What I'm Reading This Week #27
Happy Friday everyone! I hope you've got the day off to enjoy. I would really appreciate the weather dialing it back from Satan's taint to dryish heat please. I'm not even asking for much. Like 83 degrees would make me happy at this point but there's no end in sight to the 90's. The Mr and I have both been plagued with migraines this week. He had a two day event and I had an ocular migraine which is just so crappy to deal with since you can't read or do anything until your vision isn't screwed up. I got to wait on hold for an hour Tuesday with the state tax department so I decided to sand and prime the newel post while listening to hold music designed to make you hang up. To quote Bugs Bunny "he don't know me vewy well, do he?" I got that squared away and later went out between pop up storms to deadhead some zinnias which you may have seen in Wednesday's post. Speaking of Wednesday, it was a busy day in the ga...
I do think Neti pot can help but there seems to be a fine line between using that and over-using it. Wish I had better methods of dealing with ickies though, so hopefully more people chime in.
ReplyDeleteI wish my nasal passages didn't protest so much to that thing! I think using 1/3 of the salt packet is the key though
DeleteI don't do much other than drink a lot of water, bone broth, and take Zicam melts every three hours and that does seem to help lessen the time of the severe aches and pains. What does seem to linger no matter what is that dang tickle in the throat with the bit of phlegm that just will not come up for a good two weeks! Wearing masks has been great during the winter when that wind is whipping and my face stays much warmer. I'm a nerd and color coordinate mine. LOL
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing more irritating than that constant clearing of the throat and getting nothing "productive" out of it. We love wearing masks to keep our faces warm too! That reminds me I need to wash up our Snoopy Cmas masks!
DeleteChicken soup with matzo balls for kim chi ji gae (korean stew).
ReplyDeleteOoh, sounds good!
DeleteI'm battling a cold for the past week. Started off as a sore throat, which I assume was due to the mucous. Now it's just congestion and exhaustion, though I do feel like I'm starting a cough. I've been doing hot tea w/ honey, Mucinex and some NyQuil, but honestly, I don't feel like much works. For me, it's all about just riding it out and trying to stay as comfortable as possible. It sucks!
ReplyDeleteAww, I'm sorry you're not well! I hope you feel better soon! I have hard time drinking water anyway but especially when I'm sick. I will say it did help thin things out if you want to try to chug for a few days and see if it helps.
DeleteI love the throat coat licorice tea. I also take a Claritin d and mucinex d (green label). I must have eaten enough dirt as a child cause colds don't find me often
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