Flu helper recipe

I can't believe it is going to be February.  I have been sick for more of January than I have been well.  I am trying to keep a good attitude....boy is it hard.

I had the real bad flu during Christmas and continued into the new year and beyond about 3 weeks all together.  I did find a few things that I thought I would share with you that may help if you get this mess.

1. If you are having the nausea try ginger root pills.  I try to take them everyday in the winter to ward off the flu and I didn't get started early enough this year.  I did find that they really help keep the nausea at bay.

2. vinegar and honey...I had a sore throat with the first round and nothing worked till I started this.  1-T honey 1-T vinegar just mix it up real good and swig it down.  I use mother vinegar.

3. REST..REST...REST the more I tried to get done the worse I got.  I would have a spell where I was feeling good so I would do laundry or clean and I would end up with a fever and barely able to breath.  So as I got better I would work for a little while and then rest and gradually add things to my day.  I finally was able to work for a whole day and then a week.

Now I blame my husband for this cold I have today since he had it last week and I ended up with it on Thursday.  Today was the worst but I think I will be back on the mend tomorrow...sunshine will help the best I think....xxoo everyone.  Lynda

Weekend

This has been a hard last few months.  I had the flu right after Thanksgiving and it came back right after Christmas with a vengeance, I was sick for 3 weeks I just couldn't kick it.  Finally I feel human again it has only been a few weeks and I am still trying to get my house and work back in order.

The big thing I have changed in my life is to give myself permission to take my time.  If it takes me all day to get a few rooms clean who cares??? No one cares no one is here but me and the dogs on week days most of the time.  I love a clean house and I love to cook and decorate but there are days it just doesn't happen.

Now I have had the time and it is back to living and moving.  I have so much research to do on my green house and garden. I want it to be off the grid... so I have to have heat in the winter and I need a shade cloth and fans in the summer.  So if anyone has any great ideas for Oklahoma greenhouse growing please SHARE!!!  I talked to one of the ladies in town who has a green house that she has kept going for years and she was awesome.

I have to get some things made up this weekend for Thomas and myself to have during the week.  I will be letting you know how those go.


I wanted to give you something maybe new to try.  I did this one a few months ago and it was pretty good...we enjoyed it and it just got better the longer we had it.

1 white cake mix

1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice

1 cup white sugar

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese

1/2 cup butter, softened

4 cups confectioners' sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup chopped pecans

Directions:

Prepare cake according to instructions on package. Bake in a 9x13 inch pan. Allow to cool. Make holes in cake with fork. Combine pineapple and sugar in saucepan. Bring to a boil. Spoon over cooled cake.

In a large bowl, cream butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add powdered sugar and beat until smooth. Add vanilla. Add pecans and mix well. Spread cream cheese frosting over cake.

Enjoy your weekend and I will be back next week hopefully feeling like my old self or maybe I will be a better old self...xxoo everyone...

Lynda