A Pregnant Man?

I just saw the previews of an upcoming news segment about a pregnant man. I had no idea this was possible! To find out more, click here.

OK, the segment just aired. It appears that it is a bit misleading (of course, it's the "hook" that makes you sit around and watch the show). The man who is pregnant was once a woman who still has the parts he needed to carry a child. Big deal. I thought there was some huge breakthrough where a man with male parts was able to carry a child - somehow.

There is more information at The Advocate too.

Of course, there is controversy over this. I don't have any opinion of it. It's not my body and while pregnancy was very difficult, it was also wonderful so who am I to deny it to anybody else who is capable of doing it?

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Boy Crazy

These are our four girls. They are waiting at the window. Can you guess what they are waiting for?

BOYS!!!

They are waiting for the boys track team to run by! Our house is on their running route. All four of them - from toddler to teen. Yes, even our toddler is up there with them! I had to snap a picture.

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Going to Iraq

My husband's nephew went into the Army a few months ago. He just let us know that he's being sent to Iraq in a couple of months. Everybody is worried, of course, but proud of him too. It takes a very strong person to sign up for military service during war time. I hope this war ends soon for the military, their families, and the country and our nephew stays safe and isn't there very long.

Support Our Troops

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Ants

We have ants in the house. Thankfully they aren't the big, black carpenter ants! We have the tiny brown ants that are coming in where the wall meets the floor in our living room off our garage. That tells me spring is coming (it also tells me I better get rid of them fast, lol). My daughter picks them up and smooshes them before throwing them away. I sweep them up. My two other kids just yell, "ants" while the baby yells, "ladybug" when she sees them. Everything is a ladybug to her.

So, I can use chemicals to get rid of them. I've also looked up some more natural methods and came across wiping counters down with vinegar and water and putting baking soda in the cracks where they are coming in. I'll probably do the baking soda since I have it on hand right now and they aren't on my counters so far.

Even more unfortunate is that it also means that the spiders are going to start to get active again which I really dread since I can't stand those things! I'd rather deal with ants than spiders.

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