# Merry Month of May in the MMP! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [May 1, 2017, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631 "2017-05-01T10:41:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631/61 "2017-05-03T01:46:48Z")
Happy Birthday Beemer!!! Happy Anniversary, Sunny and Hubby! well I kind of sort of plagiarized it. Just yelled at the cat, damn he pisses me off. He has a gazillion toys around here and he won’t leave the clips on the blinds alone. I yelled at him and he totally ignored me, then when he realized I was talking to him, he came over for loving. Really Cat? Time to pull out the spray bottle. Adam’s been going outside, he got out because we are going in and out so much with the dog. He’s a big wussy out there, scared of everything. However, because of him I found out we have a pair of redbirds out back, and they do everything they can to distract him from going towards their nest - where ever it is. I’m not sure exactly what kind of birds they are, they look like cardinals only smaller, and they have orange beaks. They are noisy when Adam goes outside. I wouldn’t mind letting him go outside when I go out except for I know he will get bolder and bolder and not stick so close. Also, I don’t want him and the grey cat to get into a fight. Today I didn’t see the grey cat and he was pretty close to the house. When Adam went out the grey cat took off running. **BigKitty** My friend has plantar fasciitis, very painful. She has to wear the right kind of shoes and for a while she had to wear a brace when she went to bed. She had to soak her foot too, but I forget the sequence of hot and cold water. I hope it doesn’t get that bad for you. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631/62 "2017-05-03T01:55:45Z")
After looking it up I think they are cardinals. For some reason I thought cardinals were bigger. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631/63 "2017-05-03T02:03:11Z")
**Big Kitty** , Ouch! Hope your feets start to feel better soon. **Butters,** keep tabs on bosses who say things like ‘next week’. Hold his/her feet to the fire and document, and grieve if you have to. **Spidey,** you must be Irish (as in, “luck of the”). **Rockin’** , 16,000 steps!?!?! Hope you have a comfortable pair of shoes. **Sunny,** Happy B-day to Beamer and happy Anniversary to you. Not much here today, picked up a few grocery items I missed last night, napped a bit and then coached the girl’s soccer team. Now in lazy mode until bedtime. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631/64 "2017-05-03T02:31:44Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Last Thursday I finally ordered my (first pair of prescription) glasses. I’ve worn glasses since before I turned 4. The real milestone comes when that optometrist looks you square in the face and uses the “bi word”. bifocals ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631/65 "2017-05-03T03:23:12Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Jealous, party of me. > > I had to limp painfully to the bathroom this morning because my right heel is killing me. After a check on Dr. Google it looks like I might have a touch of the plantar fasciitis. Guess I’ll be bumming around with no walks for a while until it heals (heels?) ☹ The first steps after being off of it for some time (like during sleep) are the worst. Stretching it & walking (on smooth surfaces - no uneven trails) is good. Possibly a sleeve for it. Bad cases require a boot for sleeping, somewhat similar to a walking cast. > [@MsRobyn](#): > > Between my regular work stuff and my lunchtime walk, I clocked almost 16,000 steps today. You’re gettin’ into my neighborhood. > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > It’s also my 25th wedding anniversary. Breaking with tradition, hubby got me a present. :eek: I shall have to think of something good to reciprocate. 25th gift is silver; didja get foil…or a pre 1964 quarter? 😛 I spent almost 6 hrs outside today. Some of the Greens was having sex…outside (well, that’s where they reside), lots of big sneezes. Took close to 500 pics & probably an hourish of video (haven’t downloaded that yet). Lots to edit, upload & share. > [@kopek](#): > > I’ve worn glasses since before I turned 4. The real milestone comes when that optometrist looks you square in the face and uses the “bi word”. > bifocals I got reading glasses. When I went to the eye doc he said I was able to hold off longer than most people because I is tall. ::head cocked to the side:: Whatcha talkin’ bout Willis? He then holds a piece of paper out at arms length & says, “longer arms”. :smack: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631/66 "2017-05-03T03:55:43Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > 25th gift is silver; didja get foil…or a pre 1964 quarter? Some fancy gin 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631/67 "2017-05-03T04:22:40Z")
I literally started needing glasses when i turned 40. Like overnight. I just got new eyes since 5 yrs tween appts and the script had not changed too much. Glad you found your checkbook and cash **Spidey** My oldest sister Betty has a weird eye disease that is hereditary where her eyes cannot stay open. Can’t remember the name of it but she gets botox and is legally blind due to the inability to raise her eyelids. So i try to keep a check on that not that there is any cure except death. FYI my sister Betty is old enough to be my parent so no sping chicken. She had two careers; first as an investment banker and second as an RN at the State mental hospital. She will tell you she “loved her crazy people”. She is pretty cheap too and has done well financially. She earned every cent. I inherited a propensity for weird eye diseases and brain aneurysm. My other sister has narcolepsy confirmed and is crazier than a lunybug but she is my best sister. I guess as the baby of the family I am the only somewhat normal one which is not saying much. Thus the **Butters** family history lesson for today. Will have to try to find the name of the eye disease. It’s very rare It rained which pleases me. Our sewer is functional and old septic tank crushed and filled in. Yard seems bigger. All done except the final inspection by code enforcement but we good. My baby dog is still feeling good Thank You Jesus. Hope **Sah dog continues to improve** **sunny**. How cool that you had a baby on your anniversary. My husband and his twin brother had the same birthday. I made a joke. Night Mumpers. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631/68 "2017-05-03T04:34:09Z")
> **[Eye dystonia](https://www.dystonia.org.uk/Pages/FAQs/Category/eye-dystonia)** > > Other names: Blepharospasm Type: Focal Blepharospasm is a neurological movement disorder characterised by continuous or intermittent muscle contractions which cause abnormal, often painful, repetitive movements in the eye/s. It usually starts... Wow, i made a link. The name is blasphoritis or close. Only 7000 ppl in the country. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631/69 "2017-05-03T04:39:46Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > [Eye dystonia | Dystonia UK](http://www.dystonia.org.uk/index.php/about-dystonia/types-of-dystonia/eye-dystonia) > > Wow, i made a link. The name is blasphoritis or close. Only 7000 ppl in the country. That sounds like a heck of a thing. It’s amazing the uses they’ve found for Botox! ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631/70 "2017-05-03T04:55:55Z")
Happy Anniversary **sunny and happy birthday Beamer** Yep botox in many, many injections at a visit from specialists at Emory University are the only thing that has even been effective a little. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631/71 "2017-05-03T09:28:39Z")
Happy Hump Day! It’s a chilly 56 degrees outside, although it wasn’t all that long ago that 56 felt downright balmy, It’s supposed to be cloudy with a high of 63. I never know what to expect when I open the door each day. Nothing special on the agenda today. Just the usual irk and house irk. Maybe chip away at a few things on the never ending ToDoList. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631/72 "2017-05-03T09:51:10Z")
It’s slightly un-nerving that you are getting up while I am just going to try and get a few hours of sleep. ttyl ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631/73 "2017-05-03T09:57:49Z")
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to work. Doing a double today. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631/74 "2017-05-03T10:07:34Z")
Awake but not yet sheveled. I am going to try to get to irk a little earlier as I have a 3 PM appt to get my hair colored. Just usual old dark brown. Happy Wednesday all! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631/75 "2017-05-03T10:21:42Z")
Taz is back on _The List_. \*\*FCD \*\*got into bed before me and asked “Does this feel damp to you?” Damned cat peed on my pillows and the sheet that was covering them. So we were stripping the bed last night and I had to grab the pillows from the guest room. We will now be keeping our bedroom locked during the day. Ziva won’t be happy - she likes to sleep under my side of the bed. Too bad. They go to the vet on Firday - I’ll be asking about the peeing. Damned cat. Then, about 3:30 this morning, Taz was jumping on the door trying to get it. I’ve been up since then. I expect exhaustion to hit before too long. Damned cat. And on top of all of that, my pants are barely staying on! 😃 A few months ago, I decided to back way off on my snacking habits. I almost never eat in the evenings now, or if I do, it’s fruit. And altho I don’t know exactly what I weighed when I started this, I know I’ve dropped something over 15#, so yay! I’d like to put up with baggy britches till I’m down 2 sizes so I don’t spend too much on interim pants. We shall see how that goes. And it turns out that fruit is almost as good a snack as ice cream! Go figure!! Happy Wednesday! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631/76 "2017-05-03T10:24:15Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > I’ve worn glasses since before I turned 4. The real milestone comes when that optometrist looks you square in the face and uses the “bi word”. > bifocals Got that at 7 I call my glasses the “Hubble repair kit” I need glasses to FIND my glasses. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631/77 "2017-05-03T10:34:05Z")
\*\*Sahirrnee \*\*, two reasons to keep Adam inside: Fleas and ticks. Nuf said. We have a new cat toy; the cap from the pen needles. They roll funny, so she yells at them. Just what I need at 0600 when I wake up with a sugar of 52. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631/78 "2017-05-03T11:10:52Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > \*\*Sahirrnee \*\*, two reasons to keep Adam inside: Fleas and ticks. Nuf said. That’s the main reason ours are indoor cats. Plus I’m pretty sure our Bengal would end up in a fight with another critter or lost or something. Regarding glasses - my eyes turned to crap when I turned 45 and I was immediately in trifocals. I do love my progressives, tho. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631/79 "2017-05-03T11:40:59Z")
My eyes went bad when I was eight years old. Y’all are glasses amateurs. Foot is feeling much better today. I put arnica gel on it a couple of times yesterday and that seemed to help. I think I might have pulled something. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631/80 "2017-05-03T12:34:17Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. _YAWN_ 'Tis 53 Amurrkin out and N.O.S. with a predicted high of 86 and N.O.S. for the day. The big plan is to go through stuff in mom’s room. She has drawers full of pictures and mementos we need to sort through. The bed, oxygen thingy, and wheelchair were picked up yestiddy so we have room to move around. Niece and I took a ride up to Heard County yestiddy afternoon. I showed her two cemetaries, houses or the remains thereof where various relations lived, and the little town where mom was born. I told her that any ol’ uncle could take her out for ice cream, but it takes a special uncle to take her to see cemetaries and old run down, broken down houses. 😃 I need more caffeine and rumbly tummy wants to be fed. Then purtification must occur and onward into the day! Happy Hump Day Y’all! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-month-of-may-in-the-mmp/785631.md?page=5)