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I heard this sound coming out of my kitchen a couple nights ago, and I started to laugh, and immediately thought of Ned’s Declassified!!!

let me ‘splain ya:

I read this article a few days ago and sent it to my Mom:

I sent that article to her because she was talking about an increase of drain flies in both my kitchen sink and my tub. She told me something like “Well that’s in New York.” I told her that we are closer because we are five minutes away from Canada!

That statement made her think and she decided to do something about them a few days ago. My Mom knows that I am chemically sensitive so she decided to do something natural. She decided to pour a mixture of baking soda, salt, and vinegar. She started it in my kitchen, and as soon as I heard the fizz, I thought of Ned’s Declassified!:

I started to laugh when I heard her yelp! Baking soda, salt, and vinegar, is a science project!!!

That’s what made me think of Ned’s Declassified! Sean and I used to watch that all the time on Nickelodeon when we lived in our second apartment!

As for the drain flies, my Mom is going to do another science project tonight. She has done it for two nights, and the flies are lessening. I was looking for a picture for Ned’s Declassified. And I think it’s crazy that they are so old now.! Well, Sean was like 6 and he’s 21 now?!:

The writers strike is taking too long and last night while perusing YouTube, I watched this interview:

She has been popping up recently in my feed, and I waited a moment after watching that video and then I scrolled a few videos down and big brother is betting 1000!!!

I don’t know how many times I sang in this song in the bus with Girl Scouts or basketball, but we sang it all the time!!!

The weather was awful when I woke up, and I think it was during an audio rosary and just after I counted five of the biggest cracks of thunder in my life when I closed my eyes and got into the Power Stance.

I held my fists to my hips for a long while, as my eyes were closed as I tried to muster some kind of strength. But then I felt a tear threaten to creep out of my right eye. I tried to lock my jaw to make it stop, but then my right eye started to threaten a tear. And then the tears just started to fall.

My shoulders were shaking uncontrollably, as my face was completely drenched with tears, but I just let them fall. I did that until I couldn’t stand all the wetness on my face, and I needed to blow my nose.

I told my Mom that I have never felt like this before in my life because I haven’t and something tells me that a power stands with tears streaming is NOT as effective…

I was reminded of this song as I listened to my Bible in a year for a second time as I was drifting off to sleep…

I love this song!!!

My uncle just drove my Mom to pick up the van for tomorrow’s ‘go time.’ It will only be a one day rental this month.

I have been grappling with this fact for a couple months now, but I think that I have finally accepted it.

My life is just small now. 22+ years in, my life is reduced to scheduling my doctors appointments and renting vans. I except that now. At least I am good at it. I can make schedules for everything and I have for this year. I had that completely scheduled back in April.

Last night, I asked my mom in disbelief, “ is this really all my life is made up of now?!” And the answer is just a simple, yes.

I am having memories of hearing this song in the backseat of our station wagon! I’m not sure if my cousinT is with me or school friends but I remember hearing this song when my Mom would listen to 104.3.

The reason I thought of this song is because yesterday, I changed out my therapy putty. I first learned about therapy putty from one of my MS groups. I posed the question because I was quite concerned about my progressive hand strength loss..

I got the wonderful suggestion for therapy putty, and I bought some last year:

I quickly figured out that if I squeezed the putty for 17 minutes a day during an audio rosary, my hands feel a little bit better. So I had worked my way all the way up to extra firm. It’s red. But I started to notice that it was getting too soft and I needed new putty. I searched for and was able to get these:

I got this 2 pack in January. It was January 18 when I started using it so I knew I would have to change it out on June 18 which is what I did. This is what my therapy putty looked like after 17 minutes of squeezing it:

I think that it will take a couple months for it to soften with my daily,squeezing it for 17 minutes. To close it, I just smash my palm down on the top so I can close the container. That’s why I thought of that song because it looks like a red rubber ball!

Today I woke up even later than I woke up yesterday. I felt nauseous today and actually cried a little bit. Looks like it’s going to be a recovery weekend. I think that it was the 1 o’clock appointment that was a little bit too much for me…

I am so tired from going to see about my wheelchair, but I have to report that it’s FINALLY about that time!!!:

I smelled the hint of spring, and I have made the executive decision to, and I have decided: CUCUMBER MINT!!! Granted, there is still Chapstick in my pomegranate Chapstick tube, but I will have cucumber, mint now, and I will use that bit of Chapstick toward the end of September, when I transition to fall flavors on October 1 when I watch Hocus Pocus!!!

*** I am well aware that life is all about the extremely monumental decisions you make on a daily basis! For me, Chapstick flavor is a big one!!!

You have to choose your battles and after 22+ years of having MS, this is a battle that I choose to engage in because I no longer work and I need something to occupy my mind away from the ever present pain.

I saw this video at 3 o’clock this morning, and I actually shared it with my cousinT, Shannon, right after I saw it! I apologized for sending it, but I didn’t want to do to her! I thought of her immediately!:

My son recommended the new White Men Can’t Jump movie. I liked it, but I had never seen the original one. I liked the soundtrack a lot! I really dig old music. Because I guess that’s what cool music is called nowadays by these young kids! I like this one the best I think: