Flu, Head Cold?,,,What is It?

I talked to a cousin up in Paris yesterday, and they're having the same thing we are.  It's NOT allergies,,it's like what she called it,,a head cold.  And it's contagious.  Everybody around here has it, or the flu. No flu for me yet, and I took the shot so I have hopes.  Anyway, my son came by and said he'd been in bed all day, had thrown up once, had the shakes, and was still nauseated.  Great!  I offered him some of the ramen soup I had made him yesterday, but no,,all he wanted was some crackers.  He did have a 7-up with him.  I gave him some tums, and in a while, he was doing good.  He left to go home to bed again.  After he used my phone, I told him, didn't want to insult him, but,,i'm cleaning it with purel,,,lolololol. 

I did get all excited when he told me he saw about a 14 point buck in my drive way about dusk yesterday.  Right behind my car.  Gonna open my blinds back there, and see if I might see him too.  Had to laugh a few nites ago, about Jude.  Heard him at the door after dark, and when I opened it, that big fat coon ran off while Jude came in.  He's not at all scared of these wild animals,,was just scared of Rescue.

I'm feeling about back to normal today.  I think that neti pot did it,,,catching it at the beginning.  I haven't had the cough like the others.  YET.

J brought by a big roast a few days ago, and I just stuck it in the freezer,,,,got it out last nite, so today i'm cooking a roast in my crock pot.  I cooked the roast itself for a while in one of my pots on top of the stove, waterless in it's own juices,,,Just makes for a better taste.  I have the stainless steel cookware to do it with.  That will all be ready by supper time,,,yall come,,,  there's a recipe on the back of the box of onion soup mix.  And o yeah, those roasted potatoes on there,,,ARE SOO GOOD!

Well, couple more things,,,someone's horse got run over, over on the highway about 3 blocks from here,,,, last nite.  Then this morning,,another gun shot wound,,a man shot himself in the leg.  Makes 4 for sure, maybe 5 just in the last 2 o4 3 months.  Where's all the gun safety???? 

Gotta git, so yall tc, and

HAGD

This and That

Hey yall,,, all these blogs I read make  for some interesting things for ME to blog about...lol. 

Like,,DD wondering if armadillos are carriers of leprosy.  I've always heard that, but,,,have YOU ever known anyone who has gotten it from them?  Or, for that matter, anyone who has ever come up with it at all?  I sure haven't.  I do know there's a place in Louisiana that treats it, and I think that's the only place there is.  Now this is from long ago, not sure now.  I was surprised when I had read about this place, cause I thot leprosy was back in the early centuries.

We used to eat cottontail rabbits, until I read where you could get bubonic plaque from them.  And maybe that was because of the rat droppings in NM, but we didn't eat any more.  3 hunters there had done that.  This was another one I thot was like leprosy.  Way back.

Skunks, foxes, carriers of rabies?  That's what we hear anyway.  When I was a teen, I had a pet skunk, grew up with a kitten, and they loved each other.  My dad even liked it, cause he could get a huge laugh out of answering the door and having the skunk come running up, making someone yell.  The vet, back then, took out that scent bag, so it couldn't spray any thing.  They won't do it now. 

Gypsy is talking about working with weights.  Good for you!  I had a weight bench that did everything, but when I moved to this house, didn't have anywhere to put it.  Loaned the weights to someone that never brought them back.  Pads and cables ruined on the bench, so got rid of it.  lololol,,, took me a whole day to put that thing together.  It wasn't one of those hi-priced ones, had just cost 100.00.  But it had everything to work every area of you.  Even the foot thing.  And that flab under the upper arm?  Just bend your arm behind your head.


Well, yall tc, and

HAGD

January's Half Gone, Yall,,,,

J called earlier and said he had something for me.  Good thing he did tell me it's a breakfast taco,  cause i'm getting really hungry.  Would have eaten if he hadn't. 

I got out yesterday, briefly, and went to both parks to check on the pelicans and didn't see them.  I'm hoping they were just staying out of the wind as best as they could.

I've just realized today that Jan. is 1/2 gone.  And Feb. is just 4 short weeks, so we're well on the way to spring, well, here, anyway.  And I know there can be  bad stuff way on into April, but,,,that's not a regular thing.  Easter spell?  lol...

Taco's here, yall tc, and

HAGD

St Joseph, Works,,or Not

Was reading in the Frog's blog about the St Joseph statue to sell a house.  After Mom passed away, and we finally got the tons of trash and stuff out, (she was a hoarder),, my sis insisted on trying to sell it ourselves, which didn't work.  So after 6 months of that, we listed it with an agency, and Bro G insisted on overpricing it, so,,,no sell either.  After another 6 months, we signed with another agency and I got the St Joseph's statue and followed the directions, like Ms Frog said,, and within 3 weeks, it sold.  I went back to dig it up, and never found it.  Went back 3 or 4 times, knowing exactly where I had buried it, but it just wasn't there!

Later, I asked this same agency to sell a couple of lots for me, and before she got the sign hammered in, a lady stopped and asked her about them then bought them...

I know for sure, that using St Joseph works.  Even our real estate lady was impressed.  I don't remember who told me about it, but I was sure glad they did.

I'm not too good today.  Whatever this is, is all in my head.  Haven't gotten to the cough yet but am prepared.  And just maybe, it won't happen.

Yall tc, and

HAGD

Sinus?

Well, this might not be just plain ol sinus,,,starts out in the sinuses,,stinging eyes, nose, sneezing,,etc.  But, everybody has it and sinus is NOT contagious.  So,,just what is this?  I got it from J, after thinking he had sinus, wasn't contagious,,then my dotter told me today she has it,,,same thing.  So it is something going around LIKE sinus...Today i'm having a dry cough starting.  And my neti pot has sure helped.  Need to do it one more time today.  Did it this morning.  I slept good last nite.

I was eating some stuff that J brought and after a few bites, it kinda hung up about half way down.  Like it used to do with the lap band.  I went out,,in the cold,, and kinda made myself gag and get some back up.  After a while, what was left, went on down.  So I was cautious later when I ate, but ,,,it was fine then.  Have no idea what happened.

J took one of their cats to the vet this morning, and kept calling all day about her.  He finally looked at her late in the day, and said he could come pick her up.  She has horrible allergies, and had scratched some bad places on her neck, and was acting like she was real sick.  Don't know what the verdict is but will find out later.  He was taking her home.

My feet are getting colder and colder.  Guess i'm gonna have to shut the door.  With the wind blowing the storm door lets in drafts.  Hate to not be able to look out, tho.

Well, yall tc, and

HAGD

Weather?

Hey yall, this is TEXAS!!  Subject to change in the blink of an eye.  And never pay attention to those weathermen.

Started with my neti pot this morning,,,got full fledged sinus right now.  Even took an allergy pill.  Woke up during the nite with my nose running on one side, my eye watering,,one of em,,lol, and even my ear.  Time to get with the plan.  Practice what I preach,,,lol.  My bed is so high, i'm not able to lay off it with my head to the floor,,,would do a somersault,,,hahahahaha.  I have to use a little 3" board step to get on it.

For some reason,,i got up today and it was Monday.  When I went to take my daily morning pills out of the pill box,, I thot, OMG,, I totally missed Sunday!  Then I got to investigating,,(took a while) but I did find it is Sunday.....

Ok, just did my 2nd neti pot thing.  WOW it burns,, the first times.  Guess it's pretty raw up in there, huh?

Those pelicans are still here.  J said he counted 82 here in town a couple of days ago.  Guess they like it here, must be plenty of food for them.  I hope they will come back every year,,,at least I guess they will migrate.

Not much going on, so yall tc, and

HAGD

Flu? Pneumonia?

Wasted a lot of time doing this, and poof,,,it's gone.

I keep seeing flu and pneumonia talk, and this morning I read that there are 2 going around, A and B.  The flu shot takes care of the A almost totally, but only 69 or so % of the B.  So i'm still being cautious when i'm out, using a lot of purel.

I took the pneumonia vaccine 6 years ago, then started having it,,,hahahaha.  Never had it in my life, and told the doc that.  That's when he took me off Advair for my COPD,, can cause pneumonia.  I had some kind of it, with no fever and no cough, so how do you know when you're getting it?  I asked that, and the only thing I can come up with, is,,, when I feel really really bad,,,go to the doc!  That's the one I had that nearly got me.  And when I had that,,,that's when I quit smoking.

I took J to F'burg yesterday for his 2 1/2 month check up.  He's having problems, and the doc decided to put him on some physical therapy for a few weeks, starting in 2 weeks.  Then the cold wet weather doesn't help.  Plus he's having sinus problems bad too.  Won't use my neti pot even tho I told him how much it has helped my g/dotter.  She's sure a believer.  Also, read this in a yoga book a long time ago.  Turn your head upside down, I laid across a bed and hung my head off, and drain those sinuses.  You won't believe how much stuff comes out!  Have a lot of Kleenex or something,,,lololol.  Stay upside down for 10 minutes, and it might make you nauseated the first time, but do this once a day for 2,,,maybe 3.  NO more sinus problems.

Some kind of new sticker thing showed up in our yards  a few years ago, and they dry out and fill up the bottom of your shoes if you walk on them.   Js shoes keep bringing them in and i'm trying to get them vacuumed out today.  I've told him to shed the shoes at the door.  He usually does but one day is all it takes.  These things are horrible.  Bro B and SIL have fits with them.  With all those boys coming in and out, she has gotten rid of a lot of carpeted rooms.  They are little round burrs, until they dry out, then those burrs break up into zillions of stickers.  They're flat on the ground, and the plant is just a few inches high.  Don't know what would get rid of them.

We went to the best steak place in the world yesterday, and brought home one order and divided it.  Was plenty.  It's the Barvarian Restaurant there.  It's actually German food.  But those steaks are out of the world good.  They are priced that way too,,lol, don't know what it was cause he paid for all of it.  Way back, the one I ordered was about 25.00.  I get the german fries with mine, he got the baked potato.  Then a big salad, and soup come with it.  I still have the soup,,yummmm.  The only bread you get is black. 

Think I've done my do for today, so yall tc, and

HAGD