Hi Janis,

>> bought a "big red tractor" to get it mowed in style (grin).. We have

 JK> > Dad got a riding mower when I was 13. We owned about a quarter acre
 JK> but > it was worth his money to save time. My older brother mowed some
 JK> times > before that, but not often, and younger one was too young for
 JK> a power > mower so Dad did most of it.

 JK> I can understand that.  We 'girls' were never asked to mow, I always
 JK> thought that was a bit insulting :)  but I didn't fight it since I was

I ddn't mind not being able to mow. OTOH, I used to think that doing
 something like burning the trash would have been more fun but it was
 one I rarely got to do. My sisters and I had to do things like cleaning
 the bathrooms and dusting, the no fun jobs.


 JK> so busy on weekends with acting, and other activities.

I was too, especially in high school but had to do the house cleaning
jobs as well.


>> suffered "some" grass/tree/flower allergies from Mom (Dad didn't have
>> any except antibiots (g)).  Well, you can see who's I ended up with
>> (BG).

 JK> > Neither of my parents had allergies (that I know of) but they were
 JK> in > Mom's family. Mine weren't the obvious ones my brothers had so I
 JK> got
 JK> > ignored.

 JK> Then again as you age your allergies change.  Sometimes they get
 JK> worse, sometimes they get better and actually sometimes go "back and

Mine got worse. Some have backed off with newer meds and better control
but I try not to get them stirred up.


 JK> forth".  Mom's asthma was gone for quite a long time  but then when
 JK> she was 75 or so, it returned full force and badly.  So she had asthma
 JK> from when she was probably in 20's and 30's, then it stopped, then it
 JK> came back late in her life.

I had a great pulminologist in HI that helped me get it under control.
I'm doing better now by (most of the time) trying to to get it stirred
up.


 JK> > I think most of my "bad colds" when I was young were either
 JK> bronchitis > or low grade pnuemonia. By just calling them colds, Mom
 JK> and Dad saved on > the cost of a doctor's appointment and antiboitics;
 JK> I just had to tough > them out.

 JK> Could have been.  I could definitely hear my daughter's rasping in her
 JK> lungs when she got bronchitis or asthma and I could tell when it was
 JK> just "a cold". The noise in her lungs was unmistable. You were
 JK> probably lucky you didn't get antibiotics though.. Those were
 JK> overprescribed so much by doctors for a while. My daughter rarely went
 JK> on antibiotics, but as soon as I heard the beginnings of asthma or

I was on them quite a bit for a while when Steve was in the Army. Just
something about several of the places where we lived that would trigger
problems that the use of antibiotcs would knock them down. But, since we
moved back to NC, I've not had to be on them as much--don't know if it's
the climate, something in my body or what.

 JK> bronchitis I knew her doctor would prescribe theophylline... that was
 JK> all there was when she was little..poor kid.. it made her so darn
 JK> jumpy, etc. Food helped a little but not much.

Coffee or chocolate? Caffiene is a cousin of theophylline. Newer meds
are so much better--Advair has been my wonder drug for keeping the
asthma well controlled (for the most part, have had occaisional
problems).


>> Like you, I haven't been to a Red Lobster in years... was it
>> disappointing? I hope not.. I'm not sure we have one in the area, but
>> I do remember enjoying their fare years ago :)

 JK> > It was good (We both got the fisherman's platter--fried and scampi
 JK> > shrimp & flounder.) but not as overall good as NC coast caught and
 JK> > bought right off the boat seafood. We've been spoiled with that. (G)
 JK> The > cheddar/garlic biscuits were as good as ever tho, and the fried
 JK> shrimp > were actually quite tender, not hard as rocks.

 JK> That's good to know. :)

Probably all imported seafood tho. The flounder was sauteed in butter--3
small pieces but with the shrimp, enough for a decent amount of seafood
for a lunchtime meal.

>> Same here.  I was playing piano the other day and boy some of that
>> action in my fingers needed loosening up.. I have to remember to do it
>> more often than I have been.  It really helps.

 JK> > Piano might help if I knew how to play and we had the room for one.
 JK> (G)

 JK> Electric Keyboards work like the Ensonique (think that was the name)..
 JK> that's what my daughter started with.  Once I knew she was actually

We got one for our daughters when we were in Germany. Deborah has it
now; Rachel has a couple of really nice keyboards for her family. Her
son is going to Interlaken (Michigan) music camp this summer for piano.


>> fridge on the > opposite wall. A decent size kitchen to work in, it
>> does get a bit
>> > crowded with 2 people working but not as much as some we looked at.

>> It sounds really nice :)

>> > Steve started customising it the day after we got it home. (G)

>> I can believe it :)

 JK> > Keeping him busy. He even sewed a couple of things==an awning and a
 JK> > slide out cover.

 JK> That's nice as well :)

It's a nice two person camper, even has room for stowing a sewing
machine, should i decide to bring one. I've got to start loading the
pantry and fridge tomorrow.


>> That's good, I'm glad you both are seeing a good doc..

 JK> > Makes life a lot easier when you see a doctor you like.

 JK> Definitely true.  :)

On his own time he's run down some issues that have been giving me
trouble for a while--getting some answers to long standing questions.

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