Does an Early Bedtime Mean Skinny Kids?

According to an Australian study, sending your kids to bed early means more than a peaceful night. It also means skinny kids. They studied 2,900 children and found that the ones who went to bed late and woke up late were more likely to become obese. Those that went to be early and got up early were skinnier. Imagine that especially since they had the same amount of sleep. So now when your kids fight you about their bedtime just tell them you are helping them stay fit.

My kids fight me every day. They use every excuse in the book. They have to use the bathroom, even though they have one in their room. They have to use the one in our room. Now this is a funny story. My son Logan, who is now 7, comes in every night to ask to use out bathroom this is because for some reason when you lift the toilet seat in the boys bathroom it tends to slam down suddenly he is afraid that is will chop off an important body part. So to calm him down especially when he is really jumping around we say okay. After all we do want grandkids at some point in the future.

Assassin Falls in Love with Target

It's the modern day fairy tale. In Brazil a wife realizes that her husband is cheating on her so she hires a hit man to kill off the vixen. The assassin goes to complete the task rides in on his dark horse, or whatever is appropriate in Brazil and takes one look at the vixen falling madly in love with her. It is love at first sight. He tells the vixen about the dark plan. 


The two decides to fake her death. They use two bottles of Ketchup, I am sure it was Heinz after all when you are faking a death you have to use the best. The assassin takes pictures of the "dead" vixen laying very still and sends them to his employer. 


Everything seems perfect except for the the two lovebirds did not have their heads screwed on straight. They forgot that in a love triangle like this that they were supposed to leave the area. Instead, they were caught by the wife kissing. 


The wife goes to the police and tells them the assassin stole her money. I am sure the conversation went something like this. 
"Officer, my husband was cheating on me so I hired a hit man. I paid him lots of money and he did not kill the vixen. So he stole from me."


All three in the love triangle are facing various charges even the vixen, luckily for her they are all out on bail so they have time to conjure up another plan. They can also continue on with their fairytale. Wow, won't they have a story to tell their kids. 

Does E = Mc2 ?

A European study is now testing the foundation of physics and that famous equation E=mc2 that we have all had drilled into our heads since the beginning of time or should I say Physics. Well now these scientists have found a particle that they believe is faster than the speed of light. Naturally, other scientific labs are stepping up to the plate to test their results to see if they get the same answers. 


I never imagined in my lifetime that anyone would question the greatness of Einstein. My children have been told that famous equation by my husband and I and by their teachers and now they plus the rest of the world may find out that what we were taught was wrong, wow wouldn't that be a shock. 


Well hold onto your seats and watch for updates. 

Falling Satellite & Tree Climbing Goats

Tonight and tomorrow you better grab your hard hats and be on your guard as there is the slight possibility that 26 pieces of steel and titanium could enter the Earth's atmosphere and strike the ground. These are pieces of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite. But don't panic everything will be okay it always is with these things, on to happier news. 


Did you know that there are goats that can climb trees? Well there are and they climb them to eat these special berries call Argan berries. This isn't where the story ends. The droppings, yes droppings from these goats are used in cosmetics and for cooking. In cooking it is used to make an oil, you know like vegetable oil, so it can actually be consumed. So when you dine out you can ask them to hold the goat poop. 


I have another post with exciting news for today so read on. 

What Can You Eat These Days? Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack

Talk about bringing me down. Well today I learned that I better choose a new drink of choice. That is because a new study showed that drinkers of diet soda have a 60% higher risk of having a stroke. That's right all my fellow Diet Sierra Mist drinkers. It is time for water or lemonade.

It is not just my beverage that I have to change. Apparently I have to stop going out to eat that is at the Cheesecake Factory, Applebea's and at Chili's anyway, my favorite restaurants. Men's Health just put out suggestions of food you should avoid and for very good reasons. My favorite appetizer in the world the Sampler at Appleabea's. It has a pants ripping 166 grams of fat and 2,430 calories, enough for two days, and who goes there just for the appetizer, everyone eats a meal afterwards.

The Cheesecake Factory needs to do some better meal planning because they managed to make the list three times. It turns out thats no surprise as only 4% or 8 out of their 200 meals are healthy to eat, according to Men's Health. Twenty-six of their meals have 1,000 or more calories. Now we know restaurants like to stay ahead with better taste but the way they are going they are going to kill off all their patrons, come on now Cheesecake Factory, jump on the band wagon give us some tasty healthy meals.

When looking for a nice veggie sandwich don't go to Quiznos as doing so will turn you into Santa Claus. Here you will get a sandwich with a whopping 1,090 calories and 61 grams of fat in a veggie sandwich. Stop playing games no one eating a veggie sandwich is doing so to eat over 1,000 calories.

When starting out the day drive right by Burger King if you are planning on getting the Ultimate Breakfast Platter. This platter may sound like the perfect start to the day with its eggs, potatoes, sausage, biscuit, pancakes and diabetic dreamy syrup to wash it down. It comes with 1,310 calories and 72 grams of fat. Well at least you get your money's worth.

Now when you have had the ultimate in stressful days, get rid of the stress with a Fudge Brownie 31 Degrees from Baskin - Robbins. You just can't eat the rest of the day because it packs 1,900 calories and 80 grams of fat.

So what's a mom of nine to do on a really busy day when take out has to be the answer. Well I can only say one thing. Thank god Cains wasn't on the list.

Oh and speaking of fast food restaurants did you hear about those new ketchup packets that Heinz designed. They hold three times the ketchup. This means one thing, three times less ketchup packets laying around the backseat of my mini van.

Keep reading for the latest news that families would like to know about. Until tomorrow.

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