The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[N F C]

Grits? Are people allowed to eat grits north of the Mason Dixon line?

After you asked that, I got to thinking about that old Joe Pesci movie, "My Cousin Vinny". Have you ever seen it? Joe Pesci is a lawyer (not a very good one) from Brooklyn and he goes down to Alabama to defend his cousin accused of a crime. Talk about culture clashes. There's a line where he's in a restaurant and asks "what's a grit?".

 

[N F C]

My neck is a bit better but i have no reflexes in my left arm so something is screwed up. And i have a sinus infection again. Antibiotics seem to have no effect on clearing them up.
How are you NFC?

I'm fine. Sorry about the recurring sinus infection. Is it possible you've had so many antibiotics they aren't effective? DH got to that point when he was in the Navy and they gave him so much, they quit working.

 

[DigMyChicks]

That sounds like a nice day! I need to bake today too.

I have yeas raised pancake batter in the proofer. I am making waffles!

Yum!

 

[Blooie]

Welcome home Blooie!

With all your travels, have you been able to get ready for Christmas?

My neck is a bit better but i have no reflexes in my left arm so something is screwed up. And i have a sinus infection again. Antibiotics seem to have no effect on clearing them up.
How are you NFC?

Debby, Not so much as a strand of tinsel in this house yet, and I usually go all out. It’s making me pretty sad. The Charlie Brown Tree is still sitting all alone in his box in the storage until, and I can feel Ma and the rest of the family shooting accusatory looks at me. The Village has no home here, and my Moosie Nativity Shopping scene hasn’t seen daylight since last December. Shopping is done, has been for a while, but nothing is wrapped. And it just feels almost too late to get it all out now.... I’ve been a little depressed about it. I think we have several days off....just a visitation next week but it’s only an overnighter, and a Christmas party at the Lodge in Lovell. Then nothing until the 29th. So there’s time - but somehow it all feels like an afterthought instead of a celebration. Christmas Eve is spent at Tammy’s, and we always have Pie Day here Christmas Day. So I dunno....I keep telling Ken I can’t shake the feeling that this is my last Christmas. No lectures, please.....I know, I know.

On that cheerful note, you are really getting to the bones of that house! Just be careful....no construction accidents, please! We were in Casper all day yesterday for a combined DeMolay/Job’s Daughter’s installation, but we got there a half hour before it kicked off and it went on until late. We wanted to crash in a hotel for the night, but there was no room at the inn for Fiona so she was home alone. Kids came over and took care of her, but they couldn’t stay here and we wouldn’t have asked. So we got home about midnight - it’s a four hour drive dodging deer and skunks. And I wasn’t sure you were even there because I hadn’t read back that far.

Cap, I’m just so sorry you’ve had such a hard time of it! I suppose you’ve tried saline nasal rinses before the infection....not supposed to do it with an active infection but I do one nightly and it sure helps me. Not for everyone, though, I get that. Is 5he lack of reflexes in that arm concerning the doctors? Between you and Sean you’re keeping us on our toes...or knees, as the case may be.

 

[bruceha2000]

There's a line where he's in a restaurant and asks "what's a grit?".

To be fair, I've never seen grits on a menu. Not here in New England nor in So. Cal.

Then nothing until the 29th.

Like a BIG birthday bash??

 

[sharron]

Welcome home Blooie!

With all your travels, have you been able to get ready for Christmas?

x2

 

[sharron]

My neck is a bit better but i have no reflexes in my left arm so something is screwed up. And i have a sinus infection again. Antibiotics seem to have no effect on clearing them up.
How are you NFC?

 

[sharron]

Debby, Not so much as a strand of tinsel in this house yet, and I usually go all out. It’s making me pretty sad. The Charlie Brown Tree is still sitting all alone in his box in the storage until, and I can feel Ma and the rest of the family shooting accusatory looks at me. The Village has no home here, and my Moosie Nativity Shopping scene hasn’t seen daylight since last December. Shopping is done, has been for a while, but nothing is wrapped. And it just feels almost too late to get it all out now.... I’ve been a little depressed about it. I think we have several days off....just a visitation next week but it’s only an overnighter, and a Christmas party at the Lodge in Lovell. Then nothing until the 29th. So there’s time - but somehow it all feels like an afterthought instead of a celebration. Christmas Eve is spent at Tammy’s, and we always have Pie Day here Christmas Day. So I dunno....I keep telling Ken I can’t shake the feeling that this is my last Christmas. No lectures, please.....I know, I know.

On that cheerful note, you are really getting to the bones of that house! Just be careful....no construction accidents, please! We were in Casper all day yesterday for a combined DeMolay/Job’s Daughter’s installation, but we got there a half hour before it kicked off and it went on until late. We wanted to crash in a hotel for the night, but there was no room at the inn for Fiona so she was home alone. Kids came over and took care of her, but they couldn’t stay here and we wouldn’t have asked. So we got home about midnight - it’s a four hour drive dodging deer and skunks. And I wasn’t sure you were even there because I hadn’t read back that far.

Cap, I’m just so sorry you’ve had such a hard time of it! I suppose you’ve tried saline nasal rinses before the infection....not supposed to do it with an active infection but I do one nightly and it sure helps me. Not for everyone, though, I get that. Is 5he lack of reflexes in that arm concerning the doctors? Between you and Sean you’re keeping us on our toes...or knees, as the case may be.

i for one don't like the first paragraph blooie, what would your kids do?
you're just tired and over whelmed

 

[JaeG]

i have her on the food that the vet recommended , a "diet" food, he wants her to lose at least 5 to 7 lbs. she is kinda fat but beautiful with it

It could well be an allergy to food as in the latest newsletter I get from the raw pet food place we get our pets food from there is a story about a dog who was allergic to every type of dog food (even the vet prescribed one that no dog was supposed to be able to be allergic to) until they started him on raw. There's a photo of his skin and it's horrific. Poor puppy. Here's the link to the newsletter:
https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?u=92af0a1dea87c4b032eab6e52&id=782ffc2594
You'll have to scroll down until you find the story about Buddy.

 

[Blooie]

@sharron, nope, more like the Feast of St. John’s, being held down in Basin. Remember back before his installation, when he was still moving up in the line and I was talking about how grueling this year’s schedule would be? I was wrong - it’s been worse than I ever dreamed it would be. 8 months to go....but at least after December there will only be 5 more Lodges in the state to visit. He front loaded his calendar so that most of the spring and summer would be open for add-ons or any visitations we had to postpone due to weather. Haven’t been any of them so far.