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Sacred Heart Jesus Night Light

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Jesus Cross Night Light

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I’ve always had a love for Jesus art, particularly all the fascinating variations of the Sacred Heart design with Mary or Jesus. I’ve currently got a hand made wooden piece of the Sacred Art I bought from Poland, a postcard of Mary cradling baby Jesus I bought when I was visiting Italy, and thanks to a traveling friend, I recently acquired a hand painted Mary Sacred Heart painting from Peru just last week.

The Jesus Night Light goes down as another find of the day here are Dreaming Life. Much like the Holly Go Lightly Sleep Mask featured earlier this month, you either like this kind of stuff or you don’t. Or you’re buying it precisely because to some people it’s odd and it makes an ironic gift. What do you think – why / who buys a Jesus Night Light?

More Featured Night Lights:

• Fish Night Lights
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Conair White Noise Machine SU1W Review

I’ve used a white noise machine virtually every night of my life for the last 5 years. It surprises even me how well it works – and I have one of the cheapest models, the Conair SU1W Sound Therapy / White Noise Machine.

It was a gift – one at which when I first opened it I was a bit dismayed because while I am frugal, I don’t have cheap tastes when it comes to spending money on something I plan to get a lot of use out of. I was wrong though -  this $20 white noise sound machine has done a shockingly good job and I think a lot of people would be satisified with this Conair sound machine to help them sleep.

Quick Features at a Glance

Features of the Conair Sound Therapy Machine, Model SUW1, Silver.

• 10 Sounds, Including White Noise
• Easy, Large Controls
• Optional Timer
• Optioner Batteries Mode

What I Like About It

Here’s a look at what makes this a great sound machine.

Easy to use. You can easily be bumbling around in the dark and turn this thing on. The on/off button is smack dab in the middle of the design, and is the biggest button on the unit. I rarely actually look for it, I just know where it is. It’s also very simple to quickly adjust all the sound settings and the volume control button is huge – you can’t miss it.

Has some really good sounds that I’m practically addicted to. These are my favorite right now out of all 10 sounds: Ocean Waves, Thunderstorm, Waterfall, and White Noise. For a couple years I only listened to Summer Night or Rainfall. Side note: I’m always perplexed by the inclusion of the Heart Beat sound. A lot of sound machines have them. To me it seems creepy! Makes me think of that Edgar Allen Poe story. But I guess it’s a throwback to being the womb? I don’t get it.

Cheap. Sound machines can be pricey – and as mentioned, I would love a more expensive noise machine one day – but for this price, this Conair sound machine is a good deal.

Light weight and can run off batteries or plug into the wall. While I wouldn’t call it small, it’s very light weight and it would be easy to pack this with you for hotel trips. I always used mine plugged in but there’s an option for batteries making it truly portable.

Optional timer. I’ll be honest – I never even noticed this option until right now as I’m writing this review and I’ve been using the machine every night for 5 years but lo and behold, directly on the side of the machine is a timer switch. SO, if you don’t want to run it all night long – or you’re using batteries – you can have it turn off automatically. Personally I like the idea of it staying on all night – especially if you’re using it to block out external sounds.

Includes White Noise. Strangely, not all sound machines include white noise, but this one does – and I’m a fan of white noise.

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What Could Be Improved

Here are two quick things they could do better.

Improve the volume control dial. The volume control can be a little wonky and it’s fairly easily to accidentally adjust the knob if you’re shuffling some things around on your night stand. I also think they give you way too much unnecessary volume you’ll never use – I can’t imagine turning the dial anywhere close to the loudest setting, and I bet you wouldn’t either. However, once I set the volume to the level I like I leave it there and so this isn’t really an issue.

Occassional interference when next to a cell phone. When I put my cell phone too close to the unit, it sometimes gets weird interference. Some may find this aggravating and I’ve seen it even mentioned on Amazon reviews. But it’s not a big a deal as long as you don’t place your phone directly next to the machine! =)

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If you’re interested in sound machines, white noise, and other sleep products, here are some other blog posts and guides I’ve put together that I think you might find interesting:

• Lights Out Sleep Mask – A look at the best selling Lights Out sleep mask. Makes a perfect compliment to a sound machine for going to sleep.
• Sirius Mind Machine – If you want to take white noise to the next level, check out my review of the Sirius Mind Machine. This device is amazing.
• Kids Night Lights – You’ve always wanted a Superman Night Light, right?
• Osaki Massage Chair – Want to give yourself that extra boost of relaxation and all around euphoria before going to bed? Check out the Osaki Massage Chair.

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It is only fitting for me to put together a blog post on this as I’m now in my 3rd week of going to bed and not being able to fall asleep easily. It’s a total pain in the ass but at least I’m not alone. I have scoured the internet for survey data and stats on insomnia to put together in this fact sheet. I’m not sure what to take away from this other than serious sleep problems are nested into every day life for many people, often met with puzzlement to their doctors who don’t know how to help them.

Statistics on Insomnia

Here’s a snapshot of insomnia related statistics. All this data comes from university and government sources. I have an included a link for each data source. I believe all this data is specific to surveying US residents.

Statistics Sources:

A-D http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/insomnia-000096.htm
E-G: http://www.aasmnet.org/resources/factsheets/insomnia.pdf
H: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/inso/inso_whatis.html

Note: This data set is a bit short due to most insomnia statistics simply repeat the same findings over and over.

Photo by Florian Boyd.

Insomnia Jargon Cheat Sheet

The following definitions are helpful in light of understanding the statistics on insomnia.

• Primary Insomnia – Cannot be attributed to common causes for sleeplessness such as a medical/psychiatric cause or drug/medicine related cause. It’s characterized with a history of problems going to sleep, staying asleep, or having nonrestorative sleep causing significant problems in ones day to day life.Secondary Insomnia – Sleeplessness that can be attributed to a source such as a medical problem or depression.
• Idiopathic Insomnia – A rare form of chronic insomnia in which no cause or reason is understood for sleeplessness. Idiopathic insomnia starts at a young age and continues for ones entire life. Click here to learn more.
• Sleep Onset Insomnia – When it takes more than 30 minutes to fall asleep. Anxiety is often associated with sleep onset insomnia. Also called Delayed Sleep Phase Insomnia. Also described in regards to children who are conditioned to sleep via a trigger such as being held, rocked, or having music or the TV on, who experience sleep problems if these conditions are not met.
• Limit Setting Insomnia – Also called childhood insomnia, limit setting insomnia comes about from kids not having a solid bed time.

There are even more definitions than this, but these are the most commonly cited ones.

Recommended Resources

• NPR Podcast On Sleep Problems – An interview with Gayle Green of Sleep Starved along with sleep experts Dr. Ronald Chervin and Todd Arnedt. A really interesting discussion from people who are in the trenches. From NPR’s Talk of the Nation.

• The Sleep in America Poll – Nearly 50 pages of extensive survey results from the National Sleep Foundation’s 2008 sleep survey. Definitely some interesting data in here.

4 Sleep Related Products You Might Find Helpful

• Lights Out Sleep Mask
• Pillows for Stomach Sleepers
• Insomnia Tablets
• Liquid Melatonin

View from Queen Anne | Seattle

In sum, there are two huge things:

1- I have gotten rid of an epic amount of shit.

2- I then moved 3,000 miles away across the country to Seattle.

Yeah!

It Takes Some Work To Do This, Man…*

(*but you only have to do it once.)

It’s been a little over a year since I got really interested in owning less and wanted to see what it’d be like to live with minimal belongings.

In the 3 months before I moved to Washington, I spent enormous amounts of time sorting through belongings and getting rid of as much as possible. I feel like I didn’t even own all that much compared to a lot of people, but nevertheless, once you start identifying every single damn thing you own and trying to decide if it’s worth keeping, and 90% of the time it’s not, you end up with a lot of stuff to deal with to find a new home for.  And whether that home is a friends house, the Goodwill, a recycling center, or the dump, it all has to be dealt with one way or the other!

What’s Gone

Now that it’s all said and done, it feels so damn good to have gotten rid of so many damn things.

To give you an idea, I got rid of my…

• car: this was a biggie! Coincidentally, my Civic broke down on cue and I sold it to a junk yard for $500.
• clothes: gave away roughly 2/3 of my clothes to Goodwill.
• books: sold or gave away  3/4 of my books.
• movies: sold or gave away 90% of my movies.
• musical instruments: sold my drumset, antique keyboard, Yamaha keyboard, antique accordian, mic stand.
• computer crap: sold, recycled, or gave away a RAID server, 2 desktop PCs, computer monitor, speakers, keyboards, & bags of misc computer crap.
• furniture part I: gave away my TV, entertainment center, bookshelf, computer desk, computer chair.
• furniture part II: sold my bookshelf, mirror, some wall decor, kitchen table and 4 chairs.
• furniture part III: have loaned out my bed and my couch. one day I’ll get them back!
• misc stuff: I also donated or gave to family &  friends things like a coffee machine, toaster, bulletin board, cleaning supplies, art supplies, picture frames, Halloween costumes, lamps, a queen bed frame, a weight bench, an exercise bike, free weights, a water fountain, a wine holder, misc. wall decor, CD stands, old cell phones, various heating pads, a bunch of shoes, and a bunch of other stuff I’m forgetting. It’s all gone.

Owning 100 Things Or Less

Disclaimer I: I don’t really own 100 things or less, literally.

Disclaimer II: But I’ve yet to count what I own. So there.

Disclaimer III: And I’ve cheated in a major way by storing a stack of stuff in my Mom’s attic that I aim to either one day sell or use  -  a big chunk of boxes about 4 feet tall, 5 feet wide, and 5 feet across.

But I love the spirit of owning 100 things or less, and depending on how you want to count it,  I’ve moved here to Seattle with 100 things or less.I shipped out here the equivalent of about 10 shoe boxes of stuff plus a guitar and then just took a laptop bag and a suitcase as carry-on luggage for the flight.

(Also, one thing that I should mention i.e. Disclaimer IV: I’ve moved into a furnished living space. So I don’t own it, but I do have a couch, a bed, a desk, a bookshelf, chairs, lamps, etc.)

What I REALLY Use In Day to Day Life

When it comes down to it, I can identify the following items as worth having on hand in my life. Why? Because this is what I actually USE!

This includes my:

My New Best Friend in Seattle

• My beautiful sunburst Yamaha Acoustic Guitar
• Laptop + Ipad + Speakers + Ipod + Headphones + Laptop Bag
• About a Dozen Books + my Journal
• A Bathroom Bag + Medicines
• Various Containers +  Baskets + a Luggage Suitcase.
• The Clothes I Actually Wear and Lots of Socks + Underwear (you really shouldn’t eff around with that.)
• My Sheets + My Own Pillow.
• Multitool, Bottle Opener, Kitchen Utensils, Batteries, and a few other similar, practical things.
• Functional things: microwave,  mini fridge, desk, chair, couch, lamps.
• Cuddly animals (see photo)

Basically the list above is everything I brought with me to my new pad in Seattle, except for the furniture. It’s really quite amazing to me to see myself settling in with what I actually need as defined by what I actually use. Ironically, if anything, I’ve brought too much here and could stand to ship home, sell, or give away about 1 shoe box worth of things so far.

What’s the Point of All This?

It’s so easy to one day wake up and realize you own entirely too much crap. But when you don’t really own much it’s a lot easier to pursue opportunities that otherwise are harder to actualize when you’re tied down to your belongings.

For me personally, I know that the less I have to own / manage / deal with, the easier it is to:

• move, travel, and live in different places
• spend less, work less, and save more
• have time to focus on the things I want to do

I hope that doesn’t sound pretentious. It’s not like getting rid of all your stuff means you’re a necessarily able to travel around the world and live this amazing life. But if you want to do that kind of thing, it’s a lot easier to manage it if you aren’t distracted and tied down with needless possessions that drain your resources.

Tiny Houses

On a related note, somewhere along the line I ran into the Tiny House Blog. This has stirred up the beast inside of me that really wants to own something again – but something that is small, awesome, and relatively stress free to keep up with. I love the idea of owning a tiny home with some land. Throw up a big deck around the house, set up a garden, and put up some solar panels to power the whole thing – man, that would be fantastic.

With this as my inspiration, I’ve spent countless hours researching the different builders out there making really small, sometimes even portable, homes. But I’m amazed at how expensive they are. For the price of many of these tiny homes I could just buy a 3 bedroom condo and have 5-10 times as much space and be done with it. But that’s not what I want. So I started digging deeper to see what my options are for the cheapest yet-still-awesome tiny homes. This generally meant under $50,000 but ideally waaay under this.

I don’t currently have the funds to do this but when something is under $50,000 – and especially in the $15,000-$30,000 range – it’s not hard to project what it would take to save up that kind of money in X amount of years and buy a home and have zero mortgage. I find this possibility very inspiring.

After much research, I’ve found there are a handful of very interesting options in this price range. With the huge interest in tiny homes  – yet the high price tag attached to most – I’m planning on documenting these affordable tiny homes in a blog post – coming soon!

Sadly, so many people on this list burnt out and died hard, which isn’t to say that’s what happens when you have insomnia… but it sure as hell seems like insomnia + fame make for a lethal combination.

There’s loads more people I could’ve added to this list, but here are what I think are the most interesting famous people with insomnia. Let me know what you think and who I left out.

1. Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

I’ll start this list with my childhood hero, Michael Jackson.

Oh Michael, I love you, and of course you would have insomnia along with a million other health problems.

Bloggers from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (1) speculated after his death that Jackson could have been dealing with a number of sleep problems. These included adjustment insomnia, which comes from being stressed out and psychophysiological insomnia, which comes from worry about insomnia to the point that anxiety is associated with sleep. He was also on a number of medicines which could have – and almost certainly did – mess up his sleep.

Additionally, they say he practiced bad sleep hygiene by sleeping in a chamber with a monkey using his laptop in bed. D’oh, how many you are reading this right now in bed?

PS I think this photo is actually a photo of a wax statue. It’s a little weird that it’s hard to tell the difference.

Photo by Antonio Manfredonio.
Source: 1

2. Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh

“For three weeks I have been suffering from insomnia.”

- Letter, June 1882, Vincent van Gogh

Discussions of Van Gogh’s mental and physical health are nearly as celebrated as his art. On the subject of insomnia, he wrote about it often, noting in one letter he had been struggling for 3 weeks to fall asleep. (1) In another letter, this time to his brother, he offered his solution: putting “a very, very strong dose of camphor in my pillow and mattress.” (2)

Camphor, made from dried rosemary leaves or evergreen trees, at high doses is actually poisonous to ingest, causing confusion, seizures, and irritability. Interesting to think what this “very, very strong dose” he slept with was doing to him.

Source: 1 2

3. Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

President Lincoln reportedly kept his aides awake as he stayed up all night working – or maybe just goofing off. Reportedly he would pace the White House telling stories and reading Shakespeare outloud to his secretary, while everyone but Lincoln would be falling asleep. (1)

Insomnia? It’s not entirely clear if that’s the case but it sure sounds like he had problems sleeping.

In fact, Lincolns health is a subject a popular debate amongst historians. He was known to take a medicine called “blue mass” as a treatment for melancholy. (2) Turns out this medicine was mercury, which we now know is a neurotoxin. Strange to think of one of the most famous Presidents in American history slowly and purposely, yet unknowingly, eating poison.

Source: 1 2

4. Judy Garland

Judy Garland

Judy Garland, star of one of the most wonderful movies about dreams ever made, the Wizard of Oz, developed insomnia in the same manner many celebrities do: stress. (1)

Sadly, her insomnia and stress all worked in a vicious cycle: she was given drugs to help her sleep, drugs to her get up, and drugs to help her stay thin. Taken together, this led to her pain pill addiction. She was rumored to stay awake for days on end while on amphetamines. Eventually she died from an (accidental?) overdose of sleeping pills.

Source: 1

5. Marily Monroe

Marilyn Monroe’s story is all too similar to that of Judy Garland: young, pretty, and overworked, develops insomnia, takes lots of drugs, and dies of a sleeping pill overdose. The two drugs in question: Nembutal and Chloral Hydrate (1), two drugs given for insomnia.

Source: 1

6. Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx

Marx once asked:

“What do you get when you cross an insomniac, an agnostic, and a dyslexic? Someone who stays up all night wondering if there is a Dog.”

Even when suffering from insomnia, Marx had to have his wits about him and be funny: (1)

When he couldn’t sleep, he would pick up the phone, call people, and prank them.

Source: 1
Art by Greg Williams. (License)

7. Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas

Huh, who’s that?

No, it’s not Frederick Douglasses twin brother, that’s just how all photos looked back then.

You know who is Alexandre Dumas is, you just don’t know you know. He’s the author behind such famous books as The Three Musteteers and The Count of Monte Cristo.

As an insomniac he would clear his head by taking walks in the night time, which eventually helped him go back to sleep. (1) Yay!

He wrote a ton of books, and it’s fun to think that maybe if he didn’t have sleep problems, he would not have had the time to write as much as he did.

But he was also kind of a literary badass with a fascinating life. Born in poverty, Dumas was the grandson of a both a slave and a French noblemen, and had sex with lots of women, sometimes even including his wife.

Source: 1

All photos in this article, unless otherwise indicated, are in the public domain

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Definition of Alcohol Addiction and Alcoholism

Alcoholism:

“An addiction to or dependency upon drinking excessive amounts of alcohol.”

Source

What actually makes up a single drink?

“Do you know…. what’s considered 1 drink?”

A standard drink is considered:

• 12 ounces of beer
• 5 ounces of wine
• 1.5 ounces of straight liquor

….and that the USDA defines a moderate drinker like so:

• For women: Up to 1 drink a day
• For men: Up to 2 drinks a day

Moderate alcohol use, as defined above, is not harmful to most adults.

Source

Facts and Data on How Much People Drink

Approximately 17.5 million adults in the USA have problems with alcohol.

Source

A 2009 survey of Americans aged 12 and up showed that in the last 30 days:

• Over 50% of people used alcohol one or times
• Almost 25% had bing drinked one or more times
• Almost 7% had bing drinked 5 or more times

The same survey showed that for respondents strictly between ages 12-17, in the 30 days, that:

• Almost 15% had one or more drinks
• Almost 9% engaged in binge drinking

Source

Alcohol Addiction Facts: Treatment

The vast majority of people who are alcohol dependent or abusing alcohol have two things in common: they don’t seek treatment and they don’t feel like they need to receive treatment.

Source

The data in 2007 breaks down like this:

• Roughly 8% of people over the age of 12 needed alcohol treatment in the last year. That’s almost 20 million people.
• Almost 90% of those people did not receive treatment and felt no need for treatment
• The rest is split between people who did receive treatment (at a professional treatment facility) and people who didn’t receive treatment but felt they needed it.

For the small percentage of people who said they needed treatment but didn’t receive, two reasons why stand out in the data:

• They weren’t ready to stop drinking
• The costs associated with treatment

Source

What Makes Someone a Heavy Drinker?

“Do You Know… what is considered heavy drinking?”

Many people are surprised at how little it takes to be considered a heavy drinker, as defined by the CDC.

• For men, drinking more than 2 drinks a day on average is considered heavy drinking.
• For women, drinking more than 1 drink a day on average is considered heavy drinking.

Source

Survey on 5 or More Drinks a Day

Here are the results of another survey on alcohol consumption at 5 drinks in a single day among American adults, broken down by race and gender.

Image Source and Data Explanation

Deaths Attributed to Alcohol

• Through 2001 to 2005, there were nearly 80,000 deaths a year attributed to excessive alcohol consumption.
• Excessive drinking is the 3rd leading life-style related cause of death in the USA.

Source

• Deaths by Liver Disease: 14,406 People a Year
• Number of Alcohol Related Deaths: 23,199 Deaths a Year (Excluding Accidents / Homicides)

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Definition of Binge Drinking

“Do You know….how much does it take to binge drink?”

Many people are surprised at the data on binge drinking.

• For women, in means having 4 or more drinks in about 2 hours in a single occasion.
• For men, it means having 5 or more drinks in about 2 hours or in a single occasion.

Source

Binge Drinking By State

Image Source and Explanation of Data

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A vivid memory comes to mind when I think of anxiety and alcohol.

It’s 2006 and I’m supposed to go to a dance class with my (now ex) wife. I hate this and I have a horrible, horrible anxiety about having to dance with total strangers, but I do it anyway. I took 4 shots of vodka before the class in order to calm my nerves. 4 shots.

What the hell, right?

Side note: When I later told my therapist this, he gave me a prescription for klonopin for the next class. Ha!

So I can definitely count myself in with those who have intentionally used alcohol in order to alleviate anxiety.

Question: Did it work?

That’s the thing: no.

And that might leads me to topic of this blog post that looks an anxiety, alcohol, and how the two interact with one another. So sit back, grab a beer, relax, and feel free to comment at the end with your own story.

Alcohol and Relaxation

Wise man once said: drink and be merry.

Ah, yes, drinking to feel good goes together like peanut butter and jelly. But why does this happen when we drink beer, and not say, juice?

Alcohol has the magical effect of acting quickly on our central nervous system, producting a relaxing effect, increasing social ability, and reducing inhibition. This happens because of the way alcohol interacts with something in our heads called GABA. There’s more to it than that obviously but it’s not terribly interesting. (Click here for a longer explanation.)

All That Glitters Is Not Gold

Aside from the obvious problems associated with excessive drinking – you know, like getting fat, ruining your liver, and dying – drinking to reduce anxiety can have a sickeningly ironic effect on certain types of anxiety disorders.

Here it is:

Long term drinking can fuck up the ability of your body to properly regulate those GABA neurotransmitters. And, when that happens, your body cannot kick in like it should to reduce anxiety… this means you’ve fucked up the natural biological mechanisms that allow your body to reduce anxiety. This is not good.

At that point, further drinking doesn’t help either.

Tell Me Something I Don’t Know

Honestly, you probably had a hunch that this was the case. But I’d be surprised if you knew this.

A recenty study about anxiety and alcohol paints a clearer picture with the problem of self medicating with alcohol (or other drugs) to reduce anxiety.

A few of the study’s findings over a 3 year period include:

• 13% of the roughly 35,000 people in the study admitted to drinking alcohol to deal with anxiety.
• Drinking for anxiety increases the risk of alcoholism (no big shock there but…)
• Those in the study with a diagnosed anxiety disorder who self medicated (with alcohol or other drugs – like Klonopin or Xanax), were up to five times more likely to have develop a drug or alcohol problem over the course of the study. That’s pretty shitty.
• It also uncovered some interesting results for those in the study who stated they had anxiety symptoms but didn’t have a diagnosed disorder. For those in this group who self medicated themselves for anxiety, they were more likely to end with a diagnosed disorder after 3 years versus those who didn’t self medicate. That’s pretty horrifying because think of all the people who are doing this to themselves!

Getting Help for Anxiety

Not to sound trite, but if this articles hit home with you then you know the answer: you should see a doctor. A therapist. A psychologist. Anxiety is treatable and if we’re talking off the record, I’d also like to suggest things like yoga, running, practicing alpha meditation, and positive visualization to reduce anxiety, but who am I – I’m not giving out any professional medical here.

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• Anyone find Alcohol Makes You Feel Better? – This is a post on a social anxiety support forum. The responses are interesting. Many, many people with social anxiety here clearly say that drink to relieve there anxiety, with other members sounding the alarm that this is not healthy.
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Disney Mod Minnie Baby Bedding Set

Minnie Mouse Toddler Bedding Baby Crib Set

Great 3 Piece Set With an Awesome Looking Minnie Mouse Quilt

My review:

“This 3 piece set includes a dust ruffle, quilt, and fitted sheet… check out the quilt’s adorable art and squared pattern. All three items together make a good fit for a simple Minnie Mouse crib theme. (Review © Dreaming Life)”

This Disney Mod Minnie Baby Bedding Setting includes the following 3 pieces:

• Dust Ruffle – Featuring a cute floral flower pattern
• Fitted Sheet – Featuring a striped pink pattern
• Quilt / Coverlet – Featuring Minnie Mouse, Butterflies, and Flowers

Made with Cotton and Polyester. Machine Wash cold. Measures 52 inches long by 28 inches wide.

Extra Photo: Closeup on the Minnie Mouse Quilt

Minnie Mouse Toddler Quilt Blanket

Disney Minnie Mouse 4 Piece Toddler Bedding Set

Disney Minnie Mouse 4 Piece Toddler Bedding Set

A Fantastic Looking 4 Piece Minnie Mouse Set – Official, Genuine Licensed from Disney

My review:

“This is the best looking Minnie Mouse bedding set around for the price. The art is detailed and well done with matching pink, blue, and purples colors with just enough white polka dots. The reversible pillow case is a nice touch for this well priced 4 piece set. (Review © Dreaming Life)”

This Minnie Mouse Toddler Betting Set includes:

• Comforter
• Reversible Pillowcase
• Fitted Sheet
• Flat Sheet

Fits mattresses up to 9 inches deep.

Made with polyester and cotton materials.

Machine washable.

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Baby Minnie Mouse Toddler Bedding

The 5 Piece Minnie Mouse Toddler Bedding Set

A Complete 5 Piece Baby Minnie Crib Bedding Set

My review:

“Minnie Mouse toddler bedding sets are hard to find so it’s nice that when you do find one it has both a nice soft touch to it as well as good Minnie Mouse art. This pink themed bedding set, fitted for a toddler or a crib mattress, comes with 5 pieces, the best part being the nice looking comforter, which you can see front and center in the photo above with Minnie holding her teddy.(Review © Dreaming Life)”

Minnie Mouse Toddler Betting Set includes:

• Comforter
• Bumper Rail
• Head Board
• Fitted Sheet
• Crib Skirt

Made with 50% Cotton & 50% Polyester.

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Hello Kitty and Puppy- The 4 Piece Baby Crib Bedding Set

The 4 Piece Hello Kitty and Puppy Baby Crib Bedding Set

A 4 Piece Pink Hello Kitty Toddler Bedding Set from Lambs & Ivy

My review:

“This fantastic 4 piece set from Lambs & Ivy features our darling Hello Kitty surrounded by candy stripes and pretty polka dots. Designed to fit a standard 28″ x 52″ crib, this set pops out with its bright design and lolipop colors. It’s costs way less than the 6 piece while still being an awesome bedding gift for any Hello Kitty fan, and you can hang the quilter comforter on the wall if you’d like, as it’s designed to double as a wall hanging.” (Review © Dreaming Life)

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Toddler Betting Set includes:

• Quilted Comforter
• 4 Sided Crib Bumper
• Dust ruffle
• Fitted Crib Sheet

Machine Washable, 100% cotton. Ships in a clear vinyl zipper bag with carrying handles.


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Hello Kitty and Friends – The 6 Piece Baby Crib Bedding Set

The Hello Kitty and Friends 6 Piece Baby Crib Bedding Set from Lambs & Ivy.

Lambs & Ivy 6 piece Hello Kitty Toddler Bedding
Made with 100% cotton. ASIN: B000NIFRI4.

“This sweet looking 6 piece set from Lambs & Ivy is perhaps the motherload of all toddler bedding sets when it comes to Hello Kitty. While hardcore Helly Kitty fans such as myself like it when she sticks to mostly pink, eye candy colors, the soft lavender colors create a soft relaxed look for a bedroom. Great set for a family that wants nice Hello Kitty toddler bedding to outfit the nursery room without being too pink or insanely girly, with lots of optional matching Hello Kitty items from Lambs & Ivy to add to it if you were so inclined.”(Review © Dreaming Life)

6 Piece Set Includes:

• Hello Kitty Quilt
• Bumper
• Fitted Crib Sheet
• Dust Ruffle
• Diaper Stacker
• Valance

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Hello Kitty & Friends – 4 Piece Toddler Bedding Set

The 4 Piece Hello Kitty Toddler/Crib Bedding Set from Lambs & Ivy

A Lavender 4 Piece Set – Priced to Sell!

My review:

“Another cute Hello Kitty toddler bedding set from Lambs & Ivy, similar to the six piece but this one is cheaper as it has only 4 pieces. Heavy on the lavendar hues, makes for a nice soft look for a nursery. (Review © Dreaming Life)”

4 Piece Toddler Bedding Set includes:

• Fleece Blanket – Measures 45 inches by 50 inches. Made with 100% polyester.
• Fitted Sheet – Fitted for standard standard 28 x 52 toddler mattress or crib. Made with 100% cotton.
• Top Sheet – Fitted for standard standard 28 x 52 toddler mattress or crib. Made with 100% cotton.
• Pillowcase – Measures 31.5 inches by 20 inches. Made with 100% cotton.

Machine washable.

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First Check 12 Drug Test

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Oxycodone and Drug Tests

This page discusses oxycodone and drug tests. This includes questions and answers about how long oxycodone stays in urine, if it shows up on standard drug tests, how long it’s detectable via different testing methods (hair, saliva, urine), and more.

Also called: Percocet, Percodan, OxyContin, Roxicodone.

Oxycodone Drug Test Basics

Drug Classification: Opiate
Detectable in Standard Urine Tests: No
Detectable in Other Urine Tests: Yes
Detection Rate in Urine: 3-4 Days
Included in OTC home drug testing kits: Sometimes
Source: Erowid.org

Let’s expand on each one of these points.

Opiates, Oxycodone and Drug Tests
Oxycodone is an opiate and if you look at just about test that’s designed to look for more than one drugs (such as a 6 Panel Drug Test,) it will include opiate.

Most testing companies include opiates as standard fare for drug tests do so in an effort to detect more well known opiates such as heroin and codeine. The tests were designed specifically to look for the trail of evidence from these two drugs, which means detecting morphine metabolites in the urine.

In the case of oxycodone, however, when it breaks down into morphine, it’s in a very small amount that often remain undetected either by the first test or the second test (more on this later.)

Standard Tests Versus More Extensive / Expensive Tests
Or – EMIT Urine Tests VS GC MS Drug Testing

A standard urine test is usually an immunoassay drug test, specifically an EMIT test. They are relatively cheap and can be thought of as a kind of “front line” for conducting massive drug tests. When a company, be it in the private sector or something like probation alcohol testing conducted by the state, needs to drug test people, and lots of them, the tests are usually immunoassay EMIT tests. Because of the high error rate of false positives when it comes to the EMIT, when results come back positive for a drug the sample is typically double checked using a more precise – and expensive method – called “gas chromatography mass spectrometry,” AKA a gc ms drug test.

So what does all of this have to do with oxycodone drug tests?

This is where it gets tricky and unfortunately stressful for many people taking the test trying to understand what will happen.

For kids taking a urine drug test given to them by their parents, if the packaging includes opiates but doesn’t specifically mention oxycodone, then the test is unreliable as far as noting oxycodone and it may or may not detect it. But, if it’s a product that specifically looks for prescription opiates, which are available as home drug tests, then it will be able to detect oxcodone.

For adults taking drug tests for a job or for probation, taking a standard urine test, again, could flag a positive result for oxycodone. However – and this is the tricky part – as mentioned above, typically when a urine test shows a positive result for a drug, a second test via GC/MS is done to check it. Ironically, these tests often don’t look for oxycodone, only heroin and codeine, and so they will not find oxycodone, and a person who failed the urine test will often pass the overriding GC MS test.

Note: My source on this is here from Erowid. That information is from 2002. If anyone has any updates information or experience related to this point, please clarify in the comments.

Oxycodone Drug Test Detection Rates

What’s the cut off level for Oxycodone in a drug test?

It depends on the product or the lab and ranges anywhere 100 ng/ml to 300 ng/ml. For example, Quest Diagnostics has a test specifically designed for detecting oxycodone with a cut off level of 100 ng/ml.

How long does oxycodone stay in urine?

About 3-4 days.

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Please help verify the accuracy and value of this Oxycodone Drug Test page by adding your experiences and knowledge in the comments. Thanks!