Watch Out, Rachael, or, Accomplishments

Recent Accomplishments

Made it to work on a Monday without once thinking about how I didn't want to go to work.

Almost made it through the Thanksgiving dishes (yes, I know this is disgusting).

Made a leftover turkey casserole. No recipe. All from my head. Quite tasty. If you know me, you know this is QUITE an accomplishment.

Did not eat a fast-food lunch today (baked oatmeal. yum!).

Sophie's Choice

If you could only have one of these two for the rest of your life, which would it be?

1. chocolate

2. cheese

Adage Proved?

I decided to do a Thanksgiving roll run-through today. The rolls are in the oven rising and I have a stomach ache.

Perhaps eating raw dough really DOES give you worms!


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image: W. H. Comstock, Proprietor. (nd). Comstock's dead shot pellets for worms [card]. Advertising Ephemera Collection - Database #A0383. Emergence of Advertising On-Line Project. John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History. Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/eaa.A0383/

Don't Let the _____ Bite

My family knows how sensitive I am to insect bites. When my topical quadruple remedy fails (Hydrocortisone, Benadryl, Aspercreme & Solarcaine), I resort to ice packs and oral Benadryl. So you can perhaps imagine my distress when after a couple of weeks of bites on my legs appearing in the middle of the night, I started to suspect the dreaded bedbug.

After a couple of sleepless nights and a marathon laundering session, I am happy to report that the culprit appears to be fleas. Yeah, still not great, and I have to spray my legs with OFF! before I go to bed, but much better than bedbugs. Mr. Pest Man will be out next week to eradicate the fleas along with any resident crickets and spiders.


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photo: Carrollton Chemical Company. (nd). Death dust kills all insects [booklet]. Advertising Ephemera Collection - Database #A0488. Emergence of Advertising On-Line Project. John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History. Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/eaa.A0488/

What Happened?

Where Has Auntie K Been?