Please don’t supersize me: McDonalds’ feeble attempt at making me fat
Since I jumped on the semi-health mobile back in November, I’ve avoided McDonalds like the plague. Well, for the most part. The Reduced fat ice cream cone is a delightful use of 150 calories and if I...
View ArticleJillian and the Terrible, Horrible, Blah Blah Blah Blah Day
Whew. For the third time in two months, my throat is as sore as a sunburn on an albino chicken. The last time it was sore like this was just 2 weeks ago on my spring break when I had an outbreak of...
View ArticleBad to the burn: I’m sunburned on half my body!
Weekends around here have become all AJ all the time starting this weekend. It was this way during basketball season, but now that baseball is here, and we have TWO games per week, I’m questioning our...
View ArticleIn which my head blows up: Chronic Migraines are painful
Yesterday, I was reading a blog from one of my co-bloggers, Dad Gone Mad. He was talking about his first migraine and how he only thought he knew what they were about until he’d had one himself. I...
View ArticleA lip is just a lip, until it’s a painful, sunburned lip
Earlier this month, I spoke about a nasty sunburn I got during one of AJ’s amazing Little League baseball games. It took over a week for me to stop peeling and there is no doubt that I looked like a...
View Article… Bueller? Daughter expresses breast milk to treat father’s cancer
Look, I consider myself a benevolent person and I truly want to find cures to the awful, terrible diseases we have in life. However, as I read this article in which a woman expresses breast milk in the...
View ArticleHeart attack = kryptonite; Or not! Claudio Vitale may be Superman
Some days, you read stories that are so uplifting that if you don’t share them you feel like you may burst from holding them in. I’ve actually been sitting on this one for days while I worked on other...
View ArticleGag me with a spoon and a reminder to cover your nose and mouth when you sneeze
Does anyone remember the phrase “gag me with a spoon?” I couldn’t think of anything more clever, so that’s what you get. If you don’t remember that phrase, you need to close the computer and let mommy...
View ArticleDeath by Nuggets: Childhood obesity fueled by negligent parents
Never once have I pretended that I know everything about having a healthy body. It has only been a recent development in my life that I care what I choose to nourish my body and the way that I view it....
View ArticleTiny Bubbles and sensitive skin problems
I love tiny bubbles. Probably not the ones you are thinking about, however. No, mine are in the tub. Unfortunately, like any good bubble addict, I had to give mine up. It started when I went to the...
View ArticleZicam causes loss of smell? What now?
Way back in June, consumerist.com had an article out on how Zicam didn’t release complaint reports that over 800 people had experienced anosmia (loss of smell) due to the use of its products. In July,...
View ArticleSonic Vitality Toothbrush + 2 refills giveaway
Ok, ok. I get it. The response to my other giveaways, since the big Stila one, have been lackluster at best. BUT, the thing to remember here is that the little giveaways were never meant to replace the...
View ArticleCongratulations toothbrush fan!
I have a winner! Here are your random numbers:6 Timestamp: 2009-08-21 22:53:40 UTC . Congratulations, loopy, on your toothbrush and refill set win. If you are ticked you didn’t win, and I get ticked...
View ArticleBiggest Giveaway Ever-SkincareRx.com
Since I started writing blueshelled.com, I have been very lucky to have the support of some excellent people. One of those companies is SkincareRx.com. For the last six months, they have been a proud...
View ArticleLife isn’t fair part II
Frequently, I struggle with the Life Isn’t Fair Principle. Today is one of those times. I have two friends. One of them is struggling with addictions. One of them is struggling with cancer. Both of...
View ArticleWhy Sunburn isn’t for sissies, aka wear your sunscreen
I’m sunburned. I want to be really poignant but my lips hurt, the corners of my eyes crack when I SEE and I’m fairly certain I have hot dog face. I want to go to bed, but the idea of going up stairs...
View Article… Bueller? Daughter expresses breast milk to treat father’s cancer
Look, I consider myself a benevolent person and I truly want to find cures to the awful, terrible diseases we have in life. However, as I read this article in which a woman expresses breast milk in the...
View ArticleHeart attack = kryptonite; Or not! Claudio Vitale may be Superman
Some days, you read stories that are so uplifting that if you don’t share them you feel like you may burst from holding them in. I’ve actually been sitting on this one for days while I worked on other...
View ArticleDeath by Nuggets: Childhood obesity fueled by negligent parents
Never once have I pretended that I know everything about having a healthy body. It has only been a recent development in my life that I care what I choose to nourish my body and the way that I view it....
View ArticleTiny Bubbles and sensitive skin problems
I love tiny bubbles. Probably not the ones you are thinking about, however. No, mine are in the tub. Unfortunately, like any good bubble addict, I had to give mine up. It started when I went to the...
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