tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77542830131797324162024-03-19T09:29:35.390-07:00Rock That MommyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01399989897467077554noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754283013179732416.post-29263060228396547572014-11-11T06:54:00.000-08:002014-11-11T09:47:52.245-08:00Free Learning Educational Children Apps through iTunes!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This post is for the parents or grandparents who have kids who love app games! These 3 are educational and best of yet FREE! Let me know what you think. You will need an itunes account and an iphone or ipad.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01399989897467077554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754283013179732416.post-37821819531482111072014-01-26T16:00:00.001-08:002014-01-26T16:00:50.205-08:00Breastmilk rocks!<p dir="ltr">So my daughter woke up complaining of an earache yesterday. She said it was plugged and hurting her. I was stumped what to do because my husband was at work, and couldn't go to the store to get her earache drops. We've tried Hyland's earache drops last year when she had a mild earache and it worked wonders. It was gone within hours. Well, I needed to think of something since it was bothering her so I looked up homeopathic remedies and talked to a friend about it since she was coming over. She had told me that she read something on breastmilk curing earaches. I was suprised when I looked it up in a google search and found out that people have used breastmilk over the years to get rid of an ear infection/earache. I had plenty of frozen breast milk, so when it was time to make Aislin a bottle, I took 4 drops in a dropper and put them in Aubrey's ear. She was a little grossed out by it but she's only 6 1/2 and doesn't understand the importance of breast milk and thinks it was unusual it was going in her ear. I wouldn't have ever thought to do that. After a couple hrs she said it was still hurting a little so I put 4 more drops in her ear and by bed time she said the pain went away. When she woke up today, she told me her ear doesn't hurt anymore and she can hear better as in it's not plugged up. I'm amazed!! Now I'm looking up things I can use breastmilk on or make with if I'm in a situation where needed. Hehe</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01399989897467077554noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754283013179732416.post-75821126136076199542014-01-17T21:13:00.001-08:002014-02-13T10:29:29.775-08:00Ok, who else is obsessed with cloth diapers?<div dir="ltr">
I absolutely love them. They are so much easier then disposables and look how cute they are. If you know me.. you know birds are my favorite. I can't wait to use these. I know a few people were wanting to see my stash shot so I'm going to work on that tomorrow. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01399989897467077554noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754283013179732416.post-60517622997267762122014-01-01T17:30:00.000-08:002014-02-13T10:29:51.880-08:00Guess who's back?Did you guys miss me? Probably not.<br />
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I don't know what happen. I guess I just got busy with life, family, vacations, or I was just lazy and neglected my blog. Whatever it was.. I shouldn't let happen again.<br />
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I know I talked about Disneyland back in 2012. We did go and we had an amazing time! We spent a week down there and that wasn't even enough time. We are planning on going back in 2015.<br />
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We moved to a new city. Hubby got a promotion and moved to a different hotel property. It's with the same company so that's good. I'm not sure how I like about the move though. It's different here. We are only a half hr away but I barely have any friends here and I feel my heart was left somewhere else. I am getting used to it, I mean, I better.. we aren't planning on moving for awhile.<br />
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My oldest daughter is about to turn 7! I can't believe it.. time just zips on by. She's in 1st grade this year, and although she hates the long school hours (kindergarten only being 4 hrs here) she is adjusting and doing well.<br />
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After 4 years of trying to give our oldest a sibling it was finally happening. We found out early in January. I was in shock for months, but so so excited. I think everyone was. We welcomed our second daughter in October. Just in time for mama's birthday. She was born 2 weeks before.. what a great birthday present.<br />
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My daughter is going to be so excited come her birthday. I was reading on some coupon forums that the Disney Princess Musical Vanity was on clearance at Target. Well I don't have a Target near me (I know, it's awful) so I called my sister up who is right by one and asked her if she would go pick it up for me. It was clearance down to $26.96 and there was a 50% any Disney Princess item so she got it for $13.48! Aubrey wanted a vanity for Christmas but we couldn't afford it at the time, plus she had a lot of other things that we had got her. She will be turning 5 in July. I can't wait to see her face when she opens it. She's going to flip!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01399989897467077554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754283013179732416.post-90242096722844451162012-03-27T08:43:00.000-07:002013-12-17T12:40:41.857-08:00Random UpdatesI have lost 37lbs since January 5. I am down 2 pants sizes and it feels good!<br />
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I have had a headache for about 20 days now. I know it has to do with stress, and our household completely changing because I took in my nieces. I love them dearly, but I can tell they have had no proper discipline EVER..<br />
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My sister (mother of the girls) keeps threatening to come get the girls, but hasn't done so yet. She keeps pushing it back and back. I'm ready to tell her we are going to try to get custody of the girls. I know she will flip. She's just not in a good state of mind right now. She has no place to live so I don't know where she is planning to stay with the girls if she did come and get them.<br />
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Disneyland is in 39 days. I'm extremely excited but just a tad bit stressed that we won't hit our savings goal. We have everything paid for just need spending money. We are about $600 short right now and it doesn't help that I lost my daycare kids for 2 weeks.<br />
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I'm super happy to go grocery shopping in 5 days. I love grocery shopping. We are going to Whole Foods which is a rarity because it's about 1.5 hrs away from where we live. I can't get enough of that place and I'm excited to pick up healthy organic food.<br />
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Can we say Chipotle? ummmmmm, I've been craving them for about 3 weeks now. We will stop there while we are out grocery shopping next week for lunch. I have already started an hourly count down on my phone. I am addicted and proud :)<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01399989897467077554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754283013179732416.post-16878221843727446172012-03-14T19:31:00.000-07:002013-12-17T12:42:38.106-08:00You have been officially warned..<div style="text-align: left;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01399989897467077554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754283013179732416.post-59964882068577924282012-03-09T09:21:00.000-08:002013-12-17T12:37:36.522-08:00My life is going to change for the next month or so..So today I adopted my nieces. I have legal temporary guardianship over them while my younger sister gets her act together and into a rehab program. I won't go into further details about her, but it's pretty bad and I hate seeing my nieces suffer because their mother is selfish. Their father is in the picture but he isn't any better, and is in-fact worse.<br />
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For the next month, we are now a family of 5. I will have a 1 year old, 3 year old, and my 4 daughter year old daughter. That's going to be a lot of SASS in this house. I'm sure it will be tough at first, but god doesn't give me anything I can't handle. We will adjust. I will provide them with a loving stable home so they are not hurting anymore.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01399989897467077554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754283013179732416.post-11331028191274517802012-03-07T19:57:00.000-08:002013-12-17T13:04:42.710-08:00Back to the dentist I go..Last time I wrote about having to have my tooth extracted because it was abscessed. Well, when my gum tissue healed and I had a chance to look into my mouth without messing anything up, I noticed I had a brown spot on the outside but inside of the tooth next to the one that had got extracted 2 weeks earlier. At this point, I'm freaking out because I can't lose another tooth! It seems like all my cavities turn into needing a root canal, which I can't afford and I have to settle with getting a tooth removed. This has happened 3 times now. So I made an appointment to get it looked at. Turns out I have 5 cavities. 1 in the tooth with the brown spot, and the other 4 are under current fillings so I couldn't see them. The dentist said they are very tiny cavities hence why they weren't bothering me at all, and that I would be elgible for a program to have them fix them all for free since I had no insurance. The program is basically letting dental students from different colleges give me and other qualified customers an IV sedation so they can get their certificate. The students will not be working on me, but the qualified dentist themselves which I'm fine with. I don't care if I'm sedated or not.. I don't have a fear of the dentist or anything like that but I do get a bit of anxiety, so this shall work out better. Now I just have to wait until May 17th.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01399989897467077554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754283013179732416.post-71564607662626259602012-02-21T18:54:00.000-08:002013-12-17T12:34:42.840-08:00Cooking Healthy Meals<div style="text-align: center;">
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Now what I didn't I think of that before? The last 6 weeks I've been cooking meals every-night. Well, mostly every-night. There has been some times we've cheated and went out to dinner, but we got right back on track the next day. I've just been in a weird mood the last 3 weeks or so where I don't want to cook anything, or I'm bored of the simple meal plans we've been following on the sparkdiet. I've been spending my extra time browsing websites and checking out library books to get some different ideas that are of course low calorie. I have came across many recipes that I've wanted to try where the ingredients are too hard to find in store, or it's too long of a process to prepare/make. I guess that discouraged me. I just want out of this funk and back to cooking. I can say this book is helping me tremendously.. I love it! Their recipes are super easy, and delicious. I've already made their nachos, buffalo chicken egg rolls, and tonight I am doing a sloppy joe meat loaf. I will let you know how that turns out.</div>
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I would already have dinner going by now.. as its almost 7pm, but unfortunately my hamburger turned green. I guess it doesn't hold well in the refrigerator for longer than 2 days past sell by date.? I was not even going to chance it. So Stephen is picking a pack up from the store on his way home. He said it shouldn't be too much longer. Patiently waiting.........</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01399989897467077554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754283013179732416.post-22149015957526383202012-02-14T14:21:00.000-08:002013-12-17T12:42:12.142-08:00Happy Valentines to You and Yours!<div style="text-align: center;">
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My fiance surprised me with chocolate covered strawberries, and an orchid plant. :)</div>
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I totally thought my cat was a weirdo when I first saw him do this. He will suck on a piece of the blanket and knead it like crazy. I did some research and discovered that he does this for comfort. Kittens do this to their mama to get milk out. Most cats will continue to do this throughout their life time, especially ones that have been taken away from their mama to early, which he has. </div>
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I wanted to wait a month to see what kind of results I would get before I ended up blogging about it. My fiance and I started a low calorie diet 30 days ago. We have cut our calorie intake to 1200-1500 calories a day. I don't know how many calories we were eating before but if I had to estimate I would guess around 3000-5000 calories a day. It's shocking to see how many calories are in what. I feel ashamed for not paying attention before. So 30 days ago, I was 22lbs heavier. Yes, that's right.. I've lost 22lbs in 30 days. That is with no additional exercise, other than the normal everyday living. I feel a whole lot better. I feel healthier and my energy has increased slightly. My headaches have disappeared, but that also could be from the abscess tooth. I like cooking healthy for me, and my family, and experimenting with new things. I thought it would be hard, and I would give up like all the other diets I've tried, but it's not. This is what is working for us, and I can't wait to see what this journey brings us.</div>
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37 more days until Christmas. I am about 95% done shopping. Yes, I like to get it done early. I just have to pick up a couple items during Black-Friday. I'm hoping Walmart has the same deals online as they have in store, so I do not have to go out in that chaotic mess. Is it really worth it for a kids digital camera, and a slow cooker? Probably not. </div>
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