Right at freezing. Snowing again, but still just at the "skiff" level. Surprise! Wasn't predicted last night when I went to bed. But is now, at the 80% level.
Medicine syringe trick worked again last night, lol! But since I'm almost weaned from the pain meds, not for long. . . .
Pepper jack cheese on soda crackers for breakfast, washed down with white grape juice. Life is good, or sumpin like that.
Snow stopped for a good long while, but just picked up again. Fully wintery scene a la Currier and Ives going on out there just now.
Meds schedule has been stretched to 12 hours. Starting tomorrow, it'll be regular acetaminophen by day, roxicet before bedtime. Lost the first of my five blobs of skin glue last night. One down, four to go. Am overdue, but did find a website that said if they hadn't peeled off by three weeks (6 to 10 days is average), to go ahead and peel them off yourself.
Am also, dammit, dealing with another round of pedal edema. Searching around on google, found it associated with *all kinds* of post surgical recovery -- breast, to colon, to back surgery to abdominal, laparoscopic and not. Been speculated that it's related to a blow back/reaction to heparin. Can take a long time to resolve. Sad part is, mine from the first hospitalization was just about finished. . . . This hasn't been as bad because I caught it sooner, I think. But no fun, fer shur. And ah, well: very small price to pay for a return to the normality neighborhood. . . .
Hey puddle, just stopping in to say "hi" to everybody. Having a hard time getting my head on straight today. Gonna go downstairs and indulge in an afternoon of baking. I know I should be doing something else, but I don't care. Too bad getting back on track with whatever is so much harder than getting *off* track.
I figure that being retired is a very good reason to make one's life as one wishes: to hell with ought to and should do, lol! Enjoy your afternoon -- bet your house smells *wonderful*!!
It seems to me you've been talking about food less since you've been able to eat about anything you like. Are you still working on the cookbook? Thinking of including any tips for those who do get to eat solids again, about what works well at first and what doesn't? Or is that too individual to speak to?
Well, we finally made ourselves undecorate today and take the tree away. Awww. That tree grew in our yard for 15 years, so it was harder to say bye to than the usual Christmas variety.
Now that it's done, though, I am loving the livingroom. It always looks sooo large in here when the tree goes out. VT*Granddaughter was here t'other day and suddenly she noticed the dollhouse up in the Guest Room. She had so much fun with it and was so careful that I decided it's time to bring it back down to the livingroom. So it's in the Little Girl Corner near the Grandparent Shelves, I even excavated all the old books and albums out of that corner of the bookshelves and placed there most of the children's books we have. There was just enough room to include the Bear Family, and the Board Books got their own little shelf down low. Hanging above it all is an original masterpiece painted by VT*Granddaughter. :-D
Okay, I baked mountains of muffins, cascades of cookies and a surplus of sausage patties. Now I'm eating Skinny Cow Caramel Cone ice cream. For purely therapeutic reasons, you understand.
Lol! I've never been much of a fan of ice cream (decades could pass without me having any at all), but it turned out to be one of the things that would go down and pretty much stay down, so had been a staple for the past several months. Looking at post op, and weeks more of soft foods, I stocked up before going in to the hospital. Turns out, that now that I can eat so many things, ice cream has returned to it's former spot of not all that interesting. So now I have four half gallons of the stuff I have to work my way through, grin. And it *does* feel like work. . . . And alas, none of it is Cherry Garcia which I skipped because of the large size of the cherries. And that I *do* love (though a couple of half pints a year would keep me happy).
My niece (my sister's daughter) in NH was at work and Ron Paul came to pontificate there. She was one of the two people that WMUR interviewed. She did a good job too. As she was being interviewed, it turns out, her house was being robbed!! At least 20 homes in her town were broken into today! They took all the jewelry in the house, including her husband's wedding ring...! :-(
I hope they catch the thieves and they get their stuff back, but it sure sounds like an organised effort.
She's the second one interviewed. (Not the same niece Sarah who just had the baby; other side of the family)... http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/politics/12006377669423/ron-paul-tries-to-sway-undecided-voters/
That's gotta feel creepy, listener! I had one anonymous caller who threatened to kill me, mid-70's. Turned out it was a teenager who'd dialed a wrong number, and the police did something, I never heard what. But it made me feel so *unsafe* in my own home for years afterward. Give her a hug from me.
Wow, puddle...now THAT is creepy!! I'd feel unsafe too...!!!
Makes me glad that Sarah lives with her husband (who, by the way, is a gun toting member of the NRA). I think he leaves his ring home when he works (construction, I believe), for safety's sake! Argh! They have two kitties who were so freaked by what happened that they had to be pulled out of deep hiding to be consoled! Poor kitties! I'm just so glad they didn't bolt outside!
listener--that's TERRIBLE! But it also sounds like there ought to be a lot of clues to be found. Do they live in a big town?
On my way to the Bay Area yesterday I saw a herd of what were either deer or tule elk; and at a stopping place that has a resident flock of mallards there was an unusual duck, larger than a mallard drake, mostly light tan with a large white neck ring. I suspect it was a hybrid--maybe part muscovy?
Too bad you can't ship the ice cream here. I love ice cream, at least if it's not gommed up with too much fat. But Penny thinks it's too heavy to carry. She's recently taken to buying big containers of sweetened vanilla ygurt, though. I find the regular containers of yoburt too small for a meal and too big for dessert, but with the big container I can dish out a good dessert serving. Have it three of four times a week.
With 20 houses broken into on the same day, it definitely sounds like an organized effort. I can't help but wonder whether it had something to do wit Paul being in town, although I can't see the connection.
Howard is first.
ReplyDeleteListener and h er hubby are also first for bringing photos to their town gathering even though they have colds.
Right at freezing. Snowing again, but still just at the "skiff" level. Surprise! Wasn't predicted last night when I went to bed. But is now, at the 80% level.
ReplyDeleteMedicine syringe trick worked again last night, lol! But since I'm almost weaned from the pain meds, not for long. . . .
Pepper jack cheese on soda crackers for breakfast, washed down with white grape juice. Life is good, or sumpin like that.
Snow stopped for a good long while, but just picked up again. Fully wintery scene a la Currier and Ives going on out there just now.
ReplyDeleteMeds schedule has been stretched to 12 hours. Starting tomorrow, it'll be regular acetaminophen by day, roxicet before bedtime. Lost the first of my five blobs of skin glue last night. One down, four to go. Am overdue, but did find a website that said if they hadn't peeled off by three weeks (6 to 10 days is average), to go ahead and peel them off yourself.
Am also, dammit, dealing with another round of pedal edema. Searching around on google, found it associated with *all kinds* of post surgical recovery -- breast, to colon, to back surgery to abdominal, laparoscopic and not. Been speculated that it's related to a blow back/reaction to heparin. Can take a long time to resolve. Sad part is, mine from the first hospitalization was just about finished. . . . This hasn't been as bad because I caught it sooner, I think. But no fun, fer shur. And ah, well: very small price to pay for a return to the normality neighborhood. . . .
Hey puddle, just stopping in to say "hi" to everybody. Having a hard time getting my head on straight today. Gonna go downstairs and indulge in an afternoon of baking. I know I should be doing something else, but I don't care. Too bad getting back on track with whatever is so much harder than getting *off* track.
ReplyDelete:-P
I figure that being retired is a very good reason to make one's life as one wishes: to hell with ought to and should do, lol! Enjoy your afternoon -- bet your house smells *wonderful*!!
ReplyDeleteI bet it does!
ReplyDeleteDamn! Seems like there's always something. Healing vibes wafting your way, my friend. *hug*
ReplyDeleteThe track is boring anyway.
ReplyDeleteAnd I believe, WAY overrated, lol!
ReplyDelete:-) We love our town.
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me you've been talking about food less since you've been able to eat about anything you like. Are you still working on the cookbook? Thinking of including any tips for those who do get to eat solids again, about what works well at first and what doesn't? Or is that too individual to speak to?
ReplyDeleteOooh, I hope that's of the briefest possible duration! Prayers ensuing, dear friend! ♥
ReplyDeleteWhat track?
ReplyDeleteRock on, Susan Baker!
Well, we finally made ourselves undecorate today and take the tree away. Awww. That tree grew in our yard for 15 years, so it was harder to say bye to than the usual Christmas variety.
ReplyDeleteNow that it's done, though, I am loving the livingroom. It always looks sooo large in here when the tree goes out. VT*Granddaughter was here t'other day and suddenly she noticed the dollhouse up in the Guest Room. She had so much fun with it and was so careful that I decided it's time to bring it back down to the livingroom. So it's in the Little Girl Corner near the Grandparent Shelves, I even excavated all the old books and albums out of that corner of the bookshelves and placed there most of the children's books we have. There was just enough room to include the Bear Family, and the Board Books got their own little shelf down low. Hanging above it all is an original masterpiece painted by VT*Granddaughter. :-D
Sounds wonderfully warming and cozy, listener. It'd be a great thing to be your granddaughter. . . .
ReplyDeleteOkay, I baked mountains of muffins, cascades of cookies and a surplus of sausage patties. Now I'm eating Skinny Cow Caramel Cone ice cream. For purely therapeutic reasons, you understand.
ReplyDeleteOf course. ♥
ReplyDeleteAwwww...you melted my heart! ♥
ReplyDeleteLol! I've never been much of a fan of ice cream (decades could pass without me having any at all), but it turned out to be one of the things that would go down and pretty much stay down, so had been a staple for the past several months. Looking at post op, and weeks more of soft foods, I stocked up before going in to the hospital. Turns out, that now that I can eat so many things, ice cream has returned to it's former spot of not all that interesting. So now I have four half gallons of the stuff I have to work my way through, grin. And it *does* feel like work. . . . And alas, none of it is Cherry Garcia which I skipped because of the large size of the cherries. And that I *do* love (though a couple of half pints a year would keep me happy).
ReplyDeleteMy niece (my sister's daughter) in NH was at work and Ron Paul came to pontificate there. She was one of the two people that WMUR interviewed. She did a good job too. As she was being interviewed, it turns out, her house was being robbed!! At least 20 homes in her town were broken into today! They took all the jewelry in the house, including her husband's wedding ring...! :-(
ReplyDeleteI hope they catch the thieves and they get their stuff back, but it sure sounds like an organised effort.
She says they broke her door in and ransacked the whole house, even her 2 year old daughter's dresser!
ReplyDeleteShe's the second one interviewed. (Not the same niece Sarah who just had the baby; other side of the family)...
ReplyDeletehttp://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/politics/12006377669423/ron-paul-tries-to-sway-undecided-voters/
You can always add cherries and chocolate chips to boring old vanilla, you know. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThat's gotta feel creepy, listener! I had one anonymous caller who threatened to kill me, mid-70's. Turned out it was a teenager who'd dialed a wrong number, and the police did something, I never heard what. But it made me feel so *unsafe* in my own home for years afterward. Give her a hug from me.
ReplyDeleteWow, puddle...now THAT is creepy!! I'd feel unsafe too...!!!
ReplyDeleteMakes me glad that Sarah lives with her husband (who, by the way, is a gun toting member of the NRA). I think he leaves his ring home when he works (construction, I believe), for safety's sake! Argh! They have two kitties who were so freaked by what happened that they had to be pulled out of deep hiding to be consoled! Poor kitties! I'm just so glad they didn't bolt outside!
listener--that's TERRIBLE! But it also sounds like there ought to be a lot of clues to be found. Do they live in a big town?
ReplyDeleteOn my way to the Bay Area yesterday I saw a herd of what were either deer or tule elk; and at a stopping place that has a resident flock of mallards there was an unusual duck, larger than a mallard drake, mostly light tan with a large white neck ring. I suspect it was a hybrid--maybe part muscovy?
Too bad you can't ship the ice cream here. I love ice cream, at least if it's not gommed up with too much fat. But Penny thinks it's too heavy to carry. She's recently taken to buying big containers of sweetened vanilla ygurt, though. I find the regular containers of yoburt too small for a meal and too big for dessert, but with the big container I can dish out a good dessert serving. Have it three of four times a week.
ReplyDeleteWith 20 houses broken into on the same day, it definitely sounds like an organized effort. I can't help but wonder whether it had something to do wit Paul being in town, although I can't see the connection.
ReplyDeleteNaturally.
ReplyDeleteIt's a medium to large size town by New England standards. I am hoping that they were seen by someone and that most items will be found together.
ReplyDeleteYour duck sounds something like a Gadwall.
Speaking of ducks, some firefighters rescued one from a river! (I am not making this up!)
http://www.wmur.com/slideshow/news/30136922/detail.html