now.  By 4 pm we
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King BJ ??????

Tuesday, 6 March 2007 12:46 P GMT-05
I received this email from the animal rescue group that took Bj for us:Colleen,BJ is doing great!!! He is with a caring family that updates us daily.  He goes for walks several times a day.  The family has a dog walker that comes over every

Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here

Tuesday, 6 March 2007 8:56 A GMT-05
My crowd returned about 9:30 Sunday night.  By that time I had my messes pretty much cleaned up and was relaxing with my last glas of wine.  Tired as they an I were, we all had to catch up on each other's events of the weekend.  Th

8:50 pm Sunday

Sunday, 4 March 2007 8:50 P GMT-05
I'm a bit disappointed but I have to call it quits for today.  I had a couple of urgent and important interruptions that stole about two hours of my time this afternoon.  Even so, I thought that when I got home from church I could

12:15 Sunday

Sunday, 4 March 2007 12:14 P GMT-05
Well the temp has dropped from a high yesterday of about 50 to a very chilly 34 degrees.  The wind is fierce enough to take quite a few more degrees off of that.  I am not comfortable using any saw with gloves on so I am trying to make my s
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Sunday 9 am

Sunday, 4 March 2007 9:07 A GMT-05
I had hoped to make it 7:30 Mass today.  I guess I'll have to shoot for 5:30 pm mass.  That will make for a busy day but I can't stand up Ogs after he has obvioulsy been my right hand partner this weekend.  His help is clear to

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