The Beast's Newest Contraption.....

Today we got the Nuwave Induction plate along with all the other stuff that was offered with it.  I am impressed.  The Beast put some cold water (and it was damn near icy!) in the pan that came with it and SOAB!  It was boiling in about 3 minutes.  I kid you not!  I was shocked.  So was the Beast.  It was amazing.  He's going to have fun with that.  He already has plans.....LOL.  

I am getting a bit worried about my right leg.  It has been really swollen the past few days.  I mean the skin is so tight that it's painful.  I have to make an appointment with my vascular doctor tomorrow and see what he thinks.  He may order another sonagram on that leg.  The last one I had was on my left leg.  Since he had to clear a shunt in the right leg last year, it may be that simple.  At least, I hope so.  I've been sleeping with that leg really elevated at night.  I wake up if it slips off...LOL.  But it does help...for a while.  I've tried to stay on my feet more than I am sitting down but my back doesn't allow too much time before THAT part of me hurts like hell.  Lord, I hate being old and falling apart.  

I know the back problem is due to two different car accidents I was in....both where I was rear-ended while at a stop.  The worst one was when a guy hit me doing 65mph and I was at a stop, waiting for cars to turn.  Luckily, there were two cop cars there that saw the whole thing and they also knew I had a bad case of whiplash.  Up until then, I thought whiplash was a joke.  Well, it's not a joke and I was laid up, in pain, for a couple weeks afterward.  The darn pain pills they give you are a joke.  But now I am paying a different price because that area (the pelvic girdle) has deteriorated.  That's where all the pain is from.  I have to talk to my regular doctor about getting a back brace now or I will be just miserable.

My friend, Carol, and I connected again tonight.  She told me that two of her gifts to me should be here tomorrow and the last one by the end of the week.  I think one of them is definitely a joke gift.  It's the way she talks about it that makes me suspect that.  I will let you know once I receive them all.  She can be a nut at times but I love her to death.  She has a loving, giving heart.  I am sad that she never had any grandchildren of her own although she has adopted my great-grands as the *stand-in granny* as she calls herself.  She was totally wonderful about Gunner and sent many wonderful things for the Princess's shower.  We started to laugh at all the gifts that were from Carol.  She just had a ball, I think, buying them all.  I was glad she finally managed to stop herself.....LOL.

I've been drinking tea today.  I really love that cinnamon apple tea the Beast found for me.  It's delicious.  It even has a bit of a *bite* like cinnamon does.  And, on a cold day like today, it's very warming.  

Time to get this posted now.  Hope your work week started off well.  Remember to stay warm, dry and be careful driving.  Love you all.  ***Hugs***