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Last week I bought a Pressure Cooker at Walmart to celebrate our 36th wedding anniversary. It's a Farberware 6 quart " 7-1 programmable pressure cooker".  I like it because it can also be used as a crock pot slow cooker. The first thing we cooked was a pork roast.  It fell apart but tasted great. Next we want to try the slow crock pot setting, maybe on chicken cutlets. It's a new toy for old folks.  I even want to try and cook, which is something I usually leave for Lynette who loves to cook. Any favorite recipes you'd like to share?  Strange or funny experiences you've had and want to comment about?

I've never seen these interesting spiders myself but I'd love to see one up close in real life. Here are a few videos. Their eyes are special. This Wednesday I have an appointment to see my neurologist about the small seizure I had last week.  It always happens while I'm asleep so I should be okay during the day.  Maybe a medication adjustment might help.  Thanks for your encouraging comments.

I usually take 3 tablets of Lamictal 100mg in the evening and 2 tablets in the morning.  I was on 3 tablets twice a day but it was too much.  It made me too groggy.  So I went to taking 3 at night and 2 in the morning. Now after the seizure I added another half tablet to make it 2 and 1/2 in the morning and 3 at night.  I felt like I was "drunk" all day.  I could not drive. Caffeine from coffee and tea helped. That's all I can think of for now.

I had a seizure this morning, nothing major.  Four men and a woman who was in charge came to the house.  The four men must have come because Lynette said I was acting strange.  I don't remember it. I remember Lynette talking on the phone and locking herself in another bedroom.  I asked what she was doing and she told me about the seizure.  I couldn't believe it.  I was sure she was overreacting to a nightmare I must have had but I didn't remember any dream.   When the medics arrived they took my blood pressure and some other physical exams.  Then they asked me several questions which was very disturbing. I could not remember my daughter and granddaughter's names for a while.  The year and day of the week was difficult.  The name of the president was a mystery. But after a few minutes it all came back to me, thank God. They asked me if I wanted to go the the hospital but I did not want to go.  I decided to call my neurologist...

The Brooklyn Bridge in New York is my favorite.  For me it's a work of art with much history behind it. For more information follow this link: Brooklyn Bridge - Wikipedia Video: Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge (I found these photos on the web)

I tried doing this several years ago and just could not keep up with it.  Maybe I just lost interest.  My guess is that I started a 30 day project then learned that it was not for me.  It was a mistake. It was something I really did not want to do. Even so, I felt like I had failed at it.  This discouragement led me to just drop the whole 30-Day thing. Here's the video about trying something new for 30 days: For my next attempt I'll try to: 1. Give the project a few days to try out.  If I feel it's worthwhile I'll continue.  Otherwise I'll choose some other goal. There's no shame in stopping a goal that's a mistake.  If I'm going the wrong way there's no shame in correcting course.  (As an example I need about 8 hours of sleep.  If I try to get by on less I'll feel miserable.  So I'll stop and  just switch to another project.) 2.  The goal must be realistic, not almost impossible to do.  (A bad habit mig...

I'd like to share this wonderful yet sad old English ballad that Lynette found on the web.