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  1. So far I"ve only lived in homes with tile and carpet. We just bought a house with the wood floors seen in the pic. Are they difficult to take care of? I don't know what sort of wood they are. My REaltor is trying to find out from the seller. Is water a huge concern? I mean, if something spills, as long as I clean it up right away, it's all good? Just outside the dining room door is a pool, so I'm not thrilled they chose wood there. But anyhoooooo........ Other than swiffering and sweeping, what do I need to know? A steam mop would be out of the question, right?
  2. Vit D3, chlorella (very similar to spurlina), keeps things moving nicely along ;) Fermented cod liver oil. We all used to visit the dr at least twice a year or so for seasonal illnesses, but none of us have gone for that reason once since starting to take this. It's been 3 yrs. We get little stuff but it never takes root and leaves quickly. Evening Primrose Oil...this has a had a huge positive impact on my hormones, moods, PMS. DD too. I take Valerian as needed for calmness, or a little better sleep.. Tumeric for inflammation issues. (this is the only one I take on 'faith' that it's supposed to work. The rest I see definite results from). I use magnesium oil on our skin.
  3. Lol I appreciate your concern! Yes he said it works on completely different area of the brain and said he has many patients with anxiety and allergies that use both meds.
  4. Haven't read many responses but we've been buying and selling homes when needed for 16 yrs. Around 4 by now...onto our fifth right now as nd this time we are buyers. every time realtors tell us to ask for nearly every thing that comes up on the inspection and the seller will counter what is tolerable to them. So the realtors have a lot to do with it. It goes back and forth a little till an agreed-upon list flushes out. As sellers I'm ready for a crazy wish list to emerge, we counter what is tolerable and we all proceed. Right now we can afford twice the house we are buying and its a largely custom house so much has already been done and while our requests are a medium sized list, its simply all a part of the negotiation. I could afford to fix what I'm asking for. It's just a request. There are deal breakers on each side and that's usually where each list settles with maybe an extra or two. I think there are many reasons people request things but in the end I think it's just to see how much they can get the seller to agree to. And as a seller at times I figured it's just a part of the game. (Shrug)
  5. I have thought of that. I wonder if I didn't give Xanax enough time either. A couple times I took it before bed and woke up anxious, only to start feeling calm around 10 am. Of course I got up and immediately thought it didn't work if I woke up anxious since its only supposed to have a 4 or 6 hr life, or so I've heard. I guess I'll keep trying the klonopin sparingly.
  6. Thanks everyone. I'm going to stick to periods of uncontrolled anxiety during this rough patch I'm in. I'm going to take 1/2 of one tonight about 2 hrs before bed to see how I react to it. The script was actually written for 1 tablet twice daily, which puzzles me because the Dr told me one lasts for 36 hours. In any case, I'm never going to have to suffer for 5 days again......
  7. my sister had one and her name was Lucinda Julene I had star wars and transformer toys lol
  8. After 5 days of anxiety attacks, I finally crawled into the drs office and he prescribed me the lowest dose as needed but said I could take two a day. I'm going to use it as needed. I read the side effects and am doing a little research before taking it. My friend says its highly addictive and so do some sources onlne. Doc says as needed its not addictive. I know everyone is different but what has been your experience? UPDATE: So before bed last night I was quite anxious so I took the recommended .5 mg before bed. I felt mildly spacey it did NOTHING for the anxiety. I ended up taking 1/4 of a benadryl to get to sleep. I slept pretty good but woke up real anxious so I called the nurse. She said to take 1 mg and see how I did. It did knock the anxiety down quite a bit I was still pretty uncomfortable. I laid around till about noon and tried not to think about much to give my brain a rest since I think that's part of the problem. Around noon I got up and started trying to engage with the kids and started feeling really calm and havent needed any since. Closer to bedtime I might need something, but I'm going to try to get by with Benedryl to sleep and maybe, hopefully wake up calm. If not, the I'll take the 1 mg and see... The nurse seemed pretty puzzled that the 1 mg didn't really control the anxiety. Almost like she'd never heard such a thing. She said I could split it up any way I want but can't take more than 2 mg a day. In a week I have an appt with a therapist and maybe we'll switch things up. It just doesn't seem like enough help.
  9. i've been using diatomaceous earth with very limited success. I think it's doing some good, but he's still got some fleas. No, I hadn't thought of capstar. Comfortis was recommended to me so I started there with hopes it did more than the Frontline did. He's so miserable that I wanted to just go with something that was SURe to work. I've already spent so much money on stuff that hasn't fully worked. Is Capstar as effective?
  10. Ah, I didn't know I still had to provide the scripts. Thanks... I have tried Frontline plus and Advantage with no success. I mean it made NO difference. I guess I'll have to wait for that appt. Poor thing..........
  11. So I'm needing an effective flea treatment and have a vet appt coming up. But it's 3 wks away. I live in a tiny town and the only vet is also a farm-vet and he's only available for non-farm animals twice a week, so the appts back up sometimes. I tried to just get them to prescribe Comfortis so I could get Rusty started on it because he's allergic to flea bites and is chewing holes in his fur. BUT he needs a new round of vax according to his records so they won't prescribe anything to him until after that's been done.......AT THE NEXT appt in 3 wks. UG! And I've tried EVERYTHING I've read about in the meantime...natural, not natural, etc etc etc! I've even been giving him some benedryl here and there to calm his allergic reaction to the bites but it's only mildly helping. So I've been looking online and finding places to buy Comfortis..like 1800PedMeds.com. I'm just wondering if anyone has gone that route and is there anything I need to be weary of? Seems like more people would just be going this route...for much less $$$$$ and convenience if it was legit. Anybody know?
  12. you know, simple things that sure would help things out if you could just DO it.. For me, it's cut my kids' hair. I'd been thinking this for a long while and the recent thread about how much we spend on their hair brought it up again for me. I can do a TON of things most of the girls my age either can't do or aren't interested in ...like construction, and hunting.. but if you put a pair of scissors in my hands, I'm going to make a huge mess. I'm really great at fine motor stuff and things that require finesse so why can't I figure this out? DH says i'ts because I'm not mathy and it's all about angles :toetap05: I have TRIED and have just really embarrassed the family members who allowed it. :lol: but I grumble every time I cart the kids off to get this done. I even watch very carefully everything person who cuts their hair and have tried to at least just trim my DD's curly layers or DS's neck and sideburns but it always ends up with them hating me. :laugh: Maybe it's just one of those things you have a thing for or you DON'T but I sure wish I could. How about you?
  13. $15 after tip for DS. My mom used to be a stylist but she just doesn't cut DS's hair with the SWOOP he likes LOLOL so instead of free, I take him every 6 weeks. DD..as needed. Her hair is um, well... SUPER super thick and has a medium amount of curl. it is super dry and gets split ends easily. I take her about every 2 to 2.5 months to get split ends cut off and a slight re-layering. I pay about $30 after tip to get her shaped up. I could take her less often if she would just condition it correctly, use the correct curl cream often and/or put oils made for this type of hair at bedtime. I'd take ANY of those three remedies but she's 14 and ..."forgets"... I told her if she doesn't start doing it, she's going to start paying for her appts if its sooner than it SHOULD be because of her neglect. OH but she likes for it to look good.... sigh... sorry for the rant! lol
  14. Oh yes, that is the first thing we talked about when coming back to our home state....DISNEY and well, other exciting theme parks as well. lol I"m really excited to get over there. It is so hard being in this little country town IN A CAMPER with smothering parents trying to homeschool the kids, keep them focused yet not bored outta their skulls and reasonably happy. And forget how I feel about anything. It's a full time job just doing the basics for the kids during this transition time. We keep reading and finding things to do over in Jax that we can't wait to get involved with but we are HERE. I know......it WILL pass and we'll be living our life there but what a LONG 6 weeks this feels like! Oh and I was excited to realize that Whole Foods is about 5 minutes from our house! And I think I read an Ikea is coming??
  15. Does Bj's allow you to go in and browse to see if you want to join?
  16. I pay under 30 (includes 20% tip) to get it cut every 6 wks. I color myself and spend about $10 every 5 weeks to color it. when I was paying someone to cut AND color it, I paid around $100 to $120 after tip. Since i know how to color my hair now, I just can't imagine spending that.
  17. For us it started when they were each about 6 yrs old. They were given a list of age appropriate chores and how much each paid...IF done property, willingly and diligently. And ONLY if done that way. They'd get paid twice a month (if all requirements were met) like we did. They initially were to take out a % for savings FIRST. The a % for contributions/donations, and the rest was theirs to spend. I also explained that they would be buying their own toys from now on (of course, there were exceptions, like large items, electronics, special events and celebrations and stuff). They caught on QUICK and discerned how that very hard earned $3 didn't go far in the toy aisle. I stayed super consistent and can truly say they have bought the majority of their own toys ever since. Very soon after that we encouraged resisting impulses by walking away from pricey items in the store, and going home to save until you have the cash in hand. OH the lessons this has taught......... Now, it's changed in amounts and chores, naturally but it has progressed so that my 12 and 14 yr old buy everything they want for themselves in choices of entertainment, electronics, toys, etc. My DD14 is saving up for a pair of Beats headphones right now; she has $99 saved for them, another $51 to go. And they do NOT get much for what they do around here. And by this age, I freely deduct for shoddy work, complaints and forgetting to do the work (I don't remind). It's just on the bottom side of fair, probably. lol To save for the headphones, my DD has detailed our cars, mowed grass, and tended to my mom's garden for a little extra money. Last week my dad was laying some plumbing pipes and offered to pay her $20 to dig his ditches. Fifty feet! So she put on her big girl panties and dug a ditch for some cash. These headphones will be used alongside the tablet she saved 6 months to get to play all the music she buys herself. They don't love every aspect of this but they do feel capable and empowered and I LOVE the controls it puts on spending ***MY*** money on them and the wrestling I'd have to make it all work in the budget and giving them a few things they want. Now, it's ALL theirs to decide. DS12 buys his own electronics, gaming...everything, music, nerf guns, BB gun and ammo, etc etc etc. It sounds like they get a lot of $, but they SOO do not. They are just extremely careful with it because they were taught to be. Yes, they've made mistakes, BIG ONES. And we let them because that's all part of it. We also require them to replace and repair things when they are at fault with their own money. DS purposefully picked at a window screen until it fell apart so he had to go into his wallet to replace it. DD was told a thousand times not to throw my car keys around b/c of the expensive door-lock fob...welp she did one too many times and it busted. So she had to take the $80 she saved for a tablet and spend it on the key. THAT was painful. There has been a time or two that we have allowed them to borrow a little $ from us because a high priced item went on clearance or was otherwise a 'steal'...they were to make payments, with a little interest, with a simple contract that outlined how we wanted it paid back. They thought it was FUN, although they hated the interest part (good! lesson learned!). Because they see we are not their banks, it has prompted them to become entrepreneurs as well. They make and sell things because they understand no one is every going to GIVE them money. As soon as I get my chickens, they are excited to learn to take care of them so that they can sell the eggs. I tried to mimic as much grown-up reality as I could in this process. They have, seemingly on their own, learned a great deal of responsibility, patience, ingenuity, initiative and other valuable lessons that I never expected. I have been lightly criticized in the past for this idea of 'allowance'. I think people mostly see that as a term meaning 'free money'. Not here. If you want $ around here, you have to work hard for it, you don't ever see most of it (as you pay savings first, then contributions and other stuff..THEN you get what's left), but your savings should be building as you are fighting impulses and only spending a little on yourself. I can take the criticism.... I really love what allowing them access to money they have worked hard for has done to life lessons already, at these young ages...yes please! For now, I still pay for outings, like movies, going out to eat or hanging with friends and the side cost that involves. But, DD will be going to work sometime in a little over a year (she's ALMOST 15) and I will stop paying for that stuff at that time. Right about then she will start paying car insurance as well so the struggle for stretching her buck will continue. And that's life. OP, I think you are ahead of most people I know IRL in teaching money management to their teens. Most people I know have just been taking care of their kids and haven't thought to teach them how to pick up the money thing on their own. If you want her to start paying for more, tell her that and pick something to hand over to her. Maybe it's makeup...tell her from now on, she'll just have to get that on her own. In a little while, pick something else and require her to buy it from now on, until she is doing most of it. One thing at a time. I'd even freely include that things are tight and sacrifices always have to be made for finances to work out....throughout alllllll of life. Let her know you all are tight and you all are adjusting. That will teach her by example to do the same. Good luck!
  18. I've never been to one but will soon live near one. I've heard people say how great this store is. Can someone tell me all about it? :001_cool: ETA: I have a Sam's Membership and go to Costco w/ my SIL. What is different about BJs?
  19. mine was outpatient and took around 2 weeks before I could return to work, but longer before I could use a keyboard. The most important thing I did to help my healing was follow through with physical therapy. With 2 wks of a bandaged up hand, I had already lost some muscle tone and use so it took about 6 wks of PT with various exercises and scar attention to finish things up. VERY glad I did that.
  20. Great, thanks ladies! I'll look into the homeschooling community there. :)
  21. This is incorrect IMO and largely depends on a person's knowledge (or training) of thermography. Both scans work very differently and are looking for very different things (heat and physiology v/s radiation and anatomy) and the data both provide are very useful. My military doctors know nothing about thermography and have dismissed it right away in conversation. I wouldn't expect them to see it as a very valuable tool because they haven't been trained to use it. If you ask the M.D.s who read the thermo scans and return your reports, they would answer very differently. My non military doctor also sees it as a viable replacement to mammos, despite the FDA saying otherwise. The research and data on thermograms are really gaining ground. I wish I wasn't involved in a move right now, because packed away I have several research reports I could quote from but alas...it's all packed right now...
  22. my teeth have never felt cleaner since I've started oil pulling with coconut oil and adding bentonite clay to my toothpaste. We've been able to speed healing in our sinuses by using a nettie pot and adding colloidal silver to the water in the pot. I include a pinch of salt and a pinch of baking soda. I rinse twice a day till I feel like I'm all better.
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