It's been a little rough...

okay it's day two of my caffeine exorcism and I must say the headache today was much milder than the one yesterday, no caffeine you ask? why yes I answer and here's why. I have been having some tummy trouble as of late and every symptom points to my gallbladder and while it's been very mild and annoying, I decided to go the dietary change route to see if that would help, so after consulting with the free Dr. hotline and advised to take a probiotic supplement and modify my diet, bye bye caffeine, and greasy food. Dairy is the next food on the chopping block if this doesn't help. I am doing all that I can to avoid having my gallbbladder go yucky, I have no insurance and while we here in Knoxville have been blessed with a free clinic for the working people with no insurance, i really can't afford to have my husband off the road for the time it would take for surgery and recovery and all that garbage, so anyway the Dr. told me if after a month things aren't looking better I need to come in for a full work up oh well here's to everything going my way :)

I've been lazy...

so I've been lazy, shame on me, while I have been wallowing in self pity due to my stalled weight loss efforts, I'm in a holding pattern ten pounds gone and ten to go and they won't budge, anyway I'm hoping to rectify the laziness situation and start writing at least every other day. I've been quite productive today as I made my own laundry soap and fabric softener and tomorrow the are going to get a test run on mine and babygirl's clothes, I'll have to wait till DH comes home to test the stuff out on his clothes. Today also is the second installment of no SLS shampoo for myself or babygirl, my hair doesn't feel "slickery" like it did when using regular shampoo but as I get older my hair has started to thin and while part of it is genetics the other part just may very well be chemical irritation, so to prove my theory I have eliminated the chemical part of the shampoo process I will give a full report after two more washings and go from there.

OOIDA Nation Call to Action Alert!

The U.S. House of Representatives will be debating and amending HR2200 (Thursday). HR2200 (the TSA authorization bill) is a bill that lays out funding and policies for programs run by the Transportation Security Administration including the TWIC program and the HME background check process.

Congresswoman Kathy Castor (D-FL) will be offering an amendment to HR2200 that will prohibit states and/or ports from requiring their own security background checks for transportation security cards on top of the federally mandated TWIC card unless they have "a compelling homeland security reason that necessitates a separate background check."

Click here to view the Castor amendment.

If you go onto a port, whether regularly or occasionally, and you're fed up with being treated as an ATM and paying fees for duplicative security credentials in addition to possessing a valid, federally mandated TWIC, you need to contact your Congressional representative immediately to ask them to support the CASTOR Amendment to HR2200.

Truckers have complained bitterly about the outrageous practice of being forced into doling out both their time and money for additional credentialing in order to access some of the nations' ports. This practice has NOTHING to do with security but unfairly enriching state coffers at the expense of hard working truckers.

The CASTOR Amendment would effectively preempt states from continuing this practice or even initiating their own unique credential requirements. In this era of budget deficits, truckers are an easy target for cash strapped states and they are lobbying vigorously in Washington DC to defeat this amendment because it will deny them the ability to use you as a profit center for their phony security claims.

Possession of a valid TWIC should trump any state credentialing requirement for truckers accessing a port and nothing else should be required.

Please call your Representative in the U.S. House TODAY to ask them to support Congresswoman Castor's amendment to HR2200.

To contact your Representative in the House, call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121, provide the operator with your home zip code. The operator will connect you with the office of your lawmaker.

You are also welcome to call OOIDA at (800) 444-5791. Association staff will be happy to help put you in touch with your elected officials in Washington.
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Remember, taking a few minutes out of your day to make a few phone calls to your elected representatives can make a major difference in how those individuals understand and view issues affecting you and your livelihood.

If you have questions, please do not hesitate to call the Association at 1-800-444-5791.

TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD.
TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE CAPITOL HILL TAKE NOTICE.
TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR TRUCKERS THROUGHOUT AMERICA.

Are babies evil???

Well I don't mean evil in the demonic sense but what do you call a 15 month old who has decided that 3am is the new bedtime? For the last week baby girl has changed her bedtime to suit her much to the aggravation of the rest of the house, now I am used to slight variations in her sleep routine due to the fact that daddy is an OTR (over the road) truck driver, he's home for a week then gone for three and baby girl has taken notice of that, so when he leaves for a run the first couple of nights are hard but she usually settles back into the regular except for this week. So to try and remedy this daddy has offered his advice of getting her up at 9am regardless of what time she went to bed to try to get her back on track so today I have the meanest baby on the face of the earth right now, hateful and cranky, our usually lovey cat has gone into hiding for fear of the meanness that has overwhelmed our household, one can only hope that she settles down by the time we have to go to the grocery store or her older sisters will have to deal with sandwiches for dinner, now mind you that baby girl is number four on the kid chain and I am accustomed to the tantrums that can prevail in public but it doesn't make it any easier when after 19 years of being mom you still think other people are judging your parental abilities while trying to get a few groceries. My second cup of coffee has kicked in and it's now time to chase baby girl down and get her dressed. 

Thank You Heather

check it out, I won the Twilight contest hosted by http://runningfromthelittlepeople.blogspot.com and I'm saying thanks, now I can read the book and see what all the fuss is about and then re-gift it to my oldest, she doesn't mind really, I love reading and will read anything I can get my hands on including the cereal box at the breakfast table.

Intros

even though it's on my profile I feel the need to introduce myself. I am a work from home mom of four girls. My oldest BB is a sophomore at MSU and a mommy herself to 2 year old Booger so that makes me a Gramma too, Missy is second in line and she has Aspberger's a form of autism, Chop is in the third position and she is my diva dancer, then there's baby girl my newest addition and at 15 months old she is testing my patience but she is also my gift, we thought we were done with kids and then low and behold at 41 I was pregnant, well being a work at home mom means I get to cut this short as I must actually work and find my truck driving husband a decent paying load to get him moving instead of sitting