Luna Tail http://lunatail.com Anxiety, Dogs, and Life Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:31:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Off The Meds http://lunatail.com/2009/11/17/off-the-meds/ http://lunatail.com/2009/11/17/off-the-meds/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:31:29 +0000 Cynthia http://lunatail.com/?p=2238 Well, I’ve decided to stop taking the anti-fungals and the antibiotics that I’ve been on since April. Mostly because I feel a lot better… not 100%, I still have the weird pain like sensation under my skin a lot of the time, but Ibuprofen actually helps so that’s a good thing.

But I have felt really hot all summer, and even into the winter. I’ve also been gaining weight even though I’ve been eating really well. And I finally have decided that I think it’s due to the Diflucan. I stopped taking it a couple of days ago and I feel a heck of a lot better now. I don’t feel so numb all over my skin, and my temperature seems to have normalized. The hot that I felt just seemed unnatural. And I haven’t read anything about weight gain and Diflucan… or being overheated on Diflucan, but the over heating is mostly gone and I think my weight will drop now, too.

I think I have beat the Candida for the most part. And even if I haven’t I know how to control it now, and get rid of it again if it comes back. And I’d like to get another Western Blot Lyme test but I don’t want to bother going to the doctor again, so I’m going to assume I’ve beaten that, too.

All in all I feel better. I’m doing some relaxing for my neck, too, which is helping a lot. And I’m taking it easy. I don’t have any dog sports weekends until the end of January and I’m really loving just being home and relaxing. Well I do have a short ASCA Obedience trial in December, but it won’t be all day so that’ll be nice.

So I hope I’m fine again and still on the way to recovery. Hopefully I won’t come down with H1N1 or anything like that! :)

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]]> http://lunatail.com/2009/11/17/off-the-meds/feed/ 0 Liking My Camcorder http://lunatail.com/2009/11/16/liking-my-camcorder/ http://lunatail.com/2009/11/16/liking-my-camcorder/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:14:58 +0000 Cynthia http://lunatail.com/?p=2240 Earlier this year I bought an RCA EZ300HD CamCorder and I really like it! It’s small, has a pretty good quality video, and it’s easy to use. The settings are pretty limited but good enough for such a small toy. And it’s HD! I love HD. Sure it’s not the highest quality HD in the world. It’s only 720p, but still it’s better than my Sony Handy Cam which records to a mini DVD.

I’ve been using it, mostly, for dog training and trialing videos. The only downside is it records to AVI, and my MacBook doesn’t natively play AVI… it wants MOV files. But I was able to get a converter, Handbrake, which is free. I can convert the files to MOV and import them for use into iMovie.

So if you are looking for a fun little camcorder for Chrismtas, this is the one I recommend. It has a rechargeable battery, 2GB of internal memory, and an SD Card slot that will take up to a 16GB SD card. It fits right in your pocket or purse, too.

Anyway, I like it a lot! I have vidoes on YouTube if you want to see the quality. :)

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I mean, I can get there from my admin panel, but I cannot from the web itself based on my IP address.  So I’m trying point a domain name there, and I’m not sure if that is working because it hasn’t propagated though the internet yet… the changes I made from my registrar.

So I have to wait. Oh well… I’ll wait, though I hate waiting! And see what happens when the domain name propagates!

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]]> http://lunatail.com/2009/11/15/web-stuff-drives-me-nuts/feed/ 0 Make Your Own Flu Vaccine http://lunatail.com/2009/11/11/make-your-own-flu-vaccine/ http://lunatail.com/2009/11/11/make-your-own-flu-vaccine/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:19:54 +0000 Cynthia http://lunatail.com/?p=2233 I saw this video on Cat On My Head and I just had to repost it. It totally cracked me up. :) It’s easy as pie… actually easier, because no baking, to make your own flu vaccine!

No frog, though. Remember no frog, because that’d be gross! He he.

I haven’t gotten a flu shot in years. And, as I’ve posted before, I think this whole flu thing is gotten totally out of hand. I guess I’m on the fence about getting an H1N1 shot… but the more I think about it, the more I’m deciding against it.

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]]> http://lunatail.com/2009/11/11/make-your-own-flu-vaccine/feed/ 0 I Love The Dark http://lunatail.com/2009/11/10/i-love-the-dark/ http://lunatail.com/2009/11/10/i-love-the-dark/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:08:22 +0000 Cynthia http://lunatail.com/?p=2230 I’m so glad that Daylight Savings Time is over. I really don’t like it. I prefer the natural time. And I really, really really badly hate the spring forward. I have a hard enough time getting up in the morning anyway. Having to get up an our earlier is just murder on me.

When I was a kid I spent a lot of time up at night with my Dad looking at the starts. I have wonderful memories of that. It was a great time and I love the stars, and the dark. They are my friends. And so even to this day I feel comfortable at night. Relaxed and safe and cozy. I had great times with the Astronomy club and with my Dad and I look back at those memories very fondly. And since I get up so early for work, now, I don’t stay up late in the summer anymore. So the only time I get to enjoy the dark is in the winter when the days are short and the nights are oh-so-nicely long!

So now I go to bed early, except when I go on vacations but heck, even then I go to bed early, even at a disney resort if I ever go to one of those again! :)   But I so love the long dark nights. Great memories, great feelings, peace and coziness and security.  That is what the long dark nights mean to me.

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]]> http://lunatail.com/2009/11/10/i-love-the-dark/feed/ 0 On The Upswing http://lunatail.com/2009/11/09/on-the-upswing/ http://lunatail.com/2009/11/09/on-the-upswing/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:26:35 +0000 Cynthia http://lunatail.com/?p=2228 Yeah.. I’m better.  I’m actually better enough that I did some yard work this weekend! I was sick, if you were wondering… not the flu. Thank Goodness. But I had a bad bad cold. And my immune system is just so weak that I have a hard time getting rid of any type of cold, or just feeling bad.

I am planning on digging up one more rose bush out in the front yard… and all the ground cover which is, actually, mostly just grass that’s grown in the flower beds out front.  I’m going to dig it all up, hopefully on Wednesday, and then lay some of that black ground paper and put something over it. I want the pink gravel. My husband doesn’t. Hrm… I wonder how long it’d take him to notice if I just did the gravel?  :)

I’m also cleaning up my MacBook… yes, it’s already full of junk. LOL. Maybe a Personalized usb drive is what I need to help with that. Not sure.

Anyway, I’m really enjoying my cave time at home. I need home time, alone time, being by myself with my husband and our dogs. I can relax for a few months before the dog sports all start up again!

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]]> http://lunatail.com/2009/11/09/on-the-upswing/feed/ 0 Is Trust the Default? http://lunatail.com/2009/11/03/is-trust-the-default/ http://lunatail.com/2009/11/03/is-trust-the-default/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:39:02 +0000 Cynthia http://lunatail.com/?p=2224 PA038340So as you guys probably know I got the most wonderful puppy back in July. He’s six months old now and he is still the most wonderful puppy. I hope he doesn’t grow up too fast because it’s just so much fun to have a wiggly silly puppy in the house.

Jet trusts me so completely. This might be a dog related post, but it’s kid related too. And just a general trust post so I thought I’d put it here instead of my dog blog. Anyway I am just amazed at how completely he trusts me. He lets me hold him upside down, lift him, take things from him, give things to him… he flops on me in lots of ways with no thought of falling or being treated poorly. I assume young children are just exactly like this. Do young kids have trust as their default? Are they born with trusting their parents entirely?

I have had so many dogs through my home that don’t trust me. And as an adult human I don’t trust too many people. It seems, as adult humans, we don’t tend to trust easily. Trust has to be earned. We have been disappointed way too many times.

What if our trust was never betrayed, from the time we were little kids, and we trusted people by default? And people were trustworthy? I just wonder what the world would be like. Totally different… and human nature would not let that happen. But it’s an interesting idea anyway. Maybe in 4396510 years humans will evolve to a point where we will be trustworthy. Until then.. I will cherish my little boy Jet and appreciate all the trust he gives me. And protect him as much as I can. I want him to know the world is a safe place. I will make the world a safe place for him. Unlike a human kid, he won’t ever go out on his own and need to be a skeptic. I’ll always watch over him. :)

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]]> http://lunatail.com/2009/11/03/is-trust-the-default/feed/ 2 Happy Halloween! http://lunatail.com/2009/10/31/happy-halloween/ http://lunatail.com/2009/10/31/happy-halloween/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:39:29 +0000 Cynthia http://lunatail.com/?p=2222 When I was a kid I don’t remembering really liking Halloween. I don’t think I ever really liked my costumes. I don’t remember them now, though, because I have a rotten memory. :)

As an adult I love Halloween. I have an awesome Harry Potter student robes costume that I love. Didn’t wear it this year though because I’m sick and I don’t feel like doing anything much but sleeping.

Anyway, Happy Halloween!

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And I’ve been so hot lately. All summer I was just extra hot. And it wasn’t even a natural hot. I don’t know how to describe it. But right now I’m upstairs in my bedroom… for some reason our upstairs is cooler than our downstairs. Downstairs it’s over 70 degrees and up here it’s just over 60, which is much more comfortable for me! So I’m upstairs in bed and gonna fire up and watch True Blood that I have on my MacBook.

I don’t know if I’m getting PreMenopause or what. Maybe. But I’m only 42. But I guess my hormones have been screwy my whole life, so why not now too? Maybe I’ll surf the web today too, get a term insurance quote or buy some dog stuff online. Or just go watch True Blood and fall back to sleep.

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]]> http://lunatail.com/2009/10/30/too-hot-and-too-sick/feed/ 0 Living On Heart and Integrity http://lunatail.com/2009/10/29/living-on-heart-and-integrity/ http://lunatail.com/2009/10/29/living-on-heart-and-integrity/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:28:21 +0000 Cynthia http://lunatail.com/?p=2218 I just finished watching Race to Witch Mountain… wasn’t the original called Escape to Witch Mountain? Hrmm now I don’t remember.

And while it wasn’t all that great of a show, too much action and not enough character development, it reminded me of how our society has the 40 hour work week and if you don’t fit into that mold, then you are going to have a really hard time.

I don’t like that mold. I don’t fit it… even though I’ve been doing it for most of my life. Well, the last 21 years anyway. And probably more than that. But what about people who just can’t sit confined at a desk all day, or even just in the restraint of that type of work? Selling rv insurance is the same idea though…

There are the artists of the world who don’t conform. Back in the old old days when we didn’t have this 40 hour work week there were farmers and warriors and you just did what you did to support yourself. Now you must fit in the mold.

And if you don’t, you’ll be on the street.

And that is scary.

I can do it… but I don’t really like doing it. It’s too much stress. And the closer I get to having it be over, the more stressed I get about having it cut out from under me. That security… that pension. I just hope I can sit behind that desk for another four years, do my best, and hope for something else when I’m done.

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