WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2022

Kim, Vicki, Margaret, thank you so much for the belated wishes. It's like having two birthdays. Kim - especially love your shiny meme for me. You remembered that I like shiny things! Worse than a magpie, me.

Margaret, Holy guacamole, why are you keeping that house, when it's obviously somewhere that is quite dangerous? I totally understand your attachment due to your son's memory, but your safety and DrewB's are the most important things, and somewhere subject to drive-bys is scary as stink. On another subject, during my year of being a flight attendant, St. Louis was my base. Loved St. Louis, especially Laclede's Landing. I lived right across the Mississippi River, in East Alton.

Tracey, Glad to hear you're healing nicely and fully up on your tetanus jab. Sorry about the disagreements caused by the "Slap Heard 'Round the World!" Hope it's all settled down.

My next doctor visit will be tomorrow. Longest trip I've done solo in more than two years, and it's only an hour! I switched back to my old primary doc, but he's seconded to the VA primary care division in Fayetteville. His team got really panicky in March when I was handed over to them, saying I had to come see him face-to-face in order to get me completely part of his set of patients. Lord help me, the VA genuinely believes if they can't find the paperwork, then I don't exist. Unnerving. At best.

Speaking of unnerving, my brother and my sister are ganging up on me, telling me that I need to drink a full bottle of Pepto-Bismol and I'll be just fine. I love these people, but they also make me just a teensy bit wiggy. That's OK, it's not like they can hold me down and waterboard me with Pepto. They aren't trying to do so only because one lives in Oklahoma and one in Texas, because if they were here, they'd badger me until I did it. It's nice to have people out there who care. Way out there.

Cold, rainy, wet day, and glad I'm warm and dry inside. Time to swap the laundry. Oh - and here's the pic of yesterday's labor. The ones on the left were shaped and left to rise in a specialty silicone hamburger pan. The ones on the right are the same type bread dough, but rolled to make a hamburger bun-sized roll and baked on a regular sheet pan. They barely rose at all, while the ones in the molded pan rose straight up. Just me experimenting.
I do enjoy experimenting.

Hope you're having a spiffy day today! Mine has been lovely so far.

Later, y'all,
Love,
Lisa in AR

Lisa and Kim it is a relief that these neighbors are gone. I looked up the property on line and did my own mental cleaning of the property to get rid of the negative energy. The property owners need to clean up the mess they left behind. Another neighbor is complaining to the city about the yard to make sure something gets done. I will call too once I settle back from my trip if action is not taken. This is one of the reasons I was not ready to sell the home. I knew they were a problem that would make it difficult to sell.

I am glad I have been able to keep the property. It has helped me in the healing process of losing our son. I call it my cabin in the city. Those friends who have visited the home see why I consider it a retreat. I know it doesn't sound like one considering the problems in the city, but I know crime can happen anywhere and it does. My attitude has changed over the last few months. I go about my life with awareness and I will not allow the wrong element to make me feel frightened or make decisions that are not right for me. I love the other neighbors I have gotten to know where my son's house is. I also see why my son wanted to live in this area.

I do have a long term plan of what to do with both homes when the time is right.

Tracey-thanks for updating tetanus shot frequency-I was still working off the 10 year repeat.

Julie-You are correct that Columbus would have a bit of familiarity. Grandkids are in Arizona-son who gets married next week does not know if they will have children. I’m hoping for an epiphany! Only food I have cut back on over the years is cheese. I don’t think sinuses are food related.

Lisa-I shudder at the idea of a whole bottle of Pepto Bismol. That just has a whole other set of issues.

Carla-really haven’t had major cold symptoms (and I hate colds!). Hope you feel better with yours.

So I went to our local CVS minute clinic today (obviously took longer than a minute!). She said it looks like things aren’t draining well at all, my ears are getting congested (or should I say eustachian tubes). Put me on antibiotic for a week, gave me a script for flonase to help. Also said if I want to take something, then Mucinex is best. While I don’t have high blood pressure per se and could take Sudafed, she said the Mucinex will help things drain (guess it works with any of the bodily fluids in lungs or nose). So, I am going to listen to her. I may not give up on neti pot yet, but will try to get through this bout of stuff.

Going to get my medications done and head into bed a bit early. Sleep is probably best. May work from home tomorrow so I can rest as needed and let antibiotics kick in. Might as well take advantage of my own rules!

Take care all,

Ginny in Ohio