It’s Thanksgiving
(Photo by stock.xhng user mikecco.) So have some pie, watch the parade, enjoy your (hopefully) long weekend, and I’ll see you all next week!

Tuesdays Are Your Turn – Weird Thanksgiving Requests
Remember Type A Marnie and her neurotic Thanksgiving assignment letter? I found an even better one the other day on Margaret and Helen. This one’s not crazy like Marnie’s – instead, it pretty much nails all the annoying family stuff a holiday dinner can bring. Here’s an excerpt: Cloe. I am begging you honey. None of that Jello crap. No one eats it and the garbage stinks for a week after I throw it out. You have to go read

Thanksgiving Travel, Asthma, and Swine Flu
I’m staying home for Thanksgiving this year, and it feels awfully festive to live somewhere, finally, that’s actually cold this time of year. On Thursday, I plan to drink hot apple cider and watch the Macy’s parade before heading out to my in-laws’ for dinner, and I’ll be wearing a sweater and loving the cold air and I won’t miss all those previous Florida Thanksgivings in sandals even a little bit. Especially last year’s holiday, which the girls and I spent on the beach when we really wanted to be here, near the mountains. If you’re he

H1N1 Flu Update – Week Ending Nov. 20
Norway Reporting Possible Problematic H1N1 Mutation Stress on the *possible.* The Norwegian Institute of Public Health found this form of swine flu in two patients who died and one who had a severe case, but this article also includes the following from the institute’s statement: Based on what we know so far, it seems that the mutated virus does not circulate in the population, but might be a result of spontaneous changes which have occurred in these three patients. (Rob Stein, Washington Post, link above)

A Roadmap of Asthma Maintenance
Identifying asthma in a little kid is arduous enough and everyone’s got a diagnosis story, but the real work begins after diagnosis. Then you’re looking at a comprehensive strategy of prevention, maintenance, and treatment and a whole lot of guesswork and trial-and-error to get there. Here’s a general sort of roadmap to get you started on the path to asthma maintenance: 1. Read, read, read. Check out my blogroll up top for some good information sources. 2. Start keeping an