Vintage Health Care

I love how if you apply the word “Vintage” to anything it’s automatically assumed to be cool. Sooo funny! An Example: In California there is a church called Vintage Church. Now what I find so humerous about that is that vintage is something that is 20-25 years old. BUT the church itself is a church which is all about conforming their church to the newest trends. So, maybe my understanding of what their name is trying to say is wrong… but onto my vintage healthcare.

As a person who has been heavily impacted by holistic methods for health care in a extremely positive way and by regular health care in a very negative way the Obamacare thing is worrisome to me. I don’t have a television because it wastes my time. If I really want to know something about the news I just look it up so I am not up to date on the latest terror stories and their validity/unvalidity <- not a real word. But I do know that for years the holistic practitioners have been worried about the government  causing regulations to stop  herbal supplements and other non-insurance covered activities.  That is super bad for my life right now because living my life treating a disease without the nasty prescription side effects is only possible with herbal supplements. Bad deal if their fears are realized.

But then again, even if it does happen it’s not like us natural peeps can’t make it work out. That’s where Vintage Health Care comes in! What was done before Kaiser dominated and pharmaceutical companies advertised on our televisions telling us to take drugs for things that give us worse side effects then the original problem? How was a cold treated? How did you deal with a burn when there wasn’t a Dr 4 minutes away? How did people survive before health insurance? Think about it, It’s not like you need a vitamin C supplement if you eat lots of citrus and it’s either spinach or broccoli. Putting a towel over my head and breathing in steaming hot water with a few drops of tea tree oil has cured my allergies. And diet changes and cutting out soda did more for me then that nasty accutane crap did. Adding a fruit veggies smoothy dealt with my hubbys lifelong heartburn in a few months. A lot of health problems don’t need a supplement or drug to be dealt with, just some knowledge and discipline.

In writing this I hope that my worries are not founded. That I am totally wrong. BUT in case I’m not you may want to start looking in used book stores for some vintage home health books because soon your only option for that cold may be a government issued drug that went to the highest bidding pharmaceutical company. Plus they have some practical ideas and recipes that are quite good.

Monster of Recession!!!

The article is describing the recession I guess. I just looked at all the graphics and giggled.

 

Off to study for my Mid-Term. Only a few hours to go and I have yet to study… bad.

Can Men Not Drive? Or Can Women Not Shut Up

What is it about women that terrifies them about letting a man silently drive between two white lines on the road?

Why do we nag them in ways that would make us pull over and kick them out of the car if they did it to us?

My husband tell me it’s because of the curse of Adam and Eve and that it makes me want to rule over him. Personally, I do not see how ruling over him applies to pointing out how horribly he drives everytime we are in the car.

As I nagged my hubby on everything from how he should be shifting, to the fact that the bumps on the road are to keep you in the lane not to drive over PLUS his constant looking over his shoulder for long periods of time and not at the stopped cars in front of us, I realized this would be a long 1 hour drive in traffic this evening. It took 5 minutes before I began to listen to myself and another 1/2 hour until I was sick of hearing my own voice.

Why am I incapable of shutting up and letting him drive? He’s tried a variety of tactics from having me tell him who is the property management company for each building we pass to having me read him the billboards, yet I can’t seem to keep my eyes off the road. I am afraid that if I dare to not critic him on his driving he might ____________? What am I afraid will happpen? A fender bender? A sore neck? Increased Premiums? That a crazed gorrilla might jump in front of us during those 4 seconds that hubby is looking back to see whose driving the minivan???

For my own sake  I need to quit.   The last time he was in an accident was 8 years ago and he was barely 20. He is supposed to wreck multiple vehicles at that age. Not like he doesn’t survive daily without me telling him how to drive either.

Regardless of why I do it or what I can do to silence myself…. my heart can’t take this much more and I”m only 28. Overpasses with him driving shouldn’t cause my heart to nearly fail.

My Hubby frequently tell me to  ”Put on your big girl panties and get over it” I think I will try that.  Either that or maybe a blindfold and a shot of vodka will do the trick.

Fabulous Flattering Retro Swimwear Choices ‘09

I am excited to announce that there are some fantastic retro One-Piece choices for summer and I am actually overwelmed with which to buy first!

Last summer I watched actions on Ebay on Genuine Vintage 1950s swimwear because I wanted a more modest swimming choice. Being 5′10″ that didn’t really work. I had finally given up and found a few I liked at Urban Outfitters and as I went to buy them I noticed that they had completely sold out… Bummer.

My obsession ended with the Decision to just splurge and buy the “Vamp” Swimsuit by Jantzen in Yellow and Gray

available at www.laraines.com

Then Today I stumbled across these at www.Delias.com – a complete DREAM because I’m tall and I was afraid that the vamp wouldn’t fit me well enough:

this one isn’t retro, but I love it’s sporty cute look:

Now, I can finally go back to Salt Creek Beach and drink my Mike’s Hard Cranberry and eat my frozen watermellon balls….. all I need is to wait for summer…. should be here in a week or so.

PS If you can fit in them I still recommend you purchase a true vintage swimsuit with a firm fabric and a zip up back…. it can’t be beat and you will never worry about another skinnier girl wearing the same suit.