Book Board Chat

Y'all make me tired with the tile laying, the painting, the weeding...I'm short of breath after not much exertion and don't get much done. I go out back to feed the critters in the late morning and use my inhaler when I get back in the house. After being still for a few minutes, I'm fine again. What's annoying me more is a little tendonitis in my right thumb...I noticed twinges in it a couple of weeks ago, and asked my Dr. about it in the course of a scheduled visit to renew a prescription. He said it wasn't arthritis coming on, but that I must have strained it somehow, and recommended a little brace like people wear for carpal tunnel. Dan was having much the same trouble, in the same place and what we think is that both of us have struggled mightily to get the caps off the gatorade drinks we like...some of them are on so tightly that in one instance he had to stab through the cap and drain it out...even with jar openers, it wouldn't budge. So most likely this is what caused it. Dan had a brace from a previous wrist problem a couple years ago, and found that if he wore it sometimes it alleviated the pain in his thumb joint. I, of course, being of the "yeah, okay, whatever" school didn't listen well enough to the Dr. and thought it would just go away. It has not, and is danged unhandy (pardon the pun) at times. Not horribly painful, mind you, but just sudden ouches when I pick up a pan or something. I guess maybe I'll get a little wrist thingie and try to see if it will allow this to mend. I used to wear one for bowling, just for immobilizing the wrist as I threw a fingertip ball and wanted control...but I remembered when I stopped I gave away the bag, ball, etc., including that handy little leather wrist support. Dammit! And I had had one made, so I doubt they exist in the same form. Looks like a trip to the drug store to look over what's around. And that's all the whining I intend to do today.

Got into a moving sale a tad early yesterday and found a little bit of stuff - a socket set and skil saw for hubby and some Pyrex lidded casseroles which I think some people in that kitchen site collect. I've listed a couple small lots of it, though, and didn't get offers; maybe this is one of the "late to the dance" things I should let alone. Pyrex and Fire King (my personal fave) are H E A V Y.