Also, I just noticed a story about Breastfeeding Photos on Facebook Facebook Ban of Breast-Feeding Photos Sparks Protests hmmmm, very interesting…Facebook stands by their decision.

Enjoy!
and from now on I’m gonna call my self Extreme Mama.
Or just Mama X or how ’bout for fun X-Mama!
hee hee hee. An extremist? Little ol/ me?!!!

xox,
Heather

More comics than you can believe, pithy sayings and holidays galore!

Enough said, if you loved last years calendar, this one is sure to make you happy!

AND it’s only $15!!!!!With free domestic shipping! International is only $3!

So many holidays you can celebrate almost every day, TWO comics on every page, AND the first calendar owner who can tell me (in 100 words or less) Why I picked these 25 comics to go in this calendar? what exactly was my theme? why these and not others? (that’s one question, just worded 3 different ways) Wins a secret surprise! So join the fun!

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Love,

Heather

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Firstly, we live near a wondrous candy cane lane that is a must visit every year. It’s special because you park your car and walk through (different from the drive-through versions that I’ve been to) and also because the neighborhood puts up a tent at the end, and Santa is there with his lap to sit on, and the line to see him is never too long. Parents snap pictures (the whole thing is free) and if you get there early there are sometimes even some toys (last year my middle daughter wanted a stuffed whale for Christmas and actually got one directly from Santa, talk about magical!)

My father-in-law came to visit with his wife (Hi April!) and though they stayed at a near-by hotel, my daughters were very concerned that they wouldn’t be here early enough to see the presents from Santa. So we made a deal that when we first woke-up my husband would call them immediately- before we even ventured downstairs- so that they could hop in the car and come over. So, we called at 6:20 am and tried to move slowly (difficult with a 11, 7, and 4 year old chomping at the bit) we put on some extra clothes and started heading down the stairs. But by the time we were at the bottom of the stairs, there was a knock on the door (time lapsed? About 2 minutes)! Taking the worries of the grandkids seriously, Grandaddy and April woke up at 4:30 and had been sitting outside the house in their car, in the rain, waiting for us to get up since 5:00! (I think this surely qualifies them for an award of some kind!)

Santa brought a Kit Kittredge doll for Littlest Daughter, a Cherry red electric Guitar with an amp that has an ‘insane’ button on it for Middlest Daughter, and a sizing/sewing mannequin for Eldest Daughter (tells a lot about their personalities, huh?) We got a lot of board games and played them to excess, only stopping to eat the giant Christmas meal that I made (wondering all along, “when in the world did I learn how to cook all this stuff?”) At dinner the girls announced that “tomorrow we’re going to play ALL DAY LONG with NO interruptions!” When asked what possibly interrupted them on THIS day, we were informed that the kids had been totally put-out by the requirement that they change out of their pajamas into some sort of daytime attire at 3:00 in the afternoon for dinner. Yes, indeedy. I’m an ogre!

Like every year, I have the intention to (in some way) note the passing of boxing day - or as I’ve named it Homebirth Action Day- but can never get my act together on the 26th, so here’s a few comics a couple of days later…inspired by the holiday…

Hope your Christmas (or Kwanzaa, or Solstice, or Hanukkah) was wonderful too!

xox,
Heather

The free Internet utility Facebook, with its tens of millions of users,
still removes from its pages photographs of women breastfeeding, despite
complaints about that practice beginning well over a year ago. This
Saturday, December 27, two events will occur:

1) A protest feed-in by breastfeeding mothers outside the Faceboook
headquarters: 156 University Avenue, Palo Alto, California. Time: 11 AM
to 2 PM.

2) A virtual protest. Women and men on Facebook are asked to do two
things: post as their profile picture a photo of a woman breastfeeding a
child (it may also be a work of art, or a non-human mammal); and change
their status line to “Hey, Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene!”

These changes should be in place for the 24-hour period of December 27.

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Facebook claims that breastfeeding photos are “obscene,” “pornographic,”
or “sexually explicit” if they show “an entire breast.” That’s Facebook
being dishonest, for they mean “a nipple.” But women’s nipples,
breastfeeding or not, are not obscene in California law; and in no state
are they obscene in photographs.

In most places, of course, they’re not obscene even apart from
breastfeeding; whatever legal restrictions are placed against them don’t
use that word or the other terms with which Facebook demeans and
stigmatizes women. Facebook also claims that images of breasts harm children.

TERA urges all on Facebook to participate in this protest, and any
breastfeeders near Palo Alto to go there in person as well.

Thank you!

Love,
Heather

ps…Heather’s Facebook Page