Mar 31 2008
Beaver Pills
My blog is finally back!
My hosting service had emailed me stating that the move was a Big Success and even ahead of schedule.
So I check and I cannot connect to my WordPress database.
I try to use online Chat with their Tech Support folks and they are too busy.
I decide that I would put my time to better use by drinking some red wine.
Red wine, a night’s rest and Still No Blog.
I emailed my hosting service.
Have a cup of coffee.
Have a second cup of coffee.
Blog is back.
So what was Ms. Q up to while her blog was moving from one Data Center to another?Â
In preparation for Cruisin’ With The Qs, I took me and mom for haircuts on Saturday. Mom needed color, I didn’t.  I also helped mom pack. It took me about an hour just to pack her pills. I brought those snack-sized ZipLoc bags and counted ‘em out.
Ms. Q: Mom, how many of these uh, green ones do you take?
Mom: Those are PICK-noh-gee-nall. Beaver Pills. Took me awhile to learn how to pronounce. They are EXPENSIVE. I take ‘em 3 days a week.
Ms. Q: Uh-huh. Maybe we can skip those then. Take a break. Save some money.Â
I look at the dark brown plastic bottle: pycnogenol.
Mom: I call em Beaver Pills ‘cuz they are made out of pine bark.
Makes sense to me.Â
Mom takes a lot of supplements. I’m glad that most of her pills are supplements and not prescription drugs.
Then I helped her pack. It was inneresting.
Then I went home.
It’s been a long time since I’ve gone on vacation with my family. Family as in parents.
I gather people do it all the time.
I pondered my choices: Shall I or shall I NOT?
I shall.
I opened up a bottle of red wine.
Red wine contains antioxidants.
It seems that Beaver Pills contain even more.
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glad you are back. I gulp down lots of supliments too. your mom and I should trade notes. LOL!
oh, check yer email, me lady! argh!
No upgrade for your wordpress version while you were at it? That’s probably safer. But there was a pretty big release for 2.5 this weekend. The admin looks way different anyways.
Supplements are the worst. I never understand why those things are so big. And then you have to take two of each. I pop at least four different kind daily. You know I’m trying to get fit for summer.
Beaver Pills… Funny.
Glad your blog is back up. You were missed.
Ricardo: I take supplements but mine all fit into those little supplement/dose packets – I take 9 pills (2 of ‘em are calcium citrate). Mom takes maybe 20 supplements and 6 prescription and 4 OTCs (for arthritis, poor thing).
I have pretty basic supplements: C-Ester, calcium, acidophilis, CoQ10, glucosamine, alpha-lipoic, flax seed (for Omega-3 since I’m allergic to fish), B vitamin blend and every so often, iron.
I checked email last night and responded. If you sent another email since then, I haven’t received it! My mail server was having issues though. Probably connected to my data center move!
Derek: I read about the WP release coming up so I figgered I may as well let this settle and then do a big upgrade…at some point! I only did a quick read on the new features. Currently have too much going on focus on an upgrade although I have been looking at new WP templates, primarily the ones by Sadish, the designer of my current template.
UT: Not all supplements are big. The CoQ10 ones are small! The Beaver Pills were clear capsules with what looked like finely ground pine needles.
Aawww, thanks for missing me! I did try to visit a few blogs in between sorting pills and packing!
You’re trying to get fit for summer? Huh. I had the impression you were always fit.
I’m not content with how I look. I want to take it to the next level.
I’ll take the red wine over the beaver pills ANY day!!!!
UT: Yow! You mean uh, it gets better???
Sue: Me, too! Mom said the Beaver Pills were something like a buck a pill so she waits for BOGOs (Buy One Get One free) and the bottle has 60 capsules! Red wine is cheaper (especially the kind I buy).
Sometimes I get a bit lost when speaking with my mom. It’s like I’m entering some alternate universe. Example:
Mom: “Yeah, the Beaver Pills are really expensive so I wait for bogos and try to save more money but not taking them every day and spacing them out to every other day.”
Me: Please translate Beaver Pills and bogo. (rhymes with pogo like pogo stick).
Did you get the one I sent earlier today?
I take amino acids, whey protein shakes, vitamins, Omega 3, Liquid B-Complex and plant enzymes.
Yep, sounds very much like a Beaver Pill. I think I would prefer those to wine, though. I have the tastes of a child and would enjoy pretending I’m a beaver.
I like the idea of taking supplements, I just never do it. I get to the store and there are so many different kinds. It’s too hard to choose just one and too expensive to choose so many. The closest I ever get is swiping a couple of my kids’ multivitamins. They always “forget” to take them anyway, so there are plenty.
Jill: The kinds and types of supplements are overwhelming. But it’s difficult to get a good variety of food – I know I tend to eat the same things all the time. If anything, I’ve heard that having at least a good multivitamin is something to take daily. You ARE taking your calcium, aren’t you?