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Diary of an Overweight Mom: Day 5-WHAT Was I Thinking??? - Blog Entry

10 Sep 2006 03:36 PM

First off, what is shortbread? LOL! Second, think of the workout your arms got when you were kneading the dough. That counts for something! I have been reading your blogs with much interest and have been really enjoying them. Good job on your weight loss! I am not trying to lose weight, so I will just cheer all of you on who are working so hard to do so! Good job!

10 Reasons to Do Your Cardio Every Day - Blog Entry

08 Sep 2006 06:04 AM

I do cardio mixed with light weights six days a week because I know it is an effective way to keep weight off. I love doing cardio, it gets me sweating and my heart pumping and I love how I feel afterwards. I like my workouts because they do a couple of cardio routines, then do a weight routine and then more cardio, and so on. I really like how it helps me maintain my current weight and I know if I needed to lose a few pounds, I would just up my cardio in order to d do so.

Explaining The Concept of Death To A Young Child - Blog Entry

06 Sep 2006 01:58 PM

I have tried to explain this to my son when he was three, and while he knows what Heaven is and I tried to explain (we were discussing a friend's baby who had passed away) that the baby went to Heaven. He kept asking me if the baby's mommy and daddy were with him in Heaven and I had to honestly say not, but the baby's other family members who had died were there. This resulted in my son crying and telling me he didn't want to go to Heaven unless his mommy and daddy were with him. It broke my heart. I tried to assure him that we would be there before he would ever be there, but it was a difficult conversation to say the least. So far, he hasn't had to deal with any other losses, such as a grandparent or great-grandparent. I know that day will come as my husband still has all four of his grandparents living and they are close to 90.

When I was six, my beloved grandpa passed away. I didn't go to the funeral, but I did go to the funeral home to see him. My mom said I insisted. She said I had to touch his face and see him, otherwise I just refused to believe he was gone. I remember that day like it was yesterday, and I still miss him to this day.

Death is such a hard subject to tackle with children. Your article was great!

Diary of an Overweight MOM-Will I Lose The Weight? Will You Join Me? The CHALLENGE. - Blog Entry

06 Sep 2006 09:32 AM

HI Ladies! Just wishing you all good luck with your weight loss journey! I wanted to suggest a site my husband has used in the past..I wrote a blog about in the weight loss section. It is called www.sparkpeople.com, it is completely free and you can count calories, get daily menus and record everything you do from fitness to food. It is a great site! Also, if any of you ladies have ever tried any of The Firm workouts, I highly recommend them. Good luck to all of you! Kaye

Diary of an Overweight MOM-Will I Lose The Weight? Will You Join Me? The CHALLENGE. - Blog Entry

05 Sep 2006 12:21 PM

I just want to wish you luck! I am looking forward to reading your upcoming blogs about this!

LazyTown - Blog Entry

05 Sep 2006 08:35 AM

Both of my boys love Lazy Town! Whenever we have to go on a long car trip, we pop in a Lazy Town DVD and the boys are entertained for over an hour. I love it also, there isn't anything I find too annoying about it. That is just me though!

Education A to Z: I for Is Walmart Anti-Public Education? - Blog Entry

05 Sep 2006 06:36 AM

That is a good point Brandie! However, those of us who are public school teachers and who will educate our children at public schools probably see things a lot differently than you do. I am all for supporting education, but public education is free to everyone. If more money were given to public schools, then perhaps even those in the greatest need wouldn't feel they need to take their kids elsewhere and scrape up the money somehow to send their kids somewhere other than a public school. More money means better facilities and better pay for teachers, which may entice teachers to stay teaching and entice more teachers into the field.

Homosexual Agenda Being Promoted In Schools - Blog Entry

01 Sep 2006 06:23 AM

You see, unfortunately in today's world, so many parents aren't teaching them about sexuality and sexual orientation...at all. We had several of our 8th grade students end up pregnant where I was teaching..their parents never taught them a thing, and now they have kids the age of my own children. I teach my children about sexual orientation and sexuality in my home, and I don't have a problem with the school teaching it either. To be honest, sexual talks need to start early, and if the home environment isn't doing it, which many aren't, then schools need to teach it...who else is going to? My old district recently started sex-ed discussions, nothing too in depth or major, with elementary age students, in order to try and curb this early pregnancy problem. I am so glad that parents on here teach their child to love everyone, teaching them about sexuality and tolerance, unfortunately that isn't the case in a lot of areas, because parents just are't doing it, at all.

Have You Considered Becoming a Room Mom? - Blog Entry

01 Sep 2006 06:18 AM

One of the reasons I only want to go back to teaching part-time after my boys are both in school is because I want to continue being involved with them, this includes being a room mom! I can't wait!

Homosexual Agenda Being Promoted In Schools - Blog Entry

31 Aug 2006 04:43 PM

Personally, this is a touchy topic for me, because I strongly believe in teaching tolerance and acceptance of everyone starting at a young age. Do I have a problem with my son's preschool teaching him to accept gay people? Not at all, because I know that it wouldn't be the only thing that he would be learning about. I believe the earlier it is taught, the better. I want my sons to grow up learning that anyone can be a family and what makes family values isn't who makes up that family, but how you live as a family and what you do for others. I want my sons to learn that two daddies and children can be a family, I want them to know that it is okay to have two mommies. To me, family values aren't just traditional mom, dad and 2.5 kids, at least not in this day and age. I don't want my kids to ever think someone is weird or wrong for what they are, and I personally think if schools need to teach that, then they do. I guess I don't see anything wrong with schools touching on a topic we have already started discussing at home. I don't know of any schools in my area that are teaching about gay people, and I don't see that happening for a long time, but if it were to happen, I would be okay with it. I am sure others feel just as strongly in the opposite direction as I do. I do have to say I am a bit appalled at children marching in Gay Pride parades with men in g-strings and pedophiles were, but I have to say if their parents were aware of it, that causes me to change my mind. Anyway, I am sure this topic will stir up quite a bit of controversy and I may be one of the lone liberals on this site, but I really do believe that teaching children about homosexuality at an early age makes for a more accepting society, because let's face it, being gay is a fact of life these days, so why not teach acceptance of it?