Hi everyone! I have a few things to share this week.
1. Reorganized upstairs area. I brought a child's school desk and chair into my study/library so I can have a child working with me as I'm writing or researching. I've been looking for time in my day to do more writing, asking myself why I haven't finished a book since last year; not even a small book. I think part of the answer is that I'm working on several book projects at once, and the other part is that I have to have content in order to keep putting out books. I have to keep reading, keep getting new ideas, and keep trying those ideas. If I don't have any experience to draw from, I'm just gathering up information from other books and reassembling it into a "new" book. I guess you could do that, but there's no flavor to a book like that, and it's not quite as satisfying to write. 2. Oh yes, I forgot to mention—the desk and chair were free, left behind by the previous desk owners. It used to be that I had to travel in order to acquire free stuff, but between having renters and having bought your house from a quasi-hoarder, there's hardly a need to travel anymore. 3. Harvested beans, cucumbers, raspberries, beets and swiss chard from the garden. One of my favorite meals this month has been chicken salad wraps with swiss chard. 4. Started cleaning up some of my strawberry patch. This needs to be done asap! I should have had that thing mowed a month ago. 5. Finished watching the Basic and Intermediate disks of Mosby's Nursing Skills, as well as Mosby's "Physical Examination & Health Assessment" Skills. I still want to watch the Advanced Skills disc before the end of this month. I know I didn't retain everything just watching them in a blitz, but I did learn several new things, and I have a reference of what is "normal" for your body. The Nursing Skills disks had some good information, but not very much of it was usable for me; for example, a majority of the skills involved the use of specialized equipment that you'd only have in a hospital. Other skills were things like pouching a colostomy or inserting a catheter. I find that DVDs or video is a lot easier to learn from than a book, although books are easier to reference. The DVDs I bought cost between $20.00 and $40.00, but if you can save even one doctor's visit, the purchase will more than pay for itself. The skill of ruling out medical problems is so thrifty. You don't have to diagnose WHAT a problem is, as much as diagnosing what it is NOT. I've gone to the ER for pleurisy (which is treated by ibuprophen) thinking I had heart trouble, paid a doctor to remove earwax (I thought I had an ear infection), paid someone to take X-rays on a perfectly good foot. I've known others who went to the ER for the doctor to diagnose colds or bruises or a virus. Knowing the difference between "I need a doctor to fix this" and "I can handle this at home" can often save hundreds of dollars. That's about it for this week. See you next time! ~Prudence~
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