Thursday, August 20, 2009

"home remedies" for arthritis , gout , "bumps"and more



(link for the home remedy, below)

OWIE....My big toe is hurting. Is there no "rest" for the weary?

I've already had bunion surgery on it. The joint had to be "broken" to realign my toe(poor thing) , remove the bunion ,AND bone spurs ,AND some arthritis "stuff" ...
The "rest" afterwards was not particularly "restful" , not does hobbling rather poorly on crutches for MORE than the "promised" 6 weeks lend itself to work on da farm....
(No offence to Dr.'s but they"lie" to get us in there...oh you'll "only" need to be on crutches for 6 weeks...ummm he 'forgot" to include the need for crutches to "learn" to PAINFULLY walk again, the crutches let you "rest" the throbbing foot ,when you are what seems miles from the couch to prop it above the "required" heart level..I haven't noticed any couches on the farm or in pens or paddocks during that time when I was "fluffing" them up...(on crutches).
I did manage to create a sense of merriment for the critters.
The critters found all kinds of ways to "get a way" with mischief during the :
hey, mom is really SLOW... PARTY, PARTY, ...fun, fun ,fun....

"My" spur is growing again (bummer) as is "my" arthritis...Surgery was NOT fun.. umm "me not want to umm "go" there again, if at all possible.

So-o-o- I have decided to try the gin and raisin treatment that I keep coming across

I went to peoples pharmacy to see what they had to say and how to prepare this remedy

I enjoyed reading the posts with testimonials, info and questions.

I am especially interested in the ones about gout and fibromyalgia,looking forward to more info coming in on this...I even submitted a comment about "bumps"

My bump comment...

I enjoyed reading the posts. I plan to try this (next shopping trip) for my painful joints. In response to the "bumps" Q. Somewhere I heard or read whacking them will cause them to break up and reabsorb.I believe these "bumps" may be either the beginning or established bone spurs. Personally I decided to try the whacking (surgery for them is no fun,believe me..been there done that)I've "whacked" the "bumps" on my thumb and a couple of fingers and they apparently were broken and reabsorbed. (this is a hard couple of whacks ,it will hurt,I whack until the "bump" seems to disappear and kind of 'feels" it is longer attached and melting) I've repeated this several times in the past couple of years(whenever "they" seem to try to come back) and it has worked great for me.I also tried whacking a similar larger(thus perhaps well established) bone spur on big toe ,when I learned about this, it only aggravated my poor toe(but not for long,so I felt it was well worth the try).

(after you click on the link below,read the posts, why not click on the back arrow to HURRY back here to farm funnies,so you can enjoy more of my posts :-) some are super silly...

Since we are "talking" about feet ,perhaps you might like to read my post
Smelly feet, Grandpas home remedy

Now , for the home remedy of gin & raisins "how to" info , I recommend reading the posts at:


Gin Soaked Raisins for Arthritis - The People's Pharmacy®

good luck, I hope you find relief, as a "tee-total-er"one suggestion...
remember the line in the move The hunt for Red October ONE PING and ONE PING only ?
Well ,I agree and most heartily recommend 9 gin soaked raisins and 9 only :-)

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Get the latest BUZZ..a cool new "do" for summer

Cinder is the new "kid" on the "block"

Here he is getting his very first "hair" cut...

Wow isn't Armondo fast ?

This is a BUTTERCUP,not a ROSE

A lovely Rose.....

I am being silly, this is not a ROSE
it is a BUTTERCUP, or at least what I call a buttercup
If you want to see my real Rose "shot" of a wild Rose
click on my post This is your life,know the choices & choose well
over at my merryheart blog...and have a wonderful day....

Thursday, July 23, 2009

It's Fair time: A great new pig'n ford race video

It is fair time and so I always think of the Tillamook,Oregon county fair with its pig'n ford races
they are fun to watch, I love them... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0n9LBZ6LkI

and you know how it goes, you look up just one simple thing, and before you know it an hour has vaporized...but you've seen or read some more cool "stuff"

watch this squirrel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRBVh8ZPUyg
eagle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eHuIB8YOoo
and just for the scenery alone this is worth watching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7MuFDVEUro

makes me want to get out a new canvas and my oils....
(Jeanne Warren, Bob & Virgia West and all my painting pals at Virgia's class, does this make
you want to paint?...check out their sites..under my friends list, they are GOOD)
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Your dogs healthy anti flea breakfast...secret ingredients

Yesterday Kate wanted some snow, it was HOT....
so did our "little" Annie and Roo-die our wonderdog
it was nowhere to be found......

I did find something this morning I didn't want to find....a flea.....YIKES......
I have an allergic reaction to flea and mosquito bites, and they LOVE me....
so I have a passion to not allow them (or mice and rats) on our little farm

We have an anti flea and anti rodent(uninvited..hamsters,and gerbils can visit) "welcome" mat.
How to create your own "mat" follows this terrific video for a great anti pest breakfast...
Prevent Fleas - Healthy Breakfast Recipe for Dogs Video - About.com
when you e-mail me(www.betty@bettyframesuccess4u.com ) requesting my "secret" additions that I have discovered after a lifetime of critter care ...I will send them to you...they only "cost" a nickle...
or you can gladly pay me "tuesday" for a "hamburger" today..

JUST KIDDING...I will send "that info to you for FREE,
we are being very green today )
I just wish our last hay purchase was a shade greener, so do our hay neighers :-)
better than having nay sayers "hanging around :-) !

oh so sorry (not)...,farm funnies mom is being puny...
(little sleep last night ,such often makes me rummy)
uh oh now the rhyming...
chores are late, poor pony tummy
plus I plan to make my breakfast be (rasp)berry yummy....
(hmm I'm late so I won't go to my berry patch,
I'll just grab a vanilla shake and some of my new sug free raspberry torini coffee syrup..yum
(why can't the label be as pretty as my with sugar one?)

My anti flea/unsolicited rodent & fly "welcome" mat and program...

Fleas...for dogs and farm funnies lovable cats
who SHOULD be my main rodent "repellents"...attention kitties are you listening?

Besides my secret ingred additions to their breakfast ,I also use a topical 1 x a month advantage
(I use a vet approved dosage of the advantage for dogs that saves us money for our cat "gang")
I will sprinkle pet and poultry dust on the yard,and "paths" if I ever find more than a few fleas.
it happens, like today..soccer boy (one of our kitties, who has been on an extended mouse hunting trip in our neighbors hay field, was the one to show me his little "friend"the first flea I've seen this year. ..why are the mice "greener" on the other side of the fence? are my kitties receiving affiliate income from the rodent "food" producers we support?

Horses: after trying numerous products daily use of Bronco spray produces our best fly mosquito protection as well as fly predators , try http://www.flypredators.com/ we lucked out
we have a healthy "batch" of the busy lil' "kids",who seem to survive each winter,
they work wonders...YAY now if they would only raise their efforts and tackle
the uninvited box elder bug "guests"

Alpaca's....injectable and topical ivermectrin takes care of their inner and outer "vermin"
(and a dose of horse paste wormer, "not just any kind tho")
we had similar routine for our goats and cows, we are currently minus these.

Our feathered friends & "family" we have baby call ducks now, they are so cute....
so things are just "ducky" here on the farm...a sprinkle of pet and poultry dust while they are
"dreaming" ...I do that as fast as a duck on a June bug..so they don't wake up...
we also have canaries , I seldom need to debug them...

Now this should keep you hopping....

oh I am on a phytonutrient,enzyme,raw food benefit rabbit trail
here is something I'd like to see how it tastes w/o buying a whole jar/box first
Chocolate Green SuperFood Drink Powder, Vegan - 8.5 oz
farm funnies grand kids love chocolate milk at grandma's
I don't like adding lots of sugar and "stuff" and I haven't a chocolate cow right now
so this is interesting....anyone tried this?
I shudder when I remember as a kid, begging mom for ovalteen.
it "sounded" so good on tv. Money was tight so when she acquiesced,she
made us use up the whole jar, terrible stuff(I thought so, but my sister I think liked it, or so she said the other day when we were reminiscing...??)