My husband David and I are well on the way to fogeyhood: without consulting each other’s schedules, we made doctor’s appointments for the same day within 15 minutes. He’s up first, then me. By way of illustration, I see the large-type Readers Digest has a relevant article. As you can see the Readers Digest large type edition has an article about the Things Your Doctor Isnt Telling You.
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Good thing we got out to Morton Arboretum yesterday, it looks like it’ll rain all day today. We even got on the bikes to ride one of the loops although I had trouble downshifting. On the way down we listened to Car Talk and I actually submitted an answer to this week’s Puzzler via my trusty iPhone. I know why the cement mixer will get a quicker start than the dump truck, do you? Yeah, another post by iPhone. Lately it seems I use Google Reader to stay current and they recently added the ability to add notes to the…
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I went to a local health and beauty spa today, Spa Martinique. I had done something to my neck yesterday – I have a history of “throwing it out” going back to childhood and later in college. I’d been thinking of finding a good local “aaaah spa,” the kind of place where you walk in the door and the atmosphere of serene calm (and the scent of expensive emollients) is designed to make you say “aaaah.” I’d been to one in Salt Lake but didn’t know if I’d have to schlep all the way downtown or not. A few days…
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I did something yesterday to my neck and now it’s all stiff and hard to turn – something that happens to me now and then due to stress. I haven’t had to get a neck manipulation in years, but it may get to that. To head it off, I just booked myself a little therapeutic indulgence after work. I’m getting a de-stress mineral soak beforehand, too.  I really do not care for my body – in many ways – and at 50 that’s just not a good idea. David gets home tomorrow, and it’s been a long, boring week dinking…
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One of the blessings of a “mixed” family heritage is that you get to eat comfort foods from more than one buffet line. Case in point: yesterday’s family confab and lunch nosh, which was held at Max’s Delicatessen in Skokie. I knew going in that on a bitterly cold day, fighting a “bug” and trying not to cough too much, I needed lots of chicken soup, STAT. Probably with kreplach (dumplings) or matzoh balls (actually, one ginormous matzoh ball). But I’d never seen anything like the menu item under the various listings for chicken soup extras – underneath all of…
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NPR : 1957 Was the Year of the Icons Robert Siegel did a little culture piece today about 1957, the year that launched Sputnik, the X-13, and me. Apparently, Eisenhower dispatched the federal troops to Little Rock on the day I was actually born, although my parents were probably too busy at the time to notice. A lot of cool stuff happened in 1957. I’d better surf this trend as long as I can – probably 50 minutes’ worth.
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Monday, September 24th was the 50th anniversary of my debut on this planet. I started this post but ran out of time to finish it on “the day,” and we’ve been busy every day since then. Things are starting to slow down again as we near the end of our stay. It’s really the point of this trip, but when I first started talking about it, Mom was still with us, and I visualized the whole thing with “hope Mom is feeling up to air travel then” as she’d had some problems following her last few trips. So she’s not…
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Chicken Soup Recipe You Can Make at Home 1 tablespoons olive oil 1 whole chicken, breasts removed and reserved 2 onions 2 quarts boiling water Salt 2 bay leaves 1 large carrot 1 celery stalk 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme 1/4 cup fresh parsley leaves Ground pepper Time for some chicken soup. The slight sore throat I had last weekend has gone, but left behind a runny nose, a cough, and sneezy sniffles. Meh. This particular recipe is one we've made before – this time we made matzo balls to go along…
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Here's the story on this image, which I took with the cameraphone, naturally, a week or so ago. This is one of the motivational posters dotted about the health club at work. At least in the women's locker room, the images are mostly of fit, strong, healthy looking women. The poster above is directly across from where my locker usually is, and I was spending a lot of time looking at it and pondering the message. This is not the picture of health I want to emulate. Strong, yes. Stick-figure thin and disturbingly skeletal, no. Via: Flickr Title: 02-01-07_1453.jpg…
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Breakfast: banana, coffeeSnack: noneLunch: 60 cal yogurt drink, 240 cal Oatmeal walnut Clif energy bar, yet another banana As you can see, it's a gnarly bar. Dinner: Penne Crodola from Babaluci. Some added Parmesan. Kind of a lot, really. It's been a long day.