| RE: Free Purse Patterns |
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=69911.0
There are tons of tutorials at Craftster. Take a look at the "Jordy" bag. ... View related article. |
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| RE: Spending Time at the Hospital |
I'm so sorry that you will be enduring the hospital experience. My experience is not with cancer but with DHs heart defects.
I have found slightly different strategies for inpatient days vs. outpatient days. First of all, get a good rolling backpack to tote your stuff. For a long time I used a non-rolling tote 'and when I gave in and bought one with wheels it make life SO much easier! And leave your purse at home. I just take the bare essentials and keep the a pocket in the backpack. Just wallet, keys, changepurse and chapstick.
Scout around for magazines to take with you - ask friends for their discards. Then leave them in waiting rooms when you're finished with them (then you don't have to take them home with you). Pack food in an insulated lunchbox with a reusable ice pack. Keep lotion handy for both of you - hospital air tends to be very drying. Try to keep your tote bag light - easy on the hardcover books. I usually bring a needlework project that I keep organized with zip-lock bags. If you have anything else that you like to pass the time (crossword puzzle books, journaling, etc) bring that along. Don't forget a small notebook to keep track of Dr's orders and other info. I did a lot of Googling for more info after I got home at night and having things written down helped me to remember what I wanted to look up.
When your DH is an inpatient bring a set of headphones for the tv if applicable (if they have the little personal tvs on a swing arm). It has saved DH's sanity on many occasions when he had a roommate who kept his tv loud. Also, an inexpensive cd player that won't be missed if it is broken or stolen is a handy thing. I make copies of cds instead of taking in the originals. Books on cd are a good thing for when he is feeling too weak to hold a book.
Keep pocket change handy for those vending machine trips when you just HAVE to have some chocolate.
I have a 100 mile drive and tolls to deal with. I try to keep toll money handy and keep my cell phone charged (if you don't have a cell phone be sure to get some calling cards). I have a headset for my phone so I can update all of the relatives and friends on my drive home (open freeway) so that once I get home I can take care of myself and get plenty of rest (it's really important to take care of yourself so that you're at your best for DH). If your drive is short take the time to decompress with some music or a radio program you enjoy. For awhile I made sure that I left the hopspital by a certain time so that I could listen to a certain program on my drive home.
Say "yes" to any and all offers for help! Having company to sit with you during long procedures is vital! It's so easy to get lost in your own head during those times.
I hope you find some of this helpful. If I think of anything else I'll post again.
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| RE: Hair Detangler Recipe |
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I put a small amount (a 2 second 'squirt') of hair conditioner in a spray bottle then fill with water and shake. It doesn't feel quite the same as the commercial detangler but it works just as well. ... View related article. |
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| RE: Cheap Dollhouse Acceories |
Do a search for "printable dollhouse furniture" and you'll get lots of hits. Here's one to get you started (I saw kitchen cabinets on this site):
http://members.tripod.com/~cwoolse/miniprintables/ ... View related article. |
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| RE: Too Much Laundry |
Your grandmother is right! For the long term, go to www.flylady.net and see what she has to say about laundry.
For the short term, either go to the laundromat and get it all done at once, or plan a weekend of washing. Sort out unloved clothes as you fold and put them in a bag to donate. Then get them out of your house.
Then you need to get yourself into a laundry routine. I try to do a load every day or two (there are 5 of us). Everybody has a hamper in their bedrooms and I have found it much easier to do minimal sorting and just wash a basket of each child's clothes together regardless of color (there are some exceptions, but so far it's working out fine). each kid's hamper has a "lingere bag" clothespinned to it for socks -- no more sock sorting!
But really -- check out Flylady. She changed my life! ... View related article. |
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| RE: Preventing Spyware and Adware |
The following site has good info on preventing spyware and adware. It essentially comes down to taking care with what you download and install and even the sites you surf to.
http://www.intranetjournal.com/spyware/prevention.html ... View related article. |
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| RE: Preventing Spyware and Adware |
Wow! With all of that spyware/adware stuff running are you certain that the problem is still spyware? There are lots of things that can cause a system to slow down. Even if it is still Spyware you may be able to start running Spybot again if you clean up your system and hopefully eradicate the conflict that is causing Spybot to crash.
First, I would go and run Trend Micro's Housecall -- it's a free, online virus scanner. I just did it and it found 8 issues that everything else had missed.
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
There are a bunch of other free programs that I use to keep my computers clean - Regcleaner, Ccleaner, BigFix and Diskeeper Lite (to name a few that I can think of - I'm not at my own computer at the moment). You can find any ot those by doing a quick Google search.
You also need to occasionally run scandisk (chkdsk on Win XP) and defrag your hard drives (Diskeeper Lite does that better than window's built-in utility - I also like Norton Systemworks if you have it, but stopped using it due to problems with tech support).
Do a Google search for "computer maintenance" (including the quotation marks) and dig around for further info.
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| RE: Board Game Purses |
Here are instructions for a book purse
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_accesso ... cle/0,1789,HGTV_3227_3661732,00.html
I'd imagine you could adapt these instructions for a game board by cutting the board to roughly the size of book covers and a spine and taping them together with colored duct tape or (even better) gaffer's tape.
And this forum contains instructions and picture of *tons* of purses and bags made from a myriad of materials
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?board=76.0
Have fun! I have lots of new projects to try after browsing there for an hour! ... View related article. |
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| RE: Turning a T-shirt Into a Tight Fitting Top |
Lots of options here:
http://www.lighthouseseven.com/cheerleading/tshirt.html ... View related article. |
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| RE: Cleaning a Stainless Steel Griddle |
Stainless Steel Cleaner! It worked wonders on my husband's Cuisinart stainless pan that wouldn't come clean any other way (including simmering with detergent, simering with baking soda, and Dawn Power Dissolver - not all at the same time!).
Now that I think of it, when I worked in the kitchen at a summer camp, when we couldn't get the grill clean with the scrubber and grill cleaner we would pour on some pickle juice! Hmmm, maybe I'll try that in the stainless skillet next time it needs it. ... View related article. |
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