Taste Like Chicken Wednesday 7/22

Karen, I am glad you made it to AVLand back with no issues except for the fawns. I am glad you all avoided each other. My car needs a wash as well. No fever so just allergies.  Enjoy that haircut. I wore a 3 ply paper mask to get my hair cut and it did not get a lot of hair stuck to it like the cloth mask would and it is disposable. I took a nap yesterday and forgot all about Sarah.   Getting rid of utilities at other house will sure lighten the load. Do you have gas and electric there or just electric? Have you seen Pepe Le Pew today? A co worker had a skunk come through her cat door one time. She opened the door and waited for it to wander back out.

Denise, did you get to arrange your flowers? If so, how did they turn out? Do you have a Michael’s or Joann’s near you? They have good artificial flowers.

Kathy, what flavor of Haagen Dazs did you get? The sore throat went away yesterday and came back this morning so it is just a function of post nasal drip. We finally got some decent rain overnight and a nice drizzle this morning. Our area is in a moderate drought right now after having a very rainy spring.

Linda, I am lucky Iggy likes to cook. We are on our own for breakfast and one of the other of is fixes lunch and usually leftovers, soup or salad for dinner, bit even we get tired of our own cooking. Yesterday we had takeout Thai. How are you, Bob and Micki doing today? When the doggie wants to eat, the doggie is relentless, I know. Changing Micki’s and Bob’s schedule would be hard. Maybe you could sneak a 10 minute delay every few days until Micki gets used to it.

Liz, how is the new bldg coming?

Becky, ouch on the foot tendinitis. My right arm finally stopped hurting somewhere between the steroids and anti inflammatory medication. I hope the steroids do the trick for you.

Kathy, speaking of deer, is your new avatar from your yard? I went through the car wash today so I could confirm no damage and there isn't. The car looks amazing when it's clean. I haven't had any non-dairy Cherry Garcia lately and haven't seen it on BOGO since last summer. What flavor Haagen Dazs did you get and how does it compare? Congrats on only one substitution. Hopefully things are getting a bit more available. I did some stocking up in AVL yesterday for pantry stuff and a bit more at Walgreens this morning on my way back from my hair cut. So if we get locked down again any time soon, 

I thought it might be tendinitis, Becky. Good that you now have a diagnosis and treatment. If you no longer have pain you just cancel the follow up appointment? When will your new bike arrive? Good luck with the steroids. They always mess with my appetite, but you're pretty disciplined, so maybe it won't be as much of a challenge.

Linda, I know how a hungry dog can get. Arya gets absolutely hangry if dinner is late. How is Micki doing, other than chewing your feet? I agree with Chele about sneaking time forward a few minutes at a time until you get the meal schedule where you want it. I think we are set. Now we just have to replenish what we use in the meantime. Turtles are one of my favorite animals. Cute meme. Are you managing to keep it under 110 for the high today?

We are a bit cloudy here as well, Denise, but are still predicted to be in the 90s for the 9th day in a row. I just heard thunder so maybe we'll have a shower. Sorry you are seeing a rise in covid cases but it's good that it's not at the April level. Our cases are still rising here. In fact, we have almost as many cases total as your state in my state. We don't get our daily counts until 3 pm, so I won't know how far up we've gone since yesterday until then. But I know all the counties in our region will increase and we're not doing anything to change that. I do have a box of disposable masks, but I usually use cloth masks and have a mesh bag that all the used ones go in to be washed every week. With the exception of days like yesterday, I usually have plenty and don't have to use a disposable one.

Chele, no fever probably equals allergies, so Iggy can relax. I used a different mask today that has a wire piece across the nose and got close to zero pieces of hair under the mask. Here's a link to the Sarah Cooper interview. She was quite entertaining. Definitely worth the watch. Yes, not having to pay electric, water, insurance, and taxes on two houses. It would have cost us $3K to run a gas line so we didn't have natural gas there. There is a problem, though. The new owners got the electric switched but they were supposed to be responsible for utilities starting last Friday and they got it scheduled to start on closing day. So I don't know if we are going to try to recoup or just let it go. The water company doesn't do anything in the middle of a billing cycle, so we'll get stuck there anyway. Enjoy the rain. I hope we get some as well.

How are things for you, Liz? Do you have an upcoming doctor's appointment?

I did a bit of cleaning after I got home from the haircut and Walgreens and did the cleaning that needed done. No plans for the afternoon except get ready to go to KVL tomorrow. I woke up in the middle of the night was a pretty intense calf cramp and it's still a bit sore, so I probably need to put heat on it. I also need to wrap Dale's birthday presents as tomorrow is his big day.

Linda, that corn salad sounds good!