Phlegm Fatale & Lainy, my apologies ..............................

for not welcoming y'all sooner - I'm not normally so ill-mannered - but with an attention span that was never that good, getting worse, I'm hoping y'all will understand .......................... plus, today, I've been fighting a "hegg-ache" {as the progeny used to call them} all day - not a migraine, it's concentrated on the left, around my eye & ear - Flo, AD, DW - I'm PERRL {although the left seems a little slower than the right - that may be normal for me} - I'm not including the "A", as I never thought to ask for a definition of accommodation - so I'm not worrying about stroke - it just HURTS so da## much - and the reason I know it's not an aberrant migraine is, soaking my feet in hot water didn't help - no, I'm not crazy - if you suffer from migraines, next one, try this before any meds - run water as hot as you can accept in the tub {or sink, if yours is easily accessible} - soak your feet for about 10-15 minutes - then lay down {if you can} for another 15 minutes ......................... I don't know HOW it works, but it does - I have Raynaud's {icicle hands & feet}, and when my feet are warmed .................... the hegg-ache goes away .........................

GOTTA tell y'all - Saturday, I went to a small, local community's first-ever Founders Day {New Caney, Holly} - I met some friends there, saw one friend's new baby {she's beautiful} - the lady I've the longest friendship with has a 3 year old - the Army had a recruiting tent, AND a rock-climbing wall - C., the 3 year old, decided she wanted to climb it - fine, her mother encourages her to try new stuff - the harness was put on {over C.'s sundress} and a young soldier hauled away so that C. went swooping up {about 6 feet} - he slowly lowered her, and she is MAD - yelling at her Mom to take her shoes off and let her go again, she wants to CLIMB ..................... of course, I kibbitzed the soldiers, told them she was gonna go Marines ........................... ;-) Her Mom, afterward, told me she loves that C. is so adventurous, but would like her to become a bit more .................... discerning about her challenges - Mom used the word "fear" & that's NOT what Mom wants - just some degree of judgement ................... ;-)