Update

Just have to include these...we decided to have fun after Roger's doctor visit and dropped by this trader's flea market.

Anytime I see beautiful teacup sets, I think of my good friend, Mildred.   So I just had to show something pretty on this dark, dreary day.  There was another one I wanted to photograph, but my battery died and I had not brought a spare inside with me and was too lazy to go back outside to get one.

Anyway, as to the results of Roger's patch testing.

He had a reaction to three things:  Formaldehyde, Balsam of Peru, and Super Glue.  It doesn't mean we have to get rid of everything in our house that has them, it is more stuff that he comes into contact with/handles a lot with bare hands.

Formaldehyde, besides being used in industrial applications, is often used as a preservative, disinfectant, and antiseptic.  It can be found in such products as pesticides, adhesives, hair products, cosmetics, and polishes....to name a few.

Balsam of Peru is used in fragrances.  And this  is a whole other situation.  Not all fragrances include it, but often when listing the ingredients, products just list 'fragrance' as an ingredient but not what was used to make the fragrance.  Again, they are everywhere....in cosmetics, lotions, shampoo, sunscreen, toothpaste, soaps, etc.  

Then add to that, when somethings say 'Unscented'--it doesn't mean they are fragrance free.  Companies sometimes add ingredients to mask the scent.  So we will be finding a few products and sticking with them I guess.

Both of these items have several names...Balsam of Peru had 17 names and formaldehyde has 24...

We still go back Monday just to make sure there is no delayed reaction to any, but so far, it does not look as if there is going to be. 

Just a little funny

I keep thinking about getting an exercise bicycle...a recumbent exercise bicycle to be exact.  One I have been looking at is this Schwinn 230.

Of course I looked at the reviews, and  got a good chuckle with the one below--if you click on this link and go down and look at the 4 star reviews, it is about the 4th one down.  I did not make this up and I am not the one that submitted it.  It was submitted by Bubba from Bibb country.

Cup holder is great!

I am a big ol fat boy and I am considering doin something about that, I have been sitting on it some and that cup holder comes in handy to hold my beer. One ove these days I am going to get around to doin a little peddlin on it and I will let you know how it turns out!

✔ Yes,

I recommend this product. 

 

 

New book...

We were in Crawfordsville this morn before 9:30....hubbies appointment was at 9:45...so we had a few minutes to wait.  They did 61 patches...so far none are causing him to itch.  I don't know if that is a good thing or not.  Hopefully, we will at least know some things he is NOT allergic to.  He goes back Friday to have the patches removed...then back Monday.
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I have had time this afternoon to do something productive, but do you want to know what I have done?

I have been working on my jigsaw puzzle while listening to the audible version of My Southern Journey by Rick Bragg....my SIL/Best Friend had been given it for Christmas and bless her heart, she told me about it.  I checked the library right then and put a hold on it.  Oh, if you are any part Southern, have family in the South, or just a bit Southern at heart, you would like this book.  I have laughed, cried and been teary eyed almost since the first words.  It takes me back to another place and time...he captures the heart of the place like no other author I have known.

There is a story about the Crazy Cat Lady (his mom). Another  story is title:  For a Vegetable I'll Have White Gravy....in the latter he says "I always wanted some washboard abs.  But I always seemed to want some babyback ribs.  Washboard abs are hard to get...I can get babyback ribs for $6.95 per pound."  Aren't we all at least a bit like that...some of us worse than others.

Oh it is just the most wonderful book...one I will go back to to listen to time and again.