How To Avoid Swine Flu - My version...

Lock yourself in your house!! YAY!

No... don't do that. Horrible advice.

How about we try proper Sanitation and Personal Hygiene!!!!!! And keep your sickness to yourself!!! EXCELLENT IDEA!! I shall elaborate :)

Stay home!

Please!! Keep your germ infested corpse at home. You are doing no one any good by going to work or anywhere else. If anything you are doing damage to healthy people and putting infants and seniors with low immunities at risk.

Working in an office, your germs travel. A/C ducts LOVE to spread germs. Stay the hell away from my husband if you re sick. ITS NOT FUNNY TO COUGH ON PEOPLE AS A JOKE!!! THEY WILL GET SICK AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE FAMILIES TO COME HOME TO WHO CAN AND PROBABLY WILL BE INFECTED, TOO!!!

Kids... **sigh** What can I say. They get sick. It happens. I don't blame them I blame the idiot parents who send them to school to infect everyone else.

DON'T SEND YOUR SICK CHILDREN TO SCHOOL!!! KEEP THEM HOME!! I DON'T WANT MY KID INFECTED BY YOUR IGNORANCE AND YOUR SICK KID!

Trust me... I ask my kid when he comes down with something if anyone in his class has been sick and he tells me who. I KNOW your kid was sick so it makes me hate you even more when you send him/her to school. Its not that hard to understand... if your child shows symptoms of an illness, they ARE in fact contagious.

Hand washing

This is the best way to stop the circle of sickness. WASH YOUR DAMN HANDS!!!!!! WAAAAAAAASH THEM!!!!

• Before starting work.
• Before and after handling food, especially raw meats, poultry and seafood.
• After using the bathroom.
• After eating.
• After handling money or soiled items.
• After handling garbage or using cleaning supplies.
• After coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose. (This may be a sign of illness and the person should not be handling food.)
• After touching hair, face or body.
• Anytime you change tasks.

Clean and Sanitize Surfaces

For me this means one thing... If you are sick and HAVE to go out in public, PLEASE, PLEASE WIPE DOWN THE AREAS YOU TOUCH!!! Shopping carts, door... etc... keep your germs to yourself. Carry a hand sanitizer in your pocket!! I'm SO grateful that my stores put in alcohol wipes at the front doors so I can wipe the carts down.

• Keep surfaces clean. Use paper towels and cleaning cloths to wipe kitchen surfaces and spills. Sanitize surfaces regularly, especially after working with raw meat, poultry, and seafood.
• Wash cleaning cloths often in hot cycle of washing machine and keep in sanitizing solution between uses. Change the sanitizing solution frequently.
• Wash cutting boards, utensils and food preparation surfaces with hot, soapy water after preparing each food item, before starting the next task. Use separate cutting boards for produce and raw meat, poultry and seafood. Replace cutting boards that are worn or have deep grooves.
• Whenever possible, use a commercial dishwasher. If you are washing by hand, use the 5 step process: 1) Remove excess food from utensils and equipment 2) Wash with hot, soapy water 3) Rinse with clean water 4) Sanitize using a bleach solution. 5) Air dry

Sanitizing Solution
1 tablespoon bleach
1 gallon water
Mix together.
(Courtesy of some University in Hawaii)


Okay Im sort of done with my version of keeping the germs away. Ill add more probably later. Im in a foul mood today so if this offends anyone, I wish you could be here to see my "I dont give a fock" face.

Kisses.

Wish List... Photography stuff...

SAY IT ISNT SO!!!! There are things I cant have RIGHT NOW??!?!!??!?!?!?? lol If you know me well, you know that I get what I want when I want it... but Yeah, I spent too much last month and went over my budget on crap I really dont need. lol So, Im stuck waiting til payday.

But I can still make a list of what I want!! :) Over time Ill collect these items.

Lowepro Fastpack 100 Camera Backpack

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Nikon MLL3 Remote Control Transmitter for Camera - Ultra slim wireless remote shutter trigger for Nikon SLR N65 , N75 , and Lite Touch compact models 110s, 130 ED / Pouch Included.


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MADE Products CA-1134-BLK Camera Armor for Nikon D60 Digital SLR Cameras (Black)

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53" Aluminum Camera Tripod w/Bubble Level (Silver)

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Nikon D60 inBrief Laminated Reference Card (Pamphlet)

Sometimes you just wanna lay down....

And never get back up.

PPD has struck and I thought I was past the worse but yesterday was a wake up call for me. Depression is hanging its ugly grey cloud over me and I'm having a hard time getting out from under it.

This is the part I hate after having a baby. Between feeling like a cow, not getting enough sleep, having insecurities with my body and my freaking hair falling out(normal post prego thing but damn, month 3 and I'm surprised I'm not bald already!!), it hits me like a ton of bricks. I thought I would get away with not getting bad after having Justin but I guess I was wrong. I can see myself sinking but as of this moment I don't have the energy to pull myself back up. I went through this when I had Robbie and I managed but it took forever. I know what I should and shouldn't be doing its just a matter of setting my foot down.

I don't know. I need to figure something out and quickly. Just over worked and under paid... feeling unappreciated and worn thin... what mom isn't though. blah.

http://ppdhope.com/

Content..

I'm really content with life right now.

Everything has calmed down and is flowing beautifully.

My kids have been amazing this week. Oh heck, they are always amazing!

Robbie has shocked me with his Tae Kwon Do this week. Ive been slacking on taking him because its just hard to get out the door with the three of them. His next test is this coming Wednesday. I thought for sure he didnt know his form and that we would be skipping this test. That was until Friday. I sat there and watched as Master Art called him up since he was the only Green Belt. I watched him do his form without one mistake. We can work on the power he puts into it but he knows his form! I had a smile from ear to ear. I let him know how proud I am of him and how he is so ready for his next belt. I love my boy! Although he wants to take a break after this belt. His contract is up for renewal soon and I asked him if he would like to take a rest or keep going. He wants to take a break. Its been non-stop for him. Soccer, TKD, School... just a little much for him and I see it.

Jade is growing. Her vocabulary expanding. The way she words things is adorable. Tonight at the movies Cliff put his 3D glasses on and she starts to laugh and says "Who are you? Wheres my daddy?!?" giggling the whole time. She said it so clear! I'm hoping this summer we can get her into horse riding classes. Or back into Ballet. We will see what shes up for.

Justin was adorable tonight. He is such a happy baby! All my kids are happy kids. We took Justin to the movies with us to go see Monsters vs Aliens. He sat there and watched it with us! Didn't cry once! Fell asleep about a half hour before it ended. Seriously, there was a 1 1/2 year old there that was screaming half the time.

I am truly blessed. I really am.

Things between me and Cliff as amazing. I love being able to talk to him finally. Finally feeling like he understands me and isnt working against me. Its been a work in progress building back trust. Took a lot for me to allow him on this last trip. Yes, allow... he wouldnt have gone if I didnt give him an okay. But its what I needed. I have to let go of the hurt he caused me and move forward and forgive. He has had to work on forgiving me, but its harder for him to do that for some reason. Im just going to have to stick it out though. He will come around eventually and let God take over. Once he accepts that he CAN forgive, he will be a much more content person. Time will heal all.

Mmmmm, so yeah... Im happy. Ive finally let love in fully and Ive left myself open for him. If he hurts me then thats a chance I have to take to fully enjoy love. Ive spent all my life hiding my heart away and pushing away people so they dont get to close. Im done playing that. I still guard what I need to. We all have to.

Im going to start rambling here soon. Its late and Im tired.

TBC......

My photo site...

Since this is more of a personal blog I decided to start keeping my photo blog separate.

R. Newton Photography

Its a work in progress... Just the slide show for now but I will fix it with something creative when I get some time...

Enjoy.

Its sucking me in!!!!

AHHHHHHH, I'm now on twitter. First I was a myspace junkie... then I graduated to facebook-aholic and now, now I will probably end up twitting my life away.

Meh, oh well... I will admit that this blog has helped me keep my cool in the last month. Its nice to have an outlet and one that I don't have to worry about being perfect with. Keeping a written journal for a person like me is a death sentence. Its never perfect and I re-write an entry 5 million times.

Okay so where do I start? Sick kids? Sick husband? Cranky, teething 4 month old? The weather? So much to blog about...

My kids are sick. Jade started out last week with a fever and a headache which went away after a day. But, she started losing her voice Saturday afternoon and a leaky nose soon came after. Her nasty cough started last night. Robbie has a slight cough too but no where near as bad.

Saturday we enjoyed a family outing at the park. Oh gosh it was an amazing day. The storms cleared and blue sky's took over. The temperature was just right and it was BBQing time! Cliff had returned home Friday night and just wanted a relaxing Saturday. So that's exactly what he got. It was a good weekend. Wish it didn't have to end.

I'm exhausted though. I have my days and nights mixed up now. I got used to staying up late at night waiting for him to call when he was gone. Sunday I slept 50% of the day away. Justine was curled up next to me the whole time which I'm sure had something to do with it... we both sleep rather well when we are next to one another.

I miss him. He's napping at the moment. Sometimes I want to go wake him up just to see his smile. He makes my cheeks hurt when he is awake because when he smiles I smile. lol Same goes for Rob and Jade. We cant get enough of one another. I love it!

Slacking...

Yup, that's totally what Ive been doing! I haven't blogged in a few days..

Kids and I have been busy just having fun and hanging out.

Sunday we did yard work. I actually mowed our lawn! Raked! and pulled the dead mums from my garden bed lol The only issue I had and I'm pissed at myself for it is I couldn't start the mower at first...wtf kind of Mexican cant start a lawn mower?!?!?!?!??!?!?! :P

Monday was the same old routine... get up, school and tae kwon do.
Tuesday same old...
Wednesday...had lunch with TT and the kids...

Tomorrow I have to haul ass and cleeeeeeean!!! Like massive clean so that I can enjoy my husband when he gets home...Just totally sucks that I wont be getting any action because of certain issues. BLAH..

I'm going to bed. Tomorrow Ill try and blog about my new cool hobbies. lol Quilling and other cute stuff I can do now.

Night :)