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Waiting For The Goods

Here we all sit, doing whatever we do online, waiting for the UPS man to knock on the door. Me, I am waiting for them to call my cell phone to tell me, once again, that they cannot find my house.
I live in a back house that can be tough to find I suppose. While this is a pain in the rear when I order things online and they need to be delivered, I rather like living in back houses. The last house I lived in, for over fifteen years,was a back house as well. The difference there was that UPS could actually find it.
I do hope that the man shows up today. I am anxious to get my hands on my new laptop. So, here the family sits, waiting as patiently as possible. I am not good at waiting patiently for anything, but I am trying.
Keep your fingers crossed for me and my laptop :)

Baby Needs More

Are you a new mother? Want to breast feed your baby but are worried about how to product more breast milk? (Yes, I know there is a typo there, but does it matter?) Worrying about the amount of breast milk can be stressful for new mothers but it need not be.
Breast feeding your baby has always been a wonderful way to bond baby and mother. But many women, especially new mothers, worry that they do not produce enough milk to satisfy the baby. I'm sure this is a normal concern as you want your baby to be as healthy as possible and they certainly need all the nourishment they can get at that stage of Life. How can you insure that your baby is getting what it needs?
There are a variety of things that a mother can do to create more breast milk and the site linked to has many fine suggestions on what to do and how. For instance if the baby does not use up all of your breast milk you should use a pump to get the remainder out of your system. If you do not then your body may think it doesn't need to create as much breast milk and that cannot be good.
Also you need to consider your own nutrition. Mothers with babies need to stay as healthy as possible in order to keep their body producing the necessary breast milk that the baby requires. A healthy Mom tends to lead to a healthy baby!
There are other things that can be done and I urge you to go check out the website and explore them. It will not require that much time on your part but it may be that you will find information that you did not know or no one has bothered to explain to you assuming that, magically, all mothers suddenly know everything about babies and breast feedings.
Remember, your baby needs all the nutrition it can get at that stage so be sure to do whatever you can to produce enough breast milk. A healthy baby is a happy baby.

Long Winter

This year seems to be quite different than past years. Perhaps because I have been hospitalized twice this Winter. But, it's hard to avoid being ill, this Winter has been way too long and does not seem to be ending any time soon.
Right now it is very cloudy outside and windy and way too cold for the time of year. Tomorrow it may snow!What the heck is going on with my desert? It already snowed early on in the Winter, no need for it to do that again. I know that the snow will melt quickly but I see no need for any of it LOL.
I am feeling better every day which is certainly a good thing. I hate being sick like anyone else does but I also hate more having to go to the hospital. The ambulance ride is not that much fun and having the oxygen mask on one's face is NO fun at all.
The one blessing of the last hospital visit is that they did an echo cardiogram of my heart and it appears to be in excellent shape according to the technician doing the testing. Heart problems run in my family so I was very relieved to hear that. I also was amazed at just how fast that heart of mine was pumping! I have always had low blood pressure and watching my heart pump that quickly makes me wonder how fast a heart would pump with high blood pressure. No wonder high blood pressure patients have so many heart problems.
Now I am off to drink some coffee and try to stay warm against these harsh Winter conditions. I wish someone would tell Mother Nature that it is almost March, time to be getting warmer, not staying so cold.

Don't Pop It

We all have, at one point or another been aware that our face is not blemish free. Most people suffer through their hormonal teen years suffering from zits, or pimples. Often they think that the best way to get rid of these pimples is by popping them but that is not true. The only thing I saw as a teen with that is that it just seemed to give the person even more pimples. Not the desired results I am certain!
There are a lot of acne treatments on the market today that all claim to get rid of pimples and clear up your skin. Most of them do not work as well as people would like and many are alcohol based which I cannot see as a good thing for the skin either. But there are products out there that can assist you with your dilemma. Yes, there are effective ways on how to remove pimples.
One of these treatments is called Acnepril. Acnepril is an internal treatment, detoxifying the body and skin, supplementing it with vitamins and minerals, and effectively controlling and regulating hormones within the body so they stop causing excess outbreaks of acne in the meantime. No messy creams or ointments to deal with, just swallow it and let your body do the work from the inside out. This makes very good sense to me.
If you'd rather use creams or ointments, there are some that are effective and you can check those out on the website mentioned. You can also look at articles and comments from people that have used various acne treatments. Customer reviews are always good for me, I know that a company will never say anything truly bad about their own products but real people will.
So, go take a look around the site, read the information and make a decision for yourself. In the meantime, please, please, do NOT pop those pimples!

Another Laptop

One of the things they yelled at me for (again) while I was in the hospital is my bony butt and bad back. They want me to stop sitting so long in the chair with my computer. They want me to move my position every hour or so. This would be okay if I was not such a computer addict lol
So, in order to help myself carry out their instructions I am buying a new laptop. This will enable me to go sit in my over-sized chair in the living room and sit at an angle to relieve pressure on my butt and back. And I can still do what I need to do online :)
I went to the same company I bought this desktop PC from as I like their service, their quality of product and, of course, their prices.
This laptop has the same specifications as my desktop PC, one gig of RAM and a 40 Gig hard drive. The only difference is that it is portable and has a smaller screen. The price was good too for a laptop, only $199. Money made from writing this blog and a few other odds and ends from the internet that I do on a daily basis :)

Sleep?

My first night back from the hospital was not as pleasant as I had hoped it would be. Yes, it was very nice to be home with my family and online with my friends doing things on the computer.
I plugged in the mattress warmer to help me stay warm, that part was nice too. It must have been nice, I had trouble getting my wife to move over to her side of the bed! lol
The doctor gave me 4 prescriptions to get filled. Two were pills and two were inhalers. Of the four I could only afford to get one filled. That was a pill so that was okay. The other pill, an antibiotic, was well over a hundred dollars! No way I have that kind of cash laying around. The two inhalers, Spiriva and Advair, I knew I couldn't begin to afford them either so I wasn't concerned with their cost. But, wow, a hundred bucks plus for the antibiotic? What world do these doctors live in? Certainly not mine.
I went to bed thinking how nice it would be to sleep back in my own bed, warm and comfy. The bed was warm and comfy but I could not fall asleep. I coughed only a couple of times so it wasn't that. I did doze off and on but it wasn't restful slumber. Finally around 5 a.m. I fell into a nice deep sleep and stayed that way for quite some time. I got up around noon because I really had to empty my bladder. Otherwise I might have stayed in bed longer.
One thing that I do well (normally) is sleep. When that sleep pattern is disturbed I am not a happy camper. I love to sleep! Hopefully tonight will be a better night.