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i write often and at length about the big things that are important to me and for which i’m extremely grateful. i’m not gonna bore you with that today. today, i’ll bore you with the little things that i appreciate. little products or solutions i’ve discovered.

i started thinking about this list the other day when i discovered on the way home from work that a cold sore (eww), a whopper of a cold sore (ewwwwwww) was “starting” on my lower lip. those of you who suffer from cold sores know EXACTLY what i’m talking about. the tingling. feels like little worms are swimming under your skin. i know – tmi. i used to start right away at the first sign by freezing the afflicted area with an ice cube. don’t know why, but this doesn’t work for me anymore. i remembered that my friend, marg, uses acidophilus as recommended by her pharmacist. i had picked some up a while ago so i’d be ready when i needed it. i took two tablets as she instructed me. within 10 minutes, the “tingling” stopped. completely. it looked better, too. within 10 minutes! by bedtime, it was GONE! to those of us who suffer from cold sores, this is major news. so number one on my list is:

1. acidophilus – as a cold sore treatment – dare i say remedy?
2. number 2 on the list is another treatment / remedy. for night cramps. i get them bad. and not in the usual calf muscle either. that one’s easy to relieve by pulling up your foot. i get them in muscles on the bottom of my foot. on the top of my foot. behind my knee. places where i have no clue which way to move to relieve the muscle tension. i try every way possible, i think, but wind up walking around the bedroom weeping in pain. i eat bananas. a lot. because i know about the potassium “thing.” i drink orange juice before bed. again for the potassium. if i don’t do these things, the frequency of night cramps increases; but i can still feel every night the “possibility” of a cramp if i forget and stretch my toes. somebody told me to take tums. so i do now. two of the big ones. every day. and they’re gone. the cramps. amazing. so that’s why tums (as a muscle cramp treatment) are number 2.
3. bonne bell lip smackers – watermelon. pink lemonade. i can’t live without ‘em. i’m one of those people who has to wear lip balm (or blam as we call it) CONSTANTLY. i’ve tried many, many different brands of blam, but nothing is as good as lip smackers.
4. cover girl under eye concealer (color: illuminator). no big story here, just a warning. do NOT apply right before having your photograph taken. not unless you – or your son – is proficient at photoshop.
5. schwan’s express meals for one. lots of choices. i grab one from the freezer in the garage most mornings to take to work for lunch. really good. very convenient.
6. bath and body works stuff. i love it. bill loves it. my favorite bbw items: red apple foam soap, coconut lime creamy body wash, the soy (i think they’re soy) candles in the glass jars. yummm.
7. starbucks. nuff said.
8. last night bill and i bought a bag of coffee to try. not starbucks. ghirardelli chocolate caramel. haven’t tried it yet, but ohmygod, the smell of the beans in the car was worth the $4.99. looking forward to a cup during dr. phil this evening. which brings me to
9. dr. phil. i know, i know. a lot of you hate him. bummer. too bad. i LOVE him. don’t be dissin’ dr. phil on nbl now.
10. car books. i ALWAYS have to have a book in the car to read while i’m waiting for bill. this habit started when the boys played hockey. rather than sitting in a freezing cold rink talking hockey for hours while the boys practiced, i’d sit in my heated car with a cup of coffee reading. my last car book was “stones from the river” by ursula hegi. loved it. right now i’m reading kurt vonnegut’s “timequake.” am enjoying it IMMENSELY. having a car book allows me the time to really spend with a book as these days often i’ll get only 5 or 10 minutes a day to read in the car. so i wind up thinking about the story a lot while away from the book. if it’s not a “car book,” i’ll finish it much quicker.

ok. sorry. that was much longer than i planned. i wish i could blog short and quick. i’ll work on it. next year.