BIG fruit

I don’t know where Super Wal-Mart has been getting their produce lately, but we’ve been getting some HUGE apples from there in the past couple of weeks. The things have to weigh a pound each. They’re Fuji, my favorite. I call these huge ones the Carl’s jr. apples, ’cause you need about a dozen napkins to get through one.

Ever had a day like this??

Quite the dilemma – I hate it when that happens…

PWD

It’s the end of an era. Malcolm’s last Pinewood Derby was tonight. In year’s past, we’ve had fun working together on the cars and (other than a squirt or two of graphite) haven’t put much emphasis on their performance. This year was different, we’ll pulled out all the stops and bought a cool kit from the hobby store that had lots of upgrades. We ground and sanded the axles, sanded and aligned the wheels, then polished the axles to a mirror-like finish and packed the hubs with graphite. Those were some smooooth spinning wheels.

The car ran pretty well, but after all the heats only ended up being 3rd place. Not quite as good as we were hoping, but Malcolm got a trophy and was pretty happy with the result.

Thank you, Michael!!

I went riding with my teammate Michael after work on Wednesday. After our ride we were talking about my crash and how things were just not getting better very fast. He mentioned in passing that someone had given him the suggestion of using Cling-Wrap one time. I dismissed the idea almost immediately, but it turned out I was desperate enough to try just about anything. It totally saved my butt (literally). I would put plenty of ointment on the area, then cover it with a piece of plastic Cling-Wrap. Worked like magic – kept my clothes from sticking to the wound and it has gotten noticeably better every day now.

Who woulda thunk??

‘bummed’

Well, my career as a bikini model is definitely over. I have quite the ashphalt tattoo (about the size of a deck of cards) on my butt cheek. Been causing me a LOT of pain. It’s just not healing in a timely fashion. I try to cover it with gauze pads, etc. – but they invariably shift and my clothing ends up welded to my skin after sitting on it for extended periods. That is not fun to peel apart!! It basically feels like I sat on a hot stove for a few minutes.

Word of advice – do not use topical Arnica ointment on wounds that are still oozing. I was hopping around and kicking things for 15 minutes to get through the burning sensation. WOW!