Katherine Hardwicke

If you hear a voice within you saying 'you are not a painter' then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced, - V. Van Gogh

[Michelle Maxwell ™ @MichelleMaxwell]

With everything we are hearing right now about ticks this seems like good information to share.

“Here’s what I’ve learned after more ticks than I care to count.
First, whatever your uncle told you, forget it. No matches. No nail polish. No Vaseline. No soap on a cotton ball. All of those do the same terrible thing, they stress the tick out, and a stressed tick empties its gut back into the bite before letting go. Which, if you think about what that actually means for a second, is literally how Lyme and the rest get transmitted so you’re not speeding up its exit. You’re making it throw up into you.
Fine-tipped tweezers. Grip right where the mouthparts enter the skin, not the body, the head. Pull straight up, steady, no twisting, no jerking. It’ll feel like it’s resisting because it is, the mouthparts are barbed. Just keep the pressure on and it lets go in a few seconds. If a piece breaks off in the skin, leave it alone. Your body pushes splinters out. Digging around with a needle does more damage then the fragment ever would.
Clean it with alcohol or soap. Wash your hands.
Now here’s the part most people skip: don’t flush the tick.
Tape it to an index card. Clear packing tape right over the body, write the date and where on your body it was, and stick the card in a drawer. If you come down with anything weird in the next 30 days, rash, fever, joint pain, that flu-that-isn’t-flu feeling, that tick goes with you to the doctor. Some labs will test the tick itself, which is faster and often more reliable than waiting for antibodies to show up in your own blood. A dated tick taped to a card is one of the most useful things you can hand a doctor who’s trying to figure out what’s wrong with you.
The other thing worth saying out loud: if the tick was engorged when you pulled it, and you can’t swear it was off your body within 24 hours, call your doctor that same day. Don’t wait for a rash. Fewer than three out of four Lyme cases even produce the classic bullseye. A single preventive dose of doxycycline within 72 hours of a deer tick bite cuts the Lyme odds way down, and most docs in tick country will write that prescription without giving you a hard time, especially if you walk in with the tick taped to a card and a clear timeline.”

[Katherine Hardwicke @Katwicke]

@theamelia__ Hope

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[Alex Vacca @itsalexvacca]

Facebook once bought a VPN app for $120M and turned it into a surveillance tool that spied on 33M+ users' entire phones for years.

This app helped Zuck buy WhatsApp for a whopping $19B and break Snapchat's encryption.

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@TrumpRealDaily 👍

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@elonmusk Hang in there. This country needs you to keep doing what you are doing & their tantrums are not unexpected.

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@realDonaldJNews 👍

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@ElonMuskAOC Hello

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@wfaaweather Wedding ceremonies all across the metroplex had their prayers answered and the rain obeyed.

[Joyce Meyer @JoyceMeyer]

We can complain or be thankful, we can encourage or discourage others, we can bless or curse our own future, and we can open or close doors of opportunity by the way we speak to others. It is time to use wisdom with what we say. #JoyceQuote #ChooseGratitude

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@JeanPharis @ECMcLaughlin 💕

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@ECMcLaughlin Major milestone! 🎉🙏🏻🎉

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@SarahJoyAdams Praying for him & you. This is so hard!

[Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnson]

My mother just called me. She had ordered some flowers from a small local store, to be delivered and dropped on the porch. When they brought the flowers, they said, "Hang on, we have something for you." The driver went back to the truck and proceeded to bring out...

[Katherine Hardwicke @Katwicke]

@unhealthytruth My pets have been social distancing with me so logically they should be fine! Who is using tests on pets? I thought there was a shortage? Are the tests accurate? More ? Than answers! Fear mongering!

[Joyce Meyer @JoyceMeyer]

"God, because I know your Word, I can take every thought captive. Help me to come into perfect agreement with Your Word. Give me the wisdom to reject negative thoughts and fix my mind on what is true and honorable and right. In Jesus' name, Amen!" #JoyceQuote #PrayToday

[Katherine Hardwicke @Katwicke]

@TheFunkIsReal Haha... love the foot action!