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August 11, 2005, 6:12 pm PDT

SCHOOL LUNCHES...

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If the school serves junk, I would attend every school meeting and go to the board and change this.  If the parents want their kids to have junk then they can supply it.  The school should not be supplying junk.  You would think the school wouldn't have chocalate bars and more things like muffins and carrots and yogurt.  You would have to find out what they offer and if they have junk, fight to get it off.  As for drinks you are probably best to teach your children to bring their own drinks.  I would imagine the school serves juice boxes which like you said are full of the crap you don't want them to have. 

Here in Australia the school's are really trying very hard to have foods that are less in fat and sugar. As there is a big problem these days with children becoming obese and there is a higher risk of these children ending up with Type 2 Diabetes.  

  

Also now in most school's here the teachers are trying a program that see's the children having more exercise time, meaning that they do more sports activities and such. All this makes alot of sense as children these days aren't as active as we were as children. The children these days rather play computer games and or watch TV then to go outside and ride their bike or go and play with their friends outside if you know what I mean!! 

  

Also, it's up to parents to make sure their children are eating the right foods at home too. Try limiting take-away foods(Junk foods) to maybe once a week. And when you do get take-away you can get foods that are more healthy that say going to McDonalds or KFC.   

  

Some suggestions would be: Thin crust pizza's from a Italian Pizza shop(not the likes of Pizza Hut). Or Pasta with a tomato based sauce not creamy sauces. If you have to have hamburgers go to your local take-away shop and buy their hamburgers as they have less fat in them than the likes of McDonalds!! 

  

Anyway, when it comes to your children's health you should always want only the best for them. Lots of fresh foods like, fruit and veg's!! 

  

By the way, just so you know I am Diabetic myself and I wouldn't wish this on anyone especially children. TAKE CARE. LOVE KELLY. 

 
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August 13, 2005, 5:04 am PDT

HI JB7CTX...

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This year all of public schools that are around me are now eliminating "junk food", and "sugar" from their snacks and lunches. No more cokes, no more candy bars, notta. They are only serving healthy foods and such. They are also considering doing away with pizza at school. It is actually a good thing for my son because he just started kindergarten and he is a Type 1 diabetic. (insulin dependant). However, my teenager on the other hand isnt to thrilled. But I think they all will adjust to it. My son has alreaady adjusted to living his life w/o sugar unless an emergency comes up with him. Statistics show, here in America, every 3 out of 5 children now a days are developing type 1 diabetes. They have yet to determine what causes type 1 diabetes.

Just want to say that I can understand how you and your family feel about your son having Type 1 Diabetes. Back in Sept 2000 when I was told I had Diabetes the Specialist said that I had type 1 and I thought that I'd be put on insulin right there and then, but the Doctor put me on tablets and that worked very well until I became pregnant in Nov 2001 and then I had to go on insulin 4 times per day as the tablets I was on could be dangerous to the baby and also my blood sugars were very high due to what was happening to my body and so the insulin helped to keep the sugars under better control.  

  

I had to keep my sugars very low right through out the pregnancy so that my baby would not become a big baby. And in so doing this I had alot of hypo's and hypo's can be just as bad as high sugars for anyone with Diabetes but worse for pregnant women with Diabetes. 

  

After I had my little girl and due to not being able to breastfeed her I was able to go back to tablets and just have night time insulin.  

  

So, I do have some understanding about what your son goes through each and every day of his life until they find a cure for Diabetes. Lets hope together that in your son's lifetime they will find it. 

  

I do have a friend who has had Diabetes since she was 4 years old and she is now in her late 20's and is on the kidney and pancreas transplant list. Once she gets the new pancreas she will no longer be Diabetic and she just can't wait till that day happens for her, NO MORE NEEDLES AND BLOOD TESTS EACH DAY!! 

  

Well hope your son stays well, make sure he keeps his blood sugars in good control. 

  

TAKE CARE. LOVE KELLY. 

 
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August 13, 2005, 5:19 am PDT

HI CINEMAVEN...

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I found it best to take my temp on waking.... before moving. My hubby would wake me and pop the thermometer in my mouth and then go down to make me a cuppa tea. I was only ovulating 2-3 times a year because of Endometriosis. I did basal readings with absolute consistency for 11 months combined with 2 procedures to help clear the blockages ("you'll feel a little bit of pressure" *lol*) and was about to go to the next step when I found out I was pregnant (3 1/2 years after first beginning to try to conceive). 

  

If you're consistent with your basal readings and you chart the results every day, you'll see a very clear pattern and you'll become familiar with your body rhythms.  

  

http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/bbt/bbtfaq.html 

This site has a lot of information on basal readings as well as a chart. There are also over the counter ovulation kits you can buy but since I was infertile in the dark ages (18 years ago) I don't know much about them. 

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Just  to add my own story to this topic.  

Began trying to conceive ... after 1 year I went to my doctor... 6 months later to an infertility specialist. Went through a number of tests and was diagnosed. Began charting my basal readings and the Dr. did a dye assessment of my tubes which he said often clears the way in cases that weren't too severe. Six months later he performed the same procedure as well as a surgical procedure to clear the worst of the blockages. At my assessment 5 months later, he explained that the fibrous blockages had returned and since I hadn't become pregnant, chances were good I'd need IVF.  

  

My husband and I decided to give ourselves a year to save and relax without even thinking about pregnancy since we wouldn't be able to do it until we could afford the IVF. 3 months later I had a summer stomach flu that lasted a few weeks *lol*.... it didn't even occur to me that I could be pregant because the doctor had explained that I was worse than ever.  

  

I was 3 months pregnant when I found out and my son is now 18. My specialist assessed me again a year after our son was born and let me know how lucky I was that I'd conceived because my tubes were severely blocked and conception would be next to impossible.  

  

When our son was 5 he asked for a little brother for Christmas... he told us in November that it was all he wanted and I went out and bought books about being an only child so I could explain to him how special he was and why we couldn't give him a brother. He was very sad on Christmas day because no matter what we said, he wanted a brother.  

  

Two days after Christmas I was feeling odd. I had the most bizarre feeling and I felt foolish even mentioning it but the feeling persisted the next day so I bought a pregnancy test without telling anyone. "Next to impossible" was born 7 months later and will soon be 13. :)  

Oh wow, I've just finished reading your story and have to say, that God was good to you twice he gave you two beautiful gifts from him. You really have been blessed. 

 

My hubby and I have been blessed also with our own little gift from God, 3 years ago. Yes, we have a 3 year old daughter who will never thought we'd ever have, due to hubby having a Zero Sperm Count and he had been told many years ago that it would be very unlikely that he would ever father any children at all. 

 

So, yes we have been blessed by God as well. 

 

It did take many years before Stephanie came to us, but it did happen. 

 

Good for you and your family, please TAKE CARE. LOVE KELLY. 

 
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August 14, 2005, 5:34 pm PDT

GOOD EVENING FRIENDS...

Hope you're all doing well as we are doing well here. Have had a good weekend so am quite happy. 

 

Hope your weekend has been a good one as well!! 

 

I see afew of you are still trying to come to terms with the new look boards. I know it's all very different and there are more bad things than good things about the new boards, who knows if we all have a good bitch about things maybe just maybe the powers that be might try and make it all abit more user friendly if you know what I mean!! 

 

Anyway, I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you all!! 

 

Well you all TAKE CARE and hope to catch up with you all soon. LOVE KELLY. 

 
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August 14, 2005, 5:37 pm PDT

COME ON AUSSIE'S, COME ON!!

Where are all my fellow Aussie's? I'd really like to see alteast afew of you here!! 

 

TAKE CARE. LOVE KELLY. 

 
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August 16, 2005, 10:00 pm PDT

HI NEECIE AND ERIN...

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I talked to him on Sunday, and six of his brothers, too!!  Only, I'm pretty sure they were in India, and one said his name was Andy, but I doubt that very much. 

  

So, I got a new hard drive today, and the old hard drive is laying on my bed, looking forlorn.  I have two weeks to convince it to give up it's secrets, but I'm not holding out much hope.  Then I get to smash it and send it back to Dell.  I've been re-installing my programs, beginning with AOL -- Thank God for free CD's at Walmart -- and then I have to begin the jigsaw puzzle of putting my life back together.  Particularly, my financial life, plus the sail club, my mother's business, and the PAC (at Erin's school) account.  Anyone know of a really good address book program? The one I was using (My MailList) was not really doing it for me.  If I have to enter all my address book over again, I may as well get a good program. 

  

In better news, Erin starts second grade tomorrow.  She's very excited, as it's been a long, not all that interesting summer. ;)  She's happy with the teacher she got, and I'm sure we're going to have a good year. 

  

Hey, Tap, would you mind sharing a little of that neck nuzzling with yours truly??? 

How's things with you both? Hope you enjoyed your first day back at school Erin!! 

 

Sorry to hear about what happened with your hard drive Neecie, thats the thing with computers, they're wonderful when they are working but the moment they give up the ghost they are a pain in the A**!! 

 

Hope you were able to get back most of the stuff you had in the hard drive. Well you and Erin both TAKE CARE and hope to catch up with you soon. LOVE KELLY. 

 
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August 16, 2005, 10:03 pm PDT

GOOD EVENING FRIENDS...

How are you all going? Hope you're all doing well. We are doing fine as per normal!! 

 

Yesterday was Playgroup day for Stephanie and I and we both had alot of fun. Stephanie playing with the other children and the toys and me enjoying talking to the other Mum's. 

 

Well not alot else to say so I will just say to you all TAKE CARE. LOVE KELLY. 

 
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August 17, 2005, 5:54 pm PDT

GOOD EVENING NEECIE....

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I think Erin is loving her first day of school -- she's there now!!  I'll report back on that later.  Time to get into the homework routine! :) 

  

It's nice to hear about Steph's playdate and your chats with the other mums.  It makes me feel more peaceful and relaxed just reading about it. 

  

Thanks for the thoughts about my poor deceased hard drive.  I still need to make a phone call to see what the chances are of retrieving info, But I think it's slim to none.  Oh well, yesterday, I got most of my programs loaded back on, and now I just need to begin recreating all the financial data I had.  I just have to look at it like an ongoing jigsaw puzzle -- those are always such fun! :p 

  

I have a fun trip planned to San Diego next month.  Very much looking forward to that. And a girlfriend of mine is coming to visit next weekend.  She's my "oldest" friend, we met at church camp the summer before my junior year in HS.  And THIS weekend, I'm racing in the Lady Victory sailing race at our club; a race for women only.  Somehow I managed to get myself onto the boat of a good friend, but who is also a very serious racer.  Sure hope I don't screw it up for her.  She's selling her boat and looking to get her last trophy on "Splash". 

  

More later... 

It was lovely to hear from you, hope all is well with you and Erin. We are doing well here of course!! 

 

Ah yes, Homework never liked that word and still don't!! To me as a kid, homework was a waste of my valueable time. Time that could be spent playing outside with my friends or doing something else more fun!! 

 

I've been thinking about all the stuff we have on our hard drive that we could lose if it went up in smoke!! We've got alot of photo's and other stuff that couldn't be replaced. I think I will have to talk to Mark about that and see if it would be possible to do some back up disks. As I would hate to lose all the photo's especially the ones of Stephanie. Mind you we have also taken real(FILM) photo's of Stephanie so I guess it wouldn't too bad. 

 

By the way, Good Luck to you this weekend with the sail race you're going in, hope you do very well at it. 

 

Sounds like you're being abit of a busy girl, with this weekend and then the following weekend you've got your dear friend coming to stay and then next month you're off to San Diego. You're going to need a holiday when you get back from San Diego!! 

 

Well you and Erin TAKE CARE and look forward to hearing from you again soon. LOVE KELLY. 

 
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August 17, 2005, 6:12 pm PDT

GOOD EVENING TO YOU...

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We are trying to conceive its been 3 months and last yesterday I bought a pregnancy test and tested myself hoping it would be positive but it was negetive. I'm now frustrated and panicking because we hope to be pregnant by the end of this year. Don't worry I've been to my doctor for family planning and everything seems to in order, but why is it taking so long? please give HELP and ADVICE. 

Just wanted to write and give you my thoughts on this, if you don't mind that is!! 

 

You've only been trying for 3 months to me thats not long at all so don't go worrying yourself too much about this. It will happen when it is suppose to happen, believe me. 

 

My hubby had a very low sperm count and he had been told many years ago that it would be very unlikely that he would ever be able to father any children. So we just got on with life and we did try on and off for many years to have a baby but nothing happened, but also we were trying too hard at times, so much so that we were not having any fun anymore. 

 

So, we stopped trying and just got back to enjoying each other and getting on with our lives, thinking that it was just going to be the two of us. And that was never going to be a problem for us, cause we didn't get married all those years ago to just have babies we got married because we wanted to be together for the rest of our lives. 

 

Anyway, one day out of the blue we did get pregnant and now we have a beautiful 3 year old daughter, Stephanie. To us she is our Beautiful Gift from God. We have been truly blessed. 

 

So, all I can say to you is to stop trying and go back to enjoying your time with your hubby and just let nature take care of it's self. And if you are healthy then it will happen. And please relax and don't worry. Hope this has helped in some way, please TAKE CARE. LOVE KELLY. 

 
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August 17, 2005, 6:22 pm PDT

THIS IS SO TRUE...

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Don't feel bad!  A new baby is incredibly hard work whether it's your first or your fifth.  You forget what sleep used to feel like, you have no time to be with friends or family (or spouse!), and even if you found some, all you would want is SLEEP! 

  

You find that you are crying (or yelling) almost as much as the baby does, and you feel worse for doing it.  It feels like life will never go back to the way it was, and sometimes you feel like it is all the fault of the baby for making your life this way, or your spouse for not helping enough. 

  

And if that weren't enough, you have your mothers (yours and your spouse's- and probably everyone else's as well) telling you that everything you are doing is wrong and that they NEVER had that problem with their babies!  Most likely, they just don't remember it. 

  

But don't worry!  Everyone feels that way! 

  

I got through it by doing few things: 

1. telling myself again and again "It gets better... it gets better... it gets better..." 

2. talking to- my doctor and other parents with children the same age. 

3. not being too shy to ask for them to do the dishes or laundry or to watch the baby while you do it when they say "Can I help you with anything?" 

  

My younger is 4 months old now (and finally sleeping through the night... sometimes) and my older is 2 years old.   

  

It gets better... it gets better...  *smile* 

Thank you for writing this as this is very much the way it can be for alot of us Mum's especially for first time Mum's that don't know what they are doing and if they are doing all the right things, so it really does help to have someone who has been there done that afew times say these words. 

 

And yes it does get better, I have a 3 year old daughter and I can honestly say that she really hasn't been any problem since the day she was born. Yes of course that has been the odd time that she has played up or has been sick but she has never been a Nightmare child. I really feel for the Mum's that have had those "Nightmare Child/children."  

 

Anyway, again thank you for these very true words, TAKE CARE. LOVE KELLY. 

 

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