Monday, November 27, 2006

Shame on Delta Airlines!

On October 13th, 2006 Emily Gillette was on board a 3 hour delayed New York bound Freedom Airline plane in Burlington, Vermont. While waiting on the plane her 1 year old baby wanted to nurse and so naturally Emily breastfed her baby discretely in her seat. Emily was then approached by a flight attendant who handed her a blanket and asked her to cover up while nursing. Emily rejected the blanket and later was removed from the plane along with her husband and child. WHAT????????
What year do we live in? How is it possible for people to be so wrong? I have made a cover up for women who CHOOSE to nurse modestly in public and I believe it has and will help women who need to nurse in this manner BUT I am a 100% breastfeeding advocate and support women to nurse anyway she choose to-ANYTIME and ANYWHERE!!!! There were times I forgot my Nursing Curtain at home or in the car and I would have been outraged if someone would have rejected me service or kicked me out anywhere.
Delta Airlines needs to do something about this horrible event. Although they did choose to later discipline the unknown (unidentified) flight attendant, it's still not enough. They need to correct this bad,wrong, uneducated, mistake this attendant made. Apologize-YES! Give the Gillete family round trip airline travel-YES! Let the public know that DELTA AIRLINES is going to educate its employees on what they can and can not do-YES! All of the above and more. PLUS keep up on the laws! In the state of Vermont it is a woman's legal right to nurse anywhere she may need at anytime! Yes, that means this attendant broke the law!
So, what effects has this event had on communities in the U.S? Many women have organized nurse outs in airlines near Delta ticket booths all over the nation to show their support to Emily Gillette and for the cause. Although I support both sides (women that choose to nurse covered or uncovered)I really am thankful for these women as they fight for ALL nursing women everywhere.
Too all nursing mommies especially those that have and will stand up for our rights!
Evie

Update: For more details on this story go to MSNBC.com
Happy Holidays!

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and weekend. I cooked a Turkey for my family, something I don't usually do but I did pretty good this Thanksgiving if I do say so myself. Everyone contributed to the feast and it turned out very nice. The following day, "Black Friday" I decided not to shop and to take a long drive to visit Julian, a really cute town located in the San Diego county mountains. BIG MISTAKE! Everyone who was ditching "Black Friday" was there. You couldn't find parking and forget even strolling along the sidewalks, there was no room! After several attempts to eat lunch without waiting 45 minutes to an hour we decided we would just have some Julian apple pie and then go. The place was very crowded! We also had eight children between myself and my sister so this was challenging BUT apple pie in the park did the trick.
The best thing was the crisp 52 degree air and the feeling of fall. Christmas's approach was very evident everywhere you turned. Red ribbons, lights and even dressed up horse carriages were all around us and the sign of first snow felt close by. Unfortunately in San Diego we have one season and that's 75 degrees all the time. If it gets down to 65 degrees we swear we're going to die of the cold and when it's 90 degrees we think we're going to dehydrate and faint. Happy medium San Diego is what we mostly have. I can get pretty sick of tees and sandals so the cold weather was very inviting.
So the Holiday season is here and the upcoming weeks will be filled with baking and gifting and we can't forget the ugly part-SHOPPING. Don't get me wrong, shopping can be fabulous until you can't find that special, unique gift OH and not to mention when you forget what the season is all about. For me and my family it's JESUS.
So whatever the season holds for you and yours take it slow and remember what it's all about!
Happy Holidays to you.
Evie

Monday, November 13, 2006





Toddler Size Tees!

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What about Thanksgiving?!!!!

So this year Halloween came by as expected. I felt it was here right on time. I had been wanting the weather to change from warm summer days to cool crisp breeses and the leaves to start falling off the trees. This to me is the grand opening to fall! So what did I get? Hot weather and teasing orange leaves stuck to tree branches.
And what about every holiday? Just when Halloween ended the stores filled up with christmas stuff and everyone forgot about Thanksgiving! What about Thanksgiving!!!! The grand opening to fall is kicked off with Halloween, baking and candy then the roasting of turkeys and pot roasts celebrating thanksgiving. Next week, November 23rd is Thanksgiving and I want it to come and last. I want to give thanks for several things in my life. I want to reflect and enjoy every moment and then to take in every pasing day with my children to celebrate the Christmas season. Can we please slow down and enjoy Thanksgiving first though?
To all of you who want to slow down and enjoy Thanksgiving first, Cheers!!!!!

Evie