Good tips here!

I was actually doing 2 of these - gargling with salt water & drinking chamomile tea. Also - honey. Took care of the sore throat - but not the cough.

Hi Lynn, glad you're home again.

I've got to go to bed. I was shopping all afternoon and I was up early to walk this morning. I'm tired and sleepy so, I'll say goodnight instead of hello.

Catch you all tomorrow.

Checking in.....doing fine so far in combatting my bout of appetititis. I seem to have eaten my fill - finally - and have lost those unhealthy and obsessive cravings of mine for junk. Glad you're back OP, too, Donna. I'm sure you're feeling a lot better, as am I. :)
In addition to those things on Bobbi's list, Lynn, you might want to give something called Ivy Calm a try, Lynn. You can Google it - it's sold under a number of different brands and brand names. A friend recommended it to me about ten years back when I couldn't get rid of a particularly persistent cough, and it really did the trick. That was after my doctor had even put me on steroids with no success. Ivy Calm is made from the leaves of English Ivy, and seems to contain some ingredient that soothes a cough like nothing else I've ever tried. I hadn't remembered it until I saw Bobbi's list of natural cough remedies.
Okay, gotta run, but am thinking of you all, and really appreciate the reality checks about my nighttime grazing/bingeing problems!
:grouphug:
Z

Bad news: something woke me up at 3:00 this morning and I haven't been able to get back to sleep.
Good news: I'm not hungry.
Have a great day, everybody! <yawn>
Z

:snow4:It's balmy today in Minnesota, the ice on our gravel road is still intact, darn. I'm going to sew a new cover for my sewing machine today, need to cover it up since our re-modeling is still in progress. The carpenters haven't started yet but the cabinet maker finally got over here yesterday and will get us a quote by Monday.
We're remodeling the basement bathroom also, we'll get our money back when we sell our home down the road. How many of you are still in your own homes? Living on an acreage has been wonderful but each year it gets harder and harder with all the work. DH does most of it but if something should happen to him, I'd not be able to keep up the yard myself. Plus I'd be lonely way out here in the sticks by myself.
You all have a great day!

Good Morning Everyone,

Boy, you never realize how much you take breathing for granted until you can't do it! Like Zoe, I also had trouble sleeping - between fighting to get air through my nose and coughing, I kept waking up - drove my cats out of my bedroom!

I'm up and dressed, but that's about it. Will go visit my DD later - she's in the 2nd of 3 weeks of the face chemo treatment & is REALLY hurting. I hope I'll be able to distract her for a bit.

Check back later,

Lynn

Good Morning everyone,

Lynn, So glad that you're feeling a bit better. I hope you find something to ease that cough soon. My mom always swore by her toddy. Whiskey, lemon and honey and a bit of pepperment candy. I Pray that your daughter gets better soon also. So hard for a mother to watch a child suffer. We would gladly take the pain ourselves, but that isn't possible, so we comfort any way we can.

Z, we had the same disease, appetitus. Mine is finally calming down too. About time. I always say I'm never taking steroids again, but things come up and they are a necessity.

Bobbi, we're still in our home and hope to be for a long while. It's one story and I have a first floor laundry room. Hopefully that will make it easier for some time. I wish for a place with some land for a garden, but I know the time comes when it's a burden. You make decisions when the time comes. We're in the re-decorating mood too. Stripped the old wallpaper from the small bathroom and repainted and the larger bathroom is next. they just need a bit of freshening up.

Donna, I'm taking your advice and staying well!!

Freda

Hello. :wave: The weather is blah. No sun in sight but mild.

Bobbi, we're living in the same house nearly 32 years. DH has threatened to sell since we've been married but here we are, still here. Our "acreage" is70'x100' so not much work on the old estate. I keep joking with DH when he comes in from cleaning the yard that he was out riding the estate. :D

Here's a sore throat remedy that my mother used on us as kids and I used on my kids. Take a piece of cotton cloth long enough to wrap around the neck and wring it out in cold water. Apply to the throat by wrapping it around loosely. Then cover that with a warm scarf or something similar. Pin in place and leave it there until the cloth becomes warm and comfortable. Mom would put that on us going to bed and in the morning our throats would be better (most of the time). I suffered with tonsillitis so sometimes only medication would work. Finally got the offending things out when I was 19.

Hope everyone survived the day (I've been exercising) and are looking forward to a good weekend.

A great remedy for a sore throat is fresh pineapple. Something about the emzymes. strange, but it works really well. Learned this trick from my DIL's grandma

Good Morning!
No time to chat today, we're on our way into town again. We're headed to Home Depot to pick out two bathroom sinks, one for the master bathroom and one for the basement bathroom. DH transfered some money out of the saving yesterday to cover all our projects. That's one great thing about getting old, money isn't scarce like it was when we were younger. Gosh, I remember going to the grocery store with a very limited amount of money, purchased only things on sale and clipped coupons. HaHa, we still clip coupons, think that was ingrained in us from years ago. Gotta go, you all have a great day.

Uh-oh! I guess I'm the group nomad. I can't even count all the places I've lived. I think about 10 places. I've lived in the condo I'm in right now for about 6 years & I'm ready to get out of here.

Just waiting for my DD & SIL to sell their B&B and see where they end up. If they go to FL, I will probably rent a condo down there for the winter & move closer to my sister and friend for the summer.

Lynn