Archive for ‘Health’

February 7th, 2012

Too Sick To Blog

I know I’ve been awful quiet over here lately, and I’m sorry for that.  I’ve just been so sick the last couple of weeks I really haven’t felt like blogging at all.  We’ve been passing around a viral cold that we can’t seem to get rid of no matter how much Lysol and Clorox I use.  I’ve spent a lot of time on the couch and most of my baby free time asleep.

Today is the first day I’ve felt pretty decent in well over a week.  I’ve been cleaning like crazy to make up for my lack of housework while I’ve been sick, and just in time, too.  We have family from Alabama visiting this week, and they’ll be spending the day at our house tomorrow.  I also want to kill this bug before we pass it around again.  Twice was enough for me!

I’ve got everything clean except the bathroom, part of the playroom, and part of Ellie’s room.  I decided to take a break to calm down when I slid the couch away from the wall to rescue some toys and found a gash in the leather.  I’m not exactly sure how it happened, but I’m going to blame the cat.  He just seems like the most likely culprit.  I sat down at the computer both to let off some steam and to find how to repair leather. The gash is hidden on the side that is against the wall, but I still would rather fix it. I found a kit that I think I’ll order when payday rolls around. It’s $60, but it comes with everything I need to not only repair the gash but recolor the worn areas, too. To me that’s worth it because it’ll extend the life of our couch.

Anywho, the little one is napping, and I’ve found what I was looking for. I guess that means it’s time to get back to work cleaning the rest of the house. I want to have everything done before she wakes up so I can relax after she goes to bed tonight.

January 24th, 2012

A Second Chance

I ran into an old friend yesterday, and I was so happy to see him doing well.  He was someone I was really close to in high school who drifted into the world of addiction.  I did everything I could to help him get his life back on track, even tried to convince him to go somewhere like a santa barbara drug alcohol rehab treatment center that would be far away from anyone who could influence him, but at the time he didn’t want the help.  You can’t help an addict if they’re not willing to fix their problem.  That’s why it made me so happy when I ran into him yesterday, and I saw that he was doing really well, and he’s drug free now.

I’ve had a lot of friends sucked into the world of drugs, and it saddens me when I can’t help them.  I’ve lost 2 friends to addiction, so I’m so thankful for the help that’s out there for those who choose to take it.  If you are suffering from addiction please seek out the help you need.  I’m thankful my old friend got the help he needed and now has a second chance at life.

 

November 17th, 2011

Weird Chemical Reaction: Thumbs Look Dipped In White Paint

Well I just had a major freak out…like full blown panic attack in the middle of lunch.  I was sitting there with Ben and Ellie eating lunch and minding my own business when I looked down at my finger.  My left thumb looked like I had smeared white paint across it.  It wouldn’t be a big deal except I haven’t touched any kind of paint today.  I started mentally retracing what I’ve done in the last few hours wondering if I had touched anything where white paint could have rubbed off.  Nope.  Nothing.

So I tried watching my hands.  Still there.  I tried to scrape it off, and it didn’t budge. That’s when I noticed it looked more like a chemical burn.  The skin was slightly raised, and it was obvious by that point my actual skin was ghost white.  I started freaking out a bit as I showed my finger to Ben, and as he was inspecting it I held up my right thumb to compare.  That’s when we watched it happen.  Suddenly out of nowhere before our eyes a white patch appeared on my right thumb in virtually the same spot.  My panic went from slight to full blown hit the roof mode.  What the heck is wrong with my fingers?  It took Ben a few minutes to calm me down as we started yet again thinking about what I had touched.

Honestly the only things I’ve really touched in the last few hours were my crock pot (and it’s black), some stickers Ellie was playing with while I cooked, the laundry, my cell phone, and my netbook to look up some stuff for a friend who is having minimally invasive spine surgery.

As I grabbed my netbook to Google for “white spots on thumb” I noticed the spots were starting to go away.  An hour later, and they are completely gone from both thumb, but both thumbs have a “warm” feeling.  It’s like both thumbs are radiating heat.  I don’t know what the crap just happened, but it was definitely weird!  The only thing Google turned up was a thread on discovery.com full of other people who have experienced the exact same thing.  Almost all of them reported touching peroxide, the peroxide bottle, or a cleaning produce containing peroxide before the spots appeared, but I haven’t touch any of those.  My guess is either peroxide got onto something I did touch (the bottle was sitting on the counter yesterday near where I just cooked), or my skin had a crazy reaction to something else like maybe the glue on the stickers Ellie was playing with.  Whatever it was it wasn’t normal, and it totally freaked me out!


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