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post #41 of 141
10/13/08 at 7:59pm
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Originally Posted by salmontree View Post

Oh and I changed my user name because I just wanted to feel more anonymous on here. I realized a quick google search could easily find me and too many people in real life knew my prior username. I'd like to be able to speak more candidly on some things without fear of certain people finding it..
I picked salmontree because I've always been facinated by the cycle of salmon.. How they travel out to sea to fatten up and then swim back inland to die where their bodies deposit all those ocean nutrients in the soil to nourish the forest. You might say that the trees are made of salmon. So cool.
I love your username! It made me think Dr Seuss... "fish in a tree, how can that be?"

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post #42 of 141
10/13/08 at 9:07pm
salmontree is an awesome user name.

M is going to be Buzz Lightyear, E will be a knight or a pirate, and I has a long list of costumes she can use for Hallowe'en. of course, if she's like the rest of my kids, she'll decide Hallowe'en is the ONE day of the year she doesn't want to dress up. The older girls will choose their own costumes from what we have around...lots to go with.

I'm staying home today because of all the snow. It's wonderful! I've been hermitting lately and I love it. More time w/ the kids, more baking, more "school."

love, p
post #43 of 141
10/14/08 at 3:04pm
BBB

The Business of Being Born will be shown at the Alaska Club Theater in Wasilla on October 21st at 7pm. Sponsored by MatSu Midwifery and Life Family Chiropractic.
post #44 of 141
10/14/08 at 4:18pm
We are going as Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, dragon, Puss N Boots and of course, Prince Charming.
post #45 of 141
10/14/08 at 4:50pm
Awesome! I wanted to be Fiona last year, but didn't have the $ for costumes.

DS2 and DD4 (soon to be 5 and 3, respectively) are so lucky to have Bdays around Hallowe'en! Last year DS got a Buzz Lightyear costume for his bday, and he's still wearing it all over the place.

love, p
post #46 of 141
10/14/08 at 6:32pm
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Originally Posted by spruce View Post
Awesome! I wanted to be Fiona last year, but didn't have the $ for costumes.
Well, we save and reuse costumes (hand me down), so Fiona is essentially just my renaissance dress with purchased ($4) horns, Prince Charming is last year's "knight" costume, dragon was from two or three years ago when we did "classical hollywood"...

So I never spend that much out of pocket..
post #47 of 141
10/14/08 at 6:53pm
How do I find Doula's here in Anchorage??
post #48 of 141
10/14/08 at 7:40pm
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Originally Posted by salmontree View Post
I picked salmontree because I've always been facinated by the cycle of salmon.. How they travel out to sea to fatten up and then swim back inland to die where their bodies deposit all those ocean nutrients in the soil to nourish the forest. You might say that the trees are made of salmon. So cool.
While preparing for a program this summer at the Eagle River Nature Center on salmon, I found this really cool statistic:
Up to 18% of the nitrogen in streamside trees might originate for salmon carcasses. An article published in the journal Ecology traced nitrogen from carcass through forest ecosystem and the "migration of dead salmon" was astounding. So enough sounding like a bio-geek.. But I love the name.
post #49 of 141
10/14/08 at 8:45pm
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Originally Posted by roadfamily6now View Post
How do I find Doula's here in Anchorage??
You email me at doula1@alaska.net. As the DONA State Representative, I have the master list.
post #50 of 141
10/15/08 at 1:39am
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Originally Posted by 1stimestar View Post
You email me at doula1@alaska.net. As the DONA State Representative, I have the master list.
love this board!

love, p
post #51 of 141
10/15/08 at 4:54pm
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Originally Posted by 1stimestar View Post
You email me at doula1@alaska.net. As the DONA State Representative, I have the master list.
Me too!:

I will email you asap. Thanks!

(ps, I'm on my way to becoming a doula! I'm so excited! I have nearly finished my training and will be looking for my first client very soon!)
post #52 of 141
10/15/08 at 7:14pm
Emma has two costumes this year. She wanted this kitty costume, so we ordered it (a far cry from last years Buzz Lightyear and her cowBOY the year before LOL) and it's too tight to wear anything warm underneath, so.. since she wanted to costume party for her birthday.. she'll wear that for her party.

We ordered a second costume... POWER RANGERS! I ordered her a pink one, and she was preturbed with me, because she wanted to be a red ranger... but she forgave me. So that is what she'll be T.O.Ting in.
post #53 of 141
10/15/08 at 10:38pm
Halloween--Probably going to teh goldstream community center party. It seems like no one does trick-or-treating in our neighborhood, and I'm not too keen on knocking on doors to find out! DS wants to be a monkey, but he'll be a kangaroo again if I can find his costume! I'm going to be an elf.
post #54 of 141
10/15/08 at 11:33pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by roadfamily6now View Post
Me too!:

I will email you asap. Thanks!

(ps, I'm on my way to becoming a doula! I'm so excited! I have nearly finished my training and will be looking for my first client very soon!)
WHoooo HOOOO!!! We need more doulas lol. Who are you training with?
post #55 of 141
10/16/08 at 3:36am
Don't do Halloween here. The kids have a costume night for AWANA at some point this year and my daughter keeps talking about going as Nancy Drew, but I'm somewhat at a loss as to how to do that. I told her instead that she should dress in camoflauge and we'll hang fruit on her and she can be the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
post #56 of 141
10/16/08 at 5:48pm
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Originally Posted by 1stimestar View Post
WHoooo HOOOO!!! We need more doulas lol. Who are you training with?
ChildBirth International. So far so good!
post #57 of 141
10/17/08 at 4:03am
I just wanted to say Hi also before this thread got to long. I'm newer to MDC and have popped onto this thread(when it was long) before but never really got involved. So Hi!
post #58 of 141
10/17/08 at 2:56pm
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Originally Posted by L&K'smommie View Post
I just wanted to say Hi also before this thread got to long. I'm newer to MDC and have popped onto this thread(when it was long) before but never really got involved. So Hi!
Well HI MAMA

Where in the state are you located?
post #59 of 141
10/17/08 at 3:17pm
I'm in the Valley...in between Palmer and Wasilla...where is everyone else?
post #60 of 141
10/17/08 at 3:21pm
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Originally Posted by L&K'smommie View Post
I'm in the Valley...in between Palmer and Wasilla...where is everyone else?
I'm in the Valley too... out KGB.

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