It's lemon juice and zest, unsalted butter, eggs, sugar, and kosher salt. Kind of like pudding, but not as creamy. Extremely yummy. Come on over Sal! and taste for yourself.

Ahem, what is ZEST, other than something I don't have any of or soap???

Shut up Nappy...:D

Hey, Bappy, have you been competing in darts lately?

You worry me, woman. It's just tiny shavings of the outermost skin of a citrus fruit.

Oh!!! I think I used to know that, but haven't cooked anything from scratch, for ages..DUH!!!!

Lemon curd and gingerbread! Yummy...Lemon curd on toast, english muffin, bagel. Lemon curd and just about anything or even all by itself.

Hmm, now I am hungry for lemon curd. I just might have to make some!

Oh Sappy, I always thought you were pretty zesty myself!

I love the smell of zest!

No, not a dart has been thrown since I got here. I carry them in my purse, in case I'm end up somewhere with a dart board.

I still don't have a car, and that sucks. I'm not one to just walk in a bar alone, looking for a dart board. It has been on my to do list this month, but I'm running out of days.

Thanks for reminding me.

:hug:
Oohh, lemon curd and gingerbread. I love them both, so together, and can't imagine the bliss. I'm going to have to check with Dad and see if he can make some gingerbread. Yum!

:hug:

Hi all~

Thanks FG for making me hungry.... There's a rice cake staring me down, but I'm gonna opt for oatmeal w/raisens. No fair!!! :mad:

Hey Bappy~ I know how to play JARTS, but they won't fit in my purse!!!

I made a peach cobbler over the weekend....no lemons so I didn't make any lemon curd...

Now I am hungry...hmmmm, that doesn't happen very often. I hear a bowl of cereal calling me!!

Hi everyone, can't let this thread die.


How is everyone. Have any plans for the summer?

I do,How to keep cool. I love summer but as time is going on
it is getting harder to handle the heat. Keeps me indoors more then
out.

How are you feeling?

I haven't been doing to good these past few months. The past week
I am having a flare up. My vision is so poor that is why I don't get to read
all the posts. writing this I have to correct so many mistakes it is
unbelieveable and scary. I read the posts a little, get off,go back and finish
reading what I started. Then to tired to respond.

My balance is way off and the legs just don't want to go where I
want them to. Enough

I hope we all have a happy and interesting summer, so we can talk
about all of our adventures.

Jappy
everyone take care :grouphug:

How did I miss this????? PEACH COBBLER!!!!!!!:p:p:p Yummm. Is it too late to get some, FG??

How are you feeling? Cold getting better? :hug:

Awww, doggoneit, Jappy..:( Summer heat seems to bring on these #$%^$@ Flares...Yuck..Bah and all that!!

Lets just stay in our A/C and pretend it's nice outside. Right now, I'm looking out the front window and seeing my beautiful Crimson King Maple movng gently to the breeze, the sun is peeking out of the clouds and it looks just beautiful. I'll try to forget it's 90 out there..:eek: :D

Feel better soon, my Jappy..:hug:

Good thinking, Jappy, thanks! What a bummer that this junk is kicking your little butt again. I'm glad you could come on and let us know how you're doing, some of us worry about you.:hug:

It's very hot and humid here, about 85°, so I'm as good as cheap meat. Now that it's SPMS, I really don't have attacks anymore but I am going downhill pretty quickly and finding each day just a little harder than the last.

I'm really having a hard time moving, typing comes in spurts until my left hand balls itself up and quits on me. Between gas prices and the heat, this year is feeling more confining than in the past. Heck, on hot days, I used to drive around for fun with the air on just to get out a little. Those days are gone!

We did have a wonderful spring here, it has been so nice and cool, but alas, summer is upon us.

I'm hoping to attend the annual Civil War Muster in July. I truly enjoy all the period clothing, canvas tents, cavalry and cannonfire. Sure hope it's not too hot that weekend. I couldn't go last year, it was in the 90°s with 5,000% humidity.:eek:

Other than that, it will be a pretty low-key summer for me, my hope is to take a long ride in the car some time after Labor Day. We'll see.

Jappy that is such a bummer! I was having a tough April myself. I had the IVSM for 9 days and seem to be recouping. I am finally getting my energy back. Hope you have some relief soon!

As for the summer, no plans. The heat will keep me indoors. My college girlfriends and I are planning a weekend on Martha's Vineyard (one of them lives there) Last year was the first one and it was such a blast! We cried, laughed, cried some more and had such a good time. That is my only plan so far.

That sounds awesome! My son would LOVE that! Hope you can make it this year!

Dang it, Nappy.:( I want you to call your Doc, right this minute and demand some LDN!!!!! 3mg to start and work up to 4.5mg. It really does work to keep me stable and feeling better, and I'm betting it will do the same for you.

Just Do It!!! :hug:

Hi Jappy! I was thinking of you last night, so am glad to see your post, but I'm not a bit happy that you are feeling so yucky! Hope that darn flare passes soooon!

I agree w/Sal, oh Nappy!!!! Time to get something to help. Don't you have an appt coming up??

I thought last Dec, we all declared that the New Year would be better!!

WHA Happened w/that??

Take care everyone and hope your cold (cod) is getting better, FG!!

This cold is running its course as usual. I am hoping it will not turn into a sinus infection like last time. I am doing everything I can to keep my head from staying stuffed.

Jappy, I am sorry to hear you are doing poorly again. I hope you get to feeling better soon. :hug::hug::hug:

Girlie Girl - 9 days of IVSM???? I hope that part of that was ORAL???? I love Martha's Vineyard! We used to fly down there from Hanscom as well as to Nantucket. That was a lot of fun!

Nappy....snap out of it! Listen to Sally! (I would!)

Strawberry Rhubarb this weekend Sally....time to pick the rhubarb! ;)

DM --- Camping? Say hi to Denny!

I got this really cool text-to-speech program that reads to me when my eyes dont want to work right. I bought the full version of the program so that I could have the computer voices that sound nearly human. The program is called TextAloud.

I got it from their website http://www.nextuptech.com/ but I think you can probably buy it from Amazon a little cheaper (not sure, would have to go look, but I'm lazy :D)

The program is really nice. It can convert text into MP3 files that you can put onto an iPod or some other mp3 player. I go to sites like Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page and download books that are out of copyright and turn them into mp3 files to listen to in the car.

It'll read text off of websites. It's one of the things that kept me from going completely insane when I had my first case of optic neuritis.

I am starting to feel a bit better today. My head is somewhat better. I think I am on the other side of this cold!! Yeah!! Finally.

I am not going to push it tho, trust me. I am not going to play with this b/c I know better from past history. More rest and plenty of fluids.

I am seeing clear a little longer today and the inside body shakes
have eased.
Thought I would give the eyes a little try on the threads to see how
long I go before they blur up.

The heat is awful today. We started a heat-wave that is not
supposed to start breaking until Wed. 100 degrees outside.

Glad you are doing better FG. It seems this year everyone has been
having too many ups and downs.

Well I am going to quit while I am ahead.

Jappy :grouphug:

Here is a new picture of Joyce's Pupper and our mascot, Sage.....Oh and Jappy's legs...lol!!!

Isn't she beautiful???
http://home.earthlink.net/~sal.pal/s...s/sage2008.jpg

Sally it came through beautiful.


Thanks, Jappy

Jappy, what a beautiful dog! Sage is such a pretty pup! And you have nice legs too! LOL!

SAGE!!!!!

What a cute pic of a cute doggie!!!:hug:

See Nappy...look...Sage is a girl doggie!

AWWWWW...PUPPY!

( you too Jappy!) :p

Sage is BEAUTIFUL!

Awww, Sage is such a cutie and photogenic. Jappy your legs are nice as well.

Sally thanks for posting the puppy pic.

:hug:

Sally thank you. I followed your instructions and the Avatar
changed.

I am learning, the brain does work at times.

Jappy :hug:

Looks good, Jappy...:hug::hug:

Time to check up on the gang!

How's everyone doing?

I saw my clinical trial doc last Friday and he put me back on Sinemet for spasticity. I think it's finally starting to work! My legs are a little less painful and I finally got a 4 hours of uninterrupted sleep last night! It's amazing what sleep will do for your attitude!!!

Soma isn't the drug for me for spasticity. Guess I will have to deal with the stomach side effects ... as if I don't already!

Hope everyone else is doing ok and have a great 4th!

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Hi Cheryl
Glad you got some sleep. It's a miracle how much it helps. I sleep all day and can't sleep at night.

I'm hangin in there. I'm having a bit of MS flare, talked to doc this week. She gave me the option of IV steroids. I opted out, but agreed to an UTI test, no results yet. I'm still running a low fever, been nearly a month now. I had a cold for a while, but am better (see below) MS is just increased intensity, pain, heaviness, and numbness junk that bothers me daily but is really getting on my nerves. Plus the need to sleep is taking over my world.

I've had this annoying cough that's getting worse (more frequent) for several weeks. Like a tickle in my throat that leaves me gaggin/choking, weird. I haven't been able to wear my night guard when I sleep. The teeth clenching is causing a headache.

I went for breathing test and allegy testing on Wed. The breathing test was in the normal range, but with a history of mild asthma it might not show up. I think living in the mile high city has helped the lungs though. The new allergy/asthma meds, I started today should help me, I hope.

I'm lookng forward to a relaxing day. Just going next door to my sisters. I can sneak home and nap as necessary.

Happy 4th of July all my US friends. Have fun, eat too much, and stay safe.

:hug:'s

Hi all...(covering one eye and not standing long) I am coming off of a three day headache. OMG! None of the drugs was cutting it! I swear....I only sniffed and licked the bottle caps at the Portland Road Trip!! Imagine if I had done more!:D

So FG...this RX...does a number on your guts? Does this mean you are not eating? Cause you are pretty skinny enough.

I have some brown bread I can send you.:D

(Dragging off to the kitchen...looking like a mouse that the cat drugged in.)

Oh Taffy, another headache?? Did you ever talk to the doc about upping your Topamax?? No?? Well, I think maybe you should...

We didn't feed you anything you shouldn't have had...oh don't let Shelley answer that, she swears *I* didn't feed her at all!!!

Yeah, this med upsets my stomach a little, but that's ok...it seems to be perpetually upset anyway. Doc says it's stress related. Ya think?? Hmmm...could be something to that.

Ok ok, I am working on the stress stuff.

I hope your headache goes away soon Taffy. :hug: Is it hot over there? It only supposed to be 95 today, 105 yesterday! :eek:

Good Mornin, Avappy, Tappy and Cornacappy ( Ya like that one..:p). I just arose from my slumber.....a nice soft summer rain going on out there.....I probably could have kept right on sleeping, but doggy had other plans..:eek:

I'm sorry to hear that you are all falling apart....You can add Jappy to the group, too, unless, she had a miraculous recovery today. I hope y'all feel better soon..:hug:

It may be the 4th of July but, I did not get up with a BANG, this morning...more like a wimper...LOL!! 'all have a blast (pardon the pun) and wake me when it's over.:D

No miracle here. It is cloudy out today with the chance of
thunderstorms.

Like you Sally, did not wake up with a bang!!

At least I can say that the shots the dr. gave me Wed. did help some.
I slept that night. But last night wasn't as good.

Will probably go over to my DD's house later and stay a short time, just
to break up the day. She only lives 2 miles from me.

HAPPY 4TH EVERYONE!!!!!

Jappy :hug:

Hope all you sicky "appy"s are feeling better, if not now very soon. And that is an order. :D

The 4th was beautiful here sunshine and mid 70's fairly low humidity. I spent the day in my sisters no gravity recliner in the back yard. She had a misting fan that kept us all cool to cold when a cloud rolled by. She said it cost $80 at BJ's. The fan stands on a pole and oscillates. Very cool, :cool: literally and figuratively.

I ate pulled pork with coleslaw. Massive dark chocolate brownies, and drank lots of water. My face and part in my hair are pink, I hope they don't peel. Noone said, hey white girl you're burning. :eek:

I'm going to try and sleep in Saturday. I went without a nap but was so comfy in the chair. I asked for one for xmas. Is it too early to make requests?

:hug:'s

Sounds like a good day Bappy! Those brownies sound wonderful!

We had friends over after we went to a movie this afternoon. We all went to see Wall-E. Great movie!! Loved it.

We bbq'd Kokanee and had salad and potatoes and Key Lime Pie for dessert! Yum!!!

Hi Jappy! Hope you had fun!

Hey Sappy! No bang here either. Just tired. :(

Beautiful Independence Day here, too. Weather was ideal so I stayed home and sat outside with a book. Later, an indoor picnic with all the traditional 4th picnic foods and we used paper plates for a laugh. The best part about this picnic was, I wore my jammies. ;)

When the dark came down, I was able to enjoy fireworks from my own porch on three sides. I stayed in my jammies. It was a good day.:)

We could sit on our deck and watch fireworks in jammies too! It was great!

It cooled down real nice last night so it was very enjoyable and several of the subdivision had fireworks that we could see.