Up Her Nose

Yesterday, we had an adventure with Danika again! (who else? lol :) ). Whilst eating her lunch, which consisted of vegetables (carrots, peas and corn). She ate 3/4 of her lunch when she got full. Instead of leaving it, or dropping it on the floor, as normal for her, she proceeded to stuff them up her nose. When I got to her, and proceeded to get them out, I got out six peas and one kernel of corn. (keep in mind Danika is only 22 months old!). How on Earth did a person so young/small shove that much food up ONE nostril, I'll never know! Anyway, I than looked up her nose with a flashlight and saw ANOTHER pea, jammed way way way up there! I went to the walk-in clinic and was told to go to emergency! It took 3/4's of an hour to get the last pea out! She fought the whole time, making it extremely difficult to get a hold of the blasted pea. I hope that experience will stop her from shoving anything else up there, but I'm not holding my breadth!

Has anyone of you had that (or similar) adventure with your children, or, as a child, did you do something like that? Let us know what you did to get the obstruction out. I'd like to know, just in case this happens again.

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OIMELC (IMBOLG)

I know it's over 100 days until our sacred festival of Spring, but since it's starting to get cold out there, and the snow has/is/is going to fly, let's warm your thoughts to Spring. How are you going to bring in the spring? Most of us do things like spring-cleaning; spring shopping, dusting off the sports equipment cetera. That is common stuff, but I am talking about the five areas of readiness:

• Physical
• Mental
• Psychological
• Spiritual
• Emotional

I will discuss each in separate blog entries, so you can comment on them individually. Each holy holiday the Celts celebrate requires preparation in these five areas. If any is left out, something will be missed in preparing, celebrating and/or winding down. When I mention Spiritual, I do not mean the religious meaning, but the excitement/the spirit of the respective celebration. For those who wish to make this a religious experience that can easily be incorporated into the Féis. (Féis, (pronounced Fesh) is the Irish word for festival.) I welcome comments on this topic, so please, if you have anything to say regarding Oimelc (Imbolg), please, do not hesitate. If you have any questions, please post them too. If I cannot answer them, I know people who can.

Interview

This afternoon (14:00), I had an interview with a third year, UofR School of Journalism student about my adventure with Tionna. (She is the girl who fell through the ice). You can view the article, only at the UofR School of Journalism. Therefore, if you wish to see the entire piece, including the interview with Tionna and her mum, you can see it on the 10th. I am not sure what time yet, but when I find out, I will reply (only on this blog – not on Facebook, Twitter et cetera) and let everyone know.