So after my latest Oprah watching...I thought I would try to be a semi-vegan. HA! It really didn't go so great for me. After watching an episode about where "our" food comes from in America, I was totally shocked when I viewed a slaughter house. I wasn't completely ignorant about beef, chicken, etc I just chose not to think about where or how it went from a cow to a hamburger. I didn't know whether to cry or to vomit. So long story short after my tv viewing, I decided to try to go vegan. Well just for meat. I bought vegan hotdogs and chicken patties both of which I liked.
I refused to eat beef for all of two weeks. I tried soy beef like crumbles...of which both Ricky and Chloe spit out and refused to eat. I am still having a hard time eating beef, but it is every where and very convenient to fix hamburger meat. I would like to try to be more picky on what kind of beef I consume such as only open range grass fed beef, but gesh at $9 a pound I don't know. I did eventually go back to eating beef, but I must say it still kinda freaks me. I guess as consumers we need to be more conscience about our food products.
http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Inside-a-Slaughterhouse-Video
The Conner's Est. 2003
Monday, February 14, 2011
Temple Grandin
If you love movies this is one to watch! It is an HBO movie and is perhaps the best I have seen in a long time. I wont give it away because if you read the summary you will probably not rent it. But I promise it is really good and eye opening! Watch it and I would love for you to comment on what you thought!
Perfectly Choatic
I have spent some time looking back through my blog and I must say it does seem like a dream come true. All the happy moments will forever be recorded in cyber space for eternity. However, I guess I need to mention that 1. my life isn't always as perfect as my blog sets out for it to be. and 2. My life is really probably pretty average to say the least!
As I sit her typing I need to mention that my child is screaming from her crib because I wouldn't let her take 500 books in the crib with her. She is going through terrible twos and it probably doesn't help that she is as stubborn and independant as I am and can speak in complete adult sentences. So we but heads sometimes.
I didn't mention in my blog posts that I have a billion things to get done not only at my job but at home, so blogging probably isn't what I should be doing.
I forgot to get several things of my grocery list this week and will try to find the time to get them, if not we will eat baked fish sticks and fries for several meals this week. I didn't mention that everytime I think I am getting ahead, something sets us back..for example the rear air unit in my Expedition broke cost to fix $$$$, that my husbands car needed a tune up and that was $$$$ and that my power bill came in at $$$$ plus a $$$$ gas bill.
I lost a hair bow and one of Chloe's jackets this week....hoping to find that. I got a dentist bill for which wasn't mine and spent an hour of my life straightening out on the phone, Toys R Us stiffed me on my reward bucks which was $40, and I still haven't got to my taxes.
Oh well...life is short right! I guess I never thought about really where I would be at 29 and how much responsibility it would entail. LOL The other day I asked Ricky if he wished he was back in college? Is exact reply was "No b/c I didn't have you as my wife nor my beautiful daughter!" That was how my week ended and I just left it at that!
As I sit her typing I need to mention that my child is screaming from her crib because I wouldn't let her take 500 books in the crib with her. She is going through terrible twos and it probably doesn't help that she is as stubborn and independant as I am and can speak in complete adult sentences. So we but heads sometimes.
I didn't mention in my blog posts that I have a billion things to get done not only at my job but at home, so blogging probably isn't what I should be doing.
I forgot to get several things of my grocery list this week and will try to find the time to get them, if not we will eat baked fish sticks and fries for several meals this week. I didn't mention that everytime I think I am getting ahead, something sets us back..for example the rear air unit in my Expedition broke cost to fix $$$$, that my husbands car needed a tune up and that was $$$$ and that my power bill came in at $$$$ plus a $$$$ gas bill.
I lost a hair bow and one of Chloe's jackets this week....hoping to find that. I got a dentist bill for which wasn't mine and spent an hour of my life straightening out on the phone, Toys R Us stiffed me on my reward bucks which was $40, and I still haven't got to my taxes.
Oh well...life is short right! I guess I never thought about really where I would be at 29 and how much responsibility it would entail. LOL The other day I asked Ricky if he wished he was back in college? Is exact reply was "No b/c I didn't have you as my wife nor my beautiful daughter!" That was how my week ended and I just left it at that!
Friday, February 11, 2011
Warm Weather Wishes!
The snow has come and gone and with that so has Saturday school. I know it stinks, but you gotta do what you gotta do! A couple of Saturdays ago after a week of missing several days for snow and a lovely day at work on Saturday I came home at 3:30 to a beautiful warm day. In fact most of the snow had melted and the temperatures had reached the high 50's.
It was perfect for taking Chloe for a walk around the block and to the local playground. We had been since summer and as soon as she saw the slide she started yelling 'SLIDE' SLIDE' so we couldn't just walk past it. Of course that warm day soon passed a by with yet another snow storm and some really cold temperatures. Maybe if I break out my flip flops and start wishing really hard...spring will come sooner :) Here's to wishful thinking!
It was perfect for taking Chloe for a walk around the block and to the local playground. We had been since summer and as soon as she saw the slide she started yelling 'SLIDE' SLIDE' so we couldn't just walk past it. Of course that warm day soon passed a by with yet another snow storm and some really cold temperatures. Maybe if I break out my flip flops and start wishing really hard...spring will come sooner :) Here's to wishful thinking!
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