Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot- An Heatwave MMP

:rofl: I’ll get some next time I walk to the store. I can sure see how it’d help itching caused by a surface issue like eczema. I wonder how it’d help mast cell disorder, since the itching is caused by those suckers releasing histamines like wedding confetti. Definitely worth a shot, though.

wordy, I’ll PM you about college stuff.

It’s a gorgeous song. I can’t listen to it. They played it at a student’s funeral, and I had to catch and hold the teacher next to me when she collapsed during the opening bars. Of all the songs at all the student funerals I attended, that’s the only one to hit me that way. I have to leave the room when it comes on.

Mooooom, glad the scalp thing is nothing to worry about.

Currently waiting for the statin that’s been prescribed. She decided to lower the lisinopril. Also got some exercises for back and shoulder pain and Tdap and shingles shots, left some blood with the lab vampires.

Nettie I am so glad you finally got to see the doctor! Will she be your doctor moving forward?

I’m glad the scalp thing is nothing serious FCM. Hopefully you’ll get all the kinks out of the boat soon.

Hard to say, the way Kaiser seems to function, but I’m flexible. I only really get picky about GYN, where I have a VERY strong preference for a female doctor. Speaking of, got the girly exam scheduled next month, and the dreaded mammogram (my first). Yes, nice doc today set me up with a female doctor, and I didn’t even have to say anything about that preference. :slight_smile:

Sometime between August and December, I need to remember the second shingles shot. About 6 weeks from now, the pharmacist thinks I should get labs done again to check on how I’m doing with the statin.

Did trip over a reminder in my Evernote that DH needs to go leave some blood over there in the next couple of weeks for his A1C.

Howdy Y’all! Been a very lazy sloth filled day of uselessness here. We had some quality cee-mint pond time, accomplished nappage, day drank, and et majik intartoobz pizza and sallit for sup. That has been all the activity of the day. Have I mentioned lately how much I like bein’ a retired drain on society?

Nettie glad the doc visit went relatively well. Good on her for settin’ you up with a female GYN. I can understand why you’d be more comfy with a woman for that. It just makes sense.

MOOOOOOM glad the scalp thingy was not serious. Twenty-five bucks is a bargain to find out everything is OK.

Wordy I’m with ya on the college stuff. Overlyboy needs to be a teenager and kid as long as he can.

Good on you for taking care of the dog sari. One of my dad’s fears when he had a dog was that she would outlive him (she didn’t) and that she would be an elderly, half blind, half deaf lap dog that the shelter would put down. Of course, that wouldn’t have happened as long as my sister and I had any say in the matter.

Glad there was nothing serious growing on your scalp Moooooom.

Got the Friday chores done and groceries bought. There were t-boomers a little before noon that cooled things down by about 10F. Went to the BBQ down the street for supper (ribs, mac & cheese, turnip greens and cornbread) and they gave Nelson a condiment cup of smoked turkey as a treat (is it any wonder he gets excited when we pull in there? :stuck_out_tongue: ). Now for chillage.

BBQ sounds soooo good right now. I need to figure out dinner.

We drove the MG up to Drayton Harbor Oyster Company, and shared six grilled oysters and six raw ones. We each had a beer. I’m trying some Knob Creek bourbon. Well, about to try it. I’m distracted.

I need to start dinner and put the laundry in the dryer, but I have Feline Paralysis. Help.

I like their rye.

Glad you found a female doc, Nettie.

I would have whipped out the Sawzall for $15 and a beer. :wink:

Knob Creek is good. I think I like Maker’s Mark better, though.

I made fish Florentine months ago. I cooked up the extra peppers and spinach and froze them. Maybe this weekend I’ll finish it with the cream cheese and heavy cream, and make some of the chicken breast tenderloins I bought today.

flyboy, Knob Creek is a decent bourbon, although I’m with you on the ranking with Maker’s Mark.

Evening all. Back from refereeing, it was an…interesting day. Did games at 9am and 10:15am, in the second one I was worried the center referee (I was one of the assistants on the sidelines) was going to collapse, he’s a big guy around 380lbs and was visibly shaking after the game. He’s OK, but glad he only signed up for 2 games. Then the 17% chance of rain cashed in and all the afternoon matches were moved back 2 hours, so my 2pm and 4pm games became 4pm and 6pm games. And the referee for the 6pm game couldn’t make it on time, so I refereed the first quarter until she got there, then she took it the last three quarters while I ran the sideline. Add some Wal-mart shopping during the break and gassing up the car on the way home and…I’m a little tired.

And two more games tomorrow…

{{sari}}, good on you for taking the dog in, hope it doesn’t add too much more to your already considerable burdens.

nettie, sad story about that song. Take care.

talkie, never remember that much pressure on me going to college; hope a balance can be struck.

To everyone else, best wishes, hugs, tears, and laughter as needed. Am now going to find some sustenance (5 bottles of water, a coke and a double cheeseburger from BK ain’t gonna cut it). All y’all take care.

You are thinking too much about this. That’s why I told you to take it on faith. Try it and if just one little patch stops itching, that will reinforce your faith that it is working. The more you believe the better it will work.

Come on guys, back me up on this!

LOL!!! Bring friends, this isn’t a job for just one person. I did something I don’t usually do and went into his “cellar” and took stock. (I don’t usually do that because I don’t really want him going through my stash and wondering why why I need so many different colors of floss when I can only see the primes.) I was wrong about the beer, there are another 10 gallons in the closet and 5 gallons in MY cheese cave. (Modified refrigerator because normal fridges are too cold for proper fermentation.) I also miscounted the bottled beer, he can get 48 bottles in a tub and he’s got 5 tubs in there.

Oh gosh, I lived for that. In case you haven’t noticed, I love to speechify and discussing such minutia as to why Lewis Caroll chose flamingos for violins made it all worthwhile.

Actually, it turned out to be a self correcting problem. There isn’t much storage out there, just a small cabinet that holds my gardening stuff. He can’t leave his stuff out there unprotected. I won’t mind if he just uses it once a week. As a bonus, he can throw his wort on the clover patch for the birds to eat.

Some people take care of their things :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:. I am not one of them either! My Mr Coffee machines were replace about once a year until I came across a metal carafe. That’s when I learned that Mr Coffee made pretty robust machines cause the one I had then lasted for almost 20 years before we learned about espresso.

Isn’t it great! Retirement is magical, all of your work and stress has finally paid off and nobody gets to tell you what to do anymore. Plus, you only have to wear a bra if you feel like getting all gussied up and stuff.

I did ten years in a public library but we wanted to buy a house and couldn’t even dream of buying in Southern Calif, so moved to AZ I worked for the private sector for a while (My favorite job was a very rich lady hired me to sort and shelf her 2500 book collection.)

That’s about the time the war on drugs really heated up and I haven’t been able to pass a pee test since the late 70’s, so I had to move to government work. Most folks don’t think much about what happens to all that government paperwork but that’s what I spent most of my life handling. I kept applying for work with actual books but it just never happened.

(((HUGS)))

Yes, and they are good. Plus, I now know enough about India Pale Ale that I could speechify at just the hint that it was wanted. We have discussed sending beer through the mail and think that it probably would not turn out well. Plus its probably illegal. I guess you will just have to come out this way. We have beer and the Grand Canyon and a jerkface kitten. What else would you need to make your vacation perfect?

While I was doing inventory I happened across several cases of bottled mead. Sweet or dry?

That must be such a problem for single folks. At least hubs has me to carefully pour his beer into a chilled glass and deliver it straight into his outstretched hand.

Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. it’s my Firday.

I have been known to put a cooler of beer, and a dish of nuts by the couch when I watch TV, lest I perish form starvation and dehydration.

we loves ya but why does that not surprise any of us at all ?

Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 78 Amurrkin out and partly cloudy (mostly moony?) with a predicted high of 99 and mostly N.O.S. Another hawt day but without the heat advisory so far. The big plan of the day is to accomplish mowage. I envision gettin’ out there around seven-thirty so’s I can be done by ten(ish). I foresee quality cee-mint pond time after that as well as the usual sloth. Any need to feed today will be via forage. However, I did yank a hunk o’ beast outta da freezer last night which shall go into the slow cooker. That and whatever side matter is decided upon shall be N.O.L. for tomorrow.

doggio what no mini fridge beside the recliner? I am shocked shocked I say!

Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy, Then, onward into the day! Rah.

Happy Sattidy Y’all!

It’s an amazing 64° at the moment, and today’s high is predicted to be 75°!! I’ve already opened a bunch of windows and I’ll open the rest in a bit. A/C is off even! So working on the boat will actually be pleasant. OK, it is air conditioned, so it’s not terrible anyway, but I like things open and aired. So huzzah!!

I must be evil because I’ll physically remove Taz from my person when I want to get up. Heck, I’ll remove him when I just don’t want him on me - stoopit cat.

Today is wire-chasing day. We’re going to start one at a time and follow wires from the circuit panel to the ultimate connection. Well, theoretically… Chasing wires inevitably leads to tangent tasks, so there’s no telling what we’ll end up doing today. As I’ve always declared: Indecision is the key to flexibility!!

Happy Saturday!!

Afternoon, mumpers! In a total contrast to yesterday, it’s 12c/53f with a predicted high of 14c/57f, and we have rain. That’s much more my kind of temperatures. Weather app says *This rain is brought to you by the letters B and S, and the number of the beast". Sounds good to me!

Moooom good to know that your scalp thingie is nothing to be concerned about, that was money well spent.

nellie hope you get some relief from the itchies!

Busy day here - I have been to bootcamp and spin at the gym, then a quick visit to the pet shop to stock up on cat litter, home for restorative cups of tea and a shower, just got my hair dried and soon we’ll be off to town for errands and lunch.

This evening we’re eating out at the Really Good Curry Place, then heading off to see a band at a nearby venue so I’ll be driving tonight. Might go to the gym again tomorrow and heft some weights around :slight_smile:

swampy, you done flung a cravin’ for curry on me. I may have to order from the Lao / Thai place this evening.

Up, caffeinating, breakfasted and fixing to go back to work on SIL’s birthday present. Other than that, the only thing that I have to do today is pick up prescriptions and a bottle of rice vinegar.

Stay safe and healthy y’all!

Just finished tidying the boat before making today’s mess.