tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post1549378941249196972..comments2023-10-12T08:55:29.120-05:00Comments on Carol's Southern Spice: Fresh Vitamin CCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-13152647851872794992012-10-25T08:36:45.976-05:002012-10-25T08:36:45.976-05:00Hi Jan. Glad DIL did well. Let us know how thing...Hi Jan. Glad DIL did well. Let us know how things turn out. <br /><br />If you didn't see Stewart and Colbert last night, try to catch them today on the reruns of their shows. You'll get a good laugh. Coreen..not so much. Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-23107299380776631702012-10-25T08:32:58.369-05:002012-10-25T08:32:58.369-05:00I watched both my guys last night and they were gr...I watched both my guys last night and they were great but I do have a bone to pick with Jon Stewart. He had two war hero, medics, on. He was angry because so often the skills our veterans learned while serving in the military don't translate to careers here at home. I do have sympathy for that problem and I do think we are responsible to help those veterans in every way we can to find a career or jobs. They risked their lives to serve this country.<br /><br />Unfortunately he picked on nursing. He assumed because they were medics in war, a significantly challenging and heroic activity, it should translate to a nursing license here at home. <br /><br />There's not a lot of crossover between being a war medic and being a nurse here at home. What one does as a medic in war is not a lot like what a profession or even technical nurse does here at home. I can see how it could translate to a paramedic job but I still see the necessity for the veteran to pass the same certification that others in that position have to pass. <br /><br />I think some nursing programs do allow people who have acquired knowledge and skills elsewhere to challenge classes to prove they have that knowledge and those skills. At least they did when I was teaching. <br /><br /> Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-90224426631985385942012-10-25T08:01:19.268-05:002012-10-25T08:01:19.268-05:00We are enjoying our little pooch. She has really ...We are enjoying our little pooch. She has really adapted well to our routine. I brought a baby scale home to weigh her to get her food regulated to a weight of about 6 - 6 1/2 lbs. I read on her vet report that that is an ideal wt for her. She is there now. <br /><br />We will be going to NC again last of nov for about 5 days. A grandson will come and stay here for that time and I will pay him. He parks here anyway most days as he is working at the University. janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03444805355043272927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-76322917096378814702012-10-25T07:58:13.452-05:002012-10-25T07:58:13.452-05:00DIL did well with her surgery. They drilled off s...DIL did well with her surgery. They drilled off some of bone that was pressing on her optic nerve. She is recovering at home. She is having to use a walker as she has dizzy spells. The path report should be back in a few days. We are going to take dinner to their house on Sat so will be able to find out all that is going on. janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03444805355043272927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-9476578009322469582012-10-25T07:55:29.302-05:002012-10-25T07:55:29.302-05:00I have never had a pool. I love to swim, but alwa...I have never had a pool. I love to swim, but always had pool availability. Terry has a pool but he has lots of kids who use it. He too has the salt water system. janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03444805355043272927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-39765390874256942092012-10-25T07:53:27.128-05:002012-10-25T07:53:27.128-05:00Carol, have to laugh at your watching fishing show...Carol, have to laugh at your watching fishing shows but don't have time to go fishing. Reminds me of me. I watch quilting shows and don't take time any longer to quilt. Something wrong with this picture for both of us. janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03444805355043272927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-55275929630059692512012-10-25T07:50:22.895-05:002012-10-25T07:50:22.895-05:00I had heard somewhere on the TV earlier this week ...I had heard somewhere on the TV earlier this week that Trump had some big announcement that would CHANGE the election. I thought to myself at the time..I'd be more likely to be influenced if they announced that Honey Boo Boo child had a revelation. Now that would move me more than anything the Donald had to say. He's a goner. <br /><br />Well...as I assumed it was more green slim out of the Donald's mouth. Really. It's obvious that lots of money corrupts brain cells. It's not going to be easy to force him into a home but I think the time is getting close. <br /><br />I have come to the conclusion that many Republicans DO NOT believe in God or any higher power other than their own. No way they could. Now they do use this God idea all the time to control their people but IF...they believed in a God...they certainly don't believe in any kind of atonement for their actions. None. <br /><br />Let's see...besides the Donald..there is Ann Coulter, a she devil. If you don't think she's evil...eeck! Too late for you.<br /><br />And Rush L., I know you have to see his horns. He doesn't even try to hide them. <br /><br />And these Republican guys running for office that can't quit talking about rape. Really. Is that a turn on for their group? It sooo shocks me that these guys can actually say some of what they say, OUT LOAD, where people can hear them. And it's not like you even have to be listening too close to hear this crap. They are obsessed with it. Do any of these guys actually hang out with any women?? Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-40367853442977074462012-10-24T22:20:30.171-05:002012-10-24T22:20:30.171-05:00I did finally find someone who I feel good about t...I did finally find someone who I feel good about to do my camp work. It's going to be expensive but hopefully nice when it's all done. He can't start for several weeks. It's been sad not being able to go stay out there. After that robbery, I'm kinda scared to leave this place. I do have everything in my shop all chained together. <br /><br />I do get to spend some day time out at the camp when I out there working but it's not the same with the kitchen and bathroom both under construction. <br /><br />My poor boat has been all ready to go fishing and I can't find the time to go and I can't stay out at the camp so I can roll outta bed to go. It just doesn't seem fair. Why doesn't the Universe want me to go fishing? They have a local fishing show on here Sunday mornings. I watched it last week and just got depressed. <br /><br /> Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-46710719384648517792012-10-24T22:19:00.998-05:002012-10-24T22:19:00.998-05:00I found a new guy to help with the pool. My last p...I found a new guy to help with the pool. My last pool guy mysteriously disappeared at the same time I was robbed. I didn't suspect him when it happened too many other suspects, but it did seem to be a weird coincidence that I couldn't get him to answer my calls or texts immediately after I was robbed. He never showed his face around here again. <br /><br />He spent enough time around here for the year roomie lived here and he worked for my pool man who went to jail for DUI. After pool man went to jail, still there, he told me that the guy took over his business and cut him out. He was pissed. You really have a difficult time finding anyone to do work that doesn't have some kind of criminal record but then you have to remember that Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the world. <br /><br />This new pool guy is nice and he spent time teaching me about my salt system. You know how I like people who take the time to teach. Since my first poolman was taking care of everything, I didn't need to know how everything worked. Slowly I was trying to learn and I did that amazing job fixing my own salt generator electronic box. <br /><br />I met this new guy because I developed a leak in my pool plumbing. My pool is a money pit. He was helping out this new place I called to fix the leak. He has another full time job at one of the big box hardware stores but he did agree to help me out with the pool. I negotiated a deal for him to clean my pool, winterize and cover it. I was trying to figure out how I was going to do it. I pretty much knew how to cover it but the cover was way too big and heavy for me to do it without some significant muscle. He cleaned and prepared it and had two of his friends come over to help him with the cover. That only took them about 20 minutes. I'm so glad that is off my to do list. <br /><br />Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-52105055670664619452012-10-24T21:35:02.818-05:002012-10-24T21:35:02.818-05:00Jan, I've had the same visuals you describe bu...Jan, I've had the same visuals you describe but not the headache that follow...thank God! You are having the typical migraine with a visual aura. <br /><br />I do get more regular headaches, not with any visual stuff, these days but they don't last long. <br /><br /> Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-12084039391933802542012-10-24T19:19:21.588-05:002012-10-24T19:19:21.588-05:00They say that these visuals are due to fluctuating...They say that these visuals are due to fluctuating hormones. Who knows? I have never taken replacement hormones. I looked up all the research when I was about 50-51 so that was about 1992 or so. It all looked suspicious because the funders were drug companies. I did try them for a month or so and did not like the side effects so refused them and I had several docs try to get me to take them. Then the research came out against hormones. <br />You and I have always had good intuitive sense about this kind of stuff. janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03444805355043272927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-75714103177595755432012-10-24T19:15:34.892-05:002012-10-24T19:15:34.892-05:00Carol, I have had ocular migraines or aura's s...Carol, I have had ocular migraines or aura's since menopause. Mine last about 2-5 minutes and then I get this God-awful headache. I know to take Ibuprofen when the visuals begin. I see peripheral stuff that looks like lightning flashes but they are not flashes - they are zig zaggy things that are black and silver - no other color. janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03444805355043272927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-82536831589940036292012-10-24T13:15:27.022-05:002012-10-24T13:15:27.022-05:00I have visual migraines also..not sure if it is wh...I have visual migraines also..not sure if it is what you have. Thank God it doesn't happen often because it scares me. I get this colorful visual image that interferes with my other vision. I think it's even there if I close my eyes. It doesn't last more than about 20 minutes or so. Is that what you experience? The first time it happened, when I didn't know what it was, I had my BP checked and it was off the chart. I think it was due to extreme fear. <br /><br />My first episode occurred a couple of weeks after starting Prempro, the menopause hormone replacement. I went to see my eye doc then and he told me it was a visual migraine. I quit that drug in a hurry and never tried any more hormone replacement. Years later they came out with the info on the dangers of women taking hormone replacement. Some women insist on continuing hormones late in life. <br /><br />My older neighbor insisted on taking Prempro. I tried to warn her. They found her after she had a stroke and laid on her bedroom floor for three days. <br /><br />What I have found to be interesting and kinda neat is, often when I can't tolerate a drug, sometime later they find out the drug is dangerous. I appreciate the Universe's head's up. Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-40439483755520725162012-10-24T12:25:56.238-05:002012-10-24T12:25:56.238-05:00Don't worry about the double post, it's ea...Don't worry about the double post, it's easy to eliminate. Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-61731286542459701412012-10-24T10:36:44.940-05:002012-10-24T10:36:44.940-05:00sorry Carol, did it again. I get impatient and hi...sorry Carol, did it again. I get impatient and hit that "publish your comment' button before I even think about what I am doing. janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03444805355043272927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-11169168105915400022012-10-24T10:35:53.791-05:002012-10-24T10:35:53.791-05:00Glad you saw another eye doc Carol. Keep letting ...Glad you saw another eye doc Carol. Keep letting us know how your eye is doing. I know when I had mine done, I had some weird things for a while too but it has been 3 years and don't remember. The other thing is I have ocular migraines and every so often see strange things anyway, but it happens with both eyes. janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03444805355043272927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-55036539319853340282012-10-24T10:34:09.783-05:002012-10-24T10:34:09.783-05:00Carol, thanks for telling us about the interview D...Carol, thanks for telling us about the interview Dr Drew had with the Boo Boo family. I watched some of the episodes. janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03444805355043272927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-77150339307408471652012-10-24T08:37:08.417-05:002012-10-24T08:37:08.417-05:00I went to see the new eye doc yesterday. He was ta...I went to see the new eye doc yesterday. He was taller and better looking and took more time to talk with me about what was going on. <br /><br />He was a little surprised that I saw what I was seeing. I'm learning that with cataract surgery, it's not perfect. There are these imperfections because they have to put the new lens in the old sack but it's much better than looking through a clouded lens. Many people just don't notice this stuff like I am and eventually I may may even tune it out. <br /><br />My vision with the new lens is much clearer than the other eye that still has the cataract and the flaws I see are more obvious when I'm in bright light or looking at a white lighted surface. It doesn't help to be painting white walls. If the little darker upside down V will just go away, I could keep the rest of the imperfections . <br /><br />He didn't want to do my left eye until we wait to see how the right one turns out. He scheduled to see me again in 6 months. I asked him if he was now afraid of doing my other eye because I'm more sensitive to the imperfections and he laughed. I bet he is. I did tell him that I didn't blame my other doc for what happened and knew is was fairly common but I wanted someone to talk to me about it instead of being evasive. Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-82275334732123758042012-10-23T22:04:41.310-05:002012-10-23T22:04:41.310-05:00I did fast forward thru DWTS. I tried to listen t...I did fast forward thru DWTS. I tried to listen to the judge's critiques but it's like they wake up in a new world every few minutes. I can't see how they are watching those dances. I think they are just tuned in to their hormones and score each on how horny they get with the dance. They all have the hots for Gilles. He got one of the better scores and did the least dancing. All he needs to do is flash his dimples. <br /><br />In the group dance, when the guys all had very little clothes on, Gilles had the least attractive body, IMO. <br /><br />The peeps on PurDWTS think the judges are over scoring Gilles to keep him in the game. They are not impressed with his dancing either. Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-68997524214750632772012-10-23T21:48:22.808-05:002012-10-23T21:48:22.808-05:00I saw the Boo Boo interview with Dr Drew. It was ...I saw the Boo Boo interview with Dr Drew. It was kinda hard to watch. It was a little chaotic. The Boo Boos aren't into that kind of interview and it showed. Someone called in to tell Mama that she hoped they had an agent so they wouldn't be taken advantage of. Mama said, no she chose not to have an agent because an agent would have them running all over the country and that wasn't what they wanted. <br /><br />They are just down to earth country folk, they are into enjoying their family fun and aren't in to making lots of money. I respect Mama Boo Boo for that. She is totally aware that this is likely a short term fad and could be over any day and she was OK with that. She made sure the focus was on all the kids and the family, not just little Boo Boo child and she is putting away trusts for the kids for their education. I acquired a new respect for the Boo Boos. Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-27903547852271930092012-10-23T18:36:54.844-05:002012-10-23T18:36:54.844-05:00Watched part of debate last night.
It is no mys...Watched part of debate last night. <br /><br />It is no mystery who I am voting for. Obama. I was disappointed with Obama's performance in the first debate. I think he did very well in 2 and 3. <br /><br />I am amazed tha the major Salt Lake City newpaper is endorsing Obama for a 2nd term. <br />Also, Massachusetts is not going for Romney. janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03444805355043272927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-63393275591810004372012-10-23T18:05:13.893-05:002012-10-23T18:05:13.893-05:00Oh, I heard Dr Drew discussing tonight's inter...Oh, I heard Dr Drew discussing tonight's interview with Honey Boo Boo child and mom on HLN. He said this was his second interview with them. The first was back when they first started their show. He said they lived in Alabama. The idiot has interviewed them twice and doesn't even know where they live. I've never watched a single Boo Boo show and I do. Shame on him. <br /><br />Dr Drew probably wants to fix the Boo Boo family. If the Boo Boo family was normal, they wouldn't have a Boo Boo show. They would just be another mid to lower class normal family in rural GEORGIA struggling to make ends meet. Now they out rate the presidential debate. Go Boo Boo's Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-83285180823794581772012-10-23T17:45:23.589-05:002012-10-23T17:45:23.589-05:00TW went to vote today. She told me that she was s...TW went to vote today. She told me that she was standing in a line of about 75 people. The people were buzzing with conversation. She was talking with the woman in front of her. She said, loud enough for most people to hear.."I guess I'm the only Democrat here" She wanted to get a rise out of them and she did. She said that all the talk immediately ceased to where you could hear a pin drop. The husband of the woman she was talking to, in front of her, spun his wife around and told her not to talk to TW. <br /><br />TW said she looked both in front and behind her to see if anyone else acknowledged that they were Democrats and this old couple, quite a bit ahead of her in line, had their little old hands raised. They were either the only two other Dems there are the only two brave enough to admit it. TW got a big kick out of the incident. I enjoyed her story also. <br /><br />What's even more interesting is...that most of those people in line probably belong to that 47% that Romney doesn't care about. Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-48352638585087237292012-10-23T14:03:57.809-05:002012-10-23T14:03:57.809-05:00No Coreen. I don't agree. What's new? I d...No Coreen. I don't agree. What's new? I do think I can make a difference or I would throw total caution to the wind. You pick your poisons and I'll pick mine. And I'm certainly not shooting to live to be too old. Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2735094423029416610.post-91475511464535670142012-10-23T11:09:00.102-05:002012-10-23T11:09:00.102-05:00Something else to ponder:
Is PMS a myth? One stud...Something else to ponder:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/is-pms-a-myth-one-study-says-yes/article4621996/" rel="nofollow">Is PMS a myth? One study says yes</a><br /><br />What is your opinion about this issue?Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040510292724803196noreply@blogger.com