TOTALLY JEALOUS

 I have unwisely been perusing facebook pics of my sister and my bff and their activities.  They are up to their elbows with their grandchildren, baking, sightseeing, halloweening, pumpkin carving etc.  I am so jealous.  I can't even see my grandkids, haven't seen them for almost two years now.  I hate this effing covid.  I would be busting right out and going to see them anyway but then I put them, and myself at risk and you can't do that. So I am going to just frigging sit here and whine and pout and feel sorry for myself.  Hmmmph!

I went downstairs to call Monte yesterday.  Halfway down the stairs I  could smell this horrible smell.  My first thought was that Wrangler had an accident in the night and had gone downstairs to do it.  So I took a cruise all around the basement and he hadn't.  So I then headed into his bathroom, which is super clean because I have put it on Millie's roster.  The smell was awful but I couldn't visually spot where it was coming from.

Monte hunted too and the only thing we could come up with is something has happened to the sewer pipes under the house and the smell was coming up the drain in the shower.  Fuckadoodle!!!!!!!  Have to call the plumber, wait for them to come, and because the house is older I can see a big bill coming down the pipe.  I started my research immediately and found a plumber to call this morning.

Fairly late last night Monte couldn't stand the smell and I suggested he double check if the smell was coming up the drain.  We could cover it.  Well about ten minutes later he hollers up the stairs "FOUND IT!!"  He had been rooting through the freezer weeks ago and set some vegetarian burgers in the kind of plastic pack that bologna comes in, on top of the fridge and forgot to put them back.  I guess it spoiled of course and the gases built up and built up until the plastic exploded and a ghastly rotten terrible smell emitted!  I don't know what the heck was in those veggie burgers but it was really bad.  

And I have to say here that those veggie burgers, plus a lot of other veggie packs of things, came to our house and freezer in a tricky way.  Peter, bless him, was out for one of his walks.  As he walked past a bus bench near Quality Foods he noticed a box (or bag) of veggie packs on that bench.  So he picked them up and brought them home. Now I know some people would freak at the thought of eating bus bench food but not this house.  We ate some of it and didn't die!  Some poor dude forgot his bag on the bench.  Hope he didn't go back for it and it was gone!!!

Well I am starving.  I baked a couple loaves of bread yesterday and I can hear a fresh package of bologna calling my name!  Baloney sammich time!!!  Stay safe and noodle!!!  TTYL

ARYN:

1.  Improve your grip.  Apparently your grip is an indication of your over all strength.  Your grip is important for opening jars, gripping weights etc...I found this one interesting.  There are three kinds of grip.  Crush.  Get a wide lidded jar and just put your hand over it and squeeze and hold for a minute.  A few times a day will quickly improve your strength. Support grip.  Pick up a kettle bell or a bag of stuff and carry it around several times a day. Pinch Grip.  Carry the same thing you used for support grip but between your thumb and fingers.  Stand still, hold it for one minute.  Repeat.  Such a good idea.

2. This is an old one we already know.  Lift with your legs.  Cookie told me a long time ago that you need to keep your legs strong.  They are the first thing to go and if you don't have leg strength you become very limited.  It pays to do leg strengthening exercises.

3.  Use over the counter painkillers sparingly,  well we already do that.  I just want to add here...ibuprofen, that magic painkiller, also kills your kidneys.  My kidneys are at 50% and the dr. made it very clear that my ibuprofen use played a large part in that.

4.  Stay hydrated.  Not a problem for you!  He did super warn agains obsessive hydration.  People that pack water bottles everywhere are because the manufacturers have convinced everyone they need to be drinking constantly.  He said you need to balance between not being thirsty and not running to the John constantly.  And guess what?  The new research shows that tea, coffee, anything you drink hydrates you, not dehydrate.  They count towards your water drinking.  Ha!  I have been saying this for years.  I know if I were marooned on a desert island and I only had coffee to drink, I would not die of dehydration.

5.  No sports drinks....unless you are a football player in Florida who does hours of gruelling practice under the hot hot sun.  They are loaded with sugar and stuff you don't need.  Drink water when you are thirsty.