I have heard, all my life, about hives. Never had them. Didn't even know exactly what they were. But they just sound horrible, don't they?
Saturday night, I took the last dose of my 10-day regimen of antibiotics for that nasty sinus infection I had. Ahhh.... Finally done with those! I woke up about 3 a.m., kinda itchy. When I got up Sunday morning and took my shower to get ready for church, I noticed a few odd red splotches here and there, and my scalp itched like crazy. Very, very itchy. You have no idea how itchy. I went ahead and got ready for church, and Mattie and I headed out. By the time we got to church, my hands were a bit puffy. By the time I got out of church, my right eye and my bottom lip were both swelling. Luckily, Mercy has an Express Care in Monett. It opened at noon, just as we got there. By the time I got in to see the Nurse Practitioner (Luckily, the one I usually see, and the one that prescribed the antibiotics) everything was swollen and itchy. She gave me a lovely shot in the hip, and sent me home with steroids and antihistamines. By the way, a shout-out goes to the fine folks at Old Town Pharmacy in Monett. They are open on Sundays, and I never have to wait long. I love those people!
So, anyway, I now know that you can have an allergic reaction to antibiotics at any time during the course of treatment, and if you notice that everything is swelling, you should probably go to the doctor.
I think I have mentioned "Swag bucks" before, but if you haven't already checked them out, you really should. Just by searching using the Swagbuck toolbar, answering short surveys, and watching videos, you earn points that you can then redeem for "prizes" or gift cards. I have already received a $50 Paypal gift card (which I then was able to deposit in my bank account) and have almost enough points to do that again. They offer gift cards to a lot of different stores, but I like the fact that with the Paypal card, I can actually turn that into real money. I have put the Swagbucks Widget at the bottom of my Blog page. Check it out.
Looking for a fun way to jazz up brownies? Bake them as cupcakes. As soon as you take them out of the oven, push a piece of candy into the center. My favorites are Reese's miniatures and Rolos.
My final random rambling for the day is in regards to Price Matching at Walmart. I found a lovely site, "Weekly Saver," out of Monett. For $3 a week, you can receive a price list of all the deals that can be price matched in this immediate area. I just got my first list last week, and saved more than the cost of the list on just two purchases. And price matching was totally hassle free. The only hard part, for me, was not letting myself get distracted and miss telling the checker about the price match. It is rumored that avocados will be on sale at Aldi, starting tomorrow, for only .19 each. Visit Weekly Saver on Facebook
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