Dr. Scholl's Footmapping at Walmart

I started wearing heel inserts when I was working in the salon to relieve knee pain.  Then I had trouble with heel pain. My doctor took x-rays and I did not have a heel spur.  I did the exercises she suggested to relieve plantar fasciitis and the pain went away.  Now I have a sharp needle-like pain at the side of my heel when ever I put certain types of pressure on my foot, most often when I reach down to pick something up.  Though this pain is different that the last time, my doctor thinks it is a recurrence of plantar fasciitis, so I am doing the exercises again.  My shoe inserts were old, so I went to Walmart and tried out the Dr. Scholl's footmapping machine.  It identifies the pressure points for each foot and recommends a custom orthotic insert.  These inserts are a bit more expensive than regular Dr. Scholl's inserts, so I hope they work  

http://www.footmapping.com/ 

CLEP for IFSM 201: Introduction to Computer-Based Systems

I looked over the course objectives, and felt that, although it would be an easy A, there was no reason to take this course, except that it was a General Education requirement.  At first I was going to include this class in my portfolio of prior learning; however, I was told that my experience and training were "too informal".  One of my classmates is an Information Assurance major, and he suggested I CLEP instead.  I've taken 2 practice tests and getting scores above 75.  I only need 50 to pass.  I can do this!  CLEP will be much less work than trying to portfolio, and much more cost effective.  

Barb's

Rating:	★★
Category:	Restaurants
Cuisine:	American
Location:	Belington, WV

I have eaten here twice while in WV for a visit and both times I was dissatisfied. Last year I ordered steak fajitas which were greasy, but the cornbread was good. This year I ordered a Belgian waffle since they advertised breakfast any time. I was treated like a goddess - burnt offerings. I really should have sent it back to the kitchen. Other than that, the waitress was nice and the service was good

Cable TV

I have mentioned before that I am very frustrated with my cable provider since they changed to Broadstripe.  The latest problem is a bill that was $30 higher than normal.  I received a "courtesy call" explaining that they undercharged me during the transition.  I would very much like to dump them.  I looked closely at Verizon FIOS, but found there were so many variables in their offer that I would be paying a lot more than cable after the introductory discounts expired.  I bought a digital converter and antenna for the spare room.  It works great and I could live without cable.  So now I'm looking at getting phone & internet only through Verizon, and Dish Network for TV.  Should save at least $40/month.

Flickr vs Picasa

At one point, I had made several albums in Yahoo Photos which was eventually converted to Flickr. I wasn't thrilled with Flickr - especially the limits of the free account, so I hadn't added anything to it for a long time.  Several people had told me about Picasa, but I hadn't gotten around to trying it until now.  Very nice program.  Doesn't do a photostream, but I like the "face recognition" feature.  I fouind Picasa much easier to use than Flickr.  

Using Open Office on laptop

Nice program and it is free.  I've had one minor issue.  I saved the documents in the default (.odt) format, then couldn't open them in Word.  You have to use the option to save as a Word97/2000/XP (.doc) file.

Books

I haven't been doing a lot of reading lately other than the required reading for school.  I didn't finish the last 2 books I got from the library, and had to pay a late fine for one.  There are a couple of books on my wish list, though.  I just ordered The Gathering Storm, which is Book 12 in the Wheel of Time series and part 1 of 3 of the finale.