I was sitting here going through photos in our camera and saw some photos my husband took during the week of Julian and Eli and i just love them. There’s nothing that warms a mother’s heart than seeing her kids getting along.

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Are you the type of person if it ain’t your way you just throw a hefty fit? Well you may want to consider taking it down a notch, seriously..  What if tables were turned? Won’t you want someone giving you a break? There are some people at your service you may seriously consider not going off at.

Your waiter or waitress
This person probably brought you a wrong order, or didn’t get your steak done at your liking. So she forgot your drink , again…Don’t make a scene in that restaurant, chances are the poor guy already feel like crap for messing your order. Simply let them know, and chances are they will gladly make the correction for you. Let me remind you… they will be handling your food.  I have worked with waiters that have told me what they used to do to peoples foods after they have been mean to them, the things they had done to their foods, make me want to just  throw up.. just thinking about it. So the next time you find yourself looking at a rare piece of steak while you clearly ordered  a well cooked steak. Smile at the waiter and  politely ask that the cook re-do it, they get it.

Your nurse
I know the labor pains will make you call anyone sitting across from you any name in the book, and yeah you could probably break someones arm too while on it..That can be excusable. Nurses take in  a lot, so when you do get around to feeling better, a little courtesy please. Be nice to your nurses.  I don’t need to remind you that you spend a lot of time with nurses compared to your Doc. They won’t hurt you, but of course they are human too.

The customer service Rep
So you got the wrong charge on your bill…calm down, the person on the phone knows that as well. The call will probably go much faster if you stop the name calling and all that. If you stay to the point they will eventually credit your bill, or adjust it. If the Rep can’t do it, he or she may  refer you to the right person that can.  Remember, if you really play nice, that rep may catch something else that you missed and may kindly make another adjustment. Of course, if you do chose to be all nasty about it, he may find that you are still getting a promotional discount that ended months ago and may just disable it and of course your bill gets bigger than before you called.

I could go on and on, but let’s try to put ourselves in other people’s shoes before we act out!

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Hi all, My husband made this photo video for our boys. Hope you enjoy. The video clip is about 5min the rest of the video clips came with the program we used to publish it on the web, and of course are not ours  Sophia

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CDC reported 3.4 million inhallable H1N1 vaccine doses  available first week of october..

“3.4 million doses of vaccines will be available,” said Dr. Jay Butler, who heads the 2009 H1N1 Vaccine Task Force at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“All of that vaccine is the inhalable vaccine,” he said Friday.

That form of vaccine is marketed in the United States as FluMist and is approved only for healthy individuals between the ages of 2 and 49. Pregnant women are not allowed to get this type of vaccine because it contains a live virus.

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So mom you have managed to  carry your baby to full term- maybe,  9 months, went through the labor pains, i mean excruciating, long hours of pains, finally  you are able to bring your baby to this world.  Dad and mom both put all your love, energy, time, money.. you name it to raise a young, smart, beautiful , and responsible child. Then they start school, they manage to do so well throughout high school, then comes college… You somehow  managed to save enough, despite the economy woes, and are able to send them to college.

Then you get that phone call, your worst nightmare, that  your child  is a murder victim. I mean, every time i read this stories, or watch the news.. my stomach  hurts and i forget that i am not  family. The latest one…Annie Le.  So this young woman, someone’s daughter, granddaughter, niece, friend and fiance, Annie Le,  was pursuing her doctorate in Pharmacology at YALE! My goodness Yale. Gets strangled, dies.. just like that!  You are able to send your child to Yale, for a doctorate…I mean…<<<<<screaming>>>>

It angers me, aggravates me. I sit here reading about it, and can’t stop just to think about my own kids, my friends kids, and my nieces and nephews. You know , being  parents we can’t possibly  shield our children from all the craziness out there . It is even harder when they are grown , have  become young adults, pursuing their wordly desires out there. I mean… we send our kids to school to get an education. We tell ourselves we are paving way for our children’s future, we are doing the right thing…Should we stop and doubt ourselves?  Can  all our children out there really stay safe enough to enjoy that future we and they have worked so hard for?

Are we ever prepared to get that phone call. Could we ever stomache the possibility of them not outliving us? Can any mother or father really prepare themselves  to bury their own child?

I pray, and will pray for all mothers and fathers of the world. I pray for  Annie Le’s family and friends, as no human being deserves to get their life taken away from them. No human being should have the right to just take away someone else’s life.  So people have had hard times, like i always say  everyone has a story. Whatever your situation, someone  else out there  has it worse than you , so think before you act.

Do the right thing and preserve life!

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It is the highest mountain in Africa at 19,331 ft . Located in Tanzania, East Africa close to the Kenyan border.  It has three volcano cones (inactive) Kibo, Mawenzi and shira.  This is the area i grew up in.  Down the slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro.. It is beautiful with a dynamic view, green vegetation, and forests  cover  most of the area below it.  Each year millions of tourists attempt to climb the mountain. I do not blame them at all.. If you are into hiking, this will be the ultimate spot.  The top of the mountain is covered in ice cap.  Routes to climb the mountain are via Marangu, Rongai, Lemosho, Shira, Umbwe and Machame. We lived close to Rongai and tourists coming through Kenya would typically go through this route.

Waking up in the morning  you could see  that ice on the top of the mountain. That is about as much ice as the  locals  there could  ever see. We do not have seasons.. definitely no winter. The weather there  is more of a spring/fall.  I am a chagga, typically this tribe settled around the kilimanjaro region. We are farmers.. we grow , corn , beans, potatoes, coffee beans, bananas and all kinds of fruits and vegetables. Many families  own livestock as well. Cows, sheep, goats , pigs and chickens. Yeah you can say i grew up on a farm. 

mmmh. Those days…There was always something about driving home from boarding school. I used to love it when it rained, i could  smell that fresh  rainy scent all over the air.. pure, free of any toxins. I loved the vegetation. I loved it green, and when you could see a pick of Mt Kilimanjaro through all that vegetation, standing there after all those years, you close your eyes, take a deep breath and take it all in. Beauty. mother nature. What a monument. what an attraction. I can’t wait till my boys get to visit our motherland and see it too. 

Tanzania has a lot of attractions to see, and Kilimanjaro is definitely one of them. I grew up there, but never scaled the mountain, my little brother Goody wants to go. I am glad he will get to do it..It will be quite an accomplishment. I read on AGI news that Roman Abramovich, The owner of Chelsea Football Club was on vacation in Tanzania and has always wanted to go scale Kilimanjaro. He arrived with his 113 assistants at 4,600 meters, but from there turned back without continuing to the summit, at 5,892 meters. According to reports, the Russian Billionaire has had respiratory problems, yet he remained determined to complete this challenge.  AGI reported that  he  did visit Serengeti national park before returning to London.

So if you are ever on an African safari and wants some excitement.. visit Kilimanjaro area, or go on and climb ..It will be quite something!

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According to  Leslie Baumann, M.D. a Yahoo Health Expert for Skin Conditions  There is more reasons for you to  add more spice to your diet.  She stated that

“Ginger has been shown to suppress colon cancer production in rats.
Curry, which contains turmeric, is also  very strong antioxidant which has been shown to decrease cancer production.
Basil, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, oregano  and thyme have also been shown to have strong antioxidant activity. ”

She also added

” Many oils such as olive oil and safflower oil contain antioxidants. Other sources include red wine, green tea, dark chocolate, berries, pomegranate, almonds and coffee. ”

So get your spices.. keep on munching  and while you are on it…drink on, you maybe suppressing  that cancer production in your body!

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1. You can fall in love with someone you haven’t even met yet.
2. You pray for your kids more than you pray for yourself.
3. They can make you cry, laugh, scream all at the same time.
4. Everything revolves around them.
5. Patience – losing it and getting it, it is a work in progress
6. To appreciate life even more.
7. I could do ANYTHING to protect my kids.
8. All that you ever need in life is to be healthy.
9. Mothers can offer each other support when needed the most
10. To avoid competitive or the gossip moms as much as possible as they can just ruin your day.
11. Not to ever poke fun of anyone’s kids you have no clue what the family goes through daily.
12. A bear hug, a kiss, and ” i love you” makes everything better.
13. They learn what i teach them. When am happy they are happy.
14. I could watch the same show over and over again and can read the same book over and over again and still enjoy it just like it was my first time.
15. The need to take care of myself  physically, emotionally and mentally so i can do right by them.
16. Children are different , develop at  different pace , and that it is quite all right.
17. It is ok to tell people “NO”  and mean it.

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