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Made it home tonight after a day spent mostly at the nascar park. Turned the wheel over to my 17 yo once we cleared the heavy traffic and let him finish the drive home. Ordered 5 large pizzas and picked them up; now I have the 5 kids from the trip and 4 more from the compound (step-brother, 2 cousins, and nephew's foster son's little boy who just turned 3) in the house watching 3 different movies. I'm exhausted! Older kids are going to see to the younger kids and clean up the food later. I think 4 or 5 will be spending the night here. Foster sons are in heaven. They have never had a vacation focused on stuff they wanted to do. Tomorrow will be devoted to laundry and then back to school (and basketball practice) on Monday.

First time I've been really happy for more than moments since I filed for my father's guardianship and started down the parental caregiving road. Isn't it strange that the old aunt gets such a kick out of running around with the kids?
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My daughter and I are going to visit my aunt this tues. First time I have seen her in about a year and I am so excited.We are driving up in the morning and then back later. A cousin has made us lunch reservations and we hope to see another cousin too. Hubs will stay home and mind the puppers and such. We will split the driving. I baked her an Irish Cream cake, her birthday was 2 days ago, and she always loved this cake!
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PamZ Have a fun and safe visit.
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My best friend from jr and senior high school is coming to visit this week. She lives in Florida. Lost her house on Sanibel Island in the hurricane. She's not moving back there. I'm looking forward to her visit.
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PamZ: Have a great trip to see your aunt and cousins!
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Becky: Have a great visit with your friend! So sad that she lost her house due to Ian.
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I received my first Shringrix vaccine and the Bivalent today. Not any wait at all since I made sure to reschedule on a Sunday from the first attempt. Used my non dominant arm. Little sore, but not bad.
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llama -Hope your arm doesn't get any sorer. I'm getting the senior's flu shot tomorrow and I can book for the bivalent in two weeks. It's not the latest bivalent but I suppose gives a little protection.
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Pamzi, safe travels and fun times.

Becky, enjoy your visit with your BFF.

Golden and llama, prayers for easy shots and recovery, if needed.
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golden: Thank you so much. Good luck on your flu shot and scheduling your Bivalent.
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ITRR: Thank you very much.
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Sig-other and I also got our senior flu shot. Glad that shot is out of the way. It's suppose to be a challenging flu season due to so many people not wearing their masks anymore.

I still mask up going into stores. I just wish there was some way to stop my eyeglasses from getting so fogged up. If I want to look at something in the store, I have to hold my breath !! I tried those anti-fog eyeglass sprays, all I can say don't waste your money.
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You might try a mask with a little metal thingie across the nose. When I bend it to lay closer against my nose, my glasses don't fog as much. Sometimes I use a "healthcare" mask (like they give out at the doctor's office) because it has the metal bendie then layer my thicker cloth mask over it.
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Tonight is one of the best nights of the year for me: the temp drops and we have a light freeze. Bye bye golden rod! Pollen counts should drop from current high to at least mild by the weekend.
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TN, do you ever use the goldenrod as a tincture?

You could harvest it and sell it to herbal companies, it is valuable and not always readily available.

Great natural antibiotic, unless you are allergic.
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I'm so allergic I just try to avoid golden rod, which has always been problematic because the pasture fields surrounding my home and the roadside always have it growing. It's beautiful (especially when framed by darker tree trunks and grasses) but I cannot enjoy it.
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Waiting for my order to arrive, Avon Skin-so-soft Lotion with Argan oil
so that I can safely go outside.
Mosquitoes are aggressive, plentiful, bite thru clothing, ankle biters, and I get painful, swollen bites.

I am either super-sensitive or allergic. Cannot use the usual chemicals for mosquito repellant.
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Send, eat more potassium rich foods or take a supplement, mosquitoes hate potassium rich blood. Speaking from personal experience.
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Despite the hype I never thought the skin-so-soft worked very well (if at all) and I disliked the overpoweringly strong scent... IMO the repellents with lemon eucalyptus are much more effective (and smell nicer).
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ITRR,
Thank you! I will definitely look into it!
I do eat a high potassium diet, but maybe it is not being absorbed.

CWillie,
I know! I dislike Avon, but actually have seen that ants won't cross that powder or oil line. So not cosmetics, but for pest control, lol. My adopted philosophy when fighting pests is to be more of a nuisance than the pest.

I went door-to-door when I was younger. One customer was like the narcissists who keep you there for more than an hour before they will give you their order, talking crazy things. Definitely not worth it. So excruciatingly painful for me. I would never enter someone's house that was that crazy these days.
Seems unfair that Avon sells online and to stores undercutting their sales representatives. Kind of like the Fuller Brush Company did.
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Send: My DD is hyper allergic to mosquitoes. Welts all over her legs and arms. Waterfront property doesn't help.
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Llamalover,
Looking up online, there is specially treated clothing to prevent mosquito bites.
Hopefully, your DD uses repellant several times a day.

Do the bites make her sick?
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I have never been able to use Avon products. Severe allergy since high school and trying Heaven Sent.

I have heard many excellent reports on a lotion called Body Butter Baobab by NuSkin as a mosquito repellent. Pricey, but a little goes a long way!
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LL, I have found Emu oil to help with this reaction, it calms the allergic reaction and takes the itch out, for me. Worth a shot to try.

I can get anaphylactic shock from getting bit, so I have been blessed to find ways to mitigate the biting and how to relieve them if I get them.

My heart goes out to your daughter, that is pure torture.
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Today is my parents' 70th wedding anniversary and I'm letting go of a pair of seving bowls. My great-great-aunts (yes, my grandfather's aunts) gave my mother a pair of large "fancy" serving bowls for a wedding present. There has been a lot of chicken gravy, soup beans, green beans and corn served in those bowls over the years. My oldest nephew expressed interest in the bowls when we were emptying mom and dad's house. His wife is not interested in the "old" bowls but I'm putting faith in my nephew and his sons and passing procession on down the line.
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Send: Thank you; my DD does use mosquito repellent. I haven't heard of the clothing. She does not get physically sick and just has the welts that I'd mentioned.
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ITRR: Thank you on the Emu oil recommendation. My brother has similar reaction to mosquito bites. Fortunately, I do not.
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That Skin So Soft Avon product is a huge migraine trigger. Luckily, I haven't smelled it in decades.
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Thank you all for the mosquito bite info and recommendations!
And the cures.
Much appreciated on this ghastly evening, failing to receive my Instacart order, failing to get dH to the store, just a fail.

I can take it. Just stopping everything, resting, seeking entertainment on T.V. We will have a yam to split for dinner, already had a quesadilla, and dH won't even notice as he is super glued to internet things and his cell phone tonight. It was already super hard for him to eat all day as he is sooo distracted.

Deep breaths, and peacefulness!

You all have a good night, wherever you are! 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💖
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glad: Thank you on that recommendation.
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