teeitup,,,I bought some tonic water and put in the fridge so it's all ready when leg cramps hit.  That's great it works so fast.

sunshinej wrote:

teeitup,,,I bought some tonic water and put in the fridge so it's all ready when leg cramps hit.  That's great it works so fast.

That's great, sunshine.  You can even open it and take some of the fizz out and it still works; it can be kinda strong at first and I find that helps a little.

Oscar, now that's amazing.  I could never do that as I have an inclined driveway and if I fell, I could never get up.  How deep was it when you started?  If you have any aches and pains in your back/hip area, just rub some Icy Hot on it and it will really ease the pain.  Whenever I overdo it or when I played golf, that's always what I reach for; the next day I feel almost like new.  My ex-husband who was a baseball/basketball coach always used that on his players' shoulders.
 

sun that was funny and so well done.  I got a real kick out of it.

Well I went out and shovelled AGAIN at 10:30pm.  And then this morning another shovelling.  I am getting the snow banks of my childhood built up around the drive.

It is so cold today I was worried that the lock on the front door was freezing.  All I could do when I went out was cross my fingers I'd be able to get back in.  I though I'd be smart and maybe leave one of my sliding glass doors unlocked, but in order to get to the backyard you've got to unlock a padlock on the gate and yup frozen solid. 

Tomorrow's game day with my sister and kids is out, it's supposed to snow.  Maybe Sunday and they are going to come here so that's a nice change.  Monday is a holiday.  It's called Family Day.  I think because the winters are so long they decided to make this stat holiday up about 10 yrs ago to give everyone a break between Xmas and Easter.

I treated myself to lunch today and had a most delicious burger at my friend's restaurant but I have indigestion now, I just can't eat a regular meal. It was tasty though.  I was out today buying new blinds.  I'm havin someone come in and do the final measure and then book him to install them as well.  $35 to measure and then $5 each to install.  3 of them are 5ft, actually I broke the one for the kitchen in two.  I like it up all the time, because, well I'm nosy and it looks out on the street while I'm doing dishes. And the 5 foot, even though vinyl was quite heavy.  It is my first little reno job.  I'm going to start on my spare bedroom, patching and prepping to paint.  Someone has shown me how to take care of some of the damage in there and there are lots of holes from large plugs used for loads of shelving.  We used to store stock from our store in there.  Sigh. I just don't want them showing the patch work thru the paint.  I'll take befores and afters for my house album.

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Happy Valentine's Day, everyone. Keeping my DGD tonight so my youngest and his wife can celebrate together. 

My oldest son just finished putting up a fence on the south side of my house to enclose my yard in.  I live on a cul-de-sac that abuts up to a major street and our addition renovated our neighborhood boundary line with a beautiful precast rock fence but during the construction, they had to tear down the fence which had a gate in it.  I just never got around to have them come back to fix it so now I can finally think about getting another dog.  After my folks' dog ran off last summer, I've been missing him so have been looking at rescues and waiting to find one that speaks to me.  Had yorkies before but they both died young and were hard to house break since I worked back then.  My son had schnauzers with his former wife and loves them but I've been thinking about a westie or a pomeranian (they always look like they are smiling) but am a little allergic to dander so a dog with longer hair may be out.  Any good suggestions for a mostly, small inside dog.  Had a german shepard when my kids were little and loved him to death but had to put him to sleep because his temperment changed because of an ear problem we could never clear up.

Feel so sorry for the people in and around Boston as they are getting pounded this year with snow.  I know they are better equipped with snow plows and all but would think it would really complicate everyday life, getting to work, school and just day to day stuff, not to mention snow on roofs, drives, etc.  Oscar, you are a wonder woman to get out and shovel your own snow.  I like it one or two times but glad when I don't have to drive in it.  About 3 years ago, we have a massive storm for us, over 14" and I couldn't get out of my cul-de-sac for 3 days.  My boss finally had to come and get me and my son had to shovel a path on my drive so I could get out.

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