For all the bark and bluster on some companies and their monopolies (Microsoft anyone?), you'd think this would have gotten more attention by now. That's not even getting into the health and safety of eating genetically altered crops. Did you know that at least 70% of our food is transgenic? Monsanto with their GMO crops really don't want you to pay attention, they just want to own the food industry. For those who are like, big deal to engineered crops, remember that Monsanto was the creator of Agent Orange. You know the company that gave it's herbicide to the US Govt to use in the Vietnam war. Something that caused serious damage to not only Vietnamese, but to US soldiers. The effects of it can still be seen today over there. Nasty stuff.
They also are known for bullying farmers. Especially those who don't use their products, and even some that do. I could go on and on about this, and may at some point. But... I think that watching The World According to Monsanto is way more informative than I can put into words at the moment. Watch it, and let me know what you think. This is part one of ten. It's on youtube so, the other parts are on there.
I'm all for a movement against GMO's starting. Well some have, but really get going. Especially in the US, as other countries have gotten some off the ground to a point!
Watch it, seriously.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
365 Days.... until I turn 30.
And since I have that many days, obviously today I turned 29. I of course have some people poking fun that next year they need to through a black and white party for me. To them I say ":P tthhhpppttt". Hehehe.
However today's been busy, but good all the same. It started off with me being all zombiefied in the morning (like usual), while getting the kid fed for the morning. Though he was sweet and made sure to wish me a happy birthday, all bright-eyed and bushied tailed. We then ran off to his swimming lessons.
Now he's in preschool 1, has been for.. believe it's his third week (I'm horrible at keeping accurate count of these things), and I wouldn't be surprised if he's in it again next week. He can do what they want him too, he just never seems to want to do it in class. I'm not entirely certain he's completely comfortable with the water as of yet. But he's gradually getting more used to it. Hopefully he's at least moved up to preschool 2 by the end of summer. :\ Especially since I know he'll be missing a couple of weeks of it, at least, soon. (I've got an impending surgery coming up.) He's also got a new friend that he's taken all of his classes with so far. Cute little 3 year old, who's name I shall not publish, as well she's not my kid. However he basically ordered me to give her mom my info so he could at some point play at a park, or some such with her. At first I was going to just give her my phone number, but he was very serious in his concern that it wasn't enough information, and promptly demanded I give her my e-mail address, and other forms of contact. What five year old asks these things?!?
Of course then again at the age of four he was asking me things like, "Mommy, did you remember your driver's license?" Hehe; quite the little ham.
After swimming lessons we stopped off at starbucks, where I got a coffee, as I hadn't had any yet. Well, that and I have their gold card, who sent me a birthday card coupon for a free birthday coffee. :) I don't care what anyone says about the "evils of a large company" they have seriously awesome customer service, and their coffee is not only quite tasty, but is one of the few that does NOT make me ill. Many places I go, and I don't know if it's an additive, or something starbucks does in their processing, but I get horrible stomach cramps, and well I shall not give further details, but needless to say it's not pleasent. And yes, when back east Dunkin Donuts didn't sit well with me either. I missed starbucks when I lived there. Badly.
We then came back, enjoyed our drinks (I got him a kid's hot chocolate, which he calls "My kids hot coffee!!"), then prepared to go out for lunch with my Grandmother. I've always gone out to lunch on my birthday with Grandma cept during the time I lived back east. She had been quite upset that year, the only year we did nothing. And the year I went to Japan. Though we went out the day before so.... yeah. But all other years we've had lunch. It's our thing. Anyhow normally when she wants to do so she picks the place. She has taken into account that I am gluten free, and tries to find a place that will have something I can eat, but it's always her choice. Except for my birthday. :) So I was able to finally make my way over to the Da Vinci Cafe and Bakery on Greenwood! Though they're about to change the name to Wheatless in Seattle. Probably so people going by will realize it's a gluten free spot, and those who can't (or don't) eat anything with gluten will stop in. The food was awesome. There's also a fair bit of vegan stuff, so if any vegans want a small place to go too for breakfast, or lunch, I highly suggest it. :). I do plan to go back again. I had considered to go to the Flying Apron Bakery, but their closest location is currently in Fremont, and I can't see my Grandmother enjoying going all the way to there. The only draw back was a small loaf of cinnamon bread (gluten free of course) was $9.95! I'll stick to making my own. :) Unless the owner makes sourdough (I heard she used too). I am a sucker for sourdough. We bought three fudge vegan cake slices for after dinner as my birthday cake. :P Next time I'm making my own I think, if the kid demands it again. Hehe.
After lunch, came back home, and relaxed until it was time for CJ to go to tae kwon do. He loves it there, and I think for him that'll be the hardest thing for him to miss for a week or two. I know for a week for sure. Hopefully I can find a way for someone to drive us up there a week after my surgery. I won't be fit to drive yet though, so we'll see. Still he had fun. :)
And after that we went back to starbucks, for something cold and hey I had this nifty treat reciept for quite the discount. In which my kid starts to tell EVERYONE it was my birthday.... I promptly told him not everyone needed to know. However the barista thought it amusing, and as she wasn't the morning one, she gave me my drink for free. :) And the kidlet wanted ice cold water, extra ice so that trip I paid nothing. Woo!
Then we got home, and I cooked dinner, which was simple tonight. Soup and rice... I cooked put rice in the bowl, and poured soup on top. Gluten free soup by pacific foods. For me it's a comfort food, and I'll do this with various flavors as well as mix flavors together. Tonight was tomato, butternut squash, a bit of milk, and a tid bit of salt mixed in. Simple and tasty. After we ate and let that settle, we decided to have the cake. Which beyond the first small bite I couldn't eat. It was far too sweet and rich. I am not a big fan of overly rich and sweet. Never have been. I am more of a fan of the savory. Ah well, the kid enjoyed it, as did my Grandma. When they called it a fudge cake... they meant fudge... vegan fudge. Heh. My roomie just got the rest of it, and he liked it well enough, so it didn't go to waste.
CJ and I then ran up to the park up the hill, at the library for their 7pm concert as sponsered by the Shoreline Arts Council. It was nice, and CJ had fun playing with the other kids there. :)
And then we came home, and he went to bed. :P I chilled for a bit, and now I'm here typing this up.
So on to other things. I realized I forgot to update about CJ's screening for aspergers. The doc said he didn't have it. He does have a social delay, yes. However he pointed out that in some kids the academic portion of the brain advances so quickly, that the parts to handle social lag. And feels that social direction, and help while he's still young (which he'll get at school) should help, and he'll catch up eventually. He also reccomended martial arts, hence him going to tae kwon do now. :)
As for surgery for me, well... I've got a hernia. An umbilical hernia. Doc told me that due to the placement she's pretty sure I was born with one. A LOT of people are. However that a combination of when I had CJ (the pregnancy was great, but the labor was long, and not without problems), and my weight that it grew. And it's now giving me problems. Painful problems. Which are getting slowly but progressively worse. So my appointment with a surgeon is on the 22nd. Meet, greet, and probably making sure I'm fit enough to have it. The doc did point out that if I continue to loose weight (which I have been, slowly) that I'll have less of a chance of it re-occuring. Which would suck beyond all telling. It should be done on an outpatient basis, though I'll be pretty much on bed-rest (save going to the bathroom, and getting something to eat) for five days, and the second five I'll still be in pain and unfit to drive. I'm not to lift much of anything for a month or so, and no more than 10lbs for the next several months.
Joy.
I'm scared of surgery, almost to the point of being phobic (though not quite). But... I shall do what I must.
Luckily my sister and brother in law agreed to watch CJ for 2-5 days the first week, depending on how he does.
But other than that life's going well... Oh and the Fourth of July was awesome. I may post more about that later.... or maybe not, who knows. :P
However today's been busy, but good all the same. It started off with me being all zombiefied in the morning (like usual), while getting the kid fed for the morning. Though he was sweet and made sure to wish me a happy birthday, all bright-eyed and bushied tailed. We then ran off to his swimming lessons.
Now he's in preschool 1, has been for.. believe it's his third week (I'm horrible at keeping accurate count of these things), and I wouldn't be surprised if he's in it again next week. He can do what they want him too, he just never seems to want to do it in class. I'm not entirely certain he's completely comfortable with the water as of yet. But he's gradually getting more used to it. Hopefully he's at least moved up to preschool 2 by the end of summer. :\ Especially since I know he'll be missing a couple of weeks of it, at least, soon. (I've got an impending surgery coming up.) He's also got a new friend that he's taken all of his classes with so far. Cute little 3 year old, who's name I shall not publish, as well she's not my kid. However he basically ordered me to give her mom my info so he could at some point play at a park, or some such with her. At first I was going to just give her my phone number, but he was very serious in his concern that it wasn't enough information, and promptly demanded I give her my e-mail address, and other forms of contact. What five year old asks these things?!?
Of course then again at the age of four he was asking me things like, "Mommy, did you remember your driver's license?" Hehe; quite the little ham.
After swimming lessons we stopped off at starbucks, where I got a coffee, as I hadn't had any yet. Well, that and I have their gold card, who sent me a birthday card coupon for a free birthday coffee. :) I don't care what anyone says about the "evils of a large company" they have seriously awesome customer service, and their coffee is not only quite tasty, but is one of the few that does NOT make me ill. Many places I go, and I don't know if it's an additive, or something starbucks does in their processing, but I get horrible stomach cramps, and well I shall not give further details, but needless to say it's not pleasent. And yes, when back east Dunkin Donuts didn't sit well with me either. I missed starbucks when I lived there. Badly.
We then came back, enjoyed our drinks (I got him a kid's hot chocolate, which he calls "My kids hot coffee!!"), then prepared to go out for lunch with my Grandmother. I've always gone out to lunch on my birthday with Grandma cept during the time I lived back east. She had been quite upset that year, the only year we did nothing. And the year I went to Japan. Though we went out the day before so.... yeah. But all other years we've had lunch. It's our thing. Anyhow normally when she wants to do so she picks the place. She has taken into account that I am gluten free, and tries to find a place that will have something I can eat, but it's always her choice. Except for my birthday. :) So I was able to finally make my way over to the Da Vinci Cafe and Bakery on Greenwood! Though they're about to change the name to Wheatless in Seattle. Probably so people going by will realize it's a gluten free spot, and those who can't (or don't) eat anything with gluten will stop in. The food was awesome. There's also a fair bit of vegan stuff, so if any vegans want a small place to go too for breakfast, or lunch, I highly suggest it. :). I do plan to go back again. I had considered to go to the Flying Apron Bakery, but their closest location is currently in Fremont, and I can't see my Grandmother enjoying going all the way to there. The only draw back was a small loaf of cinnamon bread (gluten free of course) was $9.95! I'll stick to making my own. :) Unless the owner makes sourdough (I heard she used too). I am a sucker for sourdough. We bought three fudge vegan cake slices for after dinner as my birthday cake. :P Next time I'm making my own I think, if the kid demands it again. Hehe.
After lunch, came back home, and relaxed until it was time for CJ to go to tae kwon do. He loves it there, and I think for him that'll be the hardest thing for him to miss for a week or two. I know for a week for sure. Hopefully I can find a way for someone to drive us up there a week after my surgery. I won't be fit to drive yet though, so we'll see. Still he had fun. :)
And after that we went back to starbucks, for something cold and hey I had this nifty treat reciept for quite the discount. In which my kid starts to tell EVERYONE it was my birthday.... I promptly told him not everyone needed to know. However the barista thought it amusing, and as she wasn't the morning one, she gave me my drink for free. :) And the kidlet wanted ice cold water, extra ice so that trip I paid nothing. Woo!
Then we got home, and I cooked dinner, which was simple tonight. Soup and rice... I cooked put rice in the bowl, and poured soup on top. Gluten free soup by pacific foods. For me it's a comfort food, and I'll do this with various flavors as well as mix flavors together. Tonight was tomato, butternut squash, a bit of milk, and a tid bit of salt mixed in. Simple and tasty. After we ate and let that settle, we decided to have the cake. Which beyond the first small bite I couldn't eat. It was far too sweet and rich. I am not a big fan of overly rich and sweet. Never have been. I am more of a fan of the savory. Ah well, the kid enjoyed it, as did my Grandma. When they called it a fudge cake... they meant fudge... vegan fudge. Heh. My roomie just got the rest of it, and he liked it well enough, so it didn't go to waste.
CJ and I then ran up to the park up the hill, at the library for their 7pm concert as sponsered by the Shoreline Arts Council. It was nice, and CJ had fun playing with the other kids there. :)
And then we came home, and he went to bed. :P I chilled for a bit, and now I'm here typing this up.
So on to other things. I realized I forgot to update about CJ's screening for aspergers. The doc said he didn't have it. He does have a social delay, yes. However he pointed out that in some kids the academic portion of the brain advances so quickly, that the parts to handle social lag. And feels that social direction, and help while he's still young (which he'll get at school) should help, and he'll catch up eventually. He also reccomended martial arts, hence him going to tae kwon do now. :)
As for surgery for me, well... I've got a hernia. An umbilical hernia. Doc told me that due to the placement she's pretty sure I was born with one. A LOT of people are. However that a combination of when I had CJ (the pregnancy was great, but the labor was long, and not without problems), and my weight that it grew. And it's now giving me problems. Painful problems. Which are getting slowly but progressively worse. So my appointment with a surgeon is on the 22nd. Meet, greet, and probably making sure I'm fit enough to have it. The doc did point out that if I continue to loose weight (which I have been, slowly) that I'll have less of a chance of it re-occuring. Which would suck beyond all telling. It should be done on an outpatient basis, though I'll be pretty much on bed-rest (save going to the bathroom, and getting something to eat) for five days, and the second five I'll still be in pain and unfit to drive. I'm not to lift much of anything for a month or so, and no more than 10lbs for the next several months.
Joy.
I'm scared of surgery, almost to the point of being phobic (though not quite). But... I shall do what I must.
Luckily my sister and brother in law agreed to watch CJ for 2-5 days the first week, depending on how he does.
But other than that life's going well... Oh and the Fourth of July was awesome. I may post more about that later.... or maybe not, who knows. :P
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
I wish my cats didn't bring me "presents"
As one dropped off a SLUG into my bedroom. I suppose I can be thankful he left it on the floor, but STILL. Eew. At least I think it was one of 'em. It could be the lack of weather stripping on my doors, however I'd have noticed it making it's way to my room, I think. And Mirror has a nasty habit of bringing me live critters. I know it's an honor from him, but still, bleah.
On a much lighter note, my muse came back. :D Muwahahahaha... I've dredged up an old story I began to write, and is re-writing, and adding onto it with gusto. I'll have plenty of time to work on it too, after my surgery. Won't have much else to do for ten days, in which I'm not to do very much at all. (Not even driving.)
And it's almost 2:30am. Off to bed I go!
On a much lighter note, my muse came back. :D Muwahahahaha... I've dredged up an old story I began to write, and is re-writing, and adding onto it with gusto. I'll have plenty of time to work on it too, after my surgery. Won't have much else to do for ten days, in which I'm not to do very much at all. (Not even driving.)
And it's almost 2:30am. Off to bed I go!
Friday, July 3, 2009
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