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January, 2007
January 20th, 2007
Yup, that’s me.
I’d been feeling unwell since last Sunday, as you know, but Thursday, the diarrhea and vomiting hit me in the afternoon. Well, my stomach started feeling really unwell in that way you know it’s going to be “upset” right before lunch.
Anyway, the low-grade fever, the stomach cramps, headaches, dizziness, nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting that they’ve been reporting on the news — all true. Two days of misery — true. And if you think you get to sleep between “episodes”, you’re wrong. You get to stare at the wall and the ceiling. You try to avoid the quick moving
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Tags: Norovirus, wellness
January 18th, 2007
The source of my green educational Thursday Thirteen this week is Crissy Trask’s It’s Easy Being Green.
Thirteen Things about N. Mallory
- Biodegradable: The Federal Trade Commission defines “biodegradable” as a substance that has been scientifically proven to break down entirely and return to nature within a reasonably short time after disposal. However, because most detergents and soluble chemicals degrade in wastewater systems, they don’t always completely break down into eco-friendly substances. Read the label carefully to make certain the product is made up of nontoxic, renewable ingredients.
- Cage Free: While this label guarantees that
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Tags: green living, recycle, biodegradable, animal rights, organic, humane, waste, Thursday Thirteen, bloghopping, memes
January 17th, 2007
Normally I have granola in yogurt or peanut butter on whole grain toast for breakfast, but work is getting to me…
But by lunch I was back to my usual semi-healthy fair.
Tags: project365, photoaday, oneaday, breakfast, lunch, Oreos, Pepsi One, Starbucks, Moosewood, photo blogging
January 17th, 2007
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- Wow, halfway through January already?
- I’m feeling slightly better, just some residual pain in my back and right side but not feeling like I’m splitting in half anymore.
- Pugly is acting very odd lately. I’ve been having to carry him to the car every morning to go to doggy daycare and sometimes I have to catch him to put the leash on him to go outside. Then there’s the weird matter of him not wanting to jump down from the car when we get home. Very strange little dog.
- I’ve been watching HBO’s Rome and I just love love love
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Tags: discombobulated, Seventh Generation, Joy, project365, knitting, gardening, wellness, the puppy, bottled water, Brita, HBO\\\\\\\'s Rome
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January 17th, 2007
“Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
– Samuel Butler
Tags: Quote of the Day
January 16th, 2007
I don’t feel well, but I was running low on a few staples like caffeine, bottled water, milk, breakfast, lunch, dinner…Because I wasn’t feeling well, of course, I headed right for the convenience foods. You can’t see that I have oranges and cut up fruit in there but I do. Honest. It’s just hidden behind the T.V. dinners.
Tags: project365, photoday, oneaday, groceries, sushi, comfort food, health food, photo blogging
January 16th, 2007
“I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.”
– Isaac Asimov
Tags: Quote of the Day, Isaac Asimov
January 16th, 2007
I put in a call to my GP this morning about the pain in my stomach, right side and back, as well as my migraine, bloatiness and lack of appetite. I said straight out that I’m not going back to the E.R. (or E.D. — interesting that since that series started most actual E.R.’s now want to be called Emergency Departments) and I don’t want to pop oxycodone all the time — makes me too sleepy and discombobulated, and that’s saying something.
As it is all morning I’ve been trying to pry my eyes open. I can’t decide if it’s not
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Tags: pain, migraine, gallbladder, gallstone, surgeon, GP, grocery store, project365, sleepy
January 16th, 2007
I’m annoyed at my mother.
Last night I was excitedly starting to tell her about this book I’m reading about gardening and what I was planning to do when Spring comes and she, being who she is, pooped on my party. She told me not to get too excited about it and not to go all out and invest too much in it and start too big. She told me I should start with a small garden and go from there because I didn’t want to overwhelm myself and take on more than I could physically handle.
*hrmph*
The sad part
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Tags: gardening, mother
January 15th, 2007
The icy snow in the air was freezing to my windshield before my defroster and windshield wipers could do anything about it. I was driving at a snail’s pace. In fact, my speedometer doesn’t register the speed I was going it was so slow. 
Tags: project365, photoaday, oneaday, photo blogging, driving, snowstorm, Maine
January 15th, 2007
And I’ve got a continuing sharpish pain where my gall bladder is. None of the usual meds seem to be doing anything to help the migraine. I’m getting ready to go bury my head in a snowdrift, if I can find one big enough.
I haven’t had one this bad since I moved.
Tags: migraine, gall bladder
January 14th, 2007
O.K. So, I think I forgot to take my meds yesterday morning and I’m paying for it today. Otherwise, I’m just really sick today.
Pugly woke me up at 7am because he wanted to go out. I got up, took him out to do his business, put some birdseed in the feeder, fed the animals, and went back to bed. I woke up again at noon feeling much worse and with a migraine. I’d been having weird dreams mixing HBO’s Rome with HGtv’s whole line up of home improvement and house hunting shows.
I’ve been very ill since then. I’ve been wishing
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Tags: migraine, wellness, health
January 14th, 2007
Looks like a we might finally have got a sign that Winter might be coming to Maine…maybe…
Tags: project365, photoaday, oneaday, photo blogging, Winter, Maine, leaf, snow
January 14th, 2007
There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out.
– Russian Proverb
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January 13th, 2007
I am only one, but I am still one. I cannot do everything, but I can still do something.
– Helen Keller
Tags: Quote of the Day, Helen Keller
January 12th, 2007
I finally finished that scarf I started knitting back in October. Yay!
Tags: knitting, scarf
January 12th, 2007
Someone once commented that I dress like a “conservative Bostoner/New Yorker.” I’m not sure what that means since I’m from New Orleans. Normally I wear fall colors and a lot of brown and black mixed with a lot of orange and the occasional lime green.
But I have a secret, one that the accupuncturist and my physical therapist both pointed out this week — I almost always wear brightly colored socks!
Almost no one ever looks at your feet, so it’s my secret surprise, my happy feet, my wild, kinky, outgoing,
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Tags: project365, photoaday, oneaday, socks, clothing
January 12th, 2007
Did you know that having an MP3 player is a “Green” Lifestyle choice?
I was surprised to learn this. Apparently, according to 
It’s Easy Being Green, if you download music rather than buy CDs, you are already making a “greener” lifestyle choice…even if you are only doing it some of the time. It’s still better than the alternative.
CD-Roms and DVDs are made of polycarbonate plastic which is not biodegradable. Think about all of those CDs that came to your
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Tags: recycle, green living, CD-rom, DVD, biodegradable, landfill, crafts, iPod
