Holly HUGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Sandy, yes think humidity and heat of summer is getting to all I bet....getting to me...(not sure how I will do in florida for two weeks soon hmmmm) hugsss

Vonn, that sounds wonderful the quilt from wedding gown idea...I had someone cut my dress up to make a baptism gown for the girls....happy unpacking to you hun...hugss

Cayo, sorry your day was wierd at first..hope your new morning was better after a nap...hugsss

Frank, keep smiling

Hugss to all, sorry baby calling me...hugs to the rest...sarah

Gabapentin kept me from losing too much weight. During the DX process, I lost 40 lbs. Stopped once I started taking it, so there might be something about the weight gain thing.

Made it through the store. Broke down and got some ice cream while I was there, so we have dessert for tonight.

No storms yet, but a cloudy hot day still. I'm with Sandy about beating the sheets out of MS. Even with A/C, it's like the bod knows it's icky outside.

Got some ribs roasting in the oven for dinner. I got done everything on my small to do list, so will be resting for the rest of the evening.

thanks, dear...

I'm up now, and guess all the "accidents" this am were from being sick... just a little flu, but y'all know how THAT is, when added to the fun of MS... hee hee hee...

makes the eyes weird, so, the cage door, and not seeing the ant nest... and didn't see the cabbage I grabbed was going nuclear.

makes the foot drop, hence the stubbed toe, the mud sliding, and tripping over the low-flying door mat.

and makes one *forgetful* (forgot that Amelio would be here early for the concrete slab pour at 6:30 am, AND forgot I was not decently dressed)

Barb, I think I gained all the weight because 90 mg of Baclofen made me more sedentary, but I didn't cut back on food intake to match...

I was *also* taking wellbutrin (depression), imipramine (urinary problems) butalbital (headaches) and lorazepam (anxiety).

so, it could have been any ONE of the five meds, or something they all do in a synergistic combination dance ??

anywayze, I turned into a total sloth, and seriously packed on some poundage...

naw, Amelio's more a T & M kinda guy... (that means TIME and MATERIALS, naughty kiddies!) it's just that in this country, women are really modest in dress... and besides, one doesn't GO outside without being covered, 'cause of all the bugs!

delicious swarming-flying termites, YUMMY !!

Lauren Hutton: Eating Termites

"I was hanging out with this tribe in the interior of the Congo," Lauren Hutton once recalled. "This girl and I were tripping along one night in the dark jungle. She looked up at me and held out this swarming hand of bugs. She grabbed one, chewed it, looked at her hand, then looked at me. And so, being from Charleston and having good manners, I took it.

"Eating termites in the Congo is not like eating chocolate-covered ants," Hutton explained. "They're big guys. Two inches long, easy, and half an inch thick. They have big wings. Two pair. You use the wings as chopsticks. They have four legs, with grappling hooks on every foot that they use to hook on to wood. Sharp. You bite the head as he's coming at you, which stops him from breaking up your lips with those hooks. They're delicious — taste like Brazil nuts — though I didn't quite taste 'em until the seventh one because I was stoned on pygmy white lightning at the time..."

http://www.anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=18362

I lost 35 pounds through the dx process; 10 of it on one week while on steriods. But then I started to gain it back after being on neurontin a few months. And I gradually gained it all back, but I was eating whatever I wanted. I do not want to quit taking it because it has helped me with the nerve pain. I guess I will just have to be happy with the slow weight loss I am experiencing on Weight Watchers.

Kay, I had to laugh at the termite thing. A friend of the family's went over seas once and brought back a box of chocolate covered ants. Kinda tastes like peanuts, but don't think I'll ever try them again unless I'm literally starving.

Speaking of dieting, chocolate covered ants sound yummy to me! LOL!

me-me-me-me-me!

oh yeah...

did you see the CSI New York episode where a feast was prepared of various bugs ??

the deep-fried tarantula dish *really* got to me, and I was laughing and CRINGING at the same time, while Montana munched away...

this weight issue bites, I have been on steroids too many times have gained and lost 20 lbs about 6 times in last 3 yrs, but the steroids baclofen and lyrica, and klonopin, all of those helped me gain it all back plus extra, I did call copaxone distributers and talk to them about weight gain they said no, they didnt and answer the hair issue as firmly

5 years of IV steroids and Neurontin have made me balloon up like a goodyear blimp....no joke. In fact I heard Jose Canseco was writing a book about me!