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ATTENTION: HPV Vaccine, a vaccine all women who qualify (age 12-26) should take

So...I'm not sure which cave I was hiding under all these years, but I just recently heard about HPV and the vaccine for it, so I thought I should share to anyone who has not yet taken the vaccine which can help prevent cervical cancer and genital warts (if you take the Gardasil vaccine that is. There are two different types, Gardasil is from Merck Company.)

You can google HPV for yourself for more information. HPV is a sexually transmitted disease, so it is best to take it before you are active, but even if you are, it should be beneficial to you, given that you have not already acquired it. You do not have to have sexual intercourse to contract this, it can be contracted through oral sex.

It's a total of three shots, talk to your healthcare provider for more details. Insurance usually covers a recommended vaccine.



FYI, there are two preventive vaccines approved by the FDA: one for Hep B, and one for HPV.



Qualifications: age 12-26, and I've heard if you've had more than 5 partners you don't qualify, but I don't know for sure, so you should ask


From Wikipedia:

A human papillomavirus (HPV) is a papillomavirus that infects the epidermis and mucous membranes of humans. HPV can lead to cancers of the cervix, vulva, vagina, and anus in women. In men, it can lead to cancers of the anus and penis.[1]
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"Remember You Don't Stop Laughing Because You Grow Old,
You Grow Old Because You Stop Laughing"

I'm excited to start chronicling my food cooking escapades!

Good recipes will be shared...and I'll shovel my cooking disasters under the rug somewhere if they come...haha I kid...

Being a lactose-intolerant person, it is a bit ironic that I love cheese. It's just I get sick after eating them. A bit sad if you ask me. That's like saying you love dogs but you're allergic to it. After looking at so many inspirational food blogs on normal everyday Joes like you and I making cheese at home, I have decided cheese-making is my next culinary goal. =)

I'll start cooking more French dishes and share that as well.

My faith in humanity and Parking tickets.

I had the sheer luck (sarcasm) to receive two parking tickets in Berkeley last week, a whopping $46 dollars each, for being parked in the same spot for 5 hours, by the same Officer "Banjo," and chalked up twice. So I went to the Berkeley Parking and Permit Center (I can't recall the exact name) to pay for it on Center Street. And the very very nice generous, words cannot describe how wonderful...dismissed both of my parking tickets! whoo hoo.

Word of Wisdom: if your nice clerk lady has a paper cut, offer a bandaid and antibiotics, it WILL save you $92 dollars worth of parking tickets. :) Faith in humanity is restored...I kid, I've always had faith in humanity, just not in mean Officer Banjos. =)

"when a woman shops, no logic is required nor often used"...this can be so true sometimes :)

Pumpkin Muffin Recipe and photo from Savory Bites...It's delicious!

Ingredients:

Pumpkin Filling
1/4th of a Kent Pumpkin
1 tablespoon butter
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons water
Muffin Batter
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup self-raising flour
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 egg
3/4 cup water
1/4 cup cooking oil (vegetable, canola, etc)
2 cored, peeled, and chopped apples

Recipe:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Cut the pumpkin into cubes of 1 inch thick.
Add the pumpkin into a bowl along with all the sugar, water and butter. Microwave for about 3 minutes or until the pumpkin breaks down and you get a mushy consistency.
In a separate bowl, combine all the dry ingredients- both flours, sugars, salt, and baking powder
Add the wet ingredients- egg, water and cooking oil.
Fold in the pumpkin and mix lightly with a spatula.
Fill the muffin tins about 3/4 of the way and pop them into the oven from 15-20 minutes.

yes people do drive like this...ridiculous

oh Italy...! this is what i get for reading food blogs, especially savory bites'. Doesn't that look amazing though?