Paul Hawken's defintion of GDP

“We have an economy where we steal the future, sell it in the present, and call it GDP"

- Paul Hawken

Whole Wheat Banana Flax Muffins

I made these yummy banana flax muffins from mjmuth today:

1/4 cup milled flax seed
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup white flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg, beaten
1 1/2 cups mashed bananas
2 T veg. oil
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 tsp vanilla
dash nutmeg

Blend dry ingredients in a bowl. Make a well in the center, and combine egg, vegetable oil, and milk. Stir until just blended. Fold in bananas and nuts. Fill well greased muffin cups or papers. Bake at 400* for 18-20 minutes or until muffin top springs back when touched. Yield: 12 muffins. You might want to double this recipe...


Next time,
- I want to substitute apple sauce for the oil in some proportion
- Go nuts! I want to try it with nuts (which I left out this time because we don't have any. Also I don't really like them in baked goods....which is probably why we don't have any!)

Dash between Downpours

The weather has been rainy recently, even by British standards!

But J and I have been determined to get out for a short walk and some fresh air. Yesterday we put on our Moby wrap and rain gear and headed out! J napped while I mailed her birth announcements; 4 months from the day she was born!

Really digging my Moby wrap! It does take longer to put on than some others but J loves it and naps while she's in there. I am a little cautious of holding her head up but that will stop once she has better control over the muscles in her neck. I think we will get many quality hours of use out of this!

Now just to get DjD to wear it!!

Baby Duran is a.......GIRL!!

April 18th started like an normal Monday. Well, as 'normal' as possible when you're 39 weeks and 40 days pregnant! DjD drove me to my doctor's appt at 3:15 where we got some *?!!* news ~ Julianna was breech!!

If you don't know; 39 weeks preggers + breech = c section!! (and birth plan out the window!)

What a whirlwind it's been since then - literally, it's been a month!!! A MONTH!!!
My grandmother used to say that 'the older you get, the faster time goes' and was she ever right!

As for us,
Julianna doing really well - she is pushing 10 lbs and slept for 5.5 hours last night, and is napping as I type this and drink my hot coffee. A new mom's idea of bliss.

As for me, recovery has been going better than I expected it to after the pain meds wore off in the hospital...I'm within 10 lbs of my pre-preggers weight and on a mission to get back into my normal jeans! Julianna and I have logged over 25 miles with Nike+ GPS and after I get clearance at 6 weeks I'm getting back on the bandwagon!

Halfway!

20 weeks down; 20 to go!

David and I are getting so excited to meet you!!!

It was great to see more of the baby at our 20-week ultrasound and such a relief to hear that all is well.

We decided not to find out the gender until birth so the suspense is starting to build!!

My bump is finally starting to show and I’m really looking forward to going home for Christmas and getting to spend some quality time with the family.

Grow, Baby, Grow!!

Baby oh Baby!

Baby oh Baby!

Due: 21 April 2011

Baby Duran's 12 weeks scan photo and is already the cutest baby I've ever seen!

Planes or Volcanoes: Which emits more CO2e per day?

via Information is Beautiful

Nothing like a natural disaster to highlight an unnatural one!