Observations from the sick ward

[viciouswishes]

1. Everyone likes Queen.

2. My throat is feeling better and one side is like 100% less covered in white stuff. Which probably means I don't have strep like the doctor worried about.

3. Jason, however, is running a 101-102 fever and has been all day.

4. We're already on to BtVS S2.

5. I currently have Corizone around my lips due to hives. While I can consume egg and touch cooked egg, raw egg makes my skin break out. (Thankfully, not my tongue or inside my mouth or throat like when I was a child.) So the sauce on the pasta we ate for dinner is kind of a rash maker.

6. I really suck at making biscuits of any kind. Failure.

7. Jason was a total Highlander fanboy back in the day and wants to do a re-watch of it. (amaresu, I see a mission.)

8. I am burning up as Jason has the chills so the heat is cranked and the oven's baking.

9. I'm working on this story where Buffy and Gunn are like 15 and they are freaking adorable. Both of them. Along with helping my writerly issues.

10. Do I really have to go to work tomorrow?

Comments

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

The two of you need to get better! I'm sending well thoughts and virtual snuggly blankets.

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

Yes, we do. We're feeling a bit better. Jason's practically done and I still have a sore throat, but I expect that with a weekend of sleeping, I'll have finally kicked the bug.

[havocthecat]

Highlander! God, I loved that show.

[mallyns.livejournal.com]

Everyone loves Highlander, just don't watch the Source, very bad movie.

[fringelement.livejournal.com]

Have you tried using egg replacer or egg alternatives in general to keep the hives away?

I had a two-month long hives breakout that I never could explain, and I know how annoying they are.

Hope you feel better!

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

I used egg replacer and ate duck eggs as a kid. However, only raw eggs cause a skin rash and only on the surface of my body. So I often do things like make Jason break eggs for dishes. It's not really the problem it used to be, I'll just know better than to eat this pasta fresh because re-heated in the microwave cooked the eggs just enough. :)

Thanks.

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Sorry about Jason and your rash.


Gabrielle

[mallyns.livejournal.com]

Feel better soon, and tell Jason, I'm a Highlander fan girl, at least we will have something in common when you and he come see me when I graduate.

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

Now Jason's coming?

[mallyns.livejournal.com]

Figured you didn't want to leave the boy all alone.

[trialia]

Yes, everyone loves Queen. *pets icon*

Also, Highlander, w00t! Torri was in one episode of that at some point. But I prefer the film... 'cause, hey, more Queen.

I'm glad you're feeling better, sweetheart.

[usedtobeljs]

I really do hope you guys can shake your various illnesses -- no fun for you at all. :-(

[hugs]

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely looking forward to warm weather and better health.

*hugs*

[amaresu]

Are you guys ever going to be healthy?

I fully support any and all Highlander. Except The Source which I haven't seen, but I read plot summaries for and that was enough. End Game was bad enough.

Too bad you're almost 2000 miles away.

[mallyns.livejournal.com]

Never see The Source. I suffered through the Russian version, the Dutch version and then the final US version and it makes HL2 look like the best movie ever.

[amaresu]

it makes HL2 look like the best movie ever.

That's what I heard. Kinda took all desire to see it away.

Not that I haven't watched HL2 more than once. And I own it.

[mallyns.livejournal.com]

Heh. I own it as well, I think both versions of HL2. I'm a sucker I buy all the HL movies except the last 2. I haven't been buying DVD's unless they are must have. I have a fear that as soon as a I have a huge collection of DVD's the format will change again and I'm sick of wasting money.

[amaresu]

My opinion is I don't have an HD tv, I don't have an HD player and I still own VHS tapes so I don't care if they change the format.

I still don't buy any dvds over $7.50 though.

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

We were healthy all of February! (Well, Jason did pass his painful stone, but there was no ER trips or excessive pain due to him being on pain meds 24/7.)

It is too bad. :(

[simpledoubt.livejournal.com]

There's a wonderful biscuit recipe in my lj right now. Here's a foolproof recipe:

Preheat oven to 450
Sift together:
1 3/4 C all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp Salt
3 tsp baking Powder
Add:
4 to 6 Tblsp chilled butter

Cut shortening into dry ingredients, make a well in the center. Add, all at once:
3/4 C. Milk

Stir until free from the sides of the bowl. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured board. Knead gently and quickly, making about eight to ten folds. Roll with a lightly floured rolling pin, until 1/2 inch thick. Cut with a biscuit cutter dipped in flour. Place on an ungreased baking sheet and bake 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Tip: Don't twist the biscuit cutter while cutting. It seals the sides of the biscuit and doesn't allow it to rise as high as it should. They kind of end up like a hockey puck when you twist the cutter.

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recipe.

I did find out that my baking soda was very expired so it got tossed and perhaps that will help in the future.