HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

The pop-star and the football player

Princess Maeghan and Pop-star Sarah with Princess Abigail and FB Player Jake

Some folks in our neighborhood trick-or-treat in style with a 4-wheeler pulling them!

Sarah....notice how the natural curls start creeping back after being outside!

Jake showin me some moves after trick-or-treating!

Sarah showin me some moves after trick-or-treating!

The pop-star striking a pose for me.

Jake and Sarah tried poprocks for the first time tonight. Do you guys remember poprocks??? Totally brought back memories! I think I ate most of them!

Dedicated to my mom...

My mom's FAVORITE thing to say when I have a cold is "go grease your chest with vicks sav!" I refuse because she did this to me when I was little and I can't stand to go around smellin like that stuff! ANYWAY...I got this e-mail today and immediately thought of my sweet mama... (I might do it next time if I really only have to put it on my feet!) :~P

MOTHER ALWAYS DID KNOW BEST

VICKS VAPOR RUB...TRY IT, IT WORKS for coughs...place on bottom of feet.

I wish I'd known this when my family was young during winter colds and coughs. I am going to try it myself. Share with young parents. When we had a lecture on Essential Oils, they told us how the foot soles can absorb oils. Their example: Put garlic on your feet and within 20 minutes you can 'taste' it. Some of us have used Vicks Vaporub for years for everything from chapped lips to sore toes and many body parts in between. But I've never heard of this.

And don't laugh, it works 100% of the time although the scientists at the Canada Research council (who discovered it) aren't sure why. To stop night time coughing in a child (or adult as we found out personally), put Vicks Vaporub generously on the bottom of the feet at bedtime, then cover with socks. Even persistent, heavy, deep coughing will stop in about 5 minutes and stay stopped for many,many hours of relief. Works 100% of the time and is more effective in children than even very strong prescription cough medicines. In addition it is extremely soothing and comforting and they will sleep soundly. I heard the head of the Canada Research Council describe these findings on the part of their scientists when they were investigating the effectiveness and usage of prescription cough medicines in children as compared to alternative therapies like acupressure.

Just happened to tune in AM. Radio and picked up this guy talking about why cough medicines in kids often do more harm than good due to the chemical makeup of these strong drugs so,I listened. It was a surprise finding and found to be more effective than prescribed medicines for children at bedtime, in addition to have a soothing and calming effect on sick children who then went on to sleep soundly.

Polly tried it on herself when she had a very deep constant and persistent cough a few weeks ago and it worked 100%! She said that it felt like a warm blanket had enveloped her, coughing stopped in a few minutes and believe me, this was a deep, (incredibly annoying!) every few seconds uncontrollable cough, and she slept cough-free for hours every night that she used it. If you have children or grandchildren, pass it on. If you end up sick, try it yourself and you will be absolutely amazed by the effect.

OUCH! My ears, my nose, my throat!

So I got the flu shot once a LONG time ago when I worked for Dr. Mahdavi and swore I would never get it again because I got the flu!!! Well, the hospital has been encouraging all the employees to get the flu shot, especially those of us who are in direct contact with the patients like I am in the ER. So I got the stupid thing Wednesday and got a scratchy throat on Friday. Now the employee health nurse told me that there was no way I could get the flu from this shot. She said it was not "live" and that is why they don't do the nose spray flu vaccine because it IS live. So then WHY THEN today are my ears throbbing and itchy, my eyes watering, my throat and body aching and I'm coughing up loogies???!!! All weeked I've had zero energy as well. So is this all just a coincidence then??? Urgggghhhh! Okay, back to the couch.

Play on Ebay from my blog! Trippy...

Ed's CA trip

Ed had a business trip in California last week so he got to see my Cindy and her family. Ed bought Aidan and Lauren chocolate suckers at See's candy. Looks like they enjoyed them!

UPDATE ON DAD

My dad is doing great after his by-pass surgery! I went to see him Monday and he is looking good. He is still feeling a little weak, but that is to be expected. I am so proud of him because he is STILL not smoking!!! He has smoked for like 60 years so this is a BIG DEAL! I hope to have him around many more years!

My Little Popstar

Sarah is my child who is happy as can be to stay in her room and play with her dolls or play house or dress-up, etc for like hours at a time. So I'm in the living room the other day and Sarah appears from her room in this outfit, crosses her arms and says to me, "Look mom...peace out." :)

She is amazingly cute if I do say so myself.

Making Friends

Junior and Blue making friends...

My babies and my new baby

Sarah and Blue

Jake and Blue

Blue

Blue, helping me do the dishes....