Hi Janis,

 JK> > We had to clean our rooms (I shared with my sisters, brothers also
 JK> had a > shared room.) plus other jobs.

 JK> I always had to clean my room... the youngsters (my two little
 JK> sisters) didn't. That always made me laugh because I thought those two
 JK> kids were so spoiled.. The older of the two especially was spoiled
 JK> rotten .. not funny as she grew older, nor for the two of them,
 JK> believe me.

My youngest sister was the spoiled one in the family. Mom had had a
difficult pregnancy, sister was a bit premature and as I understand,
things were dicy for a few days. She (sister) has always had some issues
from that, so has been treated as the baby of the family (which she is)
for most all of her life.


 JK> > The bathroom cleaning was rotated between
 JK> > us girls--one week one would do the upstairs, another the downstairs

 JK> Washing dishes every night was done in a way similar to that.. we took

Mom always washed if she was home, drying was done on an assigned basis.
My older brother, one sister and I dried the breakfast ones during the
school year (Mom worked at the school); I did 3 nights a week supper,
same sister did 2 nights and we all pitched in on week ends. When Mom
was at her night classes or summer school, I did a majority of the
cooking, plus a good bit (tho we had a rotating schedule in the summer)
of the clean up.


 JK> turns pretty much.  There was a constant family joke with one of my
 JK> sisters who always had to go to the bathroom at just the most
 JK> inconvenient time (dish washing time Lol).  I can laugh about it now
 JK> (grin)

Sounds like my youngest sister. (G)

>> youngest two sisters (they were maybe 10 and 6 or so) over their
>> "mess" Lol..  Them: "YOU CAN'T THROW OUT MY FROG CAGE!!! I NEED THAT!"
>> hahaha

 JK> > I understand. At least it wasn't candy wrappers or gum wrapper
 JK> chains.

 JK> yes, that's true... though the two of them were so overweight as kids.
 JK> It was sad because that continued into their adult life.  Eventually
 JK> the older of the two had surgery to help her stop eating (Bariatric
 JK> Surgery).. the younger one eventually lost tremedous amounts of weight
 JK> a few years ago with a "mushroom" died.. eek. What really sad is in
 JK> talking to the older of the two she told me recently she's almost
 JK> gained all of that weight back that the surgery took care of.  That is
 JK> really scary to me.

That's bad. Our junk food intake was quite rationed. I did add
weight--you probably met me at my heaviest--but have dropped about 35+/-
pounds since. My brothers put on quite a bit; we suspect that the
younger one is now having some health issues related to it. Sisters have
put on some, but not as bad as my brothers.


 JK> > Sometimes best to just let the dust stay in place a bit longer. (G)

 JK> I know exactly what you mean there :) :) :) It seems sometimes if I
 JK> even touch a "dusty book" or whatever, my allergies go nuts.. Not as
 JK> bad as how it would effect you, for sure, but I figure if touching
 JK> dust does that to me, it must effect you even worse :(

At times, yes. I went to a fireworks show last night; the direction of
the wind carried the smoke away from me. There were enough campfires
there that I was coughing some last night but hopefully it'll clear up
today. I'll avoid any more fireworks this week.


 JK> > So I can eat chocolate and say I'm helping my asthma. (G)

 JK> A little yes :)  Black tea always helped her the most :)

Coffee is supposed to be a help too, but I don't like it. If it were an
emergency, I could choke down a cup but I try to keep an inhaler handy
instead.



>> Here's a note I found online in an article about tea and theophylline,
>> FWTW :) https://authoritynutrition.com/stimulants-in-tea/

 JK> > Have to look into it.


>> Theophylline relaxes smooth muscles in the airway, making breathing
>> easier while also stimulating both the rate and force of contraction
>> of the heart.

>> Theobromine can also stimulate the heart, but it does have a mild
>> diuretic effect and improves blood flow around the body, leading to a
>> net reduction in blood pressure.

 JK> > The interplay of reactions is interesting--and factoring in food
 JK> related > components makes it more so.

 JK> Yes...and like any drug, you have to keep everything in balance, for
 JK> sure. Even though that article mentione how small the amount was say
 JK> in a cup of tea, for me, I have to watch how much tea/coffee I drink
 JK> and how many cigarettes I smoke.. In other words, the tea and/or
 JK> coffee lets the darn smoke go deeper in my lungs. Not good, I know but
 JK> I've tried to quit several times and mostly failed at that :(

Catch 22 there. I never tried smoking so didn't get hooked. I just have
to be careful around smokers-- one of my sisters is a chimney (if you
know what I mean) so quite often, after visiting her, I'd come home with
bronchitis. I don't visit her that often now. (G)


>> Cocoa beans are also good sources of these two substances (3).

>> The amounts of these substances in a cup of tea are very small though,
>> so their net effect on the body is probably negligible.

>> Some of the caffeine we ingest is metabolized into theophylline and
>> theobromine, so every time you consume caffeine - you will indirectly
>> increase your levels of these two caffeine metabolites.
>> ===

 JK> > Hopefully ingested in a delicious form like chocolate.


 JK> Yes :)  I do live chocolate... this week we made NY Egg Creams with
 JK> U-bet syrup that Ron ordered online... boy was that good :)

Sounds yummy, just thinking about it. Steve made a chocolate cheese cake
yesterday, didn't have a scale to measure the chocolate. He thinks he
got more than needed so it'll be more of a fudgy consistancy. I told him
that was fine with me. (G) As the saying goes, "just give me the
chocolate and nobody..................". (G)

>> >Newer meds
>> > are so much better--Advair has been my wonder drug for keeping the

>> Yes, I remember when Advair came out.  I had read about it's
>> "soon-to-be" release  and remember thinking, Hurry up! My
>> mother-in-law at the time was suffering from bronchitis, etc. and it
>> had hit her bad at that time.  Just before Advair was released though,
>> she died of pneumonia.. the docs in
>> Louisville tried everything they could, but they couldn't help her.

 JK> > Too bad they couldn't have gotten hold of some on a trial basis.

 JK> Yes, know what you mean.. I wanted to mention what I'd read about it
 JK> then, I remember thinking that.  They probably would have not wanted
 JK> to hear that though...

OTOH, some doctors would have jumped at the chance to try it.

>> > 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.

>> Sounds good :)

 JK> > And a nice treat for us.

 JK> Yes, I bet.. I checked and Ithaca does have a Red Lobster restaurant..
 JK> I think it probably isn't a popular as it might be because we also
 JK> have another chain (I think it's a chain restaurant) Maxie's Supper
 JK> Club.  Maxie's is incredible if it is a chaine though.. i

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