Right now my current comfort foods are Pillsbury Crescent Rolls and Sunkist Orange Soda. If I can have those every afternoon, life is good. If I don't get them, I am way too distressed, or distraught, or something.
What is the food that takes you to your happy place?
A Boy Gets to Be a Man When a Man is Needed
Chirp...chirp....I roused myself from sleep to figure out where the sound was coming from. Why do the smoke alarm batteries demand to be replaced only at night?
My husband had already left for work, so I got a ladder and streeeetched, but I was still a foot away from the alarm on our eight-foot ceiling.
So I wake up my boy, my boy who is a foot taller than me, and he stumbles downstairs sleepily. He climbs the ladder and reaches for the alarm, tentatively at first, then with more boldness when he realizes that the alarm is not going down without a fight. A screwdriver and some mental cursing later, the alarm falls silent.
He has slain his dragon. He has vanquished his foe. He limps groggily back up the stairs, no longer a boy, but now a man. I am filled with pride.
***
Of course, I know we should change the batteries before they cry out that they need to be changed, but for some reason, marking on my calendar to change the batteries twice a year just feels wrong. What would I become if I scheduled battery changes? I think it would just drain all the life out of me.
My husband had already left for work, so I got a ladder and streeeetched, but I was still a foot away from the alarm on our eight-foot ceiling.
So I wake up my boy, my boy who is a foot taller than me, and he stumbles downstairs sleepily. He climbs the ladder and reaches for the alarm, tentatively at first, then with more boldness when he realizes that the alarm is not going down without a fight. A screwdriver and some mental cursing later, the alarm falls silent.
He has slain his dragon. He has vanquished his foe. He limps groggily back up the stairs, no longer a boy, but now a man. I am filled with pride.
***
Of course, I know we should change the batteries before they cry out that they need to be changed, but for some reason, marking on my calendar to change the batteries twice a year just feels wrong. What would I become if I scheduled battery changes? I think it would just drain all the life out of me.
Sew Happy!
First of all, I loved Happy Feet. I am easily bored by movies, but Happy Feet had me on the edge of my seat.
Second, my mom bought Haley, Annie and me a sewing machine for our early Easter present. I am so excited that I don't even know what to sew first.
So on that note, I am off to sew...!
Second, my mom bought Haley, Annie and me a sewing machine for our early Easter present. I am so excited that I don't even know what to sew first.
So on that note, I am off to sew...!
Materialism
I have added the feature from Amazon.com to my site that will automatically link you to any products I write about here.
Their email said it will "delight" my site's visitors. Hmm...that remains to be seen, but I am doing it to delight myself. I'll be able to see how many things I write about are actually able to be bought and sold.
Maybe it will make me start writing about things that are more meaningful...things money can't buy...but for now I am waiting to see how long it will take before they link up Happy Feet.
Their email said it will "delight" my site's visitors. Hmm...that remains to be seen, but I am doing it to delight myself. I'll be able to see how many things I write about are actually able to be bought and sold.
Maybe it will make me start writing about things that are more meaningful...things money can't buy...but for now I am waiting to see how long it will take before they link up Happy Feet.
My Life Is So Boring...
How boring is it? I am actually counting the days and barely able to contain my excitement waiting for the release of Happy Feet on DVD.
Yes sir, I'll be the first one in line over at Blockbuster.
Yes sir, I'll be the first one in line over at Blockbuster.
Chronic Cough - My Story
My husband mentioned to me that he spoke with someone struggling with an asthma/chronic cough issue, so I wanted to go ahead and share some of my medical history here. Hopefully, it will help someone who is going through the same kind of thing.
1985-1996
I have chronic cough, chronic sore throat, rash, febrile illnesses, bronchitis.
June 1996
Pregnant, I complain to my ob of sinus problems, prescribed Nasonex.
September 1996
Shortness of breath. Sent to ER to check for pulmonary embolism. Doctor says I am perfectly healthy and sends me home.
October 1996
Complain of shortness of breath, coughing. Given pulmonary function test. Test shows perfect lung function. Prescribed albuterol for "asthma."
June 1997
Full work-up with allergy doctor. Found to be mildly allergic to dust, mold, pollen, trees, grass, etc. Pulmonary function test shows perfect lung function.
Prescribed Azmacort, Pulmicort, Rhinocort, Flonase, Singulair. None of the drugs are effective. Prescribed Zithromax for "throat infections" when I complain of shortness of breath and excessive need for Albuterol.
Decide I am an attention-seeking hypochrodriac. Self-esteem plummets to all time low.
Spring 1998
See ear, nose, throat doctor. Treated for "sinus infection" for four months with Zithromax, Augmentin. Sinus xrays show no evidence of infection.
By this time, I am having night sweats, low-grade fever, fatigue and unexplained rash.
Winter 2001
Sore throat, hoarse voice. See new primary care doctor who diagnoses GERD. Try Axid and Prilosec. Voice comes back but cough continues. Try Advair, Flovent, Serevent.
Fall 2004
Coughing up blood. Prescribed Augmentin, Zithromax, Biaxin. Chest xray shows an abnormality it the right upper lobe. CT scan shows lung tumor in the right upper lobe.
Even with diagnosis, no doctor can hear any abnormal sounds when they listen to my lungs with a stethoscope.
Spring 2005
Thoracotomy with right upper lobe lung resection to remove pulmonary mycetoma, or "fungus ball." Surgeon believes the fungus has been growing in a cavity in my lung since childhood.
Today
I use Asmanex, Nasonex, Singulair, Albuterol, Prilosec and Foradil. I still have episodes of shortness of breath and coughing, but they usually resolve quickly.
I will continue to update this as I remember any pertinent details. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions.
1985-1996
I have chronic cough, chronic sore throat, rash, febrile illnesses, bronchitis.
June 1996
Pregnant, I complain to my ob of sinus problems, prescribed Nasonex.
September 1996
Shortness of breath. Sent to ER to check for pulmonary embolism. Doctor says I am perfectly healthy and sends me home.
October 1996
Complain of shortness of breath, coughing. Given pulmonary function test. Test shows perfect lung function. Prescribed albuterol for "asthma."
June 1997
Full work-up with allergy doctor. Found to be mildly allergic to dust, mold, pollen, trees, grass, etc. Pulmonary function test shows perfect lung function.
Prescribed Azmacort, Pulmicort, Rhinocort, Flonase, Singulair. None of the drugs are effective. Prescribed Zithromax for "throat infections" when I complain of shortness of breath and excessive need for Albuterol.
Decide I am an attention-seeking hypochrodriac. Self-esteem plummets to all time low.
Spring 1998
See ear, nose, throat doctor. Treated for "sinus infection" for four months with Zithromax, Augmentin. Sinus xrays show no evidence of infection.
By this time, I am having night sweats, low-grade fever, fatigue and unexplained rash.
Winter 2001
Sore throat, hoarse voice. See new primary care doctor who diagnoses GERD. Try Axid and Prilosec. Voice comes back but cough continues. Try Advair, Flovent, Serevent.
Fall 2004
Coughing up blood. Prescribed Augmentin, Zithromax, Biaxin. Chest xray shows an abnormality it the right upper lobe. CT scan shows lung tumor in the right upper lobe.
Even with diagnosis, no doctor can hear any abnormal sounds when they listen to my lungs with a stethoscope.
Spring 2005
Thoracotomy with right upper lobe lung resection to remove pulmonary mycetoma, or "fungus ball." Surgeon believes the fungus has been growing in a cavity in my lung since childhood.
Today
I use Asmanex, Nasonex, Singulair, Albuterol, Prilosec and Foradil. I still have episodes of shortness of breath and coughing, but they usually resolve quickly.
I will continue to update this as I remember any pertinent details. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions.
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