The Prudent Wife

Grandchildren

What a delight they are! We miss them so….

Wonderful New Endocrinologist in the Tri-Cities

Finding an endocrinologist who will really take the time to evaluate your case has been difficult in the Tri-Cities area. A fabulous new endo moved to the area and is practicing with Holston Medical Group -

Sherif Yacoub-Wasef, MD, 2204 Pavilion Drive, Suite 110, Kingsport TN 37660, (423) 578-1586

If you are having thyroid struggles, I heartily recommend trying Dr. Yacoub! He prescribes Armour and treats the PATIENT - not just the test results. He is a Christian from Egypt!

The Scoop on Day After Thanksgiving Ads

If you are one of those brave souls that goes out the day after Thanksgiving, scouring the ads and showing up at Chick-fil-A’s special bargain shoppers breakfast at 4:30 am, here is the site for you to get the BEST holiday deals in advance!

Black Friday 2008 ads are daily being added at http://www.blackfriday.info/ If you have always wanted to know what was for sale BEFORE Thanksgiving day, so you can plan your trip (with gas prices lower, planning is still prudent!) according to what you need the most, this site can propel you to the front of the pack. See ToysRus, Home Depot, Office Depot, Kohl’s, Kmart, Sears, Macy’s, Target, Lowe’s, Staples and more!

Shop with a budget. Use cash, you spend less. Make a list. Pray over it.

Knowing over a week in advance gives you a chance to mull over things and really consider whether they are appropriate or not. Question things.

Do you ever notice how you can really, really want something for about 24 hours, obsessing over it. But by the third day, the absolute desire to buy it (or give it) fades.

Last year our neigbhors got some amazing deals, especially for their daughter in college.  A super cheap microwave oven, fridge, and other things that would be helpful for a dorm room full of girls who are struggling to work, go to school and do clinicals as nursing students.

Great information if you can use it with wisdom and prudence! Remember the list, cash, comfortable shoes, a cleaned out car, and patience.

Gas Prices Keep Falling!!! Changed your driving habits?

Isn’t it great that gas keeps falling? I was floored during the election as it kept coming down. When you are working swing states and commuting daily, it adds up fast. It was far cheaper in VA than it was in NC, so we would work in VA and fill up, then go work two days in NC, then come back to work in VA and fill up again, then back to NC.

But today, I paid $2.01 a gallon for PREMIUM. Happy dance! And yes, my beloved old Jeep Grand Cherokee, my faithful friend for over a decade, just runs better on Premium, so I use it.

When we moved, less than 2 months ago, we were paying $4.23 a gallon for gas. So in less than two months, it has fallen to $2.01. What a total blessing!

We are headed to KS to visit our older daughter and see our newest grandbaby - so we are praying these gas prices stay down on the trip.  I did budget gas at $2.50, just to be safe!

The real question is - have we all changed our driving habits? I was already incredibly tight on driving, wrapping all errands into one trip, and now I am even more fanatic. I feel like $2.01 a gallon is a very temporary reprieve. Like a great sale that will end soon.

When I leave the house - I do it all. My poor husband went with me to Sam’s, then we jogged to the Health Food Store, then to Krogers for a $5.00 turkey (.39 a pound!) then to our new Earthfare for some sale items there, knocking out our major grocery shopping. These stores are all within a mile or so of one another, and we popped it out in less than two hours. Get in, get out. I would love to do it all in one store - but hey - with turkeys at .39 a pound, it was imperative. We ended up getting 3 of them that week. I would much prefer an organic one, perhaps next year! For now, .39 a pound was a total blessing - 10 meals out of a $5 bird! Woo hoo!

The Simple Truths of Service Movie

This is a great short film about a young man who is making a difference! Inspired by Johnny, the delightful bagger with Down Syndrome! It will make your day in just a few short minutes!

Consider the Latest Google Trend…Religious Harmony?

I love Google. Have for years!

BUT some of the things they are in to concern me. Already, as we search the internet, we are fed information from Google based on our IP address, with targeted ads for our little slice of the world. Targeted ads. Controlled information. People making a ton of money based on clicks, and advertising.

So realizing that Google is controlling information to push up revenues…..suppose it makes perfect sense that they will go on to control “religion.”

Check out my blog post from a few days ago Big Brother Tracks the Flu and put two and two together.

Does this concern you?

World asked to help craft online charter for religious harmony

Nov 14 05:14 PM US/Eastern on Breitbart

A website launched Friday with the backing of technology industry and Hollywood elite urges people worldwide to help craft a framework for harmony between all religions. The Charter for Compassion project on the Internet at www.charterforcompassion.org springs from a “wish” granted this year to religious scholar Karen Armstrong at a premier Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) conference in California.

“Tedizens” include Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin along with other Internet icons as well as celebrities such as Forest Whittaker and Cameron Diaz.

Wishes granted at TED envision ways to better the world and come with a promise that Tedizens will lend their clout and capabilities to making them come true.

Armstrong’s wish is to combine universal principles of respect and compassion into a charter based on a “golden rule” she believes is at the core of every major religion.

The Golden Rule essentially calls on people to do unto others as they would have done unto them.

“The chief task of our time is to build a global society where people of all persuasions can live together in peace and harmony,” Armstrong said.

“If we do not achieve this, it seems unlikely that we will have a viable world to hand on to the next generation.”

Charter for Compassion invites people from “all faiths, nationalities, languages and backgrounds” to help draft statements of principles and actions that should be taken.

That is all in the Breitbart article, lest they take it down.

And you wonder why I am concerned with the Fairness Doctrine, and Hate Speech?

2nd Opinion - Brain & Neck Surgery

Can probably wait….forever!

Yeah!

Especially good news for the one who would really like to get to the end of her life, without having had surgery!

Thank you so much for your prayers. It was a tough week.

Do I need Brain Surgery? Neck Surgery? MRI Friday….

Developing….

Well. Life felt so good for 9 simple days.

At an appointment with a specialist yesterday, I was given the stunning news that I am exhibiting neurological symptoms consistent with “spinal cord compression.” Cure. Neurosurgeon and brain/neck surgery.

MRI scheduled for Friday at 8am (a 2 hour drive to get there).

This really violates my #1 health principle, to never have surgery! I will report later…for  now….prayer….more appointments….waiting for answers….then more appointments, tests and 2nd, 3rd and 4th opinions.

Please pray that the MRI shows all clear, or that a non surgical alternative will open up, or that the Lord will heal me! I truly appreciate your prayers.

What to do when your company is downsizing

We have had a time of it. Watch for a new project on our experience “What to do When Your Company is Downsizing” full of great hints, tips and ideas, inspiration, health tips and strategies to survive the struggle and thrive! We have so many terrific resources to get you back up and eager to go at life again!

We are in a struggling economy, job loss is increasingly common and folks need a light in the wilderness!

Unfortunately, still struggling a great deal after getting rear ended. It limits my time at the computer.

Big Brother Google Tracks Flu

While I am a huge fan of Google, having a husband in Technology and reading for years what they plan - some of it really creeps  me out. Big Brother is watching you. And selling to you, specifically. And eventually - controlling the information you have access to. Creepy. Creepy. Creepy. I wish I had kept that article, but alas cannot find it.

How is this one though, Google tracks the flu in the US. Not you personally - but your area. Makes me highly UNcomfortable!

SICK SURVEILLANCE: GOOGLE REPORTS FLU SEARCHES, LOCATIONS TO FEDS
Tue Nov 11 2008 15:34:50 ET

GOOGLE will launch a new tool that will help federal officials “track sickness”.

“Flu Trends” uses search terms that people put into the web giant to figure out where influenza is heating up, and will notify the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in real time!

GOOGLE, continuing to work closely with government, claims it would keep individual user data confidential: “GOOGLE FLU TRENDS can never be used to identify individual users because we rely on anonymized, aggregated counts of how often certain search queries occur each week.”

Engineers will capture keywords and phrases related to the flu, including thermometer, flu symptoms, muscle aches, chest congestion and others.

Dr. Lyn Finelli, chief of influenza surveillance at CDC: “One thing we found last year when we validated this model is it tended to predict surveillance data. The data are really, really timely. They were able to tell us on a day-to-day basis the relative direction of flu activity for a given area. They were about a week ahead of us. They could be used… as early warning signal for flu activity.”

Thomas Malone, professor at M.I.T.: “I think we are just scratching the surface of what’s possible with collective intelligence.”

Eric Schmidt, GOOGLE’s chief executive vows: “From a technological perspective, it is the beginning.”

Developing… 

Be sure and see my post about Google and Religion. Put two and two together. Any buy every single Bible, Concordance and Bible study help you can.

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