PICKLE JUICE and THRIFT

A BUSY DAY.  Went along with Lil Miss for her haircut.  As she was in the chair, I waltzed into the local THRIFT SHOPPE that is open on Thursdays.  It didn't take me long to pick up some items that caught my eye.

Right away this cute RAGGEDY ANDY holding a smaller doll made me smile and I just had to have them.  Very well made with a price tag of only $3.oo.  Sweet. Clean and adorable.  

Then a small $4.oo children's RAWLING Baseball glove holding a baseball priced for a quarter was picked up.  Needs some stringing done.

A new wooden foot massager in a vinyl package caught my eye as my hubby is having terrible foot discomfort.  I thought it might help.  

Not to mention the large framed and matted WIZARD OF OZ print for $2.oo.  Three amber colored Depression Glass with Madrid pattern tea cups. PAUSE. I debated on these as I couldn't remember if they were original or reproduction.

Checked out and walked to the Beauty Salon where Lil Miss was getting hair trimmed.  I had a glass of H2o and waited in a chair by the large picture window looking out to the main drag.  It wasn't long before she was finished and we walked over to BARLEYCORN Deli for lunch. Cobb Salad for me.  Greens.  Nice chat with my 17 year old granddaughter.  Precious time together.

She was driving so I held on even with her being a very good driver onto Manhattan's Pathfinders.  She wanted to buy a special HAT for her future trip to Arizona.  NEXT to the mall. H&M shoppe for swimsuit and orange dress.  Drove over to THE HAPPY HIPPY in Aggieville for a FRUIT smoothie.  Marshall's to look at handbags.  Target for pjs, sundress, underwear, swimsuit cover-up.  Supper at PANERA BREAD.  Vegetarian Sandwich with more water to sip. Delicious sandwich.  I'll do this again. 

 

Time to go HOME.  Great time, but tired.  Dragging it.  Myself.  Dosed off in my recliner waking to a horrific cramp in my left calf.  AWFUL discomfort.  Screamed for help!  Couldn't get out of my chair.  Wasn't sure what to do.  Managed to get up and walk with the help of my hubby. My HERO.  He offered me some pickle juice and I DRANK IT.

Does this truly help?  YES, it does.  Pickle juice is high in sodium and potassium.  The vinegar helps with the cramps.  Like MAGIC, the cramp goes away.  What else does pickle juice help with?  Puckering up yo' lips.

   

After we had the flu, we wanted to make sure we didn't have co v id so we could babysit, so we got checked.  We were negative at the time of this test.  The PA noticed my heart murmur that has gotten worse so she ordered up a echocardiogram for me.  I have been having some mild chest pain as well.  If it's not one thing, it's three other things.  During the flu episode, hubby had three times that his heart pounded way too hard in his chest and abruptly stopped then started to beat again.  This quit and we continued to be ill.  Anyhow, off to the docs again.

We only had TWO medical appointments this week on our social calendar.  Echocardiogram on Tuesday for me to check out the heart murmur and medical appointment with our regular doc on Thursday for hubby.  Hubby's foot and heart.  He'll be doing a stress test soon and also seeing a different foot doc for an MRI.  The schedulers called for hubby's stress test.  6 weeks away.    

I never dreamt we'd be having so many medical appointments or issues.  NEVAH.  Here's to trusting GOD and being in better HEALTH.  Amen.

Something I have learned about health is that it is so very important to take care of one's temple. We are precious cargo.  A couple of times I have heard that we should eat GOD's foods that are not designed to make us sick whereas lab experiments do.  The things that have been added to foods are making humans very sick.  Shoveling junk into our mouths will contribute to ill health.

~d