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Boy oh boy. Post a couple of popular posts and your hosting company gets all pissed of. Geez!

I was shut down 3 times this week for overloading the servers. We are now moved to a semi-dedicated server, and upgraded, and tweaked. The red and white living room did not survive. That design will no longer work – but the old one does? Go figure.

I’ll be working on the design this weekend. I don’t want to mess with it too much after working all day. Too much chance for error, you know? I know, wouldn’t be the first time I blew up the site now would it?

Anyway – just wanted to let you know what’s been happening.

National Wear Red Day 2011 (Photo credit: U.S. Embassy Montevideo)

And if you haven’t gotten dressed by the time you read this, it’s red dress day for Women’s Heart Health Awareness. While I’m not going  to wear a red dress, I will wear something red. It looks like they changed it to wear red day for just that reason, right? lol …

You know – According to the American Heart Association, “As a nation, we simply no longer have the skills to cook healthy meals.” Isn’t that sad?

There’s still a few of us old timers around who are willing to share our skills with you. Get on board and start cooking healthy meals at home the easy way.

Related articles

• Up to 50% of Women’s Heart Attack Symptoms ‘Unrecognized’ by Docs, Paramedics: 5 Signs to Look For (self.com)
• Mimi’s Cafe is the First Restaurant to Nationally Support the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women Movement (multivu.com)
• Help Haven Fight Heart Disease (havensalonspa.com)
• Metro Mom Shares Heart Disease Story (fox4kc.com)

We finally had our Christmas dinner with the sick side of the family last weekend. What a group!

The interesting thing is that everyone had their own interests in the political arena. My brother was interested in financial aspects, tax loopholes, taxing the millionaires and such.

My niece was very vocal on the failings of the ‘health care reform’, and how it has helped no one.

I, of course, was interested in the Monsanto issues.

All of us agreed that there is not a good candidate to run this country that has any clue what is really going on.

My niece talked about how you will be required to get check-ups, and if you don’t do what they tell you to do or meet you health goals for the year – you will be fined. She also talked about how they have made it impossible for health care providers to actually get paid. She said they only get paid 20 or 30 % as it is. That will result in fewer Doctors, and less available health care.

My brother talked about how ‘they’ can see what you do inside your house with super powered satellites. How uncomfortable is that? He said, “1984 is here.” Creepy.

We talked about how Monsanto seeds can blow on to your property and start growing, and then they send in their armed thugs to intimidate you, and then they sue you for growing their seed without paying for it. We talked about the GMOs, and about animals being fed unnatural grain diets and how that affects us.

It occurred to me that we all have issues that we know about, but we don’t even touch the tip of the iceberg. There is so much going on, how can you possibly keep track of even 1% of it all?

Its an overwhelming world we live in. Its hard enough to survive, let alone be educated and involved. Of course, that is what they count on – that we won’t be paying attention.

Have any tips for staying on top of things?

this is a spoof – but worth thinking about…

May this inspire you to get some exercise this weekend -

Or at least make you smile

Image by Uberto via Flickr

On January 31, family farmers will take part in the first phase of a court case filed to protect farmers from genetic trespass by Monsanto’s GMO seed, which contaminates organic and non-GMO farmer’s crops and opens them up to abusive lawsuits. In the past two decades, Monsanto’s seed monopoly has grown so powerful that they control the genetics of nearly 90% of five major commodity crops including corn, soybeans, cotton, canola and sugar beets.

In many cases farmers are forced to stop growing certain organic and conventional crops to avoid genetic contamination and potential lawsuits. Between 1997 and 2010, Monsanto admits to filing 144 lawsuits against America’s family farmers, while settling another 700 out of court for undisclosed amounts. Due to these aggressive lawsuits, Monsanto has created an atmosphere of fear in rural America and driven dozens of farmers into bankruptcy.

Related articles

• Citizens Assemble in Support of Family Farmers vs. Monsanto (truthsupport.wordpress.com)
• Court Rules Organic Farmers Can Sue Conventional, GMO Farmers Whose Pesticides ‘Trespass’ and Contaminate Their Fields (readyfortheshift.com)
• Maine Farmer the Face of Organic Growers’ Fight Against Monsanto (2012indyinfo.com)
• Monsanto swindle destitutes millions in India…. (thefreeonline.wordpress.com)
• MONSANTO: Leaked documents reveal US diplomats actually work for Monsanto !!! (2012patriot.wordpress.com)
• 270.000 Organic Farmers Sue Monsanto (spiritandanimal.wordpress.com)
• Where the GMOs Grow (gogreennation.org)