Home Remedy--Hickey

         

 

Please remember that these are remedies that have either been mailed onto me, or that I have found on the Internet.  I haven't tried them all and cannot guarantee the effectiveness of them.  Of course, you should always check with your physician before starting any type of medical regimen.

 

Hickey

• Coat area liberally with lotion. Rub with the back of a cold spoon vigorously for as long as you can stand to, changing out spoon for new cold one every 10 minutes. Recommended time for this treatment is 45-60 minutes.

Well, it's not a remedy that most of us need these days, lol.  But it would have been a good one to have years ago.  Although my folks probably would have thought something weird was going on when they found me sitting with a cold spoon on my neck for an hour.

 

I wonder if it works the same for any bruise.  Probably does.  That would be good.  These days it seems that any little bump and I tend to bruise up like I've been going a few rounds with Holyfield or one of those guys.  I'll have to remember to try it the next time I walk into something. 

 

Did you ever have one of those days when you woke up and began questioning everything about your life?  I hate this time of year...it tends to be such a bad time for me.  Seasonal depression...blah!  It sucks.  I begin thinking about everything and questioning every decision I've made over the years. 

 

I know I shouldn't, but it's hard not to.  There is nothing I can do about choices I made when I was 18 or 19 that affected my whole life.  I can only deal with today and deal with tomorrow when it comes.  As a matter of fact, I should only be thinking about today and let tomorrow bring whatever.  But sometimes just focusing on today is so hard.

 

I begin thinking about the decisions I've made and how they still affect my life today...and that's just the beginning of a vicious cycle.  That vicious cycle is one that I definately don't want to get stuck on (again).  I don't want to get stuck in a nasty attack on myself, I have enough people to do that for me.  If I fall into it, I know I'll just end up picking apart every decision I've ever made. I'll pick myself apart for the weight I can't seem to keep off.  I'll question my choice to be a simple wife and mother rather than having a "career".  My inability to be independent.  Arghhhh! 

 

I'll just tear myself apart for every little thing about me, and I DON'T want to fall into that!  I need to fight this.  I've done it before...but sometimes it can be a difficult battle.  It's like a scab...you know you shouldn't pick at it...you know it's going to be a big ol' mess if you do.  Then you find yourself unconsciously picking it and before you know it...you've ruined your favorite blouse with a blood stain.  YUK!

 

Hm, I hate fall...autumn...whatever ya want to call it.  Everything is dying.  The flowers I planted.  The leaves.  The grass.  My hydrangea never bloomed this year.  It's cold and rainy.  The sky is gray.  I've got to find my "it".  The thing that I can do or think that will help me pull out of this.  The thing that will keep my mind too busy to think depressing thoughts. 

 

Well, I hate to close this entry after all my depressing talk so I went and found a joke for ya'll.

 

Pump Kin

You might be a redneck if...

...the Jack-O-Lantern on your porch has more teeth than you!

 

Have a great day & hugs to all my friends!