Stressless Christmas

I had a pretty much stressless Christmas this year  – why?  because I found a place that took care of all my gifts – including the ones for the spouse.  So whenever some said they can’t find any gifts for husband anywhere – I show them where I get my gifts for the spouse.  Plenty of goodies to choose from and which husband can resist all these lovely chocolate right?  well, mine loved his chocolate best – I had a pretty much stress-less Christmas and from now onwards – you know where I’m getting HIS gifts.

Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff

So my medication for my panic attack is almost due for my yearly refill – that means I have to go see my family doctor again and get her to assess me to rewrite the prescription for another year.  So I’m sure you all want to know how my panic attack is after taking my medication right?  I call it my crazy meds – whenever I go pick my prescription from the pharmacy – and we all have a good laugh.  What make the girls at the pharmacy have a laugh is the  funny shirts i wear whenever i pop into the pharmacy because I try not to sweat the small stuff anymore.  The only thing that gets me really excited and paranoid is Missy Moo – she can be really dramatic  and even now I try to keep calm with her.  But sometimes her whiny can caused me to get upset – and the other day – I was mad with her and lost my temper on her.  I wished I didn’t do that and I regret losing my temper on her after shoving her into the washroom because she wouldn’t go in there – as she said there was spiders in them.   I think I need to get Missy Moo to wear some funny t-shirts on her – that way maybe she will lighten up sometimes.

Asian Breastfeeding In Canada

So you are married to a Westerner and you migrated to the West – whether in Canada or in Australia or even in United States and you just had your baby.  We Asians believed in feeding ourselves with lots of ginger after the birth and also certain special food – but wait a minute – your in-laws may feel differently about your breastfeeding because your baby keeps crying and not latching on properly.   This was exactly what happened to me – but listen don’t let anyone tell you that your food may be causing baby to have colic and therefore all the crying – because it is not true.  After all, for 1000s of years before now – our grandmothers, mothers and great grandmothers were  breast feeding us – so we survived and so will our kids.

Our hormones are topsy turvy and everything seems to be harder and you feel sensitive and all without any help or the weather too hot or too cold.  But it’s not your fault – because there is actually  nothing wrong with you.  Don’t let your spouse or anyone tell you that you should stop eating your food.  Trust me – ! you will regret it – and there is nothing wrong with the food we had been eating all along.

Comedy & Talk Show Reduces Stress

For those who are not aware of this – I’ve been listening to the sirius satellite radio to reduce stress.   In fact, we have had the Sirius Satellite radio for a long time now – we actually bought it because of our long car ride to the city – once a month – but after Missy Moo was born – and we don’t travel so much – we haven’t listened to the satellite radio for a long time.  But a few months ago – I was listening to a live talk show on Sirius and was really intrigue by it and decided to continue and every time I feel stressed up – I turn on the satellite radio and it helps me to calm down.   For someone who don’t have a choice for radio station – being in a small town – the Sirius Satellite radio keeps me company – during one of those hard days – there is comedy, talk shows – like Howard Stern and Martha Steward  and Mr Moo loved the sport station as well.  Subscription is about $12.95 a month – so it’s not so expensive – and if it helps reduces my stress and put a smile on my face – Mr Moo said to keep the subscription – woohoo!

High Tech Family Clinic

As outdated as this town is  – like I’ve always complained – the family clinic I go to – is very high tech – all the doctors used a laptop to note down all their diagnosis and these information is then shared it around the office – in which even the receptionist knows when the doctor needs the next appointment with you – without having to go to the front desk to tell the receptionist.  Highly efficient too – because I don’t see them digging thru’ files all the time when I am there.  They also uses a  remote data backup from what I understand – which I got interested in – because of the large amount of paperwork we do at our store too.

I took an interest and read up on the recovery manager software program – and showed Mr Moo as they were not expensive whatsoever – so for a peace of mind – and not have to worry about losing any important files and information – Mr Moo will look into getting this program.  I would definitely feel less stressful once we have that  program for our store.   You never fail to learn a thing or two from your family clinic that’s for sure.

Recreation Room To De-Stress

I don’t know if you’ve noticed but this year – we’ve done a lot of things different in our lives – we made more them for ourselves and we are exercising more and I’m also sleeping earlier than usual – and not working as much as we did last year.  In the basement – our recreation room – we also intend to put a billiard table – so that the spouse and his friends can come over and shoot some balls to de-stress instead of going to the pub to do it.  The reason why I don’t want to go either is because of all the smoking going on in the pub and the drinking involved.   Investing in a billiard table and  billiards supplies is going to prove a lot more useful than wasting our money to go to the pub or a billiard room.  Once we get a good price for both billiard table and supplies – I’ll post up more pictures – can’t wait to shoot some pool.

Sing Your Way Outta Stress

Did you know that singing in a  karaoke can reduce stress?  no?  you’ve gotta try it out then – because it really does.   Whether you are singing alone – or you are singing in a group – i think it helps a great deal.  I remembered being so stressed out at work at one point in my life – I sing in a karaoke everyday – near my office and after going to the Karaoke – i come back all refreshed and ready to face the world again.  I think by voicing out in songs – you relieve the tension in your body and you help your body to relax therefore, even the blood pressure become normal.  I don’t know about you – but you might want to go out and try book a room for a karaoke session – plus some food is good at the karaoke but make sure you don’t go to the karaoke for alcohol alone because that is a no- no for the health.

How To Worry Less

Missy Moo said to me several times during last week – “don’t worry so much mom!”  or “why do you worry so much mom?”   Yes! i admit I am a helicopter mom and a worrywart – so worry that at times – I wake up in the middle of the night planning minute by minute what I should do and what time I should do what.   And yes I stress easy – even when things don’t go the way I want it to go – or I missed doing something.   I worry too much and I know that – but worrying about your child and things like money and health isn’t a bad thing is it  – I asked the doctor?  or do i have an anxiety disorder like I read a few months ago – when I was in my psychiatrist office.

Overly anxious mom – makes overly anxious kids – and I’ve noticed that Missy Moo is always afraid that she might lose us in the mall – or even when we walked to another part of the store and she don’t see us – she freaks right out.  I used to wonder why?  but i remembered an incident in the grocery store whereby – we were blocked by a pillar and I can’t see her – so I went screaming for her.  Maybe – this is the cause?  And even in our own store – if she wasn’t behind the counter and all of a sudden lots of customers comes in and I can’t see her in front of the store – I would start calling her name – afraid that she might be led out of the store – or worst molested by a customer – since she is out of our sight.  Well, you get the drift right?  Yes!  I need to worry less – but how?  tell you in another entry.

Cut The Coffee For Less Stress

A few months ago – my psychiatrist told me that if my stress level did not go down – i should start cutting down on my caffeine or coffee.  Now that freaked me right out  – although i didn’t show him.  Why?  coffee is the only thing that I drink – without feeling guilty about my sugar level in my blood.    But yes – he said that sometimes caffeine can caused one to have stress and thus lead to anxiety?  don’t know how true it is – but I ain’t giving up my coffee without a fight hahahahha!

Driving Insurance For People With Health Issues

As you all know – I have several health issues – and I haven’t been driving a car for a long time – because I was afraid that my anxiety problem may caused me to get into an accident when I am driving.  But now that I’m on medication for the anxiety attacks – I feel a lot better now – so I’m thinking of taking my driving lessons and test all over again – and get a license – so that I can zip around town without having to wait for Mr Moo all the time.  But what about the  car insurance rate I wonder?  will i be charged more because of my health issues?  I better go get a car insurance quote or talk to my insurance guy before I go get all my lessons and license – to only find out that insurance might cost me a bomb eh – now that would be devastating.  So yes!  Car insurance quote and a chat with my insurance guy is in my agenda as soon as the Christmas rush is over.  For those with health issues like mine – what are your experiences?  pray tell.

Ways To Relax

As you all know – I’m prone to stress and any little things can upset me – now besides exercising – I have also taken to trying out other ways to relax myself – instead of eating junk food.  One of the ways that i’ve been recommended is to watch movie and since we have blu ray movies at our store – I really liked it.  Why?  not only are blu ray movies better in quality – even the sound are different – a lot more clearer and the pictures are crispier.  I also took up reading again – and spend lunch outta the store – so that I can have an hour’s break away from the computer.  I was tempted to take up belly dancing – but I am kinda shy – maybe next year eh.  I hope by doing all these things – I can be healthier and become stress free soon.  What about you?  how do you relax?

Stress Can Cause Rashes & Hives

A few months ago, I had rashes all over my body – and I don’t know what was the cause for it.  But a talk with my psychologist a few days ago – he told me that stress can cause hives and rashes.  So it dawn on me – that maybe i was having stress and I didn’t even know about it – therefore my body is reacting to the stress.  So if you get hives and rashes for no reason you can think of – it is probably your body telling you that you are under some sort of stress.

I didn’t  know that i was under stress – therefore it never occurred to me that I was stressed.   But now that I think back – yes – I was kinda stress from some stuff at home – so I just wanted to let you all know about it.  And if you are under stress – you should seeing your doctor about it.

Mental Health For New Mothers

I went out with a friend for a workout – the other day – and while we were entering the gym – she stopped and started to sob.  Like any friend – I stopped and asked her if she was OK – but she cried even harder.  I was kinda taken aback – and my friend told me she was just tired.

It reminded me of the many times I felt like crying too – when I first had Missy Moo and no one whom I think could help me look after my baby.  I had anxiety – and separation issues – and didn’t want to leave Missy Moo with anyone and every time she wakes up at night or even started whimpering – I would be jumping out of my bed and rushing to her crib before she even whimpered the 2nd time.

Anyhow – what I’m trying to get to is – if you see someone like that – don’t take it lightly – because depression sets in easily – like it did for me.  An sense of overwhelming feeling is not good for any new mothers.  Offer a kind word – lend a helping hand.

A Calmer Me With Anti-Depressant?

So I’ve been on an anxiety medication aka anti-depressant for a month now – well almost.  I asked myself – if it really kept me calm and cool?  Most times it does – but this morning – I started ranting again – because Mr Moo was dilly-dallying to get ready for work and so was Missy Moo – while i needed to wash up – brush my teeth and get ready for work myself.  So i lost my cool -  so for those out there – thinking that it’s a magic pill – no it is not and i have no intention of increasing its dosage as per suggested by my physician.  I only decided to take it – because i don’t want to get any worst – for Missy Moo – and i’m only human right?  so if i do lose my cool once in a while  – so what?  bite me!