Mama Says

This post is a dire warning.  Imagine that the entire nation has their healthcare run by the government!
My children qualified for Medicaid along with the foodstamps.  This is good, because my husband’s current employer does not offer insurance of any kind.
So far it has been a debacle.
First, we had issues because of typos.  Our caseworker, [...]

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I’ve been reading a lot of foodie books (Michael Pollan, Barbara Kingsolver) and they both emphasize eating locally and eating in season.  I’ve virtuosly passed up on cherries from Chile and thought twice about buying corn on the cob in January (really, what’s the point of that?)  But I really experienced what they are talking [...]

Last Thursday, Mr P fell off his bunk bed.  He probably would have been okay if he hadn’t hit a metal chair on the way down.  He knocked a tooth loose and had quite a bruise on his chest, but otherwise seemed unhurt, so I sent him back to bed.  Alone.  (His bed is on [...]

Blogging will be light this week.
I’m busy.
(Side note:  It was so very helpful of my daughter to tell me, after discovery, that her best friend just had them, too.  The best friend that my daughter has had sleepovers at twice this month.)

We had a wonderful Christmas, though we postponed Christmas dinner a few days.  We ate frozen meatballs and  jarred spaghetti sauce on Christmas, instead!
On Wednesday, a few of the children started coughing – the deep, loud coughing.  By Thursday Miss C (4) and Mr S (7) had fevers.  Christmas morning, Mr P (10) woke us [...]

I know, not your usual post.  I apologize to my loyal readers and random spambots who come here to find out how to be a miser skinflint good steward of their money.  So, if you didn’t happen on this post after doing a Google search with a sick baby… it’s time to just move along.
This [...]

Mr X put words together in a sentence!  Sunday night he was afraid he’d be left out of the pancake dinner.  He said “I want plate!”  (OK, more like “I wah pay”).
Baby Alianna also has high blood pressure (infant hypertension).  Her readings after birth were slightly high (84 in her right arm), but they let [...]

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This post is interesting, in light of the comments on the Food Stamp Challenge #21 and Playground Bullies post.
School Lunches Around the World
(They get steamed mussels and artichokes for lunch in France?  With a lemon tart?  Maybe I can go teach over there.  How much does Rosetta Stone cost?)
H/T The Common Room
One of our school [...]

I commented on Consent of the Governed over the weekend, in regards to the swine flu:
I’m not worried about getting sick from the swine flu (and I’m definitely not getting the vaccine whenever it comes out).
I’m worried about the mass hysteria/effects of swine flu panic.
I’m in Houston – four different school districts have shut down [...]