Websites That I Love Pt.1

Hi all,

I thought it might be fun to write a list of some of my favorite websites.
I LOVE celeb gossip so I often head over to Perezhilton.com to get my fix.

And in who does not love i-am-bored.com? All those great pictures and articles. I should mention that they do not post as many online games as they use to.

And finally, check out http://livingchiconthecheap.com The blogger is really great about putting links to all the new free Amazon books.

Kindle Delivers Daily Deals: Sign Up and Get a Selected Kindle Book for Free

I do love ebooks and more specifically free ones. Sign up and receive  a credit towards 1 of 16 ebooks!!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_375356702_3?ie=UTF8&docId=1001088351&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=132GHCCRJAKVGYXG8CK3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1540204302&pf_rd_i=1286228011

Stupid Things I Have Looked Up On Google

More often then I would like to think I seem to come up with stupid questions and eventually I will look up the answer on Google. This is far better than asking someone and then they think you are an idiot.


For some reason I was thinking about fat people. I am not being mean as I myself am fat. I was just wondering if overweight people can go without food longer due to their excess fat stored.
And guess what?

I suck at drawing or really anything artistic.

Getting back on point, fat people do survive longer in most cases. Not so much in a zombie apocalypse but I  meant like lost in a forest or deserted island.

You learn something new everyday!

Side note, just dropped my phone six inches from the ground and now the screen is totally broken. 

Elvis the Crab- Children's Book

Hello everyone,

 I just started writing a Children's book called Elvis the Crab. It is about a crab who loses his hat and you need to help him find it. I want it eventually to be an interactive app. The story came about because my oldest son really loves crabs. In addition, he is at the age where he likes books that rhyme and have items he needs to find on the page. I could not really find a book that fit the criteria that I was looking for so I will just write it.

Postpartum Hives

I wrote this article to share on another site but, I thought I would also have it on my blog with pictures.

I am going to start this out by stating I am not a medical professional nor am I instructing anyone to do anything.

This is my personal account of what I did when I had postpartum hives.

This is my eyes a few days after a reaction. They are not swollen shut so this is not the best image of how bad they got. I just never took a picture when they were at their worst as it was very depressing.

I had my first experience with pph about six months after my first son was born.  It started off innocuous enough. I woke up one morning and my eyes felt gritty and were a little puffy. Within the next few hours they went from being a little gritty to incredibly itchy and the skin around my eye started to burn. The burning felt like really bad sunburn. Soon, the skin was super wrinkled and it looked as if I had aged about 40 years overnight! Almost every lotion or cream I tried burned like fire when applied and the skin always felt dry and hot to the touch. At this point I did not think it could get much worse. I was so wrong! The next morning my eyes were so swollen I could not even open my eyes. At the time I did not have insurance so I did not see a doctor. After about a week my facial swelling was gone but I would get a random and weird red ring around my mouth. I lived off of benedryl as again no insurance and in those hellish months some days were better than others. Finally, one day it just seemed to fade away. I lost the weight that I had been carrying since I was pregnant and I felt like myself again. Two years later I give birth to my next son. Within a month of his birth my eye symptoms have returned and they are 10 x worse. I was very upset this had started again as I had not made the connection between my reaction and the first pregnancy. I started a regiment of Zyrtec and Zantac taking both twice a day and supplementing benadryl when needed for itching but it was not working. I spent tons of time pouring over the internet, reading blogs and questions trying to come up with ways to ease my itching and burning. Finally, a family friend suggested I go gluten free. I scoffed at her as I did not see the connection. However, I had reached my limit and was willing to try literally almost anything just to stop the itching. Going gluten free was not fun for me as I love pasta, bread and cereals. Within two days I started to see results. I was not as itchy and some of the swelling had gone down. A week after starting the diet that was HUGE improvements. I was skeptical and thought the rash had gone away by itself so I indulged in some fresh bread and pasta. The itching started again within three hours but it was not bad. The next day was a different story. I was back to where I started, with eyes swollen shut and skin burning. So far it has been three months and I follow the gluten free diet exclusively. I have not gotten a reaction as long as I am very careful about what I eat. If I deviate even a little bit I start the whole process over again. If I get some cross contamination and am exposed to gluten I have a prescription for Atarax and that makes an outbreak so much more pleasant. This is a temporary solution and I still take the Zyrtec and Zantac. My quality of life has vastly improved and I hope this works for me till my body gets everything sorted out.

At Least I Wrote Something

Wrote an article on Snipsly.com about my experiences with Postpartum hives and what worked for me.
Hopefully it gets published soon.

Surfaces Your Child Has Wiped Their Noses On

Ugh, day 2 of the sickness from hell for Huds. He is "extra" clingy and emotional. Still has a fever but not as high. Eli has not got it yet but I am pretty sure with Huds constant area effect coughing and love of wiping his nose on any surface available there is zero chance he cannot get it. ( He wiped his nose not once, twice but three times on a plastic drinking cup. Would have taken a picture but was in awe.)

Will I Ever Start My Book?

I do not have an excuse. I have the time and the ideas but truly no motivation. It is not that I do not enjoy writing, I do. It seems that special thing inside of me has been slowly dying over the the last ten or so years. I can remember back to my childhood and still think of my dreams of being a writer. ( To be honest I also wanted to be a singer and a MD. I should state that I did not want to be a singing doctor but one or the other as that would be weird.) I think some of my issues stem of the belief that I could not succeed in a career doing what I love and a little that English is my worst subject so I would never do well as a writer.
However, these are all self imposed restraints and let's be more realistic. I am far to socially awkward and introverted to do well in any traditional career. Also, I would like to point out that in my early years some of my desire to be a famous writer might have been slightly influenced by the idea that fans would send me copious amounts of awesome gifts and letter thus making everyday like Christmas morning.

Keeping with my need for honesty I should say that I still hope that everyday will be like Christmas morning. Is that really so bad?