I’ve been going out on the deck after dark. I’m outdoors part of everyday, gardening and walking.
I’m suffering a little seasonal allergy symptoms. It’s not bad.
This morning I woke up with sore throat. I gargled extra good after brushing my teeth.
It’s not kept me from my usual activities. I was expecting to talk to someone on the phone this evening.
I went in my bathroom to gargle again because my voice sounds funny. I decided to spray some deadening spray in my throat.
Because of my allergies I’ve not worn contacts for a few days. I didn’t have my glasses. I grab the spray and open my mouth wide and push the sprayer into my mouth.
Oh, god that’s bad, bad, bad. I look at the bottle about the same time I smelled: 'Soft-Beauty" body mist.
Yep. I sprayed ‘Soft-beauty’ body mist into my gaped mouth and down my throat. :smack:
After nearly choking and gagging to death, I try to rinse it out of my mouth. No luck. I grab the mouth wash and gargle about 20 times.
I still taste it. I finish with more rinsing with water.
Ok. I think I’ll live. I get my tea and take my call. I sip the tea between talking. It tastes sooooo bad.
The person I was talking to just laughed and laughed at my idiocy.
I deserved sympathy. I think.
Call is over.
The lil’wrekker comes in my room to talk to me. She’s looking at me funny. What’s wrong, I ask her.
She said, “Ma, there’s glitter allover your face”
The body mist has glitter in it. Who knew?
Not only did my breath smell curious, I glittered my self up!
I went on a multi-day primitive (ie no water, just what we carried for cooking) camping trip with the Girl Scouts at the height of my time as a grease-producing, acne-inclined teen. The prospect of several days without enough water to thoroughly clean my face was daunting. However, my dad worked in pharmaceuticals and often got boxes of packet-sized alcohol swabs, which he threw into a basket kept under the bathroom sink. Thinking ahead, I grabbed a handful to take on the trip.
Feeling very greasy and sweaty after the first day, I opened a little packet and smeared it all over my nose (ground zero for oil production). Almost immediately, my entire nose felt … odd. My skin didn’t feel like it had had a cleaning with a nice astringent wipe, it felt stiff and waxy, somehow.
I read the label on the packet I’d just torn open. Turns out it was neutral-colored shoe polish for travelers to tuck in their suitcases. I had just polished my nose.
I did that once. Right before I enlisted, I was a restaurant manager. I’d had a spectacularly bad day, ended up working 18 hours then got called in 5 hours later to cover a no show on my day off. Yep, the vaderlings were 2 years and 6 months respectively.
Desitin on the teethbrush was a contributing factor in my decision to become PrivateVader.
Btw VOW, I’ve been sorta looking for a waffle recipe (not very hard though) that seems like it would fit both our requirements (no sodium but still tasty). Would you have any suggestions?
Dorkie, I haven’t found the perfect waffle yet. Still looking!
If you are truly serious about eliminating salt, go to Amazon and buy sodium-free baking powder. Then let your fingers do the walking (who is old enough to remember that jingle?) start testing rdcipes.
Damn-near all rdcipes call for salt. Don’t put any in, just skip over that ingredient.
ANYTHING you make without salt will taste “flat.” It takes time before your tastebuds recalibrate. Just ride it out. In Mr VOW’s case, the whole house knew what the no-salt was for: Grampa VOW’s heart health.
The sodium-free baking powder is the place to begin.
I’ve done another stoopid thang.
I was making a batch of my ‘sooper seekrit spice’ mix.
(Recipe if you like, just ask)
I have a new thingy of whole pepper corns that I ground up. Put the funnel in my large Corona beer bottle (kinda appropo, doncha think?)
I poured and at that very moment I breathed in .
After sneezing about 30 times, eyes watering and hacking up glittery pepper dust, I think I’ll live.
On the pro side, my sinuses are clear. My allergies have miraculously disappeared
