Oh, my head.

Hi Ladies. Hope you're having a good week so far!

I don't think I've ever mentioned it, but I swear I suffer from migraines.

I've been seen by my doctor quite a few times and received prescriptions but nothing seems to take the pain away. I usually take excedrin for regular headaches but that doesn't help with migraines.

Symptoms of migraines:

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  Moderate to severe pain. May be confined to one or both sides of head
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  Head pain with a pulsating or throbbing quality
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  Pain that worsens with physical activity
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  Pain that interferes with your regular activities
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  Nausea with or without vomiting
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  Sensitivity to light and sound

(That's how I feel - and No, I don't know this lady lol)

I have 5 out of 6 of these symptoms when my migraine comes.

Especially the nausea. It's terrible.

So since meds don't help me, I'm turning to you ladies.

Do any of you have this problem?

If so, what do you do to help the problem?

Any home remedies?

Any help would be appreciated!

Thank you ♥

 

 

V*Day

L O V E

We think about it, sing about it, dream about it, lose sleep worrying about it. When we don't have it, we search for it; when we discover it, we don't know what to do with it. When we have it, we fear losing it. It is the constant source of pleasure and pain. But we can't predict which it will be from one moment to the next. It is a short word, easy to spell, difficult to define, impossible to live without.

Happy Valentine's Day Ladies!

I hope you get to spend this special day with the one you love;

boyfriend, fiance, husband, child, parent, friend, pet.

Have an amazing day!

I ♥ you all!

3-Day For The Cure.

What is 3-Day for the cure? I know almost all of you know who Susan G. Komen is and what the walk for breast cancer is. If someone you haven't heard of it, it is a 3 day walk of 60 miles to end breast cancer. It has been advertised on TV and on the internet. You can request a packet of information for free and that's what I did. Let me tell you a little bit about what the 3 day consists of:

Over the course of 3 days, you will walk 60 miles. About 20 miles a day. This may seem like many, many miles, but it's easy to do. You don't have to be an athlete or anything like that. Once you join, you will receive training support.

This is what you'll receive after you register:

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  A handbook
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  Our Virtual Personal Trainer (weekly training reminders via e-mail
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  Volunteer-led training walks all over the country
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  A suggested training program
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  Tips on our Web site about training, health, nutrition, shoe selection and more
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  Discounts from local businesses
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  Training clinics led in every 3-Day for the Cure market
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  Many more tools on the Web site (http://www.the3day.org/)

So you might wonder where you will be eating, sleeping, etc during the 3 day walk. On the walk, you'll get food and beverages to keep you going, as well as rest areas, safety guidelines and medical support. At camp, you will receive hot meals, showers - even entertainment. You will sleep cozy in cute little two-person tents. You will be taken care of :-)

Here's the only difficult part. Not to hard but not a walk in the park. Registration is $90. Before you begin the race, you need to raise a minimum of $2,300. You do receive these helpful tips to fundraise though:

• A handbook
• A personal fundraising Web Page
• A fundraising ideas library
• Fundraising e-mail and tracking tools
• Downloadable tools, including posters and business cards
• Our Facebook fundraising application
• Fundraising clinics led in every 3-Day for the Cure market

I have always wanted to walk for a cure. Thankfully, no one in my family has suffered from breast cancer, but my grandmother has had a scare or 2 in her life. This is such a power and moving walk that I feel the need to do it.

I haven't joined yet. It might sound childish, but I do not want to do this walk by myself lol. Here's where you ladies come in. Ladies living in the Maryland, DC, Pennsylvania area, would you want to walk with me?

Two walks are taking place in these areas:

1. Washington, DC - October 8-10
2. Philadelphia - October 15-17

We may not have met each other in "real life" but that's ok. We would be doing this together and for a great cause. October will be here before we know it. If you would like to do this with me, leave me a comment and then we can e-mail each other and talk about it more.

I hope to hear from some of you!!

P.S - This walk is also coming to the following cities:

Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Michigan, the Twin Cities, Dever, Seattle, San Fransico Bay Area, Atlanta, Tampa Bay, Dallas/Fort Worth, Arizona, San Diego

 3-Day for the Cure

I like to dream.

I'm tired of hearing about the snow.

I'm tired of seeing snow.

I'm tired of talking about snow.

I'm tired of people acting like snow is the end of the world.

I'm tired of snow. Period.

I'm banning snow from my blog (for the time being

since we're getting another foot tonight so

I'm sure it may appear on my blog again)

Now, let's talk about better things :)

Like where I wish I was.

Turks & Caicos

on this beach.

lounging in one of these chairs.

wearing these 3 things

with one of these yummy drinks in my hand

reading this book.

and of course Singing this song...

"Want a towel on a chair in the sand by the sea

want to look thru my shades and see you there with me...

...The sun and the sand and a drink in my hand with no bottom

and no shoes, no shirt, no problems"

Summer get here, NOW!

If you could be anywhere right now, where would it be?!

I would love to know I'm not the only one with the winter blues. 

I'm the Master.

Kelsey at Lavender, Leopard, & Lace &

Brittany at Tales of a Southern Belle and Her Beau

must think I'm great because they gave me this award:

 

How nice of both of you girls!

So, 6 things that I'm a master in are:

1. I'm a master at being super organized.

2. I'm a master at chewing gum.

3.  I'm a master at relaxing.

4. I'm a master at shopping.

5. I'm a master at being friendly.

6. I'm a master at being a fur-mommy :)

I'll pass this award on to:

Elizabeth at In The Pink

Heather at Life with Heather

Short Southern Momma

Mindy at [M]^2

Kelly at Keeping up with Kelly

Kace at Calling him Krew

Alright ladies, tell us what you're a master in!
 

The Blizzard Aftermath.

Today was dig out day. We started digging out the cars at 9:30 & finished at 12:30. We still have to do the sidewalk and deck. Thank goodness for snow plows. Otherwise, we would be shoveling for days. Here are some pics.

Molly the Mazda 3 all snowed in!

Where do I even begin?

The snow is like 4 feet high!

The front yard

I had to go get gas and look at the road!

You can't see the black top. I had to drive

10 mph. It was kind of scarey lol.

Hope everyone has a great Sunday!

Saints, I hope you win the superbowl!

The Blizzard of 2010.

That's right people, a BLIZZARD.

This is a record breaking snow storm for Maryland.

When this storm is over, this will be the #1 snowiest season in history

My power went out at 3 AM this morning and finally came back on around 1:30 this afternoon after making numerous phone calls. The temperature in my house dropped from 69 degrees to 57. It was freezing! My poor dog had to lay under the covers with me.

With the wind drift, we have about 26 inches of snow here right now. No one is going anywhere. We did shovel out our drive way so we could get to the Royal Farms store to get some food because we couldn't make any without having power. It's still snowing and won't end until 6 tonight. So we could end up with about 30 inches total.

Maryland is under a state of emergency. They had to bring in army vehicles to help transport people to hospitals and things like that. This is serious snow.

Here are some pics.

I'll take more tomorrow while I'm trying to dig out my car.

Snow on my deck

More snow on my deck

Look at the mail box! The snow is almost covering it.

Out my back window.

The smaller trees have disappeared under the snow.

The big trees are all wilted over.

The news is saying schools may be closed all week long and some businesses may not even open. Some people are still without power. Maryland is a mess right now. I can only pray spring is on it's way. But another storm is moving in on Tuesday bringing 6 more inches possibly.

I hope everyone is having a better Saturday then I am!

Stay warm Marylanders and others affected by this snow!