What a day…..

It has been a long day. Happy Halloween to everyone. Dominic went trick or treating tonight. Junior and Brittney took him out for a while. He decided to go as a vampire……..Meanwhile Mommy continued to work on all her business stuff. When I decided I would work for myself I did not think really realize how much work was involved setting it all up, Boy am I tired but I know it will be worth it in the long run.

Cloud Accounting – What does it all really mean….In English Please!!!!

First and foremost the cloud way of technology has been around for probably 10-15 years. It just was not being utilized to its full potential. Think of this way if your office burned down and your back-ups were onsite, how does the data get recovered. The answer in short is it doesn’t. With the cloud our data is stored off site in a secured place. Think of a safety deposit box for your data. 


What if the internet crashes then what!!! First off the internet in the world is like electricity and it will not be down for long. Where if our computers crash or the hard drive life ends. We would be without the data for a lot longer. Let’s take a look at the pros and cons of the cloud shall we.

PROS:

  • Reduced cost – cloud accounting is a very cost effective solution. It removes the necessity to purchase hardware or accounting software. And unlike the conventional software, it requires no updates or maintenance. All those things are managed by a cloud accounting service provider.
  • Your computers are not slowed down by large software packages.
  • Anytime, Anywhere access. All you need is an internet connection. You can access it from any location including from your cell phones and tablets.
  • Real-time multi-user environment. No more back-ups to remember.
  • No upfront investment. Cloud services tend to work as a subscription service so you are not paying for the entire software package. You only pay for what you use. Usually it based on the number of users that you need to be able to access the software at the same time.
  • It allows for businesses to use their funds elsewhere instead of being wrapped up in expensive software and servers. That way businesses can spend money where they normally has short comings. Let’s maybe on marketing to bring in more business or on benefits for employees.

 

CONS:

  • Lack of support – Know you vendor and do your research. Meaning I would not jump on bored with just any cloud vendor. Make sure they are not going anywhere anytime soon…..Long proven track record.
  • Inflexibility – While doing my research I have found some companies have requirements on the amount of users. Like one company charges for 10 users regardless if you have less because that is their requirement for commitment. Make sure it is an easy process to add and subtract employees as you need to.
  • Cost can be a factor and a smart thrifty business owner needs to do an apple to apple comparison to make sure they are saving like they should be. Most times it is definitely cheaper but it all depends on what you are looking to do as far as business needs go.


I feel a need to make you understand the real time advantage. Previously if you had a remote worker that worker in most cases would have to wait until after hours to log in and if somebody forgot to leave the work station turned on then you were not able to work remotely. Advances in technology has certainly come a long way with the things that we can now do. In today’s world advancement in technology seems to be a given and sometimes it takes us a while to fully embrace it. So do your research and embrace away. Happy Cloud Computing to all.

Daily Prompt: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

The title of this topic caught my interest because when I was little girl my uncle thought it was the coolest think to teach to spell it backwards. Its funny the things we remember from our childhoods or how simple things set them into motion.

Back to the topic at hand. The first thing I do when I get wonderful news is to call my favorite person, my mother and tell her all about it. She is the one person I share everything with. Even the bad stuff so that is definitely what I would do.

Daily Prompt: Breakdown

The habit that I would like to break is smoking. I am a smoker and have tried unsuccessfully to give up the habit. It would effect me very positively if I could give up the habit because I would be healthier, and I would have more money. Plus I would the not have to work smoking into my schedule and my clothes would not stink like an astray.

Smoking is such a dirty disgusting habit. I am hoping for the will power to win over this addiction. I am working very hard at making this a reality this year for myself, my health, and that of my two sons who would like nothing more because they understand the health risks associated with the habit. To think it is socially unexpected almost everywhere, when I started it was only because all my friends smoked and I wanted to fit in even though I could not stand the smell or the site of a dirty astray…………….Moral of the story be who you are and don’t change yourself to be something else……….

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Get Off the Beaten (Domain) Path

WordPress.com News

Lots of bloggers add a custom domain to their WordPress.com sites to simplify their URLs. But what happens if the one you want isn’t available, or you want an address that’s a bit . . . different?

Enter the offbeat domain. You’ve seen them around the internet; think of sites like:

  • deli.cio.us, the social bookmarking site.
  • bit.ly, the link-shortening tool.
  • ma.tt, personal blog of Automattic founder and WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg. 

Of course, you might see URLs like this on other sites as well — like picturesofthin.gs, my own humble photo blog. That’s because no special technical powers are needed to set up an offbeat domain with a WordPress.com blog.

If you’re new to custom domains, give this primer a skim first. If you’re ready to get off the beaten domain path, read on!

What are these weird URLs?

They’re all just custom domains — just…

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Hydrocephalus

Hydrocephalus – A subject that is near and dear to me……I was not born with it.

Hydrocephalus is a topic of discussion that hits close to home for me as I was diagnosed in my early twenties after acquiring the chicken box virus from my 4-year-old son. I never had chicken pox as a child. This whole diagnosis has been a mystery to me for quite sometime until recently when I was able to uncover some answers. It has been a very long frustrating battle as it has caused difficulties that have affected me most of my life. First off young and middle-aged individuals with hydrocephalus is not the same as Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus which affects the elderly nor is it the same as the kind that infants are born with. When young adults or middle-aged people acquire it the term they give it is called “SHYMA” (Syndrome of Hydrocephalus in young and middle-aged adults). 

Individuals with SHYMA remains poorly described in any medical documentation that I have been able to find during my research which I have been conducting for over ten years. I also came to the conclusion that most are not diagnosed and not treated. Most find out they have it due to other reasons that required a CAT SCAN. So basically the symptoms are treated under another inaccurate diagnosis.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15978182

Which leads me to my journey. 
I was rushed to a level one trauma center with a very high fever, loss of vision, and the worse migraine I had every experienced accompanied by weakness and fatigue. This was two weeks after my 4-year-old son acquired the chicken pox from daycare. After having a spinal tap, and numerous scans of my brain, I was admitted to the Neuro Intensive Care Unit.  During the next few days there were no changes and my mother continuously asked the doctors if this all could be from exposure to the chicken pox virus and my husband and my mother were constantly told no. What they were told is that I had hydrocephalus. Which was most likely caused from a trauma or I was born with it and it was never detected. During this time I was kept sedated because of the extreme pain from the inter-cranial pressure from the fluid increase. The doctors informed my family that I would need a shunt surgically implanted in the morning and that would be the only option or I would continue to deteriorate. The following morning before the procedure they were bringing me down to CAT SCAN for yet another scan to check the fluid levels and I broke out in what I thought were hives and nurse advised me that they were indeed CHICKEN POX!!! Okay so I contaminated the entire NEURO ICU with chicken pox. Which was very upsetting to both my mother and my husband because they kept asking the doctors about that being the case. So I was treated for chicken pox and sent home. No shunt needed……YEAH RIGHT.

Well the headaches never went away every. Every day I live with a headache in one form or another.Year went by and life went on and we never heard about hydrocephalus again. The doctors assumed it was all caused from the chicken pox virus.

So life goes on a few years and BAM!!! I had been working as an ER Technician and while at work I started feeling funny. I got this metallic taste in my mouth and this weird feeling of deja vu. Then BAM there is a bunch of nurses above me asking if I was okay. Apparently I had a syncope episode which has never happened before. Meanwhile I work in the ER and they don’t even look at my head or anything just send me home. Well When I get home I have this huge knot on the front of my head so my significant other rushes me back to hospital because he feels they should have done a cat scan. Well I should have never went back to the hospital I worked at. The CAT SCAN showed non-communicating hydrocephalus again as well as them telling me I had a massive concussion. I was not allowed to return to work until I got clearance from a neurologist. Off to the brain doctor we go again.

After yet another brain scan and a EEG, it is determined that I not only have hydrocephalus but I have temporal lobe epilepsy as well. Due to the fact that I have had hydrocephalus for many years at this point a shunt would not reverse any of my symptoms. To understand the what was happening to me, my mom and I sat down and went over my child hood and realized some things……..

Apparently I had been in a car accident prone my whole life, I also was quite a day dreamer. I also had cognitive issues that did not become noticeable until much later when we were putting all the pieces together. Through out my childhood I received special education and had learning difficulties.

So the symptoms of hydrocephalus in young and middle adults I would say are migraines, cognitive delays, balance issues. Without early treatment symptoms progress and simple things in life get more difficult and it gets very hard to complete tasks and maintain employment because of the cognitive deficits. The cognitive difficulties that I had growing up were very similar to someone with severe ADD. I fall constantly. Throughout my life I have always been that person that has to have a to do list or gets off track.The doctors now believe that a car accident that I was in when I was five is the reason for the hydrocephalus. I went through the back window and ended of with a bruised brain. The neurologist I see now concludes that traumatic brain injuries are a major cause of SHYMA. Also my daydreaming was most likely absent seizures. Luckily for me I have never experienced a grand mal seizure.To date I have never had a shunt put in because it can’t reverse the damage. Also note I have always had difficulties keeping on track and keeping interest in anything for any long length of time. I have changed my career a few times because of it. When you have SHYMA life is far from normal.

I am not looking for sympathy I just want to raise awareness to this lifelong illness. It is very frustrating to be the person that has this illness and all of the material out there is based on normal pressure or infant hydrocephalus. More awareness and more research is definitely needed. Currently I am undergoing Neuro Cognitive Testing and Therapy to see what more they discover has been effected. One symptom that I have had for as long as I can remember is that I am very difficult to wake up and I go into a very deep sleep where I don’t hear anything including a fire alarm.

symptoms of SHYMA is as follows according to the link below.
Headache, difficulty in remaining awake or waking up, loss of coordination or balance, bladder control problems, impaired vision, and cognitive skills that may affect job performance and personal skills.

http://www.aans.org/Patient%20Information/Conditions%20and%20Treatments/Hydrocephalus.aspx

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Tooth Extraction Equals Bad Experience……..

So I went to have a tooth extracted back on October 5th. Well what an experience it was. My simple extraction took nearly and hour and a half and I have had nothing but problems since.  Because it took so long I ended up with a dry docket because the clot was destroyed and disappeared. Apparently the roots wrapped around the bone, which I might had I was not expecting nor have I heard of this before. Secondly I put on Clindamycin,Ibuprofren, and Vicodin.

Well it was a nightmare. After taking the antibiotic to the very end, on the last day I go to take the last pill and it goes down and it feels stuck. I can’t get it to go down and it wont budge. After a little bit I start feeling really sharp chest pains, and it continues on to then include difficulty swallowing. It really begins to get worse because I am really hungry and after conducting research on line about what it could be it sounds like my esophagus is irritated so I try some toast like the websites said and that did not go over too well. Let say it really hurts to swallow it and when it hits the esophagus or what I think is my esophagus it sends to my knees in pain and the tears are just streaming down my face. So I try to manage it with Prilosec and Mylanta with no improvement.

So I finally go to the doctors and do to the amount of damage the clindamycin and ibuprofren I may have gastric problems forever. Apparently the antibiotic or should I say my reaction to it caused my body to lose all its healthy bacteria and no I am prone to infection because my immune system can’t fight all anything. Also my esophagus is ulcerated and there is a possibility that I may now have a gastric ulcer……….So I go home with three more medicine which I am now completely afraid to take anything else at this point. The tooth extraction side still has not healed………….Moral of the story know the dentist really well and do your research and pay close attention to the fine print on the printout of side effects the pharmacy gives you.

http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/archives/fdaDrugInfo.cfm?archiveid=1599