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Iris L.

Carl, I had never heard of fritters but my college dining room served apple fritters and corn fritters, and I loved them!

HB, I have not heard of that task, to "tack" the neckline, since I was in school home economics class.

My cardiologist evaluated me for cardiac amyloidosis a few years ago. He didn't tell me how serious it was but of course I looked it up. Fortunately I don't have it. I sincerely hope your mom doesn't have this terrible disease!

Many years ago when I started to enter my car I noticed some children standing around. One child very softly said that his friend was beneath my car. I didn't quite hear him so I asked him to repeat. At that moment a boy of about eight crawled out from under my car. He had been looking for a ball. If I had gotten into my car and started the engine, what a tragedy!!! Now I try to remember to walk around the car before getting in in order to make sure there is nothing going on.

Iris

Mint

good morning

Iris, your pictures are beautiful. thank you for sharing them. Don't think I’d want to live among all that though.

harshedbuzz

Good morning to those on the porch.

Beth— I hope you're having a nice visit; those meals rival the sort of repasts prepared by Jerilynn and sound great. LOL, when we went to Rockport getting a blueberry muffin was the only thing on DH's to-do list.

Mom's hand surgeon said that repetitive motion is a risk factor for carpal tunnel, he feels her anatomy (petite and significant arthritis) and sleeping with her wrists bent play a larger role in her symptoms. Hence the nighttime splints we fight about. I'm salty about those as they involved several appointments including 2 different ones for the splint fittings as her insurance will only pay for one each day.

Lorita— Fingers crossed the fridge shows up sooner rather than later. Your story about the snake reminds me of the time DH got up real early and saw one of the cat's toys on the floor and thought "wow, that's really realistic— it looks like a real mouse". When the cat walked in, he went to toss it to him and discovered it was, in fact, a real mouse.

Iris— Those tents are very glamorous. Wow!

The hot air balloons remind me of a story about two of DH's work colleagues. These two were a couple for years before parting ways when he was transferred to Europe. Let's call him John Doe and her Jane. They tried to be discrete, but it was an open secret and the subject of much gossip. A few years after the breakup Jane went on a bucket list trip to Africa and did the hot air balloon ride. When she landed wearing a tee shirt with the company's distinctive logo on it, the man helping her out of the basket recognized it and said "Do you know John Doe?" I mean, what are the odds.

Thanks for the good wishes regarding mom. Dr. Google tells me life expectancy after a diagnosis could be 2-7 years; at 87 with multiple medical issues, I don't know how a diagnosis would impact her unless her quality of life went south quickly.

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I think I will rope DS into a Costco run today. The weather is much improved and I'm running out of various staples that are mostly too heavy to lift right now.

Have a great rest of your day.
HB

Carl46

I think anything that compresses the nerve in a carpal tunnel can cause carpal tunnel syndrome. My wife acquired CTS via a blood clot that lodged in a carpal tunnel.

Another hot day today. 70s now, 80 by 9:00, high in the 90s. I can't complain. It's far better than the heat wave in the mid-Atlantic States and the snowstorms in Australia. Actually, it's a normal summer day in SW Missouri.