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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 11/1/2009 9:31:17 PM
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cherish405
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Hi everybody. How is your day going?
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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 11/1/2009 9:32:07 PM
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Hi Trish, my day went ok, and yours?
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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 11/2/2009 1:30:03 AM
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Hi Rachael! I'll go look for your thread in Marriage.
About your panic last night, why would it be a personality flaw? You were expecting your husband to do a particular task. He didn't, so you had to take over at the last minute. You probably WERE rushed and that would make many people anxious. But if you think you do have something like an anxiety disorder, write down all the things that you think indicate that you are and go see your family doctor. Does it interfere with you functioning in a normal way with normal things that someone with eight kids (or however many you have, I can't remember) would normally be able to do? Or are you expecting to be able to do things that a mom of one child would normally be able to do? These are things to consider. If you DO go looking for information online, remember that they will talk about the worse-case scenarios. It is very easy to assume that we fall into those scenes. I spent nine hours in Emergency one time because of that, when I could have easily gone to see my own doctor in the next day or two but I panicked. By the way, ALL people panic at one time or another so just because you have times of panic doesn't mean there's something wrong with you.
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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 11/2/2009 8:11:59 AM
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I think you are being too hard on yourself. ((((Rachael))))
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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 11/2/2009 9:05:38 AM
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Rachael, if having anxiety disorder is a flaw, then I have it. I was diagnosed several years ago with it. I personally don't see it as a flaw. It's something that is very difficult to deal with and is very real.
I don't know you or what's happening in your life, but if you feel that it could be an issue, then you could always talk to your doctor about it.
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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 11/2/2009 6:28:21 PM
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I will keep that in mind Maggie. I think it is more of a personality flaw then an actual disorder becasue I think I should be more calm and collected no matter what happens. Thanks for the hug. I needed it.
Who says you should be more calm and collected no matter what happens? Perhaps what you may want to consider is doing some simpled breathing exercises to help calm yourself down when you start feeling anxious.
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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 11/2/2009 7:46:21 PM
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I do deep breathing when I get myself collected enough to think about it.
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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 11/2/2009 7:52:47 PM
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I know that I can't always tell when I'm going to get overly anxious/panic about something, but there are times when I know that I will be getting into a stressful situation and therefore do some breathing exercises to try and help any panic. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't because the situation is so stressful.
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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 11/2/2009 8:12:12 PM
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Sane here.
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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 11/2/2009 8:28:52 PM
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Sane here. Or even same.
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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 11/2/2009 9:50:51 PM
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 Aga!
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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 11/2/2009 10:37:53 PM
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LOL!
I've got a huge migraine that just landed on me--well, it's been brewing for a few days but it just exploded. Man, it hurts!
I got a new phone tonight. It replaces my cell phone AND my palmtop. It's very slick-looking. At first the Blackberries looked so much appealling but they don't use stylus for data entry and I use my palmtop (and now the phone) for taking notes during sermons and such. The sales guy doesn't have experience with using a stylus so he wasn't too helpful but he let my son and I sit down with the phone while he served soemone else and let me play with it and see if it had what I wanted. It does. So now I just have to learn how to use it. But I'm happy.
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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 11/2/2009 11:03:12 PM
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Glad you're happy with your new phone, Maggie. Half of what you described sounded Greek to me. I got a promotional call from Telus this evening, telling how they were going to improve my "mobility" something or other. Then he asks if I have a cell phone. I tell him no so that pretty much takes the wind out of his sails.
Hope your headache goes away soon
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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 11/2/2009 11:59:33 PM
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Thanks, Edith.
My ds1 insisted that I call Telus to find out if they would match or beat the deal I could get with the local phone company so I did (after much hesitating). They had no interest in doing that at all. Ds1 was surprised and disappointed but I'm not. I like supporting the local company and they give unlimited internet with my phone. They have better phone hours too.
Let me see if I can explain the language a bit (if you're not interested, skip this paragraph). Before this evening I had two devices--an ordinary, low-end cell phone and an computerized gizmo that I use constantly.
The "gizmo" is my palmtop (as opposed to laptop or desktop). It has an address book where I keep addresses, phone numbers and all sorts of tidbits about the people in it--spouse's name, kids' names, directions to their homes, little details I want to remember about them. Calendar keeps track of all up-coming events. I can repeat an event daily, weekly, monthly, etc. I can put an alarm on it so I remember in time. I put birthdays and have them repeat yearly. I can write notes about the event, etc. Memos is where I write sermon notes, my Bible memory "codes," quotations I want to keep, short articles, etc. Tasks allows me to list what needs to be done, priorize it, put alarms on it to remind me, repeat the task at whatever interval. I have two completely searchable Bibles, several novels, Solitaire, a drawing pad, camera (still and video), voice recorder, mp3 (music) player and more. This has needed replacing for over a year.
My new phone then, has the basic phone stuff, plus all of the above PLUS I have unlimited internet access, surfing, browsing, downloading, whatever. I could come here to CW, read and post from my phone and so on. Oh! E-mail too. And probably other stuff that I will discover.
There will be a sharp learning curve, I'm sure. I'm still not sure how to get to the phone part quickly, when I need it. And I have no idea how I'll be able to take notes on the device at the same time I'm talking to someone. I don't yet know how to DO all the things that can be done with it but I will have fun figuring it out. I'm someone who reads manuals. So I will start at the beginning and try all the things that the manual talks about as I come to them in the manual. As a rule, I tend to use my electronics to their fullest potential. This will always be in close proximity to me. I may even be able to leave my laptop at home once I figure this out. It's going to be fun.
AND my migraine is gone. I took double the ibuprofen, two extra-strength Tylenol, a cup of very strong tea and a cold pack on my temple and the migraine's gone. Now, will I be able to sleep, given the tea I've drunk? I hope so but sleeplessness is far more preferable to a migraine. And if I can't sleep, I can play with and learn how to use my new toy!
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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 11/3/2009 8:35:06 AM
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(((Maggie)))) sorry to hear about your migraine.
The new phone sounds exciting. Actually, to me a working phone sounds exciting right now. Mine will not come on and I can't get the stupid case off of it so that I can take out the battery & sim card, so it will do me no good to call AT&T on it. I just have to remind myself that throwing it against the wall might get the case off of it, but would be counterproductive otherwise.
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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 11/3/2009 8:55:51 AM
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Maggie,
Great news about your new phone! I just got an iPhone from AT&T a week and a half ago, and I love it. My one problem is that I haven't been able to program the Voice Commands into it for my Bluetooth headset, which means that I still have to touch the screen to dial a phone number. Bummer! But I'll figure it out sooner or later, before the cops catch me using the phone and give me a ticket. But, then again, I may not need to worry about it much longer, because the US Senate (In a bill sponsored by one of our 2 Senators  ) is considering actually totally banning the use of cell phones while driving. The reason is "due to accidents caused by distracted driving." Distracted driving? OK, if that's their whole reasoning, then they need to ban conversations in cars while driving, CD players/radios/mp3 players, DVD players for your kids in the backseat, and all kids must be drugged to sleep before starting on a trip because they are the biggest distraction ever for a driver!
OK, my rant is now over; the pills are kicking in. And another bummer about your migraine! I had one yesterday that kept me home from work. It's the first one I've had in years . . . and hopefully the last!
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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 11/3/2009 10:21:01 AM
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I got a promotional call from Telus this evening, telling how they were going to improve my "mobility" something or other.
If somebody said something like that to me, I'd be asking if they're going to buy us a new car. LOL!
Have fun with your new toy, Maggie. I hope the migraine goes away quickly too.
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RE: Magdaleine's Alabaster Atrium - 11/3/2009 3:17:16 PM
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Hi everyone! I stayed in bed late today. I so didn't want to get up. So I lay in bed for a while and played with my new phone. I had to let the battery run all the way out so I could recharge it before going out. How do you all manage recharging your phones? You can't always let them completely die before recharging or there would be times you'd have to access to it. Do you just plug it in every night (or two)? Wait until it reaches a certain place in the battery icon? Throw your battery against the wall to recharge it?
I think it needs a setting from my provider so that I can get online with it. I'm itching to do that but I guess I can be patient--it's upstairs charging. A really cool thing is that the cable I've used for my palmtop for synching to the computer is the same cable I need for my new phone. So I can have one cable upstairs by my bed, plugged into the power source to recharge it at night and the other downstairs and with my computer for synching. I'm tickled pink (yes, I'm easily amused).
Roberta, I'm sorry your phone isn't working. That sucks. Why can't you call AT&T? Why can't you get the case off? I can't see me using the case at all. I never did for my palmtop or cell phone so I likely won't with this either. Besides, I'll be using it too often to keeping putting it in and out of the case. And then, what do I do with the case? Just a pain and a bother.
Oh! Question. I get a one-year warranty as it stands now. I can pay $130 to extend that warranty to three years. Is it worth it? Thoughts, anyone? I have six days to decide.
I considered an iphone, Duane. Someone in small group has the ipod and loves all the applications he can put on it. But it is really important to me to be able to actually WRITE on the device, rather than peck away on itsy-bitsy, tiny keys. I'd lose my mind doing that.
I don't think we have any cell phone laws here yet. They're coming but they're not going as far as your state wants to go. That's crazy! I agree with you--if distraction is what they're worried about, they need to start banning all sorts of things.
The migraine went away. I had to drink the tea for that to happen (I wonder if chocolate would work) but the tea didn't keep me awake, amazingly. It was nice to have a cup of Earl Grey. I never get to anymore. (But I'm not hoping for more migraines so that I can.)
Rachael, that's great that you were able to stay so calm when your house caught fire! Not sure I could. I know that when there have been emergencies, I have screamed like a banshee. It's a great way to get help quick if there are others in the house. The one time I did that, I had poured boiling syrup into a glass punch bowl that then shattered, running the boiling syrup down my leg and imbedding glass into my foot. The second time was when ds1 was just a year old. I had been ironing and when I was done, I put the iron on the floor so that the baby couldn't knock it off the ironing board (by bumping/tipping the ironing board)--not thinking that with it being on the floor, the baby had even closer access to it. The iron fell on his hand. Thankfully I was right there and took the iron off immediately, but I screamed blue murder and everyone (we were at my mom's for my sister's wedding) came running. He still has the scar, complete with vent holes on the back of his left hand.
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Ginny, maybe I am too hard on myself Yep! You are!
Hi Ben! Does Lynn have a secret wish to die?
Although, Rachael, it sounds like you have nearly a driving passion to get mangled on the highway. BE CAREFUL!!!! Sheesh!
I have a full day today. I was in bed all morning and in less than an hour I'm off with ds3 to take him to his psychiatrist's. He's not doing so well again today. I won't be staying with him at the doctor's because I'm meeting a young woman from church for coffee. After that I've got small group. Crazy day!
Tomorrow is crazy too. Ds3 needs the car for most of the day because he's meeting with his pastor in the morning, has a doctor's appointment in the early afternoon and then is going out with his girlfriend who he's not yet ready to call a girlfriend but they're going out for dinner and a movie twice a week, taking turns paying. Anyway, in the midst of all that, I have MY doctor's appointment. So he will drop me off downtown (I have to figure out a place near my doctor's where I can hang out until my own appointment and hang out in again until ds3 can pick me up. The perfect place has closed. The next best place, distance-wise, is very pricy. The next closest place might be good but they're tiny and crowded over the lunch hour. I can't walk too far so I'm going to have to figure out something. Maybe I'll case out the neighbourhood today if I have time.
I'm sitting on my balance ball. I think I'm going to like this, and I think it's going to be good for my muscles and body. I like moving around on it--bouncing, rolling, whatever. Now I need something that will as easily work out my arms!
I'm off to see what havoc I can wreak in the short time I have before leaving. Hugs to you all!
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