Want My Own Business

So, I am getting excited.  My husband's legal ties to his ex ended this month.  We have been waiting for this moment for years so that we could finally buy a house big enough for all of us (his two plus our four...makes for a lot of people).

Anyway, I found this house I know I could love.  It is double the size of our current house and has 14 acres.  It is plenty big enough for yard for the kids, acreage for our two horses, plus perhaps my own home business - a dog kennel.

I think I could really make a go of this home business.  We can have a sign made for the road frontage, get some wholesale business cards printed up, and I can be home for our kids plus still have my own business. I really love this idea.  I just wish we had put our house on the market already.  I'm afraid this property is going to be gone when we can finally buy.

My own business - with advertising, business cards, and everything!

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Financial Markets

I am a political person.  I follow the current news and what our wonderful (that would be sarcasm) politicians are doing.  I don't understand it all though.  The financial markets stump me.  When I hear that the value of the U.S. dollar is going down, I don't understand what that means.

I do hear a lot about buying silver and gold, the worth of each, etc. I have jewelry that is both silver and gold but I don't think that's what they mean.  I've been looking at gold and silver coins at http://www.goldeneaglecoin.com.  That is one option. I mean, I can't be Fort Knox with bars of gold lining my closets, but coins are a possibility.

This is definitely one area I need to educate myself.

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Horsey Love

I asked hubby a couple weeks ago to make me a tack box for the stable.  I want one made out of nice wood, sealed so the bugs can't crawl into them. Seriously, I  hate reaching into the box I have now, putting my hand through a spider web.  He has most of the tools already. He could use it as an excuse to look at drill press accessories.  This is what I'd like but in a darker wood:

I have wanted one of these for years, but if we move like we want to, we will have our own barn (we board the horses now) so I won't need a tack box.  I'll have a tack room with cabinets to keep my stuff in. I guess I won't be getting that tack box.

My horse has always been my stress relief.  With the kids getting older and into all their activities (making me chauffeur mom), it has been hard to find the time like I used to have to see her all the time and just relax. I can't wait until they are in our backyard!!  I can just walk outside and breathe her in and relax. Here is one of our girls:

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Naturethroid Update

I haven't stepped on a scale lately to know if the new Nature-throid dose is enough for me but I am feeling OK. My underwear are getting a little baggy so I figured I would just use that as my guide until I get a battery for our scale - baggy drawers will be my guide.  Silly!

Seriously, I ordered a pair of jeans in one size smaller and I got them on and zipped without having to lay down on the bed to zip them.  I was thrilled with that!

My hair is good.  My eczema is almost all gone except for one small spot.  Doing good!!

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Christmas in July

My kids are already making Christmas lists.  It's only July. My eight year old's list is two pages long!

It's not just my kids. My husband always has a list of things he wants too.  He's as bad as the kids.

What do I want?  I never have anything that I really want.  I'm content with what I have.

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Increasing Naturethroid dose - a doctor who LISTENS to me

My doc did what I asked.  He raised my Nature-throid dose based on my last results (see previous post) and now I can see if I can lower or get off that T3 completely. I will take 1-1/2 grains of Nature-throid three times a day and see how I do.

I had lost eight pounds since my last appointment with him so that was fantastic.

I seem to be converting Nature-throid better to T3 (I can't convert Synthroid's T4 to T3...reverse T3 issues for me) so let's see if this works.  I'd love to get off the synthetic T3 entirely.

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Thyroid & Cholesterol Lab Results for June 2013

My newest labs are:

• Cholesterol:  158 (Yes!!  It was borderline high the last time I had it run.)  (Tri 71, HDL 44, LDL 100)
• TSH:  Less than 0.005 (below normal but I am OK with that.  I am more concerned about my Free T3 than TSH.  I don't even know why doctors use TSH anymore.)
• Free T3:  4.2 (normal range 2.3 - 4.2)  I like it in the high normal range. It's when I feel best.
• T4:  4.9 (normal range 4.9 - 12.9)  I prefer my T4 in the mid-normal range but with my T3 where it is, I'm not upset at these results.

I was taking 97.5mg of Nature-throid twice a day plus I was adding 25mcg of T3 twice a day.  The T3 twice a day was too much (I was getting jittery) so I reduced it to one dose of T3 a day then had these labs drawn.

What my lab results tell me is that I can have my doctor raise my Nature-throid dose to get my T4 in the mid-normal range, which might allow me to stop taking the synthetic T3.  Yes! That would be great.

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