What, like most people don't do those things?

• Rita now a category 4 and taking same path as Katrina. - MI-MT
  • I live in Houston and am debating whether to leave or not. Even being a - TM
    • I live 3 hours from Houston and our weathermen are - cowgirl
    • probably heavy rains and strong winds - to your area
      • What kind of damage that far in? I am not really worried about - TM
        • mostly trees limbs causing damage by falling on wires and rooftops - there was some flooding from local creek from heav
          • They are predicting 3-5 days with no power. SM - TM
          • and I forgot to add, of course, the - power outages for hours in some areas nm
            • and.. this was with 45-60 mph wind gusts - for much of night nm
  • Same cycle as in the 1960s - Saw this on Fox News
    • The earth is a dynamic thing, and to think that WE can influence it all that much is IMO - rather silly of us. History is full of disasters.
      • Actually it is the height of human - arrogance to think we can't....sm
        • The trouble is, everything is politicized... - SM
          • Yeah...let's not try to do anything constructive because everybody is contributing to the problem - No ostrich here.
          • We are 4.65% of the world's population - and consume 25% of its energy.sm
            • And we have the largest economy on earth, and lots of good comes - from our wealth and ability to help others around
              • And create enormous amounts of trash and pollution. Human overbreeding is doing us in. nm - population control
                • American's don't overbreed. We use birth control - talk to the third world countries
              • We are the largest consumer of goods. nm. - Passing through
                • Apologize for the mistake...meant sm, not nm. - Passing through
              • Or New Orleans! or Mississippi! - so much help and so timely!! nm
              • Yeah, like in Iraq....lots of help there - OMG! no message
              • So in the meantime, consume, - consume, consume like there's.sm
                • Like you don't consume? - nm
                  • Duh, everybody does, but you'd be - surprised at how wasteful.....sm
                    • What, like most people don't do those things? - most people DO
  • yep, global warming? But projected path is Galveston due to high pressure & - they are in the process of evac'ing. NM
    • Global warming my Aunt Fannie... Check history, there have been numerous cycles like this - with high hurricaine activity. nm
      • Not this many, this frequently, - this intense....NM
        • The truth is.... - SM
          • More truth - see link.
            • You proved my point.. Most active ON RECORD, which is but a blip in - the earth's existence. nm
              • A man hears what he wants to - hear and disregards the rest...sm
                • Just give up...no point in reasoning with an individual who does not want to understand. nm. - No ostrich here.
                  • Oh gawd, you MUST be a liberal... You all think you're so enlightened. - and couldn't possibly be wrong about anything.
                    • Being educated about the environment and caring about what is left for the next generation does not - No ostrich here.
                      • I care and I do educate myself, but the jury is still out on global warming. - The facts ma'am
                        • According to who...Faux News? - LOL - no message
                          • As opposed to Commie News Network? - nm
                      • ...does not make me a liberal. nm. - No ostrich here.
  • I just hope some of the rain comes up to VA, it has not rained - in ~ 6 weeks or more here - sm
    • We had some storms with heavy rain yesterday but did not make a dent - Richmonder

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Most of what she says is true.  It's been far more documented as fact and the truth than the information the administration has given and still gives. 

As far as soldiers.....read optruth.org.  There are many soldiers who do not agree with this war or how this administration has handled it and they need to be listened to.

I am a brand new employee, so don't feel comfortable in this situation. 

TIA 

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I also go water the plants - sometimes just being out in the sunshine for 20 minutes or so wakes me up and gets me going again.

I also do the online thing for my kids:  Gap, Old Navy and Abercrombie Kids.  I occasionally look at Sephora for me.  

And yes, exercise does help.  I either take a run first thing in the a.m. or around 1:00.  The morning gives me a totally different spin on the day - I feel better in general the whole day and much more positive.  If I wake up too late for that, I end up going around 1:00, as I find that around that time I start wandering mentally anyway.  I used to feel guilty for taking the hour or so away but realized if I added up all the minutes I spend staring at the screen (waiting for the words to type themselves) it would be more than an hour.  So I try to use my time wisely and for myself by exercising and feel more focused and positive afterwards.  This is a habit I'm still creating.  I've been doing this a while now and I still some days have to convince myself it's okay and the hour is going to help me, not hurt me.  After I'm done I'm always glad I went. 

Thanks for posting this question - you gave me some good ideas. 

answer phones, let machine pick up. Turn ringer off on cell phone. Stay off boards, turn tv down or off. I don't know about others but I need a little background noise so I keep tv on a volume where I can hear it but not truly understand what is going on. I keep it on the music channel just so I hear something in the background. Don't think about the dirty dishes, laundry or 100 other things needed to be done in the house.

If you need a drink, get one before you start, same goes for a snack. I get a bowl of something to snack on before I start working such as pretzels, carrot sticks, m&m, etc. I bought an oven timer to keep on my desk. I set it for 3 to 4 hours and then take a little break when it goes off. When I first sign on I can work for 4+ hours w/o getting up.

Make macros of phrases. The phrases are the key. If you're forever typing something over and over and saying "I should make a macro for it," don't say it, do it. Closed head injury precautions are set as "chip-" in shorthand. I also do a lot of consults and at the end they have their own little "thank you for allowing me to participate" statement. I use the docs last name with a T at the end of it for the word thank you such as "SmithT" because not all the thank you statements are the same. WDI is written discharge instructions, wci wound care instructions. Macro your labs and headings so you don't have to keep typing them. If the word or abbr. needs to capitalized make a macro. igg comes out as IgG. The less you hit your shift key, it's saving a key stroke. 05m comes out as 0.5% Marcaine, etc. Make something you can remember. I'm at the point now where I've done the same accounts for years and hardly make macros, maybe 1 or 2 a day. If I make a macro today I write it in a notebook sitting right in front of me. It's a quick reminder for me.

Hope some of this helps.

people get a bit testy.  But, guess what?  We are all adults, aren't we?  Long ago I learned to not take offense to things, remarks, opinions, whatever - as most often taking offense only drags you down personally.  Why let things get to you?

MQLover has every right to express her opinion.  Is she the only one who ever slams back when she gets slammed?  Hardly.  That is a natural reaction.  It's a defense mechanism.  We don't all feel kissy/huggie all the time, and we especially don't when we express our thoughts and get smacked for them. 

If someone's post irritate or bother you, why not just skip them?  There's a heck of a lot more to life than getting upset of bb posts. 

Gas heater in the living room and an additional small heater for my hands, if they get cold.

I found it was less costly to install a gas heater than use the fireplace.

1.  Run Disk Cleanup - click Start | All Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Disk Cleanup.

2.  If you use Internet Explorer, click on Tools | Internet Options. Click on the buttons that say Delete Cooks and Delete Files.

Close your browser, restart it, and that should resolve your problem.