I feel like I’m going through it because I am doubting and re-examining all my choices over the last 30 years.

Should I have gone to college, or worked in my steady blue collar job, and now be eligible to retire with decent benefits. Or should I have returned to it after graduation, and started working there, then going to part time when I had children.

Should the man I married my college boyfriend and had ten children like we planned.  Though very happy we had the number we had.

Should I have settled closer to my family from my home town.

Why didn’t I do this, why did I do that, why didn’t I have a real major in stead of liberal arts, well, I found a very good book that tells us about having these nagging doubts, and it is common especially during this age group.

The name of the book is “Marrying George Clooney, Confessions from a Midlife Crisis by Amy Ferris.  It hits the nail on the head as far as I’m concerned.

You will laugh when reading it, but mostly you will love that you have had some of these crazy feelings and think you just made big mistakes, but really, you are just in midlife.  I know this is happening to  me, not sure about my husband, but if you want to have a great book to read, check this one out.

You will feel fine in no time!!!

If you’re interested, you can get it at Amazon

What I discovered was that this other brand named “White Rain” Conditioner not only smelled good and healthy on my hair but gave me the wonderful benefits of my former really really expensive salon brand.  

So, I guess sometimes you not only get what you pay for, but you can get more value too if you push the envelope!!

It says “Say what you mean, and say it mean”.

What I have been experiencing at my office is bullying in an office setting. Not physical bullying but with words that make you feel inferior to others on board.  

I think because I was nice to people, saying hello alot to alot of people that these other people who are not as nice, feel that their territory is being stepped on and then they in turn tell me I’m not pulling my weight, I’m not suited for my job, and so why am I here at all?

Constant negativity from certain people while I try and get my job done.

So, until yesterday I would feel inadequate and not want to go to work.  But yesterday I said, no more out loud but softly to myself and just repeated back to them that I felt my contributions mattered and that was all there was to it.  Of course I had to do it all day, but I wasn’t going to take their constant unpleasantness one more day.

So, I guess the moral of the story is, if you are new to a job, within a year or so, just don’t be too nice, the ikky people get all bent out of shape, thinking others like  you better than them.  So, what you see is them being mean to you and keep on being mean.  It’s all about drama, and although I think it’s mostly a woman thing, I suppose men experience it too.

Stay strong,don’t be fresh when telling them you think you are doing a great job, say it nicely and firmly and walk away.  Note to self, as I sit and listen to the rif raff constantly, “he who talks first looses”, so hold your thoughts and smile to yourself , because the nice guy pretty much wins in the end.

I went to my favorite pharmarcy and got 2 brands of plantars wart medications.  The store brand seemed to be doing nothing so I got the non store brand.  It seems to be doing something for me.

Of course it was double the price, but what is the price of comfort and wellness?  

Don’t be fooled by the packaging for store vs real brand or the ingredients.  Sometimes it is just best to

but a reputable brand.  

My child had these at school and I sent him the same stuff.  He told me the same thing.  He ended up using a “freezing out” brand after the generic didn’t work.  He was more uncomfortable doing it this fast way initially, but just a word to the wise, don’t always cheap out, if you have a life to lead.

Have a great day

Vitamin B12 is a good one that I take daily, and I drink milk once a day and eat yogurt once a week.

I floss my teeth and irrigate them and brush them.  I carry a toothbrush in my pocketbook and toothpaste and floss and so I can do my teeth maintenance when not at home.

Obtain these things to maximize the longevity of your teeth.  Do it today.

Tarter control toothpaste is helpful as well as rinses like Listerine, this will help with inflammation reduction in your mouth.  

Get floss threaders for under $1.00 and wiggle the floss inbetween your teeth and up and around.  Teeth will get mobile if not taken care of.  Stress good dental hygiene to your family.  No one needs to spend thousands of dollars on their teeth when they could just get some floss and a soft toothbrush.  

Eat green leafy vegetables also.  Have a proper diet, not to sugary.  Sugar is in diet drinks and tonic and soda, watch your intake of these products too.

Have a great day and keep smiling!

Dental Floss – cost ¢.99 cents to $3.00

Tooth brush – manual or power – cost ¢.89 cents to $149.00

Irrigator – $19.95 to $149.00

interdental brush $1.99 to $3.99

rubber tip – $1.99 to $3.99

floss threaders – ¢.50 cents to $2.99

If your teeth hurt, you must see a dentist.  It is best to get a dental cleaning twice a year.  If you can’t then do it once a year, and do these steps.

It should take 15 minutes a day to do these steps, divide up into 7.5 min. in a.m. and 7.5 min.in p.m. if you desire.  

Is there a price tag on your teeth – Yes, and your payment is your time.

Crowns are $650 to $1500 each, root canals are the same, apicoectomies are about the same and dental implants are at least that or double, and dentures are about that cost.  Dentures will not solve anything.  They need to be refitted every couple of years and mouth sores happen too.  

When older we can be more likely to get problems.  Like other ailments our mouth gets aged and there are things that affect it.  

Placque control is very important.  Use a piece of 18 inches of floss and place between your two hands with index and thumb and put into mouth.  Make it wrap around each tooth and scrape off the placque.  It sound gross but think of it on your teeth, and it eating away at them.  

This will help in the prevention of tooth loss and high bills, very high and being uncomfortable.

This will help in the prevention of tooth mobility.  ( I use “woven floss” it is like a little thicker and 2 strands) but if your teeth are in rough shape begin with a waxed thin floss and work your way into a thicker one.  It could take 6 months or a year.  Your gums will bleed when you start, but continue, do it every other day or twice a week then more often.  This is so simple to do and it will save you the big bucks in the long run.

I use an irrigation tool too.  My husband gave it to me for mothers day and he got it on line.  You can get big sales on line.  I think it was $19.99.  It is slender and I put water in it and use it.  It recharges and it doesn’t take up more than 3 inches of room on my small counter.  

My toothbrush upstairs is a soft one, and the downstairs is a power one.  My squirts water, my husband’s doesn’t.  Stores sell battery ones too.  

This site will provide you with comparisons on teeth products.  www.chochrane.org

I read about all this info in a book called “Periodontology for the Dental Hygienist by Dorothy Perry, 2007.

Do something for you, and your family, be healthy.

Now, all I have to do is get my husband to stop buying the “variety packs” and hope he understands my theory.

Even when you buy stationary in the variety pack, take a look, do you really want to get stuck with 18 of the 12 of undesirable prints and patterns?

My husband does  the food shopping, and I thank him every day, for taking this chore off my hands.  I did it the first twenty years, now he wants to do it, hopefully forever!

When buying granola bars, just don’t shop price, shop ingredients and weight, and for heaven’s sake skip the variety pack!

I spent the day relaxing and watching movies with my husband.  It was raining out, and we just “vegged” all day long.

We ordered pizza out and “vegged” some more.

Sipped on sprite and cherry soda, and after awhile went to bed.

With in an hour, I was hurting big time.

I got out my home remedies book and it said ” Soda is bad and anything bubbly”, so grabbing more soda to help the pain was a bad idea.  Sit up or stand up is best, but when you are weary, this is hard to do.

I put a movie on “the OC” and watched it for 4 hours, still limited relief.  I had some water and tried to sit up, but getting weary.  I made myself some extra pillow stuff so force myself to sit up.  At 2:00 a.m. I shut off the light while I was sitting up.

I took some chalky antacid pills and then I felt the heart burn move down my chest.  I guess I should of done that some 5 hours ago too.  But when you feel like this, you don’t really want to put anything else in your stomach.

I had some an apple and orange at lunch time.

Don’t over due it on the spicy, acidy or cheesy or chocolatey stuff and sip some water and chew some antacid chalky pills and sit or stand for as long as you can.  Do not lie down, it will get worse.

See ya, and  have a great day.

My daughter told me that extensive blow drying and straightening can take a toll on your hair too.

So, you may need a blow dry and straightener product if you do this alot.  She ended up getting a set of stuff at the Mall that was expensive, but she feels it taking good care of her hair.

Me, what do I do?  I just let my hair dry naturally for the “natural look” as often as possible.  To be fancy after it is dried I may run the curling iron over it.  But this is only about once a month now.

Like my subjects on soaking your feet, hair care is essential too.  Your body will do more for you if you are better to it.

So, in the morning, I’m showering and instead of reaching for the shampoo, because the packaging is the same for “white rain” shampoo and “suave rejuvenating  body rinse”, I put the body rinse on my hair.  It feels thicker, and I say yeah!  I wash my hair with it then put it back on the shelf.  I then notice, what it is.  So I grab the bottle of “white rain” shampoo and compare ingredients.  They say the ingredients listed first are the most in there and the strongest, and guess what, the first 4 ingredients are the same.  Then I look at the Suave shampoo also on the shelf, and guess what?  The first 4 ingredients are the same.  So, enjoy a luxurious shampoo with body wash.  Maybe your favorite brands will be similar and you can get a thicker feeling of luxury when you wash your hair, and as the wash drips, it will do it’s body wash thing for you.

So, making this discovery, has helped my lingering heart burn, take a hike.

Have a great day!