frustrated displaced suffering southerner

A recipe for breaking up congestion? LOL, I'm from the deep south, back there you would use whiskey and honey..Try it, it really does work...You can make a hot toddy..

Equal parts chamomile tea and whiskey ( southern comfort is my favorite)
honey to your taste

This actually tastes pretty yummy, you can put some milk and sugar in too..It's kind of a Gone With The Wind-esque remedy.

And..If you drink enough toddies the congestion won't really matter anymore. :lol:

Absolutely right. My dad made me one years ago when I had a really bad flu. Got half way through the toddie, went to bed and woke up 4 hours later ... sheets soaking wet from sweating (I checked to make sure) and the flu was gone. But, my dad has passed on and I don't have the recipie and I'm in Utah. The state liquor stores are closed. I'm SOL :cry:

Well..Looks like you're stuck with plain 'ol cough syrup

Sorry to hear about your morning, Fins! :-( I hope all is well now.

We've got the Hawaiian Smokie Links in one crockpot, the bbq chicken bites in the other crockpot, crackers & chips at the ready, shrimp, cheese, summer sausage, cheeseball & pop in the fridge...we're ready to roll when the game starts!

I forgot to mention the big ol' bottle of pre-mixed Mudslides in the fridge....FOR ME. ;-) That would work to break up congestion, maybe. LOL

Hope you feel better soon, Deb.

Thanks SueBee. I think I'll just turn on the shower and steam up the bathroom. Utah is so dry.

SueBee- I'm coming to your house to eat!! Sounds yummy :D

Come on over Karen! We've got room and plenty of munchies, and I can't drink a whole bottle of mudslides on my own! Well, I COULD, but it might not present a very good example for the kids! LOL

I'd love too, SueBee,but I'm probably a long way from you :lol:

Nothin' says Super Sunday like a Margarita, right? I want to see KFed's commercial. He is such a TOOL!!!!!!

Yeah Sue, we're coming to your house to eat all of your food.

We ordered food from the pizza place....It's really cold outside, and I guess we're jerks for having them deliver it. Oh well, I didn't fill out the guys job application. :lol:

According to the weather report, it is ONE degree outside. With a wind chill of -14. That's CRAP! Thursday we're going to have a HEAT WAVE...It's going to be 25 degrees! I'm going to have to get some sunblock and a new bikini. It's going to be HOT out. :P

Hope everyone's having fun. We have the game on, but I haven't figured out what's going on yet.

Debtfairy--

When my daughter and myself have a bad cold with a cough, I've been buying Mucinex DM. It is really good. It has 600mg of guaifenesin(expectorant) in it for breaking up the cough and 30mg of cough suppressant. My doctor had recommended for me. It costs like $10 for a bottle of 20 extended-release tablets at Walmart.

Thanks Brownsugar. We have a 24 hour Rite-Aid so I think I'll run over and get some. I've been coughing so hard I have a headache.

Make sure you get the Mucinex DM and not the regular Mucinex b/c the regular Mucinex doesn't have the cough suppressant in it.

DebtFairy - I know just how you feel - I woke up this morning not feeling up to par and the next thing - I feel like I am coughing a lung up! A good Irish hot toddy is a cup of strong black tea, 2 shots of a good Irish whiskey, honey and a splash of lemon. Now my old grandma used to also swear that rubbing vicks on the soles of your feet and putting socks on before bed would stop you from coughing all night. I am trying that tonight. I know that I don't have the flu I had a shot for that. I feel so crappy that I sent all of the food I made yesterday and last night over to my friends house for the party and I am going to bed!

I'm going to bed too. Guess the fairys are are the party poopers. If I don't feel better in the morning I going to run in to the Instacare for some serious antibiotics. I'm prone to bronchitis and once it really gets set in it takes weeks to get over.

Your hot toddies sounds somewhat like my dad's only I swear he had rum in it too. I could be mistaken. Wish dad was still living to tell me. My sister says he's hanging out at her house, so maybe I'll call and ask her to ask him for the recipe. (j/k) I have a sick sense of humor like the rest of my family!

I drove 2 1/2 hours to South Haven today to pick up my daughter and 2 hours back just so her Dad and Uncle could watch a friggin football game. I'm not a happy camper, but I'm still alive. I have lived in MI all of my life and I've never drove on worse roads than what I did today. 131 and 196 are a solid sheet of white ice. It was blowing so bad at times I may as well have been driving with a friggin blind fold on. I can't believe that I have to go back out in this in the morning. All that snow and these arctic temps won't allow the roads to clear. I have no friggin clue why I still live in this miserable state. I hate winter. I hate cold, I hate snow, and I hate driving in this mess.
Fins darlin I completely understand where you are coming from on this.

Polly - sorry to hear things are so bad out your way. We're glad you made it back ok! :-)

I say the same thing about Utah every winter.

This is a vision for all of you who think fins and I are over exaggerating...

Looks like what we had a week ago. Hang in there. Good weather is around the corner. It was in the 40's today in Utah. Inversion is almost gone and like Jess, I might drag out the bikini. Only, no picture requests ... please.

Boy, Polly, you weren't kidding! (Not that I thought you were...we had some nasty stuff here too - but nothing like that!) I'm hoping for no school for the kids tomorrow. It's SO cold out there.

Polly and you other cold, tired Midwesterners:
Come to the Golden State!! We're always looking for sane residents, cuz we have so few! It's in the low 60's with a few clouds in the sky...gets any colder the wusses who live in my state will put on jackets!!

Jessi,

25 degrees on Thursday? Wow! That is a heat wave for around here. Most of the schools in our area cancelled today because of the freezing temperatures. It's like 20 below with the wind chill right now. It's supposed to be even colder tomorrow and I have to go outside. YIKES!

The majority of the schools in my area were closed today too, and my daughter is hoping they are tomorrow. I just heard on the news that they are expecting 3-5 inches of snow in my area starting Tues night. I hate this b/c, I have to be at work at 5:30am and the salt trucks are never out this early treating the roads :(

The schools around my house were all closed today, and some tomorrow from the cold.

I had to pump gas and I thought I was going to die. I was so cold I was making this high pitched noise...PPL were looking at me like I was nuts.

OUCH.. to all I am from Ill so I know cold But Los Angeles is 80.. today HOT.. We had lunch outside.. I feel bad even posting.. But I will anyway.. :D

Schools closed here today too - too cold for the kids to stand outside and wait for the bus. Buses probably wouldn't even start - many people at work that drive diesel-fueled vehicles said the fuel gelled last night in the cold temps.

My parents live in a town where the tap water isn't drinkable due to pollution from an old chemical plant that has leached toxins into the city water supply. They get drinking water from a local artesian well, and asked me to fill their 12 1-gallon jugs for them today. My hands were purple when I got done - and about as close to frostbite as I ever want to get. Couldn't wear gloves and do the water at the same time. Tried to get the water this past weekend, but the pump froze up and couldn't get any!

I pray my car starts tomorrow morning b/c it's supposed to be even colder than it was today.

I'm soooooo done with winter. I quit.

I quit too. This stinks.

My car is soooooo top heavy. It's a fun summer-mobile that I adore driving with the jinormous sun roof open, but it drives like a school bus in this weather. I HATE this.

Jessi - I'm with you! It should only snow on Christmas! I forgot to trickle the water in the tub so now the hot water in the tub is frozen - no showers! Luckily the sink works but I was so looking forward to a nice hot shower! :(

I wish my car was a little heavier..I feel like it's going to go fly off the road sometimes.

Jessi,

Put a couple of bags of sand or cat litter in your trunk. That will help weigh it down a little.

My trunk is full of stuff...I use it for storage...lol

It's probably my anxiety more than anything.

I swear I go onto two wheels when I turn corners. I tried sandbags in my cargo area, but all it did was slide around back there.

The body shape of my car is not made for snow..It all blows onto my license plate and covers it..I'm waiting to get pulled over for that.

My kids don't have school again tomorrow. They can't get the roads clear in these arctic temps.

It's officially CRAP in Columbus....It took me over an hour to get home from work today...I had white knuckles and I have a sharp pain behind my left eye from the stress....I really HATE driving in the snow...It's crap! I quit!

It is already a level 1 snow emergency in my area. The news said we are expecting 3-5 inches of snow :x

Every turn I made, my car felt like it was sliding. It could be my imagination, but it was scary.

I'm moving back home. That's it. If Andrew misses any more school he'll be going in July. This sucks.

yo! fins! *surfs up* on the Gulf baby!


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I hear you, Texas...

I am a gulfside girl myself..Port Richey, right outside of Tampa. I want to go home!!!!!

I have had it too! Still no hot water in the shower and the kids are telling me that they are starting to feel skrody! I am with them! I have space heaters running in the bathroom to see if we can't defrost the hot water pipes and everytime someone wants to use the can I have to go in and shut off the heater and move it out in the hall!This sucks the big one! TI have been in this house over 30 years and this hasn't happened since 76/77 when we had all of those blizzards. I was my fault - I remembered to drip all of the faucets but the bath tub! DUH!! I can only hope that by morning the water will be on. Until then I told the kids that they will have to buff and fluff (sponge bath). I just got that look!

hand 'em a handful a lawn grass, then watch the look you get!


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Oh Gosh, Irish..That sucks!! I think I would have to bite it and take a cold shower...BRRRRR!

Thank Goodness we have hot water..I saw the weather forecast, it's supposed to be up to 22 this weekend, with wind chills above zero!! I can't wait, that's a major warm-up!! I just hope that stupid groundhog was right.

Send me your snow, PLEASE. I want snow so bad. I miss the Midwest. Here in the south, we are lucky to get 3 inches all winter.

You are lucky.

I never even saw snow in my life until we came up here to visit my Grandma in the winter when I was 15. I was floored!! Unreal!! I thought it was incredible!

I'll never forget when I first moved here in 1996. I thought this stuff would surely kill me...Turns out I hadn't seen anything yet.

My grandma is completely fed up with the snow. She said she is so tired of looking out the kitchen window and seeing snow, snow, snow.

It's pretty, but I wish it was warm and dry...