tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47192697960366120282024-03-13T13:16:43.323-05:00Young Suburban Momsweet kisses.hugs.laces & sneaksYoung Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-23685947206190643142012-04-17T09:18:00.000-05:002012-04-17T09:18:32.038-05:00Run Like A Mother (RLAM)<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">I am very excited about my first 5K this season on Mother's Day. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Check out <a href="http://www.runlikeamotherrace.com/">RLAM site</a> to learn more and sign up... </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">nkoyo</span></i></div>Young Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-86090438981676114962012-04-03T16:08:00.000-05:002012-04-03T16:08:14.702-05:00My 2012 Race Schedule<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">My thought process is... if I post this I have to stick to it... so here goes! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />May 13 - Run Like a Mother 5K (virtual) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />June 24 - DG 5 Miler </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />July 4 - Elmhurst 4 On the 4th</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />Sept 29 - Aids Run/Walk 5K/10K</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />Nov 4 - Hot Chocolate 15K/5K </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />Nov 24 - Turkey Trot 5K</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">nkoyo</span></i></div>Young Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-16419413949101277362012-03-27T09:36:00.001-05:002012-03-27T09:36:34.775-05:00BULLY - March 30th<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">I know my child is too young to go see this movie but as parents we have to teach our kids that just because someone looks, acts or does things differently than them, doesn't give them the right to tease or cause mental/physical harm to their peers. <br /><br />If you have middle school and high school children please take them to go see this movie and have an open discussion afterwards. Don't limit the conversation and let your child actually tell you what's going on in their school. <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 115%;">If you have younger children, start now teaching them that teasing and bully is not an acceptable action. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 115%;">Most importantly give your children love and support each and everyday. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 115%;">In theaters March 30th. Check your local theaters for show times. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 115%;">To sign the petition, click <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/mpaa-don-t-let-the-bullies-win-give-bully-a-pg-13-instead-of-an-r-rating#" target="_blank">here</a> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 115%;">To learn more about the Bully Project, click <a href="http://thebullyproject.com/" target="_blank">here</a> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 115%;">Visit the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bullymovie" target="_blank">Faceboook</a> page to join in the conversation </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 115%;">To help your child deal with Bullies, click <a href="http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/behavior/bullies.html" target="_blank">here </a></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: 115%;">To learn more about teaching your child not to bully, click <a href="http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/behavior/no_bullying.html" target="_blank">here </a></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Check out Kristen's article on <a href="http://momfilter.com/" target="_blank">Momfliter</a> <a href="http://momfilter.com/talk/losing-the-term-baby-weight">here</a>. </span></div>
<i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">nkoyo</span></i></div>Young Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-34238907478719460582012-03-06T11:24:00.000-06:002012-03-06T11:24:08.406-06:00Healthy Living: Take 2<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">They say, "a family that prays together, stays together" but I also think, "a family that eats clean together, stays together even longer". </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">It's easier when your entire family is on board with a healthy lifestyle. And by entire family, I mean your extended family too. That way you have ABSOLUTLY no excuses for weekend gorging and scale or exercise set-backs. I've been able to lose 10lbs and counting so far because my entire family is eating clean. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">I love the *side-eye* family members give when you start making what they think is your Sunday dinner plate and you add some mac-n-cheese. Ahahahaha when now the mac-n-cheese is </span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">- 3x/week cardio (my fav <a href="http://us.totallyfit.com/" target="_blank">Mel B Totally Fit</a>) and Yes I do the Brit accent while working out </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">- I've started using my <a href="http://www.laptoplunches.com/" target="_blank">Laptop lunch box</a> to assist w/ proper portion control</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me.
Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Muhammad Ali ~ statement after losing his first fight in 1973 </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My political career, as I like to call it, started with turning a Muhammad Ali quote into my campaign slogan. Thanks to my dad, my first race in 1996 for Class Secretary was "Float like a butterfly, Sting like a Bee, Vote Coco White for Secretary." I used that slogan all the way through High School, undefeated. Student Council instilled leadership and gave me opportunities, advantages and experiences, that I will cherish forever and will pass on to my child. </span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">nkoyo</span></i></div>Young Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-60059646007343789562012-02-20T09:30:00.000-06:002012-02-20T09:30:01.895-06:00Black History Month: Happy Presidents Day<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">It's Presidents Day and for the first time in my working career, I have off. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Happy Presidents Day to our 44th President Barack Obama.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"<i>Rosa Parks</i> sat, so Martin could walk... Martin walked, so Obama could run... Obama is </span>running, so we all could fly" ~ Jay-Z NYC Concert 10/5/08 <span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">nkoyo</span></i></div>Young Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-480033201432991382012-02-17T10:00:00.000-06:002012-02-17T10:00:12.717-06:00Weekend Grove Music: Whitney Houston<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">nkoyo</span></i></div>Young Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-50707376754091268182012-02-17T08:39:00.000-06:002012-02-17T08:39:41.412-06:00ALERT: Organic Baby Food High Levels of Arsenic<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yesterday, I received an article from Yus' school regarding high levels of Arsenic found in Organic Baby Food. If you are currently using baby food for your child this may be of interest. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Please click <a href="http://www.surebaby.com/blog/2012/02/16/organic-baby-foods-and-formula-contain-high-levels-of-arsenic/">here</a> for more info. </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">nkoyo</span></i></div>Young Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-62370374976980292722012-02-16T09:30:00.000-06:002012-02-16T09:30:01.554-06:00Black History Month: Langston Hughes<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967) </span>w<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">as an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist.
He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I remember the first time I ever heard the name Langston Hughes. It was a Saturday morning at the <a href="http://www.venettesculturalworkshop.org/" target="_blank">Venettes Cultural Workshop</a>, my dance school in Long Island, NY. I went there every weekend (almost) from the time I was 21 months until my sophomore year in high school. I learned a lot about dance, myself, and most importantly my heritage. I remember my Aunt Vanessa saying you will all need to recite this poem for your dance. Langston Hughes', "Ballad of the Landlord". </span></div>
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<br />I learned that poem... <br /><br />Landlord, landlord, My roof has sprung a leak.<br />Don’t you ’member I told you about it / Way last week?<br />Landlord, landlord,<br />These steps is broken down. / When you come up yourself<br />It’s a wonder you don’t fall down.<br />Ten Bucks you say I owe you? / Ten Bucks you say is due?<br />Well, that’s Ten Bucks more’n I’ll pay you<br />Till you fix this house up new.</div>
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<i>Thank you for your contributions, your shoulders we stand on. </i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">nkoyo</span></i></div>Young Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-54687623719138563882012-02-15T14:00:00.000-06:002012-02-15T14:00:04.453-06:00Healthy Living: Take 1<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">So, my competitive side has reared it's ugly head. In the past 2 or 3 months my handsome husband has lost approximately 40lbs. SERIOUSLY, I just can't deal. I'm still carrying around this 30lbs that just won't go away. I refuse to call it "baby weight" since my baby Yus is now a year and half. My "baby weight" window has expired. Clearly I have NO MORE excuses (since my husband can do it) and with the summer quickly approaching I have to get my butt in shape literally and figuratively. <br /><br />Since, March starts, the Spring/Summer event calendar with his graduation, a Mike Epps show (gifted by my lovely MiL), my BFs wedding, and then a family vacation. Not to mention I turn 27 this year. Like, seriously I can't be the unfit chick in the family photos anymore. It's just not hot. <br /><br />So, things must change and I'm taking it one step at a time. First, up my food in-take. I've cut out sugar and limited the starches. Which means, when dinning out, I'll I be scoping the menu before hand for the healthiest options. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Kudos to me because I didn't par-take in the VDay sweets and I even walked into Dunkin Donuts and bought munchkins and donuts for Yus' class and his teachers and didn't have notta one. HOLLA! I inhaled a lot though while I was in there. :) It just smelled so mmmmm good. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's worked in the past and I need to start doing it again. <br /><br /> So see ya later unfit momma... </span></div>
<i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">nkoyo</span></i></div>Young Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-33519579534140447402012-02-15T09:30:00.000-06:002012-02-15T09:30:00.788-06:00WordFUL Wednesday: Marian Wright Edelman<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford <b>not</b> to.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">nkoyo</span></i></div>Young Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-3895038051654957522012-02-14T09:30:00.000-06:002012-02-14T09:35:10.298-06:00Black History Month: Alvin Ailey<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Alvin Ailey (1931 - 1989) started the famed <a href="http://www.alvinailey.org/" target="_blank">Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater</a> with a performance in 1958 at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Since then, the company has gone on to perform for an estimated 23 million people in 48 states and 71 countries on 6 continents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Mr. Ailey created his dances from his experiences growing up in Rogers, Texas. I love, love Alvin Ailey productions and my favorite ballet by far is <i>Revelations</i>. Check out the video below to learn more and click <a href="http://www.alvinailey.org/2012tour" target="_blank">here</a> to see when the Alvin Ailey Company or Ailey II is in a city near you. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">Thank you for your contributions, your shoulders we stand on. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This week it's all about the arts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />First up, Camilla Williams, believed to be the first African American in a major U.S. opera company. <i><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></i></span><span style="font-size: small;">She made her debut in 1946 with the New York Opera Company, singing her signature role, Cio-Cio-San, in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly". </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Camilla Williams recently passed, January 30, 2012 from complications from cancer. To learn more about her story click <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/30/camilla-williams-dies_n_1241789.html?ref=mostpopular">here</a>. </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">nkoyo</span></i></div>Young Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-56559946593603113182012-02-10T12:04:00.000-06:002012-02-10T12:04:10.716-06:00Weekend Grove Music: Amel Larrieux "No One Else"<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">nkoyo</span></i></div>Young Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-68711228147460035752012-02-10T09:30:00.000-06:002012-02-10T09:30:02.866-06:00Black History Month: Philip Emeagwali<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Nigerian born (1954), Philip Emeagwali's is an expert in mathematics, physics, and astronomy, Emeagwali
won the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers' Gordon Bell
Prize in 1989 for an experiment that used 65,000 processors to perform
the world's fastest computation of 3.1 billion calculations per second.
Emeagwali's computers are currently being used to forecast the weather
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thank you for setting the tone, your shoulder's we still stand on. </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">nkoyo</span></i></div>Young Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-40691931106218951162012-02-09T09:30:00.000-06:002012-02-09T09:30:01.838-06:00Black History Month: Mark Dean<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mark Dean (1957) led the
team of IBM scientists that developed the ISA bus—a device that enabled
computer components to communicate with each other rapidly, which made
personal computers fast and efficient for the first time. Dean also led
the design team responsible for creating the first one-gigahertz
computer processor chip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Carver was an agricultural chemist who discovered three hundred uses for peanuts and hundreds more for soybeans, pecans and sweet potatoes. To learn a bit more click</span><a href="http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventors/a/GWC.htm" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" target="_blank"> here</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Your contributions live on and your shoulder's we stand on. </span></div>
<i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">nkoyo</span></i></div>Young Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-44311610235133226212012-02-07T09:30:00.000-06:002012-02-07T09:30:01.519-06:00Black History Month: Edward Alexander Bouchet<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Edward Alexander Bouchet was the
first African American to graduate from Yale College (1874). In 1876, he received his Ph.D. in physics from Yale, and became the first
African American to earn a doctorate degree. Bouchet spent his career teaching
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">nkoyo</span></i></div>Young Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-31925512767330072592012-02-06T09:30:00.000-06:002012-02-06T09:30:02.602-06:00Black History Month: Rebecca Cole<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Continuing with the theme of scientist/doctors & inventors, Rebecca Cole was the
second black woman to graduate from medical school (1867). She joined
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first white woman physician, in New York
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">nkoyo</span></i></div>Young Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-1096438078679154262012-02-03T12:00:00.000-06:002012-02-03T12:00:00.921-06:00Weekend Groove Music: Take the First Step<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Love this song. Great motivation to help mommy get back in shape #hotmomalert stay tuned<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting';">...</span></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">nkoyo</span></i></div>Young Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-9877850306416141292012-02-03T09:30:00.000-06:002012-02-03T09:30:01.833-06:00Black History Month: Henry Blair<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thanks to Mr. Henry Blair the first seed planter was patented in October 1834 and soon after in 1836 his cotton planter was patented. Mr. Blair signed his patents with an "x" because he could not write. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thank you for your contribution, your shoulder's we stand on. </i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></div>
<i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">nkoyo</span></i></div>Young Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-66593952018301648042012-02-02T10:30:00.000-06:002012-02-02T10:30:02.117-06:00Put a Little Boogie in It<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My soon to be 18 month old Yus is blowing his nose all by himself. I can't take credit for this success at all. It started about 2 months ago. We were driving to Momo & Papa's house and he proceeded to blow snot in his hands. DISGUSTING, yes I know. I wasn't going to do "the pull over on the side of the highway" because it wasn't going to help. Amidst my yelling STOP Yus continued to blow and laugh. </span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Long story short, his nose was running the beginning of this week (teething is sooo much fun) and I handed him a tissue expecting him to do his normal wipe of the nose but instead he blew and blew and blew then wiped. I did the mommy cheer, you know it, </span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <b>Hand clap, slight squeal "Way to go Yus, good job baby"</b> </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">nkoyo</span></i></div>Young Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-85417239876427724492012-02-02T09:30:00.000-06:002012-02-02T09:30:01.721-06:00Black History Month: Patricia Bath<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Dr. Patricia Bath is the first female African American to patent a medical invention. In 1988 her Cataract Laserphaco Probe was designed to use laser to quickly and painlessly vaporize cataracts from patients' eyes. </span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">nkoyo</span></i></div>Young Suburban Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00905606217713579853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4719269796036612028.post-32716073337106005782012-02-01T10:00:00.000-06:002012-02-01T10:00:01.951-06:00Black History Month: Daniel Hale Williams<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: right;">
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February marks Black History month and I want to take the timeout amongst my mommy ramblings to highlight some of the greatest pioneers in America. I want to start the month with scientist/doctors and inventors. </div>
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I stumbled upon this name during the time my Nana was preparing for triple-heart bypass surgery and my inquisitive mind led me to reading pamphlets on open heart surgery. I found a book on African American inventors and Dr. Williams' name was next to open heart surgery. I proceeded to tell my Nana how he could possibly be related to Poppy since his last name was Williams. :) </div>
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Doctor Daniel Hale Williams, was accredited with the first open-heart
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<li>1891 - founded Provident, 1st American interracial hospital, which was also the 1st nursing school for Blacks </li>
<li>1913 - only African American member of the American College of Surgeons </li>
<li> Utilized antiseptic and sterilization procedures </li>
<li>Began practice in Chicago at a time when there were only 3 black physicians </li>
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