NY here I come! (I hope)

[Guest guest]

Just to let you know I am flying to NYC after Sabbath this Sat night,

returning Wed night. I am a bit worried about the flying, I am the

" clutch the nearest person " type on takeoff and landing, (usually DH

or Zehava, Yeshaya just teases me mercilessly!) a bit difficult when I

am flying alone! Being religious helps, but it has a downside too, as

I wonder if God is weighing up my respective good and bad deeds and

deciding what I deserve! Again, flying with DH helps here too, as I

rely on his good deeds to add to my merits!

Friends have been supplying me with addresses of good places to go to

for clothes, another plus size lady who recently made a wedding has

been phoning me with alternatives in London should I not find anything

(I think she was saying " well if you *don't* go... " ...too late for me,

I'm going!!) She even offered to let me wear her dress!

This same lady said that it was worth buying bedlinen and towels there

for the bride's trousseau. This worries me. Flying alone, I don't

think I can schlep back so much stuff, and secondly I have no idea of

Zehava's taste. So I think bedlinen will have to be on the wedding

list and that's it.

This trip is 99% selfish. Zehava wants a closed-back NYC baseball cap

(to wear with a hat wig eventually) and twin sets galore from a

certain shop in Brooklyn. Other than that she doesn't trust me to buy

for her.

I haven't been feeling very well recently either; a chesty cough and

sore throat has lingered past an entire 10 day course of antibiotics.

Yesterday I went to see Dov's dad (a GP but not mine, he's just nice

about seeing me) and he took a blood test to check on *everything.*.

I always worry about blood tests, and can't rest until I know I

haven't got some dread disease. Is anyone else the same about blood

tests? Anyway everything showed up as 100% normal, including

cholesterol, liver and kidney function, white blood cells, thyroid

etc. (so no easy excuse for being fat!). So I'm on the soluble

aspirin. Anyone got any other good cures for a lingering sore throat

and cough?

Sorry for self obsessed ramble.

Ruthie

[Guest guest]

Tried honey and lemon? Our local Safeway sells one already mixed,

with the rest of the honey. I think honey contains a good antiseptic

and the lemon boosts your Vit C.

HTH and have a lovely trip to NY

Francesca

NY here I come! (I hope)

> Just to let you know I am flying to NYC after Sabbath this Sat

night,

> returning Wed night. I am a bit worried about the flying, I am the

> " clutch the nearest person " type on takeoff and landing, (usually DH

> or Zehava, Yeshaya just teases me mercilessly!) a bit difficult when

I

> am flying alone! Being religious helps, but it has a downside too,

as

> I wonder if God is weighing up my respective good and bad deeds and

> deciding what I deserve! Again, flying with DH helps here too, as I

> rely on his good deeds to add to my merits!

>

> Friends have been supplying me with addresses of good places to go

to

> for clothes, another plus size lady who recently made a wedding has

> been phoning me with alternatives in London should I not find

anything

> (I think she was saying " well if you *don't* go... " ...too late for

me,

> I'm going!!) She even offered to let me wear her dress!

>

> This same lady said that it was worth buying bedlinen and towels

there

> for the bride's trousseau. This worries me. Flying alone, I don't

> think I can schlep back so much stuff, and secondly I have no idea

of

> Zehava's taste. So I think bedlinen will have to be on the wedding

> list and that's it.

>

> This trip is 99% selfish. Zehava wants a closed-back NYC baseball

cap

> (to wear with a hat wig eventually) and twin sets galore from a

> certain shop in Brooklyn. Other than that she doesn't trust me to

buy

> for her.

>

> I haven't been feeling very well recently either; a chesty cough

and

> sore throat has lingered past an entire 10 day course of

antibiotics.

> Yesterday I went to see Dov's dad (a GP but not mine, he's just nice

> about seeing me) and he took a blood test to check on *everything.*.

> I always worry about blood tests, and can't rest until I know I

> haven't got some dread disease. Is anyone else the same about blood

> tests? Anyway everything showed up as 100% normal, including

> cholesterol, liver and kidney function, white blood cells, thyroid

> etc. (so no easy excuse for being fat!). So I'm on the soluble

> aspirin. Anyone got any other good cures for a lingering sore

throat

> and cough?

>

> Sorry for self obsessed ramble.

>

> Ruthie

>

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[Guest guest]

> Tried honey and lemon? Our local Safeway sells one already mixed,

> with the rest of the honey. I think honey contains a good

antiseptic

> and the lemon boosts your Vit C.

>

> HTH and have a lovely trip to NY

Thanks. I have been drinking *gallons* of lemon tea with honey. I

don't take milk in my tea, haven't for years, only lemon or lime, so

all that vit c must have got into me somehow! The honey is recent,

and I don't like the taste of it in tea so much. Maybe I'll just take

a spoonful on its own, and drink the tea plain

Thanks for the tips.

Ruthie

[Guest guest]

Anyone got any other good cures for a lingering sore throat

> and cough?

Early nights, positive thinking, eat fresh salads and fruit three

times a day before cooked food, and take slow release Vit C and

Bioforce Echinaforce Drops (x 3 a day) in water; garlic pearles (can

get de-sniffed version), umm and get DH to do a back massage or at

least neck and head ... oh, and a bit of choc to keep you happy! Oh,

and red sage tea for throat plus honey/lemon drinks....

love

Caro

[Guest guest]

Ruthie, I've been meaning to ask for a while. When does Zehava have to wear

a wig? and if she cuts her hair short when will she do this? and does she

mind?

Hannah

NY here I come! (I hope)

This trip is 99% selfish. Zehava wants a closed-back NYC baseball cap

(to wear with a hat wig eventually)

[Guest guest]

> Ruthie, I've been meaning to ask for a while. When does Zehava have

to wear

> a wig? and if she cuts her hair short when will she do this? and

does she

> mind?

>

> Hannah

OK. Does she mind? Well, all unmarried girls find it a hard

transition, covering their hair for the first time, and knowing it's

for keeps. But since today's custom wigs are so light and so soft and

natural looking and feeling, the hardship is much reduced, compared to

the lumps of dead looking woody hair previous generations used to have

to plonk on their heads. She will have at least two stunning wigs and

will look a million dollars in them, as her sisters do. And I don't

look so bad in mine, either!

When? Most brides cover their hair properly the morning after the

wedding. Some very strict sects insist on a bride wearing a wig for

her wedding ceremony already, but most don't. Zehava will cover hers

the next morning.

Will she cut her hair short? No. At least in the beginning, most

girls keep their hair length the way it is, and just clip it up out of

the way. Some times after years, they find it impractical (as I did)

and cut it short. I found the bunched up hair under the wig formed a

bump. I prefer the short crop I have now.

Ruthie