Oprah: How We Treat The Animals We Eat

Today is the day I have been looking forward to watching the Oprah show. If you did not get a chance to see today show please visit http://www.oprah.com/dated/oprahshow/oprahshow_20081008_animals

Oprah discussed along with farmers on both sides of Prop 2. It was interesting to see the industrial farmers trying to rationalize the horrible confinement of most farm animals. Before I read Skinny Bitch I really had no idea of what industrial farms were about. I was completely naive I'm sure just like many Americans of where our food comes from. It was amazing to me to see the difference between the free range chicken, pig, and veal farms as opposed to the industrial farms. I still can't believe to this day why anyone in the world would even eat veal! I truly believe in, you get what you pay for. As a mother I am willing to pay extra for my organic groceries knowing that it is not only free of pesticides, chemicals, and artificial colors and flavors but it is also good for the environment and humane treatment of animals.

Oprah for me is the queen "hail Oprah" lol. She has so much influence over many women that I believe today she truly has brought more awareness to this issue and would not be surprised to see the demand for free range eggs, poultry, beef, and pork on the rise.

I love you Oprah.

So little time, a million things to do

This weekend I was hoping on getting some projects done around the house (cleaning the stains out of carpet, cleaning out my fridge, working on craft projects). Plus I have my usual chores like laundry, bills, dishes, etc. Since we had no plans I was looking forward to getting these things done but of course Felicity got sick. She has some sort of virus that started with a fever and now a light rash. Alyssa got something similar a few months ago but she did not get it this bad. Felicity just cries and cries on and off all day. Plus Alyssa is constantly "escaping" from the family room and getting into everything (dumped the dog food in the dog's water, pulled everything off the dinning room table, playing with the computer)...it's funny because everything she gets she's hand over to Felicity in the family room...lol. So as you can imagine I don't think I'm going to get all of that done this weekend. Oh and I got my absentee voting ballot and OMG it's like freakin studying for the SAT exam. There are pages and pages of the props you have to vote for, explaining all of the facts, pros and cons....ugh. I only got up to the 4th prop and started to fall alseep..lol
I'm also trying to read 3 books and have a ton of magazines to catch up on in my spare time....hilarious...yeah not gonna happen.
Anyways I swear I could rant and rave in this blog several times each day every day...lol
I can't even remember what I did with my time before I had kids. Oh wait yeah I was working full time and getting my degree...just as busy but in a very different way.

Rattled Mind

I don't know if it's because we have a big presidential election coming up or what, but many things keep swirling around in my mind. The main issue is our economy. I have heard a couple of times on tv from financial "experts" that this is the worst in modern times since the great depression. The GREAT DEPRESSION. That is some scary shit! When I think of the Great Depression I imagine everyone out of work, people living in shelters, families being torn apart. I hope to God that does not happen to us. But hopefully our government won't let it get that far. They had to have learned from the mistakes of the past, right? I hope so.
Right now I am a stay at home mom and my husband works in the car industry. But since his salary depends on commission sales, times are rough. My husband said more and more dealership are closing! He's working more hours and bringing home less $$$, ugh! I know right now is the time when I should be working to help him pay the bills but I just don't know how, with unemployment being up so high and plus having to pay for school and day care for 3 children. I'm not sure of what all of our futures hold but I know several people that have lost their jobs recently and it just scares the crap out of me.
Regardless of who is elected our next president, they have a hell of job ahead of them. Everybody is going to look to him to change and improve everything. So God bless who takes that position of running our country...he'll need all of our prayers!

Who am I?

Today after school we (kids and I) went down to the Ontario Mills Mall to book Kristopher's birthday party. After that Kristopher wanted a snack, a Cinnabon! I said sure and was going to get 2 (1 for him and 1 for me and girls to share). On the way walking over to the counter to place my order I started thinking about all the crap (fat, calories, etc) that were in just one of those delicious Cinnabons. Now let me explain normally I would devourer one of these in a matter of minutes. But to my surprise when I took a bite I didn't want to keep on eating it. Then I took another bite just to make sure and I honestly did not want it. I did not think that it was worth putting more fat into my body. It wasn't because I wasn't hungry...that never stopped me before. A few weeks ago I could have just eaten a meal at the food court, stomach stuffed, and would still stuff my face with one of those in a matter of minutes. I would force my stomach to eat the entire thing...before. I don't know what has happened to me. I don't know if I am truly adopting a whole new lifestyle or if it's just those all those horrific facts in Skinny Bitch or television shows that just keeps circulating in my head. But whatever it is I really hope it does last and my life is changing for the better. Let's face it's I'm in my mid 30's and not a young pup anymore. I NEED to take better care of myself. As as all mothers know that is usually the last thing (our health) that takes priority in our daily life.

Register and vote

I'm embarassed to say that I'm 33yrs. old and I have NEVER voted in a presidential election before. But as I have matured and now am a mother of 3 children alot more issues seems to matter and be more concerned about. I can't remember our economy being this screwed up and we really need to voice our encouragement for change. Think of your family's future and vote!

http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2008/10/breaking_news.php