tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68372730853889022912024-02-07T19:31:45.856-06:00LeannaProsser.comArise & Shine ForthLeannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552022463049583noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837273085388902291.post-3880640291861273242014-09-17T23:29:00.001-05:002014-12-24T00:41:56.785-06:00My Mysterious Homeschooling Angel<br />
This will not be the first time you've read an account of ministering angels (see my prior post <a href="http://leannaprosser.blogspot.com/2014/06/ministering-angels.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> for some of my cancer-related stories). However, this just might be the first time you've seen a blog post with an angel story AND a mommy blog on homeschool ideas combined.<br />
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How this all began is my twin sis, whom I spend a lot of time text swapping homeschool ideas with, asks me today if I have some good tot-school ideas (we have toddlers very near in age). I think to myself "why yes sis, I certainly do!". Thus I walk around my house snapping pictures with my phone (photo documenting is quite common for me these days) to send her. Then wammo! The flood gates of my mind open and I'm off and running. After about the 3rd email of ideas I realize just how many ideas I've come up with and start congratulating myself how good I am! Then before I could type my next idea, my little tot comes running up wanting to be held. <br />
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I swoop my little munchkin up in my side saddle and decide I can unload the dishes with one hand no problem. I literally open the door and pull a dish out of the dishwasher when suddenly and promptly the inspiration portal closed and I'm left there thinking "don't go away! I want more! I just had an idea and it's completely gone nor can I remember most of the ideas I had already emailed. I'm left there scratching my head as to what happened. The only explanation that came to mind is that I had a homeschool angel feeding me ideas as fast as I could type them but when I moved on to the dishes, the angel moved on too. Yes, I KNOW that's an unconventional explanation but that's really what I thought! BUT WAIT, IT GET'S BETTER!<br />
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It took me about 30 minutes before I typed up this experience for my sister (something she would want to hear as it (ministering angels) relates to conversations we've had of late due to her 19 year old son suffering a heart attack, cause unknown).<br />
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<b>The very moment I acknowledged</b> that it must have been an angel giving me these ideas, the idea portal opened again right where it left off with the idea I had forgotten and many more!!! By then it's just a feeling of shock and awe. It was so amazing. So for all those times I've had a flood of ideas come to me (and they do at times)...no more self congratulating on my wonderful gift of ideas (heehee)...no, I know where all good things come. In fact, the scriptures teach:<br />
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<a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/moro/10.18?lang=eng#17" target="_blank">And I would exhort you, my beloved brethren (and sisters), that you remember that every good gift cometh of Christ </a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/moro/7.24?lang=eng#23" target="_blank">and all things which are good cometh of Christ; otherwise, men were fallen and there could no good thing come unto them</a></blockquote>
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This evening after returning home from the store, I tell my husband about this surreal experience and half joking say "maybe I'll blog about it If I have any time" and I'll be darned if a voice, yes a voice in my head said "you will have time!" Well who can argue with that; I figure I'd give it a shot. I still had a few things to accomplish on my cancer therapy but then <b>another miracle occurs</b>...I look up at the clock as I'm nearing completion thinking there's no time to blog because it's going to be REALLY LATE (I regularly lose hours in that kitchen of mine meaning it can easily be pushing midnight as I wrap up my therapy) but it's not...has only been 30 minutes!<br />
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I'm tellin ya folks, these type of things don't usually happen to me. But if I were to really think about it, I think it happens on some level to all of us. The Spirit of truth and light strives to be in us all. We are all God's children and he loves us infinitely. So why wouldn't He, who loves my young daughters infinitely, want even them to have blessed days of learning of all His grand creations and design. Of course he would!<br />
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<b>Now I bet some of you are wondering </b>what ideas my angel gave me today. I'll preface by saying there is nothing out of the ordinary really about them. But what's really extraordinary about it is that (1) I know it was God's gift to me, a homeschooling mom with terminal cancer who doesn't have ANY TIME AT ALL to spend researching cute ideas (just ask my sis who has to do all the research for us both; (2) most of them are things that I already have laying around my house or I can get them very cheaply at a dollar store or thrift shop (having cancer does not afford many luxuries after all the medical expenses...in fact, you're lucky if you're NOT bankrupt afterwards); and (3) my daughters will have a blast doing them all!!! So here they are unedited photos and all (hats off to anyone on the Gerson Therapy who has time to spend editing photos):<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Kinder Tot Ideas</span></b> (aka Kindergarten & Tot School):<br />
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After chasing baby out of this cd case twice a lightbulb moment. Let the kid at it with a<span style="font-size: 13px;"> dollar store case and throw away cd's...I just tossed some but I know I have more</span></div>
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Tiny toy sensory bin. I actually tucked this away to use when & how I see fit. </div>
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I have a variety of these dollar pails (target bins) to use however (sorting) when they aren't holding school supplies. </div>
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Moving pictures would be an awesome sensory bin but I don't know how hard they are too come by. Ya gotta be looking for them. </div>
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Oriental trading company catalog or the like would be fun to look at for kinder...play with for tot. Or old phone book</div>
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Jewelry play or jewelry beads. .. always found in clearance aisle of craft stores or old jewelry in garage sales. I got some from mom and a friend who moved.</div>
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Offer to borrow and swap sensory bins (I'll be doing this)</div>
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Metal shapes sensory bin made by daddy or the metal place by his work <span style="font-size: 13px;">Or better yet show & tell box from daddy's work... whatever they could bring home that is. This could be from child best friend too. Swap boxes w family or go to houses</span></div>
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<b>This is what I forgot and remembered again! </b> Canning jar rings (I've got a ton) to do a ring toss or any number of things with </div>
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Leannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552022463049583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837273085388902291.post-28965462102588136212014-08-06T22:59:00.000-05:002014-12-24T00:38:16.324-06:00Who Are You Meant To Become? Responding to a Terminal Cancer Diagnosis<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Have you ever wondered if God has greater things in store for you? </span></b><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Bible is clear that though Peter saw himself as only a fisherman, the Lord saw him as a fisher of men, a leader among men, the rock upon which His Church would be built. Divinity gave Him the insight to extend the invitations that would help Peter discover the life he was meant to live. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">To each there comes in their lifetime</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"> </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: large;">a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder</span> </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">and offered a chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared and unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour- Winston Churchill </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">What are you willing to sacrifice?</span></b><span style="color: #333333;"> Are you ready to take a stand and leave neutral ground? Are you ready to do remarkable things and become extraordinary? </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">The Lord is completely aware of you, He has miracles in store for you, and He knows what He is about to do. <b>Give Him all that you have to offer. He will bless it! He will make it more!</b> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Together we can overwhelm the world with good...one little bit of good at a time! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">How we respond to situations</span></b><span style="color: #333333;">, whether we see them as roadblocks or invitations for something greater--</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">With each invitation comes the choice of having faith strong enough or doubt more powerful. Sometimes you have to set aside times for wondering. You have to entertain thoughts of greatness. In those moments, the Lord will unfold possibilities you have never even considered.</span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">None of the above were my own words </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but rather the description plus several reader reviews of a new book entitled </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Peter Potential</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. I was so very taken and inspired by the description alone that I thought it worthy to blog about. Then I got this crazy idea to see if I could share some of it's inspirational message without giving away it was a book, or better yet, one I've never read! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The Peter Potential</b>, and why I feel so compelled by it's message---I'd have to say that it started, in part, by my recent internal struggle of turning my daughter over </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(casting my net)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to the public school system. W</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hat you need to understand is that I've been planning to homeschool long before I even thought I'd have children (being infertile for an entire decade). Even as a public high school teacher, part of my ongoing education was purposefully attending homeschooling seminars (Thomas Jefferson Education). </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">And then it happened, God blessed me with not 1, but 2 beautiful daughters! </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> And Iet me tell ya, as an older mom I've been living it up...mommy-daughter library days, music makers, field-trips, mommy pre-k, the whole 9 yards...</span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;">then I got cancer.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During a full year of cancer treatment, all the mommy-daughter time was put on hold...my entire life was put on hold. My 3 turned 4 year old was graciously taken in every single day by other mommies from church. My preemie newborn (whom I had to deliver early because of the cancer) was essentially raised by my own mother her entire first year of life. If I wasn't receiving chemo or radiation, or surgery I was sleeping from all the pain meds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until finally one day <b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">the sun tipped over the horizon again</span></b>...cancer treatment was complete and everything looked good. I'm on the mend, I've re-entered society in a new house, a new city, a new church family (we moved about 10 miles closer to my parent's home during the cancer...or I should say, everyone else moved us I just showed up). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been getting on a role again even finishing another year of mommy pre-k. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I recently found a kindergarten curriculum (5 in a Row) that looks perfect for us. We began the library's summer reading program, weekly dollar day movies...I had the entire summer lined up. <b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Mommy-daughter time is back in business! </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amidst our summer fun, I mosey on down for my routine 6 month follow. <b>Uh Oh-- the CT-Scan sees something.</b> My oncologist is concerned so he orders A PET-Scan which reveals not only is the cancer back but has metastasized. It's back...it's inoperable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But God is in control this whole time, he has actually been preparing me for for a solid 7 years on the next step he wants me to take. I'm to decline the chemo to instead to the nutritionally based </span><a href="http://gerson.org/gerpress/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gerson Therapy</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> which I'll admit is only possible for me <i>because</i> I've been in a </span><a href="http://www.foodaddicts.org/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12-step program</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for food addiction these past 7 years which, praise God, made it fairly easy to eat this very healthy <i>but non conventional to the average person</i> way. <b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Could my food addiction nemesis really turn to be my salvation?</span><span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"> </span></b> I wonder if Peter ever felt that way?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So today I'm doing the Gerson Therapy full swing. I feel pretty good barring some tiredness I get from the constant detox. You'd never think looking at me there is cancer raging in my body. But the Gerson Therapy is by no means an easy way out (vs chemo); in fact it's very, VERY rigorous. The funny thing is I've joked over the years that I may have thrived living law of Moses in the Old Testament because I like structure...well now I get to put my money where my mouth is with this therapy every single day...The Holy Spirit already whispering to my heart that this is a spiritual exercise just as much as it is a physical one! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So turning back to the point of this entire post, I've realized that if there is any chance to homeschool at all in my future, I must let my daughter go for now...<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #073763;">cast her out in "Peter's net" so to speak</span> </span></b>(with maybe a few tears) while I heal my body before I can draw her back into me again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And should the good Lord see fit to take me back home to Him sooner rather than later, won't I in essence be casting my precious little family out in the net so to speak? Away from me for a season? </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But like Peter who when casting his nets at his own bidding found his net's yield random at best or completely empty at worst. </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">YET at the Lord's beckoning</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, his nets were overflowing in abundance EVERY SINGLE TIME! I'm choosing to cast my net at the Lord's call. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">The Lord has tapped, no SLAPPED me on the shoulders</span></b> with this cancer. No trial is wasted with the Lord unless we choose to let is waste us. When I read the blurb on this book and thus began pondering Peter's ministery, I realized that I want...no NEED the Lord to turn this trial into something great, but not only for me but also my dear husband and precious daughter's...and all the good dear people who are ministering to us and praying for us. May the Lord find me prepared and qualified for it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Disclaimer: Nope, I don't know the authors. Nope, I wasn't given anything to review this book. I just stumbled across it </span><a href="http://deseretbook.com/Peter-Potential-Emily-Freeman/i/5120740" target="_blank">in a mailer</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> at dinner tonight. BAM! there it was and I felt utterly compelled to share it's message. Now I think I'll go buy it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FYI another book I heard an entire podcast about several years ago by Cindy Rushton and even ordered my own copy just to have it sit on my bookshelf ever since collecting dust bunnies. And here's the kicker!? As it turns out, it's not even necessary that I read this book anymore to understand the message (even though I'd still like to) because with <b><span style="color: #741b47;">my recent terminal cancer diagnosis</span></b> ( <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://www.leannaprosser.blogspot.com/2014/07/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-told-you.html" target="_blank">find the details here</a></span> ), I know exactly what the author is talking about. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The book's title?</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One Month To Live: Thirty Days To A No-Regrets Life</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Shook)</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Peter-Potential-Discover-Meant/dp/1609078837/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top" target="_blank">Amazon description & Reviews</a><br />
<a href="http://multiplygoodness.com/" target="_blank">Author's blog (I plan on reading)</a><br />
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Leannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552022463049583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837273085388902291.post-55277918715025730632014-07-08T09:22:00.001-05:002014-12-24T00:37:13.845-06:00What Would You Do if You Were Told You Are Going To Die?I think everyone wonders what they might do if they were told they're going to die. Well, I got the chance to do just that 1 week ago. This is not something that one can just type up because there is alot of emotions that go along with it; therefore, I made an "unprofessional" audio recording for my family (and then decided to share it with the rest of the world too). <span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">YOU CAN LISTEN TO MY STORY </span></b><a href="https://soundcloud.com/leannaprosser/leannas-medical-prognosis-ed" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </span><br />
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I also want to add one important point that is not in my audio that I heard someone mention in church last Sunday that is indeed my story. Quoting from scripture:<br />
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People who know my "dire" diagnosis keep mentioning their amazement that I'm not only ok but quite happy and peaceful. Well this scripture sums it up. The Lord has lightened my burden of cancer that I am able to submit to it cheerfully so He can do His great work in me (and trust me there's alot of work that needs to be done!) and so I can stand more fully as a witness for him! This is not power I have in and of myself (or I might be a tee-total wreck right now), but rather it is God's gift to me for which I am eternally grateful!<br />
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Now, back to my recording. If I had the time I'd divide my audio recording into segments but oh well! Sorry! The best I can do is offer a quick "table of contents" for you:<br />
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<li>I discuss my diagnosis and why I'm so happy, happy, happy despite the news. I list a run-down of miracles that happened leading up to this...I'd like to think it's God making sure I know He has his eyes on me.</li>
<li>The Gerson Therapy explained off the top of my head (so yes, I made a few minor and inconsequential errors) and why I'm choosing it over conventional medicine</li>
<li>Finale: The big secret that even my doctor doesn't know that should have us all dancing in the streets!</li>
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It's truly an honor and privilege to be privy to such marvelous works that the Lord is unveiling before my very eyes daily, so quickly I can't document it all. It reminds me of <b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;">AN UNBELIEVABLE STORY</span> </span></b>I just heard about a Dad who flew to Haiti a few short days after the massive earthquake to rescue a little girl they adopted. He left not knowing before hand what he would do with only a backpack, granola bars and some jerky. Yet God had a great work for him to accomplish. He ended up saving the lives of countless orphans and also acquired a military escort to transport several dozen baby's back to the states. It is truly <span style="color: #274e13;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">a mission impossible story that will leave you on the edge of your seats!</span></b> </span>You can hear the entire Haiti rescue mission <a href="http://www.mormonchannel.org/enduring-it-well/haiti-earthquake-endured" target="_blank">HERE.</a>Leannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552022463049583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837273085388902291.post-254584372777173712014-06-17T23:46:00.001-05:002014-12-24T00:36:45.177-06:00Angels Among Us: My Personal Angels<div style="border: 0px currentColor; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, "Droid Sans", sans-serif; line-height: 19.99px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: 14px;">In </span><a href="http://www.leannaprosser.blogspot.com/2014/06/cancer-and-my-moment-of-reckoning.html" style="font-size: 14px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">my last post</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span>I promised to tell you my angel story. To give you a little background, since my diagnosis of colorectal cancer while pregnant on November 1, 2012-- I made a regular habit to pray for the ministering of angels. Please let me explain exactly what I mean by this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">I found comfort reading many </span><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">near death experience</span></b><span style="font-size: 14px;"> (NDE) books last year when I was most ill from cancer treatment. All of these NDE survivors shared a common observation of heaven and its dealings with us which is</span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.99px;">: Angels are always in our midst--aiding and ministering to us--AND these angels are almost always our </span><b style="line-height: 19.99px;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">closest friends and relatives</span></b><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.99px;">. If you think about it, this makes perfect sense. Who loves you more than your own family? Who has your best interest at heart if it isn't your own kinsfolk. Thus, who better for God to send to us when an angel is needed, right?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">Well, I indeed found this to be very true in my own case as well. I had very many instances during my treatment when I felt my deceased family members </span><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">watching over me</span></b><span style="font-size: 14px;"> (supporting me, encouraging me, and just being present). Here are a few examples:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="line-height: 19.99px;"><b>June 2013: </b>For my last pre-op procedure before my big cancer & reconstructive surgery, I sat talking with my husband while waiting on the medical staff when I interrupt him and ask "do you feel that? Someone is here with us". It's hard to describe but have you ever had a distinct feeling that someone is in the room with you? That's what it felt like. So what do I do? I yell out with a grin "whoever you are, thanks for being here!" It wasn't till the next day I knew it was my grandpa. I just had a warm tingly feeling wash over my entire body. My mom had the exact same feeling too (separately) that is was her father with me. Love ya PaPa!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">Well, since my dad was ill himself during my cancer treatment, it just seemed fitting that he finally get a chance at being my "angel". Thus, o</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Droid Sans, sans-serif; line-height: 19.99px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.99px;">n my 15 minute drive to the radiology lab for my first CT scan post surgery---I actually pictured dad riding along with me in the car and saying "well missy, let's get going". </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.99px;">It was nice...relaxing. However, after I arrived I felt nothing...l</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 19.99px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">ike I was just there...</span><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">alone! </span></b><span style="font-size: 14px;"> But I didn't dwell on it too much because I was pre-occupied with paperwork until the nurse swooped me back. </span></span></div>
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So, I sat there reflecting...why her? I thought how she had been so warm and smiling from head to toe. Even though she did this same routine day in and day out, I could tell that I wasn't just a number or a job to complete but that she really cared. She was interested in my story and what was going on in my life. She asked me questions about my life and children while she was prepping me. She said "you're so young to be going through this; but I can tell you are strong, I can see it in your countenance". I really had nothing to say to that but the truth "well, this is the path the Lord has for me to take". She then explained that she is a believer in prayer as well. She sees many believers who don't care what their doctors say; that they will beat it because the Lord is on their side! She said one of the resident Doctors will usually respond to them with "and that's the attitude that will help you beat this!" </div>
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Leannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552022463049583noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837273085388902291.post-78512069134518614882014-01-12T22:04:00.000-06:002014-12-24T00:38:52.479-06:002014 Primary Bulletin BoardsJust thought I'd share pics of the bulletin boards I did for our ward primary. It was lots of fun!
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Here's the 2014 theme board.</div>
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I used <a href="http://www.blockposters.com/" target="_blank">Blockposters</a> to create a large image of the Houston Temple. I printed it on a glossy, pearl colored paper that I found at the local craft supply store, glued it together and then glued it to poster board (I used packaging tape on the back where I had to join 2 pieces of poster board). </div>
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The back backdrop of the temple is some decorative, clear scrapbooking paper (6 sheets).</div>
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For the Lettering, I found a font I liked and printed it in the size I wanted then used it to cut out letters on the paper I wanted (which for this was white poster board). </div>
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Finally, I outlined the board with white lace symbolic of a wedding dress.</div>
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My goal here was to make it easy for even the youngest children to learn this month's scripture (John 3:16). I made all the work pictures except for the white mold of Mary and Jesus which I found at the local craft store. I also found the green paper with black dots at the craft store and a matching ribbon in the sewing aisle. I just happened upon the flowers on top in the clearance aisle and couldn't resist.</div>
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Every week, since it's my month to teach sharing time, I have all the children read it. To help the little ones learn it, I read the words and then choose a child to tell me what the picture is. I'm hopeful they might all have this verse memorized by the end of the month.</div>
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Leannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552022463049583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837273085388902291.post-34530203978211310682012-04-27T02:00:00.001-05:002014-12-24T00:39:27.462-06:00I want to be a Proverbs 31 coupon woman!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">She riseth also while it is yet night</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> to work on her shopping list</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">coupon-less</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>maidens.</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> She considereth a field <em><span style="color: #a64d79;">(</span></em></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><em>store)</em></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> and buyeth it </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">10% at a time at rock-bottom price</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">of personal wealth through her family’s storehouse/stockpile.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">to</span> <span style="color: #a64d79;">heave all her free copy paper onto their proper storage shelf spot<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">She perceiveth that her merchandise is good </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">I mean c’mon it was FREE!:</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> her candle goeth not out by night </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">from last month’s battery sale<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">because couponing excess is such an easy way to give back what she’s so generously been given</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #a64d79; font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">I mean lets face it who hasn’t noticed a stockpile to outlast Armageddon</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">b/c of all the free candy she scores</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">, and he praiseth her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Give her of the fruit of her hands </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Agency FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">to heave and ho her 10 lb coupon binder</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">; and let her own works praise her in the gates.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Leannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552022463049583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837273085388902291.post-21187051421100318042012-04-26T11:16:00.002-05:002012-04-26T12:28:30.226-05:00Playdough Fun for All Ages<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This morning not only did I teach a room full of high schoolers (early morning seminary/religion class), I also had a house full young ones as it was my day to host pre-school. Thus, I decided to kill 2 birds with one stone (so to speak) and made a huge batch of playdough for both:) <br />
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2 cups hot water<br />
1 cup salt<br />
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil<br />
1 Tablespoon cream of tartar (optional for improved elasticity)<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">In a pan, add water and oil and begin heating on medium heat . In the meantime, mix the flour, salt, and cream of tarter together in a bowl. Add dry ingredients to pan and stir (at a low heat). It will begin to resemble mashed potatoes. It's ready when the dough pulls away from the side and clumps together in the center of the pan. <em> </em>Turn the dough out onto a clean surface, cool, then knead until it becomes silky smooth. </span><br />
<em><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Note: </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">I've read that if it is still sticky, you need to cook it longer...and I've also read that using hot water and pre-mixing wet & dry ingredients seperately before combining will prevent any problems (it worked for me:)</span></em><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">To Color, Divide the dough into balls, make an indentation in center, pour or drop in coloring and/or frangrance of choice and knead it until evenly distributed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There are so many fun learning activities to do with playdough. I got a lot of my ideas for this activity <a href="http://www.childcareland.com/teach.html" target="_blank">here.</a> Here are some of the things I did with the pre-schoolers.</span><br />
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• Roll it<br />
• Squish it<br />
• Pull it apart/tear/cut it</span><br />
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<strong>SKILL: sensory information such as shapes, texture, temperature, touch, size</strong><br />
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</strong>• roll out circles, triangles, rectangles, squares<br />
• make different shapes: flat, round, tall, short, long, curved, straight, etc<br />
• Size (form a small, medium and large ball)<br />
• Textures (roll into a smooth ball, make it bumpy)<br />
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<strong>SKILL: vocabulary and descriptive language, measuring, counting, pre-writing</strong><br />
• Alphabet: Have adult form the letters of the alphabet and let kids guess, or have kids make them<br />
• Have child form the letters of his/her name<br />
• Numbers: make the shapes of the numbers 1-10 and/or roll out some little balls to show how many for each<br />
• Counting: have kids make a specified number of circles or have them count the circles you’ve already made.<br />
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made little balls to fill in the circles provided<br />
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<strong>SKILL: problem-solving, planning, imagining and pretending</strong><br />
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</strong>• Simple math (addition, subtract, fractions…it’s easy to see the meaning of ¼ or ½ when you divide a ball or disk into 4 pieces)<br />
• Using their imagination, children create their own little masterpiece (a fine art lesson too)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For Teens (& adults):</span> In seminary class <em>(a good Family Home Evening lesson too),</em> I explained how God tries to "shape" our lives like the potter's clay (Jeremiah 18-19) if we will but let Him. Could you just imagine the clay jumping off the potter's wheel exclaiming "I don't need you, I can do this on my own!" In the same way, do we sometimes jump off the wheel of the Great Potter (God)? I ended by having them shape/sculpt the clay to represent something important to them.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span>Leannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552022463049583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837273085388902291.post-34765112219828576542012-03-27T14:41:00.002-05:002012-04-26T12:27:25.628-05:00But I don't want to give my baby formula!?! A Breastfeeding Solution<strong><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">NOTHING and NO ONE</span></strong> <span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><strong>was able provide help when I needed it most</strong></span>...my baby wasn't getting enough breastmilk and giving her a bottle seemed the only solution. Let me just say I attended the <strong>childbirth class</strong>, the <strong>breastfeeding class</strong>, hired the<strong> doula</strong>, the <strong>lactation consultant</strong>, and the <strong>pediatrician</strong> not to mention a <strong>stack of books</strong> I checked out from the library...all I heard was <em>"it's ok dearie, sometimes it happens...there's nothing wrong with giving a bottle".</em><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jbIP7LCWKgg/T3IS7RPp-8I/AAAAAAAAAIg/Mh3hD8d4pO0/s1600/Postpartum-Depression.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jbIP7LCWKgg/T3IS7RPp-8I/AAAAAAAAAIg/Mh3hD8d4pO0/s400/Postpartum-Depression.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thegeminigeek.com/how-to-get-rid-of-postpartum-depression/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">source</a></td></tr>
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<strong><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">Nothing about my pregnancy turned out as I had planned</span></strong> (except for the perfectly beautiful child I came home with). Sick as a dog for 9 mo's, several hospital stays, instead of the natural birth a c-section. When baby came, I had crazy post-partum depression plus baby wanted nurse 24/7, wouldn't sleep and cried a lot. In my sleep-deprived zombie state I was told that I needed to supplement with formula. I had had it!!! After all my ordeal to get this child into this world, I have to forego breastfeeding too!!!? And let's not even mention the recent news reports of tainted formulas. But what could I do? If I didn't produce enough milk, I couldn't let my poor baby starve! So I did what I had to do, I began supplementing with a bottle AND searching for a solution. God in his goodness sent me a solution where all else failed. I'm hoping my story may be a blessing to the one who finds herself in the same situation.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>My answer</strong></span> came in the form of the <a href="http://www.nbci.ca/index.php" target="_blank">International Breastfeeding Centre</a> (ibc). Their website is jam packed full of helpful information. You can check them out at your leisure, but here are the key elements that changed everything for me:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://jenniferotchy.com/blog/category/professional-newborn-photography/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">source</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Key #1:</strong></span> Increase milk supply with the herbs <a href="http://www.nbci.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21:herbal-remedies-for-milk-supply&catid=5:information&Itemid=17" target="_blank">FENUGREEK and BLESSED THISTLE</a> (3 capsules/3 times a day of each). They will work within 12-24 hours if they are going to. <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Key #2:</span></strong> Reevaluate your breastfeeding technique (this one is vitally important). Your baby may look like he's getting plenty,<em> I mean he's nursing 24/7 right?</em> Actually, he might be using your breast as a pacifier and is not actually accessing much of your milk supply at all. How can you tell?<br />
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<li>a good <a href="http://www.nbci.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75:when-latching&catid=5:information&Itemid=17" target="_blank">latch</a> <em><strong>(you will learn about this in breastfeeding classes)</strong></em></li>
<li>Determine if baby is actually drinking <em><strong>(you <u>won't</u> learn about this in breastfeeding classes);</strong></em> If baby is getting adequate drink, she will open her mouth wide and pause<em></em> before closing again. </li>
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<li><strong><span style="color: #4c1130;">It's the exact same motion you make when you drink a milkshake</span></strong>...because its thick, you keep your jaw open longer to get it thru the straw. Similarly, the <a href="http://www.nbci.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=124:good-drinking&catid=6:video-clips&Itemid=13" target="_blank">more the baby pauses</a>, the more milk she is taking in.</li>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Key #3:</span></strong> Re-train baby how to breastfeed successfully using <a href="http://www.nbci.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8:breast-compression&catid=5:information&Itemid=17" target="_blank">breast compression</a> technique. This technique is not necessary if baby feeds well but I can vouch that it works as I was able to take my child off formula and breastfeed exclusively with no problems! I'm not going to explain the entire process because it's detailed in the link I provided but it basically it helps baby to change from ineffective sucking to actually take in milk.<br />
Finally Watch this series of <a href="http://www.nbci.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=6&Itemid=13" target="_blank">breastfeeding videos</a> for demonstrations of all these techniques <em>(warning: since it is about breastfeeding...obviously it's graphic).</em> I'd watch all the videos because even if they don't seem applicable, they each have golden nuggets of information. Additionally, ibc has lots of <a href="http://www.nbci.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=5&Itemid=17" target="_blank">information sheets</a> on a myriad of breastfeeding topics.<br />
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I know there are other woman out there looking for solutions. I hope by adding these resources to my blog, it might help someone stumble across this valuable information just as I did when I needed it most:)Leannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552022463049583noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837273085388902291.post-6407983077019956642012-02-16T11:54:00.003-06:002012-02-16T13:12:13.147-06:00Constipation in Pregnancy (or in general:)<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/nollpost/mrnspace/mrn%20parenting%20tips%20for%20babies/funny-baby-pictures-58.jpg" /></div><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 21px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Have you ever met someone who always seems to be in a foul mood?</span> </b><span style="background-color: white;">You know, those people you find it almost impossible to get along with.</span><b style="background-color: white;"> </b><span style="background-color: white;">Chances are they may be suffering from constipation. Yes, constipation can effect your attitude according to master herbalist, Dr. John R.Christopher. In his practice, he saw many a personality transformed once their bowels were working properly. According to Christopher, you should have bowel movements every single day, preferably multiple (3) times per day.</span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Now, why in the world am I blogging about constipation you may ask? Well, pregnancy is on the forefront of my mind, and constipation tends to be an issue for women in pregnancy. <a href="http://www.leannaprosser.blogspot.com/2012/02/nausea-in-pregnancy-solutions.html">I was so ill</a> my last pregnancy, that constipation is the last thing I want to worry about...but as it turns out there just might be a relation between the two. </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">The better the bowels work, the better overall wellness you will feel. A friend who is currently pregnant notices that the more constipated she is, the worse she feels. Christopher had this to say about the subject (and I highly recommend reading more about it</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; text-align: center;"> </span><a href="http://www.herballegacy.com/Constipation.html" style="text-align: center;">here</a>):<span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; text-align: center;"> </span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <br />
</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Over ninety percent of all diseases and malfunctions of children's bodies (as with adults) stem from the unclean intestinal tract. The body of man must be kept clean inside and out, to perform his daily tasks efficiently and smoothly. This body is the housing of the spirit and operating force of life. With the spirit commanding a good clean structure, a smoother, happier life is evident. The scriptures tell us that God will not dwell in an unclean tabernacle. We have been told that the body is a temple, or tabernacle of God. This structure must be kept in good repair, and clean, to be a comfortable abode.</i></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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<b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Causes of Constipation:</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; margin-left: 45.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">improper diet and living</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; margin-left: 45.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Meat </span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">also causes constipation through the fact that it encourages putrefaction of the colon both by introducing putrefactive organisms in great numbers and also by providing material which is best calculated to encourage the growth of putrefactive organisms in the colon.</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; margin-left: 45.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3. Most persons who suffer from constipation habitually drink </span><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">too little water</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">.</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Herbal Aids</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; margin-left: 45.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Dr. Christopher's Lower Bowel Formula</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (this stuff works well):The average person uses two capsules three times a day, but if necessary may want to use five or more capsules three times a day, and more if needed. Available online (amazon.com) and most health food stores</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; margin-left: 45.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cayenne:</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> And if you are brave, you can use it as an enema for obstinate constipation.</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 5.25pt; margin-left: 45.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Kelp:</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> So many of our illnesses result from constipation, and such a large portion of our population suffers from this ailment! Poisons accumulate in the large bowel and are absorbed back into the bloodstream, causing a host of disorders which are not specific in themselves but stem back to the toxic colon. Many people subscribe to enemas and colonics to cleanse the colon, and Dr. Christopher agreed that these may have a place in an emergency, but they should absolutely never be relied upon. In addition to his formula for toning the colon, Kelp can take an important place doing this job. Because of its high natural mineral salt content, Kelp builds the walls of the colon and the iodine, being highly antiseptic, deals with the toxic condition. For this reason, Kelp can be used in all cases associated with auto toxemia, </span><i><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">especially in pregnancy</span></i><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. All constipated people should take Kelp daily, with the addition of blackstrap molasses if needed. Few people are really free from constipation, so almost everyone could benefit from the addition of Kelp to the daily diet.</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
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</span><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Juices for Constipation</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">:</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> From personal family experience, any fresh fruit/veg juice (from a juicer) seems to do the trick. Or try Rhubarb, prune, fig (prune works fast); 3 oz prunes (about 8) once or twice a day works good too (no more in one sitting as it could cause painful gas). </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Vegetables for Constipation:</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Several glasses a day of cabbage broth. </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here's to a happy, healthy pregnancy!</span></div>Leannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552022463049583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837273085388902291.post-75910165101873250472012-02-16T11:17:00.005-06:002012-02-18T10:21:53.441-06:00Nausea in Pregnancy---Solutions<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>I hesitated to entitle this post <i>morning sickness---</i>a more appropriate name from my experience would be <i><b><span style="color: #783f04;">All-day-and-night-will-I-ever-survive-this-sickness!?! </span></b></i> What was "morning sickness" like for me?<br />
<ul><li>cooking, cleaning products, and all but 1 bath soap were banned in my house to avoid wretched odors</li>
<li>I couldn't even say the word "vegetable" much less eat any (or meat) </li>
<li>Don't get me started on bathrooms (they grossed me out in general...I remember thinking it was the most digusting idea ever to put a bathroom inside a bedroom).</li>
<li> pets were banned from the house</li>
<li>Making phone calls or surfing the web were too taxing</li>
<li>I was borderline toxemia (high blood pressure)</li>
<li>Admitted to hospital for low potassium (from vomiting) which can stop your heart</li>
<li>And lets not forget the constant heaving while taking nausea pills meant for chemo patients</li>
<li>I basically carried around a "pet" throw-up trash can for 9 mo's</li>
</ul><div>So here we are trying for baby number two so I've decided to pull out the big guns and prepare early should I suffer the same fate with the next little cutie pie. What's my solution? Natural Remedies.<span style="color: #741b47;"><b> </b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Why natural remedies?</span></b> First of all, conventional meds didn't help one iota the first time around. Secondly, I've witnessed miraculous results among myself, friends and family using safe, natural remedies...for example stopping a miscarriage * instantaneous relief from various stomach ailments * re-grew bone, skin & tissue after accidents * Fast healing of cuts & abrasions * stopped appendicitis * Cold & Flu prevention or fast recovery * Pink Eye * Mood enhancement (natural anti-depressant) * infant earache * constipation * and infant colic <i>to name a few</i><br />
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</div><div>So here goes...<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>Natural Remedies for Nausea: </b></span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Note:</span> <span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">There's not a 1 for all cure unfortunately as each woman and pregnancy is different. The key is to</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> try a combination of these suggestions and remedies until you minimize your symptoms. </span></i><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <u>Diet:</u></span></b><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><ol><ul><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nutrition is how we give our body what it needs to heal and thrive. We must give our body the proper nutrients to work with. <b> just as you wouldn't build a home with toothpicks and marshmallows, nor should you build a baby with soda and twinkies. </b><i>A living soul needs living foods (fruits, veg, grain, seeds, nuts...)</i> Eat as healthy a diet as possible. Eliminate/decrease mucus forming foods such as processed foods, flour & sugar, and even dairy. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">According to </span><span style="background-color: white; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.drbrewerpregnancydiet.com/id101.html" style="background-color: white; color: #256a78;" target="_blank">Dr. Tom Brewer</a>, <b>proper & adequate nutrition</b> </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">keeps the blood volume up in pregnancy and prevents a number of issues such as preeclampsia/toxemia (high blood pressure). You can get his diet </span></span> <a href="http://www.drbrewerpregnancydiet.com/id96.html">here.</a></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Legumes</b> can reduce nausea. I have a pregnant friend who says that eating small amounts of beans every 30 minutes is giving her relief (she said she thought she was better and stopped the beans only to get sick again within 2 weeks). You can read about how beans works <a href="http://www.karenhurd.com/pages/healthtopics/specifichealthconcerns/ht-shc-morningsickness.html" target="_blank">here</a> but basically eating legumes help remove bile in your system that cause the nausea. BTW, this bile is produced by the liver, thus a liver cleanse would be beneficial too (drinking 16 oz of juiced carrots has worked well for me)...there are also herbal liver cleanses you do (just make sure your bowels are working (see constipation post coming up next).C</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Constipation:</b> Constipation and pregnancy seem to go hand in hand. But if you can keep yourself constipation-free, it will help you feel much better ( <a href="http://www.leannaprosser.blogspot.com/2012/02/constipation-in-pregnancy-or-in-general.html">read this post for details/solutions</a> )</span></span></li>
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<li><b style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Vitalerbs</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> by Dr. Christopher which is a nutrient dense, whole food vitamin and mineral. 2-6 capsules 3x/day. You can read more about it <a href="http://www.herballegacy.com/Vitalerbs.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I <i>highly</i> recommend it.</span></li>
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<li><b style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Floradix</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">: Some woman have a hard time with their pre-natal vitamins because of the iron. Floradix is a natural iron supplement with a </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">very highly absorbable form of iron</span></li>
<li><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>Dandelion:</b> <i>yes, I'm referring to the weed in your yard</i>...it has the highest source of iron content found anywhere</span></li>
</ul></ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Essential Oil for Nausea:</span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Digestzen</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> by doTERRA has </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">become a must have in my home...LOVE IT!! It </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">has stopped upset stomachs (even severe) in literally seconds for myself, husband, toddler, and teen relative. <i>I have 4 pregnant friends who have tried it and found relief. </i> Put a drop under tongue and/or rub a drop over belly in a clockwise circular motion. </span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ginger Capsules </span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">- proven to work better than OTC (over the counter) motion sickness meds i.e. Dramamine. I suffer from motion sickness and can vouch for this.</span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #2a2a2a; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>How to take ginger pills:</b> take enough pills until you taste the herb in the back of your throat. Take 2 capsules, wait a few minutes; continue taking 1 at a time (waiting a few minutes in between) until you taste in back of your throat (I don’t mean spitting it up either). Go slow so you don’t overdue it and give yourself heartburn<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Red Rasberry Leaf</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> (capsule or tea): I'm not talking about the actual fruit, but rather the leaves. It's a great all around pregnancy and reproductive aid also good for nausea. drinking a cup of tea (or more) a day will also build a strong, healthy placenta. available online, health stores, and some grocery stores sell organic tea. fyi: also great during flu season as a preventative:) A delicious MUST at my home</span></span><br />
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If yes, then this remedy will work wonders.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 16.2pt;"><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Argentum Nit</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">: You dread being sick, feel anxious about it all the time. You are farting a lot and want to eat lost of sweet foods.The sickness is made a little better from cold drinks and being in a cold atmosphere. Being in a warm room makes you feel unwell.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 16.2pt;"><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ipecac</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">: You just feel sick a lot of the time. Your mouth gets filled with saliva that you have to swallow. Look at your tongue. Is it clean? Ipecac has a clean tongue. You don't feel very thirsty and sometimes can feel a bit faint.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 16.2pt;"><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Petroleum</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">: You feel generally sick but still you never loose your appetite. Mouth has lots of spit, some heartburn. You feel hungry in the middle of the night.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 16.2pt;"><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pulsatilla</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">: Emotionally you feel tearful and frail. The nausea and sickness comes and goes with no clear pattern. But you can't bear fatty foods and your tongue has a thick yellow/white coating on it. You would like to drink cold lemonade. Feeling a bit worse afternoons and evenings.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 16.2pt;"><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Nux Vomica</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">;There is a hung-over kind of feeling to the nux state, a heavy head, a bit fuzzy. You may vomit or retch after breakfast, being generally worse in the morning. Your mouth has a bitter acid taste. You have become a bit constipated and generally irritable, snappy.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 16.2pt;"><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Anarcardium</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">: This is similar to nux vomica but not so much in the morning and the nausea is relieved by eating.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 16.2pt;"><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Natrum Phos</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">: A creamy yellow coating at the back of your tongue. Sour vomiting and burping, slightly greenish diarrhoea. Feeling achey in joints.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 16.2pt;"><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Carbolic Acid</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">: Your sense of smell has become very strong. You long for stimulants, tobacco or alcohol but can't have any. Lots of farting, constipation and your breath has become smelly. - or you think it has.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 16.2pt;"><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sepia</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">: One of the most reliable remedies for morning sickness.All of the usual suspects.. but the nausea and sickness etc are accompanied by a dragging sensation around the lower abdomen. You are feeling tired and disconnected, no emotions, overwhelmed by the situation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 16.2pt;"><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sulphur</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">: This remedy has burning acidic vomit which smells awful. You feel worse on waking in the morning, and may have an itchy skin rash and feel very hot.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 16.2pt;"><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tabacum</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">: This is a case of extreme nausea, which is made worse by the least motion, You mouth feels full of saliva all the time, you look pale and feel weak and have a sinking feeling at the pit of your stomach. Generally you don't want to be covered up and there may be some itching on the skin - this could be anywhere on the whole body during pregnancy.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 16.2pt;"><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hyperemesis Gravidarum</span></b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 16.2pt;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Around 1 in 300 women suffer from a severe on-going nausea and vomiting called hyperemesis gravidarum which may necessitate a stay in hospital for bed rest, rehydration and nutrient replacement. This condition is linked to the very high levels of oestrogen and chorionic gonadtropin which is released by the placenta increasingly until the end of the first trimester.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 16.2pt;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Some specialists feel that this condition is a symptom of a deeper psychological reaction to stress and that the chance to get away from the causation is all that is required. IF you do have this diagnosed and have medical intervention for it, remember that these remedies are very good for 'AND ALSO'.. so never just rely on orthodox medicine when you can add a more individual remedy to help YOUR health improve on a physical, mental and emotional level.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 16.2pt;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Whatever the cause, it is a very harrowing condition and practical treatment should be offered. There is a homeopathic remedy specific for the condition, <b>Symthoricarpus Racemosa 200c</b> every other day is considered a specific especially if these characteristic symptoms are present.Violent vomiting with nausea and retching, better from lying on the back and worse for movement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>I LOVE Hyland's brand. I started off buying them seperately and liked them so much that I bought these 2 kits.<br />
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A final suggestion for nausea is <b><span style="font-size: large;">acupressure wrist bands</span></b> for motion sickness. <br />
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I'll admit I tried them once on an airplane and they did not help...but I also know of people who say they work great.<br />
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Whew! That's it!!! I'll end with my lit'l disclaimer---I'm not a doctor so this is not an attempt to give medical advice or treatment. This is my personal arsenal of ideas to get me through my next pregnancy.<br />
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Leannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552022463049583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837273085388902291.post-52732328568254391982011-12-04T15:35:00.001-06:002011-12-04T15:40:49.731-06:00Dinner-In-A-Can Transformations<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: #a64d79;">You DO NOT have to make everything from scratch for it to be "homemade".</span> </strong></span>With a number of family activities on any given day, it can be difficult to spend hours in the kitchen to prepare meals from scratch. However, it's surprisingly easy to give your family a home cooked meal....warming their hearts as well as their bellies. <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">The trick?</span></strong> Use the canned/boxed food as a base to build on rather than the main theme.<br />
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<li><strong><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Mac n cheese:</span></strong> toss the dried cheese mix <em>(I actually store it in spice jars to use as a topping for steamed veggies)</em> and substitute freshly shredded cheese blend of choice. Add 1/3 to 1/2 pkg of cream cheese for a rich, creamy homemade meal. Optional: add vegetables or top with bacon bits.</li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong>Soups:</strong></span></span> My husband was not feeling well last night and decided he'd like some soup. No problem! I used a can of cream of broccoli cheese soup as my base, tossed in some frozen broccoli, frozen corn, milk, and fresh shredded cheese. I also added some spices (garlic is a favorite). Top with more shredded cheese. He never even suspected canned soup and was very appreciative of having a nice meal:) There are so many delicious recipes you can make with soup mixes such as pork chops & gravy, chicken cordon bleu or savory roasted sweet potatoes but I'll stick to the soup theme here. Other good soup bases:</li>
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<li><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Cream of Potato</span></strong>: can add same ingredients from above or any other veg of choice; or add sausage or ham</li>
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<ul><ul><li><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Cream of Tomato:</span></strong> add fresh veggies and egg noodles for minestrone</li>
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<ul><li><strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Chili:</span></strong> I've acquired bulk cases of canned chili from couponing but we don't ever have plain old chili from a can. Several options:</li>
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<li><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Chili Surprise:</span></strong> My pal, Rachel, gave me the idea to add canned black beans, chili beans, or any other favorite along with cubed beef chunks (canned or fresh). Season with favorite spices such as cumin or garlic. Top your bowl with a dollop of sour cream and shredded cheese.</li>
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<ul><ul><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><strong>Chili Con Carne</strong>:</span> A simple favorite is to add chopped link sausage to the chili. Or use any leftover meats.</li>
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</tbody></table><li><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Chili-mac:</span></strong> add some cooked mac n cheese to the chili (I know a teenager who wins a chili cook off every year with this simple recipe...beating out many gourmet blends:)</li>
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<li><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Frito Pie:</span></strong> add tomato sauce and pour over Frito's </li>
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</tbody></table><li><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Cornbread Chili:</span></strong> spread chili in a casserole dish, top with a cornbread batter mix and bake. Option: add canned green chilies to cornbread batter.</li>
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<strong>Recipes are never set in stone</strong>: If you're like me, you come across a recipe you'd LOVE to try except the recipe is too tedious or time consuming. However, there is usually alternative ingredients and/or cooking methods that will make it doable for you and delicious just the same. Take my <a href="http://leannaprosser.blogspot.com/2011/11/meat-potato-pie.html">meat and potato pie</a> recipe---I altered an 8 hour recipe <em>that called for ingredients I've never heard of</em> into an easy 1 hour meal using tasty ingredients on hand.<br />
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<strong>Spices are our Friends:</strong> I have a handful of spices that go on most all my dishes (i.e. garlic). Even the blandest canned food can be transformed with a sprinkle or two.<br />
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<strong>Mix and Match for your perfect blend:</strong> I mentioned this trick in an earlier <a href="http://leannaprosser.blogspot.com/2011/11/from-assembly-line-to-one-of-kind.html">post</a> for creating one of a kind gifts but it's just as useful to cooking too. Make a recipe yours by adding your family favorite spices or ingredients. It can become your own signature dish (but don't forget to write it down...so you will remember for the next time)<br />
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<strong>Keep A Recipe Binder:</strong> It's a good idea to put your tried and true family favorites together in a recipe binder or box. You may be thinking it's not really necessary since you know those recipes by heart... but what if you're running late and you want your husband or kids to start dinner? It's no problem if they know where to find the recipe. Plus, you will want to note how you alter recipes for future reference (it's quite the headache to forget and then have to figure it out all over again).<br />
<ul> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <ul></ul></ul>Leannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552022463049583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837273085388902291.post-44525275583047053582011-11-26T10:18:00.011-06:002011-11-26T11:50:27.376-06:00From Assembly Line to One Of A Kind<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-90SZm0cdqzs/Tsu_50vMHrI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/QffH43GKHP0/s1600/flower+arrangement.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="color: #990000;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Your personal touch can make anything a one of a kind.</span></strong> </span></div><span style="color: #990000;"><br />
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<strong>A short Story:</strong><br />
My mom was in the hospital recently (if you're wondering where I've been lately). She had emergency surgery after a sudden onset of symptoms. I'm happy to report all is well. The point I'm getting at is that my dad wanted to send her some flowers. But instead of spending big bucks, I purchased a bundle of flowers wrapped in plastic ($10-15) and arranged them myself in a spare vase.<br />
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For an eye popping kick, I added <span style="color: #990000;"><strong>delicate wood limbs</strong></span> from a spindly little tree hiding in the corner of my parent's yard.<br />
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Yep, this is the tree...so pitiful it almost blends into the fence. But what a difference when added to a flower arrangement don't ya think?<br />
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I also purchased some of those <strong><span style="color: #990000;">Christmas scented pine cones</span></strong> and hid several in the arrangement. Let's just say my mom's hospital room smelled quite delicious:)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">With the Christmas season upon us, most stores carry an array of gift baskets ranging from candy & beverages to bath soaps & lotions. </div><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-size: x-small;">Take them out of those hideous boxes. People toss beautiful baskets all the time (tag sale/garage sale).</span> </li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Hot Sauce:</strong> arrange in a </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VRPXUQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=leannaprcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B003VRPXUQ"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Condiment Caddy</span></a> <span style="font-size: x-small;">or basket; provide a roast recipe, or beter yet, bake the roast!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Hot Chocolate:</strong> add personalized photo mugs (look for free online offers); replace cocoa with your own gourmet blend.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Smores</strong>: add more chocolate, include smore party invitation, swap out mugs from hot chocolate box.</span></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Snowman/Penguin</strong>: attach winter gloves or woolly hat </span></div></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Useful Tips:</span></strong></div><ul><li><div style="text-align: left;">you don't have to use everything in a store-bought gift basket. Add and take away until you get a perfect combination and a one of a kind piece.</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;">If you have a small item that needs to be spruced up, add it to a gift basket. Instead of giving makeup in a plain box, I bought a gift basket that looked like a Christmas sleigh, filled it with makeup and candy and wrapped it in cellophane with a cute bow.</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;">take advantage of black friday & after Christmas sales to stock up on clearance items to re-package for birthday, hostess, or housewarming gifts.</div></li>
</ul><strong><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Be on the lookout</span></strong> for a future post where I will use this same strategy to offer easy ideas on how to transform a pre-packaged dinner into a "practically homemade" meal that is sure to please.Leannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552022463049583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837273085388902291.post-24213695812019747642011-11-10T14:29:00.003-06:002011-11-10T14:35:56.654-06:00Seminary Attendance Sheet (CSTAR Friendly)<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">I searched high and low</span> for a seminary attendance roll sheet that would work well for us LDS seminary teachers. I found some cute ones but needed something that would make it less of a chore come time to enter attendance into CSTAR. Thus, here is my creation:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/72283301?access_key=key-25at9zixcvpy7q9z2uam"><strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Download: Seminary Attendance Sheet</span></strong></a></div><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Why all the different colors? </span> It's actually not for looks at all...some of my students had problems keeping to their own attendance line which made for a huge mess (shading every other line 1 color did not help). My answer is to assign students their own uniquely colored line.<br />
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You will find places to quickly add up <strong><span style="color: #a64d79;">total scripture reads, absents(A) and tardies (T).</span></strong><br />
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If you <strong><span style="color: #38761d;">list students in alphabetical order</span></strong>, it will be a breeze to transfer into CSTAR.<br />
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The goal is to remember the 10 commandments in order (fairly quickly) and is based off an article I read <a href="http://www.sermoncentral.com/print_friendly.asp?ContributorID=&SermonID=100607">here</a>.<br />
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<ol><li>Divide into 2-3 teams providing each with a sheet of paper and pen. </li>
<li>Have teams number their paper from 1 to 10 three times (for three sets of questions). </li>
<li>Tell them this is a race and the fastest team will get a prize <em><span style="font-size: x-small;">(I used seminary bucks which will be used at the end of the year for an auction but pieces of candy will work nicely too)</span></em>. </li>
<li>You will ask each question separately meaning the fastest group for each question gets a prize. You can swap the first two questions for whatever you'd like (i.e. sports teams, car models, universities, book names)</li>
<ul><li><strong>Question 1:</strong> Name 10 movie stars (living or dead)</li>
<li><strong>Question 2:</strong> Name 10 music groups, bands, or musicians</li>
<li><strong>Question 3:</strong> Name the 10 commandments (they don't even have to be in order or verbatim)</li>
</ul></ol><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Results:</span></strong> If your class is like mine, no one will get all 10 commandments correct which is a point in and of itself (does it say something about us as Christians or society as a whole that we can easily answer the other questions but not the 10 commandments...only 10!?). <br />
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Next, I console them with the fact that most folks can't even guess half correctly. I also offer other interesting and down right hilarious poll results from the <a href="http://www.sermoncentral.com/print_friendly.asp?ContributorID=&SermonID=100607">above article</a> (i.e. some people think the right to bear arms is one of the 10:))<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Next, go over the explanation of each mnemonic</span> (which is written to the side of each) as well as its accompanying commandment.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Now have people pair up</span> and practice or teach each other <em>(it's easier to remember it if you teach it).</em> Suggest that they should learn the mnemonic phrase <strong><em>first</em></strong> before learning the accompanying commandment (encourage it by offering candy/prizes to those who can recite all 10...most of my class learned them quickly).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Grand Prize</span>:</strong></span> Offer a significant prize (like a large bag of candy) to the first person who can recite all ten commandments verbatim and in order.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><strong>Praise and Kudos:</strong></span> Now you are one of a very small minority who literally has God's law written on your heart.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Leannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552022463049583noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837273085388902291.post-4336191961103785122011-11-04T15:53:00.006-05:002014-12-24T00:39:13.927-06:00Who Else Wants Cheap Groceries?<strong><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">You DO NOT have to clip coupons to get cheap groceries.</span></strong> <em>Having said that, I extreme coupon (time permitting) and will save an average of 70%...but it takes at least 10 hrs/week of preparation. </em>Even if you don't have the time or gumption to coupon, you can still save up to 50% with minimal planning and without couponing. And let's face it, costs are rising so every bit helps.<br />
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The more you are willing to pre-plan the more you will save. I like to think that my savings are directly proportional to the time spent planning beforehand. </div>
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<strong>1. Know what's on sale and where the best deals are.</strong> Sale Ads come in the mail or in your newspaper and are the key to finding the best deals. Quite often, several stores will have the same exact item on sale but their prices are drastically different.<br />
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<strong>2. Know the Weekly Sale Cycle:</strong> The old saying "a day late and a dollar short" applies. It does you no good to shop a sale that ended yesterday. In my area, grocery store ads run from <em>Wednesday to Tuesday</em>. Most other national retail store ads run from <em>Sunday to Saturday</em> (Wal-Mart, Target, CVS, Walgreens, Office supply, Best Buy, etc). <br />
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<strong>3. Shop from a list.</strong> This will keep you from making spontaneous purchases which add up quickly. In my 'pre-savvy' shopping days, I'd use this strategy when money was tight (and also keep a running tally while shopping so I wouldn't go over my budget). I was <em>amazed</em> at how much money I saved. Conscientious shopping pays <em>huge</em> dividends!<br />
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<li>Choose the one store that has the best deals. You won't save as much but every little bit helps, right?</li>
<li>Shop at one store that offers price matching (i.e. Wal-mart). Enjoy the savings of all the stores without having to drive to them all. <em>The one hitch?</em> It takes a little more time because the cashier must manually change the price but, hey, rushing doesn't lend itself to savings anyways. Furthermore, most cashiers are quite competent at using the register and can price match fairly quickly. Lastly, it's worth the savings to take a little extra time. </li>
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<li><strong>Plan your meals by what's on sale</strong></li>
<li><strong>Stock up when prices are low.</strong> Most items will reach their rock-bottom price every 12 weeks. Buy as much as you can afford to get you through till the next sale cycle (12 weeks) or, for perishable goods, as long as they will last (if it rots before you can use it, you've lost the savings). <strong>Buy on price rather than brand when possible.</strong> I agree that some name brands are worth holding out for (and yes, they go on sale too), but brand snobbery as a rule will yield less savings overall.</li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: #134f5c;">Finally, You</span><span style="color: #134f5c;"> can save on <em>everything</em> you consume.</span> </strong></span>I've acquired all my copy paper FREE for 2 years running. Last month I bought <a href="http://www.leannaprosser.blogspot.com/2012/01/20000-sheets-of-copy-paper-for-2.html">10,000 sheets of copy paper</a> for $0.02...<strong>no, that's not a typo; I mean 2 pennies!</strong><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><strong>They say nothing spells love like a home cooked meal.</strong></span> I say, presentation exudes love. I basically took meat and a potato and arranged or decorated them to please the eye. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Yea, I could have nuked a potato and slapped meat on the plate. It would have tasted the same. Yet I like to think my extra effort says "hey family; I love you; come sit, relax, and enjoy this beautiful meal I made especially for you".</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<li><div style="text-align: left;">(optional ) 1/2 lb. vegetables of choice i.e. sliced mushrooms, onions</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;">(optional) 1 cup or can of cooked brown gravy</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;">olive oil</div></li>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Directions:</strong></div><ol><li><div style="text-align: left;">Preheat oven to 350 degrees.</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;">Sear meat in a pan on high heat and then cube (you do not need to cook meat through, it will finish in the oven)</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;">Thinly slice potatoes into rounds (I use food slicer for nice even slices)</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;">Mix gravy, meat and vegetable in a bowl then pour into your baking dish (I used an 11" round baking stone). Top the dish with potato slices laying in a concentric circle and overlapping each slice by about 2/3).</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;">Brush top of potato with olive oil. Then spice with salt, pepper, and garlic to taste.</div></li>
<li><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">Bake for 40 minutes or until potatoes are tender and golden brown.</div></div></li>
<li><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">Serve and enjoy!</div></div></li>
</ol><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>Alternative Prep Options:</strong> </div><ul><li><div style="text-align: left;">you <em>don't</em> have to cook it in gravy, instead you can spoon gravy over your dish at the table (this is what I do because I don't eat gravy). </div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: center;">You may also leave veggies out of the dish completely and serve on the side; I've done both and it works great either way. This recipe is super easy to work with and very forgiving.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7HoqN8k-0d9QWMitGJaxsIQDyAy-MieEU2BKez6H45iIRESwwKk-_BW1Q5fVs_XFYQvb8May2DFl0uGb9Bf0aVD7k7bO1KuLxdKgtuWjhPwvxitz6uZ6_Tgy1suGmQgGG4hyHn4wJmuq/s1600/dinner+plate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7HoqN8k-0d9QWMitGJaxsIQDyAy-MieEU2BKez6H45iIRESwwKk-_BW1Q5fVs_XFYQvb8May2DFl0uGb9Bf0aVD7k7bO1KuLxdKgtuWjhPwvxitz6uZ6_Tgy1suGmQgGG4hyHn4wJmuq/s400/dinner+plate.jpg" width="378" /></a></div></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">veg & gravy served separetely</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>Side Veggie options:</strong></div><ul><li><div style="text-align: left;">Whole Kernel Corn (I like frozen) cooked in a skillet with butter, seasoning salt and garlic until slightly caramelized</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;">Canned Green Beans with spaghetti sauce poured over the top (nuked)</div></li>
</ul>Leannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552022463049583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837273085388902291.post-20353102700173200452011-10-22T13:10:00.005-05:002011-10-22T14:08:02.522-05:00A Park Safari Adventure<span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">Who says your third trip to the park this week has to be a bore?</span> On our last outing, my munchkin forgot all about the swings as we embarked on a safari advanture. You'd be surprised at what we found at a little park in the middle of the city.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W72IMeaS798/TqL5AYBeVcI/AAAAAAAAACs/zgks8dyPgQA/s1600/squirrel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" rda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W72IMeaS798/TqL5AYBeVcI/AAAAAAAAACs/zgks8dyPgQA/s400/squirrel.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">I couldn't believe the numer of squirrels we found. Some were foraging for food, others posing as statues, and of course those daring tightrope (phoneline) walkers. I must admit, these little critters are hilarious to watch. My little 2 yr old was perplexed that they wouldn't come to her beck and call yet they would allow her to run up menacingly close before scurrying up a tree just barely out of arms length (such a tease:) And have you ever noticed just how acrobatic these little fellows are? They'd leap from tree to tree <strong>without breaking a teenie squirrel sweat!</strong> They were definately our favorite of the day.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eEH7Jc4qbYU/TqL6oqxBBHI/AAAAAAAAAC0/RVXqgaS5yv0/s1600/turtles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" rda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eEH7Jc4qbYU/TqL6oqxBBHI/AAAAAAAAAC0/RVXqgaS5yv0/s400/turtles.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">To our next surprise, in a tiny creek bed, we found turtles. They blended in so well against the dark rocks and rustic wood that <strong><span style="color: #274e13;">only a safari hunter on the look out</span></strong> would have even noticed their stealth position. Whoever coined the term "slow as a turtle" should have seen how these critters disappeared in a blink (literally) when we stepped too close for their liking. I peered into the water trying to find their new position and all I saw were tiny minnows (our next find of the day)! If I see them on a future trip, I'll inquire into their magic disappearing act.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6QhnCJYTmO8/TqL-lrbEvOI/AAAAAAAAAC8/52E8Mavnagc/s1600/female+swallow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="373" rda="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6QhnCJYTmO8/TqL-lrbEvOI/AAAAAAAAAC8/52E8Mavnagc/s400/female+swallow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">I don't know what I like more about birds---<strong><span style="color: #660000;">their beauty, their variety, or their songs</span></strong>. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was fun to see them hop from limb to limb or chase each other (the big birds like to bully & chase the small ones). Once again, my little one was quite indignant when they refused to stand still as she charged them full speed ahead. There were no ducks or geese to feed on this trip (another favorite activity) which was a relief because I forgot the bread.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">So go ahead, I double dog dare you!</span></strong> <br />
Make your next park day a magical safari adventure.<br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">cheers,</div><div style="text-align: left;">Leanna</div>Leannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552022463049583noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837273085388902291.post-71875394306620639592011-10-20T14:11:00.005-05:002011-10-22T13:25:48.789-05:00Fun with Balloons Activity<span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">This balloon activity was a roaring success with the kiddos</span> at our weekly mommy preschool group. The original idea, which I tweaked, came from Margaret Read MacDonald's book entitled <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0208022805/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=leannaprcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0208022805">Bookplay: 101 Creative Themes to Share with Young Children</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=leannaprcom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0208022805&camp=217145&creative=399373" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Amazon.com link). </span><br />
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<div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wV2dHXeXDXs/TqBqNtoqG7I/AAAAAAAAACg/dLP6r5wgung/s1600/balloons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" rda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wV2dHXeXDXs/TqBqNtoqG7I/AAAAAAAAACg/dLP6r5wgung/s320/balloons.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><strong>Supplies Needed:</strong></span><br />
<ol><li>Balloons (minimum of 2 per child---1 for play &1 for balloon craft below)</li>
<li>Mirror</li>
<li>3 Storybooks about balloons such as these <span style="font-size: x-small;">(more Amazon links):</span></li>
<ul><li>Miss Eva and the Red Balloon <span style="font-size: x-small;"> by Karen M. Glennon</span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525459405/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=leannaprcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0525459405">Balloons, Balloons, Balloons</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=leannaprcom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0525459405&camp=217145&creative=399373" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" /><span style="font-size: x-small;"> by Dee Lillegard</span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006027980X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=leannaprcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=006027980X">Where Do Balloons Go? An Uplifting Mystery</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=leannaprcom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=006027980X&camp=217145&creative=399369" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" /><span style="font-size: x-small;">by Jamie Lee Curtis</span></li>
</ul><li>Balloon Person Craft</li>
<ul><li>construction or printer paper to make eyes & feet</li>
<li>crayons or markers to color eyes & feet</li>
<li>permanent markers to draw balloon features</li>
<li>tape</li>
</ul><li>Snacks & drinks</li>
</ol><span style="background-color: white; color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><strong>The Activity</strong></span><br />
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<em>Have children sit "criss-cross applesauce" in a circle. </em><br />
<em>Do not give out any balloons yet, just hold one up for kids to see</em><br />
<ul><li>Ask what sort of things you can do with a balloon (blow it up, pop, toss it, bump it, etc)</li>
<li>Read Story #1</li>
<li>Take 1 balloon and have kids pass it around the circle while singing the following words (<em>to the tune "The Farmer in the Dell"</em>)</li>
<ul><li>We're <strong>passing</strong> the balloon, we're passing the balloon. Hi Ho the Merry O, We're passing the balloon.</li>
<li>We're <strong>bumping</strong> the balloon (bump the balloon lightly to each other)</li>
<li>We're <strong>kissing</strong> the balloon</li>
</ul><li>Read Story #2</li>
<li>Balloon Races (blow up balloons but do not tie; on count of 3 everyone let's go of their balloon)</li>
<li>Balloon Orchestra (blow up balloon but do not tie; on count of 3 everyone makes music with balloon by pulling/stretching apart the rubber just below opening)</li>
</ul><em>Now give each child their own blown-up & tied balloon</em><br />
<ul><li>See who can bump their balloon in the air the longest without it touching the ground</li>
<li>Balloon Static: have children rub balloon on their heads to create static electricity. Use a mirror to show the children how their hair is drawn toward the balloon.</li>
<li>Read Story #3</li>
<li>Craft: Make a balloon person. I provided feet templates which the children decorated (see the work of my 2 yr old below); the moms drew the eyes which children stuck on with tape; moms drew mouth/nose if children desired with a permanent marker. <em> Be creative, there are lots of ways to do this activity and many more balloon crafts besides this (you can Google "balloon crafts for kids" to find lots of ideas and pictures)</em></li>
<li>Snack Time</li>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGi8zz5YxSasPFYMyUDSkTTocn3nkSUC_WRiGVitEwwHJLgxQjoo2k9HOUhDXd-X39qIQw14f729M1h68MszqqGQOesHfZ6w3MrSS-3WYfEr3IJe1olhmrIPek4JV-qTwKCUvt_e-oP2cy/s1600/balloon+lady.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGi8zz5YxSasPFYMyUDSkTTocn3nkSUC_WRiGVitEwwHJLgxQjoo2k9HOUhDXd-X39qIQw14f729M1h68MszqqGQOesHfZ6w3MrSS-3WYfEr3IJe1olhmrIPek4JV-qTwKCUvt_e-oP2cy/s640/balloon+lady.jpg" width="484" /></a></div></ul>Leannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552022463049583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837273085388902291.post-756678847446529672011-10-14T21:22:00.110-05:002011-10-17T21:11:13.239-05:00Repent Every Single Day---For Real?! (Part 2 of 2)<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Here's the personal inventory from </span></strong><a href="http://leannaprosser.blogspot.com/2011/10/repent-every-single-day-ror-real-part-1.html"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">part 1</span></strong></a><span style="font-size: large;"><strong> but this time, it becomes an intimate conversation with God:</strong> </span><br />
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 575px;"><colgroup><col style="mso-width-alt: 10057; mso-width-source: userset; width: 206pt;" width="275"><col style="mso-width-alt: 10971; mso-width-source: userset; width: 225pt;" width="300"></colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="63" style="height: 47.25pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td class="xl71" colspan="2" height="63" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: #f0f0f0; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 47.25pt; width: 431pt;" width="575"><div style="text-align: center;"></div></td></tr>
<tr height="39" style="height: 29.25pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td class="xl66" height="39" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; height: 29.25pt; width: 206pt;" width="275"><strong><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: Socially Awkward;">Blessings / Character Assets</span></strong></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 225pt;" width="300"><strong><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: Socially Awkward;">Sins / Character Defects</span></strong></td></tr>
<tr height="114" style="height: 85.5pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td class="xl75" height="114" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 85.5pt; width: 206pt;" width="275"><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: Socially Awkward;">Patient & loving with grumpy child </span><span class="font5" style="color: #00b050; font-family: Segoe UI Semibold;">(thank you for my beautiful child, thank you for helping me love first)</span></td><td class="xl76" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 225pt;" width="300"><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: Socially Awkward;">Woke up late </span><span class="font5" style="color: #00b050; font-family: Segoe UI Semibold;">(Please help me wake up on time so that I can be a blessing to my family i.e. avoiding the stress of the rush)</span></td></tr>
<tr height="186" style="height: 139.5pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td class="xl68" height="186" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 139.5pt; width: 206pt;" width="275"><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: Socially Awkward;">attentive & took notes in church </span><span class="font5" style="color: #00b050; font-family: Segoe UI Semibold;">(Thank you for the gospel and for all I learn at church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bishop taught that if I prepare to partake of the sacrament, I will feel Thy spirit abundantly; please help me to fully apply this counsel</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 225pt;" width="300"><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: Socially Awkward;">Forgot morning prayer</span><span class="font5" style="color: #00b050; font-family: Segoe UI Semibold;"> (I don't want a prayerless home or prayerless heart. Please forgive me. I will set a reminder alarm; please help me learn diligence)</span></td></tr>
<tr height="141" style="height: 105.75pt;"><td class="xl68" height="141" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 105.75pt; width: 206pt;" width="275"><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: Socially Awkward;">complimented child for reverence in church </span><span class="font5" style="color: #00b050; font-family: Segoe UI Semibold;">(I'm thankful that my child understands reverence / why we are reverent in Your house)</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 225pt;" width="300"><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: Socially Awkward;">Snapped at husband for forgetting to bring diaper bag </span><span class="font5" style="color: #00b050; font-family: Segoe UI Semibold;"> ( Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep watch over the doors of my lips (Psalms 141:3)</span></td></tr>
<tr height="178" style="height: 133.5pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td class="xl68" height="178" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 133.5pt; width: 206pt;" width="275"><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: Socially Awkward;">Lord brought to my mind a blessing I received yesterday </span><span class="font5" style="color: #00b050; font-family: Segoe UI Semibold;">(Thank You so much for reminding me of (that) blessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has helped me to ___.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May I always see & acknowledge thine hand in my life)</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 225pt;" width="300"><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: Socially Awkward;">was late to a meeting</span><span class="font5" style="color: #00b050; font-family: Segoe UI Semibold;"> (I see a trend of tardiness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don't want to be late for my life or late to answer your call to serve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Help me improve now so that when it matters, I'll show up)</span></td></tr>
<tr height="258" style="height: 193.5pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td class="xl68" height="258" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 193.5pt; width: 206pt;" width="275"><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: Socially Awkward;">realized judging Susie was unfair; silently asked God for forgiveness & to allow me to see her through His eyes</span><span class="font5" style="color: #00b050; font-family: Segoe UI Semibold;"> (thank you for pricking my heart to see my unfair judgement of Susie so that I could repent immediately and treat her fairly.)</span></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 225pt;" width="300"><span style="color: #4e2800;"><span style="font-family: Socially Awkward;">judged Susie for a comment she made<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span class="font5" style="color: #00b050; font-family: Segoe UI Semibold;">(Help me to see Susie as you see her, to love her as you do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Forgive me for judging her and help me to love first and judge last)</span></td></tr>
<tr height="163" style="height: 122.25pt;"><td class="xl68" height="163" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: #f0f0f0 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 122.25pt; width: 206pt;" width="275"><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: Socially Awkward;">made family a nice lunch even though I didn't feel like it </span><span class="font5" style="color: #00b050; font-family: Segoe UI Semibold;">(service is not always easy or convenient.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm thankful for my<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>family &<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>pray I will always always have a servant's heart)</span></td><td class="xl73" rowspan="2" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: black 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; width: 225pt;" width="300"><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: Socially Awkward;">My mind was wondering when Frank spoke to me today </span><span class="font5" style="color: #00b050; font-family: Segoe UI Semibold;">(Love seeketh not her own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Forgive me for placing myself above Frank.)</span></td></tr>
<tr height="272" style="height: 204pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td class="xl70" height="272" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 204pt; width: 206pt;" width="275"><span style="color: #4e2800; font-family: Socially Awkward;">had personal and family scripture study & prayer </span><span class="font5" style="color: #00b050; font-family: Segoe UI Semibold;">(thank you for scriptures that teach me how to follow Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I read this passage on judging others<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous (Ps. 19:9). The mortal problem, My problem, is<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don't judge righteously & perfectly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Help me relinquish all judgement to Thee, the perfect judge.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This prayer is very specific</span>.</span> Sometimes we underestimate the power of being specific in prayer (often steering toward generalities)…but think about it, <strong>if you want a specific answer, you must ask a specific question</strong>.<br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">This prayer is personal and intimate.</span> It's a genuine conversation about my real problems...a heartfelt communication between Father and child.<br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"> </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This prayer gets to the heart of the matter.</span> Who I am from day to day. I get necessarily uncomfortable listing the same defect over and over. I can't hide from the truth. It's there in black & white and has a way of spurring on change.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With a new, keen awareness</span> of our comings and goings, we can "<strong>continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear" </strong>as AA's Big Book<strong>.</strong> "When these crop up we:<br />
<blockquote><ol><li>Ask God at once to remove them.</li>
<li>Discuss them with someone immediately (when appropriate).</li>
<li>Make direct amends quickly if we have harmed anyone (if to do so would <u>not</u> further injure them or others).</li>
<li>Resolutely turn our thoughts to someone we can help".</li>
</ol></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/68572279?access_key=key-28q0w83gl1ponhy51xvc">Download: Personal Inventory Worksheet</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-saeGG99wfcU/TpjqDUx2CSI/AAAAAAAAACQ/ch6pRIZISI4/s1600/412suufo072os1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" oda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-saeGG99wfcU/TpjqDUx2CSI/AAAAAAAAACQ/ch6pRIZISI4/s320/412suufo072os1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I can testify that your prayers will be more sincere, you will be more open to hear God’s whisperings, and your relationship to God and the Savior will abound.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">My Peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth, give I unto you. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">(John 14:27)</span></span><br />
</div>Leannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552022463049583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837273085388902291.post-47677798990740164772011-10-12T14:43:00.014-05:002012-05-27T17:58:17.037-05:00Repent Every Single Day---For Real?! (Part 1 of 2)<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">My life is pretty normal</span>. I mean, I'm not a thug! And to think back on my day, nothing earth shaking comes to mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, the scriptures instruct me to "retain a remission of my sins from day to day" <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Mosiah 4:26).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Religious instructor, Frank S. Gonzalez said "The right time to be...concerned about our sins is every day. Once a week is not enough. Once a month or once a year could prove spiritually fatal".*</span><br>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;">My recovery from food addiction</span> using a 12-step program resulted in a <span style="color: #660000;"><strong>100 lb weight loss</strong></span> and a new <em>blessed</em> life; However, it also taught me a simple yet effective method to repent daily. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 10th step says to continually take a personal inventory and when I'm wrong promptly admit it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's amazing what happens when you write down your day---getting it out of your head and onto paper, you really see things more clearly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It allows you "bring into captivity <em><span style="color: #674ea7;">on paper</span></em> every thought <em><span style="color: #674ea7;">or deed</span></em> to the obedience <em><span style="color: #674ea7;">or disobedience</span></em> of Christ " <span style="font-size: x-small;">(2 Corinthians 10:5)</span>. Spencer W. Kimball said:</span> <br>
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How do you engage a rambunctious 1 year old in family scripture study? I knew I needed a fun activity to win her attention and LDS author, Rebecca Irvine's, book <em><span style="color: red;">Adventures with the Word of God</span></em> was my manna from heaven.<br>
<a href="http://leannaprosser.blogspot.com/2011/10/adventures-with-word-of-god-daily.html#more">Read more »</a>Leannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552022463049583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837273085388902291.post-83944312881439010942011-09-29T16:36:00.001-05:002011-10-03T19:28:59.001-05:00No more Snatching Please!?If your child likes to grab or snatch things from you--listen up--<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">she may have learned it from you. </span>I know you think I'm nuts to suggest such a thing, but just come and let us reason together...IOW hear me out.<br>
<a href="http://leannaprosser.blogspot.com/2011/09/no-more-snatching-please.html#more">Read more »</a>Leannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09934552022463049583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837273085388902291.post-19465188713261574702011-09-26T13:18:00.002-05:002011-10-03T19:37:43.868-05:00Hearing...LIVING the word of the Lord<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Too many times</span> I have walked away from a divinely inspired meeting, such as church General Conference, a sunday school class, or even a personal scripture read with pages of notes and ideas only to <em>sadly</em> find 6 months later that I didn't actually do much to incorporate those ideas into my life. I usually didn't take the time to re-read my notes nor make any goals. Thus</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I'm left to wonder what became of my intent? Why didn't the fire of inspiration carry me forward to action?</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">My big breakthrough</span> came a few years ago when I attended a Face to Face with Greatness Seminar and heard Dr. Shannon Brooks give some unbelievably simple advice</span><br>
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