I made dinner and now my stomach is really upset. I might have under cooked the chicken. If I did that would I start feeling it a few hours after I ate.

I would like to go one month without some stupid health thing. Or a month without doindoing stupid stuff that effects my health.

I hope Harvey continues to improve.

I am researching requirements for filing for non-profit status for our PTO. How did I get in this place? Oh, that's right, I volunteered. /idiot

Very glad to hear about Harvey, WS.

askye, health~ma. Also, did you get the crosses? They should have been there by now.

Feeling any better, askye?

As for Harvey's continued improvement, he managed to get past the twist-tie fastening the zipper pulls together. Does that count? At a certain point the worry and frustration evaporate and leave nothing but pride behind.

As for Harvey's continued improvement, he managed to get past the twist-tie fastening the zipper pulls together. Does that count? At a certain point the worry and frustration evaporate and leave nothing but pride behind.

That's pretty impressive.

Yay Harvey!

Askye, J Jill makes trousers in a variety of fits and styles, many of which have elastic waists. And they're mostly machine washable. [link]

Also, LLBean makes a decent pull on pant (not as nice as JJill, but better prices) [link]

And for things that "require" hand washing - get some sweater bags and run them through the washer on the gentle cycle. It usually - not always, but usually - works well for me.

I wash the "hand wash only" stuff on the delicate cycle and it's fine. (Wash it by itself, or only with other delicates, on cold, with a gentle detergent like Woolite or Dr. Bronner's, and hang it up to dry.) Rayon is the one thing that cannot be washed, though, no matter what the label says. Rayon-polyester blends are usually okay, but I've never washed a single rayon item that didn't shrink, no matter how careful I was with it.

So I've got potential plans with a Buffista for Friday, and an old friend is showing up for lunch on Thursday, and my SIL wants to go to a movie with me soon. Sociability! It freaks me the hell out. I'm looking forward to time with a Buffista I've never met in 3D, but it's the people I already know who are freaking me out.

Even before I lost Hubby, I had no clue what to do in social situations without him. Like most introverts, small talk baffles me. I can fake small talk, but on the inside I'm saying "So, conversation about nothing. This person actually seems interested in my random statements about local road development and how it disrupts life. Now we're talking about cars. Why?" I feel proud of myself for successfully impersonating a "normal" person and that my companion apparently enjoyed the interaction and continues to like me. It's like contact with an alien culture.

I'm already working up a check list of things to talk to the old friend about.