Colds and Allergies

Tis the season for colds and allergies to hit… how do I know? Because my house is full of both. I had a cold a couple of weeks ago… my youngest now has allergies big time. One of the things I have discovered is that exercise helps. Helps what? It helps get me over that cold faster. And I think I might be starting menopause. No joke… and exercise helps that as well. There are a lot of options for you when you start menopause, like Amberen or exercise or certain foods. What I find interesting is that a lot of stuff that keeps you healthy also helps with other issues that arise in your life.

I have also learned there are options for you if you need them … You can find so many things on the web now adays. Still, I have come to the realization that Twitter has good information as well. Amberen on Twitter gives you information about Amberen and menopause. It is only one of many places you can go get information now adays. I remember when ‘MySpace’ was the place to be… but Facebook and Twitter and Search Engines have pretty much made that a ‘has been’.

Back to colds and allergies… my son’s allergies are acting up. Yet, the two nights he went to swim practice, he slept much better and with less snoring than the night he went without. Again, I put that down to exercise is good for you. In all aspects of you life. Whether it is a cold, allergy, menopause, overweight, … well, the list can go on for a while… Exercise is so important. I just wish I was able to do better at fitting it into my life.

Pokemon is my friend

When I am going insane with my life… I find playing pokemon on my ds very relaxing. Odd but true. My sister is whooping my rearend in it. I always try to collect a lot of pokemon… she is about 90 ahead of me AND she has a bunch of hers up to a level 100 (the highest you can go)… Sigh. I don’t have ONE. Not ONE at level 100. But thanks to her, I’m getting there. And it is fun going to find pokemon for her. Why all this discussion about pokemon? Because it is high on my list of things to de-stress and I am really in need of de-stressing.

FCAT Writes is in less than 30 days… I need to find my happy place…

Duct Tape or Leather?

My boys gave away duct tape wallets for Christmas. I have a nylon one… but I was looking at leather wallets recently. I keep wondering if I should change my wallet… A lot comes from seeing so many different types in the last couple of months. Makes me go … hmmmm… I miss the one I had that doubled as a purse. Now I have two in my purse because the nylon one isn’t quite right. I really like my leather one. Sigh. Maybe I’ll get the boys to make a duct tape one to my specifications. Wonder if they could really do it… ;-)

Coffee is good for you?

Seriously? About 2 minutes into this video there is some good information. Basically if you drink 4 cups a day with little cream and little sugar, spaced out… it can help you if you have type-2 diabetes. Oh… and you have to drink a bottle of water for every cup of coffee. Still… Watch it, it gives technical details. Very cool.

Never a Dull Moment

My eldest has ADD. No H. And he needs medication. We are on the minimum. But trust me when I say everyone notices when he is off. Even he wants to be on it at school because he does better. It requires a checkup every 4 months… and guess who forgot it was the 4th month? Yep me. I called to get medicine yesterday and was told he had to come in… being it has been a very busy new year I had waited until the LAST minute to call. I had already had plans on working until the last minute I could then we had an orthodontist appointment for the oldest. D’oh… now I needed a checkup. On a Monday. Orthodontist was at 4:30 and the only openings they had were 4:30, 4:45 or 5pm. Shoot me. I picked 5pm and hoped we could squeeze in early at the ortho. I’m telling you God looks out for me. It worked and we were home by 6pm.

Being a busy new year, we have swimming and music lessons today. Swimming and tutoring and a parent/teacher meeting tomorrow with a doc appointment for me in the morning. Swimming and scout meeting on Thursday. Tutoring on Friday. Blink. Seriously… this is insane. But I look at a friend with two boys that does that and adds 2 sports. I wonder when her kids sleep with all the homework they get. Some days I wish we lived in a neighborhood with lots of kids so mine didn’t need other activities to help them learn social skills. Then again most of the time I love being in the middle of ‘no where’ that is only 15 minutes from a grocery store. Sigh… Only a couple of more years and my oldest will be driving… I will enjoy this while I can.

Been A Busy Weekend

Man oh man… My brain is going to explode. I had to work Saturday and Sunday at my techie job, come home and work with the kids on homework… did I mention I had to be home EARLY in the morning so my hubby could take off to go to work? … I found some software that I thought would be EASY to install to keep my son from going places he shouldn’t and … it didn’t work. My website was down for the weekend. LONG story that I’m not going to talk about here. I need a couple of cheap copies of Win 7 so I can upgrade my kids machines from Win XP x64 to something that software will actually run on… Ugh… I’m trying to learn to relax… yaa that meditation just isn’t working right now.

Love the applications on the internet

Having to run a cub scout den is … interesting. Luckily all my parents are ‘on-line’… well, most of the time. And through the school volunteer coordinator, I found some applications that I am really starting to enjoy. The first one was SignUpGenius.com. Works great for getting us organized for parties and the like. The second one… I like it but it took me a while to really figure it out. MailChimp.com. We have an automated process for mailing emails to ‘the den’ via the scout software… but it pretty much sucks. I was using my own distribution list but it got to be a pain with everyone changing providers and the like. MailChimp handles all that nonsense for me. Once I got a template laid out… life was a breeze. If you are running a volunteer organization of any type… these two things are wonderful! Give it a try! I use the free portion, I do not pay for any of it. You can, and if you do… tell me if it really is better.

Another wet day

My oldest son has stopped swimming. Why? Because it is hard work. D’oh. But today he is suppose to start again. We took away his sweets. It has been a week and he asked if he could swim again. Today is the day. I wonder if he really will swim. Maybe I could send him to get pool supplies at AquaSuperCenter.com instead? Then he could at least be doing something for the pool. Oh wait… he isn’t old enough to drive. ARGH. Just wish me luck that he wants to swim again.

Triops – say what?

My sister, Tink, got the youngest a triops kit for Christmas. We were rather disappointed to start with… no triops were born. When I wrote the company to tell them, they asked for my home address and said they would mail us some more. About that time, one was born. Yep, just one. What’s a triop? They are small freshwater shrimp with the Scientific name of Triops longicaudatus.

I must say I have become attached to the one.

He’ll come to the surface if I put my finger on the top of the water and check my finger out. It is soft like little feathers touching it. They don’t live long, so I’m sad… because if we had more than one, we might have had little ones to look forward to in the future. Oh well.. maybe the company will eventually send us another batch of eggs. If they do, I may step up our ‘jar’ into something bigger. ;-)

A Little of This, A Little of That

I have a cold. Sucks to be me right now. My ability to focus is very limited. Hence, I’m giving you a few links to check out.

First, I took this test and my candidate that I’m most in agreement with has dropped out. I was surprised to see who all was at the bottom and at the top. I think the quiz is rigged. Great fun though… Click the text below to take you to the game.

Candidate Matching Game From USA Today.

And I’ve seen an article that there is a Sun Blast headed our way. Of course it is considered a small one and you shouldn’t worry… but it ended up leading me to a could Alaskan website on the Aurora’s. Not that I will make it to Alaska, but in case I ever do…

Here is the Aurora Website

And I have to say… Bou has been entertaining me a lot lately. This last one had me laughing so hard.

Go HERE to read her post on Funky Mary.

If you liked it, read her previous posts as well.