17 itchy places

 The poison ivy saga continues.  I actually took off work today and tomorrow because we have some clients with skin issues and I don't want to be responsible for a home of 6 or 8 people (not to mention staff) getting poison ivy.

On the positive, Brandy found a medication that seems to be drying it out pretty good.  It's called Ivarest.  It's expensive but it works.  She got it on sale at Walgreens.  It's usually $10.99, on sale for $5.99 with a $1 coupon: grand total = $4.99.  She went back and got a couple more bottles because if it's summer in Missouri, chances are I'll get poison ivy again.

Anyway, today I weighed in and lost 0.4 pounds.  Not the 2 or 3 I hoped for, but still a loss.  I'm trying not to get discouraged.  It's not a gain! My calories for today: I consumed 2404 for 104 under goal.  So I was under, but barely!  My wife was very encouraging today.

Speaking of my wife, I have 2 things to say about her.  She has a blog too.  She's a great writer though she's more about quality, whereas I'm about quantity.  I want more posts but she wants higher quality posts.  One read and you'll see her posts are far less numerous than mine, but of a far superior quality.  Her blog is at thesingingloser.blogspot.com

The other thing is kind of about her.  I had to stop blogging to go get eggs off the stove from being hard boiled because that's about the only way she'll eat eggs.  That, and they are quick in the morning.  I love eggs and eat at least 1 every morning.

But what I was really thinking about (and I think about this with a lot of food), was this: who looked at an egg plopping out of a chicken's underside and thought "Hey, that might taste good.  I think I'll eat it."  I mean, really?  Who looked at coffee beans and said "Hmm... I bet if I grind those things up and pour really hot water over them the resulting brew will be a delicious beverage."

I'm not complaining mind you.  I love coffee too.  But some food boggles my mind as to how anyone would come to eat it the first time.  Come on, you know what I'm talking about.

Well, now that I've made you laugh, think and probably cry, I'll sign off.

This post written while listening to:
Rooster Crow, Altar of Pain and The House is On Fire by Resurrection Band (first 3 tracks on their 1989 album, Innocent Blood. Rez Band rocks!)
People of God by Gungor
Doxology by David Crowder*Band