Jupiter brings what?

  Sigh.  The planet Jupiter is in the Pisces constellation now, and next month also I think.  Supposedly, this is a good sign for us Pisceans.  I admit, I know little of being a Pisces-nver studied it much.  I know I love the water as well as the land.  Being near the ocean is like therapy for me.  I can stand at the edge of the water, and just breathe in the salt air.  Feel it wash over me, cleansing.    I love the open fields, that are full of gently swaying grasses, dotted with wild flowers.  I can lay there and stare at the sky.  Absorb the warmth of the sun, and feel the connection to the land we live on.   There's also nothing like the great wilderness.  Waking up to the clear and crisp, mountain air, surrounded by wildlife and endless miles of forest.  There is a heaven there as well.  I do not have a favorite, I just know that I love being in contact with the earth.  I absolutely despise flying or being in the air.  I know there are other factors of being a Piscean, and reading through them, I'd say I'm perhaps half of them.  When I compare myself to my sister, also a Piscean, we are like mirrors, in that we reflect each others strengths and weakness, in opposites.  A little about Pisces.
 

Happy New Year

  Well, that's a bit late, and I've already grumbled this year, but Happy New Year, anyhow.
I typed up the Kindergarten requirements for my state, and made a snazzy chart, so I could check off what we have completed, with notes on where we stand.  I really dislike categorizing my kids, but for home school sake, I need to have some type of reference point.
  I'm pretty excited this year so far.  Co op classes start next month, and we are taking some neat ones.  Ds is excited to learn, "Rock and Roll", and have fun in art class.  The class is Montessori/Waldorf based, and they do some neat things, like using beeswax and felting.  We are doing pretty well in our basics too.  Once again, kudos to the Phonics Road program.  It's amazing what he knows, and we are only half way through it.
   Dh has quit smoking!  That's the most exciting news here.  It's been one week, and I couldn't be more proud of him.  He had cold laser treatment, and I'm giving him a bunch of herbs to help.  He was only grumpy the first day, so I'd say they are helping-a lot!  We are spending more time together, and I really enjoy it.  I have noticed the kids are not as clingy to him, as they used to be.  They are definitely enjoying him more.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed this is a permanent thing.
  On the news front, I swear, nutrition and vaccines are being attacked more than ever right now.  I honestly feel it's based out of fear that the government is realized there are a growing number of people out there, who just won't stand for their crap.  We will grow our own food.  We will have our organic farms.  We will not inject poison or take poison into our bodies.
  My New Year resolution, if I'm to have one.  Successfully have a garden this year.  And become a worm farmer.

Attack on Wakefield yet again....

THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 2011

  Well, it's not even a week into the New Year and already the news is attacking Andrew Wakefield.  Can anyone say that pharma is panicked?  Already flue vaccine numbers are dropped, if one believes the polls.  I haven't really checked the Pertussis vaccine numbers, but I spoke to quite a few people who were not concerned with the "outbreak" of it, since Pertussis follows a regular cycle.  Hmm, I guess these were informed parents, who were not going to buy into the media scare tactics.
  So here we have BMJ reports Wakefield was a fraud.  I'm sure I'm going to get a phone call about this news some time soon.  There are certain people who think badly of me for not vaccinating our kids, though will not try to understand why.  I get filtered into being called, "Those people", and have nothing to back up my decision.  I suppose if I mentioned anything about it being a religious decision, I'd be crucified or called crazy!  Wait, that's already happened.  Feeling sarcastic this morning.
   Anyhow, I hadn't even had a cup of coffee or woken up enough when I saw this new attack on my local news, so went looking to see what Age of Autism had to say.  British medical journal shows misjudgement  Age of Autism has covered the whole trial from what I remember.  Hard on the heals of yesterday's article they wrote, is the  CryShame response to BMJ report, on Age of Autism.
  Sigh, I feel like I should have checked the news a little more yesterday to have seen this.  So, I figured I'd pop on and place the two articles-one of attack, and one of defense.  Honestly, this whole debate about whether the MMR vaccine, or Any other vaccine causes Autsim, is like beating a dead horse.  Genetically, everyone reacts differently.  Very simply put, peanuts can kill some people and not others.  Vaccines effect some people, and not others.  What pharma needs to be doing is putting the money into finding out why, not making more vaccines and pushing them.  But, pharma would just take too much of a money hit if they actually admitted that their precious vaccines may possibly cause Autism.  It's bad enough they bully folks who bring out the truth and defy them, isn't it?  Gee, wonder who I want to put my trust in.

Increases of seizures in kids after flu vaccine

 I called it back when the US started buying doses of flue vaccine last summer.  An increase in childhood seizures you say?  That's what happened in New Zealand with Afluria.  The vaccines stopped and investigation started.  The US started to buy a flue vaccine and change the label-see here-label change
  Hmm, come fall, an increase in child seizures started to happen, but oh, there was no connection, right?  I mean, the vaccine is safe.  Now, there is an investigation into the seizures and the flue vaccine.  Took long enough.  The Vaccination council has a nice write up on it.
Vaccination council on seizures
  Actually, regarding the Vaccination council, they have some interesting books under media, I recommend reading.  The articles contain many interesting things, and some info on the doctors and scientists there, and WHY, they have stopped thinking vaccines are safe, and now question them.

A month of writing

  Well, after a month, I don't like blogging daily.  I know I missed a few days, due to family emergency and the holiday.  But, I realized, that either I need two blogs, or I'll just be writing as I have a thought to share.  Though both being a home schooler and stay at home mom, go hand in hand with the health and government issues that effect us, it seems like I could have a blog for each one alone.  I'm not sure yet.  We'll see.