Taste Like Chicken Tuesday 6/25

good morning...Micki has been at one back paw..,wonder if it is an ant bite.

I walked out on the lawn last night when I let him out and now have four bites...one on each side of each ankle...I think of them as lawn mosquitoes. Have to dab Vicks on each ankle before I do that again.

no big plans...hair cut.  might try a new Chinese restaurant.

Ouch, Linda and Micki! Enjoy your haircut and Chinese restaurant.

Kathy, I am laughing at your clueless neighbor. I am glad you got a chance to see (and hear) liftoff. Good for the bear. He or she has already been “relocated” through a loss of habitat.

Karen, thanks for the start. The back is better today. I had a Praeger Bibimbop burger with the squash and I baked chicken thighs for Iggy. The doctor’s office did call back and the HRA CS rep was cordial just all business. Did you get the storms last night? Did you go to AF today?

Waving to Becky and Liz.

It is a beautiful day in the low eighties. I did a little weeding this morning and tied up some tomato branches that had escaped the cage. I keep seeing the two small squirrels in the ash tree after lunch. It seems that is their afternoon playground. We haven't seen the raccoon again, TG. Nothing exciting going on today. I am meeting friends Thursday for lunch at Second Street Market. They have a lot of food vendors. 

Kathy, I wish they wouldn't relocate the bears here, but the tourists think they are cute and want to feed them. So it's relocation or get themselves in trouble trying to score human food and that can sometimes get them euthanized. I would have thought the control people would be 40s to 60s, which would put them all near or over 100. Glad there were some younger ones who are still around to celebrate the 50th anniversary of such an amazing achievement. I'll bet that was amazing to see the launch and the orange sky. That is too funny about the neighbor who had no idea about the launch. But I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I remember that every one when I was growing up was broadcast live on the 3 major networks and it was an event that families gathered to watch. Now we don't even know about it unless we hear an occasional new item or we hear it from you. I would guess someone educated your neighbor. Wonder if she even knew she was that close to an active space center. Strawberry apple green tea but strawberry wasn't listed on the ingredients? That's a little odd. Thanks for the review. So there was some added sugar, even though they advertise it as "unsweetened"? I guess 100 calories is still lower than the same amount of soda.

I feel your pain, Linda, and Arya feels Micki's. She had an ant bite her between her snout and upper lip about a month ago and the swelling has finally gone down. Never heard of using Vick's to keep them away. I use essential oil blends that the bugs don't like and I can usually keep them at bay as long as I remember to do that, which I am not 100% compliant with. I got a hair cut today as well. Hope you like yours as well as I like mine. Is the Chinese restaurant new in town or new to you? Hope it's good.

Chele, I had to look up your burger. It's Korean, correct? I would be surprised to find that in East Tennessee. Maybe Nashville, but not this far east. Where did you find that variety? Enjoy your beautiful day. It's cloudy and humid here and feels like it could kick up a storm but there's nothing currently on the radar. I guess you scared that raccoon but good. He's not going to come back to face off with you again. We got another good storm around 5:30 last night that dumped half an inch of rain rather quickly. There was also a lot of wind, so we had debris on the roads. I did go to AF and did 30 on the AMT followed by a pretty intense weight workout that I am feeling already. I saw a guy walking on the adjacent treadmill playing chess. Some people run on that machine with a variety of videos so it looks like they were running on a trail, in a race, etc., but I had no idea you could play chess on it. Have fun with your friends on Thursday. I hope you have a nice variety of food vendors. Do they just have food or are there other types of vendors as well?

How was the leg today at the doc's, Liz? I hope there was less irritation. Did she go ahead with the other injection? Do you have a fresh new unna boot?

Becky, it sounds like Scooter does ok on her own unless she wants to be cuddly in a storm. She got a natural bath yesterday, didn't she? Were you able to walk outdoors this morning or was it too hot/humid?

I had a busy day. Follow up with the NP first thing this morning. It appears that Vitamin D and calcium deficiencies are not the cause of my osteoporosis. Cholesterol and triglycerides are just over the "legal limit" which makes no sense since I eat no animal products. She's not concerned and she knows better than to suggest statins. I ate breakfast before I went last week and glucose was still only 93. On my way to the appointment, I saw a turtle in the road, so I stopped. Just as I did, I saw a pickup coming toward me. I waved my arms like a crazy lady to get him to stop. The turtle saw me behind him and picked up the pace, afraid of what this crazy lady behind him might be about to do to him. So I didn't even have to pick him up to carry him into the grass because he had the after-burners kicked in. He had to stop and catch his breath as soon as he got into the grass. I thanked the guy for stopping and went on my way. I stopped at the credit union, picked up a package at the PO for Dale, made a quick grocery stop for a few things, and off to the hair appointment. It feels so much better now that it's thinned out. The length doesn't bother me as much as the heaviness. I was about a mile from home and the low tire pressure light came on. I picked up a piece of metal somewhere. So when I got home, Dale took the tire to get it plugged and he just got back. There was so much debris on the road from the storm that there's no telling where I picked it up but it was definitely less than 3 miles from home. Then when I got to the turnoff for our road, they were putting down asphalt patching so it was difficult to find where the tire was punctured for all the tar, gravel, and tree debris. The UPS guy came and had it all up in his big truck tires as well and it sounded like his truck was falling apart. I don't know how long it's going to take to wear that stuff off the tires. Just for grins, I went online to see what a new Michelin tire was going to cost me if I needed a replacement and with installation and taxes, it will probably be about $250. I used to be able to get 2 tires for that on the Accord. No wonder these tires hold the road so well. They are 225 50R 18's, so lots of tread in contact with the pavement.

Kathy, I didn't realize they had such young people in NASA control. Do you get notifications on an app for the launches? I wasn't so much worried about me with the approaching truck, but the turtle. The guy would have had no place to swerve to avoid it. I could have quickly jumped out of the way. Dale said he has shooed a few out of the road around that same place, so they must nest around there. The sound of tar and gravel is not a pleasant one. What department in Publix did you find the Teavana?

We see turtles after it rains, Becky. There are some low areas here that the turtles seem to want to get away from. So after it has rained, like it did last night, I had a feeling that I was going to see at least one of them this morning. Fortunately, this guy was on a straight stretch so I felt safe jumping out of the car to do the rescue. I have threated to get a "will break for turtles" bumper sticker. Congrats on having a perfect morning for a walk.

Chele, I've picked up several turtles over the time we have lived here. Some are small and I can carry it with one hand and others are heavy enough that it takes 2 hands. This guy today would have definitely been a 2-hander.