Guess what! I have my own .com. Yep, hubby bought it for me. I couldn't get spicybug.com but I got something very similar so that isn't too bad. I'm not going to tell you where it is yet, because I am still moving in and making it mine. I am going to use wordpress I think, and I am totally clueless about wordpress..but then I am totally clueless about a lot of things. I am going to keep this one until everything is switched over, so it will be quite a while.
Anyways, I'm very happy about this, but I just don't have the time I need to devote to it. Mini Bug demands my every waking moment almost. I'm sure she is just a tad bit jealous because of the new baby, so I am hoping this will pass in time. If it doesn't...it's off to the funny farm for me.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Functional and Decorative Shutters and Hardware
As you have all heard me say over and over again...I moved to Florida. Paradise, hot topical weather, beautiful palm trees, ahhhh it's the life. But, I do have a new worry that I never had before and that is hurricane season. I haven't experienced that yet. The closest I came to it, was getting the after effects from Hurrican Ivan in PA. Everyone got flooded.
So, hmmm..I have to think about hurricanes now. Some say that I have enough hot air that I could be classified as a hurricane, but I just blow that off!
What I do want is shutters on my windows. For two reasons. 1. duh..hurricane season, and 2, the beauty of it, and being able to open and close them, to help keep the hot sun out of my home.
So exterior shutters is my best bet.
So, hmmm..I have to think about hurricanes now. Some say that I have enough hot air that I could be classified as a hurricane, but I just blow that off!
What I do want is shutters on my windows. For two reasons. 1. duh..hurricane season, and 2, the beauty of it, and being able to open and close them, to help keep the hot sun out of my home.
So exterior shutters is my best bet.
My home is a weird color, ( I love all the different colors in FL) it's not pink, maybe like a mauve, I dunno, I will have to ask someone else, what the color of my home is. I also have a tile roof, not shingles. So I want to get shutters that will accent my home. I suck at picking colors, so I will need some help on that one, and of course I will pick a shutter that can hold up to hurricane winds.
I'm looking for exterior shutters that I can order on line and hopefully get free shipping too. Now wouldn't that be a sweet deal?
If anyone has any clue as to what kind of colors go with mauve..pink, let me know. Oh, and I hate flashy, If I can find a picture of my home, so you can see the color, I will post it. Maybe you can tell me what color it is.
In all my Quirkiness Glory
RoxiticusDH tagged me with the unspectacular quirks meme. I haven't done a meme is a long time, so this should be fun. The fact is... EVERYTHING about me is unspectacular, and quirky so this should be easy!
Here are the Rules (oh there are always rules!)
1. Link the person(s) who tagged you
2. Mention the rules on your blog
3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours...
4. Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them…
5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.
Ok...here goes.
1. I can't stand to hear people chew their food, or gulp a drink. It makes me mad instantly and I want to rip their lips off their face. Been that way all my life.
2. I have night blindness and can't see in the dark..at all. I always have to have a light on at night or I can't see to go to the bathroom or anything. Needless to say, I do not drive at night. Been this way forever also.
3. I do everything fast...and I can't stand it when someone talks to me and takes forever to get to the point. I have been known to interrupt and say..get to the point.
4. I have tend to like the underdog. The one that nobody else likes.
5. I always forgive. It might take me a while, but I always do. I can't stay mad forever and after a while, I start to feel sorry for the person I was mad at and put myself in their shoes.
6. The only soda I will drink is Mountain Dew. I drink a lot of it. I drink it because of all the medication I am on for my heart..it all makes me very sleepy. So I drink the dew to keep me awake and alert! Dr. Corny says, if you open me up, a dew truck would roll on out of me. I know I have to stop drinking it, but I don't know what else to do. Besides that, I really do like the taste of it.
Ok..sorry to do this, but I gotta tag 6, so here goes.
Whew, ok I did it.
Friday, June 6, 2008
Digital Photography Forums, Professional and Novice.
I love taking pictures of Mini Bug, and now also Mighty Bug. They are both beautiful children. My photography skills are lacking to say the least. I was searching on line for some place to learn more skills and talk with other photographers to get tips and ideas. I was also looking for a free Photoshop Tutorial.
What I found was No BS Photo Success. What attracted me the most was the Digital Photography Forum. It doesn't matter what level of Photography skills I have, I can post any question and have it answered by professionals. I can interact with the best. I checked out their Photoshop Tutorials and in 1 minute I learned the art of blurring. I have been trying to figure out Photoshop for years now.
Their site is very user friendly. Everyone is treated with respect regardless if your a Professional Photographer, or a novice like myself. There are no ego trips there. In fact I would say that if you are a professional photographer this site would be great to help hone your skills and grab some new marketing techniques.
They offer a money back guarantee, and like I said before, their Photography Forum can't be beat. I was reading their testimonials, and they have a lot of happy photographers in their group, it was very encouraging.
So, if your like me and looking for a good Photography Forum, you need not look at further than No BS Photo Sucess, Inc.
What I found was No BS Photo Success. What attracted me the most was the Digital Photography Forum. It doesn't matter what level of Photography skills I have, I can post any question and have it answered by professionals. I can interact with the best. I checked out their Photoshop Tutorials and in 1 minute I learned the art of blurring. I have been trying to figure out Photoshop for years now.
Their site is very user friendly. Everyone is treated with respect regardless if your a Professional Photographer, or a novice like myself. There are no ego trips there. In fact I would say that if you are a professional photographer this site would be great to help hone your skills and grab some new marketing techniques.
They offer a money back guarantee, and like I said before, their Photography Forum can't be beat. I was reading their testimonials, and they have a lot of happy photographers in their group, it was very encouraging.
So, if your like me and looking for a good Photography Forum, you need not look at further than No BS Photo Sucess, Inc.
DXM Abuse
Today was a terrible day for me. Asshole #2 son who is addicted to cough medicine for years now, is hitting bottom again. He is way way out there, and has lost total touch with reality. I got a phone call from him today, that left me in tears. Today, he was insulting..calling me every horrible name you can call a person. This is not my son...I don't know this person. My son, even when messed up was always respectful to me, even if his words drove me batty. Those of you that know me, and have been reading me since my Mrshellonheels days,
know the emotional roller coaster that boy has put me on. Things haven't gotten better over the years, they have only gotten worse. He has shot periods of time where he stays "sober" for lack of a better word, but its only for short periods of time. This boy who isn't a freaking boy anymore...he is a 27 yr old man in fact, is a very handsome man, who could have had the world by the balls if he only didn't take the path to destruction instead.
know the emotional roller coaster that boy has put me on. Things haven't gotten better over the years, they have only gotten worse. He has shot periods of time where he stays "sober" for lack of a better word, but its only for short periods of time. This boy who isn't a freaking boy anymore...he is a 27 yr old man in fact, is a very handsome man, who could have had the world by the balls if he only didn't take the path to destruction instead. 
He causes me endless heartache and worry and grief. What's a mother to do? I can no more turn my heart off on him, then I could cut off my right arm. He is my son. But, how do I stop the pain that he causes me, how do I make myself numb to it all?
It's his children that we are raising now, his children who call us mom and dad and we will adopt. Sigh...what more can I do for him. I didn't ask for any of this. Remember...I have a serious heart condition. Very serious. The children do not stress me out, not in a bad way anyways, they are normal little creatures under construction. They tire me out, but they don't stress me. In fact they give me a lot of happiness and joy. (I will remind myself of that the next time I am chasing Mini Bug thru the house while she is peeing on the floor and laughing her little head off)
Anyways....for those parents out there, that don't know anything about cough medicine abuse...for those of you that think its a joke...it is no joke, its no laughing matter. It's real, it's serious, and it's on the rise. Anymore it the teens drug of choice. Easy to get, and legal, and the way my son explained it to me, its like tripping on acid or pcp. Never did pcp so I couldn't tell you what that is like...I'm guessing pretty intense. So for those of you that are clueless about this...read on. And say a little pray for me, when your done. I'm gonna need all I can get. I don't want to bury my son...I don't want him to ruin his health and life forever. I don't want him to end up in prison because he has lost touch with reality and is making very very bad decisions.
There is a site called FiveMoms.com that you might want to check out also...I linked to them when I was HOH. They are great, and very informative.
Read on:
A common ingredient in many cough and cold remedies has become a popular substance to abuse by teenagers searching for a cheap, easy high.
Dextromethorphan (DXM), a cough suppressant, is found in at least 70 over-the-counter (OTC) products, including Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Cough Medicine, Coricidin Cough and Cold Tablets, Dimetapp DM, Robitussin cough products, Triaminic cough syrups, Tylenol Cold products, and Vicks NyQuil LiquiCaps, according to the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.
Used as directed on the label, DXM products are effective at suppressing cough and are safe to use. DXM was approved by the FDA in 1958 and has no side effects when used in small doses—typically, 10 to 20 mg doses every four to six hours, or 30 mg every six to eight hours.
When taken in vastly larger quantities, however, DXM produces a distorted awareness, altered time perception and hallucinations, according to the University of Maryland's Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR). And if taken along with other drugs—even other OTC medications like acetaminophen—the combination can cause liver damage, heart attack, stroke, or death.
Abuse on the rise
Cough syrup abuse has been a problem for decades, but the concern in the past had been about the alcohol and codeine in cough and cold products. Because of that, the alcohol has been removed from most OTC cough and cold remedies, and products that contain codeine now require a prescription.
DXM seemed a good alternative to codeine and alcohol. It had few, if any side effects, when used as directed. And a larger quantity of DXM—downing several bottles of cough syrup at one time, for instance—would cause vomiting.
Teens have alternatives to drinking the syrup, however. Today, DXM is also available in powder, capsule, and pill forms, particularly over the Internet. These forms can be swallowed or snorted, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Some Web sites even tell users how to extract DXM from cough syrup and advise users how much DXM to take to get high. Illicit users may take 240 mg to 1,500 mg of DXM at a time.
The Partnership for a Drug-Free America estimates that one in 11 teens has abused cough medicine or other OTC products.
According to CESAR, slang terms for DXM include Black Beauties, Brownies, Dexies, Dextro, Drix, Gel, Groove, Mega-perls, Poor Man's Ecstasy, Red Devils, Robo, Rojo, Rome, Sky, Triple C, Tussin, and Velvet.
Effects of abuse
The effects of DXM have been compared to PCP (phencyclidine) and the anesthetic ketamine. All three are called dissociative substances: At high doses, they give the abuser a feeling of not being in one's own body. DXM also produces hallucinations. The effects can last up to six hours, but that can vary, depending on how much DXM is taken and what other drugs or chemicals are taken along with DXM.
People who regularly abuse large amounts of DXM are also at risk for ingesting toxic amounts of other drugs, such as acetaminophen, found in OTC cough and cold medications that contain DXM.
According to CESAR, other effects of DXM include:
Hot flashes
Nausea, vomiting, and dizziness
Lack of coordination
Panic attack or seizures
Impaired judgment
Sweating
Lethargy or drowsiness—or hyperactivity
Slurred speech
High blood pressure
Rapid eye movement
Rash
Racing or pounding heartbeat
Paranoia and hallucinations
Feeling of floating
Regular abuse of DXM at high doses can lead to toxic psychosis, in which the person loses contact with reality and is in a perpetual confused state.
What you can do
As a parent, you should warn your children about the dangers of abusing OTC drugs. Some teens believe that OTC drugs are safer to abuse because they are legal.
Here are other suggestions from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
Monitor the OTC drugs in your home. Keep track of how much medicine is in each bottle.
Don't buy extra OTC drugs to "stock up."
Don't allow your children to keep OTC drugs in the bedroom, backpack, or school locker.
Monitor your children's Internet use, keeping an eye out for Web sites visited that discuss OTC or other drug abuse.
Use OTC and prescription medicines responsibly yourself.
Dextromethorphan (DXM), a cough suppressant, is found in at least 70 over-the-counter (OTC) products, including Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Cough Medicine, Coricidin Cough and Cold Tablets, Dimetapp DM, Robitussin cough products, Triaminic cough syrups, Tylenol Cold products, and Vicks NyQuil LiquiCaps, according to the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.
Used as directed on the label, DXM products are effective at suppressing cough and are safe to use. DXM was approved by the FDA in 1958 and has no side effects when used in small doses—typically, 10 to 20 mg doses every four to six hours, or 30 mg every six to eight hours.
When taken in vastly larger quantities, however, DXM produces a distorted awareness, altered time perception and hallucinations, according to the University of Maryland's Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR). And if taken along with other drugs—even other OTC medications like acetaminophen—the combination can cause liver damage, heart attack, stroke, or death.
Abuse on the rise
Cough syrup abuse has been a problem for decades, but the concern in the past had been about the alcohol and codeine in cough and cold products. Because of that, the alcohol has been removed from most OTC cough and cold remedies, and products that contain codeine now require a prescription.
DXM seemed a good alternative to codeine and alcohol. It had few, if any side effects, when used as directed. And a larger quantity of DXM—downing several bottles of cough syrup at one time, for instance—would cause vomiting.
Teens have alternatives to drinking the syrup, however. Today, DXM is also available in powder, capsule, and pill forms, particularly over the Internet. These forms can be swallowed or snorted, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Some Web sites even tell users how to extract DXM from cough syrup and advise users how much DXM to take to get high. Illicit users may take 240 mg to 1,500 mg of DXM at a time.
The Partnership for a Drug-Free America estimates that one in 11 teens has abused cough medicine or other OTC products.
According to CESAR, slang terms for DXM include Black Beauties, Brownies, Dexies, Dextro, Drix, Gel, Groove, Mega-perls, Poor Man's Ecstasy, Red Devils, Robo, Rojo, Rome, Sky, Triple C, Tussin, and Velvet.
Effects of abuse
The effects of DXM have been compared to PCP (phencyclidine) and the anesthetic ketamine. All three are called dissociative substances: At high doses, they give the abuser a feeling of not being in one's own body. DXM also produces hallucinations. The effects can last up to six hours, but that can vary, depending on how much DXM is taken and what other drugs or chemicals are taken along with DXM.
People who regularly abuse large amounts of DXM are also at risk for ingesting toxic amounts of other drugs, such as acetaminophen, found in OTC cough and cold medications that contain DXM.
According to CESAR, other effects of DXM include:
Hot flashes
Nausea, vomiting, and dizziness
Lack of coordination
Panic attack or seizures
Impaired judgment
Sweating
Lethargy or drowsiness—or hyperactivity
Slurred speech
High blood pressure
Rapid eye movement
Rash
Racing or pounding heartbeat
Paranoia and hallucinations
Feeling of floating
Regular abuse of DXM at high doses can lead to toxic psychosis, in which the person loses contact with reality and is in a perpetual confused state.
What you can do
As a parent, you should warn your children about the dangers of abusing OTC drugs. Some teens believe that OTC drugs are safer to abuse because they are legal.
Here are other suggestions from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
Monitor the OTC drugs in your home. Keep track of how much medicine is in each bottle.
Don't buy extra OTC drugs to "stock up."
Don't allow your children to keep OTC drugs in the bedroom, backpack, or school locker.
Monitor your children's Internet use, keeping an eye out for Web sites visited that discuss OTC or other drug abuse.
Use OTC and prescription medicines responsibly yourself.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Shopping for Fathers Day at Optics Planet
Father's Day is coming up, and I am still searching for the perfect gift for Dr. Corny. He is such a wonderful father, and I want to find him a gift that will make him grin from ear to ear : )
With summer coming up, I'm sure he will get into more of his summer activities, like hunting and shooting. The other day he was talking to my dad about Rifle scopes, but I really don't know much about them. I am thinking a new Rifle Scope would be the perfect fathers day gift for him. So I did a search and found out that I can find out everything I wanted to know about Rife Scopes at Optics Planet.com They have a huge selection to chose from and even reviews and a page on how to chose the right one. Perfect for someone like me. So after looking around their site more, and seeing all they had to offer, which is huge and just about everything a person would need for summer hobbys, I also found out that I can buy the telescope I have been wanting. I love to sit and look at the stars at night, a new telescope would put a huge smile on my face. So maybe while I am getting hubby his new Rife Scope for Fathers Day, I will be getting myself a new Telescope also because they are offering Free UPS Shipping on most orders over $29.95. Sounds like a deal to me.
With summer coming up, I'm sure he will get into more of his summer activities, like hunting and shooting. The other day he was talking to my dad about Rifle scopes, but I really don't know much about them. I am thinking a new Rifle Scope would be the perfect fathers day gift for him. So I did a search and found out that I can find out everything I wanted to know about Rife Scopes at Optics Planet.com They have a huge selection to chose from and even reviews and a page on how to chose the right one. Perfect for someone like me. So after looking around their site more, and seeing all they had to offer, which is huge and just about everything a person would need for summer hobbys, I also found out that I can buy the telescope I have been wanting. I love to sit and look at the stars at night, a new telescope would put a huge smile on my face. So maybe while I am getting hubby his new Rife Scope for Fathers Day, I will be getting myself a new Telescope also because they are offering Free UPS Shipping on most orders over $29.95. Sounds like a deal to me.
Rocking Baby to Music
It's 2 am, the baby is up, and doesn't want to go back to sleep. This is what I am listening to right now. I absolutely LOVE this song. Others have remade it but nobody does it like Dobie.
Do you have a favorite 70's song or songs?
This is my favorite Peter Frampton Song.
Do you have a favorite 70's song or songs?
This is my favorite Peter Frampton Song.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Breast Cancer
I got this over at Nicks place "Anything Goes" It is for such a good cause that I just had to jump in.
Your click on the "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button helps fund free mammograms for women in need — low-income, inner-city and minority women whose awareness of breast cancer and opportunity for help is often limited. Your click is paid for by site sponsors, and mammogram funding is provided to clinics throughout the U.S. through the efforts of the National Breast Cancer Foundation
My youngest sister was just diagnosed with Breast Cancer, shes has been going thru Radiation Treatments and we are all hoping for the best.
Your click on the "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button helps fund free mammograms for women in need — low-income, inner-city and minority women whose awareness of breast cancer and opportunity for help is often limited. Your click is paid for by site sponsors, and mammogram funding is provided to clinics throughout the U.S. through the efforts of the National Breast Cancer Foundation
My youngest sister was just diagnosed with Breast Cancer, shes has been going thru Radiation Treatments and we are all hoping for the best.
So please take a couple of seconds, and click on the button before you click out of my blog.
Nick tagged everyone on his blogroll to do this, (even tho I am NOT on his blogroll! >snicker<). So I will do the same thing. I am tagging everyone on my blogroll. Even if your not on my blogroll, do it anyways, send me a comment and I will put you on my blogroll. Thank you
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
You Comment I Reply.
I've joined the You Comment I Reply Movement.Let's be honest. We all love comments. I blog, to interact with the blogging community, not just to talk to myself. When I get comments I feel good. I like to get to know people better, I enjoy when someone comments to something I have written, that they took the time to read me, and took the time to give me feedback. If you say you don't...I don't believe you. So if you would like to jump on the band wagon and join in...click on the link and get your own badge. I think it's fun! I might not be able to comment back the exact same day, but I promise, I will soon enough
Monday, June 2, 2008
Masterpiece
I asked Mini Bug (who is 2 1/2 to draw me a picture last night of her daddy, she was playing in her room, and I left her there, to go do something else while she drew the picture on her etcha doodle (or whatever its called). I went back in a few minutes later, and this is what she created
Mini Bug is getting so big. She is much taller than most other kids her age. Because she is so tall, everyone expects her to act older than she is. Everyone forgets that she is still under 3...doesn't matter if she wears a size 5-6. She is still a toddler who can't talk sentences yet. And I might add, has learned the art of temper tantrums! God Help Me
This is her daddy!
Mini Bug is getting so big. She is much taller than most other kids her age. Because she is so tall, everyone expects her to act older than she is. Everyone forgets that she is still under 3...doesn't matter if she wears a size 5-6. She is still a toddler who can't talk sentences yet. And I might add, has learned the art of temper tantrums! God Help Me