Yesterday we dropped by Daughter #2's new house to say howdy to them and the grands. They recently bought a home 10 minutes further away from us, which is a bit daunting when we might otherwise be able to drop in for a few minutes, were we "in the area." We're not in their area, ever. And no, for the record they didn't do that because of us. We already dropped by precious few times. Now they are twice as far from our house as Daughter #1, who lives just 15 minutes away and can easily be included on the route between home and Husband's work (and my parents' place, as well).
On the theory that staying too short of a time makes us more welcome than staying too long, we just stayed for half an hour. We admired how things were looking now that they're more settled in the house, jibber-jabbered with the grands, ate little, tasty apples fresh off their trees, and reveled in the fresh-hot chocolate chip cookies Daughter #2 served up for us. And we oohed and aahed over her latest work of art, pictured here.
Son-in-law is allergic to nuts. Deadly allergic. Oddly, he is NOT allergic to peanuts, but anything else will put him into significant a deadly respiratory distress. Daughter #2 has both a talented hand with art, and a witty way with words. So when she bought some almond butter for her and the kids recently, she marked it up well so that her husband wouldn't get anywhere close to wandering into the tasty treat.
It would be difficult for me to have to be so vigilant about the ingredients in everything I eat. I don't feel good when I eat something with a lot of milk in it, although I react less to even milk when I'm rested and not stressed. And corn can make me feel like a I have the flu, and I have to go sleep it off. But that's still not a deadly allergy.
For son-in-law, his allergy really does work a little like a "tree of knowledge of good and evil;" "Eat, and you shall die." Literally. Yikes.
I'm inspired that you are actually making a goal to blog every day! I didn't realize that, and was thinking, "Boy, how wonderful that Ginger has had so much to say lately!"
ReplyDeleteI once brought home a chocolate chip cookie to Sam from work. A vendor had brought us a container of "gourmet" cookies to work, and I thought he'd enjoy one. He took two bites of it, and started complaining that his tongue "felt funny" and he proceeded into a full blown allergy issue. He vomited, got massive hives, and as I was pumping Benadryl into him contemplating whether I needed to watch and wait, or go to an ER, he started feeling some better. We normally have an Epi-pen as he's allergic to bee sting, but mine was expired and I'd wasted it and was waiting to call the MD for another Rx as it was January and there was not much risk of his being stung. I called Kroger the next day and asked about the ingredient list. The culprit was pecans. Yep, he'd apparently NEVER had a tree nut with his picky eating habits. But, he eats his weight in peanut butter each day. The mystery is that peanuts are technically considered a LEGUME. They grow in the ground, and not on trees, and that's why you can eat peanuts and be allergic to TREE nuts. So, Sam knows to ask about any baked goods or anything he's offered to eat to discern whether they are "good or evil!"
Jayne, that's very interesting about why peanuts could be safe and all other nuts unsafe. Had never known that, so thanks for sharing! Glad to know that Sam's being vigilant on his own behalf!
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