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Slight interruption of this blog..
Working Margie’s 40 things in 4 weeks and this blog has some issues. We will either be able to figure out how to dump the original feed options at the top of this page or we’ll find a new theme. Back to regular scheduled programming soon. Thanks, ~Heidi … Read entire article »
Filed under: Creative Domestication
Lowered body temperature and cold hands and feet to start..
I’ve been asking so many people, for the last year, what the medical words for “generalized lowered body temperature” were. I just know there must be a name for this condition, yet no one has had an answer, yet. Recently, I’ve started back on some medications to help with the side-effects of my Fibromyalgia, because the pain has started to interfere with my daily life. I spend countless hours, in my bed, under an electric blanket, being used like a heating pad for my hip and back pain. So, today, in my IN Box appears Dr. Mercola talking about Fibromyalgia. It got my attention and I began to read many articles that I’d like to share snippets with you.. From http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/02/26/dr-john-lowe-on-thyroid-disease-part-1.aspx A common give-away that you may be hypothyroid is feeling cold most … Read entire article »
Filed under: Cancer, diet, Health/Nutrition, Iodine, Mercury
Friday Five – Top Evernote Links – Top Twitter Favorites
My Top Five Evernote Links this week: Chris Brogan takes on Social Media Etiquette. This is a great post that anyone interested in Social Media should read. Marelisa shares 32 Small Ways to Change the World. My favorite is number 29. Seed pills excite me, too! Heatlh Impact New Daily has shared an interesting post about Saturate Fats, Cholesterol in the brain, relating Alzheimers, Parkinsons, and ALS, in the name of Coconut Oil. I don’t know how much of this is marketing for coconut oil. But I found the article fascinating. Margie Clayman shared 1 month, 30 blogging action items. Erica Says has a great post to teach the difference between categories and tags. I wish I had read this when I first started blogging. My Top Five Favorties on Twitter, this week “Folks, if you can’t … Read entire article »
Filed under: ALS, Feeding the Needz, Linky Love
Walkers Needed for Team Forever and One More Day Charleston ALS Walk
Please mark your calendar’s now to plan to attend this very short walk in Riverfront Park. The walk is Saturday, March 26, 2011, at Riverfront Park. ALS (Lou Gherig’s disease) took my father’s life, prematurely, and I’d like to walk as a team, in memory. I have a team established in Jacksonville, for their walk in April. If you’s like to walk that walk, with me, please contact me.. @CarolinaDreamz on twitter. If you’d like to walk, but do not live near these walks, look up where the walk is in your area, here. … Read entire article »
Filed under: ALS, Forever and One More Day, LowCountry
Just three little numbers I promised to share
224. I really have nothing more to say right now. :) … Read entire article »
Filed under: diet, Stand For Something, Unexpectations, WLS
My spoonfuls of Peanut Butter are sticking to my thighs!
Or maybe its the the Lindt Chocolate with Sea Salt. Or maybe its the Dr. Pepper. This is becoming a very serious weight problem that my doctor is getting involved with. That’s how you know your weight is getting out of control. Your doctor mentions it to you and tells you to lose four pounds before you see him the next month. (Forget the 3 I lost from seeing him the week before.) So, after my appointment, next week, I’ll publicly announce my weight and go from there, reducing it. (I don’t think I’m over 212.) My weight loss surgery honeymoon was over 7 years ago. I’ve done real well, for a long while. I seem to gain with certain medications that I take. (But, I fear its really the Dr. Pepper. :) … Read entire article »
Filed under: diet, Health/Nutrition, WLS
Rx Insurance Nightmares
<rant> Every new prescriptions and now refills are being rejected by my new insurance company, Express Scripts. I didn’t have a choice to change to this new company. But, they seem to think they are better at medication dispensing than my doctor. What do I need the doctor for? They should have a hotline that tells me what they’ll cover by my complaints, symptoms, or injury. The jerks. They decided, in January, the one co-pay only covered 17 days of my Ambien. Now I have a partial refill left of 14 pills. I got an email today, from last night’s refill request that they are not paying for that, either. I don’t know what I’m going to do but one of my medications helps me be mobile and I hate that I’m suffering in more … Read entire article »
Filed under: Health/Nutrition, Rant, Unexpectations
Update on my Egyptian Friends – Egypt in my Heart
I have, now, been in communication with my friends in Egypt. I must admit that with the traveling, I’ve been disconnected from the news and I had no idea things were going on in Egypt, until someone asked me how my friends were.. I, quickly, reached one friend who was fragile with his words. He told me he cared about Americans but he didn’t trust the American Government. This was after he said, to me, “Why does America care?” I did explain that I cared and I was asking and that I hadn’t heard from anyone in Egypt. (This particular Egyptian friend is not in Egypt.) Within a day or two, internet was returned and I was able to get a few messages back and forth on Facebook. Most were simply, “Pray.” I … Read entire article »
Filed under: family and friends, Gardening, Unexpectations
Florida Travel Check in.. ALS Walk Jax is April 2nd
Hello from Jacksonville. I made it to Florida Drupal Camp, Saturday, in Winter Park. Other than that, we’ve had some very uneventful weeks out of town. I’ve been healing well from the fall. Just have a few problems with my left arm. The bruises on my knee have almost all gone away. My hand and wrist seem to cramp when I drive. It reminds me I’m doing too much with it and I slow down use of it. I didn’t get a chance, this trip to see my friends in Jacksonville. I’ll be back for the ALS Walk, in April. I’ll send them invites to join the walk with me. Maybe that will get me to see them. The walk, here, is only two miles and starts at Tinsel Town. I had hoped to … Read entire article »
Filed under: ALS, family and friends, politics and religion
We were Featured in the #HomeChat Daily
// Two WoodenSpoonz recipes, associated with With a Z Media, were featured in the #HomeChat Daily. This week’s #HomeChat featured Seasonal Eating – Winter Vegetables. We shared Butter Basil Green Beans and Delicata Squash with a twist of Lime. Join in the fun, with #HomeChat, on Twitter, every Tuesday night at 9pm Eastern Standard Time. (Amy Gahran has some tips for following hashtags on twitter, here.) … Read entire article »
Filed under: Creative Domestication
My opinion about recent school gun shootings.
First, let’s establish that people kill people. For whatever their reason. We’ve been seeing a huge increase in school shootings and bank robberies lately. I think the laws needs to be changed so people can protect themselves better. I think if more trained concealed weapons were in our schools, more people’s lives would be spared. Not just more security or school police, but school officials with the ability to stop a massacre before it begins. When the gun law was changed about the National Forests, I read all these lines about people worried that people would start being killed. My opinion, then, was bad people get guns and take them there anyway. But, lately, I’ve read how having a gun saved a couple from a bear while on … Read entire article »
Filed under: politics and religion, Stand For Something
My return visit to San Diego – all work and little play
Last year, I wrote a blog post about things I desperately missed about San Diego. Sadly, I only ate the food. El Pollo Loco didn’t impress me much, either. I didn’t get shaved ice, but around the corner, the day Gabe and I were able to get out. I didn’t remember the seaweed smell of Mission Beach (the only place we found a parking place.) Ick. haha I was so happy to see my Aunt Joy and Selena. Selena Rausch (in case she googles herself : ) ), is my youngest cousin that lives in Utah. She’s brought much joy and silliness to my Facebook. Thanks for making me enjoy Facebook, again, my cousins! , also,I did get to meet Dennis, Syndee, and Jesse. That … Read entire article »
Filed under: family and friends, Feeding the Needz, travel
Blog Education Learning Overload – Ebooks I need to read (and so do you)
There are some fantastic bloggers out there that can teach you so much about “blogging better” for SEO traffic. Many are really good at interlinking their own materials and setting a standard that all bloggers should follow. Even the big foot steps can be walked in to learn styles and improve your own posts and writing. I’m interstested in reading the all, as you should, too. I wanted to bring three ebooks to your attention: The first one is Kelby Carr’s Mom Blog SEO: Mom Blog SEO includes: How to find the best keyword phrases to drive the right readers for your blog Tactics that take a couple minutes before each post and can dramatically increase your traffic How to target the right readers and stop attracting the wrong ones How to boost your … Read entire article »
Filed under: Creative Chaos, family and friends, Feeding the Needz, Inspiration, Linky Love
CDC Health Questionnaire or Identity Theft?
Over a month ago, I received a screening call, on my cell phone from the “center for disease control.” They were surveying 8,000 random people, to ask them personal questions, to improve the future of health care. After answering questions like “Is this your cell phone?” “Are you driving right now?” “Is this cell phone the only one you own?” and “Do you own any other telephone numbers?” (Notice they didn’t ask about a land line or other phones.. creative, I thought. After telling me that everything was confidential, I was told I could have a $10 check for my compliance, in the survey. They would put my personal information into a different computer. At first, I wasn’t feel too comfortable that the call was legitimate. Then I wasn’t feeling … Read entire article »
Filed under: family and friends, Stand For Something
Have you met Heather Solos and Angela England?
Many of my friends are up and coming in the blogging world. Two got recent recognition and I wanted to bring it to your attention. First, my good friend, Heather Solos was mentioned, on Problogger with 39 other bloggers to watch in 2011: Her profile has grown organically over the course of five years. She co-founded Home-Ec101.com, “a site designed to teach real people, real skills, as they apply to real lives.” In addition to this, she has gotten a book deal, leveraged in-person meetings to get great results, and has achieved multiple writing spots in newspapers. You can learn more about how she did this in her interview on BlogcastFM. Angela England, founder of Untrained Housewife, whom I was fortunate to meet, in person, at Type-a-mom, was recognized in an About.com … Read entire article »
Filed under: family and friends, Stand For Something, Uncategorized
5,600 miles later.. I’m home
I bet you just thought I disappeared after all that pumpkin posting. Actually, I did. My mother, who lives in San Diego, California, (my home town) had surgery, several weeks ago. She was given a 1 in 5 chance of recovery. I, quickly, went into action, and drove to Florida to pick up my brother-I-was-raised-with and we drove to California in four days. We just walked right into her hospital room and surprised her. She was supposed to be there 6-8 weeks and we took her home on the day of week two. Many other things have happened between there and here and I will get to those, for you, shortly.. but right now, I have to say goodbye to my 13 year old friend and feline companion. While I was gone, he had to have … Read entire article »
Filed under: family and friends, Feeding the Needz
12 Days of Pumpkin ~ Pumpkin Pancakes
Pumpkin Pancakes. Please visit Ashlee, from I’m Topsy Turvy for the recipe. I’m Topsy Turvy » Pumpkin Pancakes- This week for dinner via kwout … Read entire article »
Filed under: Foodie Frenzy, Linky Love
12 Days of Pumpkin ~ Pumpkin Pie French Toast
Pumpkin Pie French Toast. Please visit Cooking with my kid for the recipe. Pumpkin Pie French Toast | Cooking with My Kid via kwout … Read entire article »
Filed under: Foodie Frenzy, Linky Love
12 Days of Pumpkin ~ Pumpkin Pie Milk Shakes
Pumpkin Pie Milk Shakes, from my Delicious archives. Please visit Sara, at Our Best Bites, for the recipe. Our Best Bites: Pumpkin Pie Milkshake via kwout … Read entire article »
Filed under: Foodie Frenzy, Linky Love
12 Days of Pumpkin ~ Pumpkin Butter Gooey Cakes
Pumpkin Butter Gooey Cakes. Please visit Paula Deen for the recipe. Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cakes Recipe : Paula Deen : Food Network via kwout … Read entire article »
Filed under: Foodie Frenzy, Linky Love
12 Days of Pumpkin ~ Perfect Pumpkin Roll
Perfect Pumpkin Roll. Please visit Mel, of My Kitchen Cafe, for the recipe. Perfect Pumpkin Roll via kwout … Read entire article »
Filed under: Foodie Frenzy, Linky Love
12 Days of Pumpkin – Pumpkin Spice Truffles
Pumpkin Spice Truffles. Visit Annie Eats for the Recipe. Pumpkin Spice Truffles « Annie’s Eats via kwout … Read entire article »
Filed under: Foodie Frenzy, Linky Love
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