Sox, thanks for the recipe. Pretty cool!

Sarah,

Debbie, that is neat that you found something to help you understand the in-laws more.

Kelly, prayers going out for their families

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Morning all! Sitting here trying to plan my day.

The meatballs were great! Hubby couldn't believe they worked out, but I think I know the leftovers are going to be part of lunch. Definitely different than the italian meatballs I make. Of course the biggest problem with the way most of my grandmother's recipes is lots of butter.

Take care everyone and stay safe!

mmmm .. fried chicken ... thx, Sox!

Sandy - sorry about everything you are going thru .. when you decide to move - do it for YOU ...

nothing new here - just getting some quilts out the door .. suppose to be in the 30s .. heat wave!! I love it!!

hey Jenn - working on anymore paintings??

Trish - did you get your DD moved??

Sarah - Maddie must have a bit of an artist in her .. expressionist, maybe??

Barb - hope you are feeling better ... and Congress class is fun!

Soxmom - thinking about opening baseball season!!

Debbie - if you leave something up from the Christmas decorations all year - you'll have an early start next Christmas!! okay - I tried!

have a great day!!

Sarah, my hubby tried a couple of the migraine medications and they did not help him at all. Now if he gets the visual cue that one is coming on, he drinks a Mountain Dew for the caffeine, takes Excedrine migraine tablets and puts a heating pad across his forehead. If he can get all that done quickly enough he avoids the nausea, dizzy spell and the headache. But the fatique seems to happen no matter what...he just gets that overwhelming need to sleep.

We figured out the food sensitivity thing when we saw a doctor on a news show mentioning a compound called Tyramine that is naturally in foods. Too much Tyramine can cause migraines in some people. We started researching and found that he was consuming a good amount of foods that contained this. Once he cut those out or limited the amount he ate, his migraines lessened. He got lazy during Christmas and ate too much chocolate... yep a few days later he had a migraine. Do a internet search on Tyramine. There are several good articles about it and how it can trigger migraines for some people.

Your spasticity and body aches...that sounds like something totally different. I bet you are dealing with several medical issues that they just can't pin down.

Morning all! We had mom buy herself a recliner and laptop so she can have something to do on days we are stuck in this house. She seems excited. I'll have to teach her how to use it but that should be OK. She has used a desktop before. I know she'll forget some things but at least she can play games, watch movies and talk to her family on FB.

We're going out Thursday for Jim's eval on an exercise machine and to pick up his wheelchair. Mom will go with us since the weather is going to be 35. We can't see leaving her at home when we're having good weather. Gotta take it when it comes! She'll be stuck in the back of the van on the way home because we'll have two wheelchairs but it's a small price to pay to get out. haha

Nothing planned for today except laundry. to everyone.

Top Secret Recipes site also has that recipe! I tried it several years ago and baked it instead of frying. I had forgotten about it and need to try it again.

We are coming out of the deep freeze too. It was only 26 this morning. Lots of frozen and burst pipes in the area..so plumbers are super busy these days! Luckily all of ours are next to air ducts in the crawlspace.

LOL..crayons in the PBJ... too cute! My youngest once colored the stairway in a rental house...a PBJ would have been preferred!!

My Christmas tree is still standing... we usually take it down by the 15th..guess I better get busy on that! DH stacked the storage boxes next to the tree...so no excuse.

I see a nap in my near future. I had insomnia last night too.

Not yet. Finally getting some new ideas though. Now that the pain I was in is more manageable, I'll be getting there soon.

Resting from my yoga/stretch work out. Hoping I can get a project started this afternoon.

Good afternoon, all...
warming up here, too, but I'm cold as ice...been having internal thermostat problems the last few days...

just kind of puttering around after working out...don't really want to do much of anything today.
I have to see the pcp tomorrow. I had blood tests last Friday, and my cholesterol is still high, esp the LDL So she wants me to come in to see if we can figure out what to do, since I get such bad muscle reactions to statins like lipitor, vitorin, crestor, etc. I'm on Lescol and Zetia right now, and I've been eating good foods, only 2 small dark chocolate every day for dessert, and working out, yet still get a bad number. Curses to heredity!!
I also am going to have a lump in my lower abdomen checked...noticed it about a week ago as I was walkiing up the stairs. Doesn't hurt...it's probably a hernia. I've had really bad hernias repaired in the past...resulted from 4 babies between 9-10.4 lbs. But since my maternal grandma died from ovarian cancer, I thought it would be a good idea just to get it checked at the same appt as the lecture about cholesterol.

Anyway, I hope all of you down south get out of the freezer soon...hate to see you suffer...esp when there's sad news about people falling through ice and dying

Have a good one, all...

Debbie, I got my book and it is one of the best I have ever read. It has a check off list of all the things parents may do or say and each chapter is dedicated to that particular section. I think this may be the book I've been needing. I read the book's objective to Jim last night and he said "They must know your mom." LOL

Chris just took mom with him to do some shopping for me. I am doing laundry and enjoying the time alone. It's like old times!

hey Jenn-girl ... take a ride over to the mall or shopping center - and check out the spring clothes for teens (like Maurices and Macy's : the higher end stores) ... and the 'new' fad is psychedelic ... and abstract!! it's like a flash-back to the 70s ...

Sandy - I have a 97 year old aunt that loves her laptop .. and plays solitare and emails me yet ... I picked up a $10 Scrabble game at Staples/office depot ... and you play with 'Mavis' the computer ... it's fun!

Pam - I take it that you don't like the cold ... see, it's getting into the 20s and 30s .. and this is MY weather ... I'm like a new person - because my body doesn't regulate the cold ... now, in the summer - I'm a wet noodle and no energy! weird, huh?

hope that it's not a hernia - unless it's really hurting, Deb - glad to hear you'll be having that checked out!!

just got back from grocery shopping .. and picked up a Wilton Gingerbread kit for $2 .. going to practice for this year!! (yep, going to build a gingerbread lighthouse!!) .. now to figure out the scale, etc.

OH, I sent out 3 more quilts today - check out the website!! all is going great making the quilts ..

Vonn, I can handle the 20s and 30s... its the 6 degree weather that I can't handle! My pipes are safe, but my poor concrete driveway is not. It is layed out in sections of 10 ft x 10 ft... right next to the garage door two of the sections are rising up! they have cracked on the edges near the garage door, but raised up about 3 inches above the garage floor. IF they crack all the way or don't go back into place once the soil dries and stops freezing...we may be looking at a driveway replacement...about $20K.