Jennifer Louden Self-Care Minder

Not Quite Daily Dollop

http://www.comfortqueen.com

This is from Jennifer's website. It is a nice reminder that we need to be good to ourselves also!

Take time for a 5 to 10 minute all over scalp and body massage before you shower or bathe. Use jojoba, almond, coconut or sesame oil--you can warm it by placing the bottle with the oil in warm water for five minutes.

Start at your scalp, working up from the temples.

Spend extra time on your ears and then your sweet, precious neck.

Work your way down your arms and massage the spot between your pointer finger and thumb.

Clock wise circles on your belly are good for digestion.

Long strokes on your arms and legs and sides of your body help you detox.

Dig into your feet with your knuckles to relieve tension and balance your whole body.

Be delighted by your beautiful, precious body. And if you can't delight in the whole darn thing, how about individual parts--your wrists, your ankles, your cheeks, your eyes?

Today's Intention: Creating a moment of soothing self-massage and letting it spread into my day.

With comfort and love,
Jen

Way to go girls!

Way to go girls!

Alyssa and Trina both had their names and/or pictures in the local paper!!

http://www.sent-trib.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8449&Itemid=86

Libby Dunphy, from left, Emma Leader and Alyssa Friedberg wait their turn during an Ellis Island simulation for Bowling Green Schools’ gifted students on Nov. 24. Students in the PACE and STEP classes journeyed back in time to the year 1908, arriving as immigrants at Ellis Island and participating in each of the “stations” that were set up at the original immigration station. The event was held at the Central Administration Building. (Photo: J.D. Pooley/Sentinel-Tribune)

http://www.sent-trib.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6372&Itemid=86

Education Briefs: 9-27
Written by Sentinel Staff
Saturday, 27 September 2008
BG drama club has arts fest tonightThe Bowling Green High School's 8th annual Bobcat Festival of the Arts is going on tonight at 8 at the junior high auditorium. Tickets are $3 for students and senior citizens and $4 for adults. Sponsored by the BGHS Drama Club, this talent show features students from all four grade levels.Participants include Ben Vollmar, Amber Lewis, Tom Wade, Deonshae Taylor, Jordan McKinney, Chris Schraeder, Justin Betancourt, Darien Ankney, Zack Doane, Trina Friedberg, Jamie Peridon, Xavier Brown, Jonathon Shepard, Shell Kirk, Josh Lee, Jason Thayer, Laura Cook and Kyle Harkness.Student producers are Monica Gonzalez and Elizabeth Myerholtz.

http://www.sent-trib.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2682&Itemid=86

Written by Sentinel Staff
Saturday, 24 May 2008
BGHS thespians join honoraryTwenty Bowling Green High School students were inducted May 12 into Troupe No 1489 of the International Thespian Society.The society is a theater honorary known worldwide for involving high school students in theater. Inductees must earn 10 points, which is about 200 hours of time, in at least two categories of theater.Students inducted include Darien Ankney, Alexi Baker, Laura Cook, Layan Elwazani, Emily Evans, Trina Friedberg, Amy Heider, Anna Humeniuk, Liz Kidd, Ashley Paul, Kelly Richardson, Brandon Rife, Rachel Rine, Lily Schmidt, Leela Singh, Mary Sundermeier, Rebecca Szparagowski, John Wade, Kate Walter and Amy Wygant.

http://www.sent-trib.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=938&Itemid=86

BG students ‘Swamped!' with original production
Written by Sentinel Staff
Thursday, 27 March 2008

Senior Emily Krueger (center) portrays the Wood County clock tower in the vignette “The Clock Tower Birds” in the BGHS Drama Club’s original production “Swamped!”The Bowling Green High School Drama Club will present an encore performance of its hit production “Swamped!” on April 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the junior high school auditorium. Although the performance is free, the club will be accepting donations to benefit the Wood County Humane Society.“Swamped!” features nine stories significant to Bowling Green’s history: How the Swamp Was Drained, How Bowling Green Got Its Name, The Fight For the County Seat, The Clock Tower Birds, The Great Glass Boom, The Great Depression Hits Bowling Green, The POW Camp, The Pretty Boy Floyd Shoot-Out, and The Blizzard of ’78.The cast researched the facts through books and other materials archived at the Wood County District Public Library, interviews with members of the Wood County Senior Citizens’ Center, and exhibits at the W.W. Knight Preserve in Perrysburg.Once the cast had the facts, members fleshed out the stories by integrating imagination, humor, and creative movement, according to club adviser Jo Beth Gonzalez.“Swamped!” is an example of a grassroots theatre project. In grassroots theatre, the production is often created in partnership with other community organizations. In this case, the play was organized for the sole purpose of celebrating the 175th anniversary of Bowling Green. The people who are the subjects of the work — in this case, residents of Bowling Green — are part of the play’s development from inception through presentation.“Swamped!” has offered 23 teens in grades 7-12 a hands-on way of exploring the history of their community and the discovery that quite a lot of exciting incidents fostered the growth of Bowling Green.Actors include Brianna Willinger, Jeff Malanga, Dylan Stretchbery, Mary Sundermeir, Layan Elwazani, Monica Gonzalez, Emily Krueger, Rebecca Szparagowski, Darien Ankney, Rachel Rine, Jackie Skoog, Sean Gorant, Jordan McKinney, Kapil Melkote, Elizabeth Myerholtz, Justin Betancourt, Trina Friedberg, John Wade, Veronica Gonzalez, Emily Kleine, Emily Myerholtz, Emily Meyer and Brittany Willinger.Zack Doane is stage manager and Brigitte Reinke operates lights and sound.

Jordyn's Midterm Grades 2/2009

....NEWS FLASH....NEWS FLASH....

YEAH JORDYN!! WOOHOO!

"She's done really good so far this semester!" says Mommy!

hand sanitizer warning for small kids

The e-mails going around about small childrena ingesting hand sanitizer and getting alcohol poisoning are TRUE according to Snopes.com

Check it out for yourself! keep those bottles of hand sanitizer out of small children's reach!

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/sanitizer.asp

Mom advice - choosing the right partner

I received a note from a friend who was going through a divorce but was keeping an eye to the future. Here is my answer.

I'll give you the same advice someone gave me and I've passed on to my kids.

Make a list of all the traits and things you want and don't want in a relationship. This list keeps getting refined as you heal and grow after a breakup or divorce.

It's ok to be picky!

Then when it is time ask these questions:

Does he make me laugh?

What does he do when I cry?

Does he cry?

When? Crying is healthy even in men though some don't see it that way.

Can we talk about anything? Money, power, relationships, kids, feelings, lovemaking, men only establishments, politics, ANYTHING. You don't have at agree you just have to be able to talk about it. Agreeing to disagree is fine.

How does he handle anger?

How does he handle my kids' and my feelings? Are the feelings ignored, trampled, or acknowledged?

What is his views of discipline?

Corporal punishment?

What are his hobbies?

What would he like to do for retirement? It may be a long way off but has it been thought about.

Does he have children?

How will we blend the two families? We had one rule. The biological parent had the last say in matters. I think I used it once and he used it twice on VERY important matters (all were life and death type matters).

Can he talk me out of my funks and down times?

Can we sit in silence comfortably without strain?

What makes him jealous?

Do we enjoy similar things? The key is to talk, talk and more talk. The more you talk the more you both learn about each other.

This was Buster only the treat was blueberry muffins - 18 to be exact.

I left them on the counter overnight to cool. The next morning I couldn'tfigure out why there were only six left. We found one small bit of evidence. A tiny torn piece of muffin paper in the living room.

Needless to say Buster stayed outside that day!:)

Another round of "20 Questions"

1. What is your occupation right now? Wife, Mom, G'ma, clerk (an admin in the real world)

2. What color are your socks right now? White

3. What are you listening to right now? David Sandborn on my ipod.

4. What was the last thing that you ate? Chicken noodle soup and peaches.

5. Can you drive a stick shift? Yes. The Chevette I owned was a blue, two-door, manual transmission. We packed a ton of stuff in that car! It could hold all the camping gear, 2 adults, and 2 kids. Antoher time it held, 2 adults, and five kids going to the drive-in movies on car load night!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Chevette
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/chevrolet-chevette.htm

6. Last person you spoke to on the phone? My dh!

7. How old are you today? Old enough to know not to answer THAT one!

8. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV? Golf. You can take great naps in the lazyboy chair snuggled in with Tinkerbell and an afaghan when golf is on tv. There is no yelling or loud cheers, just restfull soothing voices.

9. What is your favorite drink? lemonade

10. Have you ever dyed your hair? What color?

11.Favorite food? I didn't get this size without loving food!

12. What is the last movie you watched? Why do these quizzes always ask that? I don't remember. I'm too busy to watch movies.

13. Favorite day of the year? All of them!

14. How do you vent anger? Clean.

15. What was your favorite toy as a child? Depends on the age. This included my younger sister and brothers, my barbie dolls, and the first 10-speed bike I bought from mowing lawn money at 15.

16. What is your favorite season? All of them!

17. Cherries or Blueberries? Both!

18. Living arrangements? husband , 2 cats, 1 sometime dog, 1 all-the-time dog

19. What is on the floor of your closet? Which closet? I've taken over several for different purposes.

20. What did you do last night? Spent time with dh in Cleveland.

21. What are you most afraid of? Snakes.

22. Plain, cheese, or spicy, hamburger? None of the above. I'm not a hamburger fan.

23. Favorite dog breed? All of the ones I've owned.

24. How many states have you lived in? One

25. Diamonds or pearls? pearls

26. What is your favorite flower? Iris.

27. What are you supposed to be doing instead of answering this?
Not a thing

READ THE LABELS ON ALL MEDICATIONS!!!

Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) This is the story of one mother who suffered a hemorrhagic stroke while she was driving home on 7/30 and passed away on 8/3. Her stroke and passing was an enormous shock because she did not have any symptoms or risk factors for a stroke. Just the week before she had gone to her doctor for a check up and received a clean bill of health. She did, however, develop a cold while she was on a visit and had taken Alka Seltzer Cold Plus for 3 days. Since her passing, it was learned that Alka Seltzer is one of the many cold medicines that contains Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) which can cause hemorrhagic stokes or cerebral bleeding even with the first use.

STOP TAKING anything containing this ingredient. It has been linked to increased hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in brain) among women ages 18-49 in the three days after starting use of medication.. Problems were not found in men, but the FDA recommended that everyone (even children) seek alternative medicine.

READ THE LABELS ON ALL MEDICATIONS!!!

"Since companies continue to reformulate their products, FDA is not maintaining a comprehensive, updated list of products that still contain PPA." Again, READ THE LABELS ON ALL MEDICATIONS!!!

http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/ppa/

Here is information from the web site...

"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking steps to remove phenylpropanolamine (PPA) from all drug products and has requested that all drug companies discontinue marketing products containing PPA. In addition, FDA has issued a public health advisory concerning phenylpropanolamine. This drug is an ingredient that was used in many over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription cough and cold medications as a decongestant and in OTC weight loss products.
In response to the request made by FDA in November 2000, many companies have voluntarily reformulated and are continuing to reformulate their products to exclude PPA while FDA proceeds with the regulatory process necessary to remove PPA from the market.
We have received numerous requests for a list of products containing PPA. Since companies continue to reformulate their products, FDA is not maintaining a comprehensive, updated list of products that still contain PPA. FDA is aware of emails circulating widely that list many products allegedly containing PPA. These emails, however, generally contain dated and inaccurate information and should be ignored.
The FDA recommends that consumers read the labels of OTC drug products to determine if the product contains PPA. The Agency believes this to be the most accurate method for determining the PPA content of OTC products rather than providing an incomplete or out-of-date list of products that may have already been reformulated and no longer contain PPA. (Introduction updated 03/07/2003)"

43 Things

My cousin sent me this one - 43 things you might or might not know about me... have fun reading!

1. Do you like blue cheese? Kind of. Georgia got me started on this cheese. I like it in very small amounts.

2. Have you ever been drunk? YES and NOT proud of any of those moments!

3. Do you own a gun? Never!

4. What flavor of Kool Aid was your favorite? What's with was? I still drink kool-aid! lime & cherry. Remember the competition? Rootin' Tootin' Raspberry and Choo-choo Cherry?

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? Rarely the doctor. The dentist - oh yeah even after all these years! And I like my dentist Dr. DeMaria!

6. Do you like where you live? Yes! However, that said, someday the entire house will be remodeled to fit our style not the previous owners.

7. Favorite Christmas movie? The Christmas Story

8. Can you sing well? Used to in school. Now I'm way out of practice.

9. Can you do push ups? What year?

10. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? Don't wear jewlery usually but my favorite necklace are the tiger eye ones Ken bought me. My favorite ear rings are the ones Katrina made for the Ohio State-Michigan game years ago. The other favorite pair is the ones Brannon made also.

11. Favorite hobby? make that hobbies! Quilting, gardening, crocheting, crafting in general.

12. Do you have A.D.D.? No. Dislexia - switching numbers is what I do the most.

13. What's your favorite shoe? Any that fit properly and don't look too bad. hey, at a 10.5 EEE you take what you can get that doesn't look horrendous!

14. Middle name? You guess! It starts with an L.

15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment? I'm cold, hungry and loving our new digital highspeed internet!!!!

16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink ? water, diet dew and coffee during outages.

17.Current worry? Why worry? It is counterproductive!

18. Current hate right now? Hate just eats you up inside! What goes around comes around.

19. Where are you right now ? Home. Alex shared his sickies and so I'm taking it relatively easy tonight.

20. How did you bring in the New Year's? Watched g'baby and went to bed early. Ken was working.

21. Where would you like to go? Anyplace with my dh - ok almost anyplace.

22. Do you own slippers? White ones. Do I have to count the ones I wear that aren't mine?

23. Do any cats own you? Yes, Pumpkin and Tinkerbell.

This is Pumpkin's "I'm resting why are you bothering me" pose. yes, he WAS orange at one time.

This is Tink's "Aren't I ADORABLE?" pose.

24. What color shirt are you wearing right now? Which shirt? I haveon three of them! I said I was cold!

25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? NO! You slide off the bed and so do your covers!

26. Can you whistle? Kinda - sorta but can't carry a tune!

27. Favorite color? All of them!

28. Would you be a pirate? No. Not into swashbuckeling. And get your minds out of the gutter!

29. What songs do you sing in the shower? none

30. Favorite girl's Name? All of my girls'!

31. Favorite boy's name? All of my buys'!

32. What's in your pocket right now? Kleenex - lots and lots of kleenex - with aloe please!

33. Last thing that made you laugh? Grandkids' antics!

34. Best bed sheets as a child? Sorry, I grew up in the era of plain old white, cotton (100% that also got ironed every week!) sheets. Yes, I said IRONED!

35. Worst injury you've ever had as a child? Did I mention I am accident prone?

36. Who is your loudest friend? Vocally - Katrina (kid), character-wise - hmmmm I'll have to think on that one!

37. How many dogs do you have? One all-of-the-time and one part-of-the-time dogs. Buster Brown is our all-of-the-time dog. Ken taught him how to swim. Buster LOVES the pool!

Harley Jane is actually Katrina and Chip's dog but she is our part-of-the-time dog also. I don't spoil her at night do I.

38. Does someone have a crush on you? No

39. What is your favorite book? Too many to list. Check on this blog.

40. What is your favorite candy? Candy? That's a tough one. Now ice cream, that's easy, mint chocolate chip. Candy? Guess it would be either malted milk balls or chocolate covered raisins.

41. Favorite Sports Team? Any the g'kids are on!

42. Are you happy right now? Of course!

43. What song do you want played at your funeral? None. Only want a memorial service.

AWEWOME VIDEO!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDnrLv6z-mM&feature=related

WOW WHAT A POWERFUL MESSAGE!