| Show Us Your...Saucy Resolutions |
[01 Jan 2010|08:06am] |
Happy New Year everyone! Let's start off our 2010 by seeing your Saucy Resolutions.
Have fun and bon weekend.
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| My Studio Apartment |
[31 Dec 2009|01:23am] |
My little "studio" apartment in Minneapolis. I moved in a year ago and still have some things I want to do but I've been dying to post here and I'm TOTALLY open and looking for ideas and constructive criticism!! Please feel free to comment- I will not take offense!!
***i believe the square footage is around 375-400***
( Before and Afters under the cut )
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| Love This! |
[30 Dec 2009|03:58pm] |
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My Mom came up with a great way to display vintage pictures and cards with a ribbon board. I love the result, more pics and info here. I think it could also be done with just great found vintage photos, scraps etc... old post cards would be fun too.
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| Caught in a moment of indecision... |
[29 Dec 2009|09:28pm] |
So, here's a topic I haven't seen exclusively mentioned here too often. I don't know about you guys, but I am somewhat pathetic when it comes to making decisions. Not just the big scary decisions that anyone would run from, but even small and unimportant things such as choosing a brand of deodorant or choosing between "sometimes" and "often" on a questionairre. I find myself looking to other people to make decisions for me because they are so unpleasant for me. Not a good habit seeing as decisions are the building blocks of our lives.
I find myself frequently caught in moments of indecision. Literally halted in my tracks, confusion spread across my face. I take two steps forward, stop, turn, take two steps back, turn, stop, walking back and forth because I'm trying to decide what to do next. I never really noticed this until recently when someone asked about what must look like bizarre behavior to someone who doesn't know what's going on inside my head.
My coach/therapist asks me: "Why are decisions so difficult for you?"
I don't know!!! Why are they???
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| I got engaged on Christmas Day... |
[29 Dec 2009|04:23pm] |
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This is great news - my family has been waiting rather impatiently for this to happen. They were less than impressed when we moved in together nearly two years ago. My ring is beautiful - gold Celtic knotwork with an emerald rather than a diamond. (I love Celtic knotwork and my favourite colour is green. The ring came from Ireland.)
But... now I have to plan a wedding, which is something I have never done before. And we're planning to have the wedding in June. And I'm unmedicated. I went into the doctor last week and she's making a referral for me to a psychiatrist (otherwise I have to take Strattera, and I already know that does crap for me), but in the meantime... no meds.
So far I have one bridesmaid confirmed, a potential matron of honour (but she's having a baby in May, so I may be asking someone else to take that job), and two other bridesmaids in mind to ask (my sisters-in-law). I have no idea how far my fiance's plans have gone.
We are having a medieval wedding, pre-1100. I have pretty much decided what I want for a dress and how I'll do my hair, though I have no idea what to wear on my feet.
We're Anglican, and my uncle is an Anglican bishop, and I've asked him to take the ceremony, and I just got confirmation from the priest in charge at his cathedral that we can have the cathedral for either date.
The person I wanted for photos has gone and retired, though, so we'll have to find someone else.
And... I have no idea what else I need to do, besides choosing dresses for the bridesmaids and figuring out the flowers! I feel like I'm going to do something completely wrong, or offend someone, or make some huge mistake or something. :P
Anybody else get married without medication? How did you cope with all the planning and stuff? I mean, I'm basically a homemaker right now anyway, so I should have plenty of time to get things done, right? Right. But I have trouble getting through my regular to-do lists right now, so I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do this.
I need commiseration and reassurance, I think... and advice will be much appreciated. *sigh*
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| Open Sauce |
[29 Dec 2009|12:12pm] |
Happy with your thrift find, proud of a paint job, want to show off pictures of your new saucy sofa? Inspired by something you saw or just want to leave a show-me-your... request?
You can show it here... have fun!
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| Random thoughts |
[28 Dec 2009|10:26pm] |
It's funny how our working memories can be practically nonexistent, and our ability to recall information on demand is practically nil, and yet we apparently, in the long run, remember almost everything we take in and then have the (subconscious?) ability to make abstract connections between completely disaparate things.
Maybe our inexact, incomplete memories allow us to compare seemingly "unimportant" aspects of, say, Catch-22 and a medieval folktale. I thought of a throwaway line about a crazy man sitting in a tree- I can't recall who, but the fact that I can't recall the details means I can see the similarities between this character and an Irish folktale I read ages ago. That spurs me on to make lists and lists of madmen who are vaguely connected to trees, and to compare the folktale/poem to the book- and lo and behold, the parallel is exact, intentional, and previously unnoticed. As are the similarities between this obscure folktale and Lancelot in L' Mort d' Arthur (OMG, there is no way Malory* didn't know about this Irish folktale)1. I ended up writing about Lancelot, since modern lit was a little out of my range, but my point is that ADHD's effect on memory is a funny thing. A blessing in disguise, perhaps, if you can remember the point you're trying to make! :)
Anyone else have experiences like that? Crappy short-term memory, but a ridiculous range of random facts and memories that you're not sure how you acquired? I love that we have all of these random, wide-ranging resources at our mental fingertips and yet we can barely remember to lock the door on the way out to work. ;p
1. There were about a billion other folktales and stories and, um, factors involved in the actual research and/or paper. This is a condensed summary.
*Or someone who Malory read.
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| I need to go do some research... |
[28 Dec 2009|08:44pm] |
Oh shit. I'm still on my parent's health insurance, but that ends next year, and I've just realized that ADHD probably counts as a pre-existing condition as far as insurers are concerned. How would that work? Would it just make it more expensive? ("Just", hah!) Would I have trouble getting coverage? And if that were to happen, how much would generic versions of Adderall cost me?
Ack! (I panic in your general direction!)
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| Ritalin holiday |
[29 Dec 2009|12:27pm] |
It's kind of weird being without meds for a week, after being on them almost constantly for over 2 months (geez, only 3 months since I got diagnosed...).
- I'm losing EVERYTHING. I just can't keep track of where I've put stuff down.
- I'm moody as all feck and very easily pissed off.
- I can't stay in social situations for as long because I start to overload much more quickly (and am fortunately more aware of a looming overload), and I think this is also why I'm moody.
- I'm more impulsive and having to take a lot more care when shopping that I only buy what I actually came to buy, and that any purchase not on my lis is one that I have most definitely been planning for at least a fortnight.
- I'm so much more hyperactive. I can't sit still. I spent over an hour yesterday peeling the top layer of paint off my sunglasses because I noticed it coming off. I can't sit still and I just get so bored and restless... I'm a pain in the arse, basically :-p
- The brain fog. Oh gods, the brain fog! I feel like I've lost my peripheral vision, yet at the same time I hear EVERYTHING.
It's bizarre
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| Horrible article about ADHD not being real |
[28 Dec 2009|08:45am] |
http://www.mothering.com/education/does-adhd-even-exist
a friend posted this on fb and I'm just fuming. No point in arguing much there so I left a comment and am bringing the article here for your perusal. It made me angry to read, because I really hate when people act as if we could do just fine without meds or without changing anything because essentially ADHD is not
real.
eta-I didn't even see the date on the article and didn't realize how old it was.
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| One scene in a movie that reminded me of ADD |
[28 Dec 2009|12:28am] |
Hi, everyone! *waves*
I just now got back from a screening of Sherlock Holmes, and there's a scene where he's sitting in a restaurant, taking in absolutely everything and getting overwhelmed by it. It struck me as a good example/portrayal of what happens to me when I can't focus and I freak out/freeze/have to take a time-out to gather myself. Anyone else seen it?
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| Doing it my way, distractions help me concentrate. |
[27 Dec 2009|03:29pm] |
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People don't believe me when I say I need distractions to help me concentrate. I mostly just need background noise. Music is especially helpful. I just can't be in total silence, I need to fall back on something.
For example, the only reason I can drive is because of the radio. There are plenty of people who have seen this to be true, if I don't have some type of music playing while I drive I'll run red lights, stop signs, swerve...because it's really hard for me to focus without something (how do I put this) tuning out my own thoughts. In the same way, I can't sleep without music or my mind races.
Music doesn't distract me really, but everyone considers it a distraction. I can focus on the music playing, and therefore, can focus on whatever the task is at hand...music is almost like meditation, it calms my mind.
So now I have a problem. The music is a good solution for simple day to day tasks, like cleaning, driving, homework, computering, sleeping, etc...but what is my solution for things like work or school? Or when I'm out in public? Would it be too odd for someone to constantly have in earphones?
Also, what would be the best way to incorporate things like music into all everyday tasks? I've just started using my iPod and earphones constantly, but I don't know how healthy that is for my ears (they are already hurting). And along these lines, how do I explain that it helps to people who are unbelieving?
Is this a normal thing for AD/HD people? What different "distractions" do you have that actually help?
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| Vyvanse and anxiety? |
[26 Dec 2009|09:49pm] |
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I've been on vyvanse for a number of months. I started off at 20mg and I'm now up to 60mg. At 50mg, I noticed that I'd have some anxiety set in a few hours after I took it. The same is happening with the 60mg; they level of anxiety hasn't gone up with the 60mg, but it's definitely noticeable. However, the vyvanse isn't very effective for the adhd symptoms under 60mg, so I'm trying to just deal with the anxiety.
Has anyone else had similar anxiety effects on vyvanse? Did they eventually go away? I've been at 60mg for about five weeks or so.
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| Ritalin withdrawal |
[27 Dec 2009|01:22pm] |
How long does it last, and what does it feel like?
It's now day 3 in-a-row without it. I feel foggy and headachy and tired (sleeping a LOT more as well), but I also need to factor in hayfever, a possible virus and Female Monthly Madness.
Anyone got experiences to share?
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| Flour Storage |
[25 Dec 2009|05:57pm] |
Back when we first got married and were dirt poor I got a set of plastic containers from walmart to store our flour, sugar, etc. Well the flour one got dropped today and is too cracked to fix so it's time to get a new one.
Is there a reason why I should NOT store the flour in a plastic container? Should I replace it with a different type of container?
I've never looked into it because I am so not the cook in the family so I admit to being completely clueless.
TIA!
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| finally!!! |
[24 Dec 2009|12:43pm] |
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Can I say how hard 5 months without medicine was? How long & frustrating & worthless those 5 months were? And how grateful I am to have my adderall again? Does that make me sound like a drug addict? I hope not - but really, knowing what I'm capable of when I can focus - how the depression leaves, the anxiety fades, and I can get things done. I'm a better student, wife, and most importantly a better mother. Yeah. Thankful this Christmas eve for the miracle of hope!
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