I got my presentation done, uploaded and have already asked questions on one classmate and answered questions on my own!  I need to ask questions one more classmate then I will just need to respond to questions from my classmates on my own presentation.  This means I can officially switch to finals studying mode tomorrow.  I don't know when I'm going to take it yet but I'm thinking Tuesday or Wednesday next week.  It's due by Wednesday but I prefer to take them during a nap time and it will need to be a day I don't have my friend's daughter.  We shall see how the studying goes. 

In other news, my children found the Christmas presents.  They approve... 

One of my classmates wrote a cookbook for during pregnancy.  I'm waiting on responses from her for publication data so I can share it here.  I also told her I need a copy in my life!  Studying nutrition on my own is rather interesting but she is getting a graduate certificate in the topic so I would love to learn from her!

Love and Light!

Last week of school and I'm still not done with this presentation!  I have the slides built but I'm used to the military way of doing them so I'm going to check how the civilians suggest doing them and do a mesh, I think.  I want this turned in no later than tomorrow so I can focus on this exam. 

The children both slept in this morning and I had breakfast cooked before they even got up.  This enabled me to get to work on this presentation earlier than normal.  My son is being needy right now so I need to take a break but at least I have gotten a start! 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GvNO3h-_4MI got my paper and book entry turned in yesterday.  I have started working on my presentation and am trying to get it done ASAP so I can get on to studying for my final exam.  Once the paper and book entry are graded, I can copy-paste information into the herbarium and I can provide that information here.  It will probably get posted as the finals studying is coming to a completion.  She has to have grades in on the 26th so the clock is ticking for her too!..

I just watched an interview with John Travolta.  It was so inspirational that I'd like to share that here.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GvNO3h-_4M
 
Love and Light!

I still have one study left to put in my papers and they are both due tomorrow.  I feel that clock ticking in a not-so-nice way.  I have the kids eating the first portion of breakfast.  More is cooking to get them nice and full.

As I cook, I'm listening to videos.  I listened to one just a few minutes ago which called technology an upgrade for humanity.  I had to add my commentary to the others on that one. I'd also mike to share my two cents here as well on the topic.

There was a time when people would sit in a den and talk for hours on meaningful topics.  Now, that den is a game room or a man-cave where people immerse themselves in trons that do not enrich their brains or their soul.  People sit in front of the TV instead of interacting with their family members.  People spend al day on social media talking to their friends without ever having met them to know if they are the person they say they are. Yes, some are honest, but are all? The fact that you burn more calories just SITTING than you do while watching TV is telling in what technology is doing to us.

Recently a fast food store closed down and they moved all the workers to a new location and now people are complaining about the new location.  If people are raised to live with their face in the phone, how can they learn to be good customer service representatives or even properly cook a person's meal?  We really need to rethink technology as a society and understand the ramifications of what we are doing to our children.  Love and Light!

Both the book entry and the literature review are now long enough.  I just need to add 2 more sources then read and edit it.  At this rate, I should be able to turn them both in on Tuesday.  Which only gives me a day to do my powerpoint which is NOT enough time.  I'm going to end up going into my finals cramming time to get my capstone stuff done.  The kids are very much wanting mommy time and it's got the potential to hurt my grade.  I have room with my grade in my capstone class but not Toxicology. 

The children have been fairly good today.  We just got a bath and I'm hoping to get my son down for a nap in a bit.  My son likes to drown toys that have no business in the tub and my daughter likes to bring her towel meant to dry off into the tub so it's always an adventure. 

Just over a week left of class!  Love and Light!

Today marks 2 weeks left of school.  I'm slowly making progress despite children misbehaving and preventing me from doing school work.  It's especially difficult when I spend hours trying to figure out a food my daughter is willing to eat for lunch...  My book entry is sitting at 30 pages and my paper is sitting at 29 pages.  I might be able to get it to 30 pages if I can actually get those other studies put in there.  If so, I'll color it done and make sure my formatting is correct then turn it in.  I don't see my children allowing me to put the work in that I need to for a perfect grade. 

On the bright side, I made oatmeal this morning in accordance with Fallon's recipe (sort of) and will be sharing my version on my diet page when I can.  Since I decided not to do full raw food, I'll change the name to just "diet".  My son devoured the oatmeal and tried to eat his sister's oatmeal but dropped the bowl on the floor and lost it all.  My son also enjoyed acorn squash.  My daughter, on the other hand, refused to try both dishes.  My picky eater...  Just like her mommy used to be...

Love and Light!

I apologize for not posting yesterday.  I couldn't get my internet to load the editing site. I did some reading on grains after watching so much Barbara O'Neal on how our bodies use the nutrients. It turns out the packages of beans and such that say "no soaking required" are incorrect. Of course, they may have been soaked at the packaging facility but I don't trust that so I have some lentils and quinoa soaking right now for dinner tonight.  We shall see how the kids feel about this. 

I have a LOT to learn about proper nutrition and my diet will change continually until I learn the things I need to learn.  I'm getting ready to resume work on my capstone project but I'm going to get that final quiz done for Toxicology first.  Then I'll only need to worry about the final exam. My computer problems cost me some time but I will find a way to make it all work out.  I'm really enjoying this not-locking up thing and it's harder for my son to cause problems by unplugging me! 

I also continue to make spiritual progress.  The future looks really bright and I'm really blessed to be living at this time even though I don't always appreciate it. Love and Light!

My new laptop is here!  Anyone taking bets on how long this one will last?  I wouldn't put money on that.  My son is currently taking a late nap.  My daughter is having crackers because she doesn't want anything else. She is getting picky but I was when I was little as well. 

I bought a few things to change the diet a bit more.  Since the nutrients in some foods require cooking, I'm going to try doing that 20-30% acid and 70-80% alkaline.  I still have a couple files to take of my other computer but that's not a big deal.  Just a few minutes of work.  I'm trying to decide what dinner is going to be.

Tomorrow I will have my friend's daughter until late unless her father comes to pick her up.  We shall see how that works out.  I will also need to get to work hard on that paper now that I have a system that won't lock up on me.  I do need to make sure this thing is fully updated before I get to work on that, though. Loking forward to being productive!  Love and Light!

I got nothing really done yesterday on school work.  This computer keeps freezing.  I did get an external drive and am working on getting everything backed up from my drive and my husband's.  Mine is actually done but his is in progress.  I can't boot the computer with the external plugged in.  I have the date the capstone stuff is due on my calendar. Now I have a blatant reminder every time I look at my wall. 

My daughter discovered Land Before Time yesterday.  She was watching Smurfs on YouTube and the autoplay was on.  Next thing I knew, she was talking about dinosaurs.  This morning she was singing the song on Stinky and Dirty.  Her vocabulary is expanding quite well and at least Stinky and Dirty teaches her to think. It's a show on Amazon if anyone is interested.

Hoping to accomplish something in my Capstone class today.  Wish me luck. Love and Light!

I got my final grade for Health and Wellness, a 87%. He graded my last assignment so I'm FULLY done with that class and the text books are put up.  I like that!  I'm working solely on the paper and book entry this week.  The one due-out for  Wednesday is the paper and I need the portions in the book entry to put them in the paper.  I am trying to find time to get that quiz done for toxicology so all I'll have left will be the exam but I'll figure it out.  I need the paper, book entry and the presentation all done a week from Wednesday so I can focus on the exam-cram.  I still have a ton to do so wish me luck! Love and Light!