For all the Grandmas out there!!

[sandygb]

Originally Posted by Vallie

But, but, but..... I said the freebie not the IOTW.

Did you get the right freebie Vallie? When I looked at the store freebie for this week, the old one was displayed, but when I scrolled down, the new current one was displayed under it.

[sandygb]

Originally Posted by sands_healy

Thanks PQ... that's actually what the Dive Instructor had said, but I didn't believe him. He advised to continue to put surgical spirits down my ear until the pain went completely and advised I stay out of the water for a minimum of 2 weeks, but to try for a month.

Sands - I'm not sure if this would even work for you, or if the pressure is worse than the potential infection from getting water in the inner ear....... but Carrie has had myringotomies in both of her ears for her entire life, and has always used silly putty to keep the water out. We always rolled a bit of silly putty into a cylindrical shape about 1.5" long by .5" in diameter, then inserted it into the ear and molding it to fill the space in the outer opening of the ear. Maybe .25" or .5" actually gets pushed into the middle of the ear, but it is mostly in the outer ear. It is essentially an ear plug specially molded to fit your ear. It does not "melt" into the ear, but I have no idea how it would work in a pressurized dive situation.

[sandygb]

Originally Posted by Fulltime RVer

We wore jackets when we went to the store this morning, too, but are now in short sleeves.

Galen went to take the garbage out some time ago and maybe decided to take a longer walk and enjoy the weather. That is fine but in this land of bears and rattlesnakes it would be even finer if he had taken the phone with him.

Why? So he could "shoot" a picture of the bear or snake. That'll scare 'em!

[sandygb]

Originally Posted by PQ

We have so many people who say that they do not post because they cannot keep up.......so I made an administrative decision and decided that they do not have to keep up.

In royalty-speak I think it's called a proclamation.

[sandygb]

Originally Posted by PQ

I am quite angry at my mother. I sent her an email and told her how Bia had done on her first two college tests. Mama sent me a return email and asked if I had helped Bia study for the tests, and then she said that if Bia did not receive any assistance, that she would be proud.

So if I helped Bia study, we cannot be proud?

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr..................

[sandygb]

Originally Posted by bendipez

and PQ, normally I have a kind word to say about people I have never met however....
You're mother is an Idiot!!!

How true....and how sad!

[sandygb]

Originally Posted by JaeDee

I may have told this story before! When I was in kindergarten I lived in a VERY small town. For our field trip we were to go to the fire station and then to get an ice cream cone at the only drive inn in town. We got to the fire station and no fire trucks were there. So we went to the drive inn and sure enough it was on fire! So we turned around and went back to the school! We were a bunch of disappointed 5 year olds!

OMG JD........this is the cutest kindy story I think I have ever heard!!!!! Still laughing.

[sands_healy]

Originally Posted by sandygb

Sands - I'm not sure if this would even work for you, or if the pressure is worse than the potential infection from getting water in the inner ear....... but Carrie has had myringotomies in both of her ears for her entire life, and has always used silly putty to keep the water out. We always rolled a bit of silly putty into a cylindrical shape about 1.5" long by .5" in diameter, then inserted it into the ear and molding it to fill the space in the outer opening of the ear. Maybe .25" or .5" actually gets pushed into the middle of the ear, but it is mostly in the outer ear. It is essentially an ear plug specially molded to fit your ear. It does not "melt" into the ear, but I have no idea how it would work in a pressurized dive situation.

Thanks Sandy. But my ear needs to equalize in order to dive and I'm not sure if it would equalize if I had a plug in it. I do know you can get special earplugs for diving but unfortunately I cannot get them here. I'm hoping this is just a one off thing and that it happened because my sinus was blocked.

[Vallie]

Originally Posted by evergreen100

CONGRATS GRANNYCRYS!!!!
LOTD!!!!

Congrats GC!

[Vallie]

Originally Posted by PQ

I am quite angry at my mother. I sent her an email and told her how Bia had done on her first two college tests. Mama sent me a return email and asked if I had helped Bia study for the tests, and then she said that if Bia did not receive any assistance, that she would be proud.

So if I helped Bia study, we cannot be proud?

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr..................

That is awful PQ, wonder why she is so awful. Good for you for doing such a great job with your schooling.

[Vallie]

Originally Posted by sandygb

Did you get the right freebie Vallie? When I looked at the store freebie for this week, the old one was displayed, but when I scrolled down, the new current one was displayed under it.

I guess they forgot to remove the old one.

[Vallie]

Off to work now! not!

[ebears]

tried reading back but it seems there has been too much chatter for me to catch up. Really PQ I wonder why you even bother to communicate with your mother - Bia did so well in her tests and any normal grandma, like us grannies on this thread, would be so proud to call Bia our grand daughter.

My Princess week has finished with lunch with the craft ladies today. Tomorrow I am going to Perth's big craft show so will be exhausted tomorrow night.

[sands_healy]

Thinking of the British Soldier's family.