{"id":10441,"date":"2010-12-17T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T17:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=10441"},"modified":"2010-12-17T09:00:47","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T17:00:47","slug":"christmas-cookies-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=10441","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Cookies – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

All week my body hurt. It felt like pins and needles were stabbing my lower extremities at all times. It felt like my skin was on fire and it hurt to walk. <\/span>I was feeling so down with this NEW mysterious pain. Like what the hell?<\/p>\n

Well last night I realized what it was. I’d been taking a prescription NSAID’s (non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs) for the last 3 weeks because of that weird ankle pain<\/a> I had. I finally read what the side effects of the drugs were.\u00a0 Side Effects:<\/strong><\/em> Edema (swelling), skin irritation, itchy skin, fluid retention, swelling of the \t\t face, feet, or lower legs. Yes! Yes! All of those! I finally noticed last night how swollen my lower legs and feet were. THAT’S why it hurt to walk! Damn.<\/p>\n

I decided not to take them anymore and hopefully the NSAID’s get out of my system asap!<\/p>\n

QUESTION: Have you ever experienced something like this with medications?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

On a much better note, I baked lots and lots of cookies Thursday night.<\/p>\n

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\nI’m having some girlfriends over this weekend to decorate cookies so Operation Cookie Baking commenced!<\/p>\n

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\nI turned on some mood music–no it wasn’t Christmas music. I love this band:<\/p>\n

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\nThe first batch was a learning experience. I realized the cookies would grow twice the size of the cut-out (DUH, right?).<\/p>\n

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\nConfession: I haven’t made sugar cookies since I was a little kid. I remember doing it with my mom at Christmas time but honestly I’ve never done it as an adult.<\/p>\n

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\nIt was so much fun and I felt like Susie Homemaker.<\/p>\n

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\nI had a bunch of different Christmas shapes. Something else I realized: the cookies often don’t look like the cut-out after they bake. Or is it just me? Weird…<\/p>\n

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\nI probably made about 75 cookies last night.<\/p>\n

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\nIt was so much fun. Saturday I will be baking even more cookies.<\/p>\n

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After baking for a few hours I took a bath with Lavender Epsom salts (and that’s where I realized my legs and feet were swollen).\u00a0 It was a great night.<\/p>\n

QUESTION: Have you done any holiday baking this year? What has been your favorite recipe?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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