This is the photo that was used to illustrate an article about companies who allow employees to take a nap during their day. I really wish that I could take a 30 minute nap every afternoon. I know that I would be more productive if I could rest for a bit.
But my first thought when I saw this photo was that some giant PacMan characters were on the rampage, devouring people!
Last night I had a terrible time falling asleep. I’m not sure why my mind was racing. I don’t have any pressing issues to face this week. But I could not stop thinking and planning things, and could not relax.
I tried a cup of warmed milk, in hope that it would relax me. But that didn’t help. So I put the TV on CNN and let Larry King talk me to sleep. Thankfully, Larry did not cause me any bad dreams. LOL
When i visited my eye doctor last week, he had mentioned something that has just now started to sink in and make sense to me. I had complained about having trouble reading small print but he insists that I do not yet need reading glasses. What he explained is that my eyes need more light to read the smaller print. He suggested that when I notice my eyes straining to read something small, like the expiration date on a coupon, to put more light on the item using lamps or even a flashlight, if necessary.
So this morning I was going through the grocery coupons and pulling out any that have expired. I was having a hard time reading some of the dates, so I moved closer to the desk lamp and held the coupon under that the light. Yes! It does make it easier!
So I was worried about needing glasses to read when all I need to do is buy some new halogen lamps for the desk and sofa tables, where I like to sit and read.
Are lockers just something you use as a kid in school? Well, no. School Lockers are the first thing that come to my mind when you mention lockers to me, but they are used in a variety of business and recreational settings.
As an adult I have used lockers in a variety of different settings. Anyone who changes into a uniform or a costume for their job most likely has a locker to store their street clothes. This includes policemen, nurses, firemen, actors and amusement park workers.
I’ve used lockers at a country club, at the outpatient surgery center, the spa, the water park, the gym and the airport. Although, to be fair, I believe most airports have removed public lockers due to safety concerns. But back in the 1980′s, before terrorism was such an issue, I had to leave some items in a locker at the airport because my flight was delayed and I couldn’t handle dragging all my packages and luggage around the airport for 6 extra hours. I don’t know what people do with all that stuff they need to take on a plane now that they can’t safely store it in lockers for a few hours.
Guest post by Linda Bradshaw
Last year when my husband was going through his physical therapy for his back pain, his insurance company agreed to pay for a LG-TEC Dual Combo TENS Unit and Muscle Stimulator to help his with his attempts to find pain relief. I was really glad about that because I had heard that TENS Units, and Muscle Stimulators really help a lot of people with their pain management routines, and I was anxious to help my husband find as much relief as we could get.
When his therapist told us to Visit LGMedSupply Online to get more information about TENS units, we found that they had an interesting online customer blog that helped us to gain confidence in their products. We got the TENS Unit and it works like a charm! My husband loves it. Isn’t modern science a wonderful thing!
My father has always been interested in conservation – even before it became “cool” to be “green.” Part of his attempts at conservation have always included rain harvesting. Ever since I can recall we have had rain water barrels at the corners of our house and our garage. We would use the water collected from the rain barrels to water our gardens and wash the cars.
The only thing that worries me about doing this is the reports that I hear about acid rain. That’s the biggest reason we don’t use it for potable water. I don’t know if there even exists a filter system that could be purchased by a homeowner that would make it safe to drink. That is one of the things that makes me very angry about the slowing down of environmental protection acts – the air that is being polluted hundreds of miles away from us is ruining our air and water. I know that there are technologies available to scrub the pollutants from the factories at the source, but they aren’t being installed and maintained as fast or as well as they need to be done.
Well…. I’ll get off my soapbox now! Conserving water is still a good thing.
I hear that it is a big issue with our emergency personnel trying to locate the address for many locations that they are called to for assistance that can be a matter of life or death. Our mailboxes need to have our street number printed large enough for them to get to where they need to be. There is now a huge variety of mail boxes to choose from. I’ve gone online to look at a new mailbox for me to put out on the street at my place. Not only do the police and ambulances need to find us, but the pizza and chinese delivery people need to find me in a timely fashion as well. I do like my food nice and hot upon delivery!
So, a word to the wise, you might want to make sure that your house number easily on your house or mail box visible for these variety of reasons. Like I said it could be a matter of life or death and we don’t even want to go there!
I have noticed that there seems to be a greater amount of commercials on the TV advertising Mesothelioma Attorney services for people suffering from this Mesothelioma Disease that is receiving so much attention. Ten years ago I’ll bet no one would have a clue as to what a Mesothelioma Lawyer would be used for. I know that I wouldn’t have.
I know most families have to deal with at least one family member that is suffering from some type of serious illness or disability. Our family is dealing with my uncle suffering and recently diagnosed with Mesothelioma. It seems that when he was serving our country in the US Navy he spent time in a submarine and was exposed to this disease at that point. How disturbing to know that he put his life on the line for all of those years for his country and now he is dealing with this horrible disease.
A good website to check out is survivingmesothelioma.com if you know someone who may make good use of it.
Guest post written by Carrie Northman
Hiring a house cleaning service was something that we did for years and I grew so used to the service that when I retired, I didn’t bother to cancel it.
I do still pick up clothes, wash dishes and other various household chores. But some of the bigger tasks I leave to the service, like ironing and dusting. A lot of the times I’ll plan my errands around the time each week a housecleaner is supposed to come so I’ll stay out of her way and she won’t have to worry about being quiet for my sake. However, it doesn’t always work out that way and although the lady who currently comes to our cleaning doesn’t mind me being there, there have been a few times where she has asked me a question about my household preferences that I haven’t heard because of my hearing loss.
I know that has to be frustrating for her and it definitely is for me, so I’m getting a free hearing test this week to see if I need to do anything about my problem.
I was having some trouble with a strange rash around my mouth over the past couple of months. I went to see my doctor, and she told me to go see a dermatologist. Well, I had to wait two months to get an appointment with the guy! I never would have believed having to wait that long to see a dermatologist! Well, I finally got to see him today, and he decided that the problem is that I’m allergic to Chapstick! He told me to stop using Chapstick, and only use Petroleum Jelly to moisten my lips! I was very surprised; I’ve used Chapstick for the past thirty years without any trouble at all!
Guest post written by my buddy Brian Josephson
Have you ever been frightened when your pet has fallen ill? Perhaps you do not have pet insurance and cannot afford to run to the veterinarian whenever your pet is sick. Sadly, this is the truth for many pet owners. Just like these pet owners, I cannot afford to run my pet to the veterinarian all the time either. So, my solution has been to use medical pet websites with my wildblue satellite internet connection.
Using medical pet websites has proven to save me thousands of dollars. I cannot emphasize how helpful websites like www.petmd.com are. One time, my kitten was vomiting everywhere in my home. Not a pretty scene, I know. I was scared that my kitten was about to die, and I could not afford to take her to the veterinarian. Using a medical pet website, I was able to look up her exact symptoms. It turns out she just had consumed too much of her pet food and had a stomach ache! She was nowhere near dying, but I was still relieved. The website also suggested ways that I could take care of the kitten, to ensure that she would get better.
I am so grateful for medical pet websites. They have saved me and other pet owners thousands of dollars in the long run. More importantly, the lives of our pets have been saved!
I’ve noticed lately that I’m having more trouble seeing clearly when I drive at night, so I have to make an appointment to see my eye doctor soon. I can remember when I was a child I was jealous of the many movie stars that made wearing eyeglasses look so glamorous! I can remember telling my father once that I wished I had to wear glasses! He told me that was an awful thing to wish for! Well, he was right; wearing glasses is not as wonderful as I had daydreamed about as a young girl!
Eyeglasses are way more expensive than I think is reasonable, and I think that buying them at the optician’s office is a consumer rip-off. There are so many other places that a consumer can go to and buy eyeglasses that cost less money! You can even buy eyeglasses over the Internet at ZenniOptical.com if you can convince your eye doctor to give you your Pupillary Distance. I’ve bought my glasses at other places before I found out about the great prices at Zenni. The only problem that I would have with buying glasses from them is that I found out that they cannot accommodate prism in the prescription, and that is something that I need. Just my luck, I can’t use them! Sigh…..
I find it disturbing that Mesothelioma seems to be the big buzzword for lawyer’s commercials. The reason why it is so disturbing is that it brings to my attention the fact that if there are so many commercials about it, then Mesothelioma Cancer must be affecting millions of people around the world.
I have to wonder how many people have been exposed and don’t realize it yet! How many families will go through the heartache of dealing with this insidious disease? I’ve heard that asbestos is still being mined in some countries! Why in the world would it still be mined if we now know that it causes cancer? How can it still be legal to do that? There have got to be acceptable substitutes for the product! Why aren’t these mines being shut down?
Although I certainly enjoy the warmer weather this time of year, I am NOT enjoying all of the bugs! Mosquitoes, biting flies, and ticks. I hate finding a tick on my body; I can never seem to get the entire thing out! Inevitably I end up with the durn head of the tick left inside my body. It takes weeks for the ensuing inflammation to die down. And I just get grossed out to think that the tick’s head is rotting in my body, being absorbed by my body. And then I’m always concerned about lyme disease. What a drag it is to be worried about things like this when the weather is so nice!
My mom has been doing a lot of reading lately about Mesothelioma and Mesothelioma Cancer as part of her continuing education requirements for her job. She initially got interested in the subject around 1996 when her boss put her in charge of checking their office building for asbestos, as part of an OSHA inspection preparation.
I always thought that asbestos was essentially limited to insulation and brake pad linings, but listening to my mom talk about it I’ve learned that it is roof shingles, and tile flooring as well. I can recall a time when I was driving home from work one day and saw a house that was being demolished, but it was in a very large clear plastic tent as part of the demolation process. No one had to tell me; I just figured it was part of an asbestos removal project. That’s rather a scary thought to me, that there is so much asbestos out in the world that entire houses have to be tented in order to be demolished!
One of today’s best bargains in this tough economic times is the Zenni optical great deals on prescription eyeglasses. I was surprised to find that the exact same style of eyeglass frames that I spent about $200 on last year cost only $29.95 on their website. The last time I thought about ordering glasses online I was confused about how we could make sure that they would fit my face – so I didn’t order them. And I was concerned that if the doctor wrote the wrong prescription, that the online supplier wouldn’t give me a chance to fix the problem.
So I was reading their website about the process of ordering eyeglasses from them. I saw that they don’t do prism corrections, which means that I can’t order my prescription glasses from them because I have a large prism correction. That totally bummed me out; I was looking forward to saving some serious money with them! But as I kept reading I saw that I can order just the empty frames for a 50% discount and then take them to my eye doctor’s and let put in the frames. I know that my eye doctor will do that (he might not be happy about it, but he will do it.)
My cousin’s girlfriend Bri has been raving about how much she loves her new magnetic bracelet. She said that it has helped her arthritis tremendously! So I started doing a little bit of research on magnetic therapy. I couldn’t believe how many ailments magnets are supposed to help! From headaches, backaches, insomnia, stress, to diabetes! Bri told me that she bought her bracelet at the billythetree.com website. So I’ve gone online to check them out.
Their prices certainly seem reasonable enough, and they have a good shipping and satisfaction policy. I think I’ll order one for myself and see if I notice any difference in how I feel! Sometimes I wonder if these things “work” because of the placebo effect, so I’m always curious, yet cautious. What is your experience? Do you have any magnetic jewelry? Has it improved your life?
For many years I’ve been interested in the new contact lens technology that allows more people to wear contacts than ever before. The contact lens technology has progressed to the point where there are very few people in the world that can’t wear contact lenses. I tried contacts many years ago but wasn’t happy with them – at the time the eye doctor said that I had to wear semi-soft lenses. Well, I couldn’t get those crazy things out of my eyes! So I gave up. Well, after reading about the latest contact lenses on the market, I’m thinking that maybe I’ll give it another try.
Sometimes I wonder why in the world people would want hundreds upon hundreds on television channels on their television! When I was growing up, we only had a rotating antenna on our rooftop and got about six television stations! We would spend most of our day working or playing, and only watch the television in the evenings or on Saturday morning (cartoons for the kids!)
Life sure has changed since the introduction of cable and satellite television! Most of my friends and neighbors now have Direct Satellite TV for their television. They tell me how much they enjoy being able to watch so many different sports channels on their Direct TV, and so many good movies, too! I can see why having Satellite Directv would be especially good for shut-ins who can’t move around very much – at least having the wide variety of choices could help prevent them from going stir-crazy! I just hope that healthy people balance their lives and get plenty of exercise, too! Maybe put a television in front of their treadmill so they’re walking while watching!
I was looking for a video on you tube of Aretha Franklin singing “I’ve got the music in me” but couldn’t find one! While looking, I found this version of her song “Think” that was adapted and changed to be a message about drinking and driving! I’ve never heard this version, I thought it was great! I hope you enjoy it too! AND take the message seriously too!