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6
Feb
Beauty Sleep

potato.jpgHere are the top ten foods for a good night’s sleep according to Yahoo:

What is the secret to getting a solid 7 to 8 hours of sleep? Head for the kitchen and enjoy one or two of these 10 foods. They relax tense muscles, quiet buzzing minds, and/or get calming, sleep-inducing hormones – serotonin and melatonin – flowing. Yawning yet?

Bananas. They’re practically a sleeping pill in a peel. In addition to a bit of soothing melatonin and serotonin, bananas contain magnesium, a muscle relaxant.

Chamomile tea.
The reason chamomile is such a staple of bedtime tea blends is its mild sedating effect – it’s the perfect natural antidote for restless minds/bodies.

Warm milk. It’s not a myth. Milk has some tryptophan – an amino acid that has a sedative – like effect – and calcium, which helps the brain use tryptophan. Plus there’s the psychological throw-back to infancy, when a warm bottle meant “relax, everything’s fine.”

Honey. Drizzle a little in your warm milk or herb tea. Lots of sugar is stimulating, but a little glucose tells your brain to turn off orexin, a recently discovered neurotransmitter that’s linked to alertness.

Potatoes.
A small baked spud won’t overwhelm your GI tract, and it clears away acids that can interfere with yawn-inducing tryptophan. To up the soothing effects, mash it with warm milk.

Oatmeal. Oats are a rich source of sleep – inviting melatonin, and a small bowl of warm cereal with a splash of maple syrup is cozy – plus if you’ve got the munchies, it’s filling too.

Almonds. A handful of these heart-healthy nuts can be snooze-inducing, as they contain both tryptophan and a nice dose of muscle-relaxing magnesium.

Flaxseeds. When life goes awry and feeling down is keeping you up, try sprinkling 2 tablespoons of these healthy little seeds on your bedtime oatmeal. They’re rich in omega-3 fatty acids, a natural mood lifter.

Whole-wheat bread.
A slice of toast with your tea and honey will release insulin, which helps tryptophan get to your brain, where it’s converted to serotonin and quietly murmurs “time to sleep.”

Turkey. It’s the most famous source of tryptophan, credited with all those Thanksgiving naps. But that’s actually modern folklore. Tryptophan works when your stomach’s basically empty, not overstuffed, and when there are some carbs around, not tons of protein. But put a lean slice or two on some whole-wheat bread mid-evening, and you’ve got one of the best sleep inducers in your kitchen.

Ahhh… I’m a notorious midnight eater. I’ll pick out the most random stuff (like noodles and cottage cheese with a side of salsa and chips). It’s a hit or miss whether or not I get a good night’s sleep that night either. Hopefully, this special little diet supplement will help. So, for you midnight munchers out there: what do you eat before you go to sleep?

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Posted by Lara at 7:46 pm on Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
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6
Nov
The Chipmunk

So around earlier this past October I was sitting in our living-room on the couch and catching up on some reading for class when I heard the faintest “scurrying” noise. I ignored it, but then nearly catapulted off the couch when I heard a little chirp and some more scurrying. I jumped onto the sofa and picked my feet up and down in the regular girl-who-screams-at-the-sight- of-a-mouse fashion, and looked around.

The coast was clear for quite a while, so I set off back up to my room. A few weeks later during my 18th birthday party, we were all waking up the morning after when we SAW it. It turns out it was a chipmunk. An enormously LARGE chipmunk that the cat’s had brought in (we have three.) Oh joy.

chipmunk.jpgSince then, it has been feasting on the cats’ food when we no one has been looking, and evading ALL attempts made by us to catch it. The thing is invincible. We decided to fire our cats, my mom then went out to the hard-ware store to buy a freakishly large mouse trap. (The thing was the size of a squirrel at this point.) We then thought that we didn’t want to really get rid of our cats that much and realized that the trap could probably take off any of their arms.

Plan B: The BB gun. So we have the entire living room torn up (cat food and chipmunk poop were everywhere behind the furniture) and my dad decides to set a stand up from the second floor (it’s a cathedral ceiling type thing) to shoot the chipmunk from there. Although he was number one on his high school rifle team (yes, I said high school rifle team) the thing STILL managed to evade us.

So, by this time we’re just fed up and tired. My mom went out to the hardware store and bought one of those $30 “Have a Heart” traps. Why won’t the chipmunk have a heart and leave my home eh?

We catch it. We release it. Next day. IT’S ON THE CAT’S FOOD. My dad managed to release just close enough to the home so the cats could bring it back in. We saw Blacky playing with it today afterwards.

We’ve re-caught it and it’s sitting inside the cage right now. We’re not touching it, and waiting for my father to come home to release it.

Looking for a laugh? Watch the video from the day after my birthday of my friends attempting to catch the evil chipmunk… here.

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Posted by Lara at 4:54 pm on Monday, November 6th, 2006
Filed under Humor, Personal, Random Fun
29
Aug
Fancy A Knee Surgery?

From “Edheads” comes VIRTUAL KNEE SURGERY: Take on the role of the Surgeon throughout a total knee replacement surgery.


The game starts out with a reception woman and the desk, and hospital reception noises.

Keep reading this »

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Posted by Lara at 6:44 pm on Tuesday, August 29th, 2006
Filed under Humor, Random Fun, Random Reporting, Technology
31
Jul
Making Up Words

I enjoy taking time in making up nonsense words and creating useless meanings for them along with my fantastic friend Christian. Here is an ongoing list. Add your own too in the comments : )

created by Lara
Schnerf (n) A pipe-cleaner that has been bent and will never be perfectly straight again. Drats! This schnerf has foiled my art-project once more!

created by Christian
Bimmle (v) To walk around aimlessly. She bimmled around the block for a bit and then ate a lollipop.
Gimble (n) 1) A solid wooden peg-leg. 2) A wood-painted cast placed over one’s leg for fun. 1) The pirate had a gimble… the result of a nasty fish attack. 2) Look everyone! Johnny has a gimble on for his costume!

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Posted by Lara at 8:54 pm on Monday, July 31st, 2006
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26
Jun
Grape Fire Balls! (Or Plasma Balls)

You have got to check this out… and try it out. I’m absolutely going to wreck a few microwaves with this hahaha.

ยป http://c3po.barnesos.net/homepage/lpl/grapeplasma/

ahhh!

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Posted by Lara at 10:49 pm on Sunday, June 26th, 2005
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