(to be fair, i didn't think of the idea to reinvent that quote first it was jenki haz a new toothbrush! it was Stupid Expensive (for a toothbrush) but considering my teeth are absolutely terrible (not my fault! i have sjogren's syndrome, which is an autoimmune disease that attacks all the body's mucous membranes; as a result i have not enough saliva ( Read more... )

The right side of my face is numb. I have a temporary crown. :p Also, my neck hurts from lying in the dentist's chair for nearly two hours ( Read more... )

so on the advice of my rheumatologist (who is a lovely man and the furthest thing from a quack i can imagine), i'm attempting to live la vida without gluten-a - he said it works for some of his other patients, it helps cut down on some of their pain ( Read more... )

thanks to nightdog_barks, lana_ftw, jadesfire2808, kightp, brightflashes, brewsternorth, mactavish and dolphingoddess.

oh - anyone sending me linkies through my delicious inbox: i haven't forgotten you. my toolbar was broken and then i got swineflu and i still haven't sorted through them. i'm hoping the topomax lets go of my brain long enough to do that soon, but i am going to sort through them! promise. <3 it might be a bit of time ( Read more... )

yesterday afternoon:
yesterday we hung out with lana_ftw; we went to the farmer's market, went for ice cream (new flavor: pumpkin clove! omg win) and generally had a good time. i bought a basket made of some kind of grass for ridiculously cheap ($25 - it's handmade and HUGE.)
i bought sheets in this pattern/colortoday ( Read more... )

the larger boy is at a Nerd Dinner (no, that's what it's really called - something involving pizza and nerd-socializing, sounds kind of fun) so the little one and i are hanging out tonight, listening to fountains of wayne: he's eating a late-evening snack of dry corn chex and grapes, and i'm pondering reheating sunday night's tacobake and/or salad ( Read more... )

so the child (my son) decided for reasons unknown that the best place for the plastic nozzle from my sunscreen was not, in fact, on my sunscreen - it was inside a square purple toothbrush case that was roughly 3/4" by 2/3" inside and four or so inches long ( Read more... )

'the pain survival guide' and managing pain before it manages you. they have a good amount of overlap but they're both quite good. tips on relaxation/communication/importance of understanding limits and pain medications and appropriate amounts of rest and activity, not pushing yourself too hard and so on. some of this stuff seems obvious but it's ( Read more... )

so!
yesterday the UPS man rang my apartment and said
"can you please buzz me in so i can bring the packages up?"
and i said "sure!"
and i waited two or three minutes, opened the door
and all of my packages - including the one that went missing from thursday
were all stacked by the apartment door as nice as pie.*flexes nonexistent muscles ( Read more... )

i'm eating pita chips and trying not to overheat. it is insanely hot. i am cranky, in large part due to the heat.

What are your current obsessions?
dr. who, torchwood, house, graphic novels, bpal, ice cream, India, Antarctica, dolphins, penguins, jeeves and wooster
( phin goes blah blah blah. )