Taste Like Chicken Autumn Tuesday 9/22

And this in the news:

When fish fly


What’s next? Pigs?

Becky, did the PT stretches from yesterday make you sore today?

Kathy, I wondered if those were edible mushrooms. I don't go mushroom hunting in the woods because I would probably poison us.

Linda, we have yet to go to a grocery store where people aren’t in their own world. 2/3 mile in that heat Is great.

Karen, how was the gym?

The PF will take awhile to improve. Meanwhile I won’t power walk. I’ll use the bike. The knees and hip are improving but bounding down the stairs like I had been with the anti inflammatory is out of the question. Iggy got his flu shot this morning.

The turkey farm revamped their retail store and had a 20% off total purchase, so we got some turkey thighs and legs. They didn’t have my Tony Packo’s mustard relish.😭 Then we went to the orchard and got apples and pears grown locally. It is a beautiful sunny 75° and a great day for a drive.

Have a good Tuesday.

Thanks for the start, Chele. Flying 🐷s only happen in Cincinnati😁. I've taken several 🍄 ID classes and I still don't pick anything unless I am 110% certain of what I'm looking at. I used to pick a lot of chanterelles in the woods at the old house and did have a few locations where we would find chicken of the woods. But most of the others in our woods at the other house were Amanitas, which are very poisonous or boletes, which aren't very tasty. It's amazing that we don't have many mushrooms fruiting in all the wooded areas we have here. Have you tried running the PF over a can of frozen OJ to try to numb it a bit? Have you done the stretch where you sit with your feet up and pull your toes toward your shin? That sometimes helps mine. Good job on the turkey and the orchard finds. Any chance Tuesday is 20% off day? Sorry about the Packo's. What variety of 🍎🍏 did you get? You are 10 degrees warmer than we are but I'm not complaining. The gym was good! When I got off the reACT trainer, I had some guy walk up to me and apologize for staring (I didn't even know I was being watched) and asked me about what benefits I got from that machine. So I had a teachable moment. I tried something a little different this morning. You can get a good core workout if you are able to balance without holding on and I tried that for the first time this morning and didn't fall on my a$$ so I'll be doing it that way from now on. It's pretty difficult, so I can't do it for the entire 10 minutes. Maybe some day.  I also located a couple of machines that I use at the other WA that I didn't even know my local one had. So I added them.

Happy Anniversary, Becky and Kenneth! Did you celebrate in Taylor? Any update on PT? Is Beta raining on you? Looked pretty bad in Houston from what I saw on TWC.

Kathy, the Atlantic looks eerily quiet at the moment. Did you see the post I left last night about DM's mushroom ID? Does she have a lawn service? If so, if they would aerate, that might help. Or DN could put on a pair of spikes and walk around in her yard after it dries out a bit. I did a little research on meditation apps and downloaded one called Insight Timer. It had a great rating and most of it is free except for classes, etc. I started using it and like it so far.

How did you sleep last night, Linda? Are you getting more of a sleep pattern established to incorporate Micki's shot? Like Chele, I find people in their own little worlds while shopping. But I think it's always that way but I notice it more now that I'm trying to avoid everyone.

Liz, how's the week going? I heard that flu cases have been way down in the southern hemisphere during their winter, so hopefully that will be a good omen for us going forward. When will you have a firm diagnosis on Miss Zoe?

How are things going for you, Denise?

We got a happy surprise yesterday. I noticed on my Informed Delivery email that we had something coming from the lawyer who did the paperwork on the house sale. Of course, my first thought was, OMG, they are suing us over something! It turned out to be a pretty good-sized check that was a refund because we had already paid the taxes right before the sale went through and it came out of the escrow account. MG meeting went pretty well last night and we have new bylaws finally approved. My original pre-covid timetable on that was May. But it's done and they will go into effect in January. That means 2 fewer people on the board next year, which will be nice for recruitment. I also have 2/3 of the nominating committee set. One more task down. I did the meeting from the screened porch and Arya was back and forth for most of the time but really wanted me to come in to sit on the couch with her. It's a pretty day, so I think I'll take this dog out on the deck for a while. She probably won't want to say for long.

Linda, it is stunning. I had watched some of CNN's coverage last night and they had the 200,000 names scrolling by during the broadcast. I flipped over to Fox later just to see if they were saying anything about it and Laura Ingraham was mocking Biden for wearing a mask. She put her hand over her mouth and started imitating people talking through a mask. "Gee, I wonder if Biden will wear a mask during the debates, ha, ha, ha." Yeah, it's so funny that Biden actually listens to the medical community and wears a mask. Kind of ruined my evening and I won't be doing that again!

Liz, thanks for stopping by. If I remember, there are 2 versions of Cushings. I hope, if that's what the diagnosis is, that it's the one that doesn't have surgery as an option. There are a few good medication options for that one. How did Wally do home alone for the day? Did you use a reACT trainer in PT? I've never seen one at a therapy center, but it would be a great tool for them. MG is an up and down thing most of the time. Good weeks and bad weeks, especially now with so few volunteers being willing to do anything. I've had to work today on alternate plans for a weekend event because my volunteers, a married couple, got called out of state on a family emergency. Medical question for you: around here they are urging people to get the flu shot now, but I read a while back that it's best to get it in mid-October. So, will the people who are getting it now have to get another one later in the season when the first one wears off?

I saw that Ohio rally, Linda. I also saw that they were booing the lt. governor when he was trying to give out Trump masks. It doesn't seem like it's only young people with co-morbidities who are dying from the virus. And there is part of a Woodward tape where Trump says it affects young people as well. Are the syncophants not believing it unless they see the words come out of his mouth? It's his voice on the tape! I'm still really ticked about the SCOTUS situation and it looks like it will happen regardless of more than half the country being opposed. We can hope people will get upset enough about this that the Senate gets flipped and Moscow Mitch and Lying Lindsey will be two of the casualties. The pizza anniversary was mine last week.

Kathy, with the sandy soil there, I'm not surprised you see a lot of fairy rings. Nice of DM's neighbor to cut her grass. You're probably right that he mowed over them and that may be good for the lawn and the soil. I don't blame you for swearing off Fox News. Laura Ingraham probably still thinks Covid-19 is still a Democratic hoax. She's not the sharpest tool in the shed. It wouldn't surprise me if Biden would wear a mask onto the stage and then take it off when he gets there. I've seen him do that many times. I'm waiting for the VP debate when Kamala takes Pence to the woodshed.

Thanks for the start Chele. My we are a chatty bunch today.LOL.I do like that quote. I saw a post on FB that said even after the virus ends I still want some of you to stay away.That was cute.Never thought of fish flying.Thanks for the anniversary wishes.The stretches made me sore but this morning I was fine but it seems like no matter what form of exercise I do whether it's house walking or the elliptical my IT band tightens up big time.I never knew the IT band was so long.I'm glad the knees and hip or approving but ouch on the PF.

Thanks Kathy.We went out for lunch then made a quick trip to Walmart.I used to like Laura Ingraham but I don't believe anyone should mock anyone for wearing a mask.Sean Hannity who is a Trump die hard has never said anything against masks that I know of.At least while I have been watching him but I don't watch him every night.

Thanks Karen.We decided not to go to Taylor because it looked like it could rain any minute.Scooter didn't want to go out but that was mainly because the wind was up.We went to a cafe in Elgin.Kenneth ordered chicken fried steak and I ordered a grilled pork chop.It was okay but it could have been better.I won't know anything about when my PT will be up until Humana decides not to pay anymore.I have tomorrow scheduled and then I may have some next week or it may just be the final assessment.I doubt we got 1/2" rain over 3 days.It's just parts of Houston.Other parts were at least this morning just having slow steady rain but now it's supposed to go back over Houston and maybe into LA and a couple other states.I have enjoyed the cooler weather although humid.Refunds are good surprises.

Liz Good to see you.Thanks for the anniversary wishes.Our high was 72 today but getting up to 80 tomorrow and low 90's by the weekend.The problem is even with the PT once I get out of there the muscles tighten up again.I hope things turn out good for Zoe.

Linda I heard about the 200,000 dead.Absolutely awful.That is one of the things that will get Trump defeated is making idiotic statements like kids can't get Covid.

Thanks Linda.That was Karen and Dale's anniversary with the pizza.I have like a yoga strap I use for the hamstring stretches.Pretty pot holder.