Life For Hire

I need someone to organize my life and my home....and be extremely affordable, yet offer quality work...ughhh! I am currently cleaning out the extra room that is to become the nursery...however, it's like crazy madness with the amount of shit that's piled up in there!

Long Weekend

So this is a long weekend for many. I know that I am enjoying the idea of not having to go back to work on Monday...

Although Tuesday, I will be so busy that I won't have time to breathe! Some say the longer weekend is not worth it. Me... I say it is. Tuesday will go by so fast that it won't even matter by Wednesday. Hehehe!

I'm just thankful for the 3 days of relaxation!

Gah Gah For Goo Goo

We went to see the Goo Goo Dolls last night. They put on a great show. Their sound was fantastic. It was like their Cd's, but so much better. so many times you go see someone live and are let down. It was fantastic!

The thing that caught my attention was that there wasn't really that many lighters burning in the air, they have been replaced with the warm glow of cell phone screens!

Good Times

Here's to good friends, good times & a hell of a bartender!

Happy 2007!

Hair Of The Dog & The Day After

Hangovers seem to be the body’s way of reminding us about the hazards of overindulgence. Physiologically, it’s a group effort: Diarrhea, fatigue, headache, nausea, and shaking are the classic symptoms. Sometimes, systolic (the upper number) blood pressure goes up, the heart beats faster than normal, and sweat glands overproduce — evidence that the “fight or flight” response is revved up. Some people become sensitive to light or sound. Others suffer a spinning sensation (vertigo).

The causes are as varied as the symptoms. Alcohol is metabolized into acetaldehyde, a substance that’s toxic at high levels, although concentrations rarely get that high, so that’s not the complete explanation.

Drinking interferes with brain activity during sleep, so a hangover may be a form of sleep deprivation. Alcohol scrambles the hormones that regulate our biological clocks, which may be why a hangover can feel like jet lag, and vice versa. Alcohol can also trigger migraines, so some people may think they’re hung over when it’s really an alcohol-induced migraine they’re suffering.

Hangovers begin after blood alcohol levels start to fall. In fact, according to some experts, the worst symptoms occur when levels reach zero.

The key ingredient seems to be “drinking to intoxication”; how much you drank to get there is less important. In fact, several studies suggest that light and moderate drinkers are more vulnerable to getting a hangover than heavy drinkers. Yet there’s also seemingly contradictory research showing that people with a family history of alcoholism have worse hangovers. Researchers say some people may end up with drinking problems because they drink in an effort to relieve hangover symptoms.

Dr. Robert Swift, a researcher at the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Rhode Island, coauthored one of the few review papers on hangovers in 1998. It’s still one of the most frequently cited sources on the topic. The rundown on hangover remedies that follows is based on that review, an interview with Dr. Swift, and several other sources.

Hair of the dog.
Drinking to ease the symptoms of a hangover is sometimes called taking the hair of the dog, or hair of the dog that bit you. The notion is that hangovers are a form of alcohol withdrawal, so a drink or two will ease the withdrawal.

There may be something to it, says Dr. Swift. Both alcohol and short-acting sedatives, such as benzodiazepines like diazepam (Valium), interact with GABA receptors on brain cells, he explained, and it’s well documented that some people have withdrawal symptoms from short-acting sedatives as they wear off. Perhaps the brain reacts similarly as blood alcohol levels begin to drop.

Even so, Dr. Swift advises against using alcohol as a hangover remedy. “The hair of the dog just perpetuates a cycle,” he says. “It doesn’t allow you to recover.”

Drink fluids.
Alcohol promotes urination because it inhibits the release of vasopressin, a hormone that decreases the volume of urine made by the kidneys. If your hangover includes diarrhea, sweating, or vomiting, you may be even more dehydrated. Although nausea can make it difficult to get anything down, even just a few sips of water might help your hangover.

Get some carbohydrates into your system.
Drinking may lower blood sugar levels, so theoretically some of the fatigue and headaches of a hangover may be from a brain working without enough of its main fuel. Moreover, many people forget to eat when they drink, further lowering their blood sugar. Toast and juice is a way to gently nudge levels back to normal.

Thanks to msn.

Too Much

Last night we went out with some of our friends. We met these people because we share a common interest. Corvettes. Now I must admit that I was not keen on the purchase of The Vette when my husband decided to do so. Now I think I have completely changed my tune.

"Why?", you ask. Well, I can give you some good reasons. Keith, RT & Sarah. They are a great bunch of people. If you are ever curious, check us out at Scenic Vettes.

I also walked away with a trophy for just making it through the night without passing out or throwing up! Yay for me!

Here's D and I having a good time. D, thanks for putting up with me last night!

Sometimes it is good to have too much. Too many cars, too many friends, and too much to drink!

KracK KoKaine

I went to dinner with the BIL tonight. It was nice. Afterwards we drove around looking for somewhere that was open we could all hang out at for a while. Luckily we found a book store with one more hour to closing. So, we enter, split up, and eventually find each other right before we leave to depart each others company. Funny... hugh!?

The hubby and I are driving home and we realize we are within "spitin' distance" of the local Krispy Kreme. YUM! We of course bought one dozen original glazed and one dozen of choc covered custard filled/choc covered cream filled.

I really can't wait until the holiday is over....I can't stop eating them! I think they must put drugs in yummy foods like this. Although, when I checked out their homepage, I was relieved to know that all ingrediants used were "kosher"!!!!!

Ha!

Time is a thief, and there is a time theif.

Lately I feel like someone is sneaking into my life and stealing time away from me. I am usually not this frazzled felling, but as of late, I just seem to barely be getting the necessities of life taken care of. I have not even sat down to browse the vast and wonderful Internet all week!
I have started to walk every day, but that only takes about an hour. Maybe it is because time is changing and it is getting darker earlier.

Never the less, I have more magic bars to make for our annual pumpkin party. Everyone looks forward to it. I will probably make enough to keeps some at home. They are soooo good, how could I not?!?