Friday, December 22, 2006
Birthdays and Solstices!!!
I just have to say I just had the nicest birthday I have had in such a long time. I felt so lucky to be surrounded by such wonderful friends and family and Mexican food... AND... it is not over, I get to go hang out with my family to celebrate my birthday on Saturday!!!! Yipeee!!!! and thanks everyone!!!! and thanks to everyone who was there in thought, ie Pernell and Margie :)!!!!! Everyone is wonderful!!!!
Monday, December 18, 2006
Soups
This week has been the week of soups.
I really enjoy learning about and connecting to ancient roots of humanity. Traditionally, i.e. thousands of years ago, Christmas was celebrated all over the world and many of the festivals shared some common themes. Themes including celebrating the light in the darkness; worshipping the sun to fight off the darkness of winter. The winter solstice is celebrated and I hold that very dear to me because I am born on the winter solstice and I believe in the celebrations and symbols that holds. I believe in the cycles of the earth and I feel even more inspired that I get to have a profession that follows the cycles of life in women and childbirth. Anyways, another theme is celebration of food, the harvest and paying honour to grain. That is why we bake and feast at this time and that is certainly what I have been doing. This week, I have made 3 pots of soup and one pot of broth (with which to make the soups)
Broth
Many vegetables left to simmer in the pot
Adrian helped me; peeled the carrots, stirred, etc.
I have really been enjoying the time I have had to relax with him; we don't necessarily have to do anything but we can have so much fun doing it. In this season of celebrating, I just like celebrating him, he helps me to feel very happy, so happy that I will smile by myself just thinking about how happy. I am also really proud of him as he is now officially part of 2 other bands; Ophelia Syndrome and The Entertainment which are both gigging. I got to see Adrian with The Entertainment in Toronto last week, go hunney go!
Potato soup with Swiss Chard
This soup was an experiment in getting nutrition from dark leafy greens... okay, I have a confessions. I love eating vegetables. It is related to what I blabbed about earlier - how earthy vegetables look and taste makes me feel so close to the earth. In all honesty, I would love to eat a carrot fresh out of the earth with some of the dirt on it. Yes, some of you find that gross but that is what makes us all so special. Please note, Adrian ate this soup with the dark green leaves in it and enjoyed it, yes, the carnivore enjoyed it.
Potato leek soup
I made some of this soup to take to my grandparents. My Opa is pretty sick and frail and my Oma is stressed and worn from caring for him. Please send them prayers, good thoughts and well wishes. They have in my past brought me both joy and stress in their relentless love for me and their relentless desire to prosletyze me. But despite their efforts to convert me, I still love them to bits.
Butternut Squash
This soup is a beautiful bright orange so it reminds me of celebration. These past couple of weeks, that is what I have done; celebrating a break from school by sleeping in; celebrating food and creativity by baking and celebrating friends by visiting. I also get to celebrate my birthday, wahoo! I am 23 on the 21st. I know birthdays can sometimes feel anticlimatic, but I always get so excited and I think I love having my birthday near Christmas because after my birthday, I get to celebrate Christmas so it is overwhelmingly joyful.
So these soups are my hommage to the earth. I am cooking to honour the earth from which the food came and I am storing these soups to be eaten in the NewYear (in case you are wondering why one 22 year old would need so many pots of soup)
I really enjoy learning about and connecting to ancient roots of humanity. Traditionally, i.e. thousands of years ago, Christmas was celebrated all over the world and many of the festivals shared some common themes. Themes including celebrating the light in the darkness; worshipping the sun to fight off the darkness of winter. The winter solstice is celebrated and I hold that very dear to me because I am born on the winter solstice and I believe in the celebrations and symbols that holds. I believe in the cycles of the earth and I feel even more inspired that I get to have a profession that follows the cycles of life in women and childbirth. Anyways, another theme is celebration of food, the harvest and paying honour to grain. That is why we bake and feast at this time and that is certainly what I have been doing. This week, I have made 3 pots of soup and one pot of broth (with which to make the soups)
Broth
Many vegetables left to simmer in the pot
Adrian helped me; peeled the carrots, stirred, etc.
I have really been enjoying the time I have had to relax with him; we don't necessarily have to do anything but we can have so much fun doing it. In this season of celebrating, I just like celebrating him, he helps me to feel very happy, so happy that I will smile by myself just thinking about how happy. I am also really proud of him as he is now officially part of 2 other bands; Ophelia Syndrome and The Entertainment which are both gigging. I got to see Adrian with The Entertainment in Toronto last week, go hunney go!
Potato soup with Swiss Chard
This soup was an experiment in getting nutrition from dark leafy greens... okay, I have a confessions. I love eating vegetables. It is related to what I blabbed about earlier - how earthy vegetables look and taste makes me feel so close to the earth. In all honesty, I would love to eat a carrot fresh out of the earth with some of the dirt on it. Yes, some of you find that gross but that is what makes us all so special. Please note, Adrian ate this soup with the dark green leaves in it and enjoyed it, yes, the carnivore enjoyed it.
Potato leek soup
I made some of this soup to take to my grandparents. My Opa is pretty sick and frail and my Oma is stressed and worn from caring for him. Please send them prayers, good thoughts and well wishes. They have in my past brought me both joy and stress in their relentless love for me and their relentless desire to prosletyze me. But despite their efforts to convert me, I still love them to bits.
Butternut Squash
This soup is a beautiful bright orange so it reminds me of celebration. These past couple of weeks, that is what I have done; celebrating a break from school by sleeping in; celebrating food and creativity by baking and celebrating friends by visiting. I also get to celebrate my birthday, wahoo! I am 23 on the 21st. I know birthdays can sometimes feel anticlimatic, but I always get so excited and I think I love having my birthday near Christmas because after my birthday, I get to celebrate Christmas so it is overwhelmingly joyful.
So these soups are my hommage to the earth. I am cooking to honour the earth from which the food came and I am storing these soups to be eaten in the NewYear (in case you are wondering why one 22 year old would need so many pots of soup)
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Sorting
Hi everyone.
I am sorting through some stuff and I have some stuff that is too nice to just give to SA right away so I want to check if anyone would have any use for it, obviously this is free, wahoo! free stuff! I will probably update this list as my sorting adventures continue:
I have some clothes that are fairly new but have become a little too snug, we were going to have a clothing swap party but we just never got around to it so if anyone would like to have a look, drop me a note. Here is a little inventory:
Pink Roxy knee length cotton skirt
Pink flowy peasant blouse
2 Espirt cotton tops (pink one and a black one) they are cotton, three quarter length sleeve with a little stretch. They just ride up my torso because my hips are too big, lol.
I have more clothes too
Just added!:
CD's: a bunch of worship CDs and Christian pop: Supertones, Delirous?, Relient K, and some mix ones.
Toys:
I have a Bubbles Powerpuff stuffed doll that also serves as a purse. I have never used it, it just sits on my shelf. Anyone have a little one into powerpuff girls?
I will keep you all posted.
I am sorting through some stuff and I have some stuff that is too nice to just give to SA right away so I want to check if anyone would have any use for it, obviously this is free, wahoo! free stuff! I will probably update this list as my sorting adventures continue:
I have some clothes that are fairly new but have become a little too snug, we were going to have a clothing swap party but we just never got around to it so if anyone would like to have a look, drop me a note. Here is a little inventory:
Pink Roxy knee length cotton skirt
Pink flowy peasant blouse
2 Espirt cotton tops (pink one and a black one) they are cotton, three quarter length sleeve with a little stretch. They just ride up my torso because my hips are too big, lol.
I have more clothes too
Just added!:
CD's: a bunch of worship CDs and Christian pop: Supertones, Delirous?, Relient K, and some mix ones.
Toys:
I have a Bubbles Powerpuff stuffed doll that also serves as a purse. I have never used it, it just sits on my shelf. Anyone have a little one into powerpuff girls?
I will keep you all posted.
Saturday, December 09, 2006
Wahoo
I am done exams
Just wrote reproductive physiology
Wrote pharmacotherapy on wednesday
I feel awesome, got together with my class and practiced some principles of pharm in terms of ethanol eh hum... and cannaboids...
nice, very nice, hope I feel ok tomorrow, still want to go to the farmer's market.
Cheers
Just wrote reproductive physiology
Wrote pharmacotherapy on wednesday
I feel awesome, got together with my class and practiced some principles of pharm in terms of ethanol eh hum... and cannaboids...
nice, very nice, hope I feel ok tomorrow, still want to go to the farmer's market.
Cheers
Monday, December 04, 2006
Ode to Charlie
I have just switched my car, my pinky-purple Nissan 200SX which I have anthropomorphized by naming Charlie (a girl) and this blog is to pay tribute to the four and half wonderful years with her.
Charlie has accompanied me on some important milestones....
Moving out for this first time (but to my grandparents)
Moving out for real (to Hamilton)
2 trips to Ottawa; car packed
I long, glorious road trip to the East coast making stops in Quebec city, New Brunswick, Halifax, Bay of Fundy and lots of time in Cape Breton
late nights
first boyfriends
INDEPENDENCE!!!!!!!!!
Airport runs; picking up Manyang and friends with friends (car packed with luggage and 5 people!!!!)
Drive-in movies
Drive-throughs... not really... not a big fan
and some memories not so good; stuck on ice, stuck in snow, buried in ice and snow, blown out tires, dead starter, dead alternator (while driving), dead wiper (will driving in rain), dead battery, a few tows, a few roadside assists... but regardless, dear Charlie, I will miss you... I hope you find another owner who is just as excited about you as I was.... take care...
Now, I drive an 07 Toyota Yaris, it is orange, has three doors and I "had" to upgrade so it has some perks. I feel safer, although I am getting used to her clutch and the ABS. I have decided to name her Deborah and I am sure we will get along just fine and have many great adventures going to births in the middle of the night.
Charlie has accompanied me on some important milestones....
Moving out for this first time (but to my grandparents)
Moving out for real (to Hamilton)
2 trips to Ottawa; car packed
I long, glorious road trip to the East coast making stops in Quebec city, New Brunswick, Halifax, Bay of Fundy and lots of time in Cape Breton
late nights
first boyfriends
INDEPENDENCE!!!!!!!!!
Airport runs; picking up Manyang and friends with friends (car packed with luggage and 5 people!!!!)
Drive-in movies
Drive-throughs... not really... not a big fan
and some memories not so good; stuck on ice, stuck in snow, buried in ice and snow, blown out tires, dead starter, dead alternator (while driving), dead wiper (will driving in rain), dead battery, a few tows, a few roadside assists... but regardless, dear Charlie, I will miss you... I hope you find another owner who is just as excited about you as I was.... take care...
Now, I drive an 07 Toyota Yaris, it is orange, has three doors and I "had" to upgrade so it has some perks. I feel safer, although I am getting used to her clutch and the ABS. I have decided to name her Deborah and I am sure we will get along just fine and have many great adventures going to births in the middle of the night.
Procrastination Methods Part 2
Just an update and some musings...
Adrian and I went to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and it was phenomenal. I still have a little tinnitus (ringing in my ears), but well worth it. It was about 3 hours Up to 30 band members; a string section with a mstr playing an electric violin; 2 keyboardist; 3 electric guitarists; many vocalists; a bassist; a wicked drummer with a huge kit; and not to mention, all the laser lights, pyrotechnics and rising stages. Their set included classic Christmas songs, classic rock and classic Beethoven. For more info on them go to www.trans-siberian.com
I have been studying and today I learned CPR. I think I needed breathing coaching just to get through the practical evaluation - I was so nervous. However, I ended up doing the procedures a la textbook. I have also been studying as though this information is going to come in handy... hmmmm... jokes of course.
At theology pub Jaci asked me some pregnancy related questions; they seemed like ones I should be able to answer but I couldn't with the confidence I feel I need for when I will be providing care so I went to research some answers.
Question 1: If one unknowingly becomes pregnant while on the Birth Control Pill and continues taking the pill, will there be any adverse effects?
Answer: No, because the hormones are in fairly small doses, they are hormones necessary for pregnancy, but regardless, the developing embryo once implanted in the uterus will pretty much override the effects of the estrogen and progesterone in the pill. The only potential for an adverse effect is the conversion of the progesterone into androgens which could have masculinizing effects on a fetal fetus; i.e: enlargement of the clitoris.
Question 2: Will a vitamin B-12 injection be contraindicated in pregnancy.
Answer; None of the drug manuals contraindicate these injections in pregnancy in cases of anemia and vitamin B-12 deficiency. However, it is in the pregnancy drug class C, meaning that it is unknown whether or not the drug will have a negative or effect on the fetus. (80% of all drugs are in this category because it is rare that randomized control studies can actually be performed due to the ethical issues surorunding drug testing in humans, pregnant ones no less - for toxic effects no less!!!) Jaci, I don't know why that pregnant woman was not given the shot. I don't know the dose, I don't know the context but another thing to consider; the fetus' liver and ability to process anything is not as well developed and thus has an increased risk of toxicity from anything the mother receives (pretty much anything in the mom's blood will pass through the placenta)
Adrian and I went to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and it was phenomenal. I still have a little tinnitus (ringing in my ears), but well worth it. It was about 3 hours Up to 30 band members; a string section with a mstr playing an electric violin; 2 keyboardist; 3 electric guitarists; many vocalists; a bassist; a wicked drummer with a huge kit; and not to mention, all the laser lights, pyrotechnics and rising stages. Their set included classic Christmas songs, classic rock and classic Beethoven. For more info on them go to www.trans-siberian.com
I have been studying and today I learned CPR. I think I needed breathing coaching just to get through the practical evaluation - I was so nervous. However, I ended up doing the procedures a la textbook. I have also been studying as though this information is going to come in handy... hmmmm... jokes of course.
At theology pub Jaci asked me some pregnancy related questions; they seemed like ones I should be able to answer but I couldn't with the confidence I feel I need for when I will be providing care so I went to research some answers.
Question 1: If one unknowingly becomes pregnant while on the Birth Control Pill and continues taking the pill, will there be any adverse effects?
Answer: No, because the hormones are in fairly small doses, they are hormones necessary for pregnancy, but regardless, the developing embryo once implanted in the uterus will pretty much override the effects of the estrogen and progesterone in the pill. The only potential for an adverse effect is the conversion of the progesterone into androgens which could have masculinizing effects on a fetal fetus; i.e: enlargement of the clitoris.
Question 2: Will a vitamin B-12 injection be contraindicated in pregnancy.
Answer; None of the drug manuals contraindicate these injections in pregnancy in cases of anemia and vitamin B-12 deficiency. However, it is in the pregnancy drug class C, meaning that it is unknown whether or not the drug will have a negative or effect on the fetus. (80% of all drugs are in this category because it is rare that randomized control studies can actually be performed due to the ethical issues surorunding drug testing in humans, pregnant ones no less - for toxic effects no less!!!) Jaci, I don't know why that pregnant woman was not given the shot. I don't know the dose, I don't know the context but another thing to consider; the fetus' liver and ability to process anything is not as well developed and thus has an increased risk of toxicity from anything the mother receives (pretty much anything in the mom's blood will pass through the placenta)
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