INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

sas-schatzi

Jacfin, Those are amazing fish erhh whales erhh sharks. Those mouths are something else. Plankton feeders?

Loveroflife

Have not tried TimTams. Will look for it next time I go to Target. Hope the manufacturer is not the same as this one:

Spookiesmom

Is is an Australian cookie distributed by Peperidge Farms.

Loveroflife

Jac, best wishes on your recon surgery. I had my exchange in May. Expansion was no fun. Glad it is over. You are doing the left side only right?

Dunes, got a good laugh with your new Avatar. Reminds me of the phrase "Big Brother is watching you" from George Orwell's 1984. I talk to myself too, when I try to make sense of something. Maybe, I shouldn't have revealed that part about myself. But, dizzy and confused...hmmm hopefully,it's dehydration or sleep deprivation.

Ms CHEVY, I can tell your garden is your pride and joy. You have St Francis(?) in the front and Buddha in the back? Interesting mixture. Very whimsical decorations. I love wind chimes too!

Ms Sas, I think I need to put a magnet key container underneath the car for Mom. I can see how easy it is for Mom to forget her keys in the car....she gets distracted easily. Her insomnia made it worse.

Jazzy, this is the same car that someone did a hit and run last month?

Goats, I am sure your friends from church appreciate the home cooked meals. I am very grateful for my church family. Had many good meals from them during my recovery from surgery. They don't know how much burden they took off my plates

Loveroflife

Oh, ok...thank you for the info Ms. Spookie. Are they sweeter than American cookies, in general??

susan3

I left my keys in the car running twice. First time I was coming out iof dance classand realized I locked my keys in the car. Called my dad, he always rescued me from anything, but while I was waiting I realized it was running. So I went across the street to wait for dad. I certainly wasn't gonna look stupid getting into my car. So when my dad came I said you drive my car I will drive yours. Way to embarrassed to get in car. I thought everyone was watching to see what idiot left their car running for 2 hours. My dad did it. He was a great guy.

Second time was with my brother who has no sense if humor. Because it was with him, I was crying I was laughing so hard. He can't roll with anything and I found it unbelievably ironically funny. Ahhhhhh the good young days......sas apparently I needed a brain then too....

sas-schatzi

Loverly the chain with a key goes around her neck., but another backup under a fender --good.

luvmygoats

DH called me last week saying he found the keys to the goats in his pocket from where he had carried out the trash. He said no problem the goats can do without their feed for a day which is certainly true. Only problem is he also had the key to the gate and the goats are locked up in the barn at night. Thank goodness we have one spare key to the lock. The goat shed only has one. I think I need to add getting keys made to my list for Friday.

My sitting with church gentleman was easy, watched TV but it went way longer than she/I anticipated. Didn't get home until 9. DH made himself a salad for dinner. Bad girl me had a peanut butter/jelly sammie b4 I left and some graham crackers when I got home. Not really hungry.

sas-schatzi

Let's see... too numerous to mention on the car running thingy. 18:55 (6:55pm) worked all day. Going into change of shift report. Security guard asks me if I'm me. Says you car has been running in the parking lot all day. Me "If you can find me now, why couldn't you find me before 12 hours has lapsed?" Him "We have been paging all day for toyaota and license plate". Right, nurses block out pages unless they are codes. I was in the employee parking lot with a sticker. Me "Your a security guard and you couldn't find a solution in less than 12 hours?" Get done with report. Go to car. Driver side window down 3 inches. That's an easy snap of a jimmy. 1/2 a tank of gas.

sas-schatzi

Well the security guard WAS from Titusville Florida, I grew up in Detroit. He may have not known what a jimmy was

Jazzygirl

Loveroflife- yes it was the little hit and run from July. My car is all better now. Took a month to work through things with the insurance company to get it reclassified under uninsured motorist. The repair was relatively easy, a head light assembly, fog light, some work on the fender and a repaint. I was in the shop a week and a day. The whole thing beginning to end about seven weeks though.

Jazzygirl

Boy do I have a funny cocktail for the drinking thread....

Loveroflife

Just got home. I am such a back seat driver. DD drove to swim practice today as she needs to accumulate 50 driving hours with an adult before she can take the driving exam. All the tensing I did every time she made a turn or changed lanes are not helping the pain I have been having in my butt cheekI think I left nail marks on the door handle!

sas-schatzi

Jazzy, why not here?

sas-schatzi

Loverly , look up the priformis stretch laying on the back. Will kick that pain too the curb.

sas-schatzi

Loverly. threw in key words "piriformis stretch". Comes up as a definition now. It is universally accepted. Try it.

Piriformis Stretch

1. Lie on your back. ...
2. Cross your left leg over your right so that your left ankle rests on your right knee.
3. Use your hands to grab hold of your left knee and pull it gently toward the opposite shoulder. ...
4. Hold for 15 to 30 seconds.
5. Relax, and then repeat with the other leg.
6. Repeat this cycle 2 to 4 times.

Wren44

Loverly, DH finally had a key made that would open the door of his car. Then he could get to the keys he'd locked inside. It's in his billfold with various ID.

sas-schatzi

To work on the whole muscle, while doing the stretch, work the leg from the 3 o'clock position to the 11:oclock position. That will release the priformis and surrounding muscles.

Loveroflife

Jazzy, seven weeks?!...the lingering stress that you didn't need.

Ms. Sas, the chain with a key is a good idea, but would not work for mom. Mama is vain. Ha

sas-schatzi

Loverly that's why a dressy chain. Not talking cheap trashy stuff or simple halyard. Naw. Classy enough for every day, but can go to dinner

sas-schatzi

Loveroflife

Can't keep up with you ladies. I'm slow in everything, including typing.

Thank you, Ms Sas. My doctor gave me list of stretches to do, but not the one you mentioned. Ok, will try it after shower.

Wren, thank you. Great idea! Maybe, I will make two spare keys. One in the magnet container and one in her wallet. Mom left both keys and purse in car still running the first time.

sas-schatzi

Loverly, Interesting, your doc doesn't give you the stretch, I learned from the pain docs prior to 1998. I throw it into google- keywords "priformis stretch" and it comes up as a definition. What specialty is this doc?

Rosevalley

What a hoot.. glad I am not the only person to have locked myself out of the car with it running... The guard at the hospital was an idiot. You should have had a hospital sticker keyed to your license plate and they could have called you or staffing to find your floor. OY! Bummer a 12 hour shift worth of gas.. ouch.

Hot spell is supposed to ease up! Yippee.

queenmomcat

Can we do the piriformis stretch while drinking appropriate cocktails?

Loveroflife

General practice. I have lower spinal back pain too( aggravated if I play more than two sets of badminton). The stretch exercises are also for my lower back. Doc told me to shoot her an email if my pain is not relieved in two weeks. She wants to do X-Ray if pain persists. Don't want X-Ray. I'm not a very good pt. though. Don't want to give up my badminton because it's my drug for sanity

Loveroflife

Queenie, I like to see you try it( drinking and stretching).

Loveroflife

Where is our friend Marlana? You have not started Zaptherapy, have you? Must be working overtime again to bank $$$ or are you taking a trip before tx?

Loveroflife

For you Rose. Oops fingers betrayed me.

Loveroflife