Yes, some are making light of a dark situation and calling my current hometown of Nashville, "Nashlantis." Being one who enjoys a little levity in such a situation I have chosen to do the same in this blog post.
WARNING: Links below are very sad. View at your own discretion.
It is catastrophic. Entire neighborhoods flooded... all you could see were roofs. People took boats down roads I have frequented to rescue tourists who were stranded on the second and higher stories of a hotel. Business were destroyed. Cars, flooded. Catastrophic about sums it up.
I am sad for Nashville. My family and I came out unscathed, save the loss of two of our favorite hang-out spots - The Opryland Hotel and neighboring Opry Mills Mall (where, apparently, two piranha escaped from their aquariums at The Aquarium Restaurant and are now swimming around the mall!), but it is still sad. We are very sad to have lost these places and more, but many people lost homes, cars, livelihoods, loved ones and lives. Entire neighborhoods have been washed away. A couple of houses with flooded first floors caught fire and burned from the roof to the flood... no one could get to these homes in order to put the fire out.
Now, residents of Davidson county are being asked to conserve water. A few of us are taking this seriously - following the "If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down" rule, not showering and not washing dishes. A few of us aren't taking it so seriously, such as a nearby golf course that had it's sprinklers going yesterday (yes, after torrential rain and severe flooding... sprinklers). The problem is that one of our two water stations has been submerged. The other could handle 90% of our typical need, but we have to keep enough water pressure within the system to keep it from being flooded and contaminated. I'm so glad I'm still a part time cloth diaperer! I wouldn't be able to wash diapers so I'm glad that I have disposables handy!
Please be aware of the disaster that has struck here. If you have the desire to help the residents of our city out, you may contact The Red Cross or Hands On Nashville.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Medela Breast Pump Giveaway - Ends today!!!!
I'm sorry to post this so late, but I JUST found out about this giveaway! I have been wanting to try a Medela Freestyle breastpump for quite some time now and just maybe I'll get my opportunity. If I don't win it I would love for one of my readers/followers to win! You can find more details at the link below:
http://anotherteenmom.com/reviews/?p=15
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Friday, April 30, 2010
Save Home Birth!
Hello dear friends and followers!
As you probably know by now I have birthed two precious little boys. Both were natural births, both were attended by a midwife and both were in the hospital. It was the most amazing thing each time. At the time that each of my babies were born I was not in a position to have a home birth. It just wasn't for me at the time. However, I fully believe that a woman has the right to have her baby wherever she sees fit. That may be at home, at a birthing center, or at a hospital. Here in Tennessee there are some new regulations being considered that will seriously endanger a woman's right to have her baby at home with a midwife present. Please, please, please check out this link and find out if there is anything you can do to help protects women's rights to a birth in the place she is usually most comfortable... home.
http://www.mybestbirth.com/profiles/blog/show?id=3120006%3ABlogPost%3A58557
Thank you!
As you probably know by now I have birthed two precious little boys. Both were natural births, both were attended by a midwife and both were in the hospital. It was the most amazing thing each time. At the time that each of my babies were born I was not in a position to have a home birth. It just wasn't for me at the time. However, I fully believe that a woman has the right to have her baby wherever she sees fit. That may be at home, at a birthing center, or at a hospital. Here in Tennessee there are some new regulations being considered that will seriously endanger a woman's right to have her baby at home with a midwife present. Please, please, please check out this link and find out if there is anything you can do to help protects women's rights to a birth in the place she is usually most comfortable... home.
http://www.mybestbirth.com/profiles/blog/show?id=3120006%3ABlogPost%3A58557
Thank you!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Dine Without Whine - Meal Planning for Busy Families - Sponsored Post
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Start having family dinners again! Menu planning for busy moms! Maybe this will help my schedule flow a little better!
Monday, April 26, 2010
Of Schedules and Diaper Changes
I wonder...
and perhaps that is the source of all my problems, but still, I wonder.
Does any mom ever have everything pulled together? I'd like to get on a schedule and get things done. It seems like it should be so easy. Take care of the babies, keep the apartment clean, and still have time for blogging and for me. And yet, it all takes longer than I ever anticipate it will.
Examples:
1. A diaper change turns into a clothes change, turns into cuddle time, turns into snack time, turns into clean up time and just maybe another clothes change which probably means another diaper change while we're at it.
2. Doing the dishes turns into cleaning the kitchen (even when I promised it was just the dishes for now!), turns into cleaning random spots off the wall, turns into cleaning random spots off the floor (and my mop is where?), turns into picking up Baby One's toys, turns into vacuuming the floor, turns into comforting Baby One, turns into cuddle time, turns into a diaper change (see example number 1).
3. Blogging turns into checking my email, turns into checking facebook, turns into checking twitter, turns back into blogging, turns into visiting other blogs, turns into visiting SITS, turns into visiting MORE blogs, turns into me remembering that the dishes need done (see example number 2).
And then, I wonder...
and perhaps that is the source of all my problems, but still, I wonder.
Does every mom feel like this?
Perhaps its time for a FLYLady makeover?
and perhaps that is the source of all my problems, but still, I wonder.
Does any mom ever have everything pulled together? I'd like to get on a schedule and get things done. It seems like it should be so easy. Take care of the babies, keep the apartment clean, and still have time for blogging and for me. And yet, it all takes longer than I ever anticipate it will.
Examples:
1. A diaper change turns into a clothes change, turns into cuddle time, turns into snack time, turns into clean up time and just maybe another clothes change which probably means another diaper change while we're at it.
2. Doing the dishes turns into cleaning the kitchen (even when I promised it was just the dishes for now!), turns into cleaning random spots off the wall, turns into cleaning random spots off the floor (and my mop is where?), turns into picking up Baby One's toys, turns into vacuuming the floor, turns into comforting Baby One, turns into cuddle time, turns into a diaper change (see example number 1).
3. Blogging turns into checking my email, turns into checking facebook, turns into checking twitter, turns back into blogging, turns into visiting other blogs, turns into visiting SITS, turns into visiting MORE blogs, turns into me remembering that the dishes need done (see example number 2).
And then, I wonder...
and perhaps that is the source of all my problems, but still, I wonder.
Does every mom feel like this?
Perhaps its time for a FLYLady makeover?
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Mixed Blessings
It finally happened. Hubby got a job! He's been looking for quite some time and he finally got one. We are so thankful that this job came up and it will help us pay the bills, but it has turned out to be quite the mixed bag.
The trouble is that it is a 10-hour-a-day job, starting at 10 and ending at 8:30, 6 days a week. What does that mean for us? It means that daddy doesn't get to spend time with us in the evening before the boys go to bed. It means that we have about an hour after he gets home to chat before we're both ready to crash. Mornings are spent getting everyone up and ready for the day. It means fewer park/playground days for us because Daddy needs the car at work.. on and on and on.
Yes, I am thankful for the job! Please don't misunderstand. But we are trying to find some kind of balance in this schedule. Meanwhile, forgive my moment of self-pity. I'll get over it and move on.
The trouble is that it is a 10-hour-a-day job, starting at 10 and ending at 8:30, 6 days a week. What does that mean for us? It means that daddy doesn't get to spend time with us in the evening before the boys go to bed. It means that we have about an hour after he gets home to chat before we're both ready to crash. Mornings are spent getting everyone up and ready for the day. It means fewer park/playground days for us because Daddy needs the car at work.. on and on and on.
Yes, I am thankful for the job! Please don't misunderstand. But we are trying to find some kind of balance in this schedule. Meanwhile, forgive my moment of self-pity. I'll get over it and move on.
Friday, April 16, 2010
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