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6/5/08
6/4/08
Kitties Update ...
There's only two kittens. Yippee!
Poor Alien had to sleep in the same room with them. She's usually a sound sleeper, but every sound she heard last night had her jumping up to check on the new babies. See, we can't close the door since Ros needs to get to the litter boxes (Alien brought food and water up to her room for Ros) ... so the other cats kept sneaking into Alien's room last night trying to check out the new babies. Ros wouldn't hear of it and kept letting out warning growls. The other cats finally gave up, but they all stayed in Alien's room and slept with Alien.
She's got a way with animals, that child does. And not just our pets, but any animal. Totally opposite Single Son and his bad luck with the animal kingdom, that's for sure!!
I haven't tried to get close to the kitties yet. I doubt Ros would let me. Alien, however, was allowed to check on them. She only saw one clearly enough, said it looks like a dalmatian, mostly white with a few tiger stripe *spots* on it. Said it's the ugliest kitten she's ever seen, LOL! I told her "now, remember they were just born, it'll take a while for them to register on the cute-ometer. Besides, you weren't that cute as a newborn yourself but look at you now!! " LOL. Yup, remember my philosophy ... "If your kids don't end up in therapy as adults you're raising 'em wrong".
Before leaving for school today Alien woke me up with "instructions" for the day. Check on the kittens frequently and to keep the others away. Riiiiiight. I'm going back to bed!! I barely slept last night. Ros will keep the others away just fine, trust me! Gotta laugh, though, it was cute. She's a hovering kitty-gramma, she is!!
Tonight is Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. I'm sure Alien will come into the room a hundred times while I'm watching the game to tell me to shush because I'm scaring the "babies".
Poor Alien had to sleep in the same room with them. She's usually a sound sleeper, but every sound she heard last night had her jumping up to check on the new babies. See, we can't close the door since Ros needs to get to the litter boxes (Alien brought food and water up to her room for Ros) ... so the other cats kept sneaking into Alien's room last night trying to check out the new babies. Ros wouldn't hear of it and kept letting out warning growls. The other cats finally gave up, but they all stayed in Alien's room and slept with Alien.
She's got a way with animals, that child does. And not just our pets, but any animal. Totally opposite Single Son and his bad luck with the animal kingdom, that's for sure!!
I haven't tried to get close to the kitties yet. I doubt Ros would let me. Alien, however, was allowed to check on them. She only saw one clearly enough, said it looks like a dalmatian, mostly white with a few tiger stripe *spots* on it. Said it's the ugliest kitten she's ever seen, LOL! I told her "now, remember they were just born, it'll take a while for them to register on the cute-ometer. Besides, you weren't that cute as a newborn yourself but look at you now!! " LOL. Yup, remember my philosophy ... "If your kids don't end up in therapy as adults you're raising 'em wrong".
Before leaving for school today Alien woke me up with "instructions" for the day. Check on the kittens frequently and to keep the others away. Riiiiiight. I'm going back to bed!! I barely slept last night. Ros will keep the others away just fine, trust me! Gotta laugh, though, it was cute. She's a hovering kitty-gramma, she is!!
Tonight is Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. I'm sure Alien will come into the room a hundred times while I'm watching the game to tell me to shush because I'm scaring the "babies".
6/3/08
Kitties Kitties ...
So we knew Ros Kitty was pregnant. We just hadn't calculated *how* pregnant that's all. We have two new baby kitties, barely an hour old. Born, of all places, in Alien's closet. We have no idea if there's more coming or not, but based on the fact Momma is still walking around meowing up a storm I have to assume there's at least one left to be born. Then again, knowing Ros she may have been telling us to come check out the latest litter.
I'm so adopting not only all these new kitties out, but the Kitten Factory is outta here in six weeks, too. The other two cats, Ros' first litter, are now old enough that they're gonna be fixed as soon as the vet has their next "low income" day.
I'm sure pictures will follow in the up-coming days, once the kittens are out and about.
What's funny is one of the kittens has already been adopted out, Bubba's girlfriend wants one soooooo bad and has been just waiting for this litter to be born, LOL. I just need to adopt out Momma and the remaining kitten(s).
Anyone want a kitten? LOL!
I'm so adopting not only all these new kitties out, but the Kitten Factory is outta here in six weeks, too. The other two cats, Ros' first litter, are now old enough that they're gonna be fixed as soon as the vet has their next "low income" day.
I'm sure pictures will follow in the up-coming days, once the kittens are out and about.
What's funny is one of the kittens has already been adopted out, Bubba's girlfriend wants one soooooo bad and has been just waiting for this litter to be born, LOL. I just need to adopt out Momma and the remaining kitten(s).
Anyone want a kitten? LOL!
Ros Kitty (a.k.a. the Kitten Factory) chilling with Alien just about an hour before the kittens were born. Shoulda known then that something was up. The only time Ros comes into my room is when she's in need of something - like comfort in this case. LOL!
Cocoa for Diabetes?
| Rating: | ★★★★★ |
| Category: | Other |
By Kelli Miller Stacy
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
May 27, 2008 -- A cup of hot cocoa may seem like a no-no for people with diabetes, but the beverage may actually serve up a healthy dose of prevention and ward off heart disease, the leading cause of diabetes-related death.
New research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology provides substantial evidence that compounds in cocoa called flavonols improve the function and overall health of blood vessels. Unhealthy blood vessels are a leading cause of cardiovascular complications in people with diabetes.
Flavonols are naturally occurring plant compounds found in chocolate, red wine, and certain fruits and vegetables. A growing body of evidence suggests that cocoa flavonols have circulatory health benefits.
For the study, Malte Kelm, MD, a professor and chairman of cardiology, pulmonology and vascular medicine at the University Hospital Aachen and the Technical University Aachen, in Aachen, Germany, and colleagues examined the effect of a specially made flavonol-rich cocoa on patients with stable, treated type 2 diabetes.
The study participants randomly received cocoa containing either 25 milligrams or 321 milligrams of flavonol per serving. They drank the cocoa three times a day for 30 days. Researchers calculated each patient's blood vessel function before and after cocoa consumption at the start of the study and on days 8 and 30, using a combination of ultrasound images and blood pressure measurements.
Patients who drank the high-flavonol cocoa for one month had their blood vessel function improve from severely impaired to normal. Drinking the low-dose flavanol cocoa did not result in any significant changes in blood vessel function.
Researchers caution that the high-dose flavonol cocoa used in their study greatly exceeds the typical U.S. dietary intake of 20 to 100 milligrams daily, and you can't buy the extra-strength version in stores. Rather, they are optimistic that flavonol-containing diets offer an innovative approach to preventing heart disease.
"This research focuses on what's at the true heart of the discussion on 'healthy chocolate' -- it's about cocoa flavonols, the naturally occurring compounds in cocoa," Kelm writes. "While more research is needed, our results demonstrate that dietary flavonols might have an important impact as part of a healthy diet in the prevention of cardiovascular complications in diabetic patients."
In an accompanying editorial, Umberto Campia, MD, calls the study "important and thought-provoking," adding that "this is the foundation we need for doing a much larger prospective study that looks at the effect of cocoa flavonols not just on endothelial function, but also on the risk of heart attack, stroke, and other serious forms of cardiovascular disease."
http://diabetes.webmd.com/news/20080527/cocoa-for-diabetes?ecd=wnl_dia_060308
Ten Thoughts Tuesday
1) OMG!! What a hockey game last night! Three overtime periods. A let down that the Penguins scored the winning goal. But it was a hell of a game anyway.
2) Married Son brought the "crew" with him yesterday to mow the lawn. His brother-in-law and a friend. Son text messaged me with a warning that the friend was heavily tattoed and pierced ... what he should have warned me about was the friend was wearing a kilt. Or was it a dress?? Is it a kilt *if* a Puerto Rican kid is wearing it?
Although the piercings were a little extensive, too. Hard to keep a straight face when talking to a kid that has gauged ears (coulda put a silver dollar in those ear-holes they were so huge), and a spear in his nose.
3) So the lawn finally got mowed! Yippee! The tractor he brought with him died just as they were finishing up. What timing. Now that the lawn's been tamed I can have the lawn-guy come out and do it. He had refused because it had grown too long.
4) See ... this is how long the grass was ...
And you thought I was kidding when I said it was long enough to lose Grandson in!!
5) I really haven't been online lately. Been trying to catch up with ya'll ... darn near impossible. Ya'll been busy blogging!!
6) I still haven't figured out what I'm going to do about the car situation now. I will be taking over Single Son's van as soon as he gets a new car. I can't sell my car because I'll never break even with just the recent repairs on it. Four grand has been sunk into it in the last year, but there's no way I could get more than about a grand for it. Can't junk it, it'd be throwing all that money away if I did. Thought about selling the van, but won't make a dime on it either - yet to replace the car when it finally dies will cost me twice as much as I'd make on the van. Can't have Alien drive it either ... the insurance would kill me!! Besides, thanks to Bubba she owns a car anyway - and he's paying dearly for the insurance, hehehehe. Thought about giving it to Married Son so DIL would have a car - but he'd only turn around and junk it!
7) Alien wants to go with Tiger and me to my Class Reunion in July. Her excuse is if there's any little kids there she can watch them while the adults reminisce about the old days. Riiiiiiiiiiight, I can see that!! NOT!! Don't want to scare any of my classmates who have young kids with the Alien. I could see her mouth just running wild. That girl ain't shy!! Scary thing is her humor is exactly the same as mine was at her age.
Wow ... seven thoughts. This is getting harder ...
8) I read in Penguin's blog that she's getting back into beading. I really need to get off my behind and get back to it, too. I've got about a dozen unfinished beading projects just waiting for me to finish. Mostly diabetic alert bracelets. I got side tracked when I had to tear a few of them apart to add a "U" shaped wire-guard to keep them from breaking. I ran out of the wire guards and just never went back to the bead store for more. Maybe I'll do that this weekend when Alien's at her dad's house. Otherwise, shopping with her, even in the bead store is just too expensive. LOL!
9) Single Son and his GF have been on a cleaning spree. It's great! However, the messes made in the process are nuts. I'm really not complaining, though. At least someone is doing the heavy duty stuff that I can't do anymore.
10) I haven't used my dishwasher in about a year now. It's just easier for me to wash the few dishes we use a day by hand. I decided the other day to clean the dishwasher out and start using it again. Imagine my surprise when I opened it and there were half a dozen dishes in there! Do you know that dishes left in a dishwasher for a year will get moldy? YUCK!! And how did I not notice some of my dishes were missing? LOL. Easy. We have three sets of dishes we use on a daily basis. They aren't sorted in the cupboard, they're just stacked in any ol' way according to type of dish or bowl, but not by pattern. It was easy to overlook a few of them missing.
Ya'll have a great day. I'll be trying to catch up with ya'll today.
2) Married Son brought the "crew" with him yesterday to mow the lawn. His brother-in-law and a friend. Son text messaged me with a warning that the friend was heavily tattoed and pierced ... what he should have warned me about was the friend was wearing a kilt. Or was it a dress?? Is it a kilt *if* a Puerto Rican kid is wearing it?
Although the piercings were a little extensive, too. Hard to keep a straight face when talking to a kid that has gauged ears (coulda put a silver dollar in those ear-holes they were so huge), and a spear in his nose. 3) So the lawn finally got mowed! Yippee! The tractor he brought with him died just as they were finishing up. What timing. Now that the lawn's been tamed I can have the lawn-guy come out and do it. He had refused because it had grown too long.
4) See ... this is how long the grass was ...
And you thought I was kidding when I said it was long enough to lose Grandson in!!
5) I really haven't been online lately. Been trying to catch up with ya'll ... darn near impossible. Ya'll been busy blogging!!
6) I still haven't figured out what I'm going to do about the car situation now. I will be taking over Single Son's van as soon as he gets a new car. I can't sell my car because I'll never break even with just the recent repairs on it. Four grand has been sunk into it in the last year, but there's no way I could get more than about a grand for it. Can't junk it, it'd be throwing all that money away if I did. Thought about selling the van, but won't make a dime on it either - yet to replace the car when it finally dies will cost me twice as much as I'd make on the van. Can't have Alien drive it either ... the insurance would kill me!! Besides, thanks to Bubba she owns a car anyway - and he's paying dearly for the insurance, hehehehe. Thought about giving it to Married Son so DIL would have a car - but he'd only turn around and junk it!
7) Alien wants to go with Tiger and me to my Class Reunion in July. Her excuse is if there's any little kids there she can watch them while the adults reminisce about the old days. Riiiiiiiiiiight, I can see that!! NOT!! Don't want to scare any of my classmates who have young kids with the Alien. I could see her mouth just running wild. That girl ain't shy!! Scary thing is her humor is exactly the same as mine was at her age.
Wow ... seven thoughts. This is getting harder ...
8) I read in Penguin's blog that she's getting back into beading. I really need to get off my behind and get back to it, too. I've got about a dozen unfinished beading projects just waiting for me to finish. Mostly diabetic alert bracelets. I got side tracked when I had to tear a few of them apart to add a "U" shaped wire-guard to keep them from breaking. I ran out of the wire guards and just never went back to the bead store for more. Maybe I'll do that this weekend when Alien's at her dad's house. Otherwise, shopping with her, even in the bead store is just too expensive. LOL!
9) Single Son and his GF have been on a cleaning spree. It's great! However, the messes made in the process are nuts. I'm really not complaining, though. At least someone is doing the heavy duty stuff that I can't do anymore.
10) I haven't used my dishwasher in about a year now. It's just easier for me to wash the few dishes we use a day by hand. I decided the other day to clean the dishwasher out and start using it again. Imagine my surprise when I opened it and there were half a dozen dishes in there! Do you know that dishes left in a dishwasher for a year will get moldy? YUCK!! And how did I not notice some of my dishes were missing? LOL. Easy. We have three sets of dishes we use on a daily basis. They aren't sorted in the cupboard, they're just stacked in any ol' way according to type of dish or bowl, but not by pattern. It was easy to overlook a few of them missing.
Ya'll have a great day. I'll be trying to catch up with ya'll today.
6/1/08
Gross Grub - Froot Poops
Description:
Recipe source unknown.
Ingredients:
1 and 1/2 pkg (12 oz) chocolate chips
1- 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
dash salt
2 tsp. vanilla
1 and 1/2 cups chopped, dried mixed fruit
Directions:
1. Line the bottom of a 9 inch square pan with waxed paper.
2. Pour chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, and salt into large glass bowl and melt in microwave. Stir constantly to determine when melted.
3. Pour in vanilla and dried fruit. Stir into chocolate mixture.
4. Pour chocolate mixture into lined pan and spread it evenly with your rubber scraper. Place pan in the refrigerator and chill for at least two hours.
5. When thoroughly chilled, invert chocolate mixture onto cutting board. Cut into 1 inch squares.
6. Create loads of uniquely shaped diarrhea dumps by rolling each square between the palms or your clean, dry hands. Make some flat, round disks, some short, thick poops, and some long skinny ones!
Recipe source unknown.
Ingredients:
1 and 1/2 pkg (12 oz) chocolate chips
1- 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
dash salt
2 tsp. vanilla
1 and 1/2 cups chopped, dried mixed fruit
Directions:
1. Line the bottom of a 9 inch square pan with waxed paper.
2. Pour chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, and salt into large glass bowl and melt in microwave. Stir constantly to determine when melted.
3. Pour in vanilla and dried fruit. Stir into chocolate mixture.
4. Pour chocolate mixture into lined pan and spread it evenly with your rubber scraper. Place pan in the refrigerator and chill for at least two hours.
5. When thoroughly chilled, invert chocolate mixture onto cutting board. Cut into 1 inch squares.
6. Create loads of uniquely shaped diarrhea dumps by rolling each square between the palms or your clean, dry hands. Make some flat, round disks, some short, thick poops, and some long skinny ones!
Gross Grub - Frog Eye Salad
Description:
Recipe source unknown.
Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 cups pineapple juice
2 egg -- beaten
1 tablespoon lemon juice
3 quarts water
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon cooking oil
1 package Acini de Pepe (A type of pasta)
3 cans mandarin oranges -- (11 ounce each) drained
2 cans crushed pineapple -- (20 ounce each) drained
1 carton Cool Whip -- (12 ounce)
Directions:
Combine sugar, flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt. Gradually stir in pineapple juice and eggs. Cook over moderate heat, stirring until thickened. Add lemon juice. Cool mixture to room temperature. Bring water, 2 teaspoons salt, and oil to boil. Add Acini de Pepe. Cook at a rolling boil until Acini de Pepe is done. Drain and rinse with water, drain again and cool to room temperature. Combine egg mixture and Acini de Pepe, mix lightly but thoroughly. Refrigerate over night, in an air tight container. Add remaining ingredients, mix lightly, but thoroughly. (I use a huge Tupperware bowl with a lid) Chill. Salad may be refrigerated as long as a week in air tight container.
Variation- Add red (or green) food coloring to pasta as it cooks. May add a package of colored marshmallows. Marshmallows makes this a good pot luck recipe as it makes a big portion.
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