Febreze makes limited edition products.
What? Yes, it is true. Apparently, like my beer, my parent’s choice in air freshener comes in seasonal varieties. Why? I have no idea… some marketing “genius” sold the idea that people actually care if their bathrooms smell like the current season. Really? What test market proved that? Please just don’t mess with my deodorant. I really don’t want to be forced to smell like a pine tree in the winter.
I have worse carpel tunnel from using a sewing machine than I have ever had using a keyboard.
So around noon today I found out that we had a half day at work. Somehow I totally spaced on this awesome potential for getting things done. The day just opened up for me. Since I had planned to go to the gym for lunch, I stayed a bit longer until my stomach was aching for food. Once I satisfied my body’s need for excercise and sustenance, I set to work on one of the many projects derived for being a homeowner.
Today’s project: try to finish the curtains for the living room. I set out to make curtains from scratch nearly a year ago thinking it would be easy and cheaper. Neither have been true. At this point I feel that I should have just forked over the cash to Bed, Bath and Beyond for new curtains then either alter them myself (bad idea) or pay to have them altered. Well… neither of these things will happen in the near future because at this point it is a mission. I have to finish this project.
So sewing like mad for almost three hours, I have 1) only finished two of the four panels, 2) one that is about 1 inch longer than the other and 3) carpel tunnel aching like crazy in my left wrist. I type everyday. And I admit my wrist position and posture is poor. BUT I have never felt the way I felt when sewing today. I would never make it in a textile factory. And what really kills me is that I am only halfway done.
It doesn’t matter what kind of calendar I maintain, I will NEVER have my events straight.
I used to own a Palm Pilot. I was pretty good with it for a while because it was novel. But then I got a day job where we used Outlook all of the time. I still have that job, but realized after contemplating leaving that keeping my personal stuff on my work calendar (even if locked to private) wasn’t that great of an idea. Then I tried Google calendars but since I didn’t have a Blackberry or iPhone, I couldn’t update it on the go therefore it got neglected. So for a while I was without a calendar, relying on Roger and our refrigerator calendar to keep me up to speed… and that just drove me insane.
Currently, I use the old-fashioned $1 weekly planner that a pen or pencil is required. I use pencil cause a) I don’t trust people and b) I know shit changes.
Ideally, we check with each other on a weekly basis and check concert calendars on a monthly basis, depending on the venue. Roger’s planner is identical except the color of the cover making comparing calendars easier. But if it doesn’t get written down, I don’t remember it is happening and I feel bummed later, and then I write down the wrong date (all the freaking time)… Like today that I found I had written Fiesta del Sol down for next weekend. Um, that event has come and gone. Ridiculous.
I really want to go back to Google calendar and use my iTouch; I can at least use when there is wi-fi and make notes for upcoming events on the go kind of like i did with my Palm. But I know whatever form of calendaring I use, and even if I am good about writing things down in it, that it still won’t guarantee I will be at an event or show I really wanted to go to.
I have bruxism.
After some Twitter conversations about swimmers ear and TMJ (Temporomandibular joint disorder), I started looking at my own teeth jaw habits. For the last few years, I know that I have been grinding my teeth at night. Dentists over the years have gently reminded me that my teeth were looking worn and it was only after I started roller derby whan I went to the guys at Guard Ya Grill that any dentist recommended that I really should get a night guard since my molars were beginning to develop stress fractures. Night guard secured… who really wants broken teeth.
After my pregnancy, I had to get a crown for one of my molars that the fracture had gotten out of control. You know, because pregnancy ruins your teeth… lowers calcium levels and such. Damn kids.
It is only in the recent months that I have been seriously thinking about my oral habits… grinding or clenching my teeth at night (or while napping) and chewing on my fingers or gum. I really want to kick these habits. Know I at least have a name to go with the problem, bruxism. Not quite TMJ but definitely a symptom. I know that this could progress into TMJ, but my goal is to not let that happen. Lowering daytime stress levels, constant awareness of my chewing behaviors and continuous discussions with my dentist should help me head in the right direction.
Personal, I know… but the more you know.
I still hate emoticons after learning the history and purpose of using them.
Thanks to Anne Trubek and her recent post for GOOD I now know that even though these silly faces help indicate tone and voice in an email or text, I still have an extreme dislike for them. Mostly the hate comes from the tackiness and sheer over-use of the little buggers.
My personal use of emoticons is limited the simple smiley face and the wink face but only in their raw forms… : ) and ; ). The colorful, animated versions often seen on poorly designed marketing websites, you know… the ones that try too hard to show they know something about making a website, grate on my nerves in the same way the Twilight series does (yes, both the books and the movies). Think teenage hysteria or junky knickknacks. Pointless, ugly and annoying.
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