update

we finally got custody of Jayadeva!!!! His birth mother has to come down here within 6 months to visit him supervised and then the case gets revisited by the judge, if she doesnt come then she wont get to have him go up there, but even if she does, we are going to file down here to have that visit stopped, his psychiatrist will not let him go out of state with all his issues, especially without me or his dad....our lawyer doesnt think she is going to come anyway, WE PRAY SHE DOES NOT!!!
my friend Rhonda is here from England, we grew up together, she worked at Kalachandji's with me when it first opened...way back in the stone age...we went to the temple Sunday and she had a good time, she brought her brother and their daughters, we all had a great time
My hubby broke his ankle, twisted it in the driveway, he is on crutches now for 6 weeks
Rama and Padma are almost potty trained!!!! No diapers at home but we still wear them to bed and out...
kids have decided they do not like any pasta that is twisted...also they do not like any food that is not on my plate....
mil is awol, we have not heard from her since she left Florida, no loss, she was totally horrid while she was there...my husband is hurt but I told him Krishna has given him a family here and he is better off without her negatism (is that a word???)
no, negativity is what I was going for....
Alachua was not as good as it has been in the past, feast was not good, the people seemed pissed and unaccommodating, but I did get some great kids temple clothes for next to nothing at their garage type sale...I miss the great feasts that we had in the 80's
Saw my friend's baby for the first time the other day, she is completely beautiful...maybe we can hook her and my son up now, lol

Disney on Monday

we are going to Disney Monday, so my mil can shut up now. She hasn't seen my hubby in almost 4 years and all she has done is repeat, "when are we going to Disney?" ad nauseum...the kids are not even carrying on like she is!!
Tonight I served everyone the fake chicken product we LOVE and no one could tell, but as soon as I told MIL she was , OMG, I might get sick.....whatever..she has irritable bowel and other issues, I told her if she laid off the meat she wouldt be so sick....more tomorrow...g'nite

an intro and a rant

hmmm.. I have a xanga and a myspace (gawd I HATE trying to navigate that one) and now I have this.. I wanted to get far away from xanga because of drama and to be able to focus on blogging about what is really important to my family right now. My name is Krishna, I am married for almost 4 years to Prahlad, we have together a 4yr old boy Jayadeva and 2yr old b/g twins, Rama and Padma. I have an older son who is out on his own and my DH has a 9yr old daughter living in another state. We are trying very hard to live simply, to eat healthy and become more devotional, but we are having a hard time due to continual opposition from friends, family, coworkers, etc... so now begins my rant
We are on vacation..... at my mom's.....1759 miles from home...my husbands mom came to visit here for a week today....my mother is freaking out on what to feed my vegetarian kids and she has stressed me into a migraine. What I dont understand is that I have been vegetarian since I was 14 and she had no trouble feeding me...well, she actually made dinner and I ate what I could and simply didnt eat the meat....she isnt trying to undermine me, she is just putting too much FOCUS on what they CANT have, and I am afraid they will start asking for the forbidden stuff because now they know it exsists. Like she wants us to go to a restaurant on the pier, I said sure,having been there before I know that they have an awesome coleslaw salad and some of the best french fries I have ever had..she said what will the babies eat? I said salad and fries, she said, cant they have any of the good fried fish? I said no, they dont eat meat, her answer??? Fish isnt meat..so...I told her my kids dont eat anything that had a mother. Now my husband's mom (who he hasnt seen in almost 4 years) came tonight and when we took her out to eat after her very late flight she did the same thing.."well, they can have chicken nuggets, cant they?" I know they are not trying to be mean, they just dont understand this choice we have made. Now I think I have screwed up too, because I have given my kids soy nuggets and burgers and since they are small they dont have the ability to understand the difference, so they just ask for nuggets and burgers....I am going to have to start explaining the difference now.
Another thing...my hubby and I spent 2 hours last night trying to chase down a particular vegetarian product for dinner, the company website said that Publix carried it, THEY DO NOT!!!! Not the two I physically went into and not the three others the very nice girl at the service desk called for me. So now tomorrow we are driving 45 minutes to Whole Foods to load up on groceries for the next two weeks. Which makes me feel guilty for using so much gas and polluting the enviorment and so forth..but I have to feed my family and I look at it this way.. I am growing a garden this summer so SHUT UP!!!!! lol
We are going to take my MIL to the temple in Alachua for Sunday feast this week...should be interesting...also, look for an upcoming installment entitled What Vegetarian Kids Can Eat At Disney......I think they have carrots, lol...I remember from last year I was really glad I packed a lunch for them but I cant this year because they are not babies anymore and you can only bring in baby food...I might sneak it in anyway..OMG there will be BROCCOLI in the Magic Kingdom!! Look out!
Chant and be Happy.. I swear it works