OK here it is.....
What do u think?
And....in other news.....I'm beginning to look more and more like my oldest son every day! ha!Monday, November 9, 2009
Rockin Da Wig
And....in other news.....I'm beginning to look more and more like my oldest son every day! ha!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
All I Need to Know About Life I Learned From a Pig
Wallow while you may
Live high on the hog
Never squeal on your friends
When the world gives you slop, pig out
Don't get too much exercise
Go "wee wee wee" all the way home
Don't let anyone bust your chopsI'm sick I tell ya...plain sick
Don't boar people with the same old lines all the time
It's smart to keep a little something in the piggy bank for the future
You reap what you sow
Tall tails are fun, but curly ones are even better
It's okay to squeal with delight
Pink is beautiful
Pigtails are always in style
Ham it up!!!!Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Link Within...The Cool Linky Things at the Bottom of the Post
I've seen this "Link Within" on a few blogs now, and it is pretty cool! Here's the link to add it to your blog if you're interested.
I like the way it pulls up the old posts and pictures....
http://www.linkwithin.com/learn Sphere: Related Content
I like the way it pulls up the old posts and pictures....
http://www.linkwithin.com/learn Sphere: Related Content
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Monsanto Loses Another Day in Court
Thursday, October 29, 2009 by: Aaron Turpen, citizen journalist
Key concepts: Monsanto, GMO and Roundup
View on NaturalPedia: Monsanto, GMO and Roundup
Articles Related to This Article: • Monsanto: History of Contamination and Cover-up
• Who and What Is the Monsanto Chemical Corporation?
• South African GMO Crop Failure Highlights Dangers of Food Supply Domination
(NaturalNews) France`s highest court has ruled that Monsanto lied about the safety of its weed killing herbicide Roundup. The decision came just days ago and confirms an earlier court judgment in France finding that Monsanto had falsely advertised Roundup as being "biodegradable" and that it "left the soil clean."
The original case was brought to court in 2001 by several French environmental groups alleging that Roundup's main ingredient, glyphosate, has a classification as "dangerous to the environment" by the European Union. That case drug on for years and finally ended in a ruling against Monsanto in 2007. 1
The GMO giant quickly appealed and that appeal was heard in 2008 in the Lyon court. Monsanto lost that case as well. They appealed again. This time it went to France's Supreme Court; it lost that hearing and now faces fines and nowhere else to go for further appeals.
The court levied a 13,800 Euro fine against the company (about $22,400USD). Monsanto is also looking at continued losses with fourth quarter losses of $233 million (US), mostly due to plummeting sales of the Roundup brand.2 So far, Monsanto has made no public statement about the court`s ruling, but it is also possible that the ruling could mean civil cases from farmers and communities harmed by the false advertising. That could mean millions of dollars more in losses.
Roundup is the world`s best-selling herbicide and is marketed as a weed-killer to both commercial farmers and home owners. Monsanto is also the world`s largest purveyor of genetically modified seeds (GMO seeds). Often, the seeds are sold in conjunction with Roundup, the seeds being modified to be "herbicide tolerant" (HT-ready).
Some have argued that these GM crops and seeds are worse for the environment and could be a real problem. Crop failures of GMO seeds in Africa have highlighted the lack of a crop diversity issue while other studies have found that GM versus non-GM seeds have little or no bearing on higher yields, as seed companies like Monsanto have claimed.
Currently, in the United States, nearly all of our soybean plants and most of our corn crops are now GMO, and most of the seed crops for those plants are Monsanto-owned. In fact, at least 68% of corn and 90% of soy is a GMO (HT-ready) crop in the U.S. now and Monsanto is working hard to make that a fact worldwide.3
Recent decisions, such as this one in France and a court finding in the U.S. earlier this month, as well as a common blockade in many European countries, are pushing back against the Monsanto takeover of our food crops. Other initiatives, such as Shelly Roche`s "Replace Roundup Challenge," are using consumer boycotts to further take it to Monsanto`s pocketbook.4, 5, 6
Resources: 1- BBC News Monsanto guilty in `false ad' row: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8...
2- BBC News Low herbicide sales hit Monsanto: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business...
3 - Huffington Post Racing Towards a Roundup-Ready Food Future: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy...
4 - NaturalNews Judge rules GMOs violate environmental law: http://www.naturalnews.com/027177_f...
5 - NaturalNews How to fight back against genetically modified foods: http://www.naturalnews.com/026908_f...
6 - Bytestyle.tv Take the "Replace Roundup" Challenge: http://bytestyle.tv/content/take-re... http://www.naturalnews.com/027352_Monsanto_GMO_Roundup.html Sphere: Related Content
Key concepts: Monsanto, GMO and Roundup
View on NaturalPedia: Monsanto, GMO and Roundup
Articles Related to This Article: • Monsanto: History of Contamination and Cover-up
• Who and What Is the Monsanto Chemical Corporation?
• South African GMO Crop Failure Highlights Dangers of Food Supply Domination
(NaturalNews) France`s highest court has ruled that Monsanto lied about the safety of its weed killing herbicide Roundup. The decision came just days ago and confirms an earlier court judgment in France finding that Monsanto had falsely advertised Roundup as being "biodegradable" and that it "left the soil clean."
The original case was brought to court in 2001 by several French environmental groups alleging that Roundup's main ingredient, glyphosate, has a classification as "dangerous to the environment" by the European Union. That case drug on for years and finally ended in a ruling against Monsanto in 2007. 1
The GMO giant quickly appealed and that appeal was heard in 2008 in the Lyon court. Monsanto lost that case as well. They appealed again. This time it went to France's Supreme Court; it lost that hearing and now faces fines and nowhere else to go for further appeals.
The court levied a 13,800 Euro fine against the company (about $22,400USD). Monsanto is also looking at continued losses with fourth quarter losses of $233 million (US), mostly due to plummeting sales of the Roundup brand.2 So far, Monsanto has made no public statement about the court`s ruling, but it is also possible that the ruling could mean civil cases from farmers and communities harmed by the false advertising. That could mean millions of dollars more in losses.
Roundup is the world`s best-selling herbicide and is marketed as a weed-killer to both commercial farmers and home owners. Monsanto is also the world`s largest purveyor of genetically modified seeds (GMO seeds). Often, the seeds are sold in conjunction with Roundup, the seeds being modified to be "herbicide tolerant" (HT-ready).
Some have argued that these GM crops and seeds are worse for the environment and could be a real problem. Crop failures of GMO seeds in Africa have highlighted the lack of a crop diversity issue while other studies have found that GM versus non-GM seeds have little or no bearing on higher yields, as seed companies like Monsanto have claimed.
Currently, in the United States, nearly all of our soybean plants and most of our corn crops are now GMO, and most of the seed crops for those plants are Monsanto-owned. In fact, at least 68% of corn and 90% of soy is a GMO (HT-ready) crop in the U.S. now and Monsanto is working hard to make that a fact worldwide.3
Recent decisions, such as this one in France and a court finding in the U.S. earlier this month, as well as a common blockade in many European countries, are pushing back against the Monsanto takeover of our food crops. Other initiatives, such as Shelly Roche`s "Replace Roundup Challenge," are using consumer boycotts to further take it to Monsanto`s pocketbook.4, 5, 6
Resources: 1- BBC News Monsanto guilty in `false ad' row: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8...
2- BBC News Low herbicide sales hit Monsanto: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business...
3 - Huffington Post Racing Towards a Roundup-Ready Food Future: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy...
4 - NaturalNews Judge rules GMOs violate environmental law: http://www.naturalnews.com/027177_f...
5 - NaturalNews How to fight back against genetically modified foods: http://www.naturalnews.com/026908_f...
6 - Bytestyle.tv Take the "Replace Roundup" Challenge: http://bytestyle.tv/content/take-re... http://www.naturalnews.com/027352_Monsanto_GMO_Roundup.html Sphere: Related Content
Captain Chemo Kcicked My Caboose to the Curb
Ugggh...what a week it's been. What a rough awful week....I'm in a bad headspace, my body is still trying to recover from my third chemo treatment, I feel sick and I feel tired.
Captain Chemo won this round....I've been doing really well with the treatments. Great actually the first two days, when I'm on the special meds. The third day I start folding up like a little rag doll. Gman has to put me in bed, where I stay and sleep and sleep and sleep.
But this time, it wasn't like that. The first two days went OK, but Saturday night, I started going downhill. Too bad because I wanted to go to town and sit in the truck and watch the fireworks....yeah, we missed that. I was sound asleep by the time they started.
Sunday was spent gagging, retching, puking and all those other things that can come along with chemo. OK, Captain Chemo, you win....my defenses are down and I cannot fake it that I am OK. You win, you win...Uncle, Uncle, I muttered over and over, you win.
My stomach felt like it had lead balls rolling around it. My mouth tasted like I had been chewing on a metal flag pole. The only thing I could get down was some chicken broth...
My stomach muscles are still sore....by Monday I felt like I had somewhat rejoined the land of the living. Totally exhausted, couldn't even climb a set of stairs without laying down at the top. But, at least my stomach had settled.
Everyone has their limit, don't they? I mean, we can pretend all we want that we're tough and we can take this and we will beat this...but we're all human. We feel sickness in our bodies just as well as we feel pleasure in our bodies, fitness and illness....
Today physically, I am feeling better. Not great, but better. All I want to get done today is clean my kitchen. This afternoon, I will put a lamb roast in the oven. It'll probably taste like cardboard mixed with wallpaper paste to me, but I'll eat it.
The rest of the day will be spent just...being. I'll nibble on bland food and rest.
Sometimes I think I should only post good things on this blog, but that's not realistic. I have cancer....this IS cancer.
Cancer sucks.... Sphere: Related Content
Captain Chemo won this round....I've been doing really well with the treatments. Great actually the first two days, when I'm on the special meds. The third day I start folding up like a little rag doll. Gman has to put me in bed, where I stay and sleep and sleep and sleep.
But this time, it wasn't like that. The first two days went OK, but Saturday night, I started going downhill. Too bad because I wanted to go to town and sit in the truck and watch the fireworks....yeah, we missed that. I was sound asleep by the time they started.
Sunday was spent gagging, retching, puking and all those other things that can come along with chemo. OK, Captain Chemo, you win....my defenses are down and I cannot fake it that I am OK. You win, you win...Uncle, Uncle, I muttered over and over, you win.
My stomach felt like it had lead balls rolling around it. My mouth tasted like I had been chewing on a metal flag pole. The only thing I could get down was some chicken broth...
My stomach muscles are still sore....by Monday I felt like I had somewhat rejoined the land of the living. Totally exhausted, couldn't even climb a set of stairs without laying down at the top. But, at least my stomach had settled.
Everyone has their limit, don't they? I mean, we can pretend all we want that we're tough and we can take this and we will beat this...but we're all human. We feel sickness in our bodies just as well as we feel pleasure in our bodies, fitness and illness....
Today physically, I am feeling better. Not great, but better. All I want to get done today is clean my kitchen. This afternoon, I will put a lamb roast in the oven. It'll probably taste like cardboard mixed with wallpaper paste to me, but I'll eat it.
The rest of the day will be spent just...being. I'll nibble on bland food and rest.
Sometimes I think I should only post good things on this blog, but that's not realistic. I have cancer....this IS cancer.
Cancer sucks.... Sphere: Related Content
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Starting Preliminary Work on the Front Pasture
The other day, we started pulling willows out of the front pasture...it will be a long hard job to get it done. 
Here's the front pasture in summer....see all the willows? 
We're working on the right hand side for now....eventually we want to get it back to pasture in that one area. 
See the difference? Well, maybe you can't....but we can! 
Lit a fire, and started tossing willows on there. The Gman used his chain saw on them. He was using his big machine, but it tends to leave a bunch of deep holes, so we thought we'd try this.....likely, we'll have to get down there again next year and trim the willows we cut this year...damn things, sending up new shoots all the time! 
Later on, once we had coals, we pulled out the chairs and roasted hot dogs!
Today, it's chemo day, if the blood work came back lookin' good.....round 3!
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But, we've been putting it off in favour of the other million things that all need to be done around here.
There's only certain times of the year we can get down there easily and pull willows easily....as it was, we were about a week late. The danger up here, is if it is too dry, we could set the whole dang Valley on fire....and somehow, we don't think that would win us any friends!
Here's the front pasture in summer....see all the willows?
We're working on the right hand side for now....eventually we want to get it back to pasture in that one area.
See the difference? Well, maybe you can't....but we can!Oh, please disregard that white stuff....I have no idea what that is...I am in total Denial!
Lit a fire, and started tossing willows on there. The Gman used his chain saw on them. He was using his big machine, but it tends to leave a bunch of deep holes, so we thought we'd try this.....likely, we'll have to get down there again next year and trim the willows we cut this year...damn things, sending up new shoots all the time!
Later on, once we had coals, we pulled out the chairs and roasted hot dogs!Today, it's chemo day, if the blood work came back lookin' good.....round 3!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Hats, Hats, Hats
Thought I would put up some pics of new hats we got! My Mom made me this one.....
Lots of cables knitted.....I Love the colour too!
One of our Valley friends loves to sew with fleece. She made this camo one for the Gman.....
and this one for me. We thought that was a really nice thing for her to do!
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