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What is with all these fevers?

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Geez … just how many fevers can a person have in one day or in a week or a year? I’m sick and tired of having fevers!

That’s just one symptom of Crohn’s disease .. well not the constant fevers, but it can be part of the disease.

I have had so many fevers, on a daily basis for the last three years, that when I purchased the domain for my main blog (and it’s sub-blogs) two years ago I called it Feverishthoughts! Hey it works!

One of the big things about having fevers on and off is that I’m never comfortable. (this doesn’t include my abdominal pain that’s also on and off throughout the day) I’m either too hot or too cold. My skin is also slightly damp at times and I think this has lead to an increase pimples in area of my body that get hot like my lower back and so on. I’ve taken to using pimple cream on those areas occasionally. Weird since I should be over that stage of my life by now and also because it’s hard to get at some of those areas too!

I guess it’s kind of strange to be complaining about having fevers, but if you had them every single day you’d probably be tired of them too!

I’m curious as to whether other Crohn’s sufferers have a lot of fevers as well?





The roses are blooming again

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It looks like most of my roses are starting to bloom again or are in the process of getting ready to bloom, so my garden is looking quite nice these days.

This rose is called White Dawn and it produces lovely large white roses:

White Dawn Rose

Another very pretty rose in my garden is the Hybrid Tea called Tiffany. This rose is having it’s best year ever in my garden. It’s produced a number of blooms and I believe it’s giving off more scent than it usually does this summer.

Tiffany rose

Isn’t Tiffany a lovely rose?

Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit As the Garden Grows for more information. GTS participants remember to check in at As the Garden Grows each week so that we’ll know you made a new post!

The weather’s finally getting better

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Well it looks like summer is here … again. For a little while anyway.

Most of the last two months have been exceedingly rainy and damp here in Toronto. Worse still the last three weeks or so have been cooler than normal. It’s felt more like early fall instead of mid-summer. I was beginning to think that I’d have to pull out my UGG boots and winter coat soon!

Today was the first decently warm day we’ve had in a long while. Not that the last three weeks were freezing or anything although it did get kind of cool at night. The temperatures were pleasant, but definitely cooler than average by several degrees.

When I took Midnight outside during the day she was actually seeking shade. She even crawled under our small teak table in the backyard to get some shade. It doesn’t take long for a black dog to get hot!

I guess I can’t complain. We haven’t had to use the air conditioners as much this summer – not for the last three weeks anyway, so we’ve saved some money. Today was the first day that I turned them on again and they’ll be on tomorrow as it’s supposed to be very hot.

Have you had weird weather in your area this summer too?

The rose named Prince Napoleon

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This rose, Prince Napoleon, is an antique rose. It’s a climber that reaches about 10 to 12 feet tall in my garden each year.

I love this roses delicate pink flowers. It also has a true rose scent that perfumes my garden nicely each morning or after I’ve watered.

That’s one trick that I’ve learned over the years … If you are going to be sitting out in the garden and you want to enjoy the smell of your scented plants water the garden about an hour before you want to sit outside. This seems to work best in the early morning or evening. I’ve done this a few times when we’ve been expecting guests or having an outdoor dinner party and everyone always seems to appreciate the beautiful scent of the flowers.

Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit As the Garden Grows for more information. GTS participants remember to check in at As the Garden Grows each week so that we’ll know you made a new post!

70’s and 80’s fashions are trendy again

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Earlier today I was reading one of my favorite Canadian fashion magazines. It’s called LouLou.

Now I’m not usually one to read fashion magazines but earlier this year I subscribed to a few because I have some blogs that are related to shopping and well … if you read those kinds of magazines you’ll be up on the latest fashions, trends and deals.

I must say that the fashions this year all seem to be late 70’s to 80’s oriented. As I browsed through my magazine they were showing photos of models in mid-calf skirts and mini skirts and the photos looked almost exactly like ones I’d seen a couple of decades ago in fashion mags.

I actually really like some of the fashion trends for this year, but I must say I’m having flashbacks when I look at some of the designs!

I was only a teenager in the early 80’s, but I was up on current fashions, even if I did have to work with a very limited budget.

It’s not just clothing trends that have a 70’s to 80’s trend – jewelery, makeup and even perfumes are taking their cue from former decades. I can remember when Oscar de la Renta first came out with the perfume Paris, and when wearing Musk scented perfumes were all the rage.

What ’70’s or ’80’s fashion trend are you happy to see back? Are there any styles or trends that you’d gladly never see again? You know like Parachute pants or shoulder pads, big hair, the mullet? 😉

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