Itty Bitty Hooves

A Book To Help Parents by Paul Offit

When my kids were little I remember how I used to obsess over the worry of getting their vaccines. They were scary and you had to sign forms saying you understood the possible problems that could come up. That’s enough to strike fear into a parent’s heart. At the same time rational thought realized that it was important and the risks, while they had to be told, did not outweigh the protection offered.

Paul Offit who is a physician who works closely with pharmaceutical companies to develop vaccines has written a book outlining the benefits of medicines that prevent the serious illnesses and plagues of the past. I wish there had been a book like this when my kids were little. It would have provided some peace of mind.

I should get it for my daughter who has children although they’re past the initial shots they still have to get boosters and the book by Paul Offit would likely be a good read for her. I remember the pediatrician I took my kids too and he was a great help. I think doctor’s like Paul Offit who take the time to sit down with parents, and in his case, communicate with the public in general about what he does to work with pharmaceutical companies is a great help.

Antacid Relief

I hate code. I just spent two hours messing with the code on my main website. It’s one of those things that make you want to pull your hair out, scream, and throw the computer out of the window until you find the problem. It is usually something stupid and small too like a missing “<” or little thing like that. One little missed sign will screw up an entire page. Once you find it it is such a good feeling, and when it’s all working the way you want it to you feel proud, but I’m not sure the feeling and the pride is worth the hours of aggravation. If I had to do it for a full-time job I think I’d have to own stock in Mylanta.

Tired Eyes

My eyes are so tired. I’ve been working all day, doing blog posts, 10 articles, and also running errands. I have been thinking about facial masques and eye creams to soothe tired eyes for awhile and found a site for eye cream reviews with helpful guides to what works the best for what purpose. I really need the one for dark circles. I usually look like a raccoon and no amount of cover up truly gets rid of it. In fact, most of the time when i use cover up it makes the undersides of my eyes look hazy and smokey, although it is a bit of an improvement over looking like someone punched me in the face. There are hundreds of product reviews on the site that shows what each product excels at, or doesn’t excel at. You can even contribute to the site with your own reviews of products as you use them.

What Dreams May Come

I watched an old movie tonight. I love Robin Williams movies and “What Dreams May Come” is one of my all time favorites. It is one of the stranger of Robin’s movies and has a very psychedelic theme (in my mind). It’s about a man who lost his children to a car accident who himself dies in a car related accident 4 years later and ends up in heaven of his own creation to find his children after going through self-reflection then finds out his distraught wife has committed suicide and won’t be allowed to join them in heaven, so he goes through hell to find her and bring her back to heaven with him. Once there, they are given the chance to go back and start life over and find each other. I always have to laugh when the wife says how do I know you can find me? He says to her: I found you in hell I sure can find you in Brooklyn. It’s a great movie.

No Joke

When you’re young, even middle aged, the idea of adult diapers seems like a colossal joke. Either that or you read about how some deranged housewife drove across country wearing them so she didn’t have to make pitstops to catch a cheating spouse… but after having a parent living with me suffering with cancer and dealing with other age related problems, the realities of the true need for adult diapers hits home. It’s no joking matter, and they aren’t some gimmick. They have a real purpose and need and I’m grateful for them. I can’t imagine what it was like even 20 years ago before the idea to make disposable diapers for adults came about.

Thoughts for the Day

I saw this quote on Twitter and I just love it: “A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.” - Harvey Mackay That’s so true and I’ve come to realize how true it is over the last few years writing. I’ve finally realized the dream I had as a child. Another big favorite of mine is: “Opportunity is often missed by people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like WORK”–Thomas Edison

Put On The Brakes

Most of my favorite shows are over for the season. Burn Notice, and Big Love are done, only Biggest Loser remains for a few more weeks. Both of the season finale’s of BN and BL were great. Big Love’s finale had all the typical exit signs of a permanent series finale and I had to ask a friend if it was over for good and I had missed the announcement. Not. (I was relieved, I like that show.) They’re coming back for a 5th season. The seasons seem to just fly by. I know I remember them being longer when I was young. Then again TV was so different back then, maybe they were. Or maybe they just seemed longer because everything went slower. Time goes so fast now I want to find the brake pedal and stop it, or slow it down a bit. I can’t wait for summer though, Burn Notice will be back, followed shortly by Big Love and all will be right with the world once more.

Customizing WordPress

Does WordPress confuse you? Make you crazy trying to customize your blog? It does me. This is a WordPress blog and although I like it a lot when it comes to customizing I’m usually throwing my hands up and shrugging my shoulders. Here’s a page full of links to excellent tutorials to help you make your personal WordPress space your own. http://twitpwr.com/8uj/

No Caffeine?

I bought some diet pills at the store the other day but the print was so small on the box I didn’t read about it. I got home and put my reading glasses on and the first thing I saw was you can’t drink caffeine when you take the product! Well, anyone who knows me knows that is out of the questions. Just another example of not doing my research before I make an impulse buy. Again, with the Internet it just isn’t necessary to make blind purchases. Before I buy any more weight loss products I’m doing all the research on a good site with lots of reviews and descriptions. Most of all I can enlarge the print on the screen here to make sure I thoroughly understand what the product is about, its limits, and requirements. No more pills that don’t allow caffeine.

I want a massage

I want one of these SO bad. I’m going away to a resort next month and they have masseuses’ but I’m not sure if there is a difference between deep tissue massage and just a regular massage. This looks so relaxing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9b2fQJ0Nto (well that kind of sucks, I didn’t realize the embedding had been disabled. I really hate when places do that. Anyway, I guess you can go to the link)