Monday, June 25, 2007
Home management binders
Starry Sky Ranch has also done a very nice series on Home Management Binders complete with FREE forms for your binders.
See my other posts on resources for home management binders!
Here and here. Also here.
See my other posts on resources for home management binders!
Here and here. Also here.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
This weekend, please join me in reading chapter 5 of An Understandable History of the Bible. We will discuss it on Monday. (HMB U will probaby continue on Tuesday or Wednesday. :-)
OK but here's the thing, we never do discuss it. A few folks put out a few comments, but those aren't even discussed. I too have posted comments (none of which have been published) with in depth comments on the chapters, and you chose not to discuss those either.
You assign chapters, which is fine, but this isn't by any stretch of the imagination a "discussion."
OK but here's the thing, we never do discuss it. A few folks put out a few comments, but those aren't even discussed. I too have posted comments (none of which have been published) with in depth comments on the chapters, and you chose not to discuss those either.
You assign chapters, which is fine, but this isn't by any stretch of the imagination a "discussion."
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Good reading
I'm up for some good reading Candy. Which is why I put several good choices in my side bar here. Enjoy!
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
This is an article I posted today over on my main blog in response to HMB University. I respost it her just for continuity. My comment notifying Candy of the article is above.
I had a thorough posting on Home Management Binders a few months ago here.
There are several good ones available on line and in book stores. It really doesn't take a lot of time or energy and it can be as individualized as each mom is! My advice is make it useful, and have fun with it.
As an aside:
I would not however recommend Candy's home management binder, for reasons I go into in that link.
On my Visits to Candyland Blog I had ladies who criticized my opposition to that blog and probably my boycott of her e-binder.
They said they supported her because she supported sanctity in the home. They did not support me because I was just "creating fights where there is none."
Or that if I truly felt she was wrong, "the only Christian thing that you can do is pray for her."
I submit that if someone is spreading lies and untruths about your faith, there is a fight there, whether you participate in it or not. I also believe that there is nothing wrong with Christians taking a little more assertive action aside from prayer in the face of persecution and bigotry. In fact in the Catholic tradition, I think we're called to do so.
I had a thorough posting on Home Management Binders a few months ago here.
There are several good ones available on line and in book stores. It really doesn't take a lot of time or energy and it can be as individualized as each mom is! My advice is make it useful, and have fun with it.
As an aside:
I would not however recommend Candy's home management binder, for reasons I go into in that link.
On my Visits to Candyland Blog I had ladies who criticized my opposition to that blog and probably my boycott of her e-binder.
They said they supported her because she supported sanctity in the home. They did not support me because I was just "creating fights where there is none."
Or that if I truly felt she was wrong, "the only Christian thing that you can do is pray for her."
I submit that if someone is spreading lies and untruths about your faith, there is a fight there, whether you participate in it or not. I also believe that there is nothing wrong with Christians taking a little more assertive action aside from prayer in the face of persecution and bigotry. In fact in the Catholic tradition, I think we're called to do so.
I have more comments up today here.
It did occur to me Candy, that if the language has become polluted over the years, aren't you part of that as you do not write and speak in old English? It seems to me that both you and Dr. Gipp should be doing your part to bring back the language of King James if that is indeed the pure language God intended.
It did occur to me Candy, that if the language has become polluted over the years, aren't you part of that as you do not write and speak in old English? It seems to me that both you and Dr. Gipp should be doing your part to bring back the language of King James if that is indeed the pure language God intended.
Monday, June 18, 2007
My comments for the weekend reading are here.
I doubt you'll include them. I doubt you'll discuss them, Nonetheless they continue to do well in search engine reviews and so I shall persevere.
I doubt you'll include them. I doubt you'll discuss them, Nonetheless they continue to do well in search engine reviews and so I shall persevere.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Strawmen and red herrings abound in the baby formula!
Because I don't have accurate records of my comments to Candy regarding her shopping list, I can just link to what I said on my main blog about it - which wasn't much!
My main comment to Candy was along the lines of a discrepancy I see from a blogger who goes out of her way to know a lot of nutritional information about the foods she serves her family, and even makes her own bread and yogurt but then uses baby formula instead of breast milk for her infant. That's it. It's an honest observation. She chose to take the persecution route.
My main comment to Candy was along the lines of a discrepancy I see from a blogger who goes out of her way to know a lot of nutritional information about the foods she serves her family, and even makes her own bread and yogurt but then uses baby formula instead of breast milk for her infant. That's it. It's an honest observation. She chose to take the persecution route.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Breast really is best - even for older babies!
In our culture it is sometimes difficult to keep moms nursing much past the new born phase. With many moms not knowing older women or other moms who have nursed older babies or toddlers to ask when they have questions it's easy to get confused and then to give up.
Kellymom had a great link about when you think you're not making enough milk for an older baby.
kellymom.com :: Increasing Low Milk Supply
In my own experience, I remember spending one afternoon doing nothing but nursing my baby who still cried and fussed. Even though he had been nursing for hours, he was still acting hungry. I gave him a little bit of applesauce with some baby rice mixed in which he promptly gobbled up and went to sleep! After that I always gave him a little bit of applesauce and rice in the late afternoon AFTER nursing. We went on to nurse for several years until he was weaned and I never questioned that the breastmilk he got was really the best thing for him, even as we added other foods to his diet!
Some other articles.
Breast is best for toddlers.
Breastmilk nutrition for toddlers.
Breast milk beneficial for toddlers.
Kellymom had a great link about when you think you're not making enough milk for an older baby.
kellymom.com :: Increasing Low Milk Supply
In my own experience, I remember spending one afternoon doing nothing but nursing my baby who still cried and fussed. Even though he had been nursing for hours, he was still acting hungry. I gave him a little bit of applesauce with some baby rice mixed in which he promptly gobbled up and went to sleep! After that I always gave him a little bit of applesauce and rice in the late afternoon AFTER nursing. We went on to nurse for several years until he was weaned and I never questioned that the breastmilk he got was really the best thing for him, even as we added other foods to his diet!
Some other articles.
Breast is best for toddlers.
Breastmilk nutrition for toddlers.
Breast milk beneficial for toddlers.
Perhaps this is said, but it is wrong. That anyone can say such a thing only.
shows how ignorant so many people in our society are about breastfeeding.
Breastmilk is, after all, milk. Even after six months, it still contains
protein, fat, and other nutritionally important and appropriate elements which
babies and children need. Breastmilk still contains immunologic factors that
help protect the baby. In fact, some immune factors in breastmilk that protect
the baby against infection are present in greater amounts in the second year of
life than in the first. This is, of course as it should be, since children older
than a year are generally exposed to more infection. Breastmilk still contains
factors that help the immune system to mature, and which help the brain, gut,
and other organs to develop and mature
Serious question to Natalie and Nickie
Thank you ladies for taking the time to comment. May I ask you some sincere questions?
Does it not bother you that Candy only ever gives one side of a discussion? Does it bother you that she never posts comments that disagree with her perspective, even if done graciously and courteously? Or perhaps you were not aware that that is what happens on her blog behind the scenes?
Doesn't it bother you that she bashes a group of Christians regularly and on her side bar? Are you aware that many consider that to be bigotry?
I'm just trying to understand this. I realize that she does have a lot of veryhelpful things on her blog. However if she as openly bashed the overweight, blacks, Jews, gays, the retarded, pick a group, I doubt that many would stand for it. Why then is it okay to bash Catholics or to allow that kind of bigotry to stand just to get a few household hints that could just as easily be gleaned elsewhere?
Does it not bother you that Candy only ever gives one side of a discussion? Does it bother you that she never posts comments that disagree with her perspective, even if done graciously and courteously? Or perhaps you were not aware that that is what happens on her blog behind the scenes?
Doesn't it bother you that she bashes a group of Christians regularly and on her side bar? Are you aware that many consider that to be bigotry?
I'm just trying to understand this. I realize that she does have a lot of veryhelpful things on her blog. However if she as openly bashed the overweight, blacks, Jews, gays, the retarded, pick a group, I doubt that many would stand for it. Why then is it okay to bash Catholics or to allow that kind of bigotry to stand just to get a few household hints that could just as easily be gleaned elsewhere?
"I suspect this will help her see the sheer amounts of comments she has been sending me, and they should hopefully dwindle down to just a few." (See this post where Candy says, "I'm nearing *2000 visits to this website per day now, so to all my new visitors - Welcome! :-D"
Just one more thought. I am impressed that through your "2000" visits a day, you are still able to go through and pick mine out of the crowd! Truly impressive!
* I highly doubt it.
Just one more thought. I am impressed that through your "2000" visits a day, you are still able to go through and pick mine out of the crowd! Truly impressive!
* I highly doubt it.
Rebuttal to post of the day
Today's Rant
I'm not a "crunchy Christian," nor am I any form of hippie. I am very conservative, and I love modern conviences.
To all the people who are freakin' and tweakin' because I have "formula, baby food, and wet wipes" on my grocery list, relax... Sheesh. :-)
I did breastfeed all of my children. However, I'm personally disgusted when I see a child who is walking and talking still getting milkies. I'm not saying that is wrong, but it just personally gives me the willies. I do not nurse my children that long, sorry. :- My baby is nearing 1 year of age, and could probably take cow's milk, but I'm using formula first, and I see nothing whatsoever wrong with that.
I am NOT anti-formula. Formula is a GREAT invention, and I praise God that it exists. Disposable diapers are great, and I love them as well. I would cloth diaper if need be, but hubby wants me to stick with disposables, and I have no arguments with that whatsoever.
Also, I like the baby wipes I get - they are all natural and cloth like, and have worked great on all my children.
I love the jar baby food. I read the ingredients first, and the foods I buy for baby are just veggies or fruit mahsed and mixed with water, and sometimes some grated meat as well. I also feed her some table food from my plate, like eggs, carrots, and potatoes.
If you are shocked about my grocery list, then you probably think I'm someone that I'm not. This is how people, like my "troll", who spams my site with dozens of comments per day, calling me a "hypocrite," and "fake" came about. I am not a Cruncy Christian, but I do like to make most of my family's food by scratch. However, I currently don't grow any of our food. I've never planted a thing in my life (however I am currently researching gardening, but only because of the money-saving feature. Otherwise, I'm currently not really that interested.) I also don't sew my own clothes. I repair them, and now have a sewing machine, so that I can learn in the future...
Yes, I homebirth, don't vaccinate, etc. However, if you have me in a certain mold, then you may be shocked to find out that I don't particularly like Attachment Parenting. I don't wear my babies, nor do I teach them to need to be held all the time (on the other end of the spectrum, I never let my babies just cry and cry either). I own a baby sling (was a gift) and never use it.
I feed my babies on a schedule, starting from around 2 weeks old. Because of this, all my babies started sleeping through the night at around 6 weeks old (some tried to earler, but I wouldn't let them do it too young).
Also, many of you know that I attend an Independent, Fundamentalist Baptist church, but I am NOT a Baptist. I am no part of any denomination, I simply read and believe the Bible. Because of a few of my biblical beliefs, I am actually not able to become a member of the church I attend, so I am a "perpetual guest."
To conclude, just be warned: When a person tries to put me into a mold, they will eventually be dissapointed. For example, Elena now puts up regular Candy-Bashing posts on her site, and has been spamming my site daily with dozens of comments. She is offended that I did not behave the way she thought I should have, when we engaged in a short debate on Roman Catholicism vs. Christianity. She could have chosen to let it go, or engage me on friendly lines, but instead she picks every single thing apart I say and attacks me for it. Elena recently let me know that she is going to start saving a copy of all the comments she sends me from now on, so I suspect this will help her see the sheer amounts of comments she has been sending me, and they should hopefully dwindle down to just a few.
Another example - Brandy (not the one I link to in the sidebar). She used to call me one of her best friends. We were e-friends for years. Then, one day I emailed her, telling her that I was concerned that she wasn't in her Bible, and that for a while her blog seemed like she was in dispair. The email I sent her was meant to give her a helping hand, but she didn't like my "tone." When I appologized, she didn't like my "tone" there either. Hence, she has built up a big story that I am some scammer who isn't really who she says she is, and is just trying to sell books online. :-? I didn't fit Brandy's mold, so she instead created me as some type of monster in her head, instead of pondering that maybe I'm an okay person, just different than she thought I was. I've tried to appologize to her in multiple emails, and even on this blog. EVERY attempt I made was met with picking apart what I said, and turning it all around to make it look like I'm a nasty person. :-( Some things you just have to give up on, but I still miss her, and am hurt that she thinks I'm so horrible, and just won't even allow me to attempt to clear her misunderstandings of me.
What is my point? It is simply this: I THINK FOR MYSELF. Hence, there is no group currently on this earth that I will fit into. For example, I like the Baptist beliefs on many things, because I can find those beliefs in the Bible. However, they are pre-trib - but I believe the Bible teaches mid. Also, my church believes that if you weren't baptized in a Baptist church, then you need to get rebaptized. I believe that just as long as you received a full-immersion baptism sometime after you became a saved, born again Christian, then it doesn't matter where your baptism took place (mine was in a non-denom church almost a dozen years ago.)
Well, I'm off now, to:
Run my dishwasher
Clean my microwave
Run my washing machine and DRIER
Put a disposable diaper on my baby and feed her a jar of fruit
Run my bread machine
Drive my car
Watch some Barney on PBS
Go run some errands and be a light for Christ
PS - If you are anti-formula, then I hope you are anti-cereal for yourself and your whole family as well. Things such as frosted flakes and cheerios are some of the most dangerous stuff you can put into your mouths. Or what about ice cream? It contains paint solvents. What about corn? It is so genetically mutated that it's a gamble to even consume one bite. Even the food you grow in your garden isn't that great. Have you researched the condition of the depleted soil.
For that matter, we are all sitting ducks. You could walk out your door, and something could just fall off of an airplane, and strike you on the head. Nothing is safe. Keep your eyes on Jesus and relax a bit. ;-)
posted by prayzgod 8:11 AM
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Hey Candy, for the record I don't care of you breastfeed until their 5 (world average by the way) or put them on the bottle as soon as they are out of the womb. I'm just pointing out that you make such a big deal about nutrition and natural foods, and then you give formula to a baby who hasn't even reached her first birthday yet. That is a striking change from your normal paradigm and I thought it was worthwhile making a note of it because of its inconsistency.
Secondly:
"For example, Elena now puts up regular Candy-Bashing posts on her site, and has been spamming my site daily with dozens of comments."
Nonsense. I have been following along the Sam Gipp book as have you, and adding my comments. It has hardly been Candy Bashing and most of it has been directly related to the book itself. It's not all about you dear.
"She is offended that I did not behave the way she thought I should have, when we engaged in a short debate on Roman Catholicism vs. Christianity."
(I lost this part so I am paraphrasing)
You don't "engage." You delete comments, post only the parts you want others to see and then rant about it. As far as I can tell you never "engage" anyone in an adult, civil manner on any controvertial issue.
"She could have chosen to let it go, or engage me on friendly lines, but instead she picks every single thing apart I say and attacks me for it."
I did engage with friendly lines - you rejected them. I hardly pick over every single thing Candy. Let's not overstate the case.
"Elena recently let me know that she is going to start saving a copy of all the comments she sends me from now on, so I suspect this will help her see the sheer amounts of comments she has been sending me, and they should hopefully dwindle down to just a few."
Or not. We'll see. I can be substantive and concise. It depends on the topic. I'm taking this to mean that you have no intention of publishing any of my comments, but fine - they'll be accessible through my site.
I'm not a "crunchy Christian," nor am I any form of hippie. I am very conservative, and I love modern conviences.
To all the people who are freakin' and tweakin' because I have "formula, baby food, and wet wipes" on my grocery list, relax... Sheesh. :-)
I did breastfeed all of my children. However, I'm personally disgusted when I see a child who is walking and talking still getting milkies. I'm not saying that is wrong, but it just personally gives me the willies. I do not nurse my children that long, sorry. :- My baby is nearing 1 year of age, and could probably take cow's milk, but I'm using formula first, and I see nothing whatsoever wrong with that.
I am NOT anti-formula. Formula is a GREAT invention, and I praise God that it exists. Disposable diapers are great, and I love them as well. I would cloth diaper if need be, but hubby wants me to stick with disposables, and I have no arguments with that whatsoever.
Also, I like the baby wipes I get - they are all natural and cloth like, and have worked great on all my children.
I love the jar baby food. I read the ingredients first, and the foods I buy for baby are just veggies or fruit mahsed and mixed with water, and sometimes some grated meat as well. I also feed her some table food from my plate, like eggs, carrots, and potatoes.
If you are shocked about my grocery list, then you probably think I'm someone that I'm not. This is how people, like my "troll", who spams my site with dozens of comments per day, calling me a "hypocrite," and "fake" came about. I am not a Cruncy Christian, but I do like to make most of my family's food by scratch. However, I currently don't grow any of our food. I've never planted a thing in my life (however I am currently researching gardening, but only because of the money-saving feature. Otherwise, I'm currently not really that interested.) I also don't sew my own clothes. I repair them, and now have a sewing machine, so that I can learn in the future...
Yes, I homebirth, don't vaccinate, etc. However, if you have me in a certain mold, then you may be shocked to find out that I don't particularly like Attachment Parenting. I don't wear my babies, nor do I teach them to need to be held all the time (on the other end of the spectrum, I never let my babies just cry and cry either). I own a baby sling (was a gift) and never use it.
I feed my babies on a schedule, starting from around 2 weeks old. Because of this, all my babies started sleeping through the night at around 6 weeks old (some tried to earler, but I wouldn't let them do it too young).
Also, many of you know that I attend an Independent, Fundamentalist Baptist church, but I am NOT a Baptist. I am no part of any denomination, I simply read and believe the Bible. Because of a few of my biblical beliefs, I am actually not able to become a member of the church I attend, so I am a "perpetual guest."
To conclude, just be warned: When a person tries to put me into a mold, they will eventually be dissapointed. For example, Elena now puts up regular Candy-Bashing posts on her site, and has been spamming my site daily with dozens of comments. She is offended that I did not behave the way she thought I should have, when we engaged in a short debate on Roman Catholicism vs. Christianity. She could have chosen to let it go, or engage me on friendly lines, but instead she picks every single thing apart I say and attacks me for it. Elena recently let me know that she is going to start saving a copy of all the comments she sends me from now on, so I suspect this will help her see the sheer amounts of comments she has been sending me, and they should hopefully dwindle down to just a few.
Another example - Brandy (not the one I link to in the sidebar). She used to call me one of her best friends. We were e-friends for years. Then, one day I emailed her, telling her that I was concerned that she wasn't in her Bible, and that for a while her blog seemed like she was in dispair. The email I sent her was meant to give her a helping hand, but she didn't like my "tone." When I appologized, she didn't like my "tone" there either. Hence, she has built up a big story that I am some scammer who isn't really who she says she is, and is just trying to sell books online. :-? I didn't fit Brandy's mold, so she instead created me as some type of monster in her head, instead of pondering that maybe I'm an okay person, just different than she thought I was. I've tried to appologize to her in multiple emails, and even on this blog. EVERY attempt I made was met with picking apart what I said, and turning it all around to make it look like I'm a nasty person. :-( Some things you just have to give up on, but I still miss her, and am hurt that she thinks I'm so horrible, and just won't even allow me to attempt to clear her misunderstandings of me.
What is my point? It is simply this: I THINK FOR MYSELF. Hence, there is no group currently on this earth that I will fit into. For example, I like the Baptist beliefs on many things, because I can find those beliefs in the Bible. However, they are pre-trib - but I believe the Bible teaches mid. Also, my church believes that if you weren't baptized in a Baptist church, then you need to get rebaptized. I believe that just as long as you received a full-immersion baptism sometime after you became a saved, born again Christian, then it doesn't matter where your baptism took place (mine was in a non-denom church almost a dozen years ago.)
Well, I'm off now, to:
Run my dishwasher
Clean my microwave
Run my washing machine and DRIER
Put a disposable diaper on my baby and feed her a jar of fruit
Run my bread machine
Drive my car
Watch some Barney on PBS
Go run some errands and be a light for Christ
PS - If you are anti-formula, then I hope you are anti-cereal for yourself and your whole family as well. Things such as frosted flakes and cheerios are some of the most dangerous stuff you can put into your mouths. Or what about ice cream? It contains paint solvents. What about corn? It is so genetically mutated that it's a gamble to even consume one bite. Even the food you grow in your garden isn't that great. Have you researched the condition of the depleted soil.
For that matter, we are all sitting ducks. You could walk out your door, and something could just fall off of an airplane, and strike you on the head. Nothing is safe. Keep your eyes on Jesus and relax a bit. ;-)
posted by prayzgod 8:11 AM
****************************
Hey Candy, for the record I don't care of you breastfeed until their 5 (world average by the way) or put them on the bottle as soon as they are out of the womb. I'm just pointing out that you make such a big deal about nutrition and natural foods, and then you give formula to a baby who hasn't even reached her first birthday yet. That is a striking change from your normal paradigm and I thought it was worthwhile making a note of it because of its inconsistency.
Secondly:
"For example, Elena now puts up regular Candy-Bashing posts on her site, and has been spamming my site daily with dozens of comments."
Nonsense. I have been following along the Sam Gipp book as have you, and adding my comments. It has hardly been Candy Bashing and most of it has been directly related to the book itself. It's not all about you dear.
"She is offended that I did not behave the way she thought I should have, when we engaged in a short debate on Roman Catholicism vs. Christianity."
(I lost this part so I am paraphrasing)
You don't "engage." You delete comments, post only the parts you want others to see and then rant about it. As far as I can tell you never "engage" anyone in an adult, civil manner on any controvertial issue.
"She could have chosen to let it go, or engage me on friendly lines, but instead she picks every single thing apart I say and attacks me for it."
I did engage with friendly lines - you rejected them. I hardly pick over every single thing Candy. Let's not overstate the case.
"Elena recently let me know that she is going to start saving a copy of all the comments she sends me from now on, so I suspect this will help her see the sheer amounts of comments she has been sending me, and they should hopefully dwindle down to just a few."
Or not. We'll see. I can be substantive and concise. It depends on the topic. I'm taking this to mean that you have no intention of publishing any of my comments, but fine - they'll be accessible through my site.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
My Followup post
A Letter to Elena - my own personal stalker
UPDATE: Amazing. Even as I was typing this quick post, Elena was busy sending me more accusatory, hurtful comments. In fact, as I'm writing this, I see that she is on my site right now. Elena, hit refresh now, it's been a few minutes...
Elena,
My comments and tracking system show that you visit my blog up to 20 times a day, often daily. The comment filtering system shows that you comment on my blog up to a dozen times a day, often daily. My filtering system ensures the full deletion of your comments, so that I don't have to waste my time reading any of them. However, on checking my stats, and seeing that my average reader here may come to my site a few times a day, and not necessarily every single day, then seeing you, the only one that currently comes to my site up to 20 times per day, and leaves up to 12 comments on my site a day, I set my filtering system to save random comments from for me to view later.
I viewed some of those comments, wondering if maybe you've been trying to find a way to reach me with something important to say. I see I was wrong. You are daily calling me names, picking apart almost all of my posts and telling me how "wrong," "hypocritical," "hateful" and "fake" you think I am.
My system shows that if you follow your average trend, you will visit my site at least 7 more times today, so when you come back in a few minutes and see this post, would you care to leave me a private comment, and tell me WHY you are set on constantly attacking me?
My filtering system for your comments is off for the next few hours, just in case you stepped out of the house for a few moments. This should give you plenty of time to tell me your logical reasons for your Ad Hominems (since you seem to love logic, yet I haven't seen you use much if any of it in the comments I've read from you).
Since I am a pattern-noticer, I predict an almost 100% probability that I will not get a logical answer from you, but will instead get something along the lines of "you poopy head," but in bigger words. Prove me wrong, if you're able.
Well here's the deal Candy, since you asked. I didn't originally come her to be adversarial, but you quickly made it that way. So be it.
You have enough readers telling you know wonderful you are. And now you can count on me for constructive critiques! I do not believe that I ever made direct ad hominem attacks on you although I have been tough on your posts. If I have I apologize.
For the sake of thorough documentation, I am from now on keeping a copy of all of my comments. If you feel I have made an ad hominem it will be easier to verify.
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