Kitt

I gave up trying to keep up with ice, especially during the hot months. A large plastic bin and regular stops at the 7-11 for bags of ice works.

Ummm... Brett, grown up? Are you sure about that? Emently crushable, even if he does prefer guys.

Nope. Age is a function of time. State of mind is what gets us through it.

Mid forties is an old fart? Boy, am I in trouble! Hey Ashi

I guess i am the "odd duck" in that i CAN flip the editor switch off, not that i am such a great editor. I can manage to skip over the misspellings and other things that I would normally be running my red pen dry for. Some of the better stories I have read would be greatly improved by a good editor, but I have learned to keep my trap shut instead of suggesting it in a pm. Yes I believe in praise in public critique in private.

The chapter got a thumb because i could not choose which fit best. Sad that Pam has still not dealt with Liz passing. Shock she would try to arrange a christening behind the guys back. Angry she would ask her son to lie and do it for her. Ozzy is right. She needs professional help.

Don't you just hate it when a character decides how you should write the story?

Damn well told! But people need to learn the difference between protest and , between civil disobedience and inciting rioting. How does carrying a flat screen TV from a store broken into during a "protest" improve the situation? How does torching an OCCUPIED police vehicle correct the excess of a bad bust turned violent? Can someone explain? I will stop here before I get too political.

Wonders if peanutbutter, butterscotch or caramel chips would work?

Everything's better with bacon!

What 7 yrs old thinks of a prom for his teen babysitter? He is adorable!

Dont mix the garlic through the first try. Then you can get a feel for how much you like. Me? I grew up cooking with fresh garlic in almost everything, so I just stir and break out the triscuits.

Try the roasted garlic from Sabra - I love it! LOL Right? Gotta cheat once in a while!

Hence why the silly thing collects dust. For the two of us it just is not worth the cleanup.

I have a food processor i barely use since the kids moved out. I am pretty sure it still works, and has a shreadding blade. Lol the only thing i ever shreadded in it was the potatoes for pancakes.

Look yummy!

I don't post blog entries often. So seldom do I post here I had to look up how. This one is a rant and if you don't feel like listening (reading) I fully understand and suggest you move on. Some of you know that last fall I managed to tear a small part of my hamstring off of the bone at the upper end. To quote a friend, "What a pain in the ass!" Three doctors, months of limited activity, various physical therapy treatments and lots of discomfort later, the rock I sit on has gotten no smaller, no less uncomfortable, and lots more emotionally annoying. Basically the bit of muscle (tendon? ligament?) has come away from the bone. All the PT has strengthened the rest, and the structures surrounding it, but apparently nothing can really be done for the knot formed by the loose bit, and that is what I sit on. At today's appointment (one that has been postponed 6 times over the last 3 months, thank you very much mr. covid 19) I was told that no amount of exercise, stretching, or medication will give me any more improvement, and surgery is not an option. Before being given this little gem of info, Dr Quack had suggested PRP therapy to promote healing during a teleconference check in during the shut down. Being who I am, that kicked off a round of research so I was armed when I actually saw him again today. The issue is a knot of muscle that is no longer attached to the bone. It cannot be surgically reattached, trimmed away or otherwise alleviated. I have made all the progress I can with exercise. Deep tissue massage may help soften it a bit and we are going to give it a shot, but the thought of someone digging their fingers deep into my butt muscles does not sound too promising, or comfortable for that matter. There are few side effects, but a small possibility I could have an allergic reaction to the injection. Yes, to my own serum platelets. My luck? I would be the one in 10,000 who does. I told him to keep his PRP since any healing that it might have aided occurred 10 months ago when I first injured it, and the cost vs probable result was not promising. I could have built a baby in the amount of time I have been trying to get this rock out of my pants! Which brings me to the title question. If there is nothing to be done but treat the symptom and alleviate the pain with otc meds, Why the hell could he not tell me that( or one of the other two docs) back in the fall. Once the surrounding muscles had been built up ( around Christmas) I could have embarked on remedial solutions to allow me to ride again, like a gel seat pad for my saddle. WTF? They knew they could do nothing for it, jerked my chain, charged me large sums of money over and above what my insurance pays, and the only thing I can do is take a Tylenol? I have learned on my own how to sit differently to reduce the discomfort without throwing my back out of alignment. Now to learn to ride again. My horse thinks I don't love him any more because I have not ridden since last September. Anyone with a pet will understand. Bo literally tries to push me to the mounting block outside the barn door any time I am walking him to his field. He is a very smart horse, but that is the subject for another blog

All you really need to do is read, build a support team, and listen.

Daughter, dear.

Something is majorly wrong when I was thinking about turning on the ac and that night pulled a huge quilt over me and turned the heat back on.

Lol I dragged her to a doctor who promptly hospitalized her. That occurred in 1998 or so. She passed back in 2006, and I dont think I have been forgiven yet!

Should they put the names in order!

Says the one who gets to see it first!

Oh that a short grounding. My mother grounded me for life! Even put a stipulation that grounding does not end when she passed. Great chapter.

You can say that again!