Is that over the counter. I checked on Zovirax ointment and it costs $180 for a teeny tube. That

• Having constant outbreaks of herpes on my chin. Anyone try anything for this that really works - PAMT
  • actually, I posted about coconut oil below (sm) - Carolina MT
  • Are you sure it's herpes? - sm - Lee
    • Yes it is. I have heard L lysine helps this. Has anyone tried that at all and found it helpful. - PAMT
      • Lysine - txcatgirl
      • Yes, Lysine always works for me. - Marie
        • Can you tell me how to take it or what dose. Do you take it all the time or just when the blister - PAMT
          • I don't take it all the time . . . - Marie
            • here's a good website - Marie
  • Abreva. Works great, but it doesn't really - mt
    • Is that over the counter. I checked on Zovirax ointment and it costs $180 for a teeny tube. That - PAMT
      • Yikes!! Yes, Abreva's over the counter. - mt

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  You know the one, the countdown until Christmas on the main board.  It is stressing me out!!  It reminds me how far behind I am on my shopping....  I do not like to shop, but I hate having to be reminded that I am late.....

Our beagle gets up on the kitchen counter and eats anything he can get his grubby little paws on.  We came home one night and he had eaten an entire bag of peppered beef jerky, including the little packet that keeps it fresh and is labeled "Do Not Eat."  Another time, he took a package of chocolate candy off the counter and ate it along with the foil wrapping.  He is also able to open the kitchen cupboards and has eaten pure cane sugar straight from the bag.  Obviously, we cannot keep anything edible on the kitchen counter or in any of the cupboards within his reach. 

High-speed Internet: $60/month
Vonage: $19/month 500 minutes anywhere in USA
TV: Whatever comes over the air for "free."

Ability to work out of the home nekked if one so chooses: Priceless. 

Phone  $45 a month, 2 phone lines, 1 for fax machine

Internet $50 a month, unlimited, billed every 3 months

DirectTV  $70 a month, with HBO channels, east coast feeds (I live on the west coast) and local stations. Will not give up Sopranos or being able to watch any other shows on east coast time for anything!

My running with Walter is more for him than me... we do a 4-mile route during the week and sometimes 8-10 trail run on the weekends.  I'm kind of extreme.  I also do my own sprint work at the college track - they have an awesome rubber track and most of the high schools around here also have those.  And the football fields are turf... not grass - the fake turf?  Those are excellent for running.  I don't like treadmills either!  It feels even worse than pounding on the street!.  I use them for incline walking sometimes.  But the elliptical machines are great for the knees and feet.  Running is very therapeutic for me, obviously for my dog too! 

But health wise, running is pretty hard on the joints, so I'd keep it to a 3-4 times a week at most, cross training with weight training and some other cardio activity, walking, etc. 

I think those programs like you did, running programs, triathlon programs, especially the ones that are specific for women are fantastic.. and Running Magazine and Runner's World mag & their online forum are great places to get some advice- kinda like here. 

My fitness helps me in all parts of my life. It keeps my energy up for MT work, for my family, is kind of my version of therapy. 

the tuition.  Parents have a responsibility to their children to see to it that they are educated in a manner that prepares them for a career, not flipping burgers.  I know that that wasn't always the norm and that college was a privilege, but now it is a necessity.  You can't make it in the world without some kind of degree and not helping your children with their education is selfish. 

That's not to say that the child shouldn't bear some responsibility in this.  He/she can certainly get a part-time job to help with books, living expenses, etc.  I see nothing wrong with the child taking out the standard student loan either, but dumping them out the door at 18 with nothing more than a high school education is not being a responsible parent.  Perhaps that's the problem today.  So many parents don't have time or are too selfish worrying about themselves to make sure their children are set.  It's not about money, it's about responsibility. 

Judging by your responses, I'd say your husband's divorce was quite bitter and perhaps the animosity you feel should be directed toward his ex-wife and not the children.  They obviously had no control over that money that was given to their mother.  While my children aren't ready for college yet, one thing I have learned already is that you never stop being a parent.

very easy at classmates.com, except for their ads (ignore them) - find the state, the school, the year you're interested in, then scroll away for the people's names.  Most marrieds put up their maiden names at classmates.com.

The jails are overflowing here.....and it costs anywhere from $30-$40,000 annually to house EACH individual inmate...that the taxpayers pay for....

something to think about.....

I believe the cost is partly to blame for the obesity in this nation.  It is so much more expensive to try to eat healthier.  I can make pizza for my husband and 3 kids for under $10.  Yet, when we have chicken, potatoes, a vegetable and bread -- it's closer to $20.  Of course when I serve the "full course" meal, my kids expect dessert, too.  Is there no end?

I actually found myself stocking up last week on eggs because they were on sale and I knew I'd be making deviled eggs for T-day.  I bought 6 dozen eggs.  I have never bought that many eggs at once before in my life.  But I saved 75 cents a dozen. 

I'm only 34 and I had the darned same symptoms...everything hurt--fingers, arms, hands, jaw, neck, back, butt, even my hair, I swear!   I have a very high pain threshold too, but the constant aching and inability to get out of bed without feeling like I was just run over by a steam roller was just too much to take.  I think I let it go for about 2 years before calling for an appointment, thinking I could just work around the pain.

The thing that finally sent me to the doc's was that even exercising and walking didn't help with the pain, and it got to a point where it hurt too much to even do that.

Turns out I could have some form of connective tissue disorder, kinda like lupus but not.  My nurse gave me a prescription for simple naproxen and wow, what a difference.  I took it twice daily for the first week and I only need to take it every now and again.  I've totally kicked myself in the butt for not doing something about it sooner, but well, you know how that goes.

So, go get yourself checked out for pity's sake