I have a really cute giveaway going on over at FabGrandma Reviews right now thru 4/4/2011! If you have a granddaughter age 2-5, you gotta go take a look!
Adorable!
31 Day Challenge: Your Day
Today I went to the doctor again. It is an hour’s drive to Marion, Alabama, down the Coretta Scott King Highway. A nice drive through the country to a very small town. I saw Dr. Lee today. This was just a follow-up to my appointment from last week–he wanted to look at my face and see how the medicine worked for me. He told me that Rosacea is a recurring condition, but it can be controlled with medication. He wrote me a prescription for doxycyl and told me I should take it about three times a week. I should also be wearing at least a SPF 40 sunscreen when I am outside in the sun.
Dr. Lee also discussed the fungus infection that I just can’t seem to kick. Last week he wrote a prescription for the anti-fungal cream that works the best (it does go away for about a month then comes right back). He also gave a prescription for a medicated powder to use in warmer weather that should help squelch the itching. We’ll see. At least he is being pro-active after all this time.
After I was finished at the doctor, we went to a new cafe in town. They didn’t have much on the menu that could be gluten free, so I ordered a chef’s salad with a scoop of egg salad on it. I also had my first glass of sweet tea in about 10 years. I stopped drinking sweet tea when I was diagnosed with type II diabetes back in 2001. But, since I stopped drinking diet sodas, I wanted something other than water today. It tasted TOO sweet to me, just like I remember my mother’s iced tea tasting.
When lunch was over, we headed over to Greensboro, twenty miles away. It is the closest town with a grocery store and I needed some potatoes. Last week when I didn’t feel good, we had to go to town three times for various reasons, and found ourselves in Wal-Mart all three times, and somehow I would get home with no potatoes. Today, however, I was managed to get those potatoes in the cart. I also got a large container of plain yogurt. I don’t like plain yogurt but that was all they had, so I bought some honey to mix in with it. Dr. Lee told me the yogurt would help my stomach feel better after taking the antibiotics for a week. Sigh. Fix one thing, mess up another.
We finally got home around 3:00 p.m. Belinda, the other camphost here at Payne Lake, stopped in for a minute, and we had a little taste test of the Chocolate Covered Bacon I made yesterday. She gave it a thumbs up! which I knew she would. That stuff is de-lish-ous! Then we went over to the campground to help the guys clean up a travel trailer that the forest service parked there for some volunteers who are coming in at the end of the week. It was a mess! It had a leak and when it rained on Saturday, the whole thing was sopping wet. Rob had to use his pocket knife to punch some holes in the underbelly so the water could drain out. We left some fans and the heat running so hopefully it will dry out.
Around 4:30, I came home and cooked some dinner–pork chops and mashed potatoes. I thought about making some brussells sprouts, but I was just tired, so I didn’t. It was enough. And that was my day today.
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Chocolate Covered Bacon! OH, Yes She Did!
Today I made a treat for me and FabGrandpa. I have been wanting to try making some chocolate covered bacon. Yes, you read that right. You love chocolate don’t you? You love bacon, too, right? So it only be appropriate to marry those up together, I thought.
I baked some bacon in the oven until it was crispy and brown:
Then I melted some Wilton’s Candy Melts in the microwave:
Then I dipped the bacon pieces into the melted chocolate and made sure they were covered well:
And then I put them on a pan and put it the refrigerator so the chocolate would set:
And then, the ultimate test:
Oooooooooooooooooo, Honey! This is delicious. Not something to eat every day, but when you want a special treat? Divine! And, no gluten. So there!
31 Day Challenge Day 4
The challenge for today is to post an experience that made me what I am today. Just like with anyone else, I have lots of life changing events I could share, and it is very hard to choose just one.
Having my children was one of the most life changing, and one of the biggest challenges I have ever had is being their mother. It isn’t easy knowing just the right thing to do or say, but I gave it my best shot from the beginning.
These three people have made me laugh, cry, love harder than any other people in my life. They have been a constant source of entertainment, pride, grief, tears, laughter, worry, and joy for more than 39 years. They will forever be “my babies”. They have made me who I am today more than anything else I could think of.
Because you asked, here they are today:
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The Tote Bag Project Is Finished
A while back, my daughter in law asked me if I could make a tote bag for her out my son’s old Air Force uniform. I told her I would certainly try. She left the design and colors up to me. This turned out really cute! I had wanted to use the waistband from the pants around the top of the bag, and put an orange grosgrain ribbon through it, but I couldn’t figure out how to add it without messing up the handles. Oh well, it’s still cute!
When I received the old uniform, I cut off the pockets and the various patches, and reused them on the outside of the bag. My son’s last name on the pocket makes this a really personalized bag for Sarah. The pattern I had did not have that fabric stripe near the bottom, but once I got the pieces cut out, it looked like it could use a touch of color, so I added it in.
The bag has lots of pockets on the inside, too. And believe it or not, the whole thing is reversible, so Sarah can have two looks out of this bag if she wants to.
The finished bag is very big! She will be able to carry everything she needs for her two little ones in it. The straps are long enough to wear over the body, or on the shoulder. I am really pleased with the way this turned out. And yes, if anyone wants one, you have to send me an old uniform, and we can discuss what type of bag you want made. Price depends on what you want done.
The Med For Rosacea Worked Really Fast!
I am amazed. This rash broke out on January 8. I didn’t get around to going to the doctor until March 1. This is what my face looked like before I started taking Doxycycl :
and this is only two days later. Keep in mind that my face looked all red and bumpy like that for two MONTHS!
So, yeah, don’t look too closely, but the redness is mostly gone. The doctor also prescribed an ethrymicin gel to put on my face, but it was out of stock at the pharmacy. I just went to pick that up today. This is an improvement. I also have to start applying at least an SPF 40 sunscreen when I am going to be in the sun. We bought one today that is SPF 100, which was the highest number available.
So, what do you think? Can you tell a difference?
Sadness At The Fab Household
It has only been a couple of weeks since I announced that we would be grandparents again. My beautiful daughter, Emily told us after nine long years that she would be blessed with a new baby. She told me a few days ago that the baby is not to be. We both cried, and I wished like crazy I could be there to hold her in my arms and comfort her. I have been sad for her since then, and wanted to give her a few days to absorb her loss before I wrote about it. I know she will never forget that little life. Neither will I.
31 Day Challenge Day 2
Today’s Prompt: The person (or people) that make your world go around.
There is no question who that person is. I write about him all the time: FabGrandpa is my heart, my love, my world. Don’t you think he’s cute:
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