That's what I envision too, Teppy. And then I envision having to CLEAN it.

(Tho' I will admit, the idea of mixing absinthe with gin kinda makes me twitch. Someday, I may find a gin I like. Just don't count on it.)

Heh, they play together quite nicely- but I don't have any issues with gin. My personal favorite absinthe cocktail, the Monkey Gland, is also a gin based drink.

imagine all the compost from a tub full of oatmeal. the mind boggles. (that image is why i never tried it...even after my unfortunate poison sumac incident)

You can put plain oatmeal in the blender and get the same fine oatmeal powder that Aveeno sells for much more money. Both the homemade version and the storebought version have fewer of those yucky globs of oatmeal goo if you put them in the bathwater through a sieve.

Thus ends tonight's household hints from Ginger.

I know this because I itch a lot. Right now, I seem to be having a worse reaction than usual to the bites of the evil swarming Asian tiger mosquitoes and my arm is a lumpy pink mess. It wouldn't be so bad if I would STOP SCRATCHING.

I have badly chafed the inside of my thighs, through a painful combination of skirt-wearing two hot, muggy days in a row and the plastic-ey seats on my mom's car (pretty sure a significant part of my inner left thigh is still stuck to the passenger seat. ow.) Will oatmeal and lotion help this or do i just need to stick with soft inside pants for a day or two?

Um, put the oatmeal in an old pantyhose toe, of course, right?

Tep, I hope you find something that works and doesn't make your skin fall off.

"I like girls with skin." - Cocoon

Ginger, have you tried the hot water/hair dryer cure? Put your arm under water as hot as you can stand (but not hot enough to burn) the pain receptors overpower the itch recptors. It also works blowing hot air with a hair dryer.

I've done the hot water thing, which particularly helps for allergy itching. Unfortunately, it all wears off eventually, and there I am at my desk or reading and find myself scratching. Perhaps I should keep a hair dryer at my desk.

Um, put the oatmeal in an old pantyhose toe, of course, right?

Just about to say that. You can put bath bombs with bits in one, too, iffn you don't want to harsh your bath mellow by picking lavender and verbena leaves off the tiles.

Erin, I get that chafey thing happening in the summer as well. I believe it was Steph who hipped me to "Body Glide." It's found in sports stores and is of the gods. Even after the injury. I can't imagine living without it.

eta: I should have addressed erin_o with that comment.