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Life Lessons

When I think back on my life, I've learned so much about life, myself and other people but the person I've learned the most from is my child.

Just when I had lost the sense of wonder about life and started to get jaded, I became a parent. I had to relearn to find joy in the little things. It's so sweet to watch a person learn everything. It puts you in tune with the circle of life and it brings a sense of peace along with all the sobering responsibility of parenthood.

There is not a person on Earth I'd rather be with than my child. This helpless infant has become a unique and amazing person who is adored everywhere and lights up a room. Everything else pales in comparison to this miracle.

I don't believe in Romantic Love anymore because it doesn't last. It's purely hormonal but the love between a Mother and child is unconditional and lifelong.

Please Vote for me in Monique's F.A.T. (Fabulous and Thick) Chance Contest

Please log on to: www.dalaimama.monique.blip.tv and give me a 5 rating. Winning this contest would change my life in more positive ways than you can imagine.This is the personal page I created for the contest. This contest involves loving oneself despite being a large woman and inspiring other women to do the same. I'll try to include my photo in this post if I can figure out how to do it properly. You can read what I wrote below. Please let me know if you went to the website and voted for me. Let me know what you think about this post.

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My friends would describe me as a true original. A mix of Janis Joplin, Ginger and Mary Ann, Carrie and Samantha, June Clever and Sally from 3rd Rock. Never a dull moment but like solitude as well sometimes. Always the first one my friends call when they want to do something new and unusual. I guess you could say "The Road Not Taken" has been a long and winding road thus far but a good one.

I used to be too skinny and felt like a little girl. Going braless then was an option. Motherhood changed all that and now I feel like a beautiful, voluptuous goddess! I feel like a natural woman. I've been all the sizes of the rainbow from 0 to my current size 18. I've never felt more comfortable in my own skin than I do right now. For me, the important thing is being healthy and loving yourself and you can do that at any size. You should never be ashamed or embarrassed about your size. I never miss going to the beach or on vacation because I'm self-conscious about my weight. Afterall, like my age, it's ONLY a number! It's like that song "Video" by India Arie, I've learned to love myself unconditionally because I am a Queen!

I'm a single mom in the south and all that it entails. I'm too busy sometimes but I find joy all around me. I no longer run away from anyone wielding a camera in my direction. I'm a shutterbug and my friends and family all suffer from flashburn. I would hate to look back twenty years from now and be totally absent from all our photoalbums and home movies because I didn't want my picture taken.

My only concern was that men would no longer find me attractive. God Bless the Chubby Chasers because I have more dates now than when I weighted 105! I've been told that when you feel good about yourself you exude confidence and sex appeal. Just remember Ladies that the average American Woman is a size 14. Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell were size 14 Goddesses! The world would be a boring place if we were all stick figures. Being happy whether you're thick or thin is simply a matter of perception.

Becoming a larger woman made me less judgmental and an all around nicer person. I no longer believe happiness results from being a size 5. When I was a size 3 and 5, I had a boyfriend telling me how fat and disgusting I was! I had a complex about my weight as a result for years but I broke those chains to become the woman I am today. If I can do it anyone can! I still have my Calgon Moments but they are never caused by worrying about my weight.











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America Held Hostage by Illegals

A friend of mine sent me this email and I totally agree with her. Pass it on while we still have a country! I cut my own grass and take care of my own kid so I have no use for Illegals.

today is Monday and as US citizens we are all being called upon to do our part. The illegal immigrants are boycotting the United States of America by not going to work, not sending their children to school and not shopping today. (SEE DETAIL BELOW) Their plan is to blackmail our government into dropping their support of the current Immigration Reform Bill. If by any chance you attempted to shop at a grocery store this past weekend - you would have noticed that the illegal immigrants are taking this boycott seriously.

There was even a segment on the local news last night that showed them stocking up for today. The news showed them getting their RED shirts ready to wear today. They also showed that some of the Mexican owned and operated restaurants were planning on closing today. And some were only planning on being open for one or two meals but closing for evening meals (our local news showed Taqueria Arandas specifically).

I say we boycott any restaurant that closes today by not purchasing or eating there for the rest of the week (or forever). Also, I encourage you to drop an email youÂ’re your state rep demanding that any person that took today off in order to participate in this boycott be legally fired with no repercussions to the employer. How dare anyone come into this country and take a job where they are being paid wages but don't have to pay taxes take the day off to boycott our US laws.

And I think tomorrow and this following week we all ought to send a second email to our state rep and our local council members telling them how nice it was to go out on the highways on Monday and not be hindered by a bunch of illegal immigrants who can't read or understand our road signage - how easy our commutes were on this day. And that our children came home from school saying it was a great day because there were no interruptions while teachers had to repeat their lessons in another language. And that while we were out shopping and dining it was nice not to be berated by the sound of illegal immigrants speaking talking babbling a foreign language and slowing down the process by hindering ENGLISH speaking waiters and store clerks trying to communicate with them. That in general, we miss the peace and freedoms we used to have before we started allowing illegal immigrants to infiltrate every aspect of our lives and then take those liberties for granted. I would like for each of us to assure our government that we strongly agree with Immigration Reform and will stand behind the changes that are being proposed - as long as the changes are staunch enough to make a difference.

It will only take you a few seconds to go online and find the email address of your representative and drop them a few lines. You take more time reading the jokes we all forward to each other. The thing is that the few minutes and effort it will take, will be returned to us ten-fold if we get the Immigration Reform that our country so direly needs. Remember that we still outnumber illegal immigrants in our power to vote - it is your voice - use it!

Remember that they are wearing RED to show their support of the boycott - do not wear RED today but instead where BLUE or you favorite PATRIOTIC shirt!

I am heading out - I am filling up a pickup, two motorcycles, two 18 wheelers and 4 5-gallon gas cans; then I'm heading to out to lunch; after that I am going to purchase a large item for my niece who is expecting a baby; after that I am going to my grocery store to pick up a few items that I'm low on - doesn't hurt to stock up so why not do it today; and this evening my husband and I are going out to dinner and a movie. Doesn't seem like much but if 75 % of American citizens do the same it will make up for the lack of illegal immigrants spending.


PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE !


Illegal immigrants are planning a nationwide boycott of all goods and services on Monday, May 1st. They have marched in our streets and demanded rights as a reward for breaking our country's law. They hope to show that they have an impact on our economy, they hope to hurt American business, they hope to emotionally and economically blackmail us into submission.

So what can we do? All Americans who support LEGAL immigration but demand that all immigrants RESPECT our law are asked to act on May 1st. Wear RED or BLUE that day (They will be wearing white), and go SHOPPING.

If you have to grocery shop, make it May 1st. Need gas in your car? Fill it up May 1st (Bring lots of cash). Buy Mother's Day gifts, buy summer clothes, buy that new car you've been thinking about, whatever you need, but BUY THAT DAY. American citizens outnumber illegal immigrants, and we MUST make ourselves heard. Wear red or blue to show your pride in your country, and your opposition to weak border and amnesty legislation. And GO SHOPPING!

Let's make May 1st a day to remember, and remind Congress that the illegal immigrants they cower before can't vote. We can. And we will. The First of May is Shopping Day!

To read more on what the Illegal Immigrants plan to do on May 1st, go to http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/.

The Hollisters

As the offical local music maven of Houston, Texas I can honestly report the few bands who are talented and have a shot at success on a national level. I'm not going to sugar coat it and lie about what a great scene we have here, that's what The Houston Press is for! I honestly believe their music guy gets groupie cast offs to report favorably on so many amateur bands. That must be it. I know many of them and they either shack up with girlfriends or live with their parents so they're not paying him in cash!

Any band with potential moves from Houston to Austin. Naturally, the Hollisters are now based in Austin.The best band from Houston is by far The Hollisters. I've been an avid fan since 1995. Mike Barfield has a distinctive voice that will haunt you. I've taken tons of people to see them. The standard question I ALWAYS hear after the show is, "Why aren't these guys famous yet?"

I would say more but you really have to experience this band live to understand their unique talents. If you make it out to the show, tell 'em Lisa sent you.

The original members are playing a show at the Continental Club on Main. Check out the schedule at: www.continentalclub.com.

Visit the Hollisters website: www.hollisters.com. You can buy their CD's on the site as well. I can also inform you that Mike Barfield's Solo CD is a keeper.

Cool Fuels on the Science Channel

It's not easy trying to live green in Houston, TX. I've always been into recycling and environmental issues which has sometimes been a great irritant to my minion. Earth Day is always a reminder of how much change this behemoth of a city needs to make. Anything's possible, right?

I was delighted to find the show Cool Fuels on the science channel today. An Aussie travels across the USA using different kinds of fuel WITHOUT USING GASOLINE! It was realistic and possible and I was glad to watch it with my child. The fuels used were biodiesel, solar, wind, electricity and micro hydro.

The RV they traveled cross country in was powered by biodiesel, solar and electricity. They also had a motorcycle which was electric, a convertible car and an electric bike.

Now I wish I had taken notes because it had some great information in it. I'll try to catch it again and post more accurate information.

Calgon Moments

Calgon Moments

Let me know what triggers a Calgon Moment for you and how you deal with it! Inquiring minds want to know!

Letting Yourself GO

The last couple of years have been HORRIBLE! "Jacob's Ladder" variety horrible. The kind that makes you wonder who you screwed over in a past life to deserve this kind of misery. Misery does indeed love company so read on my Lovelies!

My odyssey of suffering began back in 2000 when some hillbilly at work began harassing me. I have come to ignore a lot of stupidity being an attractive female trying to support my son but this inbreeder was off the charts! He was the physical equivalent to the rapist in Deliverance. I want to take a shower just thinking of him. It literally makes me cringe. After months of polite refusals, this guy decided to show me the money! Yuk! I had no choice but to call HR who promptly fired him then turned around and fired me. I couldn't find a job ANYWHERE for over three long years. Independence was a great source of pride for me.

I learned about myself and the world around me during that time. The one good thing that came out of it was being able to spend more time with my child. I learned that money didn't make me happy but I had problems providing the basics at times. It was either feast for famine.

I'm the middle child so naturally in my family I became the glue to held the group together. Any time someone needed advice I was the go to girl. I was the only one who had it together when everything and everyone was falling apart. The problem was that I was taken for granted. When I needed help there were only tumbleweeds to keep me happy in the ghost town of my realm.

I was the one who took everyone to the hospital and stayed with them no matter the cost to me for 4 long months. I stayed in the hospital with my brother when he nearly died from Osteomyelitis. This involved hours on end of screaming on his part and my reminding nurses to bring his medication on time. I had more than my share of Aurora Greenway moments (Give my Brother the shot!). He was only 41 at the time and they were asking me to choose a Hospice so you can imagine the toll that takes on your psyche. His "wife" refused to visit him and only called him on the phone to inform him she would put him in a nursing home if he survived. Then she tried to attack me in the hospital and ripped his IV out of his arm! Dr.s told me it was a miracle he's alive and able to walk. He went back home to the succubus. Now he's not allowed to talk to me.

While he was in the hospital, my younger brother fell off a skateboard and fractured his skull. My son called me and told me that I needed to come over because he had blood shooting out of his head and ear. I called 911 and watched the EMT's panic because they couldn't stop the bleeding. I insisted the call a chopper to take him to a trauma unit since sitting in rush hour traffic would have meant his death. He's permanently deaf in one ear, can't smell or taste and can't remember much or learn new information. He refused my help to get him SSI so that my Mother wouldn't have to support him indefinitely.

After these and more mindbending events, I find myself obese! I never had a problem before. In December 2005, I fell in a friend's driveway and broke my right arm, including my elbow because she neglected to shovel snow from her driveway. She's an RN and refused to take me to the hospital. Two days later her boyfriend drove me to the airport and they pretended nothing happened! She refused to give me her homeowner's information! I couldn't drive myself home from the airport. Now her boyfriend, my best friend for 10 years doesn't speak to me. He doesn't understand why I'm upset. Whatever! I couldn't do anything for myself for 4 months! I was stuck at home with no help. Evidently that caused a major weight gain.

Every waking moment is a Calgon Moment! It's a waking nightmare. Don't get me wrong, I've got a great sense of humor and I have to laugh or I'll cry but enough is enough. I've come to the point where I've just told everyone to leave me alone and take on their own problems but is that enough?

A Matter of Perception

I came across this. Read it in addition, my post is at the end.

"Real World" Training
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Tuesday we took a break and had lunch in the park. It was a quiet afternoon. Most of the younger children were down for their naps and the "school age' children were, well, in school. We had the park to ourselves. It was fun to just sit and eat our Jimmy John's and play catch.

As we were sitting there on a bench a car pulled up with two teenage kids inside. My husband remarked that it was time to go since the local high school had just let out and this park typically fills with rowdy teens looking for something to do.

The young gal lifted a baby out of the back seat and for a moment we both thought they might be young couple taking their newborn out for a little fresh air. Before too long, it became obvious that the baby wasn't real. I realized this was probably part of the mommy training the high school provides to show teenage girls the reality of mothering. They wandered over to the fountain where my two teenage boys were standing with their little baby sister, Elaina. After a few moments the "mommy" set the "baby" on the ledge near the fountain. She then started talking to her boyfriend, ignoring the doll. My son, on the other hand, had a a tight grip on his little "baby doll" making sure that she didn't fall into the fountain or fall off the ledge.

Now, I ask you, which student was getting the experience and training necessary to prepare them for parenting in the real world? Before you answer my son, think about it. It really depends on your worldview.

If you believe that children are a blessing from God then you would proabably answer my son. If you believe that children are a burden meant to be cast aside when they become inconvenient then you would say the high school girl. Each adolescent is being trained to believe something about children according to the truth that accompanies the training.

My sons are being trained to become fathers who will one day parent their children with the truth that children are a blessing from God. After chatting briefly with the young lady it became obvious that she viewed children as a pain and that the whole idea of become a mother was undesirable. Sadly, that's the prevailing attitude in the "real world" and this young lady is being trained to fit right in.

My Response: I was public school educated and had to carry an egg. I homeschool my son. I didn't think the school was teaching me that children were a burden. My family taught me that. There were 5 children in my family and my parents had a volatile marriage for over 35 years before divorcing. My Mother is a devout christian and forced us to go to church several times a week. Going to church does not a christian make.

Carrying around an egg just reminded me of the responsibility of parenthood. Not that I needed to be reminded. I have a brother 9 years younger than me who I had to help take care of since the day he was born. He's 27 now and I'm still taking care of him.

While I never envisioned having children of my own, my child has been the greatest blessing in my life. I make sure he is raised in a loving and stable environment. My family was a cautionary example for me. Going through that experience taught me what not to do as a parent.

I think the public school system is just trying to show potential teenage mothers that the prospect of singleparenthood will alter their future.

I became a singleparent at age 27. I doubt I'll ever get married. While some parts of society place a stigma on singleparents which is just another form of prejudice, I think how much I would have lost if I conformed to societal expectations because I wasn't married.

I had married parents and an unhappy childhood. My child has one devoted parent who makes him the first priority. I'm teaching him the value of self-reliance while my parents just warehoused me for 18 years.

I do agree that public schools are a large factory with their own agenda but children are still profoundly influenced by their parent's attitude toward parenting.

When a child grows up in a loving environment they have a different take on parenthood.
Lisa | Homepage | 04.10.06 - 5:37 am | #

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Calgon Moments

Do you ever have those Calgon Moments? Calgon, take me away... We all have them. Unfortunately lately I seem to be stuck in a persistent vegetative state and I don't mean Texas. Although many parts could pass. People here seem to be getting more ignert, the ones that actually speak English.

Perhaps it's simply a rut or early midlife crisis manifesting itself. I've already traded in all the BS and yet still haven't found my bliss. At some point in life we all wake up, look around and wonder WTF is going on and how did it all come to this? Lately I can't seem to find the humor in it.

I feel like Elvis before that last tour - fat, bloated and sick. Certainly there are people in a worse funk but who cares, I'm worried about me. I realize it's ADD but that makes me special, right? I don't ride the short bus but lately I feel I'm pushing it!

It's already at least 85 here everyday. Can't wait for the mosquitos and hurricanes to let me know it's summer.

I need a good laugh, maybe I'll check out the comedy clubs on amateur night.


Check out my other blogs: www.homeschoolblogger.com/Dalaimama, http://360.yahoo.com/chinadolll2, http://spaces.msn.com/RantingRequired

Benzene in colas! Yes, BENZENE!

I'm SO thrilled to learn that there is Benzene in all colas/sodas (depending on your vernacular) from a news website. I knew the good people at coca-cola had me hooked from age 8. I've been dealing with the loss of tooth enamel, calcium leached from my bones, addiction to caffeine and obestiy but BENZENE! I guess I can get on that class action suit and pray for $20 when I develop AML! You Bastards! You won't see this on the news but google it before Herr President censors it. That's tasty.

Amnesty for Illegals Again?

There are so many wonderful and horrible things going on the world now that it's difficult to pinpoint a starting point. I suppose that was the purpose for naming this particular blog, Calgon Moments. Because there are so many of them now.

My life is as busy and hectic as anyone else's. I know what's going on in the world is not reflected on TV in the news or represented in movies and television shows. The world can't handle the truth!

If I'm Not bitching, check my pulse! I can't believe I had to endure illegal aliens marching for their rights on TV. Come on, that was the perfect opportunity to deport them! I live in a border state so I'm constantly bombarded with Spanish speaking illegals trying to communicate with me in Spanish. The local school doesn't even print out forms or letters in English anymore. I have no problem with LEGAL IMMIGRANTS who come here and learn the language and assimilate into our society. When I walk out my front door and see an Illegal peddling his little sno-cone/taco stand down my street while he screams in Spanish, I get pissed. Then I flip over to the job section of the newspaper and see that now I can't get a job if I don't speak Spanish!

Before you go spouting off that we're all immigrants, save it. I'm of Native American Ancestry so you killed my ancestors and stole our country, NOT FROM MEXICANS BUT FROM NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS.

Amnesty didn't work in 1986 and it's not going to work now. Between the corporate whoredom of our socalled representatives and the illegal aliens, American Citizens are screwed, blued and tattooed.

The law that allowed Illegal Alien children to get a FREE education should be repealed. The law that allows illegals to have a child here and stay here should be changed.

Check out how New Zealand and other countries have changed their citizenship status. In fact, check out how Mexico deals with Illegal Aliens. Talk about hypocrites!