Dr. Miracle's Hair Treatment Before and After
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Filip and Leeza
Filip spent the night in Leeza's arms last night. She came over to get snowed in, and he fell asleep during the movie.
This morning, he had her read him 3 books. I came in the room, and she was rocking him, holding him like a newborn. I haven't seen him that contented in a long time.
Leeza is all proud of herself. She said
"Guess what book he brought me to read?"
He had brought her 'Are You My Mother?' So she was really happy about that.
What really made her morning is Sheena calling. Leeza got to tell her about all the quality time she's having with Filip. So I'm sure Filip is going to have double quality time with Sheena next week.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Day Out
Filip and I dropped JR off at work and went to the mall. We went to the pet store twice to babysit puppies. The first one was a Silkie which is just like a Yorkie. He was hyper. Then we watched a baby Doxie who was so sweet.
After the mall, and a trip to Target, we picked up JR from work and went grocery shopping.
For dinner, we had Butternut Squash soup, tuna & crackers, fried cheese and kiwis.
Leeza is coming over to get snowed in, since the meeting is cancelled. It should be fun.
I might try Amber's recipe of nutella and hot cream and spread it over shortbread cookies. That sounds awfully nice, doesn't it?
After the mall, and a trip to Target, we picked up JR from work and went grocery shopping.
For dinner, we had Butternut Squash soup, tuna & crackers, fried cheese and kiwis.
Leeza is coming over to get snowed in, since the meeting is cancelled. It should be fun.
I might try Amber's recipe of nutella and hot cream and spread it over shortbread cookies. That sounds awfully nice, doesn't it?
Monday, January 26, 2009
Potty
Filip earned a choc-choc today! He went pee pee in his potty.
I was making dinner, and he dragged his little potty out to the kitchen and sat down. I thought 'What the hay' and pulled his pants down so he could go potty properly. Then it happened!
We showed his puddle of pee to his Daddy who was very proud, and dumped it in the toilet. Then I gave him a chocolate peanut butter cup as a reward.
Now, I have to do is get him to do it again.
I was making dinner, and he dragged his little potty out to the kitchen and sat down. I thought 'What the hay' and pulled his pants down so he could go potty properly. Then it happened!
We showed his puddle of pee to his Daddy who was very proud, and dumped it in the toilet. Then I gave him a chocolate peanut butter cup as a reward.
Now, I have to do is get him to do it again.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Complaining About Complaining
I am an avid supporter of complaining. I hate when people try to have me 'see the bright side' while I'm complaining about something. In it's proper place, complaining can be a useful tool to improve things for the better, or at least get some sympathy. Sometimes, sympathy is all you really need.
Many times, motive to improve my lot, comes from complaining about it. If there's nothing to complain about, then there's nothing that needs to change for the better. I just don't believe that absolutely everything in my life is at the standard I want to reasonably achieve. On the other side, if there's something lousy in my life I can't change, I should not complain about it. There is no point to that.
What I do hate, is a complaining spirit. There is nothing more foolish than complaining about things, for the sole purpose of being dissatisfied. There is no improvement here.
I think people with a complaining spirit, never complain to anyone that has the power to change it, or the desire to feel sorry for them. They just complain to people that can't change it, or don't care about them, so there can be more complainers, saying:
"Hey, you're right, they really should do blah blah blah, instead of blah blah blah"
Whine whine whine.
I would say the majority of my complaining is simply a request for sympathy. A little bit of it is me trying to become more dissatisfied with things so I get motivated to actually change it.
I'm glad I thought about this, because there are some things I need to change about myself. I should not assume that someone who complains to me is just a complainer. I'm going to make an effort to give them sympathy.
Usually, my first reaction is to do the exact thing I hate people doing to me: making them look on the 'bright side'.
Plus, if they are not just requesting sympathy, it will make them stop complaining, because that's not the response they want. I think sympathizing with a complainer has a potential personal entertainment value as well.
So complaining can be a useful tool, if you view it as such. Just be consistent in your view of it, when dealing with others.
Many times, motive to improve my lot, comes from complaining about it. If there's nothing to complain about, then there's nothing that needs to change for the better. I just don't believe that absolutely everything in my life is at the standard I want to reasonably achieve. On the other side, if there's something lousy in my life I can't change, I should not complain about it. There is no point to that.
What I do hate, is a complaining spirit. There is nothing more foolish than complaining about things, for the sole purpose of being dissatisfied. There is no improvement here.
I think people with a complaining spirit, never complain to anyone that has the power to change it, or the desire to feel sorry for them. They just complain to people that can't change it, or don't care about them, so there can be more complainers, saying:
"Hey, you're right, they really should do blah blah blah, instead of blah blah blah"
Whine whine whine.
I would say the majority of my complaining is simply a request for sympathy. A little bit of it is me trying to become more dissatisfied with things so I get motivated to actually change it.
I'm glad I thought about this, because there are some things I need to change about myself. I should not assume that someone who complains to me is just a complainer. I'm going to make an effort to give them sympathy.
Usually, my first reaction is to do the exact thing I hate people doing to me: making them look on the 'bright side'.
Plus, if they are not just requesting sympathy, it will make them stop complaining, because that's not the response they want. I think sympathizing with a complainer has a potential personal entertainment value as well.
So complaining can be a useful tool, if you view it as such. Just be consistent in your view of it, when dealing with others.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Vaccine Info
This website has some articles that are pretty deep, because Doctors wrote them:
http://www.whale.to/vaccines/autoimmune1.htm
It gives some very interesting info on the effectiveness of vaccines.
There was one study where they tested adults T-cell levels before and after receiving a standard Tetanus shot.
T-Cells are the little pac-man cells that eat up the sick ones. I think it's our bodies first defense. The way they diagnose whether a person has AIDS or not is by how many T-cells they have.
Anyway, when they tested the T-cell level of adults after receiving a shot, it showed that their T-cell level temporarily went down to a level comparable to AIDS patients.
If that happens to the immune system of a healthy adult, just imagine what happens to infants with undeveloped immunity who routinely get 21 shots before they're 6 months old!
In general, doctors have very little knowledge on immunology. This is one of the basic sciences they are require to learn the first year. Generally med students dislike these basic courses because they don't have much use in the practice of medicine.
All I am doing here is parroting what I read in the articles on the above website. So see for yourself if you would like to know the source. Let me know what you learn!
http://www.whale.to/vaccines/autoimmune1.htm
It gives some very interesting info on the effectiveness of vaccines.
There was one study where they tested adults T-cell levels before and after receiving a standard Tetanus shot.
T-Cells are the little pac-man cells that eat up the sick ones. I think it's our bodies first defense. The way they diagnose whether a person has AIDS or not is by how many T-cells they have.
Anyway, when they tested the T-cell level of adults after receiving a shot, it showed that their T-cell level temporarily went down to a level comparable to AIDS patients.
If that happens to the immune system of a healthy adult, just imagine what happens to infants with undeveloped immunity who routinely get 21 shots before they're 6 months old!
In general, doctors have very little knowledge on immunology. This is one of the basic sciences they are require to learn the first year. Generally med students dislike these basic courses because they don't have much use in the practice of medicine.
All I am doing here is parroting what I read in the articles on the above website. So see for yourself if you would like to know the source. Let me know what you learn!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
John Waller
For some reason John Waller showed up in our lives because he doesn't have a car. Well, he does have a car, but it's complicated...
So Jr had been picking him up for the meetings and service. Plus, Jr's hobby is to connect people with each other, esp. in business. John has a bunch of skills and a lot of time, so he can like make money wherever.
Jr introduced him to my family around Thanksgiving. He's been staying in their basement since. In that time, he has updated 4 bathrooms, painted, patched up holes in walls, set up Mom's wireless network, cooked dinner, and a variety of other things there. When he's not working or sleeping, he's sitting in the basement looking at YouTube on his laptop, and occasionally comes upstairs for food.
I really can't think of anything else that's interesting about John Waller, except that he taught himself piano from YouTube, and he knows alot about computers.
It just seemed like I should make a blog post about him, since he's around.
So Jr had been picking him up for the meetings and service. Plus, Jr's hobby is to connect people with each other, esp. in business. John has a bunch of skills and a lot of time, so he can like make money wherever.
Jr introduced him to my family around Thanksgiving. He's been staying in their basement since. In that time, he has updated 4 bathrooms, painted, patched up holes in walls, set up Mom's wireless network, cooked dinner, and a variety of other things there. When he's not working or sleeping, he's sitting in the basement looking at YouTube on his laptop, and occasionally comes upstairs for food.
I really can't think of anything else that's interesting about John Waller, except that he taught himself piano from YouTube, and he knows alot about computers.
It just seemed like I should make a blog post about him, since he's around.
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