I saw a story on GMA this morning about Jaycee Dugard, the 11-year-old who was abducted 18 years ago. The two women who were instrumental in rescuing her were interviewed. One said to be aware of your surroundings -- pay attention. Always follow your instincts and if you are wrong, apologize later. What great advice! We do have a responsibility as a society to help keep others safe. They said their mother's instincts helped solve this case.
My heart goes out to Jaycee and her entire family. I can't imagine what she and her family have been through in the last 18 years. It amazes me that in 18 years, noone's instincts were stong enough to help save this girl sooner. Maybe we all need to have a little more Gladys Kravitz in us. (For those who are young to remember, Gladys was the nosy neighbor on "Bewitched".) Gladys never missed a thing.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Please Help Me Start Something New
Please help me start something new. This help request is precipitated by my being slightly germophobic. When washing my hands with soap and water in a public bathroom, I usually look over at the paper dispenser and ask myself, "why didn't I pump out the paper before washing my hands"? Then I say to myself, "wouldn't it have been nice if the last person had left a small amount of paper hanging down? If they had, I could use that to pump out more paper if needed." It seems a real waste of both soap and water if you must touch everything after washing.
Two weeks ago I went to the beach and the next day I woke up with a sore throat. The public bathroom I had been using did not have a paper dispenser-- it had a blower dryer. To make it worse (since I had no paper to use to shut off the faucet and spaced out using my elbow), to get out of the bathroom, it was necessary to grab the screen door that swung in rather than out. Two days later my throat was worse rather than better and since I had no cold symptoms, I suspected strep. A throat culture proved it to be strep as I suspected and the nurse said, "it is a strain we don't see very often." NO WONDER I'M SLIGHTLY GERMOPHOBIC!!! I'm just glad I called the doctor so quickly.
The next time I'm at the beach, I'll bring my own soap and water and just wash my hands back at my umbrella. But in the meantime, when we use a paper dispenser in a public bathrrom, how about we all leave a 6 inch piece for the next person? (Especially with the threat of Swine Flu so imminent.)
Two weeks ago I went to the beach and the next day I woke up with a sore throat. The public bathroom I had been using did not have a paper dispenser-- it had a blower dryer. To make it worse (since I had no paper to use to shut off the faucet and spaced out using my elbow), to get out of the bathroom, it was necessary to grab the screen door that swung in rather than out. Two days later my throat was worse rather than better and since I had no cold symptoms, I suspected strep. A throat culture proved it to be strep as I suspected and the nurse said, "it is a strain we don't see very often." NO WONDER I'M SLIGHTLY GERMOPHOBIC!!! I'm just glad I called the doctor so quickly.
The next time I'm at the beach, I'll bring my own soap and water and just wash my hands back at my umbrella. But in the meantime, when we use a paper dispenser in a public bathrrom, how about we all leave a 6 inch piece for the next person? (Especially with the threat of Swine Flu so imminent.)
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Blast From the Past - TV show "V"
What a blast from the past I got this morning. While searching for something on ABC.com, I noticed they have a show, "V" coming out on November 3rd. I remembered watching a tv show named "V" back many years ago. I surprised even myself by watching that type of show. It was a show about aliens that looked like humans but were actually reptile-like aliens under that human skin. Searching the internet, I found it aired back in 1984 - 1985 -- wow! 25 years ago. I was hooked on that one; we'll see what happens with this one.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Have You Had Hip Surgery??? Survey
I have a friend who broke broke her hip this past February. In July, since she didn't seem to be healing quite right, she went back to the doctor and an x-ray showed she had broken the plate. She is eighty-nine and now faced with having a second surgery to replace the plate.
She is interested in knowing any details from anyone who has had a second hip surgery. If you have, are you glad you did or do you wish you had left well enough alone? and Have you ever heard of a plate breaking? Any comments are appreciated.
UPDATE - 10-12-09: My friend, who is now 90, was forced to have surgery. She twisted just right and it caused severe pain. The good news is that when the doctor went in to put in a new plate, the bone had healed and they were able to just remove the plate. She is expected to be able to go home by the end of the week. She would still love to hear from others in her same situation.
She is interested in knowing any details from anyone who has had a second hip surgery. If you have, are you glad you did or do you wish you had left well enough alone? and Have you ever heard of a plate breaking? Any comments are appreciated.
UPDATE - 10-12-09: My friend, who is now 90, was forced to have surgery. She twisted just right and it caused severe pain. The good news is that when the doctor went in to put in a new plate, the bone had healed and they were able to just remove the plate. She is expected to be able to go home by the end of the week. She would still love to hear from others in her same situation.
Friday, August 7, 2009
More gardening...
Yesterday I was very proud of myself that I was able to go into my garden all by myself to weed. It's that snake thing that typically scares me away....
Actually, the above picture was taken July 31 -- the same day as the other picture. Yesterday he did a good job of hiding from me which I really appreciated(unless he's moved on to someone else's garden or stone wall). I'm calling it a "he" because I can't stand the thoughts of lots of little baby snakes slithering around!
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