What I'm Reading This Week #37

Hello and happy Friday y'all!  We made it.  I am glad to be past this week's appointments and a little closer to being able not to have my leg in sausage casing to keep veins closed.  I was ready to tear that crap off within 8 hours and I had to spend 36 hours in them TWICE this week.  I have to wear it 8 hours a day now for 7 days.  I also shut down that wench's gaslighting when I asked her if it was normal for there to be new busted capillaries.   She's like "I know it seems like it coincided but they were likely there" and I said "no, they weren't.  I have pictures of my legs and look at my thighs on the daily, these are new."  I cannot wait to be done with her.  I don't care how nice you are, if you're a gas lighter, you can kiss my spider vein covered ass.  The Mr has been a problem solving machine this week as our balusters were giving us rattling issues and then our solution got close but needed another solution.  Yeesh!  I was also tackling crap in the form of this gaping hole around our railing which was leftover from having the soundproofing done.  The Mr and I both lamented my bright idea to add that wall on last minute because it screwed us on so many levels.  You know how you look at something for so long and say "oh, we'll just fill that in when the time comes" and then it does and you're like "oh ,💩!  How do we actually do this??"  I started out with caulk after filling the gap with backer rod but it was clear that wasn't going to work.  I dug it out then tried spackle which seemed to be the preferable choice.  There's some painting that needs to happen but dang getting that addressed will take such a huge load off!  There are so many elements to getting all elements of the stair project done including attempting to address the green glue issue that still haunts us on the carpet stairs.  I have some dry cleaning stuff I will try that I got for the fiber area rug that I don't put much hope in, then it'll be finding someone to attempt to steam clean it in a way we can't before we have to discuss the pricey option of carpet replacement.  (We have open stairs which gives them cold sweats apparently.)  

Now let's get to:

Top 20 Prebiotic Foods to Eat on Repeat for Better Gut Health  (Some yummy schtuff on this list!)

How to do the splits without hurting yourself in just a few weeks  (Hear me out.  I don't give a poo about doing the splits but every one of these would eventually give me functioning legs so I might accept the challenge!)

7 Things to Do When You Wake Up If You’re Trying to Lose Weight, According to Dietitians. (In case you need a reminder)

Your Plastic Water Bottle May Be Making You Gain Weight  (For those who use them.  We've used these for well over a decade)

 'Natural, Less Toxic' Chemo Alternative May Be on Horizon  (Wow, this is amazing and delicious to boot!)

The paradox of scheduling spontaneity  (Let's go to that thing!  Later.)

8 Brutal Truths About Retirement You Need to Hear  (Sigh)

10 Paradoxes That Will Change How You See Relationships. (They're not wrong and also someone at this website clearly just discovered the word paradox and is using that shizz in every title)

26 Gorgeous Outdoor Plants That Thrive Between Summer and Fall  (Duly noted!)

Gen Xers share the 13 times 'extremely wrong' Gen Zers tried to lecture them about history  (If boomers thought they hated us, we had nothing on the generations that have access to  websites with the wrong information in their pocket written by the same people who also didn't go through it.  Now get off my lawn!)

Miss a post this week?  Catch up below:

Milestone Birthday Getaway

Hump Day Poll: Appointments

I would like to get a balance of house work and play in this weekend.  I am hoping some wood embellishments I ordered for our newel post arrive soon and are in good condition so we can get that project tackled.  I'll have some scraping, staining, filling, caulking and painting in my future but I really hope the end result is worth it and looks as good executed as it does in my head.  I kind of cringe now at how much we relied on my friend's ex for mediocre craftsmanship almost 20 years ago when we could've been slightly less mediocre than him for less money.  I almost want to invite him over to show him "THIS is how it's done, moron!" but I won't.  Translation: We can do stuffs!

Whatchu guys up to this weekend?

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