Back home. Foggy drive. Brought back enough food for at least 2 more meals. I don稚 think I mentioned white cake and red velvet cake. And the cookies. Here are some of her cookies.
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those look great. Hope you get them all taken care of before the New Years...
I閾ｴe been taking Flomax for about six months, not sure if it逞ｴ affected my dizziness as I have vertigo anyway, the biggest difference I閾ｴe seen is stronger stream with less residual in the bladder. I still get up once a night.
I take Terazosin (smallest dose 5mg), given to me for BPH. It is an alpha blocker too, but it covers a wider array. Flomax is more targeted to just BPH. I tried to wean off of it and switch to Flomax and my BP went sky high. so back to Terazosin. When I was put on it, my BP was decent 135/82 ish. When I tried to wean myself, my BP skyrocketed and anxiety made it worse. I want to say it went up to 170/92 or so. So, it's one of those things you definitely don't leave town without a supply.
65 and showers, feels like spring this morning, high around 70. All my company is home, my in laws are mostly well, Mom is doing good, all in all not too bad.
I知 feeling really well over the last 4-5 days, I guess the repair is kicking in. Got a pork roast with bite size potatoes and carrots in the slow cooker. I致e been watching my food intake and I致e lost about 10 lbs, I知 sure that helps.
Have a good day all, prayers.
Good to hear things are not too bad in the Randy camp.
Drew, where will the tile drain to? Is this from the back swampy pond to the ditch? Those "huge Cypress trees" might have some value.
My buddy invited me and my 9 year old down to the gulf coast Saturday to go fishing. This was in land fishing. Actually on a tributary of Matagorda bay. We didn't arrive until 2:30 to his house, but he still had some boat maintenance to finish, so we didn't leave until around 3:30...Got to the fishing hole around 4:30 and caught maybe 10 small fish (non-keepers) but still had fun. Good lesson to teach son patience. He did well. So this boat is rigged up with a small air motor also and lights on the front for flounder gigging. Buddy says "we might as well try a little floundering we are here". As the sun went down we stowed the fishing poles and fired up the air motor. We ended up getting 5 nice 14-15" flounder. My son gigged his first flounder. Some of the best eating fish IMO. He offered me some, but he's sank a boat load of money into this boat and I told him you enjoy them. "We'll come back and try for more soon." Anyhow, really good experience for the son.
Short history lesson. The Frenchman LaSalle missed the Mississippi and went into Matagorda Bay. They constructed Fort St. Louis out of timbers to try to protect themselves from the cannibalistic Karankawa indians. Didn't turn out so well.
What happened at Fort St Louis?
Fort St. Louis. Fort St. Louis was founded by the French explorer Ren Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle in 1685. ... Twenty remaining colonists at Fort St. Louis survived until late 1688 or early 1689 when the Karankawa attacked and killed all but a few children who they took captive.
Fort St. Louis - South Texas
Historical Sites in Calhoun County
When we got down there to the water, the wind was sustained at 35+mph with higher gusts, but the creek we were on has protective bluffs. I watched the very most southern tips of the storm clouds go by, knowing the trouble they are going to cause for up north for you guys. The higher the winds down here, the more turmoil up northeast. After the front passed, the winds died down really low.
Off today, and until Jan 2nd. Need to catch up on some chores. 35F going to 59F . I have a spare pair of oxyacetylene bottles, that an older lady gave me when her husband passed away. I'm going to sell them, but the hoses were rotten, and the big Victor regulator gages are acting up. So, it's just the bottles. Trying to figure out what they are worth?
Nice pictures. Ron, I have a pic of Don standing on his bridge, just shortly before he sold his place. We had a nice golf cart ride around his place that day. Whipper was keeping us safe from everything dangerous, running ahead of us. That dog has some uncanny back country/woods "street smarts".
Jay, sorry about your dogwood. I did not know that icing would kill them, if I'm understanding you right.
Dabs, like Eric said, I sure would have been tempted to give step son the empty box from the new one, all wrapped up nice.
Have a blessed day all.
