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Nancy Hart said:
That is supposed to be the real Martha in that photo. She is famous for her straw hats, by the way.

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Just like me. I always wear white pants and white gloves when gardening. Leaning into that wheel barrow would not leave a mark. :ROFLMAO:
 
Nancy Hart said:
Happy Thanksgiving!

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This was the year the Great Pumpkin visited my house. I think this is approximately how much I've had.

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I didn't eat it out of a bucket. :rolleyes: Crustless pumpkin pie made with Splenda and skimmed milk. Looks like this, only loaded with sugar free Cool Whip.

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(Did I mention I love pumpkin pie???)
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Wish I'd have known and sent you the two huge pumpkins I brought home from my garden. Together they would not fit on my kitchen table IF I could lift them. Had to bring them onto my porch with a hand truck and now they are frozen :( . The shipping cost would have been too much to send to you though. I better push them off the porch and down the hill for the deer before the snow.
Where's my ax?
 
Nancy Hart said:
Or maybe not?
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In reading the recipe, it seems they made a kind of custard for the filling:

"According to some accounts, early English settlers in North America improvised by hollowing out pumpkins (which were plentiful), filling the shells with goat's milk, honey, and spices to make a custard, then they roasted the filled pumpkins whole in hot ash from the fire.
It is thought that after the custard had set/chilled, the pumpkin was then cut into wedges to enjoy, as food was not wasted"

(Scrolling down further in the article, there is a more detailed recipe.)
 
It's always something new. One day last month this is how it went down (from my perspective at the time):

Woke up in the morning and couldn't move, not even a finger or a toe. Too painful. I was alert enough to tell myself that I have to push through the pain and move, or else I'm in very big trouble. Started with a finger and very soon everything was completely back to normal. I wrote it off as just a bad dream, except it was in real time. The whole thing lasted maybe 20 seconds.

Out of curiosity, I looked it up recently and found Sleep Paralysis. Not a dream, but nothing to worry about. Twenty per cent of people will experience at least one episode in their lifetime. More common in children. Often comes with hallucinations, like monsters under the bed. I gather that explained the pain part.

Apparently when you are sleeping your brain tells your muscles to take a break and you can't move them. This is so you don't accidentally kill someone who is sleeping next to you while you are dreaming. Usually when you wake up, your brain does so simultaneously and starts the muscles moving again. In this case things get out of sync. When you come out of REM sleep your brain lags behind.

It fits, but I'm still skeptical. Anyone else ever have this happen?
 
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Nancy Hart said:
It's always something new. One day last month this is how it went down (from my perspective at the time):

Woke up in the morning and couldn't move, not even a finger or a toe. Too painful. I was alert enough to tell myself that I have to push through the pain and move, or else I'm in very big trouble. Started with a finger and very soon everything was completely back to normal. I wrote it off as just a bad dream, except it was in real time. The whole thing lasted maybe 20 seconds.

Out of curiosity, I looked it up recently and found Sleep Paralysis. Not a dream, but nothing to worry about. Twenty per cent of people will experience at least one episode in their lifetime. More common in children. Often comes with hallucinations, like monsters under the bed. I gather that explained the pain part.

Apparently when you are sleeping your brain tells your muscles to take a break and you can't move them. This is so you don't accidentally kill someone who is sleeping next to you while you are dreaming. Usually when you wake up, your brain does so simultaneously and starts the muscles moving again. In this case things get out of sync, when you come out of REM sleep your brain lags behind, or vice versa.

It fits, but I'm still skeptical. Anyone else ever have this happen?
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Not that, exactly, but my brain often lags behind ;)
 
Yesterday was the 7th physical therapy session (shoulder). The woman who works Wednesdays is good. She's why I kept up with it this long. Reminds me of Deborah in Everybody Loves Raymond.
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Progress was good at first, but hit a brick wall. I don't want to waste Medicare money on a babysitter while I do the same exercises that can be done just as well at home. One more appointment in 2 weeks, which I'll probably cancel unless there is significant progress. I'm afraid John Elway Syndrome is creeping back in my brain. :(

The road on the way to the PT facility passes by a cotton field on Hog Mountain Road. I think it belongs to the University. It didn't look very healthy. We are at the extreme northern latitude where cotton grows. Maybe they are experimenting with more northern tolerant varieties. On one trip I got to see a real live cotton-picking machine picking cotton. :cool:
 
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The only reason I ever went to PT was that it made me do stretching exercises and such at least one or two days a week. One of my PT sessions actually did harm in that it caused a meniscus tear and she knew it had happened when it did, but told me I would have to get yet another doctor's order for her to work to fix it. They caused it but wouldn't fix it unless they could bill additionally for working to repair the damage they had done. I have found that good therapeutic massage does as much good for me as anything--chiropractic, PT, or anything else I have tried. Originally, my back was so hard that everyone complained it was like working on a board. We had livestock, a dog team, and property to maintain then. One massage therapist told me I had the back of a diesel mechanic. (Apparently when they are under a truck or other machinery, they muscle things out instead of crawling out to get the proper tool:)). Anyway, both my wife and I found that if we can find a good massage therapist and go regularly--every month or two--everything feels physically better. Good therapists are sometimes hard to find, however, and finding the best for your needs is even harder.
 
Nancy Hart said:
Yesterday was the 7th physical therapy session (shoulder). The woman who works Wednesdays is good. She's why I kept up with it this long. Reminds me of Deborah in Everybody Loves Raymond.
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Progress was good at first, but hit a brick wall. I don't want to waste Medicare money on a babysitter while I do the same exercises that can be done just as well at home. One more appointment in 2 weeks, which I'll probably cancel unless there is significant progress. I'm afraid John Elway Syndrome is creeping back in my brain. :(
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The road on the way to the PT facility passes by a cotton field on Hog Mountain Road. I think it belongs to the University. It didn't look very healthy. We are at the extreme northern latitude where cotton grows. Maybe they are experimenting with more northern tolerant varieties. On one trip I got to see a real live cotton-picking machine picking cotton. :cool:
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There are some excellent shoulder people on you tube with exercises you can try. Actually not just shoulder exercises that work.
PT didn't help me, as such.
 
Don Alaska said:
The only reason I ever went to PT was that it made me do stretching exercises and such at least one or two days a week. One of my PT sessions actually did harm in that it caused a meniscus tear and she knew it had happened when it did, but told me I would have to get yet another doctor's order for her to work to fix it. They caused it but wouldn't fix it unless they could bill additionally for working to repair the damage they had done. I have found that good therapeutic massage does as much good for me as anything--chiropractic, PT, or anything else I have tried. Originally, my back was so hard that everyone complained it was like working on a board. We had livestock, a dog team, and property to maintain then. One massage therapist told me I had the back of a diesel mechanic. (Apparently when they are under a truck or other machinery, they muscle things out instead of crawling out to get the proper tool:)). Anyway, both my wife and I found that if we can find a good massage therapist and go regularly--every month or two--everything feels physically better. Good therapists are sometimes hard to find, however, and finding the best for your needs is even harder.
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That's terrible about your experience with physical therapy. This service must be well aware of the possibility of causing more harm, because, in my opinion, they are going too slow. I suppose they assume I don't do anything when I'm at home. I've found out if you push things a little, enough to be sore the next day, things are a little bit better than before, after the soreness wears off. The head therapist said it's always tricky to know how much to push it.
 
The new desktop was ordered on November 25th. It had to be built to specs. Arrival date estimated "as soon as" Friday, Dec 12th. I figured it might be later due to Christmas.
Now they say it's coming Monday (8th)! And I have to be here to sign. :unsure: Off to go shopping for a VGA to HDMI adapter for the monitor. If it goes like last time, it will take a week to get fully set up the way I like it. {sigh}
 
Mary Stetler said:
Like my leg. :sneaky:
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Mary, I remember you briefly describing the problem with your leg a long time ago. I think it was on the other forum and is gone now. With all the stuff I've been reading, one thing I ran across was---muscle fascia adhesion---and I thought of you at the time. Is that what they diagnosed with you?
 
Nancy Hart said:
Mary, I remember you briefly describing the problem with your leg a long time ago. I think it was on the other forum and is gone now. With all the stuff I've been reading, one thing I ran across was---muscle fascia adhesion---and I thought of you at the time. Is that what they diagnosed with you?
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Nobody actually diagnosed it after tests and treatments. That is all that made sense and all that was left. It came out of nowhere.
 
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