Hello! The weekend cometh...
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dreamflowerWell, as you can see, LJ has messed up my layout again! I put a request in, but haven't heard back yet.
I don't think I've ever really mentioned this on LJ before, but I have had a long-standing problem with edema (swelling) in my legs, especially my left one. And for about the last 3 months, I've been suffering from a dreadful rash on that leg as well...
About a month and a half back, my primary referred me to a clinic here that specializes in feet and legs. They have been a big help with the edema, using electrical Deep Muscle Stimulation and massage, which has helped a lot. And after trying a couple of different topical treatments on the rash that didn't work, today they put me on a course of Prednisone, and a pill that should help the itching as well. I really have high hopes for it, because the itching's been quite miserable.
In other news, I was off today, and decided to throw caution to the winds diet-wise, and do something that I generally only do about once or twice a year anymore: make REAL southern-fried chicken for supper. *happy sigh* It was a great success!
I put fresh herbs in the cooking oil, and keep the chicken in a low (200 degree) oven when it's done, as I finish the rest of the meal: mashed potatoes, peas, biscuits, white gravy and fresh garden salad.
I will have to be very good the rest of the weekend.
The DH works this weekend, and I only have one short shift on Saturday, so I really HOPE to get a lot of writing done!
Hope everyone else has a great time this weekend as well-- guess I'll start off tomorrow morning by "attending" this wedding people have been talking about...
I don't think I've ever really mentioned this on LJ before, but I have had a long-standing problem with edema (swelling) in my legs, especially my left one. And for about the last 3 months, I've been suffering from a dreadful rash on that leg as well...
About a month and a half back, my primary referred me to a clinic here that specializes in feet and legs. They have been a big help with the edema, using electrical Deep Muscle Stimulation and massage, which has helped a lot. And after trying a couple of different topical treatments on the rash that didn't work, today they put me on a course of Prednisone, and a pill that should help the itching as well. I really have high hopes for it, because the itching's been quite miserable.
In other news, I was off today, and decided to throw caution to the winds diet-wise, and do something that I generally only do about once or twice a year anymore: make REAL southern-fried chicken for supper. *happy sigh* It was a great success!
I put fresh herbs in the cooking oil, and keep the chicken in a low (200 degree) oven when it's done, as I finish the rest of the meal: mashed potatoes, peas, biscuits, white gravy and fresh garden salad.
I will have to be very good the rest of the weekend.
The DH works this weekend, and I only have one short shift on Saturday, so I really HOPE to get a lot of writing done!
Hope everyone else has a great time this weekend as well-- guess I'll start off tomorrow morning by "attending" this wedding people have been talking about...
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Date: 2011-04-29 03:09 am (UTC)The bride is supposed to arrive at the church at 3 am my time, not sure what time zone you are in, I'm Pacific.
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Date: 2011-04-29 05:44 am (UTC)Ohhh, real southern-fried chicken! It tastes soooo good, but yeah, it's one of those dishes you can only really eat once every few months or so, lol.
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Date: 2011-04-29 05:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-29 09:03 am (UTC)Your dinner sounds delicious!
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Date: 2011-04-29 09:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-29 11:52 am (UTC)*gentle hugs*
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Date: 2011-04-29 11:55 am (UTC)aww..I just watched the vows between them. I think that's all I wanted to see. I just wanted highlights of the wedding...
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Date: 2011-04-29 11:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-29 01:04 pm (UTC)Have been enjoying looking at the wedding pictures here at the crack of o-dark-thirty (as my DH used to say) on the west coast. Love the dress--that's going to be her signature style, I think--and what very handsome princes! Just like in fairy tales! I like most of the hats, too, though someone should have a serious talk with the Princesses of York!
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Date: 2011-04-29 01:40 pm (UTC)But on the other hand, dinner sounds delicious! I haven't had a meal like that in years, not since Mom stopped cooking. *swipes at drool running down chin*
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Date: 2011-04-29 03:10 pm (UTC)I watched the wedding just for fun, but got all misty when William and Harry walked out to the center aisle together. So handsome, looking so much like Diana. I remember getting up early to watch her wedding, too. Kate sure does have a sense of style - loved her wedding dress. I wish for them a happy marriage and long life together.
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Date: 2011-04-29 05:22 pm (UTC)As for your legs I hope the treatment you've been given helps.
*hugs*
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Date: 2011-04-29 07:41 pm (UTC)I'm in the Central Time Zone, but we DVR'd it. I started watching at breakfast...
I'm not quite so young as I was over 30 years ago when I got up at 3AM to watch Diana's wedding...
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Date: 2011-04-29 08:13 pm (UTC)But that fried chicken dinner makes me wish I were at your place. I haven't had a real fried chicken dinner since I was a girl.
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Date: 2011-04-30 07:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-30 02:53 pm (UTC)I love to make fried chicken, but I do have to keep it kind of rare. Years ago it was something I made about every couple of weeks, but nowadays we have to watch what we eat.
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Date: 2011-04-30 02:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-30 02:55 pm (UTC)It was quite delicious, if not necessarily diet-friendly!
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Date: 2011-04-30 02:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-30 02:57 pm (UTC)(((hugs back)))
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Date: 2011-04-30 02:58 pm (UTC)There were lots of highlights for me. The two of them are so good together-- they look so at ease with one another, an impression I never got from his parents.
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Date: 2011-04-30 02:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-30 03:02 pm (UTC)She is such a lovely young woman, but most of all, she seems sensible, mature and settled. I have a feeling that she won't be easily rattled by her new position. And you are right about the princes, too!
Those hats! It's sad to say, because I am quite sure their outfits cost a fortune, but the Princess of York-- especially Beatrice-- managed to somehow look a bit cheap and tacky.
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Date: 2011-04-30 03:04 pm (UTC)I love to cook. My mother made great fried chicken, but my m-i-law made better! I kind of combined both their methods, and added a step I learned from Tyler Florence on The Food Network: put fresh herbs in the oil as it's heating to infuse it with flavor.
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Date: 2011-04-30 03:08 pm (UTC)I got up early to watch Diana's wedding, but I was 30 years younger then, LOL! Thank goodness for DVRs.
Kate is beautiful, but more than that, she seems like a sensible and confident young woman, much less shy and easily rattled by the fuss than William's mother was. I think it bodes well for the two of them.
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Date: 2011-04-30 03:09 pm (UTC)So far the new treatments are helping!
((hugs))
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Date: 2011-04-30 03:10 pm (UTC)My mom and my mother-in-law both made really great fried chicken, so I learned from the best! I just have to be careful not to do it too often!
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Date: 2011-04-30 03:11 pm (UTC)no subject
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