I've never experienced this sinus thing before. i really don't like it. Nasal irrigation did nothing. I'm totally worried that the 2x/daily nasal irrigation i was doing up until this week somehow caused it.

Erin, I have no fancy dessert ideas...my baking skills are nil...but I have been super successful lately with a gluten-free banana bread with candied ginger. Folks who usually frequent schmancy restaurants are actually fawning all over it. Kind of like a retro-comfort thing. That with a caramel sauce, or such might be avant enough to be appreciated.

Also? My most famous and loved potluck dish is orange slices in Kaluha. Seriously, people plotz for it. Plus, couldn't be easier.

Wow, I must be feeling better. I got into a productivity loop and had no idea what time it was. And I didn't nap today! I hung two calendars and glued a wood cutting board back together, cleaned out expired meds, etc.

Time for bed. I'm going to try and work from home tomorrow some.

How do you do the orange slices thing? Peel and segment, slice, soak...?

I may also simply make cupcakes with ganache. Maybe some sparkly sugar on top.

ita knows ganache. What are some hot ganache tips for cupcakes?

Ack! I gave the dalmatian her tramadol tonight like we always do, in a lump of peanut butter on the end of a plastic knife. We hold the knife towards her so it's flat, and kind of swipe it past her mouth quickly, because if we hold anything foodlike out to her, she bites the shit out of it. And she bites like a gator. Which breaks plastic knives.

Which she did tonight. She bit off a good 1/4 to 1/3 inch of that knife and quickly swallowed it. (I checked her mouth several times -- no plastic stuck anywhere.)

So now I'm freaked out that the plastic is going to destroy her GI tract and I just killed the dog.

Animals (and kids) manage to swallow all kinds of things. Monitor her Bx and her poop for a few days; see if these are signs of distress, swelling or bloating, or discomfort.

Or if you're really freaked, call the vet tomorrow. Maybe a doggie X-ray?

I hope Chloe quickly (and obviously, so the humans don't unduly worry) passes the plastic bits. Dogs really do seem to eat quite a lot that just travels through them. But I know you must be worried. I would be in your shoes.

I think Kittenish has plans to steal my slippers again. This might be why I so rarely own slippers.

Animals (and kids) manage to swallow all kinds of things.

She's done it once before, with no apparent ill effects. I'm just worried that she's reached her lifetime limit of broken plastic knife-piece consumption, and any further knife-eating will kill her slowly by tearing her insides apart.

She'll probably be fine, but -- broken knife piece! In her innards! Yikes!

She'll probably be fine, but -- broken knife piece! In her innards! Yikes!

Maybe invest in spudware.

Continued mom~ma to Jilli and family.

Dalmation-innards~to the dalmation what needs it.

Harvey's best purrs to the whole lot of you.