Thursday, December 3, 2009
Holiday Spirit
Here it is just weeks away from Christmas again. Personally I love this time of year, not because I like to shop but because there is a magical feeling that makes one feel generally good. For those of you who aren't into Christmas or are offended by the mere talk of it, I suggest you leave. America celebrates many holidays, they are all important to those who celebrate them. The only thing that saddens me a bit is how Americans have been losing the ability to celebrate Christmas in particular. In schools they do not have a Christmas Tree or decorative wreaths. They do not speak of Christmas in fear of offending those who do not celebrate. How have we allowed this to happen? Why is it ok to talk about other non-American holidays, we aren't offended are we? I personally do not find it offensive to hear someone speak of Hanukkah for instance. Why is it offensive to talk about Christmas? Can't we all respect each others traditions and beliefs without excluding our own? I am wondering how long it will be before the Mall Santa is eliminated? To be honest I am surprised they still exist, but glad they do. How confused are little children that have a Christmas tree and decorations of Santa Claus at home, but are told at school that they cannot talk about it or decorate the classroom? The next generation will not even know what the American tradition of Christmas is unless we keep it alive. Merry Christmas everyone!
Monday, November 9, 2009
A response to H1N1 forum
While browsing for a good H1N1 information forum, I stumbled across this "useful" information.. Is this the best we can do??
This was the only post I found:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend the following to avoid the flu:
- Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue or the crook of your arm
- Wash your hands! Wash your hands! Wash your hands!
- Stay at home if you are sick
You can stay informed by going to www.flu.gov or www.cdc.gov/h1n1
You can also keep an eye on our website for updated information as well!
Can you say DUH?? Here is my response:
Everyone should always cover their coughs and sneezes, wash their hands and stay at home when sick. Part of the problem we are facing with H1N1 is the fact that people are afraid to miss work or keep their kids home from school. The reason they are or have been less likely to stay home from work is due to being made to feel guilty by employers when they do. The reason parents have been reluctant in the past to keep their kids at home is due to the "no child left behind" guidelines that schools must maintain a high percentage of attendance to receive funding. When a child is sick they tend to only keep them home a day or 2, instead of 3-4 days. The schools make a huge issue of kids missing school for reasons stated above. It has made it difficult to control the flu from spreading so fast. I find it very frustrating when my child comes home and tells me that he is sitting in classrooms with kids coughing, sneezing and obviously ill. He has witnessed high school kids standing in line at lunch, coughing and not covering their mouths while passing by the bottle of hand sanitizer. It is every one's responsibility to protect themselves and others even if they are not sick. Using common sense and just plain good hygiene will help to keep us healthy. What really amazes me is when I go to the grocery store and see people grabbing a cart without wiping off the handle. I can only shake my head and wonder why they don't care about themselves or others.
I thought I would share this with you, if there is anyone even reading this blog besides me... ha ha.
This was the only post I found:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend the following to avoid the flu:
- Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue or the crook of your arm
- Wash your hands! Wash your hands! Wash your hands!
- Stay at home if you are sick
You can stay informed by going to www.flu.gov or www.cdc.gov/h1n1
You can also keep an eye on our website for updated information as well!
Can you say DUH?? Here is my response:
Everyone should always cover their coughs and sneezes, wash their hands and stay at home when sick. Part of the problem we are facing with H1N1 is the fact that people are afraid to miss work or keep their kids home from school. The reason they are or have been less likely to stay home from work is due to being made to feel guilty by employers when they do. The reason parents have been reluctant in the past to keep their kids at home is due to the "no child left behind" guidelines that schools must maintain a high percentage of attendance to receive funding. When a child is sick they tend to only keep them home a day or 2, instead of 3-4 days. The schools make a huge issue of kids missing school for reasons stated above. It has made it difficult to control the flu from spreading so fast. I find it very frustrating when my child comes home and tells me that he is sitting in classrooms with kids coughing, sneezing and obviously ill. He has witnessed high school kids standing in line at lunch, coughing and not covering their mouths while passing by the bottle of hand sanitizer. It is every one's responsibility to protect themselves and others even if they are not sick. Using common sense and just plain good hygiene will help to keep us healthy. What really amazes me is when I go to the grocery store and see people grabbing a cart without wiping off the handle. I can only shake my head and wonder why they don't care about themselves or others.
I thought I would share this with you, if there is anyone even reading this blog besides me... ha ha.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Whining bloggers
Have you ever stumbled upon a blog that seems to be nothing but whining? I have been checking on my husbands, ex-wife's blog for a couple of years now. During his divorce she publicly "boo who'd" about how she was decimated by the divorce. First let me tell you, she wanted the divorce for years and threatened to leave him constantly. He just did her the favor of getting that ball rolling. So why does a person whine like a baby when they are given what they want? She ended up with almost a year of alimony (which is unheard of these days) in addition to child support, not to mention a home and a car.
It is frustrating when an irrational person uses blogging to publicly bash others. She does this with the disguise of a poor pitiful pearl. When I tried to challenge her lies she simply decided to eliminate my posts so that no one could see the other side of the story.
My husband and I give minimal attention to her ranting blogs and unimportant topics while regularly checking them to make sure we are not being bashed. She has become more cautious after being warned by lawyers about her blogging, but still pushes the envelope from time to time. We are just waiting for her to slip up. When she does we will lower the boom on her.
If you have been in this situation or know someone that has, I would love to know what you did if anything. It is always nice to get other perspectives and ideas.
It is frustrating when an irrational person uses blogging to publicly bash others. She does this with the disguise of a poor pitiful pearl. When I tried to challenge her lies she simply decided to eliminate my posts so that no one could see the other side of the story.
My husband and I give minimal attention to her ranting blogs and unimportant topics while regularly checking them to make sure we are not being bashed. She has become more cautious after being warned by lawyers about her blogging, but still pushes the envelope from time to time. We are just waiting for her to slip up. When she does we will lower the boom on her.
If you have been in this situation or know someone that has, I would love to know what you did if anything. It is always nice to get other perspectives and ideas.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Ridiculis...
I am typically a high energy person but able to relax most of the time. Right now I am not relaxed at all. I have an 11th grader in the local high school. He has been given his own bottle of hand sanitizer now for a couple of years. He washes his hands after using the bathroom and before eating as he has always done since he was in pre-school. Now he is coming home daily from school aggravated by the kids at his school who are obviously sick and coughing without covering their mouths. He sees them in the lunch line, coughing, sneezing and wiping their noses with their hands, then passing up the bottle of anti-bacterial hand sanitizer without using it. Do the teachers even notice?? How are we supposed to stay well if there are kids out there who are clueless to basic personal hygiene?? It is not only the parents that need to teach their kids from an early age how to stay clean, but is also the school that needs to enforce it as well. When they see a kid coughing without covering their mouths and not washing hands or using sanitizer they need to talk to them about it. Shouldn't kids be sent home if it is obvious that they are ill? No wonder there are so many sick people! If you are feeling like I am please let me know. If you have any ideas on how to approach the schools about this please tell me. One more thing. The bathrooms at my sons high school are the type that you have to hold the water on to use it. So- you wash one hand and then you use that clean hand to hold the dirty faucet to wash the other hand! Does that make any sense at all?? He says half the time there isn't even soap in the bathroom. All I hear is how the budget has been cut. So am I to understand that money is more important than a child's safety? Sorry for the ranting my friends, but I am fed up. Any comments are welcome, please be constructive but feel free to rant all you want. Blessings to you all.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Common Sense about staying well.
Why it may seem simple, eating the right food to stay healthy can be pretty difficult. In our fast paced, fast food, prepackaged world it is a daily challenge to eat something that is nutritionally balanced.
There are many sick people walking around today, more and more of them imbalanced hormonally. Why then if we have come so far scientifically in dieting and nutrition there are more people obese than ever? More diabetes, more auto-immune disorders, more heart disease?
This is a topic I have been researching for about 2 years now. I find there is very little information that makes sense or that I can use. When browsing websites I find most are advertising a product and giving tidbits of information only in hopes you will buy their "miracle product" and become healthy overnight while you sleep.
Sometimes the easiest things can be the hardest to see but I feel that if a person is eating well, getting enough sleep and managing stress there is very little chance of them getting sick. Makes sense right?
Lets go over the three things that make a person healthy.
1. Eating healthy: Eating 3 meals a day and 2 snacks. Keeping your furnace going so to speak. Very simple yet so many people skip meals, especially breakfast.
2. Sleep: Simply going to bed at a time that allows you to get 7-8 hours of sleep is all you need to do. If you have trouble sleeping, find out what can help with that. Are you taking in caffeine later in the day? There can be many things that keep you awake, you must find out what it is and change it.
3. Stress: If you don't already know this, STRESS is the main thing that causes death. I know that sounds dramatic but it does. Stress causes all kinds of illness due to how it lowers your immune system and allows you to be susceptible to illness and disease. It's like standing at the door of every virus, infection and disease and saying, "come on in"
There are many ways to handle stress, it is up to you to decide what works for you. Just do it, don't put it off any longer.
About eating healthy, any recipe that you can find can be made healthy buy using low fat or fat free ingredients. If you must eat out, then choose chicken instead of beef, or salad instead of a creamy soup. Eat 3 meals a day and bring healthy snacks with you to work. Never skip breakfast, keep things like yogurt, bagels or whole wheat english muffins handy. Its not how much you eat it is what you eat.
Sleep, It can take some discipline on your part to get more sleep. It needs to become a habit of making a bedtime and sticking to it. 1 hour before you have decided it is bedtime, make your environment quiet. Choose to read or take a long bath instead of running around the house. Relax your body and your mind and you will sleep much better. 7-8 hours is the recommended amount of sleep for adults.
Stress, I cannot begin to tell you how important it is to keep your stress under control. Every moment you are stressed out is a moment that will take away from your life. Try some of these suggestions, or all of them if you can.
Exercise
Meditation
Massage Therapy
Deep breathing
Eliminating the stressful situation, ie: Job, relationships, living situation
I am not an expert on this subject, only a Mother and wife who has desperately tried to take good care of myself and my family. I have been a massage therapist for 7 years. My clients are by far healthier people because they understand that in order to live life to it's fullest, one must take care of the whole person. Now with the current pandemic, doing everything you can to stay healthy is more important than ever. Keep yourself fed well, rested and stress free and you will be ahead of the game.
There are many sick people walking around today, more and more of them imbalanced hormonally. Why then if we have come so far scientifically in dieting and nutrition there are more people obese than ever? More diabetes, more auto-immune disorders, more heart disease?
This is a topic I have been researching for about 2 years now. I find there is very little information that makes sense or that I can use. When browsing websites I find most are advertising a product and giving tidbits of information only in hopes you will buy their "miracle product" and become healthy overnight while you sleep.
Sometimes the easiest things can be the hardest to see but I feel that if a person is eating well, getting enough sleep and managing stress there is very little chance of them getting sick. Makes sense right?
Lets go over the three things that make a person healthy.
1. Eating healthy: Eating 3 meals a day and 2 snacks. Keeping your furnace going so to speak. Very simple yet so many people skip meals, especially breakfast.
2. Sleep: Simply going to bed at a time that allows you to get 7-8 hours of sleep is all you need to do. If you have trouble sleeping, find out what can help with that. Are you taking in caffeine later in the day? There can be many things that keep you awake, you must find out what it is and change it.
3. Stress: If you don't already know this, STRESS is the main thing that causes death. I know that sounds dramatic but it does. Stress causes all kinds of illness due to how it lowers your immune system and allows you to be susceptible to illness and disease. It's like standing at the door of every virus, infection and disease and saying, "come on in"
There are many ways to handle stress, it is up to you to decide what works for you. Just do it, don't put it off any longer.
About eating healthy, any recipe that you can find can be made healthy buy using low fat or fat free ingredients. If you must eat out, then choose chicken instead of beef, or salad instead of a creamy soup. Eat 3 meals a day and bring healthy snacks with you to work. Never skip breakfast, keep things like yogurt, bagels or whole wheat english muffins handy. Its not how much you eat it is what you eat.
Sleep, It can take some discipline on your part to get more sleep. It needs to become a habit of making a bedtime and sticking to it. 1 hour before you have decided it is bedtime, make your environment quiet. Choose to read or take a long bath instead of running around the house. Relax your body and your mind and you will sleep much better. 7-8 hours is the recommended amount of sleep for adults.
Stress, I cannot begin to tell you how important it is to keep your stress under control. Every moment you are stressed out is a moment that will take away from your life. Try some of these suggestions, or all of them if you can.
Exercise
Meditation
Massage Therapy
Deep breathing
Eliminating the stressful situation, ie: Job, relationships, living situation
I am not an expert on this subject, only a Mother and wife who has desperately tried to take good care of myself and my family. I have been a massage therapist for 7 years. My clients are by far healthier people because they understand that in order to live life to it's fullest, one must take care of the whole person. Now with the current pandemic, doing everything you can to stay healthy is more important than ever. Keep yourself fed well, rested and stress free and you will be ahead of the game.
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