Ow. Sneezing hurts. Baking soda feels like sand in my sinuses.

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Scrappy, that's wonderful news!

Hil, stop snorting baking powder. Have we taught you nothing?

Good luck with the move, Suzi. You can do it!

Ok, how do I dispose of aerosol spray cans?

Recycling center or local haz mat disposal?

Glad you survived the birthday party, Susan.

Kristen I hope you start feeling better soon. I had pneumonia when I was about 25 or so. And it sucked, (I had bronchitis first) anyway one thing to remember is take it easy when you do get back on your feet.

It can take a while to get your full strength back after you've been so sick so don't push yourself too hard.

I was supposed to chaperone the 9th grade white-water rafting/camping trip a week from Monday. In theory I might be well enough by then to still go, but...I'm thinking also maybe not.

I know I've been hogging the ~ma lately, but can I please get a little "break that fever and start getting better" ~ma? I was told I would be feeling much better by now and I'm really just not. If this doesn't improve within the next couple of days, than this pneumonia isn't bacterial after all, which makes it a lot trickier to deal with. My temp a little bit ago was 101.8 and ick. I hate. I dosed myself with Advil again, but this has got to stop sometime, right?

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Hil, this may be one of those times when laughing while drinking (water) would be a good thing. Perhaps it would help to snort a handful of water, or if you have one of those ear-cleaning bulbs, put some warm water in it, and flush your nasal passages.

Ok, I'm trying to convince myself to go low-carb. So I'm assuaging my premenstrual NEED for chocolate by melting 2.5 oz of 70% cocoa solids chocolate into 1/4 c. of ricotta cheese. It tasted pretty good. The texture was weird, but it was unusually satisfying.

ETA: Some stuff I forgot in my low-carb choccie rapture.

Scrappy, I'm glad your FIL is ok. Have fun at the movies.

Also, Kristin, you sure can have all the anti-pneumonia~ma you want. And I'll send some Harvey-purrs into the bargain. (It's weird because I know one of the times I had a nasty chest cold, he insisted on sitting on my chest, purring up a storm. The extra weight was uncomfortable, but I couldn't dislodge him. When he finally got up, though, my breathing sounded way less congested, and my sinuses were clearer. Perhaps your own felines will join in and rattle some of the gunk loose.

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Aw, Harvey! You're good for what ails Andi.

Kristin, I am so sorry you've been so sick for so long. I know that fear that comes with wondering if things are not going the way they should. You hang in there and try to rest. Hopefully tomorrow you will eake up feeling better.

Scrappy, I'm glad your FiL is OK- I was worried.

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Hil, stop snorting baking powder. Have we taught you nothing?

Hee.

Has everyone seen this plantable paper? [link] You buy invitations or cards or whatever made of this stuff, then send them, and the person who receives them can plant and water them, and there are seeds embedded in it, so flowers will grow! I'm thinking about getting my mom a Mother's Day card from there.

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kristin beat me to it - haz mat center Suzi

WS, I will never succeed in going low carb - but lower carb is possible --

I'm thinking if you did that chocolate recipe and scaled it up for the ice cream maker you might get something really tasty....

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"Could you please put the stuff into my bags?" She said, "Oh, right. Sorry," took the one item out of the plastic bag and put it into my canvas bag, then picked up the plastic bag that had held one can for about five seconds and threw it out.

I tend to carry the groceries around the store in the bags, and when I get to the check out line, I plop the full sacks on the conveyor belt. It gives the hint that I want them back in these bags. Keeps them from getting too heavy, and saves useless bags getting tossed.

I personally look very very sideways at geothermal

Oh really? Curious. How come? I saw a news report that the Shrub has a system on his Crawford ranch down yonder in TX.

some really awesome stuff coming out.

what's tickling your fancy?

I know I've been hogging the ~ma lately,

Endless supply, as far as I can tell. I'll throw an extra portion on the pile, heading your way. Get better soon!

ION. I haz a haircut! Looks ok for $7

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I tend to carry the groceries around the store in the bags, and when I get to the check out line, I plop the full sacks on the conveyor belt. It gives the hint that I want them back in these bags. Keeps them from getting too heavy, and saves useless bags getting tossed.

I walk to the store and use one of those little foldable carts to bring my groceries back home, so I usually balance a basket on top of my cart, since I've figured out that the amount of groceries that I can fit into the bigger size basket my grocery store has is about the same as the amount that will fit in my cart. Then when I get to the checkout, I take the basket off the cart, get the bags out of the cart, put them on the conveyer belt first, and then unload the groceries onto the belt. And I'll generally say, "I'd like these in these bags, please," just be be sure. Never works. They'll still put them in the plastic bags.

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That sounds like a good method. I guess those folks just aren't the brightest bulbs on the christmas tree is all.

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Suzi, try [link]

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