Postby Harriet » Fri Oct 28, 2011 4:40 pm
I took Elizabeth's suggestion for a topic, Dee.
OKay, if you have any or can get one easily, I'd take one of the zinc cold "remedy" products at the drug store. They are not classically remedies, of course, but shorten the duration of a cold and lessen the symptoms. Many name brands these days, but I still like the Zicam melt-in-the-mouth circles. Have you been into anything that could have flared an allergy? For instance, last year dd13 jumped in leaf piles with the boys this time of year and had some doozy symptoms!
Today has been a real running day for me. BIG grocery trip with dd was very tiring. That also got some milk, juice and cereals into my ddad's house for dd31's family, who arrives there tonight. At ddad's we washed some linens and put up a shower curtain, added paper products all 'round, swished bathrooms, that sort of thing. I took an extra blanket over. HRH had a hunger attack during all this and asked for a McD's run and I somehow got that home to him as well. (he has to stay here if we are away)
It is a dnephew's birthday party (dfirstbil's son) this evening but it is several towns away at their church, which I've never even seen, and I'd be driving unfamiliar territory after dark, of course, since HRH would have to stay here. I just can't do that plus everything else. They invited HRH and I, but they did not invite dd31 or ds26, so I can't imagine they intended to invite dd13, really, but I wouldn't want to drive it without her after dark, so the whole situation just won't work.
Dd31 has discovered that a nearby church (neighboring old one where we have many ties) is having a trunk-or-treat/hayride Sat night and she wants to take her whole family, me and dd13. I'm not sure about this because most of the event is outdoors and the temp and wind will bother me. But if we don't do it, dd13 won't have another opportunity to enjoy the "holiday" and the little boys might not have much of a chance, either. As usual, HRH is odd man out, but in a little-kid-candy-yelling situation, I suppose that's how he'd want it.