I feel unusually put together today. I repainted my toenails last night. I recently ordered some lavender nail polish from Avon, so I used that. Feeling in a purplish mood this morning, I wore a purple shirt. Coordinating shirt and nail polish has me feeling particularly put together.
The ants seem to have finally taken leave of our home. Thank goodness.
Friends were kind enough to gift us their 3' inflatable pool when they upgraded to a four footer. We're very excited about it, but having a heck of a time getting it set up. It acquired a few holes during the winter, so hubby patched those. Now it seems to be able to hold water (it is only very slightly filled so far), but the inflatable rim around the top isn't staying inflated, and we're having trouble finding any sort of hole. Hope we'll figure it out before summer's up...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
That youthful look has gotten out of hand
It is not uncommon for an elderly person to walk past my 7 year old son and say something cute like "Well, hello there young man." It's cute, and doesn't seem odd at all.
What seemed odd was this weekend. The three of us went out to breakfast. Hubby was on one side of the booth, our son was on the inside of the other side, and I was in the outer seat. Next to my 7 year old, who I still have about 14 inches on, heightwise. An elderly lady walked past, put her hand on my arm and said "How are you doing, young lady?" Now, I realize that compared to her 80+ years, I am a young lady, but hubby and I agree that she seemed to be under the impression that I was a child. That might give Avon a new slogan "Take 25 years off your face, so you can look 11 again." Ahem. I guess I'll feel complimented, as I have not been carded during any of our several visits to the local casino, and was starting to wonder if I was beginning to lose that knack I've always had of looking a couple years younger.
What seemed odd was this weekend. The three of us went out to breakfast. Hubby was on one side of the booth, our son was on the inside of the other side, and I was in the outer seat. Next to my 7 year old, who I still have about 14 inches on, heightwise. An elderly lady walked past, put her hand on my arm and said "How are you doing, young lady?" Now, I realize that compared to her 80+ years, I am a young lady, but hubby and I agree that she seemed to be under the impression that I was a child. That might give Avon a new slogan "Take 25 years off your face, so you can look 11 again." Ahem. I guess I'll feel complimented, as I have not been carded during any of our several visits to the local casino, and was starting to wonder if I was beginning to lose that knack I've always had of looking a couple years younger.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
In which I diagnose myself
For the past month or so, I have had pain in my left heel that has gotten progressively worse. It's worst when I get up in the morning; I hobble when I get out of bed, and most days it goes away until evening. Lately it's been getting worse. Yesterday evening, while helping hubby switch out a light switch, I had to stop standing because the pain got so bad.
I never know what should be attributed to MS and what shouldn't, but this I am pretty sure is Plantar Fasciitis. It sounds exactly like what I'm experiencing. I ordered a pair of heel seats, so hopefully they will help.
On the bright side, even though I wake up with a sore heel, I sure sleep well - A few weeks ago we finally got a new bed. A Therapedic Pure Touch latex foam bed. Soooooo comfortable. A huge improvement over 17 year old "old squeaky" generic mattress and box spring. I would wake up everytime hubby moved in the night on the old bed. Now I sleep right through the night. Comfy as a clam.
I never know what should be attributed to MS and what shouldn't, but this I am pretty sure is Plantar Fasciitis. It sounds exactly like what I'm experiencing. I ordered a pair of heel seats, so hopefully they will help.
On the bright side, even though I wake up with a sore heel, I sure sleep well - A few weeks ago we finally got a new bed. A Therapedic Pure Touch latex foam bed. Soooooo comfortable. A huge improvement over 17 year old "old squeaky" generic mattress and box spring. I would wake up everytime hubby moved in the night on the old bed. Now I sleep right through the night. Comfy as a clam.
Monday, June 20, 2011
It bugs me
So much for posting more frequently...
What better to get me blogging again than an ant problem? Last week we developed an ant problem. At first it was a couple...No big deal. Then a couple more...Then oh my gosh get those things out of here and I can't stand to have anything to do with my own kitchen.
We have never had ants before. We looked up home remedies. It turns out baking soda does not deter them. Bought some Raid traps. Finally, broke down and called an exterminator because we were going out of our minds. The exterminator came Friday, and put out some bait that they take to the queen. Ants have queens. How about that? He said the problem will get worse before it gets better, because the bait attracts them. It seems to maybe kind of sort of finally be subsiding. Let's hope.
What better to get me blogging again than an ant problem? Last week we developed an ant problem. At first it was a couple...No big deal. Then a couple more...Then oh my gosh get those things out of here and I can't stand to have anything to do with my own kitchen.
We have never had ants before. We looked up home remedies. It turns out baking soda does not deter them. Bought some Raid traps. Finally, broke down and called an exterminator because we were going out of our minds. The exterminator came Friday, and put out some bait that they take to the queen. Ants have queens. How about that? He said the problem will get worse before it gets better, because the bait attracts them. It seems to maybe kind of sort of finally be subsiding. Let's hope.
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