On Canning for beginners

Posted on August 22 at 6:12 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

I bought the Bell Blue Book of canning (at Menards by the canning jars). It has great directions, pictures and recipes. I did 7 qts with a heaping large bowl of tomatoes...About 3-4 large ones per jar? I also have the little roma ones that I used to fill in the top of the jar...I'm new to canning, tomatoes are easy!

On Twin gets head start over sibling on the road of life

Posted on July 29 at 5:39 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Congratulations!
When our daughter was preg. with twins, she was told by several hospitals that they wouldn't deliver. She had to go to St. Mary's. Her 2 were in different breech positions, so it was risky. She lives further (a few hours) from Madison...the hospitals between said that if whe stopped there, they'd put her in an ambulance and get her to Madison!

On Walking, bicycling could unclog school traffic jams

Posted on April 26 at 10:01 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

I went to school in Dayton. They had bussing (I had to go to a school 15 +mi away-with a perfectly good school in walking distance-1.85 mi). If you got there early by bus, you were allowed to go in to the cafeteria and wait. Only the bus kids could go in early. They also provided bus tickets for the city bus if you left early (sick, etc.). Changed to an alternative school, they gave laminated city bus passes that were valid from 6am-6pm on school days. The geography of the student body was too varied to provide the yellow bus. I did walk the almost 2 mi. to elementary school. Dad left for work before we did. Walk or ride bike, that's how it was done.

On Do you support a smoking ban that would apply to all bars, restaurants and workplaces throughout Wisconsin?

Posted on February 23 at 8:06 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Occasionally, I do have to go while in a public setting...but I don't use a urinal...They generally don't have those in ladie's rooms. I avoid places that have a high content of fumes. I wasn't always this sensitive to chemicals. There was a chemical spill where I worked, that did it. I try to stay away from the stuff that sends me to the ER for oxygen and breathing treatments. So, I don't go to restaurants, bars, etc. I can't attend churches, large meetings where people decide to bathe in perfumes (a shower does wonders for the body odors...). Generally speaking, if you're there in perfume, I can't be. I have similar reactions to smoke, but not as bad. Go figure.

On Do you support a smoking ban that would apply to all bars, restaurants and workplaces throughout Wisconsin?

Posted on February 23 at 7:31 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Fact: I don't use chemicals to clean. I use all natural for cleaning and laundry.
Fact: I've stated that I don't go to restaurants anymore due to the chemicals there (perfumes and other fumes).
Fact: I don't use urinals...
Fact: I have stated that I don't have a problem with smoking bans.

I do feel that if you're going to let the government decide where people can pollute the air with smoke, you should also be concerned with the other toxins that so many of the nonsmokers (as well as smokers) subject the public to. I've heard so many people complain of the smoke, yet they reek of some "perfume." (I don't smell the perfume, just the chemicals)
If you're on the band wagon to rid the world of one, why not the other?

On Do you support a smoking ban that would apply to all bars, restaurants and workplaces throughout Wisconsin?

Posted on February 23 at 5 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

The National Academy of Sciences reports that 95% of the chemicals used in fragrances today are synthetic compounds derived from petroleum, including known toxins capable of causing cancer, birth defects, central nervous system disorders and allergic reactions

http://www.ourlittleplace.com/chemicals....
Under EU legislation there are few restrictions and even fewer outright bans on the quantities or combinations of fragrance chemicals that may be used in cosmetics. A typical perfume contains a mixture of fragrance chemicals (often between 50 and 100) mostly derived from petroleum. These include benzene derivatives, aldehydes and many other known toxins capable of causing cancer, birth defects, central nervous system (CNS) disorders and allergic and asthmatic reactions. These substances can get into the body by inhalation or by being absorbed through the skin. When fragrance chemicals penetrate the skin they can be toxic to the liver and kidneys.

Still others accumulate in fatty tissue and leach slowly back into the system or are passed on to children via breast milk. Inhaled, they can cause sore throat, runny nose, sinus congestion, wheezing, shortness of breath, nausea, headache, dizziness, lethargy, mood swings and muscle pain. Perfume chemicals not only affect users but also those around them, and there are now urgent calls for second-hand scent to be considered in much the same light as we consider second-hand smoke.

Maybe I don't want to inhale any of them...

On Do you support a smoking ban that would apply to all bars, restaurants and workplaces throughout Wisconsin?

Posted on February 23 at 10:26 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

No, the opposite. Like I said, I don't have a problem with a smoking ban. I just want to know why there is no ban of the rest of the chemicals...If they all cause cancer and other health issues, shouldn't they all be banned in public places? I don't go to bars. I would like to go to restaurants, but have quit due to the perfumes. People would ask a smoker to put it out ( I would always try to be polite about it and most were polite about putting it out), but you can't escape the perfumes. I just feel that if it's a health issue, it should be broadened to include the other cancer causing chemicals.

On Do you support a smoking ban that would apply to all bars, restaurants and workplaces throughout Wisconsin?

Posted on February 23 at 9:42 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

I don't have a problem with places being non smoking. The part about perfumes (or any chemical based scent) is that those chemicals have been proven to cause cancer. I'm tired of hearing someone inside a business complain that they had to walk through a cloud of smoke to get in, but they are polluting the interior with just as dangerous chemicals. If the health issues are WHY smoking is to be banned, then it should cover all second hand chemicals that cause cancer or other serious health issues.

On Do you support a smoking ban that would apply to all bars, restaurants and workplaces throughout Wisconsin?

Posted on February 22 at 6:16 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Perfume today is not made from flowers but from toxic chemicals. It's about as romantic as hazardous waste.

More than 4,000 chemicals are used in fragrances. Of these, 95% are made from petroleum.

No agency regulates the fragrance industry, yet perfume chemicals are as damaging to health as tobacco smoke.

http://www.ourlittleplace.com/noperfume....

Why do smokers have to go outside when this stuff is allowed everywhere? I've walked out of so many businesses because of the perfumes of people near and far. I get beyond a migraine, I end up at the ER for oxygen and breathing treatments...
If it's the chemicals in second hand smoke that's getting it banned, then the second hand scents should alsom be outlawed!

On Do you support a smoking ban that would apply to all bars, restaurants and workplaces throughout Wisconsin?

Posted on February 21 at 11:22 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

While the government is making all these laws about what's best for all of us, let's get all the stuff out of the air! No perfumes inside anyplace there is no smoking (check the toxins in those-takes my breath away!). No air "fresheners," similar toxins. No body odor. No beer stench. If you've used scented products (fabric softener, laundry soap, hair or body products), you cannot be where others may breath your chemical soup. OH! Don't forget no "chew" spit anywhere any living thing is.