HEARTBURN

If you suffer from heartburn, here is a good tip that I got from a home remedy book. It's very simple: DRINK WATER WITH YOUR MEALS! Drinking water will wash the stomach acids from the surface of the esophagus and back into your stomach. The saliva that you swallow with the water will help neutralize the acid. Simple, huh? I will make sure I drink a lot of water with my meals now.

Things have been hectic lately and I haven't been on the computer much except to ChaCha and maybe check email. Bill has been having some health problems that we have been dealing with and I have been ChaCha'ing a lot. Gotta get that extra money in the pocket. Since Bill fell his arm has given him a lot of trouble. I took him to the doctor for that and after more x-rays it is believed he just has a bad sprain. He, also, has not had any energy or has felt like doing anything, but, sleeping. When he missed going to the V.A. with the Knights for his volunteer service, I knew he was really feeling bad. Because he would go no matter how much his legs and feet hurt when he got home from there. On Monday the doctor put him on a narcolepsy medicine to help him stay woke during the day. I almost passed out when I picked the medicine up from the pharmacy and found out it was over $300 for a month's supply.! Yesterday was his first day taking it and he was woke all day. He still didn't have much energy, but, he was woke. He said he thought for over $10 a pill he would be running around the house. Now we just have to see how he slept last night. He has been using his CPAP mask and hopefully slept good last night.

Jackee is moving to Florida today and starting a new job. She came over on Sunday to spend time with us before she goes. I made a big pot of gumbo and the family that lives in this town came over to say goodbye. I didn't think I would cry when she left because the drive to FL is only a little over 7 hours. Just 6 more hours to get to her than when she lived in SC because she only lived an hour away from us. But, I cried. She is such a sweet person and I am so happy for her because she is doing what she has been wanting to do for a long time. Dominique is looking forward to moving because she loves FL, too. Tyler is not so much into it. I told him his mom went through the same thing at his age because that's how old she was when we moved to the Philippines.

We have a lot of family in TX and LA that were affected by Ike. We have relatives in League City, San Antonio, Galveston and Beaumont, TX. In LA we have family in Opelousas and that is where we buried my mother in April. My cousin that lives in League City did not evacuate with her family because she said they had been through Cat 3's before and made it. Plus she has several medical problems that would hamper their leaving. When Ike started hitting Andy called me and we watched the storm on weather.com. Andy then called our cousin and started giving her reports because her power was out by then. That sweet man was on the phone with her every 15 minutes giving her reports all night long until he couldn't keep his eyes open anymore. It was a blessing to my cousin she said because they had no contact with outside and had no idea what was going on. When the calm of the eye came over them it lasted for 2 hours. She said she had never been in one where the eye lasted that long. At a point she thought it was over since it was so long. Then she got the call from my brother saying that the back end of the eye would be hitting there in 30 minutes. Sure enough, it hit and was worst than the front end! Surprisingly, they did not sustain much damage. Thank God.

I am going with Chris and 2 other friends, Mary and Debbie, to see The Women this afternoon. I am looking forward to an afternoon with the girls. Marcy can't go because she is working an afternoon shift today. Friday Marcy, Chris, possibly Bill and I are going to an arts festival. The Philippines is being featured and we are looking forward to going and getting some great Filipino food. Plus there are going to be Filipino dancers Friday evening.

Well, I am going to sign off now and do a little ChaCha'ing then go do some chores. I have things I want to get done before I'm off for the movie. Have a great day!!