Any Home Bakers Here?

[MotherofOrpies]

I always wished for 2 more inches on the other hand, as one friend put it, I used to find a lot of things since I was “so close to the ground”, but that only worked till my eyesight went downhill

 

[ronott1]

We have 20 degrees. about 3 inches of snow and SUNSHINE. It is now Winter
here.

We are between storms. The high will be 60F today.

Hopefully it will be dry and sunny for at least a week-- My Nectarine tree is about to bloom!

 

[ronott1]

Speaking of thermometers, does anyone have an oven thermometer that they'd recommend?

Taylor makes good thermometers.

 

[ronott1]

Dear Aria, I feel for you, I also miss my chickens, I do get updates, and hopefully, I can pick them up again in September I finally made sourdough bread again, first time since my operation, I am not supposed to carry heavy stuff, and the iron cast pot is heavy!!!
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Finally threw out almost all of my pants/jeans, after the operation the legs kind of swelled up and never got back to their natural state, I was hoping they would get back to normal, since the next operation is looming on the horizon I must accept my pants no longer will fit bought a few new ones, but have to shorten them all, cos I am not very tall

Nice Bread!

Are you sure a medication is not causing the swelling? CVS sent me a symptom warning for Amlodipine that causes leg swelling.

 

[MotherofOrpies]

Yes, I am, I am not taking anything right now, and the strange thing is, as long as I don’t wear anything constricting ( dress is fine) I don’t have any trouble, but wearing socks or pants which have a slim leg gives me problems after 1/2 hour or so the seams leave impression, also the socks I didn’t have the problem before the operation the physiotherapist told me it likely comes from the lymphatic system, which uses muscles to get flowing, cos of the pain I don’t use the muscle pump the right way, so the lymph stays put instead of getting drained

 

[Aria]

It sounds like you stuck inside.

Karen, YES....most of the time....I broke my hip and now walk with a walker. Hate
to give the walker up.....afraid of falling. Doing my best. God is with me. Aria

 

[ronott1]

Yes, I am, I am not taking anything right now, and the strange thing is, as long as I don’t wear anything constricting ( dress is fine) I don’t have any trouble, but wearing socks or pants which have a slim leg gives me problems after 1/2 hour or so the seams leave impression, also the socks I didn’t have the problem before the operation the physiotherapist told me it likely comes from the lymphatic system, which uses muscles to get flowing, cos of the pain I don’t use the muscle pump the right way, so the lymph stays put instead of getting drained

Have you had lymph nodes removed? I have read about that being a problem when they are removed with a tumor.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I think I may be 1/3 inch “taller” nooo, I fear I am just as “tall” as you are

Squatty bodies, unite! Five foot zero here. I used to be five foot zero and a half but gravity stole that half inch off me. Height wise, that is. I seem to have gained several around the middle to compensate, somehow....

 

[MotherofOrpies]

Maybe during the operation they have messed with my lymph nodes

 

[MotherofOrpies]

Karen, YES....most of the time....I broke my hip and now walk with a walker. Hate
to give the walker up.....afraid of falling. Doing my best. God is with me. Aria

That really isn’t fun, on the other hand, the walker gives you freedom of motion you may not have without it? Hip surgery is major surgery, as doctors told me after ( before the operation, they said it’s easy as one, two, three )