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TIPS FOR LIVING

Updated January 2, 2004

Hi -- Please note that this section is not well organized!
When it is it will include tools, tips, recipes, and other pointers that people have posted to the list.

QUICK & HEALTHY RECIPES

Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, I used to cook for a living. When the arthritis hit I could not stand in kitchens all day long, and I became an academic. But with the ravages of the psoriasis, the arthritis, and the drugs used to treat both, I found I needed a healthier diet. I recently began a low-carb way of eating, and have lost 60 pounds in a year and a half! So I've started a LC recipe file which I have linked below.

Robert's Low-Carb World


READING IN BED

COMING SOON!
From: PBias@webtv.net (Patricia Bias)

Reading in bed:

Wearing sports braces on the wrists and giving up hard bound books for paperbacks helps. You can rig up the "book holders" for exercise bikes to take to bed if needed. There are gizmos that hold a book open to the page you are reading that slip on and off. The slipping on and off is probably more trouble than they are worth.

If you have to give up lying down have you tried the lounge pillow? It stands upright and has tapering wings that come forward on both sides for extra support of the arms.


What else?
When I couldn't open the latches on the dog runs hubby fixed it so the gates opened inward. The dogs were pushing them closed but I could push them open w/o having to worry about the latches. That would work for other doors/gates. Same principal.

Buying socks a little big so they are easier to get on and off.

Using velcro around the house where appropriate???

At work I purchased a set of hand trucks and a few dollies for 5 gallon buckets to cut down on lifting and carrying. I have to bring a 5 gallon bucket into the main office to be weighed for going out UPS so I set it in the dollie at the front door and "soccer kick" it to the scales.

This could be fun. Anyone else?

Pat B

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