Great Aunty Tranny

I don't think I'm still sick, but mannnn, I have a cough that just won't quit.

I sound like and 90 year old man with an 80 year smoking habit.

We have a new girl in the family!

My nephew and his wife made a girl baby and she comes in right on the heels of her girl cousin that my niece and her husband made!

I'm so excited, but I have to figure out what the new kids are going to call me.

Their parents call me (crazy) Aunty M, and Wendy's kid calls me Tranny because he refuses to say gra and will only say tra and now it's just a thing that will never change, and if anyone refers to me as Granny he defends my title as though someones trying to take down the queen.

Get it? 

Tranny? 

Queen? 

So funny :D

Okay, so, I'm thinking the new kids can call me (crazy) Tranny M?

Or maybe Tranty M?

Because that incorporates the reference to the third hierarchy once removed...?

I don't know, I'll have to give this some thought.

Anyway, welcome to the family Faela Rose and Charlotte Mae, we're so happy to have you!

I'm in a cooking slump.

I'd like to think it's because I've been sick, but I would be fooling myself because it's been going on for the better part of the summer.

I made a kick ass crockpot lasagna last week, and I've made a rack or two of  really good BBQ ribs, but that's about it, everything else has sucked.

I follow new recipes to the letter, I go old school and still, I find myself feeding more to Pearl (the pig) than to us. 

Gross.

Tonight I think we'll have bologna sandwiches and macaroni and cheese.

I'm getting my soap stock built up again.

So far I have some coffee bean and pumpkin curing and up next will be some baby (for the girls) and then some Christmas soaps.

Nothing fancy, and so far nothing on the curing rack is scented, but I think I may throw some scent in my Christmas bars.

I've made some car seat size baby afghans that I need to weave the ends on and get listed and then get busy on some baby beenies for the Etsy shelves.

Maybe some slippers too.

And some rugs.

No infinity scarves this year though, I'm totally over those.

The Plague

I guess I just have to admit I'm a crappy blogger... I swear each time that I'm going to keep up and each time I do keep up for a few days, or maybe even a week or so and every day I'm always thinking to myself, "ha ha ha ha, this would be funny to blog about", but then I don't and then I pick up a sock or take a breath and immediately forget what it was I was going to blog about.

To sum things up... A lot of funny stuff has happened, along with some not so funny stuff and a lot of really dumb stuff too.

Today; I am sick and I have been sick for two days now thanks to being locked in a car with my bubonic children for eight+ hours last week. I may be dying, I'm not sure yet. I suppose if you don't hear from me again sometime within the next year I didn't pull through.

Here's something interesting... While Googling what I can take for my plague that won't screw with all my heart medication I came across Guaifenesin (Mucinex). I don't have Fibromyalgia, but did you know that there have been many studies done that are showing that Guaifenesin could be some sort of wonder drug for those that do have it? I'll give you the short story and then you can Google it yourself, but the jist of it is this, Fibromyalgia may be caused by a build up on your joints and tendons and this Guaifenesin stuff gets rid of the build up just like it loosens the gunk from your lungs. There's many opposing opinions, and so much information and the more I read, the more overwhelmed I became. I have many friends with Fibro, and all I can say is this, I have a new found empathy for all the noise and garbage you have to sift through to learn what works and what's best for you. From diets, to medications, to supplements, creams, candles and oils, I had no idea what it's like out there for all of you who suffer from this. If I was in charge, my prescription would be to eat cake and take a nap.

I found a great new DIY crappy craft to do. You do it first and let me know how it turns out, but I think they're so cool and I want to try it. Sharpie glasses.

How great are those!!

Ok, I have to go hack out what's left of my lungs, watch some NCIS and take a nap.