Blessings Darlings!
Today I saw a FaceBook post from a friend. He's teaching first aid, and wanted to know what to teach along with that. This is my reply ....
About
a decade ago, my boss collapsed - Atrial Fibrillation. It took 18
minutes for the EMTs to arrive (that's a story for a different time).
One of my coworkers was a volunteer firefighter, had spent the past year
and a half I'd worked with her claiming how ready she was to deal with
anything.
That
coworker froze. I, along with a woman from the loan office housed next
to ours, did CPR and kept the boss going until the EMTs got there and
defib'd her.
Why
did the 'trained' person fail, while I could function (even tho' my CPR
training had been two decades earlier)? Because in ALL things I didn't
procrastinate, instead my habit was to deal with problems as them came
up (and try to head them off, of course, but that, too, is a story for a
different day. OTOH, my coworker was the youngest child of many, and
her siblings would usually step in to 'help' her if she was slow in
doing things, or her boyfriend would handle unpleasant things, etc.
Cultivating
the habit of handling problems (that you failed to prevent) as they
happen, so you don't freeze and act out the habit of putting things off
and having others handle them, is to me the most important thing to
learn along with the skills involved in first aid.
Frondly, Fern
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Living La Vida Busy
Blessings Darlings!
Yes, I've become very scarce online lately. Adding an evening job to my day job ... no surprise that I don't have much time for Facebook or for blogging!
Love the grill cook stuff, don't mind when emergencies mean that I, as least trained grill cook, get shifted to dish tank (I did that volunteering at a Food Coop, so I didn't need training, just had to show me what button to push on the dish washer). They may have me cross train to do prep as well, which I also did at the coop.
The only problems I've had have been my feet aching from standing for all but 15 minutes of 8 hour shifts and, of course, being tired while adjusting to my new schedule.
Yes, I've become very scarce online lately. Adding an evening job to my day job ... no surprise that I don't have much time for Facebook or for blogging!
Love the grill cook stuff, don't mind when emergencies mean that I, as least trained grill cook, get shifted to dish tank (I did that volunteering at a Food Coop, so I didn't need training, just had to show me what button to push on the dish washer). They may have me cross train to do prep as well, which I also did at the coop.
The only problems I've had have been my feet aching from standing for all but 15 minutes of 8 hour shifts and, of course, being tired while adjusting to my new schedule.
Sure, it's not in my field and the hourly rate is probably 1/2 of what
I'd get in my field. But any 'non-day' job in my field would have been
back to crisis intervention/up all night stuff. Here, even on the
'worst' night, I'll be home by midnight. And I don't have to deal with
life-and-death crises. No suicide hotlines. No rape hotlines. No
running out at all hours to hospitals to support rape victims. No
overnights in shelters.
Instead, the worst that can happen is that it takes 'too long' for customers to get their food, or their food is cold, or the toast or bacon too crisp. Yes, we all try to avoid these things happening, but if things get busy and they DO happen ... no one dies.
This is a luxury I'm ready for.
Frondly, Fern
Instead, the worst that can happen is that it takes 'too long' for customers to get their food, or their food is cold, or the toast or bacon too crisp. Yes, we all try to avoid these things happening, but if things get busy and they DO happen ... no one dies.
This is a luxury I'm ready for.
Frondly, Fern
Friday, September 6, 2013
New Job!
Blessings Darlings!
I've added another job to my life - grill cook at a family restaurant. The one that the Spawn works at, so we can car pool some days. If I work evenings, I can keep doing the house/home business days before going to work.
Pay is ... not impressive. But I'll be learning a new skill, and bringing in SOME cash to help the cash-flow issues, even tho' I'll be part time.
I'll be doing more big batch cooking, and the Spawn will be doing more cooking.
It's workable, and a new and exciting (or is that terrifying?) challenge!
Frondly, Fern
I've added another job to my life - grill cook at a family restaurant. The one that the Spawn works at, so we can car pool some days. If I work evenings, I can keep doing the house/home business days before going to work.
Pay is ... not impressive. But I'll be learning a new skill, and bringing in SOME cash to help the cash-flow issues, even tho' I'll be part time.
I'll be doing more big batch cooking, and the Spawn will be doing more cooking.
It's workable, and a new and exciting (or is that terrifying?) challenge!
Frondly, Fern
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Put On Your Big Girl Panties.
Blessings Darlings!
I have typed that phrase, "Blessings Darlings", in almost 500 posts now. It's not that I'm blessing you, you know - it's more like the Irish concept of "Catch the Blessings Already Sent Your Way."
But it's becoming more and more apparent that what my view of a 'blessed state of being' is is different from how others see it. And we differ primarily in the role of the God/dess/es in achieving that state.
I see being blessed as being an adult, handling the every day events of life yourself. Many every day events of life are great - birthdays, graduations, getting jobs, etc. Some aren't great - deaths and diseases, money issues, etc.
Being blessed, to me, is being able and WILLING to handle those things yourself. Get a splinter? Remove it (yes, own tweezers, and face the discomfort, and get it done), wash the area, maybe slap on some antibiotic ointment and a band-aid, and go one with life. No need to ask anyone else for tweezers you don't have and get your body fluids on their stuff, no need to get paranoid and make offerings to the God/dess of your choice that you don't get an infections. And I DO assume your tetanus shots are up to date. Because as a functional adult, you should be able to handle this.
So, too, most aspects of, say, storms. You'll have homeowners insurance, flood insurance if necessary, know where you can evacuate to if needed, have the sense to get out in time to get to where you can evacuate to, etc.
Others don't seems to see things the way I do. They can't start their day without checking Tarot or some other form of divination to see what's going to happen. They start their day asking for peace and protection, rather than for the strength and ability to handle what happens. And, yeah, they've been doing this for so long that they do NOT have any personal strength, no personal flexibility, no ability to handle things. And no skills at first aid.
Functionally, they've been asking the Gods TO MAKE THEM INTO INFANTS, totally dependent on the God/dess/es and others.
Fuck that bullshit.
How about asking the Gods to send what you need to grow strong, wise, and experienced. Ask them to send you challenges that will, over time, push you to learn new things.
In other words - ask to grow up, while you work on growing up yourself.
And, if you have to pull that Tarot card/set every day ... pull the cards in the morning, but don't look at them then. Look at them in the evening, to see what you should have learned from the day.
Frondly, Fern
I have typed that phrase, "Blessings Darlings", in almost 500 posts now. It's not that I'm blessing you, you know - it's more like the Irish concept of "Catch the Blessings Already Sent Your Way."
But it's becoming more and more apparent that what my view of a 'blessed state of being' is is different from how others see it. And we differ primarily in the role of the God/dess/es in achieving that state.
I see being blessed as being an adult, handling the every day events of life yourself. Many every day events of life are great - birthdays, graduations, getting jobs, etc. Some aren't great - deaths and diseases, money issues, etc.
Being blessed, to me, is being able and WILLING to handle those things yourself. Get a splinter? Remove it (yes, own tweezers, and face the discomfort, and get it done), wash the area, maybe slap on some antibiotic ointment and a band-aid, and go one with life. No need to ask anyone else for tweezers you don't have and get your body fluids on their stuff, no need to get paranoid and make offerings to the God/dess of your choice that you don't get an infections. And I DO assume your tetanus shots are up to date. Because as a functional adult, you should be able to handle this.
So, too, most aspects of, say, storms. You'll have homeowners insurance, flood insurance if necessary, know where you can evacuate to if needed, have the sense to get out in time to get to where you can evacuate to, etc.
Others don't seems to see things the way I do. They can't start their day without checking Tarot or some other form of divination to see what's going to happen. They start their day asking for peace and protection, rather than for the strength and ability to handle what happens. And, yeah, they've been doing this for so long that they do NOT have any personal strength, no personal flexibility, no ability to handle things. And no skills at first aid.
Functionally, they've been asking the Gods TO MAKE THEM INTO INFANTS, totally dependent on the God/dess/es and others.
Fuck that bullshit.
How about asking the Gods to send what you need to grow strong, wise, and experienced. Ask them to send you challenges that will, over time, push you to learn new things.
In other words - ask to grow up, while you work on growing up yourself.
And, if you have to pull that Tarot card/set every day ... pull the cards in the morning, but don't look at them then. Look at them in the evening, to see what you should have learned from the day.
Frondly, Fern
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Chubby Hubby's Birthday - While Broke
Blessings Darlings!
We celebrated the CH's birthday today. He took almost the whole day off!
It started with a huge breakfast, eggs and toast and hamburger patties and two, not just one, pastry from the local great bakery. Sundays are the only day we have meat with breakfast, and usually we have bacon, occasionally ham. Today he opted for burgers. So - big high fat high protein meal. And the only thing I bought special (since I always have frozen hamburger patties in the freezer) was one pastry, since we usually go one and buy one to share every weekend. That was $2.50.
Then we headed out, and spent the bulk of the day at Harper's Ferry National Historical Park ... because not only did we WANT to go there, but the park was free today (it's the birthday of the National Park system). We visited lots of museums, walked along the Shenandoah river, looked at ruins of the canal system and factory buildings. Learned a lot about John Brown's raid, water powered manufacturing, how often the Shenandoah river floods, etc. Had a great time. Treated CH to a Coke and a box of candy cigarettes. $3.25 for all of that. Oh, and, for the first time, set foot on the Appalachian Trail!
Then we figured we'd have the dessert we had planned for after dinner BEFORE dinner, so we went off to Nutters Ice Cream Parlor in Sharpesburg, MD. We shared this HUGE banana split (with extra hot fudge). CH was astonished to see the size of it. And even with the extra hot fudge, it cost only $6.75.
Total spent - $12.50. Had a great time. And too full for the steaks I bought (within the food budget) for dinner. We'll have them some other night this week.
Happy happy happy.
Frondly, Fern
We celebrated the CH's birthday today. He took almost the whole day off!
It started with a huge breakfast, eggs and toast and hamburger patties and two, not just one, pastry from the local great bakery. Sundays are the only day we have meat with breakfast, and usually we have bacon, occasionally ham. Today he opted for burgers. So - big high fat high protein meal. And the only thing I bought special (since I always have frozen hamburger patties in the freezer) was one pastry, since we usually go one and buy one to share every weekend. That was $2.50.
Then we headed out, and spent the bulk of the day at Harper's Ferry National Historical Park ... because not only did we WANT to go there, but the park was free today (it's the birthday of the National Park system). We visited lots of museums, walked along the Shenandoah river, looked at ruins of the canal system and factory buildings. Learned a lot about John Brown's raid, water powered manufacturing, how often the Shenandoah river floods, etc. Had a great time. Treated CH to a Coke and a box of candy cigarettes. $3.25 for all of that. Oh, and, for the first time, set foot on the Appalachian Trail!
Then we figured we'd have the dessert we had planned for after dinner BEFORE dinner, so we went off to Nutters Ice Cream Parlor in Sharpesburg, MD. We shared this HUGE banana split (with extra hot fudge). CH was astonished to see the size of it. And even with the extra hot fudge, it cost only $6.75.
Total spent - $12.50. Had a great time. And too full for the steaks I bought (within the food budget) for dinner. We'll have them some other night this week.
Happy happy happy.
Frondly, Fern
Friday, August 16, 2013
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Blessings darlings!
I'm glad you're here.
Now, go read THIS, because it's the most useful magical advice you'll get today, this week, maybe this year. http://candlesmokechapel.com/2013/06/29/that-candle-is-not-magic/
Frondly, Fern
I'm glad you're here.
Now, go read THIS, because it's the most useful magical advice you'll get today, this week, maybe this year. http://candlesmokechapel.com/2013/06/29/that-candle-is-not-magic/
Frondly, Fern
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Cool, damp summer
Blessings Darlings!
While we DID have a dry month early this summer, on the whole this summer has been coolish and dry. There have been less days over 90 degrees than usual, and rain levels have been more than usual since the early hot dry spell.
So now I have issues from those factors in my garden! I've only lost a couple of zucchinis to end rot from the rain, but on top of those losses some of the zukes haven't been well pollenated - they grow right the first few inches then sudden narrow and don't develop the rest of the way down the fruit. Others, while properly pollenated have seemed to started to hibernate instead of finishing growing. And my tomatoes are not just waiting for a few hot days to suddenly have hundreds of them suddenly ripen all at once - the indetermanent ones that ARE coming ripe one at a time all have big cracks at the stem end, the standard sign of too much water.
I'm concerned I won't get any of the sweet potatoes, as they need rather a lot of days over 90 degrees to move from forming vines to forming tubers.
By the way, the DE didn't do squat for any of the bugs on the beans. I don't think I'll be getting even enough beans for a dinner side dish, let alone freeze or can any. The leaves of the beans look like delicate lace. And the daily rain means that anything I use on the plants gets promptly washed off.
To paraphrase the folk saying: humanity proposes, nature disposes.
Frondly, Fern
While we DID have a dry month early this summer, on the whole this summer has been coolish and dry. There have been less days over 90 degrees than usual, and rain levels have been more than usual since the early hot dry spell.
So now I have issues from those factors in my garden! I've only lost a couple of zucchinis to end rot from the rain, but on top of those losses some of the zukes haven't been well pollenated - they grow right the first few inches then sudden narrow and don't develop the rest of the way down the fruit. Others, while properly pollenated have seemed to started to hibernate instead of finishing growing. And my tomatoes are not just waiting for a few hot days to suddenly have hundreds of them suddenly ripen all at once - the indetermanent ones that ARE coming ripe one at a time all have big cracks at the stem end, the standard sign of too much water.
I'm concerned I won't get any of the sweet potatoes, as they need rather a lot of days over 90 degrees to move from forming vines to forming tubers.
By the way, the DE didn't do squat for any of the bugs on the beans. I don't think I'll be getting even enough beans for a dinner side dish, let alone freeze or can any. The leaves of the beans look like delicate lace. And the daily rain means that anything I use on the plants gets promptly washed off.
To paraphrase the folk saying: humanity proposes, nature disposes.
Frondly, Fern
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