Healthy Choices 07/21/08

I found a pest control company to come tomorrow at 2pm. I am off that day for a dentist appt in the am anyway. They said they are carpenter ants since regular ants don’t get that big. They will do an initial spraying and then come back quarterly, I said fine I don’t want this to ever happen again. The way I feel now they can use DDT for all I care.

Barb, the vacation property is about 1 ½ hours away (north in Wisconsin). That is the farthest I was willing to go, DH would have preferred something near Hayward, WI which is a big fishing area (Oh yay! sigh) but that is 5-6 hours north. He keeps telling me to try fishing, I might like it. I tell him just be glad I like Steam Shows, LOL.

Marti, I am so sorry you cancelled your trip but you probably would have worried about Joe and not enjoyed yourself anyway.

JoAnn, I have frozen cake and it was fine, just wrap it air tight. I have also bought plain unfrosted cake layers at the Sara Lee outlet store, they were fine too. Sue

 Good afternoon friends,

I had a hard time getting on here today.

Not much to share about what's going on with me. It's the same rountine every day.Get up, have breakfast, take my shower and dress and then my morning exercises.

I have several other sheets of instructions to do during the day, too.

Since my surgery my foot and toes have been semi-numb. Now the feeling is coming back and with it more pain from the things attached ___LOL   I guess I will have to be patient.

My nurse was here this morning. At least my BP was down some 120/84. It was running in the 140/90* Don't know the cause for the high numbers unless it is from the pain.  

JoAnn my heart goes out to your friend.She must be in terrible pain.

I will keep her in my prayers.

My eating isn't the best but here goes

Yesterdays Menu

B English muffin with butter and jelly and coffee with milk

L Small Chicken Pot Pie

D I felt sick Made dinner for Holley and Matt but couldn't eat

Holley made me a very small sundae later in the evening with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce.

Lots of water and a V-8 juice during the day.

Shirley 

Shirley, its so good to see you posting again. I'm sorry that you are still having trouble with your stomach being upset. Is it the meds? Are you and your daughters still planning on taking a cruise?

Sue, had to laugh at your remark regarding DDT. Dh would love to be able to get his hands on some DDT. It doesn't make any sense - the U.S. Gov't has banned DDT; Mexico has not and most of our fruits and vegies come from Mexico - go figure!

Okay, back to work.

Back in the 70's DH used to get a product called 2-4-D, which I think was similar or contained DDT.

Sue, 2-4-D is for weeds. DDT is for bugs. We can still get 2-4-D.

Sue, I'm so glad you have someone coming tomorrow.  That would be so scary to find something like that in your house.  Are carpenter ants the same as termites?  I think we could all use DDT and I really didn't know that Mexico could still use it, and to think that is where so much of our food is shipped from.  I just heard on the news that they have learned the tomatoes coming from Mexico are ok but the jalepeno are not.  Verna, don't eat any from Mexico.

I cut off and froze 6 dozen ears of corn today, just checked my pedometer and have a little over 6 miles recorded. Whopee for me, but my fanny is dragging so I'm hitting the bed and begging for sleep. See you tomorrow.  At least my food choices were good today.

Shirley, good to see you hear, sorry you are still having pain and stomach problems, could it be the pain medication?  Hope better days are coming.