Text 19107, 145 rader
Skriven 2009-01-04 23:19:22 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 19048 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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Hi Ruth,

> -> > No she didn't.  Janis did it all on her own! (ducking)
> -> > (Quack)
> ->
> -> hahaha.. ok, I said it all by myself, but you were definitely involved
> ;)
> ->
> I'm an instigator, always have been.


Lol, the good kind :)

> -> Don't have to worry about that for a bit yet anyway, but steps can
> indeed be a
> -> major PIA.. :(  This week my legs got really bad because of this lovely
> flu I
> -> got just after Christmas ... I took some baclofen I had in my medicine
> cabinet
> -> (another drug that at the time I got it, did NOTHING for me at all..)
> and even
> -> my balance is better now.. kind of shocking to me.

> That doens't surprise me.  I could use some myself about now; steroids
> don't do anything anyway.


Prednisone only helps me if I have it no more than once a year (or longer)..
and only when 'something' kicks up badly or different (new sympton in
otherwords)... When I first got MS way back in 1975, the local yokel I went to
had me on it non-stop for over a year... that's what did in my knees
(arthritis).. beanhead thought more was better :( Geez.. after I started going
to Manhatten is when I first heard one of the docs there say, "Well it's been a
year since your last steroid treatment, lets try to clip this now".. And that's
the way it's been since.. Don't know how often you've been on it.. but you may
be like me and not able to tolerate it more than once a year as far as it being
effective.  Then again sometimes you're just left with crap after an
exacerbation. :(

> -> > also won't touch some of the high end stuff.
> ->
> -> Definitely cat-like :)

> Yep.  And one of them I've found loves ham.  That goes double for ham fat.


hahahaha :)  I don't think Tina would eat it.. just a guess.. now I want to try
it :)  It just seems so ... anti-kitty :)

> -> > That I don't doubt; organics can be expensive no matter what.
> ->
> -> Yes, that's true.  Well, luckily with the veggies I've canned and
> (mostly)
> -> frozen from the garden, we don't have to buy a lot anyway..

> Good move.  I used to can some things, but not low-acid veggies.
> Applesauce maybe. I can't eat the stuff from the store.

Yeah, I love applebutter and applesauce made from apples from the orchard..
it's a tradition here in the fall that so far I've been able to continue (g).

> -> > on them; that discarded bag = $1 off my groceries.  I was raised by
> -> > Depression kids; you don't pass up free money.
> ->
> -> Yep, that is so true.. Over here, we do leave a bag with just refundable
> cans > -> separately for our neighbors.. they can use the $$, and we sure
>>don't mind > -> doing it... if it helps them, that's good.

> I don't know anyone at this point who can't use some more money.

It's so true, it's sickening.. what an economy.

One of my sisters in Los Angeles fears they will lose their home since her
hubby's job is looking like it will end with the company going bellyup.. Her
work is sporadic in the film industry.. so $$ is sometimes few and far
between.. but at least they have health insurance from her union work.. that's
more than some people have.

>> I bought Tina canned food once, that I remember.. she turned her nose up
>> at it  ;)  so back to dry stuff for her.. I attributed her taste to the
>>difference between canned food and 'fresh bird' she probably survived on
>> before we took her in :) :)

> Or more likely, fresh mouse and slightly less fresh fast food.

Umm.. we saw her go after a mouse in the house once, it was comical!!  She's
got 6 toes on her two front feet, and believe it or not, they didn't work to
well to catch that mouse :) :)  She was good at fwapping it around though Lol..
I'd bet she stalked birds.. she's quite a tree climber :)

>>I still have the one my mom got as a wedding present.
>>
>>> Yeah, I was kind of surprised at this one cracking.. and the sink over
>>> here is stainless, not ceramic or cast-iron.. I guess it just hit
>>> "wrong".

> It's still a metal sink, and metal will kill glass if given the
> opportunity.

And it did .. :)

> -> > OOps.  Expensive peanut butter.  I'd have resorted to my good old meat
> -> > grinder, most likely.  Solid metal.  It requires some hand power, but
> it'll
> -> > tackle just about anything.  I've even ground raisins with it; try
> that
> -> > with a food processor and you'll just gum up the works.
> ->
> -> Sounds neat :)  I have a meat grinder attachment for my KitchenAid

> If I ever get the recipe typed, the ground raisins go into a very old
> cookie recipe - originally designed for steel-cut oats I think.

Ah that would be neat.  I flake groats here with my food mill.. we buy them in
bulk at a site http://honeyvillegrain.com.. they are really neat people :) Also
where I get wheat berries for the food mill to grind flour.


> doing
> -> that rather than trust hamburger products at Wegmans.. who needs MadCow?
> :)

> Too true.  I'm none too fond of ground beef anyway.

At least you feel like you've got a chance of survival if you grind up a steak
:)

> -> > I've known a very few kids who didn't like peanut butter.  They were
> weird
> -> > kids. ;-)  Allergies are another story, but most kids like the stuff.
> ->
> -> Very true.. so do dogs.. I've always thought it was funny to see a dog
> love
> -> eating the stuff :)

> It's fueled many a UTube video!


hahahahaha that is true :)

Take care,
Janis

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