Pictures!

WARNING! PICTURES BELOW ARE GRAPHIC! DO NOT CONTINUE READING IF THIS IS NOT OKAY WITH YOU!

So I finally decided to post pictures of body boot camp. Scroll down a little to see (I posted them far down in case anyone who is not interested can leave without viewing. I only posted posted pictures with no kids in them to protect the identities of me and my fellow campers.

Thanks so much!

Tonight as I was making my usualy blog sweep I noticed something different about this blog...there had been some visitors! What a welcome surprise! So, I am here tonight to thank you for taking the time to leave me a comment. I really appreciate it. A special thanks goes out to the BlueBoarders who were kind enough to stop by and say hi. You guys all rock, and I am truly very appreciative! Thanks for making my day!

Body Boot Camp

Sorry for the recent lack of posts. I have been at Body Boot Camp. It's a two week body experience filled with presentations, dissections and field trips. Today we took a field trip to Big Teaching Hospital and watched a surgery via CC TV. Perhaps I will post pictures when I get them, probably in mid-July. In the meantime, I'll probably try to keep updating more often. It's summer...what else have I got to do? Talk to you soon.

Herrin Twins

I don't know if you have heard about these fabulous little girls or not, but I wanted to dedicate a post to them today. Below I have pasted a little from their website explaining who they are.

Kendra Deene and Maliyah Mae Herrin were born February 26, 2002 at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were born 8 weeks premature at 32 weeks gestation. They are former Ischiopagus / Omphalopagus Conjoined Twins, meaning that they were joined at the abdomen and the pelvis. They shared several organs, mainly a kidney, liver, and large intestine. They were successfully separated August 7, 2006. They are very healthy and happy little girls, each with her own distinct personality. They are very smart and are learning new things every day. Together they could scoot around, roll over, pull up to standing, and even do a summersault. They are best friends and have such a close bond. They are such wonderful miracles and they continue to bring joy to their family and friends everyday. We love them so much.

The family website is herrintwins.com and the family posts updates regularly. They have gone through major ups and downs, but right now they are thriving. Hopefully you will be able to click on their website and read about them, as they are truly an inspiration to everyone.

Please help!

I received this email today, it takes literally 1 minute, if that, to do. Thought it would be a good thing to post on this blog.

The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their site daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on 'donating a mammogram' for free (pink window in the middle).

This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammogram in exchange for advertising.

Here's the web site! Pass it along to people you know.

http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/

I've been tagged!

1) What was I doing ten years ago?

Probably starting pre-school.


2) What are five (non-work) things on my to-do list for today:

-score brother's baseball game
-study for math test
-write query letter to magazine
-go to bed early to catch up on sleep
-clean room

3) Snacks I enjoy:

-Flamin' Hot Doritos
-Deli Style Cole Slaw
-anything salty or sweet, actually!


4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire:

-buy a house in Arizona


5) Places I have lived:

a certain town in a certain state in the US (for my whole life)


6) Jobs I have had:

student
writer

Okay, I'm boring. Sorry for the lame responses. A great post is coming soon!

To respond to this, post a comment on this post with a link to your post.

The Business of Being Born

I just finished watching this movie. It was fantastic. I liked that it mentioned that homebirth is not safe for everyone, and it even included footage of a C-section. The homebirths included in the film were beautiful, and they showed that it is okay to give birth with a midwife. I think that every pregnant woman should watch it because it shows how beautiful birth can be.