Littlesister

All I need to do is walk to my neighbor's house behind me for the moonshine. He makes it.

Jeepers my daughter had mono in her teens. She and 2 of her friends bought a huge drink and shared it. One of those friends was the one that had mono but didn't know it at the time. She ended up in the hospital. GS has already just changed his toothbrush and thank you jeepers for the reminder. GS doesn't have a girlfriend so it wasn't from kissing a girl. At work, it seems they use each other's vape pipes. He won't do that again. I am sure that was how he got it. But then bronchitis on top of it didn't help either. Got the den cleaned up today. I forgot how much dust a fireplace could make and the wood stove is no exception. But all cleaned up now. I started on the kitchen also trying to reorganize some things. I have a small table that my DH made in high school that I had sitting in the den. I now have that in corner of the dining room and have the dehydrator on it. It is out of the way and I can use it in that corner easier. I needed the counter space in the kitchen and the dehydrator takes up to much room on the counter. But at least it's out of the garage. Now I need to find the box that my grinder is in and get that out to set up. Not sure where I will set it up yet as it hooks to the counter. Just need to set up where it will be convenient to use. I have a lot of nonelectric things I need to get out. One is a blender that has a pull cord to use it and another one that is for chopping that works the same way. It has a pull cord. I have tried both of those out and they work great. Cooked up a pan of chicken legs for GS as he will eat that for a snack. At least it gets him off junk food for a while.

I really need to try making my own extracts. Using vanilla in powdered milk gives the milk a sweeter taste. So when the time comes that I need to start using my powdered milk, I want to make sure I have plenty of vanilla extract for it. This is only for drinking powdered milk and not for baking.

Keep him busy grandma. I am going to get my manual grander out soon. I really want to try it out. I would love to have a wander mill grinder. I have been looking at them for a long time. Just don't need the fancy one like the wooden one. Need to get in gear and make sure I know how to use all this nonelectric stuff I have.

Right now all I have are the red and white wheat berries. As soon as I can get the rest of the house in order and organized, I want to start setting up my kitchen and putting things where I can get to them easier in case of an EMP. I want to start practicing more with the nonelectric items I have. I have the grain mill I bought from that baker a few years ago. But haven't really given it a test run yet. It's easier to use the grinder on my KitchenAid mixer as that is electric. I have all sorts of gadgets for that mixer. The one to grind my own hamburger works great. Darlene, I should get some oat groats for oatmeal. I do eat oatmeal and GS will eat it when he gets home from work sometimes if he doesn't want to heat up anything else. Thanks for the reminder.

I use more vanilla extract than the others. I am going to try this. If I get this going then I will try making others that I use just not as often as the vanilla. euphrasyne, I am going to try your almond recipe above. It sounds good. I usually buy the vanilla extract in-store when on sale. But it has gotten so expensive now. I don't use imitation ones.

Becca Anne, you will love the grow lights. I have had lettuce all winter long. Going to start cherry tomatoes in the aero garden later today. Time to start a new plot of lettuce in it also. So will be doing that today. Need to change the water soon also. Cleaned the bedroom and kitchen early this morning. Taking a break and having a cup of coffee. Going to deep clean the den in a bit. My shoulder is doing better but it is not from a pinched nerve but from my neck. I wonder if a deep massage would help that. GS is still sleeping and more than likely won't wake up before 1 pm. That seems to be his usual time with working nights. He is supposed to go back to work Sunday night. The prednisone seems to be working. And he is funny. Can't sit still for 5 minutes on that stuff. But if it works that's fine. But he needs to get back to work. 3 weeks out is a long time. But he is not the only employee that is out of work from this mess. His job is having it rough with all the workers calling in sick. But at least GS is on temporary disability so he will still get paid. The disability is through his work. As soon as he is back at work I am going to go ahead and wash his sheets and clean his room. though I just washed his sheets I want to Lysol the whole room down. Need to get rid of his nasty germs. It's been a long 3 weeks with him home and sick.

Midnightmom we don't have any Grocery outlets around here. Seems that any food that is about to go out of date goes straight to the food pantries around here for the poor. That is a good thing but you have to apply to get food there to qualify.

Mt. Rider glad you got your phone line fixed. You needed that line badly. Very glad there was someone there to help with your mom at that restaurant. And glad she is now doing better. Becca Anne May your pup heal fast and behave herself. No jumping. Jeepers I hope things are getting a bit better for you. Construction and moving is no fun. Try to take it easy when you can. Glow worms and snow. Wow! I didn't know earth worms would glow in the dark. Now I will have to go out after dark to see if one will glow for me. Yesterday I went to neighbor's house to stay with her father in law so she could run pick a friend's child up from school. Home health was late and she is not happy with it. Not dependable. Came home and GS was laying on floor in den with his mother on phone. He was suppose to go back to work last night and he was having a hard time breathing. Chest was hurting also. I took him to emergency room. He has Mono and bronchitis. Not a good combination. He was pulled off the antibiotics and put on an inhaler and prednisone. He is off work tonight and tomorrow night and goes back on Sunday night. So should be better by then. He has missed 3 weeks of work because the family doctor checked him for mono and said he didn't have it. Didn't bother to check him for bronchitis. Yes he had it. And the ER checked those labs through Labcore where the labs were done. He is going to the same doctor I go to. So guess we both need to find a new doctor. There has to be some good ones out there somewhere. Just have to find one. He is feeling a bit better today and now starting to cough up the mess in chest. Prednisone is a lifesaver. This child has been sick for 5 weeks with this mess and tried to work the first 2 weeks with it till he couldn't work anymore. Company still has about 4 people out of work. He may have picked mono up at work as one of the workers he thinks may have had it and never took off work. So it seems to be going around work. I have been going through things today but didn't work in garage. It's been very cold and rainy today. I'm ready for spring. It's not getting here fast enough.

Good prices for these days. Wish we had those prices here. Even if it is only for a week. I would take advantage of that.

Jeepers, you do have to watch your potassium levels. Way to low and it can stop your heart. That is what happened to DH. His defibulator kicked in and saved him. But the doctors put him on too much potassium both by pills and IV. Levels went way up and put him in renal failure. So make sure doctors keep an eye on that. Coming off OTC's with precription meds is a good idea. And the only reason they tell you baby Asprin is not good is they are promoting the blood thinners. I still take a baby asprin daily. Not going to do the blood thinners that are prescribed. I saw what that did to DH. Not worth the risk. Learned that the hard way. But takin the CoQ10 is a good idea. Right now I take Synthroid, a chol. med, CoQ10, baby Asprin and Trulicity for diabetics and a Blood pressure med. Doctor has me taking D3, zinc and vit. C also. I had started taken that due to corvid as it will help keep you from getting it. But not a guarantee. Checked with doctor and he agrees to stay on those. Other than that I don't take any other OTC meds. Doctor finally called in my new Synthroid med. as it was increased. Just got a call to pick up the trulicity that was decreased. Don't know why I am still taken it as it does not work for me and I told him so. Just can't figure out why decreasing it will make it work for me. But that is what he did. Went to Harris Teeter this morning and only the Synthroid was ready. They can't seem to wait and call you when all your meds are ready for pick up. Not going back today. But while there, I picked up some fresh fruit, tomatoes, potatoes, etc. I wanted a cucumber but they didn't have any. Maybe I will run up to Food Lion to get one. I want to make a salad. I have plenty of lettuce as I am growing that in my aerogarden. It just keeps on giving. And it is only 2 plants. The celery I started off table scrap from end of the stalk is doing good. I have it under the grow light. Going to take it easy rest of day and then tomorrow will start back working in garage.

Now that is a show I haven't seen or heard about in many years. Good question about the bridle. But then it was TV. And of couse a talking horse can't talk well with a bridle in it's mouth.

Happy Birthday Momo Hope you had a wonderful day.

Jeepers My DH was in stage 4 kidney failure for years and never had an issue. Just had to watch what meds he took as to rather they could affect the kidneys or not. Such as certain fluid pills. Some protect the kidneys while others don't. Blood pressure meds are the same way. Some protect and some don't. Worked on garage today. Filling up another box of stuff for Good Will. Slowly getting stuff down sized and out of here. I will never use a lot of the things I have now. So no need of keeping it unless the kids want it. I always ask them first. DD has already taken some of the things I wanted to get rid of. Mostly knic knacks. I got tired of having to move that stuff to dust and clean off shelves. I kept some of those things but not much of it. Other than that, not much else going on right now. GS goes back to work tomorrow night. He is still running a fever off and on but feeling better.

GS got a call from one of his co workers. Seems about 3 or 4 people have come down with what he has and they are now hurting for workers. Some are still working for now but 3 including GS are out of work for now. Fixed pepper steak for dinner and got kitchen cleaned up. I am done for the night. Might do a little reading in a bit. Hands are hurting and swollen again. GS did bring in more firewood today. He was feeling a bit better and no fever for most of the day. Fever did start coming back early evening though.

Also, you can make up stuffed green peppers. Soups and put into containers that can be pulled out and heated up. What I do for grandson is buy the mashed potatoes and rice that come in the small one cup containers. It cost more that way, but for him and how wasteful he is at times it is well worth it. But also, very easy to pop in microwave to go with a meal. I make up meals and have those containers that have sections like the frozen dinners you can buy. I have cooked meals in those. Either chicken, beef or porkchop and then whatever veggies I have like corn, green beans butter beans or whatever veggie you have. If I remember correctly, I think the Market here used frozen mashed potatoes. They used to get them from a food distribution center, and I had seen them before covid hit in the grocery stores in the frozen food section. Things like chili freeze well also. Baked spaghetti also freezes well if already baked. And what Mother said about dump meals are great and easy to do.

Got things done this morning I didn't do yesterday. Walking around yard as it is warmer today. Need to get started on flower beds. Going to get the lawn mower out and cut what grass I can and get the week killer down where I don't plant anything. Mainly the front yard. Then week the flower beds as nothing is in them now but weeds. I have celery from a couple of stalks of celery I used and put in water. They are growing and ready to be planted but will have to plant in a bucket as we could still have frost. So will keep inside with a grow light.

You are right Ambergris. I only have 2 more to dig up and that is the last of the Azalea's. Taken all those out has opened me up for more garden space. And they are dying anyway. They are very old. Guess they have reached their limits.

Took GS back to doctor this morning. Temp keeps going up and down. He went to work last night, and they sent him home. Temp. went up to 104*. He saw another doctor in the same group I go to. The doctor I see, and GS also sees, the records were messed up. Doctor couldn't figure out what he had from the other doctor's notes. She checked him again for covid and took 3 or more vials of blood and a urine test. She wanted an X-ray but the X-ray tec either wasn't there today or something was wrong with equipment. Not sure which. So, he's out of work this week as well now. His work wants to put him on temporary disability. And if that isn't bad enough Doctor still has not called in my new prescriptions. This has been since last Wed. I give up. I am making an appointment with an endocrinologist. Don't know when I can get in but hoping fast. My TSH is off the charts. The high for TSH within limits is 5.50 mine went up to 15.49. He has done nothing for my diabetes. Otherwise, we came home, and I fixed breakfast and then went to pick up GS's RX. Came home and cleaned house. Now I am too tired to cook dinner, so Subway is on the menu tonight. GS is happy. He loves Subway. The little brat has already given me his order.

My DH never really wanted flowers to plant. He said if you can't eat it you don't plant it. His parents were like that as well as his grandparents. He came from a small line of farmers. He was ok with flowers you could eat or use as herbal meds. and such. So, I am sticking with what we always did. Those flowers above are pretty but yes, they can make you sick.

Our 70 and 80* weather went by the wayside. It dropped back down into the 40's again with rain all day yesterday. Haven't had snow yet but then we have had our worst snows in March before but will see how weather goes. I'm ready to start with my garden. Got plans worked out now. But too cold to plant yet.

That's a lot of snow. Rain won't take that away very fast. But it will go away. I'll send you some of my 70 and 80* weather to help you get it melted.

Worked out in garage a bit this morning. Then came in when GS woke up and washed sheets from both beds. Called pharmacy again this afternoon to see about meds being called in. Again, no doctor has not called. Will call doctor on Monday as he was closed today. Will be looking for a new doctor. Have one lined up now that is endocrinologist. Will be calling him on Monday. So, depending on when I can get in, I might not even call my primary care back about the meds. Also, this new doctor deals with pituitary tumors as well so if primary doesn't call to set up the MRI, the new doctor can do it instead. I am over this mess. GS still not feeling well. Temp. keeps going up and down. He was doing good yesterday and today he is back to not feeling well. Only one more antibiotic pill left to take. Cooked steaks on grill for dinner tonight. I don't cook often anymore on grill like we used to when DH was alive. So, need to get back into doing that more again. I know everyone on here is busy now. Gardens starting up, house repairs and so much more. Seems it never ends. Weather is starting to cool down again but will still be warm enough I hope to start plowing up the larger garden. Need to weed flower beds and pull out 2 azalea plants that are dying.

Cleaned kitchen this morning and then did some other things around house that needed to be done and things put away. at about 3pm I called the drug store as they had not called to let me know my prescriptions were ready. Nope the doctor never called them in. No matter as my thyroid levels are only off the charts so no big deal. Bet I don't hear back about the MRI either. Called the doctor's office and they said they would give him the message. Will see what happens. One of my neighbors came over and she is having issues with home health for FIL. Jeepers you are right about this being all over the country, but it doesn't make it right to not give the proper care to patients. We have a lot to think about where the medical field is concerned, and my doctor will get an ear full when I go back if those prescriptions are not called in and I don't get that much needed MRI for the pituitary tumor to see where that stands. He doesn't know that I worked in the medical field yet. I have ways of doing things he doesn't know about yet. Though I am sure all these doctors no matter how good they are, are having to follow the rules of socialized medicine now. One wrong move and they could lose their license to practice. I have already seen that happen to one doctor that took too long with a patient under Medicaid policies. She didn't lose her license. but was fired. She was one of the best Lime disease doctors around. She did a lot to help my daughter before she got mixed up with Medicaid. I have used alternative medicine before and am about to start doing it again. Just need to find my paperwork on it. I am now turning to alternative medicine for Thyroid, diabetes, and blood pressure and I can do it again. But then I think the time has come that we will all be doing this as things start to get worse in this world.

Now that brings back memories. I used to watch that show.