klozitshoper wrote:I wrenched my knee about 3 weeks ago, and if anything is going to twist a knee, it is that one that keeps getting it! I finally got one of those elastic things in the drugstore that holds it in place. It seems to keep the pain down.

yeah, I really screwed up both of my knees in high school, so it's a reoccurring problem.

time to get moving.


Happy Towel Day, Happy Proper Star Wars Day, Happy Glorious 25, Happy Day of the Geek!

I think I need to update my blog occasionally. Last May 25th's post has gotten 258 hits today. At that rate I may even get an adwords check this year

Trying to figure out brand and what color stain to put on the deck. One company's sending me samples. That might help.

pooflady wrote:Trying to figure out brand and what color stain to put on the deck. One company's sending me samples. That might help.

Yay samples!

I'm trying to get my heart rate down to normal. My daughter was having an allergic reaction at school when I got there to read with her class. Had to drive home and scramble to find allergy meds and get back to her. She was fighting me (and apparently the teacher) - which she does when she has an allergic reaction. She insisted she would not go home. She wouldn't swallow the schools benedryl so I drove home for the liquid stuff. Thankfully she is fine, but she did say it was hard to swallow the liquid meds. The rashes were clearing by the time I was done cleaning the kitchen area. They say the reactions can get worse each time she has one. We still have no clue what caused it, she didn't eat anything unusual.

dontwantaname wrote:No school nurse?

Not really. The office staff is pretty good and diagnosing stuff, but she was in class and hadn't gone to the nurse. Her teacher said at lunch (I talk to him pretty much every day) that she had a different attitude then yesterday, but since even acting out she's more mellow then some of her classmates it didn't raise an alarm for him.

ThunderThighs wrote:Yikes! I'd leave a bottle of Benedryl at the school with a letter authorizing them to give it to her after contacting you. It might be good to work with your daughter to write down everything she did in the hour prior to the event. If you do this a few times, you might figure out the cause. It could be contact rather than ingested.

We have four things that could have happened with us. I will talk to her about anything she touched. I work at the school every day between 10:45 and ~1:00. This is the first time in 2 years she's had a reaction at school. It's probably the first time in two years she's had a reaction, period. We are very careful with both the girls. In fact the only reason I had liquid benedryl was because we've been traveling and I always take some when we will be eating with other people and I can't be 100% sure there isn't milk or eggs in something. This was probably a milk reaction, or something new, I hope it's not the later.

ThunderThighs wrote:Ah. You said they go worse each time which made it sound like they were happening more often. It's scary either way.

It's common for allergic reactions to get worse each time, this wasn't her worst reaction. It was her worst reaction in a long time. I might keep Benedryl in the car though. Especially since school lets out in a week and a half.

pooflady wrote:Trying to figure out brand and what color stain to put on the deck. One company's sending me samples. That might help.

I recommend keeping it as natural as possible; dark stain invites unnecessary radiant heating which hastens drying out of the wood.

Afternoon, evenin', whatever, folks.

Let me know where and what to wear!!!

ThunderThighs wrote:Howdy Az. Gonna get my butt in gear and shower. Then go in search of food. I'll take you guys with me most likely.

Well, regardless where we end up or what we get, add some chopped jalapenos on the side!

AZGman wrote:Well, regardless where we end up or what we get, add some chopped jalapenos on the side!

You can have my share.

ThunderThighs wrote:Have you thought about a clear preservative instead of a color stain? That's what we did with our new deck in Washington. We used Bear Wood Protector. We had to apply it yearly but it left the wood in a natural state.

The only thing I found when I Googled Bear Wood Protector was your post here.

pooflady wrote:The only thing I found when I Googled Bear Wood Protector was your post here.

google "Behr"

Friday for a three day weekend, look at all of us with our big plans...

AZGman wrote:google "Behr"

Absolutely would not use a Behr product on the deck. Did that once on the old deck, stripped, cleaned, put it on; didn't last a year.

pooflady wrote:Absolutely would not use a Behr product on the deck. Did that once on the old deck, stripped, cleaned, put it on; didn't last a year.

Just offered the correct spelling; not a recommendation.

AZGman wrote:Just offered the correct spelling; not a recommendation.

Besides, irrespective of any stain/sealant's claims, two initial coats are usually required for any real durability of protection.

dontwantaname wrote:Everything is tomorrow. Next door neighbors graduation party and the town fireworks.

One will screw up the other.
How early you get to the fireworks, determines how fast you get out of the parking lot when they are over.

You get to sit around for hours waiting for it to get dark!

But the party is the same time the parking lots open up.
Can't drop off a car, because you can't get dropped off later.

Of course, because a party would mean people, hubby is willing to dump it totally.

We are watching a friend's kids so she and her husband can keep their preplanned date night out of town, that her family member who was watching the kids threatened to ruin by backing out on watching the kids two days ago. We aren't super close and her daughter and my oldest were in preschool together, but have only seen each other a handful of times since. Thankfully my kids are ok with it. We'll put the older brother on the couch and the 7 year old girl on the floor of the girls' room.

AZGman wrote:Besides, irrespective of any stain/sealant's claims, two initial coats are usually required for any real durability of protection.

I'm no help, never had a wood deck to deal with. My dad was fond of pouring concrete everywhere.

dontwantaname wrote:I recommend more pictures.

i recommend more pictures of topless wimmens.

Made a new dessert after dinner tonight. Rummy Raisin Drizzle. Raisins, rum, butter, brown sugar, heavy cream. Cook and drizzle over pound cake or ice cream. Pretty good.

g'night.

ThunderThighs wrote:Take the raisins out and that sounds pretty darn good. What did you put it on?

Put it on Sara Lee pound cake. (And did more than drizzle /snicker.)

Edit: The recipe also said it could be put on poached pears. I doooon't think so.