Not quite like a barcode scanner, but that digital scale was at last our friend today. ad Rachel in for another doctor appointment and she gained 15 ounces! I think the doctor was even more excited than I was! He told me how close he was to admitting her to the hospital at our last appointment. So…we can’t let our guard down. She needs to continue to gain like this…at least an ounce a day. We’ll take her in again next week to hopefully have a similar gain.

…the kids are ramping up their pushing for some summer day trips. They have a water park, amusement park and the zoo on their list. I tell you, if there was a spy camera here so you could see their persuasive tactics as they work on hubby and me…you’d definitely feel sorry for us!

With the new baby, I’m thinking I’d rather stay close to home and let hubby take them off galavanting. Sound like a plan?

Rachel’s first month has flown by…yesterday she turned one month old. We are in the height of the dog days of summer and yes…the ceiling fans are humming 24/7!

I had Rachel in to the doctor Friday for a well-baby visit. Unfortunately, she is not back to her birth weight yet. The doctor even went so far as to tell me he has NEVER seen a baby not regain to birth weight by one month! I left with instructions to stop breastfeeding for the next week, pump, and feed her expressed breast milk and formula. How discouraging! The doctor also told me AGAIN to prepare myself that nursing may not work this time.

I cannot and will not give up so easily. My suspicion is that Rachel is tongue-tied and this is preventing her from breastfeeding effectively. So…goal for this week…consult with a lactation consultant and get to the bottom of this!

How often do you watch television in a restaurant? I must confess I seldom do…but this is mainly because I seldom eat in restaurants and I seldom watch television. If I led a different lifestyle, I’m sure I could make this an enjoyable habit. Sports lovers especially, seem to love to gather together in clubs and restaurants to watch their games.

Now, if I was a restaurant owner, trying to cater to customers and their desires, I would want to make television available to encourage their business and bring them into my restaurant. Rowdy sports lovers having a good time watching their game are likely to spend lots of money on food and drinks.

Finding the right Dish business to provide direct sat commercial direct tv might be a challenge. Wading through the different options and packages to install commercial satellite tv sounds like a confusing task.

If I were tackling this job, I would look for the most reputable and experienced company with the most competitive rates. No sense in creating more headaches for myself by using substandard service. Needless outages and interruptions of service are a headache no one wants.

So…that said…where to turn for this exceptional service? Direct SAT TV can provide competitive rates and packages to fit every need and desire for any business. Give your customers what they want and they will frequent your restaurant often. You can pay for the service easily with your increased revenue! See how nicely this will work?

Here’s something interesting for you to check out. Take a break from searching for the best extended laptop warranty, although this is certainly an important endeavor, and check this out:

Curiously Delicious

This is Sarah’s latest endeavor. She’s got a whole stack of recipes to share and promises to update often…so check in with her often! She loves comments, too!

My son had a great Little League coach this year. You know the kind of coach that seems to find a way of bonding with each kid and becomes a buddy and a mentor the kids can’t wait to please? That’s his coach. It was gratifying to watch the team pull together this year and see the boys excel as they had fun. After a season like this, you can bet I’m thinking coach gifts to give his coach something to show our appreciation.

I know Father’s Day is a distant memory now, but my mind lingers on suitable gifts for dad because my dad has a summer birthday soon after Father’s day, necessitating the selection of not one but two gifts for dad in a short time. Thankfully, my dad has several great hobbies, making gift selection an interesting endeavor. I can usually get creative without falling back on the standard mens ties ideas…this year he got a train jackknife for Father’s Day…still thinking on that birthday coming up though.

I cannot tell you how fortunate I feel to live in a small town and a small neighborhood with relative safety. Believe it or not, locking doors is not something we do that often where I live. My kids can play outside safely and we do not suffer burglaries and thefts in our town. We regularly sleep with the doors and windows unlocked and our garage is never locked. This was the case in the neighborhood in which I grew up also…but now this old beloved neighborhood is the victim of an influx of gangs and poverty with more crime becoming the norm. Seeing my parents hang onto their home gives me mixed emotions these days as I watch the news and hear the statistics.

When my imagination runs away from me and I start thinking the worst…worrying about the state of beloved old neighborhoods, the best thing to do is visit a site like http://www.broadviewsecurity.com/ and look into protecting yourself with a Home Security Team. Empower yourself to fight back against that which threatens your security and peace of mind.

Educate yourself about it by seeing what consumer reports says about the ADT home security systems. If I lived in a high crime rate neighborhood, I know I would be researching this.

Being safe in your home is a fundamental right…not a luxury. Do not allow thugs to steal this right away from you. Fight for it if you must, but protect your family at all costs.

Baby Rachel will be two weeks old tonight. The time is flying yet I am enjoying the time spent focusing on family and slowing down the outside forces. No lipofuze reviews up-in-coming from me any time soon.

My milk supply is at last cooperating and Rachel is back to gaining weight now instead of losing. We are nearing the end of baseball season now and I am looking forward to hanging with the kiddoes throughout the month of August.

It’s been a week now since I had a good night’s sleep. It started in the hospital when I was being induced and obviously it has continued since coming home with new baby Rachel. Rachel officially has her days and nights switched so come sunrise she slips easily into a blissful four-hour nap just when I have to be up with the other kids. That’s about the time I start dreaming with my eyes open I’m so tired. You know it’s not good when you dream about things like how to sell merchant account…especially when you have no earthly idea what that even is!