My Sickly Day

If I was any kind of fun friend to you all, I'd show you a picture of my hair right now.

But because I don't like you nearly that much, or maybe because I like you too much,

I will withhold any photos from my day today.

You see, I woke up at my usual 5:23 AM and felt like I'd been hit by a snow plow.

Though usually when I feel that way, my big ol' mug of coffee sets me

free from such bondage.

But, when that coffee was a-brewin', I nearly hurled.  And when the bacon was frying,

I truly begged Jesus for mercy.

And that's when I knew things were not going as usual.

I had a stomach bug.

And I'll tell you what.  I thought for sure that if I just crawled back in bed for a few

minutes, I'd muster up the energy to begin my very, VERY busy day.

But, no.

I just laid there lethargically watching TV.

And I'll tell you something else.  If Rachel Ray made one more mention about shrimp,

I was going to hunt her down and put an end to her perky self.

I opted to settle in on a nice news channel instead (lucky for Rachel).

Real life somehow seemed easier to stomach.

Well, long story short, here's how things went down:

1.  I found the gumption to brush my teeth and shower.

And believe you me, it took every single ounce of viable life in me to do so.

2.  I found my way to the couch with my pillow and blanket.

3.  I found myself back to the bathroom to unleash the evil that resided inside of me.

4.  Back on the couch, Lucy came to me, 

telling me with much excitement that Isaiah flooded the bathroom.

In my brain I told her,  "You better suck those words right back into your mouth, young lady,

and let them never see the light of day ever again, especially when I'm plastered on the couch

with God-knows-what going on inside of me."

But what I really told her was, "Get a towel and clean it up."

Here's the back story:

Isaiah took a cardboard box into the bathroom and tried to fill it with water and soap,

because he was determined to wash the dishes for me.

In a cardboard box.  In the bathroom.

And apparently he tried really, REALLY hard to make that work before he finally figured

out that his well-intended plan was simply not going to work.

The bathroom was SOAKED.

5.  Shortly after that, he came in and said he wanted to pray for me.

(He has no idea how he saved the day with that.)

6.  K-Man came home, scooped up the children and took them far, far away.

7.  I'm feeling much better now.

And that's how I spent my day.

Oh, and I baked eight loaves of bread.

(You know me.)

Tomorrow will surely be MUCH better, right?

It's gotta be!

It's my every hope that my germs don't permeate through my computer to yours!

Cold and Flu Elixir {from this old wife}

My family thinks I'm completely insane for this potion that I drink regularly, but I tell you what, I swear by it (so far!), to keep the crud away.  (I did get Lucy to drink some, once.)

  

So, if you're as brave as I am (and I know you are), try mixing yourself up some and drink it fast as lightning! (Otherwise...well, suffice it to say that you don't want your brain to register the taste until it's completely down your gullet...otherwise, well, you can imagine.)

Here's the recipe!

2-3 tablespoons of organic raw apple cider vinegar  (affiliate link)

1 garlic clove, crushed

2-3 teaspoons raw local honey

juice of half a lemon

a dash or two of cayenne pepper

2 drops essential oils

1/4 teaspoon freshly grated ginger root

Let the crushed garlic clove sit in the vinegar for about ten minutes, pressing it a bit every few minutes to squeeze the juice out of it.  Discard to clove.  Add the rest of the ingredients.  Then you simply wait until your courage is all worked up and throw it back!

And of course, you could add more or less of anything, depending on what you have on hand and what you can tolerate (adding more honey is helpful to make it taste better!).

Your life will flash before your eyes briefly, and you will taste each layer of flavors, one by one, for the next 15 seconds.  But after that, the taste goes away pretty quickly!  It does!

So, the next time you're feeling something yucky coming on, like a sore throat...or a vampire, bottom's up!

Disclaimer:  I went to beauty school, not medical school!  This is just a little something that has helped ME, and I'm sharing it with you.  Make your own judgement or talk to your doctor as to whether you should treat your symptoms with this crazy concoction.