My Blog Post from Monday Sept. 11 2006, as part of the 2996 Bloggers Project

9/11 2,996 Bloggers Tribute - Gricelda E. James

I am still glad that it was Gricelda's name that was given to me to remember. This felt like what I should do today, and I hope her family is doing well.

The link takes you to the blog post where I post about what I found about her and my feelings and remembering her as best as I, a stranger to her but finding we had more in common than I'd know at first, could.

You're Gonna Miss This - by Trace Adkins

Will it be Ms. Police Spud or will Clone Spud Win the Day, er, book?

Lest you think I've gone completely loony, in his July 8th post the author of this book mentions an ongoing photographic thing where people take pics of his books in nutty or odd locations, and link them in to him and he'll post them up. I thought I'd have a bit of Spud Fun in a battle to the last Fry . . . . Mrs. Police Spud Vs. Slightly Vampiric Clone Trooper Spud. I just couldn't resist the green ears . . . .

Potatoes, to your corners, and may the best spud win!!! Personally, I think the laser potato masher is just too good for anything Police Spud has got, but then she's got that nifty toolbelt, and HANDcuffs, and heck, a siren nose. Who hasn't been swept away by the siren song . . . . wait, a potato spud? Heh.

To be continued . . . . . . . .

Peach Crisp & Garden Fish Packet Recipes

I made this Peach Crisp Recipe a few nights ago, when we had my parents up for dinner; actually, we had them up firstly to pick our daughter up from school, in case the procedure I was having at the hospital went overtime - it was scheduled for 2:30 and we SHOULD have been able to make it to pick her up on time if everything went on time, but . . . since when does everything run on time, lol?

I already knew I was making the Peach Crisp, as my visiting teacher had brought us some of the harvest from her peach tree; these peaches were so succulent eaten out of hand, I had a hard time not eating up the wedges as I prepared them for the crisp, except on the last few peaches that were the least pristine and the most ripe or overripe, and had some slices that were just too soft for cooking and had to be "sacrificed" for the greater good . . . . . heh.

Mmmmmmmmmm.

Oh, I made one end nutless for my father, as needed, and I also used pecans, which we had on hand, instead of the almonds, which we didn't. I HIGHLY recommend this recipe!!!

I am so grateful my parents were there for us to come up from a ways away to do this for us. They were waiting inside with her when we got home, reading and such, and we settled on, for dinner, making Garden Fish Packets, which I've made before and are DELICIOUS.

A great thing about this one, besides being brain food (the fish) is customizing the packet to a person's tastes. For one person who doesn't like pepper, we left off the lemon-pepper seasoning. For another, who doesn't like mozzarella (except, of course, on PIZZA!!!), we left that out of that packet. AND, the clean-up is easy!


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Taking My Meds on Schedule is Often a Problem . . . .

My whole life, schedules and I just have not gotten along.

Oil and water, we are. The ADD would be a factor in that, among other things.

The very word, schedule, is anathema to me.

BUT, as my psychologist says, studies have shown that schedules are a very helpful element for those who are bipolar, as well as some of the other conditions I have.

ARRRRrrgghh.

As well, medications, taken in a timely and regular manner, work best that way . . . . . . . .

Anyhow, this leads me to a resource that I am going to try. I just printed out a checklist for myself that I will put in two key places.

I saw an ad for the web site, MyMedSchedule.com, in a Better Homes and Gardens magazine ad that my husband handed to me to point out some yummy spaghetti recipesto peruse whilst waiting for my hip shot with fluoroscopy the other day at the hospital. I took mental note of the site, as I mention above and in the post title that this has been a PROBLEM for me in many ways (the taking of a variety of meds and supplements on time, refilling, sometimes "stretching" a med for a couple days or a week [okay, so until we just recently met our deductible, that last was more often for financial reasons than organizational ones, since the deed that pushed us home to the $5000 mark was $400 or so of Cymbalta, OUCH!])

I don't mind showing what medications I'm currently on. Well, there's others in my bag, depending. And I don't take the Xanax very often; it's under-utilized, because I panic and I forget about it, which of course defeats the purpose, lol. There's more to the service than this checklist; there's a notes field where you put in more personalized info about the prescription, and on several I noted the fact that having to take them with food is why I am not as consistent with them, such as the naproxen, the glucosamine condroitin supplement, etc. I note other things too, but I don't see the need to bore you with all those details at the moment.

This is a quick and easy check-off, which is EXACTLY what I need. One will be sticking out from under my keyboard, the other in my face on the side of the craft desk next to my side of the bed where I wake up. There's options to print wallet size and other versions as well. There's also general information on taking the meds provided by the system like take the topiramate with plenty of water, etc. but it also you have to check off on the terms of service that you know that this is not a medical or pharmacy service and won't hold em liable, but i did like t he general info that it had that it did know which ones to be taken w/food, which ones had a few other things about them, etc.

The only med of mine I put in that wasn't in there was Vyvanse, but that is by far the newest of the medications. This quick and easy check off is JUST WHAT I NEED.

It's not the whole enchilada, by any means, but it may prove a helpful part of the puzzle of helping me solve my taking my meds better problem.

It also was a wake-up call when filling out a form at the hospital hip shot w/contrast the other day that I couldn't remember the dosages on at least half my meds . . . . . so a wallet-size printout, put through my Xyron machine w/a laminate cartridge in (at least until the next med change, and then I'll print up another and do it again), will be helpful for such things.

Let me know if any of you find it helpful, or what you think!