Slim Shots Phony or Not?

While working on my English work, I had the t.v. on and a commercial about a product called Slim Shots came on which is supposed appetite controller. The product also claims to help keep the feeling of being full to prevent from eating more frequently. The slim shot is literally the size of a shot, if not less. I have not seen the product in person, but from advertisements online and from t.v. it looks identical to the size of the single creamer containers that you would find at Denny's. From the slim shots website the ingredients for the shot are natural oat, palm oil, and vanilla flavor. I have not tried the product myself, but if I were hungry and were to take the "Slim Shot", I cannot imagine from taking the "shot" that it would if at all curb my appetite. The website does not have any positive stories from anyone who has taken the product and who is willing to put there name behind and help endorse it. But the site does contain studies which have been done that claim that the product has positive effects. With all the advertisements for weight loss out there, its hard to tell which products work and which dont and if it is really worth the money.

Spring Break Has Come At Last

Sorry to write a bit late, this morning I went and took my daughter to the mall to get her picture with the easter bunny, it was RIDICULOUS how many people were there, but it was my fault for waiting till the last minute. Then took her to JcPenny's to get pictures of her in her easter dress and some summer outfits. They are going to come out really cute. My plans for this break are to relax. Went ahead and knocked out most of my homework and am going to hang out with Sophia and not have to worry about school. It's already pas the middle of they semester so there is not to much left. But other than hang out I do not have have any really exciting plans for spring break. Hope everyone has a relaxing and rejuvenating spring break!

Another Politician Bites The Dust

Eliot Spitzer the soon to be former governor of New York resigned from office nearly 48 hours of the news being leaked of his involvement in a sex scandal. His resignation will be effective Monday and taking over office will be Lt. Gov. David A. Paterson who will be New Yorks first black chief executive. Spitzer was caught making plans to meet a woman from a prostitution service in Washington. He found the information for the prostitution service online. From someone who has an education from Princeton and Harvard and was a prosecutor for the Manhattan district attorney's office, why would he think of finding a call girl online? In which he can easily be traced? Besides the fact that he broke the law, he cheated on his wife. Who after finding out her husbanded broke the vows of their marriage, stood by his side. If I were married and my husband were to cheat on me, and especially in such a high profile case like this, I would have packed my bags and left. Spitzer will be the first N.Y governor to resign since 1973. Why some may look at Spitzer having an affair with a prostitute different from anyone else having an affair with a prostitute, is that Spitzer was a D.A. and knew the law and was a N.Y. governor. How long does one think they can go around pulling call girls off of websites and not expect to be found? Until this incident happen Spitzer had a pretty clean slate, and this scandal is pretty much the nail in the coffin as fas as his political career goes.

Vote March 4th!

I found an interesting article in the El Paso Times named "El Paso experts say Obama should win Texas" by Brandi Grissom. I believe I can easily say that our next President is going to be either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. Sorry but I do not believe that Mccain stands a chance. I find it interesting to see why Grissom would think that Obama would win over Clinton. From an El Pasoan, I take into consideration that Clinton came and campaigned in Texas, we are not the biggest city, but we are a main city and have a diversity of people. But on the other hand George Lopez came to the Magoffin Auditorium to campaign for Obama. Due to El Paso having a mostly hispanic population, having someone such as George Lopez campaigning for them may have an impact on the voters. "The possibility of a black president gave him hope that one day soon, Americans might put a Hispanic in the White House." (Grissom) The possibility of having another race besides a white person in office is exciting. Obama as Grissom states has brought out the young voters in El Paso to come out to vote who haven't before. My personal opinion is that Obama is going to win all the way and will be our next president. He has ran a very good campaign, has good policies, and will bring a much needed change. But everyone has their own thoughts and opinions so we will see what happens on Tuesday!

Money eaters

Today I decided to blog about the cost of babies. I went shopping today at JcPenny's to get my daughter some spring and summer outfits since the weather is beginning to warm up. I purchased 10 outfits and the total came out to $110.00. For some baby clothes, my daughter Sophia is 10 going on 11 months old. Some of my shirts dont even cost $10.00 and a baby outfit costs over $15.00 it is ridiculous. Some other costs that accompant children include insurance costs $250.00 a month, diapers are about $60.00 a week, $10.00 for baby wipes, $40.00-$60.00 a week on formula, $20.00 a week on juice, baby cookies, baby jarred food. Those are just basic things that she needs on a weekly basis, not including the costs of all the other big items such as a crib, dressers, bottles, baby shampoo and soap, bottle sterilizer, etc. Me living in a tri-level house are beginning to have to baby proof everything since she is beginning crawl, have to buy baby locks, fire place guards, railing guards, etc. As they grow older they dont get any loss expensive. Youll eventually be buying more expensive clothes from AE or wherever they will want to shop, will have to get a car, quince's, college, etc. Once you have children you are looking at a lifetime of spending money on them. But no matter how much they cost and all the little hours that you get to sleep, they are totally worth it all.

Research Topic Thoughts

I had a bit of a hard time picking a topic to write about. I wanted the topic to be something that was somewhat close to my heart, and I decided to write about teen mothers. I am proud to say that I am the mother of my beautiful daughter Sophia Grace who is 10 months old. Some perceptions from the media label teen mothers as having less opprotunities to provide for their children and will less likely to continue with education, and for single mothers maybe not even get married. As someone who is a teen mother, I do not agree with what the media sterotypes about teen mothers. If anyone were to have any suggestions on whether that think this is a good topic or not I would love to hear your thoughts!

As I was watching the television the other day, there was a story on how people are becoming addicted to video games. Some may think, hey they aren't doing drugs or anything to harm themselves so what is the problem? I can say with much certainty that my little brother is addicted to video games. His number one game of choice is World of WarCraft. If he does not get to play for at least an hour a day, it will ruin his whole day. There is a point when you play a game just to enjoy it, and when you become addicted to it. Some of the big games people get addicted to playing are Guitar Hero, Halo, God of War, and World of WarCraft. But everything should be taken in moderation including video games!