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Cindy, Thank you very much -

Trisha — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:02:57 -0500

Cindy,

Thank you very much - I appreciate that! I don't get that many
visitors to my blog yet, so I appreciate anyone who sends some my way!

Trisha

Ideas For Women blog

Great minds think alike :)

10linksaday — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:47:48 -0500

Hi Trisha,

I posted your feedback on 10linksaday under the comments section. I hope it brings some traffic to your site! Happy women's Health Week!

http://10linksaday.blogspot.com/2008/05/national-womens-health-week.html

All the best!

Cindy

Yes I did!

Trisha — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:45:46 -0500

I did know it was National Women's
Health Week and I've been blogging about it this week:

Exercise for your heart with WOMAN Challenge

National Women’s Health Week and WOMAN Challenge

Great recipe here...

Momma x5 — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:19:48 -0600

lol! I really can't stand most eggnog, but awhile back came across this recipe via. Family Fun: 'tis AMAZING! http://jas.familyfun.go.com/recipefinder/display?id=40582

Eggs-travagant Nog
RECIPE INGREDIENTS:
6 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 cups milk
l cup half and half (or milk, for lighter nog)
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 pint superpremium vanilla ice cream

1. Whisk together the egg yolks, sugar, and nutmeg in a large bowl.
2. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, heat the milk until it steams.
3. Pour some of the hot milk over the egg mixture and whisk (this keeps the eggs from scrambling), then scrape this egg mixture into the saucepan with the rest of the milk and cook over medium-low heat, whisking constantly, until it thickens a bit, about 10 minutes (or reads 165° to 175° on a candy thermometer).
4. Remove from the heat and stir in the half and half and vanilla extract, then pour the mixture through a strainer into a clean bowl.
5. Add the ice cream, and stir until melted. Cover and chill at least 1 hour, then stir before serving. Garnish with nutmeg. Makes 12 servings.

Real Life Mothering!
http://www.pancakesandpinesol.com

yummy nog!

alyssaroyse — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:42:05 -0600

I have to say, one of the greatest benefits of having a backyard full of chickens is that we got fresh eggs today to make eggnog from scratch..... and, done that way, it's not nearly as bad..... in a whole batch, that "fed" 9 people, i used 8 eggs and 1/2 a gallon of whole milk from "our" cows.... that breaks down to an egg and a glass of milk. and when you whip the whites separately, it's all light and fluffy..... good stuff. yeah, the sugar and rum throw things off a bit but it's christmas....

ho ho ho ho. no hum. :)
___________
Alyssa Royse
JUST CAUSE
make some good news!
www.JustCauseIt.com

Thanks Jill

Catherine Morgan — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:27:48 -0600

Merry Christmas to you too.

Contributing Editor Catherine Morgan
also at CatherineBlogs.com and The Political Voices of Women

Merry Christmas, Catherine, Bloghers

Jill — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 08:16:05 -0600

That's all. :)

Enjoy.
ill
Writes Like She Talks

I like this post

debra roby — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:02:04 -0600

I think I've finally been able to voice the ache I feel at this time of year. It's not the extravagance of the meals, it's not the grandness of the gifts. It's not creating new traditions.

It's the sense (and I'm sure it's wrong) that when other get together they feel that they are exactly where they belong. They are with people who care about them, whether "real family" or not.

I can go spend the day with a friend's family; it places me in a home, it does not place me in a family. It does not make me feel that I belong. Watch TV this month, you will see a number of characters who live away from their blood relatives; yet they all get together to share a holiday with a sense that they belong there together. That in that place and time, they are family. In RL, I don't see that happening. It's just another unrealistic expectation that has been created.

Creating traditions are about sharing a repeatable experience with others you care about. My spouse never had traditions growing up (except, as he puts it, adults screaming at each other). So he has no desire to create or experience a holiday tradition. I told him for the first 12 years of our marriage the simple tradition he could have done that would have made my holidays feel real. He found it stupid, and rejected it. And he's the most I've got.

So we spend each holiday just like it's an ordinary day, with every type of media telling me that I'm wrong. That somehow if I worked harder at it, tried more, or did some other feat of magic then the holidays would have meaning for me beyond pointing out the failings of my life. Yeah, I don't think so.

In a perfect world, I would roll into a cave and hibernate from November 10th until about January 15th. But I don't have that choice. So I will walk through as best I can. And without ever mumbling "bah humbug.." though I may think.

Debra
A Stitch In Time
Deb's Daily Distractions

Thank you, I needed this and I needed it right now!

Lovebabz — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:41:47 -0600

I sure do appreciate this post today. As my estranged husband I go about the business of co-parenting, I was feeling out of sorts since this season is our first as a separated couple. I am extra conscience of how the kids fare in all this transition. Thanks! And Happy Holidays!
Love,
Babz
www.lovebabz.blogspot.com

I try to respond to the "Taboo" gently, Mata...

lauriewrites — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:36:07 -0600

I know it exists, and I think it's important to write posts like this one that tell us it's basically okay to feel however we want to about this time of year. I wrote a post the other day on my site that addressed some of the holiday pressures, and my response to them. Basically, I say, "Do whatever you want, just don't expect everyone to be in the same mood." I have Thanksgiving, Christmas, a birthday, a busy season at work, finals, and then New Year's all in a row...I try to take energy from it, but this year I'm not in the mood.

I think I just have a natural dip in mood that goes along with the shorter and grayer days - the seasonal affective thing really gets me!

Thanks again for this.

Laurie

I hear you all loud and clear

Mata H — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:33:50 -0600

"in soul pain" about caps it perfectly. Y'all are right about shifting the focus, embracing the gratitudes, rallying the troops of support. It is amazing to me every year how many people are in this struggle. There is almost a cultural taboo against mentioning it.

Fortunately I can focus on packing boxes for my move this year and let that carry me over the worst of the blues humps. Some years are tough, others less. Hang in there, sisters, and feel free to come here and vent.

~~ Contributing Editor, Mata H. also blogs relentlessly at Time's Fool

Empty Nester

IAAdmin — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:15:19 -0600

About a year ago, I moved to LA from the East Coast, where most of my family resides. Last year's Thanksgiving, I spent with the family of a friend of mine so the holiday seem a little "normal." This year, I spent it by myself. For the first time in many years, I didn't have turkey, stuffing, or mashed potatoes.

At first, it was depressing. Who wants to spend a holiday, with so much family focus, alone. What I missed the most was the kitchen. Talking, laughing, and just enjoying each other's company. Sometimes it hard being an empty-nester.

But, as the day went on, I discovered, I was actually doing fine. I had plenty of things to keep me busy. I also spent an hour on the phone talking to my daughters.

Next year, hopefully, I'll be able to fly back for Thanksgiving, although, this year, I learned I can do it alone.

Lisa
Iowa Avenue
Iowa Avenue is a dynamic community connecting people in a meaningful way for a meaningful purpose. It’s about a healthy lifestyle!

I have good days and bad...

debra roby — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:08:15 -0600

So far I have good days and bad. For about 10 days before Thanksgiving, I was miserable. Crying and grouchy and definitely feeling out of step with the world. Not just sorry for myself, but in soul pain.

However, I had no expectations for my own Thanksgiving and I've avoided public places since then, so it's not too bad AT THE MOMENT. Tuesday I need to visit a mall. And when regular TV shows begin to be replaced with holiday specials? I'm not sure that NetFlix will be able to ship me new movies fast enough.

I'd still like to hibernate from 11/10 until the first football game begins on New Year's Day.

Debra
A Stitch In Time
Deb's Daily Distractions

I'm At Puke Level Right Now...

Gena Haskett — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:00:59 -0600

Is is February 15th yet? I'm fighting off the holiday depressions. I had to go into a mall to purchase needed item, a bus pass. I don't shop for Xmas or any other holiday. It was pukeable. Xmas music, families everywhere and the insistence that buying items are required for joy and fulfillment.

I'm not against any of the above (okay I can really do without bad Xmas music) but it is almost like a cultural insistence that I be happy and I must buy stuff. I should have known better than to enter one foot in Stepford Land. Some years I handle it much better than others. This year the internal crud level started way earlier than it ever has before.

I want to be in isolation but I can't. I have to go to work, I have to use mass transit and there is a part of me that really embraces her Grinch blood line so I have to dig a little deeper to manifest "cheer".

I have to get elemental about it. I think first I have to embrace the gratitudes and remember any good thing that I've archived, accomplished or did well. I really have to give thanks to those people who helps me move forward this year, real, virtual and imaginary. I can't be skimpy on the support team. We all need reinforcement.

I think now more than ever you have to hold your passions around you like a trench coat. Or take time to discover something new - I've self-medicated on the personal financial blogger sites. I'm learning and understanding new concepts that have nothing to do with this time of year.

I'm also checking out pages on TV detectives and who knows what I'll be sucking in on Thursday. You gotta find that carrot that moves you forward.

I certainly have to reconnect with Spirit which for me means finding trees, grass or a ride to the ocean.

It will be ok, eyes on the prize - January 2nd.

Gena - Out On The Stoop

Allergies...not just for kids

Lovebabz — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:44:52 -0600

I am a grown woman with a life threatening allergy to milk, milk proteins, caiseine, cheese, butter anything and everything that has traces of milk proteins. I was not always allergic. I grew up drinking milk and eating cheese pizza, no problems ever. By the time I was about 25 I began having flu-like symptoms, I got pneumonia only it wasn’t. So my Dr. and a team of other medical professionals decided to start testing for allegies, nothing registered and yet I was getting sicker all the time. I was hopsitalized once and in a come another time. Anyway we figured out by process of elimination that I had this freak milk allergy that masks itself as something else. I am 44 years old now and the allergy has shown no signs of regressing or leaving. I have learned to live with this. So thanks for championing this effort–there are a great many adults who have this same deal as I. Thank you.

Love,
Babz
www.lovebabz.blogspot.com