The Homely Scientist

For this first pass, this is going to be more of a speed linking theme day post than deep, sage thoughts.  I promise I’m going to be more sage (with a little more thyme later) tonight.

 

In no particular order (okay it’s right to left in my IE7 tabs) …

Lively Women covers something that you don’t think about until it’s too late.  Who has the legal right to make decisions for you in an emergency?  Very important.  Usually a spouse can do this by default, but what if you live with a girlfriend or boyfriend?  Get the paperwork done!

Breastfeeding 1-2-3 talks about what both formula-feeding and breastfeeding mothers can do to safeguard infant feeding during an emergency and why breastfeeding mothers might want to keep a little expressed breast milk in the freezer.

Jul on Veggie Chic talks about the potential drama around being  vegetarian, but invited to a special meal, full of meat.  You know this kinda happened to me once (actually my ex).  Man that is a tough one.  What would you do?

A Dozen Steps Mark’s post is related to Jul’s.  What do you do as an alcoholic going to a social function (like a wedding) where drinking is just part of the fun.  Yeah good advice there.

Our new blogger on Cancer Commentary Robin (welcome Robin!) talks about dealing with all the stuff around cancer.  The information, the paperwork.  Keep a notebook!  Good one.

Kristina, always the uber-blogger at Autism Vox, gives us tips for being out in public with your autistic child.  Heck being prepared when out with any child is a good idea!

I nudged Laura at CFS Squared to look into having a disaster kit ready.  Hmm, maybe I should take my own advice.

(tick, tock … my time is running short!  Too many good posts!)

Hey you know Mom’s get sick too! Grace at Flu Patrol reminds us of this, and what to do.

Okay … out of time … gotta run … link o’ rama time.

Astronomy Buff

Genetics and Health and Hearty Life (go boss go!)

And our new blogger for Diabetes Notes

Christina …MRSA Notes

That’s it for now!

Well, about 13 hours later I’m back home and can add the post from Alzheimer’s Notes.   Mary Emma reminds us all about Living Wills (do you have one?) and safety measures you might want to take for your loved ones (ID bracelets, unplugging stoves).

I want to apologize to my friends for not doing a more thorough job this morning.  Man if you only knew about my day …

 It’s the day after Theme Day and Cory has his post ready: Baldness is not a disaster.  Beyond that this post is a “reality-check” post for people living with hair loss, I liked his call out to the Red Cross.  My mom was a disaster nurse for the Red Cross for a loooong time.  I remember in the Blizzard of ‘78 in the Boston area the National Guard or Army coming to the house to get my mom out so she could work in a shelter.  They had to walk out to the main road because the jeep couldn’t make it.  I remember her talking about getting nuclear disaster training.  Let’s not forget the Red Cross this month too.  And all of our emergency workers.  I have applied to the local volunteer fire department here on Pender to be a first responder.  Essentially first-aid person a step below a paramedic.

It’s just something I had to do.

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