tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88657831797230136542011-08-24T13:04:13.447-04:00Journal of a knitter, midwife, and voluntary anarchist.Neddahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01244349325016279046noreply@blogger.comBlogger771100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865783179723013654.post-36651445835445281532009-11-05T10:17:00.001-05:002009-11-05T10:17:13.661-05:00

I can't see any possibility of this technology being (ab)used to make us "safer."

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Texas DA tries to use illegally seized assets for own legal defense | Raw StoryShelby County District Attorney Lynda K. Russell is the subject of a federal lawsuit (pdf), along with the Deputy City Marshall, the mayor, and other local officials.According to the ACLU, "Russell is accused of participating in a scheme in which authorities pull over mostly African-American motorists driving along a

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Based on what I've seen of her other writings and website, the author of this article, Deborah Dupre' would probably advocate a "peaceful" solution to federal troops forcing vaccinations on unwilling citizens.  This is an interesting article, nonetheless, although it's no big surprise:H1N1: Like frogs in water to boil gradual increase of combat troops on U.S. soilIn the U.S., after the Pentagon

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I was sitting in the living room yesterday evening ignoring the news on TV, when right before a commercial break they gave the following teaser for an upcoming story:"Two small boys drown in a pond.  Where were the adults?"My husband and I both rolled our eyes.As the mother of five lively children, I can think of a few scenarios as to how this tragedy happened:The kids slipped their leashes and

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The Petition on Behalf of the Distracted Drivers

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Well, it's coming up on autumn. Time to get out the yarn and needles and get back to my knitting. I've got one sock that needs a mate--I'm not sure I remember how I made the first one, exactly!I've got the body of a sweater finished and I need to make the sleeves. I'd like to make one of those cute short-sleeved cardigan sweaters for myself this winter. I saw some in the Coldwater Creek

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Well, well, well. The Tenaha, TX police are accused of extorting money and valuables from travelers passing through their area. Of course, we all know what a wonderful job law enforcement does when they have the added incentive of confiscating property from others.And we all know that all law enforcement officers are men of unimpeachable character, so there should be absolutely no reason to

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I saw this on my homepage news this morning and just had to laugh...

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DH and the kids are gone to a family reunion today, so I'm all by my lonesome. I can actually hear myself think, for a change! I would have gone with them, but I'm on call for the next couple of weeks and I didn't want to get too far from home, just in case. So I'm taking this opportunity to get some blogging done. Is everyone out there having a good time watching the empire beginning to

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I just don't understand.How can people think that electing any one of the available presidential candidates will create change? I mean, of course it creates change in the office, but does it create change on the street? In our everyday lives? In the way this country is run?I don't see how it can. I didn't see any change during the 15 years that I was a voter. I haven't seen any real change

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Projects in the works:knitting for a friend (for $)planning a sweater for dh (need more needles...)drawing plans for a housebuilding a website for my hubbytrying to keep up with my website and blogsgetting back to home schoolingthe usual midwife stuff: prenatals, classes, births (but not much lately)reading, studying, researchingtrying to be social when I canAnd to be perfectly honest, I still

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My husband is watching Joe Biden speak at the Democratic convention. My husband says:"It's really interesting to hear someone who has been a congressman for over 20 years tell us what a bad job the government is doing for us."Yep.

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Our family went to a local watermelon festival today. In addition we had my daughter's two best friends with us. There was a parade, karaoke, free watermelon, and booths with crafts, food, games and gifts.One of the booths was rented by the city library and they were selling used books. My son and I dug through the boxes to see what we could find. Here is what I came out with:The Superior

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My 6-year-old iMac computer went kablooey recently. It simply would not boot up. After trying all that I could to access the drive and get my data off of it, I finally sent the whole thing off to a company in Memphis. They diagnosed a crashed hard drive, but were able to recover all of my information from it. While they had it, I figured I might as well upgrade. So for a little over $325 (

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My oldest daughter "anime-d" our family. We have this drawing framed and hanging on the wall alongside all our family photo portraits in the living room.

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I heard someone say recently that they always vote, "because it's one of our rights."Voting is not a right. Voting is a ploy by the government to make you think that you have a say in what the government does. Life. Liberty. The pursuit of happiness. THOSE are rights! I wanted to ask this older person, "So, how many years have you been voting? Has it helped? Is the state of our nation

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Wow. It has been exactly one month since I've posted anything. For those of you who are just now joining us in the real world, it's not looking good. Prices are rising rapidly. Not just gas prices, food and other stuff, too. For example, we bought a nice New Zealand White doe rabbit last fall. Now that she is producing babies (12!) we wanted to get another one. We went back to the man that

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So here's my pretty lace scarf, sewed up on the long sides from each end with an open section in the middle. I can use it as a scarf, a shrug, or a hood (the open section fits nicely over my head while the ends wrap around my neck). Handy-dandy!

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After searching the web for a pattern I liked and finding none, I used a pattern I already had that was written for a smaller gauge yarn and adjusted it for worsted. I didn’t like the look of the resulting bootie, so I devised my own pattern. This is a good pattern for someone learning how to knit in the round because it’s quick and it doesn't use tiny yarn and needles. Here it is:Yarn: Any

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I finally finished that lace scarf/wrap that I started a couple of months ago. I think it turned out pretty nice. But now I'm thinking about turning it into a shrug by sewing the long edges together for about 20 inches or so. It could still be used as a scarf that way, but it would be nice for those days when you need long sleeves in the morning and short sleeves in the afternoon. And it

Neddahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01244349325016279046noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865783179723013654.post-24202518235228995132008-02-27T12:27:00.002-05:002008-04-29T23:52:59.115-04:00

I started to respond to this comment on the previous post with a comment, but had enough to say that I thought it warranted a post of its own:"I only wish that "being the change" worked better in the mess around us today. Most everyone is convinced that they do have the right to tell us what to do or not do, be or not be. It's damned hard to be the specific change we have in mind."You're right.

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In the face of all the hoopla surrounding the presidential primaries, I have gone back to re-read some of the wonderful articles about voluntaryism written by Carl Watner in an effort to maintain my sanity. (It keeps me from screaming at the TV.)In an article from 1987, he writes about whether societal improvement comes from the individual level or from the legislative level. Should change come

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I love languages. I can speak a little Portugese, understand some Spanish and I have the materials to study these two languages. But I also want to learn German and Irish Gaelic. German because it is my heritage, and Irish because I love the music. I've been to a lot of websites about learning Irish, but my favorite one thus far has RealAudio lessons from the BBC and is called Giota Beag. You

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Regarding the devastation caused by yesterday's tornadoes:"Well, God must not be too happy with those folks in Tennesee for votin' for Huckabee!"

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I’ve been a busy knitter lately. My mother requested a handtowel and a couple of washcloths like the ones I’ve made her in the past, so here they are:For the washcloths I just picked out a couple of nice stitches to try for the body of the cloth, and added a garter stitch border of 4 rows (top and bottom edge) and 3 stitches (each side). I’m not crazy about the way the duplicate stitch heart

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I wishit were spring.We picked up a couple of free storage buildings from a friend last week and I claimed one of them as my own. It's about 8x8 and has shelves down one side, along the back, and one shelf around the top.I have been needing a place to store my canning jars and pots for a couple of years and now I have it. And not only for my canning equipment, but for all the other "stuff" that

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Have you ever found yourself in possession of a piece of knowledge that people don't expect you to have? For the past 2 years we have been poor. I'm talking a family of six living on about $15,000 a year (and no government assistance). And during this time I'm driving all over God's green earth assisting at births, taking classes, and doing prenatals. My tires weren't great to begin with, and

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I am a Christian and if I voted, it wouldn't be for Mike Huckabee.52% of the people in the Iowa Caucus were looking for a candidate who would effect change in government. PEOPLE, YOU'RE LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACE.I'm glad Ron Paul beat Guliani. I wish I could believe that as president, Ron Paul would be able to make a difference. But I think he would only delay the inevitable.

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My first client had her baby about a week and a half ago. Great water birth -- first-time mom and she pushed for 10 minutes! She really surprised everybody.I now have two more possible clients to meet with in the near future.I have been knitting just about every evening and sometimes during the day when I should be doing other things! I have completed a pair of wristers, a pair of socks for my

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I finally have income that allows me to indulge my creative desires!Last week I spent $45 at KnitPicks.com and got three new sets of double-pointed bamboo needles, 4 skeins of hand-dyed, lace-weight wool yarn (on clearance for $1.99), 4 skeins of wool sock yarn, 2 skeins of superwash wool sock yarn and two skeins of worsted weight wool.My gift to myself arrived in the mail on Saturday. I

Neddahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01244349325016279046noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865783179723013654.post-70284919695152085892007-11-28T23:30:00.000-05:002008-04-29T23:55:20.878-04:00

Oh, now THIS pisses me off! By order of the State Attorney, various State Judges and the local School Board Director, children in Prince George county Maryland are forced to be vaccinated under threat of imprisonment and fines for their parents. Of course, these orders didn't apply to the State Attorney, Glen Ivey's, children. He refused the Hepatitis B vaccine for his own children, but forced

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Marko, the munchkin wrangler, wrote:...I believe that my neighbor has the right to worship God, Allah, Vishnu, Odin, the Great Pumpkin, or any other deity. I have the right to worship all of those gods, or none of them, and neither of us has the right to force our beliefs on the other. That includes trying to make me live by the tenets of your faith under the guise of "majority rights"--one man's

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This Photoshop-ing contest looks like a lot of fun. Put your favorite famous face on a StarWars character. Apparently quite a few people can picture Dick Cheney on the Dark Side. The Albert Einstein Yoda is a good match, too.But there is something fundamentally wrong with Mr. Bean as Princess Leia. Funny, without a doubt, but very, very wrong.

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I thought this was cute. Might make a good gift this Christmas!Be sure and check out the rest of the blog Boing Boing.

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I have been informed by someone "in the loop" that the responders who came to my aid last week said that I was "combative."I honestly can't think of a single thing that I said or did that they or anyone else could have even possibly construed as being combative.(Edit later: could it have been that I looked them in the eye when I spoke to them? I dunno...)The person who told me about this had a

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I had my first "911" birth the other night. I arrived just in time to catch the baby being born into water. We dried and suctioned and he wouldn't even try to breathe. The heartbeat was fine and held pretty steady, but the little guy just wouldn't breathe. I gave mouth-to-mouth until EMS got there (maybe 7-8 minutes) and they took him to the hospital. My best guess is that he was in distress

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Have you seen the cell phone ads that show a busy, mobile customer in several different cities? "I need a phone that works in Virgi-Colo-mento-Flag-Antonio."What a joke. How about a phone that works everywhere within a 50 mile radius of my home? Now THAT would be service.

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There are some little things that bug me. 1. Friends with hi-speed internet who forward 8 MB movies to me that take a half hour to download on my dial-up connection. High speed internet is not available in my area and for that matter, neither is 56K. I am currently connected at 28K, as I have been for the past 10 years. 2. The lack of high speed internet availability in my area (but you

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Sorry, y'all! I've been busy lately.My son and I went camping with Cub Scouts and had a great time! It was so nice to spend time with just him, for a change. We did lots of crafts, he earned some badges and pins, we camped out in a tent (I didn't sleep, but I kinda dozed all night) and he got to run around with a bunch of other boys. Poor kid has nothin' but sisters at home! He loves being

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I passed with 90%! Yea!What a relief!

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This is a picture of my great-grandfather in his shop. He was a tailor. I remember my great-grandfather as a very old man whose grey hair stood straight up on the top of his head. He always wore a vest with a pocket watch and had a thick German accent. He was born in a little town in what is now Romania, and many of his siblings died in a cholera outbreak. He emigrated to the U.S. as a young

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My oldest daughter is starting a new job as a nanny for a 6-month-old. Apparently the little chap needs to be kept upright after eating, and she asked me to find my old baby sling to help with carrying him. I have no idea where that old ring sling is, but I saw an ad in Mothering Magazine for a neat website that sells another type of sling called a pouch sling. This website also has links to

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Our preacher's wife died today. She had health problems to begin with, but I don't think any of us expected her to die so quickly. I know the preacher must be pretty tore up -- he loved her a lot and took care of her.I'm going to miss her, too. I wonder if dying is like giving birth?I mean, it can be painful. Sometimes it happens quickly, or it could take a long time. For Christians, there is

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I taught part of a childbirth class last Wednesday, and on my way home I was thinking of some the very basic truths that I try to impart to people about birth. So I thought I'd start a list:The midwife is not the hero.Every woman knows exactly how to give birth.Interference is risky.Fear can slow or stop the process of birth....not sure I even need to add any more.

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All of my hard work has led to this day. I took the exam today and I think I did well. The first half of the test seemed easier than I expected, but the second half was much more challenging. It was a lot more scenarios and there were several questions that I simply did not know the answer to. I'm just glad that it's over and done with and I can relax on the studying. I'll know if 4-6 weeks

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Late in the book, Least Heat Moon stops for a short stay with a friend in New York. In the moonlight, we walked over an abandoned vineyard. The posts had fallen down, the vines inched about for something to crawl up on; one had twisted around a rusting baler and another climbed a broken plow. We passed a foundation of a barn that had collapsed, a toppled chimney, and a weedy depression where

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I just finished reading Blue Highways: A Journey into America by William Least Heat Moon. Actually, it's the second time I read it. The first time I was probably about 15 years old and it was a relatively new book. This time, I picked it up at a library book sale for $.50. (I love a good bargain.)The author taught at the University of Missouri in 1978 and after losing his job and getting a

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I was tagged by Lew at Yak Attack, so here goes:The Rules: Each player starts with 7 random facts/habits about themselves. People who are tagged need to write their own blog post with their 7 things as well as these rules. You need to tag 7 others and list their names on your blog. Remember to leave a comment for them letting them know they have been tagged and to read your blog.1. I was born on

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Before you think I've had a stroke or something, I should explain that the title of this post is a homophonic translation. For an excellent example, check out the story of Ladle Rat Rotten Hut at the San Francisco Exploratorium. You'll need the free version of Real Audio to listen to it, but you can read it as well. My kids identified the story within about 15 seconds of listening.Tanks two

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Ok, I'm not the most tech person around, I'll admit. I know enough about computers that if something goes wrong, I can usually play around with it until I figure out how to fix it. Last night as I was checking my gmail, I was presented with a link to Google's Reader. Now, I've heard of readers and I knew that they were used to keep up with all the blogs that get updated constantly. And I

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Whew! Hey, it’s been a while!I’ve been busy finishing my midwifery apprenticeship. Between May 14 and June 16 I caught or otherwise assisted at 10 births. That’s pretty busy when you consider that the typical homebirth midwife considers 5 or 6 births per month an average month. I am now completely finished with all of my clinical requirements and I just need to apply to take the NARM exam in

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We're having a spell of cool weather with scattered showers right now. No need for air conditioning today! I spent my day building the website for my midwifery service and knitting. And I even got a little cleaning and cooking done.We have a few guineas on our little farm and they are very interesting birds. They seem to run everywhere they go and when they do they remind me of little ladies

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The first hat that I finished. I gave this one to a 9lb., 3 oz. baby boy and it fit him perfectly. I made it with 24 repeats, so I guess that shows how stretchy it is.Two more hats that I made - one big, one small. I just changed my stitch tension.I finished this hat today. This is a closeup of the knitting to show the cute little slubs of colored thread in it. The yarn is TLC Wiggles made by

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I found this at LewLew's Yak Attack and thought it sounded fun.You Are a Grilled Cheese SandwichYou are a traditional person with very simple tastes.In your opinion, the best things in life are free, easy, and fun.You totally go with the flow. And you enjoy every minute of it!Your best friend: The Peanut Butter and Jelly SandwichYour mortal enemy: The Ham SandwichWhat Kind of Sandwich Are You?

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On the back of a cardstock label from a fleece sleeping bag/mat with little green frogs on it, my four kids made a list of 37 things they like about me. In my not so humble opinion, no finer tribute has ever been written. Here it is, reproduced just as they wrote it:HUGS! Kisses!1. haer. its pretty and brown2. your eyes3. your not dum4. your nice.5. you make good ice cream.6. Your pretty.7

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Things are pretty much the same with the dear husband. I sure do miss his jokes and teasing. And the sex. Oh yeah....I have to admit that my spiritual beliefs have been a big help during all of this. I believe that my husband needs my respect, admiration, and love. I believe that as a woman I am eminently suited and created by God to be my husband's helper in life. I believe that I have a

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It has been a while since I knit anything. I don't have money to spend on yarn so whatever I knit needs to fit what I have in my meager stash. I've got a medium sized plastic tote half-filled with odds and ends of yarn.As I was reading a midwifery "tips and tricks" book that I borrowed from one of my preceptors, I ran across a pattern for a newborn cap. Since I happen to have some sport-weight

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I have purposely and intentionally avoided watching, reading, or listening to the news since yesterday. It seems like all they want to talk about is the shooting at Virginia Tech. Nanci Pelosi claims that "our country has been struck by a terrible, terrible tragedy." Bullcrap.I wish they'd report the story for what it is. Local, tragic, unfortunate, and a damn shame. That's it.I don't care

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"...Mary Catherine Bateson...documents that the presence of a man in a household increases the workload significantly -- not because he leaves that many more dirty socks around but because of the expectations that he has of those around him and that those around him have of themselves." (Christiane Northrup, MD)Ain't that the truth!My mother and I have talked about what a relief it is for her

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I love springtime. It's glorious where I live right now. Dogwood, wisteria, irises, and Indian paintbrush are blooming and a hundred different shades of green paint the wooded hillsides. Normally, I would be out planting a garden, but I have just been way too busy with my studies to do much this spring. There is something about sinking your toes and fingers into that cool, moist, freshly

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You are The High Priestess Science, Wisdom, Knowledge, Education.The High Priestess is the card of knowledge, instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane information that she might, or might not reveal to you. The moon crown on her head as well as the crescent by her foot indicates her willingness to illuminate what you otherwise might not see, reveal the secrets you

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I've been reading an interesting book lately: Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, by Christiane Northrup, M.D.. It's about how our attitudes and beliefs about our female bodies shape our health. I don't necessarily agree with everything she says, but there definitely is a lot of truth in that book.She talks alot about how we are shaped by a patriarchal culture and our "tribe," and how these

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I've been so busy lately that I haven't had time to keep up with what is going on in the news.Sure has been nice. :-)

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I'm about to attend my last workshop in the "state approved" midwifery program that I started 15 months ago. YEA!I finished writing the protocols for my practice on Sunday evening and that was the last thing I had to do. From here on out, I'll be reading and studying for the NARM exam which I hope to take in August. I am SO looking forward to it.As much as I despise the idea of state approval

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I've been seeing a new commercial on TV lately. It shows various adults and children doing fundraising activities like a carnival, a carwash, selling candy bars, etc.. The voiceover is someone thanking the many Texas lottery players for supporting education along with the families being shown on the screen.It isn't enough that we pay property taxes. Every year they make the little kiddies go out

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As I was getting dressed this morning I listened to my son playing in his bedroom. Where did he learn how to make all those sound effects with his mouth? He is GOOD! I mean, I know that little boys learn to make "truck" noises before they're barely able to crawl, but by the time they're 9, they can imitate the sounds of hand-to-hand combat with amazing accuracy.In the deepest voice a 9-year-old

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I'd like to get to the brains of the younger generation. I'd like to introduce them to the idea of voluntary anarchism.At a local high-school, kids are dropping out because the campus police write them tickets for every little infraction of school code. Then their parents have to go to the municipal court and pay the ticket. In some cases, the parents have to prove that their kids are innocent

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We had a wonderful dinner tonight!The kids, my husband and their uncle went fishing at a neighbor's pond a couple of days ago and caught several catfish. My husband cleaned them up and then fried them tonight along with some home-made french fries. Dee-licious! Only thing missing was some cole-slaw.I like meals that have an element of self-sufficiency. Anything that reduces my dependency on

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An insightful article at Mother Jones.

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I ran across a story as I was watching the news last week about a lay midwife who was being charged with practicing without a license. Diane Goslin has been practicing for 25 years and had a (that's right, ONE) complaint made about her when a baby died 21 hours after it was born. The local coroner found that she was not at fault in the infant's death. However, Pennsylvania law makes no

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Man, have I been studying! I've been at it all day -- writing my protocols for my midwifery practice and studying a suturing manual. What a pain in the butt (no pun intended)! Luckily, I found a way to collaborate with my preceptor (who is revising her protocols) using Google's Docs and Spreadsheets. It's great! We can both be working on the same document at the same time online and see the

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Well, I've done some stretching exercise and read my Bible today. One small step in the right direction.I need a new knitting project. Over the course of about a week around Thanksgiving, I knitted or crocheted three different projects and finished them. I feel the need to start another one. Last week I cruised on over to Knitty to look at patterns. It had been a while since I had been there,

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I attended a birth today and caught the baby. It was a nice birth for a first-time mother and I felt very happy and satisfied when it was all said and done. I really enjoy being with women when they give birth.Too tired to write much more tonight.

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Yeah, you know who you are! You poor, slovenly, addicted smokers who live in Texas. Here's how we're going to help: you now have to pay another dollar per pack for your nasty little habit.And please understand, we're only doing it for your own good and for the children.{end sarcasm}I don't smoke. Never have. My husband smoked when he was younger. When cigarettes hit a dollar a pack he quit.I

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Last night as I was lying in bed waiting for sleep to catch up to me, I realized that my New Year's resolutions were all about exercise. Physical exercise, mental & emotional exercise, and spiritual exercise. Hmmm...My horoscope said that it was a good time to start an exercise program, so I maybe I'll have the wind at my back for these committments.

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It's New Year's Eve. I'm making a few resolutions this year. Normally I don't, but there are some important things that I really want to keep before me as I go into 2007.I want to get more excercise and eat better. Specifically, I plan on cutting down on carbs and walking or getting some form of aerobic excercise at least 3 days a week. I wouldn't call myself a couch potato, but I was very

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When I was a kid and the thunderclouds were building up in the western sky in the evening, my father would sometimes suggest that we go outside and "watch the woolyboogers come in." We would open the garage door, drop the tailgate on the truck and watch the lighting flash through the clouds.I chose this title for my blog because my ideas for this blog are very similar to those woolyboogers. They

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