After almost dying from
swallowing hydrogen peroxide, due to the advice of a popular health book, I shared with my family the Poison Control’s reaction to this health experiment. I did not quite get the sympathetic reaction I had hoped for (from them
or Poison Control). I thought my friends were much more understanding and wrote this to my family, sharing a friend’s take on the incident.
(Both this and the Tylenol bra injury made me much more aware of the need for warning labels that work. Manufacturers should think about how their products are used by all people. Also, best-selling books might want to check with poison control before they advise people to take something. However, that is just a personal opinion of mine- based on past experience.) Here’s the letter I wrote to my family-
source: see below
Dear Family,
Thank you for your concern with my recent brush with death. It meant a lot to me that a few days after I notified you all of keeling over, that some of you wrote back at how grateful you were that I hadn’t been killed. “Who would we make fun of and laugh about?” you wrote,”There’s no one ditzier than you; you are such an idiot you could make millions telling people about this-most people aren’t such total losers-you could actually become famous for messing up so bad!” Thank you for your support and confidence. It means a lot to know that my own family, those who know me best, believe in my airheadiness with such certainty and conviction.
Apparently it is not just family that cares about me and feels this way. Some of my friends have similar viewpoints. This Sunday, at Church, some friends of mine who had read my story came up to share their concern.
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• Thursday, October 30th, 2008
We all have those times in our lives when we are so overwhelmed with everyday life, we just can’t imagine when and how things will calm down. That is my current status, since ummmm last month! Every week, more and more things keep happening that contribute to more chaos! I don’t see an end. There are kids to care for, husband to tend to, business to be done, cleaning to do, errands to run, mouths to feed, friends to see and oh, take care of myself! I am so stressed that I actually went out the other day for a few hours in flip flops (nothing wrong with that, right?). I took the kids from here to there, talked to many people, and then after a few hours looked down at my feet and realized I was wearing one sparkly flip flop that was mine and one plain black flip flop that was my husband’s, and it was several sizes larger than the other one! I cringed when I realized that I had been walking around like that for hours! What did people think?
I remember having days when I would forget to wear a bra to school or wear my clothes inside out. Oh, and I have had several times where I get so caught up in getting the kids ready in the morning, that I forget to put mascara on. I put all the other makeup on except for that, and then I don’t realize how bad I look until late at night. And I hate it when I glance at myself in the mirror and realize that my make up has smeared around my eyes, making me look like I have been punched in the face. Then I ask my husband why he didn’t mention that I look like a football player. He often responds, “Oh, I didn’t notice.” Is he serious? Do I really look like that all the time? If I only had more time in my life to slow down and take care of myself…
Life is a crazy ride! But I wouldn’t trade it! I may not get much sleep and I may not make much sense, but I LOVE IT!!!!
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• Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
I’m sure most of you heard of the Kindle either before or (definitely) after it was mentioned on the Oprah Show this month. If you were like me you have big plans to get it for yourself as well as for your friends or family members as a great Christmas Gift this year, but there may be a few things you want to know before rushing in and spending $359.00 ($300 with Oprah discount til Friday Oct. 31) on the new “it” item.
First for those that are not familiar with the Kindle it is an electronic book reader that wirelessly and without a computer downloads books, magazines, newspapers, Blogs and RSS for your reading pleasure. It does not take a computer and it does not take a pre-existing Internet connection; it runs off of Sprints very reliable EVDO Internet. You can browse nearly 200k titles on Amazon’s site from the reader and download them within minutes to your reader. It is in my opinion one of the best ideas in consumer electronics in the last 10 years. It seems to be a must have for anyone that reads frequently.
So I in preparation for buying many before this Friday, I had my husband research it a little more to make sure it was worth getting (he doesn’t take everything Oprah says as doctrine) and he found some interesting things.
Now even though many of us are just hearing about the Kindle it officially launched in late 2007 and there has been a lot of mixed messages from early users, as well as a lot of speculation as to a new and improved 2.0 version. If you remember all the hype behind the $500 plus iPhone only to find that the 3G was soon to be released making the old version obsolete within a year of production, you could see why I got worried when my husband started to tell me the same thing about the Kindle. So I did some digging and here is what I found. more…
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• Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
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Having a bad day? Read on!
If you are having a bad day, check out the following sources and see if you just don’t feel better!
I want to share some of our favorite sites for you that always make me laugh and cheer me up when I’m having one of those days. They are fun to read. The first one my daughter told me about-
http://failblog.org/
It’s all about mess-ups and is super funny! Great to read when you have a bad day or have your own-mess-up-you won’t feel so down anymore!
Another one is:
http://rejectioncollection.com/
This was started by a writer who wanted a forum where people could share their own rejection letters with each other and laugh together amidst their misery. It’s for writers, artists and they even share some celebrities stories of rejection also.
One of my all time favorites is The Darwin Awards. I can never stop laughing at these. These are annual awards given in honor of some of the stupidest things people have done. They have alot of other funny real life incidents on their site also. It is at:
http://www.darwinawards.com
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• Sunday, October 26th, 2008
So other than the service is sometimes bad, I love my iPhone! I wanted to share some of my favorite iPhone and iPodtouch applications.
The Face Melter
($1) The Face Melter is so fun to mess around with if you have time to kill. You just choose a picture from your library and then with your finger you can change the picture to make yourself look fatter, thinner, crazy or really anything. Then after you edit the picture you can hit a play button to have the photo move. Here are some examples of what you can do:
Wurdle
($2) Wurdle is my favorite game. You will love it if you love the game Boggle. There are a bunch of tiles and you find at least 3 letter words that connect to each other. There is also an option to put your own personal picture on the background of the tiles. I love this game!
Phlipper
($1) Phlipper is a fun matching game. You can customize your own pictures, and choose multiple pictures at a time to upload. It is so much funner to match when you can use your own pictures. My kids love seeing their pictures and you can make it more…
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• Saturday, October 25th, 2008
www.513coupons.com
With all that’s going on in the economy these days, we can all use a little relief, any where we can get it. I for one need help at the grocery store. I am use to just buying whatever and not even looking at the prices. I wish I was more of a savvy shopper, but I’m not, so any help I can get is much appreciated.
So recently I heard all this buzz has been around this women’s site, called couponmom.com. She has everything you need to know about coupons and saving money on her site. It’s wonderful! Everything from free coupons to free samples, as well as some very helpful money saving tips. I especially love the restaurant coupons and free offers since my family and I tend to eat out a bit. Along with couponmom.com I found four other really helpful sites, that I think you’ll enjoy. They are: retailmenot.com, couponcabin.com, currentcodes.com, and fatwallet.com. These sites can help us have fun shopping, while still saving money.
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• Saturday, October 25th, 2008
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MODELING
WANT TO BECOME AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL? HOW TO MAKE IT WITHOUT BEING TAKEN IN THE PROCESS, FLEE FROM FRAUD, SPOT A SCAM AND THE SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES YOU NEED TO KNOW
Within the modeling industry there is an even bigger industry set up of modeling scams. This industry makes millions of dollars each year from taking money from people anxious to break into modeling and unaware of traps and tricks to avoid. DON’T BE ONE OF THEM!
While there are many books and guides on the market that can give you more of the nuts and bolts of a modeling career, this guide is meant to warn and protect yourself from being taken advantage of while in pursuit of your modeling career. Think of this as the foundation-that will help you to be strong and not get distracted and mislead along the way. You can add in more of the details later-but you will know more…
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• Friday, October 24th, 2008
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I have to share with you one of my favorite and most inspiring books-SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER. If you are into human rights you will love this book! I’m going to share with you quotes from Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi below who more eloquently describe the spirit of the book. However, anytime I want to find examples of the best of humanity and read about heroic human rights defenders who are changing the world-I reach for this book. It always gives me hope from seeing the courage of those who battle injustice and stand up for what’s right no matter what the cost. It also illuminated my eyes to the plight of many people worldwide and the some of the struggles they face that I wasn’t even aware of. A life changing book-one you want to share with everyone. This is a book that I will keep forever!
Speak Truth to Power gives us an insight into the power of the human spirit. It tells us why and how men and women all over the world struggle against oppression, injustice, and cruelty. There is horror but there is also immense hope in this world where dedicated people translate their commitment to human rights into action.
– Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Prize Laureate
You cannot kill an idea, you cannot imprison freedom. The lives of the common women and men in this book, heroes every one, inspire all who believe in liberty and justice. This book is a tribute to the human spirit and proof of the capacity of one person of courage to triumph over overwhelming evil.
-- President Nelson Mandela
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• Friday, October 24th, 2008
www.answers.com
One of my absolute favorite books is called Man’s Search For Meaning by Victor Frankl. It truly is an incredible book that has so many lessons for life. Lessons for living a real life. There is so much to learn about forgiveness, sacrifice, responsibility, and love. Mainly love. Love ties everything else together.
Anyway, I recommend reading this book for many reasons, but also wanted to share one of my favorite excerpts from the book. Frankl survived the holocaust and that is what the book is based on. He is a psychiatrist and analyzes in depth what the prisoners went through. It’s really an interesting and inspiring book. Here he talks about love and the most important thing in his life-his wife. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen or heard love as true or as beautiful as from Frankl.
“…for the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth–that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love. I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world may still know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved. In a position of utter desolation, when a man cannot express himself in positive action, when his only achievement may consist in enduring his sufferings in the right way–an honorable way–in such a position man can, through loving contemplation of the image he carries of his beloved, achieve fulfillment. For the first time in my life, I was able to understand the words, “The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.” -Victor Frankl
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