crimsonblossom—thank you. You didn’t have to do that. The card and the present are much appreciated 🙂 I’m thankful for: 1) Aforementioned pressie and the sweet lady who sent it 🙂 2) Friends who are really into Halloween who invite…
Miscellany
And again with the “who could be surprised?”: Premature babies benefit from breast milk Hello? All babies benefit from breast milk! Mammalian infants thrive on the milk produced just for them! This article, though, is amusing: Naked truth on Finnish…
Health Stuff, School, and Car
From the “this was a surprise to anybody?” department: Kids in homes with heavy TV use may have reading trouble, study says San is running Katie about for some testing/lab work today. She had to safeword on the lab work…
No, Really?
Fibromyalgia Isn’t Depression
Cats and Antihistamines?
Shelley’s skin/fur feel better after her bath the other night, but she’s still licking and biting compulsively. She needs an antihistamine. Does anybody know of anything OTC we could give her, or are we going to have to go to…
Therapy
The most important work you and I will ever do will be within the walls of our own homes. –Harold B. Lee So “short-term therapy” is available to me through my school—a maximum of 6 sessions. I have an appointment…
Sunday Part 2
shadowkatt and I had nice snuggles while eating breakfast, but she ended up being a little late for her ride to Girl Scouts as a result. They were very kind and waited for her, though. Have I mentioned that her…
Diet Talk
A study carefully compared low-fat, low-carb, and low-carb/low-cal diets: Low-Carb, More Calories, Lose Weight? And 12 weeks later…participants lost beaucoup de weight: –The low-carb, low-cal group lost 23 pounds. –The low-fat group lost 17 pounds. –The group getting 300 extra…
Birthday Sunday
Now I can officially say it: Happy Birthday shadowkatt! You’re the most marvelous daughter I could imagine! Sam and I spent most of Saturday afternoon running around. We took a load of stuff to Goodwill and got rid of more…
Saturday
We went to Ryan’s for dinner last night—Katie’s choice since we’re in birthday mode. The most appetizing thing I saw there was the baby spinach, so that’s what I ate for the most part. Okay, yes, I had yeast rolls…