Assignment #5

I feel that this song is the one that best describes my struggles and my love/hate relationship with food!


Artist PINK
Raise Your Glass Lyrics
Right right, turn off the lights,
we're gonna lose our minds tonight,
what's the dealio?

I love when it's all too much,
5am turn the radio up                     
where's the rock and roll?

Party Crasher,
Penny Snatcher,
Call me up if you want gangsta         
Don't be fancy, just get dancey
Why so serious?

So raise your glass if you are wrong,
in all the right ways,
all my underdogs,
we will never be never be anything but loud
and nitty gritty dirty little freaks
won't you come on and come on and raise your glass,
just come on and come on and raise your glass

Slam slam, oh hot damn
what part of party don't you understand,
wish you'd just freak out (freak out already)
can't stop, coming in hot,
I should be locked up right on the spot
it's so on right now (so fuckin on right now)

Party Crasher,
Penny Snatcher,
Call me up if you want gangsta
Don't be fancy, just get dancey
Why so serious?

So raise your glass if you are wrong,
in all the right ways,
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all my underdogs,
we will never be never be anything but loud
and nitty gritty dirty little freaks
won't you come on and come on and raise your glass,
just come on and come on and raise your glass
won't you come on and come on and raise your glass,
just come on and come on and raise your glass

(oh shit my glass is empty, that sucks)

So if you're too school for cool,
and you're treated like a fool,
you can choose to let it go
we can always, we can always,
party on our own

(so raise your) So raise your glass if you are wrong,
in all the right ways,
all my underdogs,
we will never be never be anything but loud
and nitty gritty, dirty little freaks
So raise your glass if you are wrong,
in all the right ways,
all my underdogs,
we will never be never be anything but loud
and nitty gritty, dirty little freaks
won't you come on and come on and raise your glass,
just come on and come on and raise your glass
won't you come on and come on and raise your glass,(for me)
just come on and come on and raise your glass (for me)

Mac N Cheese Obituary

It is with great sorrow that we must say good bye to our close and dear friend Mac N Cheese  over powered by the fast food chains and after much fighting with chicken nugget, hamburger and fries Mac N Cheese suffered a massive heart attach and has died.  He is survived by his many fans of all ages that will surly miss him during snack, lunch and dinner time!  Massive number of moms will also grieve his early death who will now have to search for an alternative for snack time!!  The many fans may just have to go back to what was done before boxed and massively produced mac and cheese was in the market make your own noodles and mix with cheese!  Mac N Cheese you will be missed but never forgotten.

Assignment #3

At 37 years old the mother of three girls ages 18, 5, and 18 months I am now starting to make a conscious effort to better manage my health and wellness  -- I've taken an active approach to visit the Dr. and an Endocrinologist -- Let me give you a brief history of my life -- in my teens I had a baby and divorced by the time I was 21 -- which was mentally draining - -  In my 20s I was a mother, career women by day student at De Paul University by night -- in a face paced environment I seem to thrive I LOVED IT -- my social life was full speed ahead I had the time of my life -- did not worry about my health -- In my 20s I also met my husband now and he introduced me to a family life I did not know -- he is from a very close knit Italian family --- I loved how his sisters where stay at home moms-- volunteered at schools and did things I never thought possible for me!  My oldest was about 5 back then and I tried to volunteer as much as I could but it always was when I could -- We married in my late 20s.

When I turned 30 I had a life changing experience my position was eliminated and I found out I was expecting 3 weeks later -- I don't think I would of every quit my job to stay home to be a homemaker stay at home mom I was too independent.  Boy was I in for a rude awakening -- I was so lonely, bored out of my mind!! -- I needed to get out of this house all my friends where at work and not in the same stage in life as I was -- so I took a proactive approach and enrolled Natalia in various classes where I met other moms with children her age and became more active -- at this point I had gone from a size 2-4 in my 20s to size 10 after my second child and was totally unhealthy.  Mentally I think I was getting better not as bored and not as lonely -- It is not until recently after my 3rd child a size 14 that I have made a conscious effort to lose weight  my biggest down fall is soda -- I have gone from a true addict of 5-6 cans a day to just one a day if that!!!I have enrolled in an exercise class made more friends and tried to network more at my daughters school  I was so excited when Natalia entered Kindergarten because for me it meant something to do!!!  I have become more involved in the school, the Girl Scouts troop and other activities she is involved in.  I am looking forward to enrolling the 18 month old in classes for which I can get out of the house and socialize along with her.  In the last 6 months I have dropped to a size 10 I have kept my dr appointments and have a better outlook of life -- so I am improving my "wellness" mentally I feel fabulous I've decided to get out and join things that will keep me active with my family!!

Soda and I have a love hate relationship!!!  My children do not drink carbonated drinks I refuse to get them addicted as I have been for so many years.

I love this organization it makes my girls and myself more active they do things that me myself or my family would not just pick up and do like camping -- I too get to experience these things with my girls and that makes me healthier and happy which to for me goes hand in hand with wellness!!!

Along with Soccer, Cub Care (baseball) and other organized sports sponsored by the school we maintain and active lifestyle.

Today my 5 year old graduated from Kindergarten and when she went up to the mic stated her name and said she wants to be a Doctor!!!  I am happy feel great about this stage in life -- there is ALWAYS room for improvement but overall my wellness is doing well!!  and I'm working on my health =0)

To be honest there has not been a product that I can think of that has cause any kind of debate within the household!

Assignment #2 Part 2

Once I picked up my daughter from her last day of Kindergarten we headed home to make our Kraft Mac N Cheese to get something in her tummy before her game.  This would keep her going until after the game when we could have dinner.



Love the familiar vivid colors of the box and this is the first time I really look at the box and noticed the noodle on the top sideways looks like a smile!! I like that!! and we all like the ORIGINAL FLAVOR

My daughter helps me read the directions and get the stuff ready to make it

My kids enjoy making the "real" mac n cheese according to them this tastes better -- I try to make this version of it as often as I can but we also use the instant microwavable single packs when we are short on time between after school activities.

the longest part is waiting for the water to boil especially if the little ones are hungry after school it doesn't seem to boil fast enough.  Other wise it is super easy to make and uses  items that are always in the fridge.

Finally we can put the noodles in!!

In go butter cheese packet and milk

Looks great!!

 Here are two of my girls Natalia 5, Amanda 18 eating there Kraft Mac N Cheese --  Julia the 18 month also loves to eat her Mac N Cheese but she was napping when we took the picture.

Kraft Mac N Cheese is a familiar name in our household my kids love the product and I feel great about being able to make it for them it's easy and convenient and even though it can be a little more expense than other brands it's well worth the extra expense for a better taste and happy kids.

Homework Assignment #2 Part 1

This afternoon I headed out to my local Jewel/Osco to make my purchase of Kraft Mac N Cheese a favorite with my kids.

Once there I selected Kraft Mac N Cheese even though I have a pantry fully stocked with the product since my kids can eat this for breakfast, lunch and dinner if I let them.

I walked in thinking I should stop and get some flowers but decided I better keep to the task at hand since I had a limited of time I could be at the store -- had to go pickup my 5 year old from school right after so I went straight to shelf where you can get various brands of Mac N Cheese -- I thought great this will be todays afterschool snack to hold them off until we get back from Natalia's baseball game tonight for dinner.

As you can see the shelfs are fully stocked with various brands and various kinds for each brand,  Kraft had the cheesiest, regular mac N cheese, whole grain mac n cheese, and the one with the shapes -- I opted for the cheesiest!!!

Generic brand is terrible the kids refuse to eat this!!! This is why they are at the bottom!!

As I walked away someone else with a baby in the cart was also looking at the Mac N Cheese!!wonder what those kids are having for dinner tonight!

Homework Assignment #2 Part 1