This wrist blood pressure monitor is digital and easy for anyone to use. This model includes a hypertension alert display that is color coded, has two user modes, and even memory recall. It even measures heart rate, even detecting irregular heartbeats. It averages each user's last three results to bring back with memory recall.
Works off 2 AAA batteries (included). This particular model is light enough to carry with you anywhere. Use on the go, keep in your car, gym bag, or in your home first aid kit- and stay on top of problems anywhere you are.
My mother's birthday is today (I won't tell her age). She is truly an amazing woman. She always encouraged me, no matter what I decided my next obsession would be. She's does so many amazing things, like painting, sculpting, drawing, designing, poetry, writing books, playing instruments, writing plays, writing music, and even working on cars. She's a wiz with numbers, and an engineer by trade. There's not another person on this planet like her.
As a Grani, she is even more amazing. Those kids are the apple of her eye. She would do anything for them and has the patience of Father Time. I'm so glad we are lucky enough to have her in our lives.
I was contacted a couple weeks ago about participating in a campaign with Invaluable, an online auction house, concerning art. They are an advocate for all forms of art and a proprietor of fine art, which always gets my attention. Well, besides the fact that I design websites and logos, there is not a single piece of creativity in my bones. Believe me, that is not from lack of my mother trying. Being an artist, she often put me in painting, sculpture, or generic art classes- just trying to help me find my thing. It didn't work- I enjoyed the classes, but I really wasn't very good. My mom kept everything I painted, despite my whining.
My mother is a true renaissance woman. She paints, draws, sculpts, builds, designs, events, writes books, writes poetry, and is an engineer. She writes plays, writes songs, and plays instruments. The woman is really amazing. The book to the left is her first novel- the cover is one of her paintings. The header on her blog is from my favorite painting of hers. I watched her every day after school while she painted it- she would give me some paper and paints so I could "copy" her, the whole time teaching me about life and expectations.
This poem is one she wrote for Tbomb on his first birthday (She calls him Mac- Irish for Son and part of his name).
For Mac
Where Will Your Future Take You?
Will you crop your hair or let it grow, Wear a cap like Grandaddy pulled low, May the wind of the Rockies toss your hair, While the smell of lavender fills the air, Songs of the meadow lark fill your ears, And your time on earth span 200 years, May a Pacific sunset light your eyes, And no one ever hurt you with lies, The aroma of low tide sting your nose, While you stand where swamp grass grows, May exotic cuisine pass over your tongue, And may you always take time for fun, If the weight of the world finds your shoulders, Let it give you power to be bolder, May you stroll arm and arm with your love, And you calloused hand caress a dove, Walk confidently into you future , Mac, And remember never, ever look back.
I grew up being encouraged and she was never disappointed if I didn't succeed at something. She simply found me a new hobby to try.
I want my children to have that same environment. I love finding them new projects to try and sharing their journey with the world. My Instagram account is full of their artwork, including Kodabug's first coloring page.
Art is one of the most important things we can give our children. Art teaches so many things that we never realize. It teaches understanding, forgiveness, encouragement, tolerance, history, science, and so much more. Some of Tbomb and my best lessons in school start with an art project, like this snow one. We had a snow day, and Tbomb wanted to know why we have snow, so while we talked about it, he made a snowflake out of a coffee filter. Now, every time it snows, he remembers part of that lesson.
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I have this habit that most people I know think is funny. When I buy new tennis shoes, I buy new shoelaces. This may seem a bit absurd, but I am not a fan of white laces, so I buy colored ones.
I have found a new outlet for my shoelace oddity though. I have discovered WeLoveColors. They offer 51 colors of shoelaces, and different types as well (round and flat).
There are many other uses for shoelaces though, so go ahead and stock up.
Family time is one of the most important things to me. My children and my husband are the most important people in my life, but my circle goes much firther than that. Growing up, I wasn't always around family and I don't want my children to experience that. They have the most amazing family. All of their grandparents (they have 9, aren't they lucky) adore them. They would do anything for them and more than anything I want them to be close. I want them to spend quality time with their grandparents so that when the time comes they have the most amazing memories.
That is one thing I regret more than anything- not spending the time with mine while I still could. That is a mistake I will not let my children make. We are lucky when we have these amazing people in our lives and it is our job as parents to make sure we create the opportunity for family time- with immediate family and extended family. Our children will thank us one day!
Montclair, NJ. April 2, 2015 – Friday, April 10 is National Siblings Day, a day for the 80 to 90 percent of Americans who have siblings to celebrate their brothers and sisters. Celebrating Siblings Day can be as easy as sending a card, sharing a meal or doing a favor for a sibling.
“There is no relationship like the ones we have with our siblings,” said Montclair State University Family and Child Studies professor, Dr. Jonathan Caspi. A leading expert on sibling relationship dynamics, Caspi is the author of Sibling Aggression Treatment and Sibling Development: Implications for Mental Health Practitioners. He has identified five reasons to celebrate Siblings Day:
Siblings may have a greater influence on who we are or who we become than our parents and peers do, according to a growing body of research. Sibling relationships are intense relationships involving support, love, competition and conflict. Like it or not, so much of the way we handle relationships, closeness, competition, give support, argue, resolve conflicts and play we learned from our interactions with our siblings.
Recent research is showing how important sibling support is for bolstering resilience and coping with difficult life experiences.
Sibling relationships are the longest-lasting relationships most people have – and more people have siblings than they have children or spouses.
Only with a sibling can you authentically commiserate about mom and dad and the crazy things families do!
Siblings are who we confide in. They know our deepest secrets and share in family experiences – both the good and the bad. Witnesses to our most embarrassing and proud moments, they are the keepers of shared memories and personal histories.
Created by Claudia Evart, the Siblings Day Foundation established a National Siblings Day, celebrated on April 10, the birthday of Evart’s late sister, Lisette. Since 1998, 85 governors – including former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman – have signed Siblings Day proclamations in 49 states.
For the roughly 20 percent of Americans who are only children or “singletons,” there is National Only Child Day, which is celebrated on April 12.
“The advantage of being a singleton is that there is no competition for parental resources,” said Caspi. “This is often an explanation for reported high achievement of only children, who tend to be high achievers like first-borns.”
The downside? “The lack of sibling support, which is so important in resilience and coping.”
Building on a distinguished 106-year history, Montclair State University is proud to be a leading institution of higher education in New Jersey. The University’s six colleges and schools serve over 20,000 undergraduate and graduate students in more than 300 doctoral, master's and baccalaureate level programs. Situated on a beautiful, 250-acre suburban campus just 14 miles from New York City, Montclair State delivers the instructional and research resources of a large public university in a supportive, sophisticated and diverse academic environment. montclair.edu
The MeasuPro BPM-50W Digital Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor with Heart Rate Detection is a medical device every family should have in their first aid kit. Many problems, including dizziness, headaches, and more, stem from high or low blood pressure. Wouldn't it be nice to know quickly if that is the problem?
I have this habit that most people I know think is funny. When I buy new tennis shoes, I buy new shoelaces. This may seem a bit absurd, but I am not a fan of white laces, so I buy colored ones. 