This N That



Not sure if this can be read but Andrew is doing the musical pre-show for the ICARE fund raiser.  Just for your viewing pleasure I have enlarged it so you may read that below.  Not one bit proud of this self-taught guitar-playing grandson am I?  It's blurry but the bottom name is his.

The itching has finally ended I am glad to tell you.  I have NEVER itched like that in my life.  I tried to blame every varmit I could think of but shoulda blamed myself.  With all the things I  used on my body, it's a wonder there was not some giant chemical explosion.  I even thought about horse wormer...Ivermetin...killing my pests from the inside out.  Turns out the only pest was me.  Allegra cured it all.  I treated myself for lice, looked for fleas, ticks, chiggers...could find nothing except a stressed out ole lady who needed some Allegra.  Who would've thought stress could trigger that???

Me, stressed????  Never!

Wishing you an itch-free music filled weekend.

Been Itchin'...

and I've been scratchin'...a lot.  Can't find any varmints biting me, haven't changed any washing products, no changes that I know.  I'm not so blind I can't see a chigger or a tick either...with my glasses of course.  I even asked a friend if I had the shingles and she assured me I would KNOW if I had them.  I'm an expert on recognizing poison oak since it is a long time friend of mine.

Can't go the doctor because there is no relief at work.  When Hubby had his surgery I got two days off by borrowing two different people.  It's like playing chess, gotta know how to move around those helpers.

Anyway back to my itching story...I have tried just scratching...with a hair brush, with my nails, with a back scratcher...nothing stopped it.  Then I would put lotion all over.  Soothing for a short time.  So I started using lavender oil and that seemed to help.  Slather up at bedtime then wash off in the morning.  

I had a better idea.  I had a set of Lavender products so there was a wash.  Okay, I thought it was a wash.  I don't shower with my glasses.  I'm singing and slathering this stuff every where on me in the shower...then it starts to burn...in the tender places...oh, my goodness, did it burn!!!!  I rinsed and rinsed and rinsed and was still burning in certain areas that had not even had a direct application.  I was a victim of run-off.  Through the crags and valleys of this ole body, water runs to the lowest spot.

When almost every thing stopped burning I toweled dry(no pictures).  Then I made the report to Hubby.  He laughed.  I laughed and said it felt like what I imagine Ben Gay would feel like in your underwear.

THEN I GOT MY GLASSES.  It said, "Invigorating, refreshing foot massage potion.  Do not use on over-dry or tender feet".  Well, it didn't hurt my feet and I do seem to be itching less today.