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Archive for July, 2007
July 28, 2007 at 9:16 am · Filed under Blogroll
I’m really *not* pregnant.
I went in today for bloodwork and it looks like once again the high tech approach to getting knocked up has failed us.
The doctor called with the results and said that everything went perfect and we had three good embryos, 4AA (perfect), 4AB, 3AA. He said that he really thought it would have worked.
We have one embryo (2AA) on ice and we’ll hopefully be able to move forward and transfer it in the upcoming month.
We’re back where we always are - without a baby.
At least this time we aren’t out $10,000.
July 27, 2007 at 4:13 pm · Filed under Blogroll
Boy, I should have known that I wasn’t going to be pregnant when I read the headlines “Nicole Richie is with child”.
Good thing she’s going to be spending 90 hours in jail for driving under the influence.
At least for the next four days her unborn child will be drug and alcohol-free.
July 27, 2007 at 8:05 am · Filed under PP, Tech
Our home systems consist of a laptop computer which we take all around town and travel with, and a desktop computer. Both computers have highly sensitive information because we do our taxes and bills online. So we know that we have to be very careful and really be aware of our surroundings and where and when we leave the computers unattended.
Another option for us would be - packetshaper. Packetshaper is designed to provide the best network security that money can buy. Now if someone is trying to get into your network they will automatically be booted out and you could even be notified.
Right now BestNetworkSecurity.com is offering a free 30 day trial period so that you can try it and see if it’s the right product for you and your personal or business systems.
July 27, 2007 at 7:58 am · Filed under Food, PP
Pre-child we used to consume quite a bit of wine. We would drink wine with lunch and dinner quite often. Then of course, there was the weekends and we’d drink starting Friday at 5:01pm!
Now that we’re a little older and wiser we have a pretty nice stock pile of wine and Margot typically drinks a glass once to twice a week.
Since our kitchen is so small we have a problem with storage. For years we’ve been looking for the perfect wine rack and we can’t seem to find it. The perfect wine rack would be something that hangs and is vertical so that we can stack the wine one on top of each other (obviously without them falling off!).
One place that has some great Wine Racks is TheVineStore.com. They have just what I’m looking for and even have the vertical stand that you can screw right into a wall or door. Not to mention, it’s on sale and the prices really can’t be beat!
This would be the perfect holiday or birthday gift for the wine enthusiast! In fact, we have a birthday right around the corner and I’m sure Margot’s dad would love this for his brand new house. That way he can keep all of his imported wine off of the floor and out of the boxes and stored properly.
July 27, 2007 at 7:48 am · Filed under PP
We, unfortunately, have experience in dealing with alcoholism and drug addiction. One of our close family members struggles daily with addiction of alcohol and drugs.
As a family member it is hard to see someone you love digress and not act like themselves. When a specific incidence happened a few years ago we had no idea what to do or how to even start the process of getting our loved one help. We utilized the internet and soon met a social worker that had a few ideas for placement.
Drug treatment is a scary thing to embark on and it really has to be at a time when the person is ready to make a change in their life. Fortunate, for us there were other interventions and social workers in place that helped with placement of our loved one into addiction treatment.
1800nodrugs.com offers a drug rehab referral program service. This would have been perfect for us when we were looking a few years ago. We had no idea where to start the process - who to contact, who was in our area, or what program was really needed. We knew that all programs were different and since there are thousands of them and no real place to find them all — we had no idea which one was right.
1800nodrugs.com is a non-for-profit and their main concern and reason for existence is to help people and families like ours find solutions. They know what we’re you are going through and are there to help during these hard struggles.
They have an online drug assessment that can help you with determining if rehab is needed. They also offer information on addiction, alcholism, relapse prevention, and dual diagnosis.
I really wish we would have stumbled across this website sooner because it would have saved us a lot of time and guided us towards the right direction sooner for our loved one who needed help with prescription drug addiction.
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