August is "Good Night, Sleep Right" month at ButYouDontLookSick.com! Sometimes I feel like the lead character in "The Princess and the Pea". I am ultra-sensitive to the point where sleeping on a traditional mattress with springs is agony. When I'm traveling, if I must sleep on a hotel's extra-fir
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August is "Good Night, Sleep Right" month at ButYouDontLookSick.com! Sometimes I feel like the lead character in "The Princess and the Pea". I am ultra-sensitive to the point where sleeping on a traditional mattress with springs is agony. When I'm traveling, if I must sleep on a hotel's extra-fir
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I have a Lazy Susan in a corner cabinet of the kitchen and every so often, a can or other item will fall off the shelf and roll to the back of the cabinet out of my reach. After I got a bottle of vanilla stuck back there, I asked my husband to purchase a long-handled grabbing tool for me, as I figur
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I find that the hardest part of having people over is the set up and clean up. It takes a lot of energy and time, and let’s face facts- it is no fun! I want to be social and keep in touch with friends, but I do not want to pay for it the next day with exhaustion, pain and frustration and I do not
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I find that the hardest part of having people over is the set up and clean up. It takes a lot of energy and time, and let’s face facts- it is no fun! I want to be social and keep in touch with friends, but I do not want to pay for it the next day with exhaustion, pain and frustration and I do not
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This is a great item to keep in your medicine cabinet or home medical kit. Kitchen burns can happen all year long, but during the summer we have the added chance of burns from the grill. I have even gotten small burns from my hair dryer and hair straightener. Water Jel is a topical gel for minor
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It is the middle of summer, and that means you are going to a back yard party, or you are throwing a party yourself. If you are bored with the same old ideas, or need a good hostess gift, look no further! I am the gadget queen! Forget about bringing another dessert, who has time or energy to bake?
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Health writer and blogger Laurie Edwards has written a book and I am so happy to review it. This book is brand new and just became available June 24th. I found Laurie's blog achronicdose.com about a year ago and I have been reading it ever since. She's living with multiple chronic illnesses (PCD or
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I hate cooking in the summer months. I do not want to turn on the oven and make my whole house hot, so I find that I end up eating out a lot. I still want to eat well and be informed of calories, sugars, fats etc. in what I am eating, but I am a "woman on the go", and sometimes fast food is my only
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I like the name of this product "You Mist". It reminds us how important it is to take care of ourselves. It made me smile as soon as I read the bottle. Basically this is an aroma therapeutic facial mist and pillow spray, with the relaxing and calming scent of lavender. It is a small 2oz fluid bott
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In addition to my lupus, I also have fibromyalgia. One of my best friends was recently diagnosed with it as well. I love her. I feel that although pain and fibro is something I know a bit about, I can not help her acceptance of this diagnosis. I have seen ...
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Wear orange or purple, send friends your favorite awareness websites (bydls.com ? lol) to educate, read, ask your friends to read some lupus facts, make your status a lupus support or awareness message, blog about lupus, blog about your friends with lupus, Do something nice for a person living with ...
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Don’t Be Afraid of the Paper Directions! So much paper packing In the box and such a thick instruction book. All those languages, I only speak English. I have to guess you are trying to hide the best secret in the world: that the new 550 is EASY to use. I ...
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How lucky is this? In the mail today, I received a free sample of Musselman’s Apple Sauce, just when I made a commitment to lose weight last week. The great god of internet says I can snack on ½ cup of unsweetened apple sauce for 2 points but with a ...
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