Why I joined the Sea Shepherd Onshore Crew

There wasn't one moment that lead me to this decision, there were many moments.

I first saw the show Whale Wars on the animal plant a few years ago. I only saw two episodes though. There were two thing that suck in my mind. One was the images of a whale being dragged up the ramp of the Japanese factory ship. The other was of this guy Peter Hammarstedt he put his ship I between the two Japanese ships. And the two Japanese ships squeezing this young captain ship. How many of us stand up for anything willing to die for it?

My family and I went to the zoo this summer. I love the zoo, it lets people see anamials to see these great animals that they would never see. We went in to see the dolphin show. We sat there and watched the show. There came a time when one of the dolphins glideded by and our eyes met. And this feeling just hit me and my heart sank. I immediately left the show.

My son Caleb has autism. We went to doctors, fought with school. Went to one doctor after the next. They either couldn't help, or after a year of seeing them they tell us that we should see someone that specializes in autism (Like why did they think we we're here). So we finally found this doctor this summer who is a biomedical doctor. He is also a D.O and has a son with sever autism then my son. So we went to his seminar. And it was great, and like "duh". We're feeding are children toxins and poisons. There poor little bodies are fighting all these toxins and dealing with sensory issues. Then you want them to sit in a class room for 6 hours. How do you fell going to work for 6+ hours at work with a cold or flu?

So we started cleaning out our food, cookware, cleaning products. I'm going to start working on cloths. I started, and im still reading, more books about environmental impacts on our food and well everything. One was Captain Paul Watson: An interview with a pirate. Awesome book. Captain Paul Watson (founder of Sea Shepard) touched on a lot of issues in the book.

I've always been reading and watching documentaries about all environmental issues before I had a reason standing in front of me. I've always wanted to do something to help, but felt there really wasn't anything I could do. So I went on to there web site Seashepard.org and read all there stuff. Found out I didn't have to go to sea to be a volunteer. Which was a good thing since I have Meniere's Disease. And that I could do more then just send them money every month. I finally felt like I can do something now (Other then hide in my home). My kids can even help out on some of the volunteering stuff.

One of the things im trying to work on is I always say "it's not my flat your uneducated on (whatever issue)". But now that saying is bugging me. So much that it plays over and over in my head. Maybe it is my flat. I've been learning about all these issues about our Environment and I never shared what I learned.

I accepted what they told us. "We can't do anything about", "your not an expert", "your just one person you cant change anything". I have looked at other organizations, but there all the same, "become a member for this $10 a month." They make you fell like your small. Have you ever pinned your house on google map, then zoomed out to you can see the earth. You are small. But we (I) have to start doing things and talking about these issues.

So I have joined Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. In there direct action approach, to help people understand the issues of the ocean. And participating in solutions that really make a difference. If you would like more info about the Sea Shepherd, would like to volunteer or would like to make a donation please vist there site at seashepherd.org

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What exactly is obedience?

I guess this topic touches on a lot of subjects and unknowns. With raising children, religion and of course the compasaty of the autisic mind.

My 8 year old son with autism had a melt down today because he didn't want to do what he was told. He trew and broke stuff again and I got really mad. I sent him to his room and I went to mine. All I could think of was "I'm tired of being a quite mom and letting him get away with stuff. Everyone else has to pay the price for his actions. And sometimes it's we literally have to go buy something and replace what he broke. And other people have had to go and replace things that he has broken.

But I keep coming back to "What do I really except from him? Of course what can I really do about it? I can't punish him cause one In today's world it really leaves parents no option except to "let kids be kids" and on the other hand does he really understand what he's doing?

I want him to at least be good a least at school. But I know his days may be numbered at a public school.

Our neighbors are all about there children being in complete obdeance. So much so that the husband still does thing for his parents all the time. But really do you want your children to be completely obedient or do you want them to be sincer in what they do? I mean god want us to be sincer in our doing and not just going thru the motions.

I remember hearing something like this from somewhere, you can only except as much obedience as you would give to god.

I talked to my grandparents about this issue during there vist out here for the summer. And really it all came down to was, how much does my son really understand?

Does he understand that other people have feelings? Since he can't really express his own feelings very well, maybe not. Does he even really care?

Please share your toughts.

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No Shampoo aka "going poo-less"

I first heard of "going poo-less" off of a podcast where Paul Wheaton and some lady named Jocelyn talk about there own experiences using, or should I say not using shampoo. What pecked my interest was when Jocelyn was talking about how she use to have problems with here scalp getting, I think she called it eczema. And having to use shampoo that was $15 a bottle.
I personally have had that experience. I got this area of my scalp that itched and was always raw or scabed over. I finally went to my doc and he said it was some kind of fungi and he told me to us this over the counter shampoo. It went away and hasn't come back yet. But boy oh boy what a pain.
I also read a article on Mother Nature Network called Bubble Trouble. Very good. She talks about how her hair evolved and mistakes she made with her hair. She said she was counseled to "shampoo" with conditioner ounce a week. Also she says that "brushing every single night makes her wavy hair too straight, but 100 strokes twice a week helps to distribute the natural oils evenly."
So after thinking about it and wondering about it...... alright I'll try it. So I'm going to write about my experience and post pics of my hair. I'm going to add updates as the weeks and months go by. That way my whole experience will be on one page. I like picture so Im going to be posting a pic every two weeks. We'll se if that's over kill or not.
So here is my hair now. It has shine, body, and it's wavey/Curley. Problems I have are: dandruff, itchy scalp, frizz (as you can see) and occasionally spots that fill like pimples.

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2 Week Update

I forgot to mention above that before I started doing this that I was only shampooing my hair every other day. So it's been 2 weeks now. The first week I was a little embarrassed by my hair and wore it up when I went to church. But this last Sunday I wore it down and my hair didn't feel so weird. My hair is diffently different. I noticed I don't have dandruff, my scalp has not been scratching my scalp. But I have noticed that weird tacky felling when I get my hair wet. I have been brushing my hair 100 times ounce a week and using just a quater size amount of conditioner ounce a week. As you can see from my pic below my hair still has body but is not so puffy. And you can see the waves in my hair more. It is still a little fuzzy at the top.

 

2 weeks

 

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Scraping of the wall paper in the kids room.

So i decided to final take the rest of the wall paper down in the kids room. Its a tall room with half of it done in wal paper. It was this striped wallpaper. I think is drove Caleb nuts, besause he tore the paper off around his bed. Aways so we pilled the rest of the top layer of paper off, then i went online to find a homemade wallpaper remover.

Half- and- half, Warm Water and vinager.

I sprayed it on the walpaper and let it sock in.

Then cause it not a chemicaly. I let Caleb scrap it off. He said it was his job. :)

The started are now finished

So im cleaning out storage and theres all these started or bought mateirals to do a project. so these are the projects that i finshed.

This is a soild piece of material that looks like a quilt. There small like for a doll. Has the little pillow and quilt. I finshed both of these in 1 1/2 days.

 This was in the leather crafts. Its a mini saddle kit. The design was started. I finshed that and stained it. I had to buy a skiveing knife and cement gule to finsh it. Got this all finshed in a few hours.

This is just a design that i cut down and made into a coaster.

Cleaning

Hermione was here for the weekend. And of course the kids were even crazier then they normaly are. I have so much stuff to do. I need to the basement and reorganize it. I wish it was a finshed basement. then i could put anything down there and not have to worry about it getting moldy and stuff would be able to touch the floor. I need to reorganize my Cross stitch cabinet. Oh boy so much to do and the kids wont let me.

I did some organizing down in the basement yesterday. Sorted out all my fabric and some that my mom had collected over the years. i put the scrap piecs in the binns by color. Im going to make a crazy quilt with all the scraps, since you can use pices down to an inch. Cant wait to get started. But i have to wait till all the other started projects are down. sigh....

So i found this chore list. I know, i know i need a chore list? But theres so much to do, and come on if i cleaned the whole house in one day i would ware my self out. So this broke up the whole house into 30min each weekday.

I found this on www.pinterest.com (which is awesome). This is the link to the actuall site, http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/search/label/Cleaning

Ok, so im going to go for now. Ill talk to you later.

Glasses

I was going to do laundry today, but it was suppose to rain. then it doesnt all morning and afternoon. I did look at the rader and it is suppose to start in a hour or so.
Caleb made it through his whole 1/2 day of preschool. The bus driver did tell me that he has been having more fits and getting mad alot more these past weeks. Not sure why. The only thing that has changed is that Aaron is here every weekend because his dad is over seas. Oh and Brian has moved to day shift at work. Other then that it's been the same.

Well it finely rained. It waited till we were pulling into the parking lot of the eye docs and then it poured. We ran inside, then the lights went off for 2 seconds then came back on. So i told the lady i was going to pay now incase the lights went off while Aaron was getting his glases fitted. Then it lightly rains until we have to go back to the car. Ahhhh...rain.