I will actually try and not eat that many. As you can probably tell they are not very healthy, I'm getting older and I aim to get even older, so...

That’s quitter talk!

Come on! It's only once a year! You can live healthy the rest of the time! (It's what I do . . .)

Well, there's also that 14 more semla might keep the crow from being able to get off the ground. Bird's gotta fly ya know.

Here's something I can't quite decide. Are these ones semlas? How about these ones? If we can't decide, I might have to go there and see them in the flesh cream!

Acadian once again shows his wisdom


Hard to see in these photos. They don't look quite like proper semlas but they could be a variant I guess. I need to taste a few in order to tell...

That's how I feel as well... I might have to visit that bakery just to be sure...

Because you people can't stop hassling me, I have now caved and will have another semla that I KNOW is a semla

X8


A cuppa joe, 'cadian?

Wonderful news from my eye doctor appt. today = He said with between 2 to 6 surgeries he might be able to get me back my eyesight!!!! He said my left eye is totally blind; the right one is VERY bad, but not nearly as bad as the left. He is going to do the first surgery in a little over a month. If it goes well he will do the right one 3 weeks later. If it doesn't go well then he will do another surgery on the left; etc. Either or both eyes could take more than one surgery; but he is hoping one will do it on each; even though the problem with my eyes is both inside and on the cornea. He sounded VERY confident he could fix my eyes, WOO HOO!!!!!!!

That's great news, mALX! Lets have the highest of hopes for you and your eyes!

Yay! Good luck, mALX!

That is indeed encouraging news mALX. I pray everything goes well and your vision is improved!

Fantastic! I really hope the doctor is right, and things improve.

Woot, here's hoping all comes out well!

Speaking of health, I've felt miserable since around 1830 Wednesday evening 29 Jan. Went to Urgent Care yesterday morning. Was diagnosed with a severe case Influenza type A ("primary", whatever that means). Was prescribed three medicines, which I picked up on the way home. Didn't notice any improvement the rest of that day, but feel slightly better today. (It would be difficult to feel worse.) At least I'm no longer spending much of my time slumped at the computer with my head cradled in my arms, softly moaning. Also, my hands no long shake so much that I can't use the PC keyboard. (They still shake to a minor extent.)

Another health issue. I visited dermatorogly this past Monday, 27 Jan, to see if a non-healing sore is cancerous. The doc cut a chunck from the surface of my skin. I was of course numbed so felt nothing. However, the nurse then covered the wound with a standard bandage. I mentioned at the time that due to location, near the top of the leg in the loins region, it wouldn't hold. I wish I had been more forceful with my concern. It indeed didn't hold. I lost a lot of blood by the time a got home. So much so that I became lightheaded/dizzy on the road and had to consistently shake my head to stay alert. Thankfully, I have some self-adhering elastic strips here at
the house. Quickly as I could, I replaced the conventional bandaid then wrapped the leg with a strip. Worked like a charm. Only today has the wound healed enough to remove the strip.

Speaking of dermatology, my visit is all but certainly where I contacted the flu. The waiting room was jam packed, my appointment delayed a good fourty-five minutes. Had to wait around a bit longer afterword than I should due to their printers being down.

And of course all the best to Decrepit that things are good there as well!

Wow, kind of scary about letting you out of there with that risk of bleeding. Hope your flu improves quickly Decrepit.

My BiL had the flu last week. I’m sorry you are going through that Decrepit and wish you a speedy recovery!

I now feel slightly better than I did when penning the afore post. Which hasn't improved my appetite, or rather lack thereof. Everything I attempt to down tastes unchewably obnoxious. The more bites I take the worse it tastes. About one-third of this afternoon's NY Strip ending up the trash, along with well over half my eggs.

Having some regular Sunday coffee. No semla, but a small ice cream.

No semla this time either but well a home made with extra whipped cream!

We're approaching double digits, guys! And here I vowed not to get there this year!

X9

Did you honestly believe that even for a second?

X10


And of course:


Sigh

Best of wishes on your eye surgery. I can understand your situation. My right eye was operated on a little more than a year ago. The left eye which was destroyed by a virus when I was 18, well let's say in 50-years I haven't found a doctor that wants to touch it.

What? Another double semla report? Yes; I had one last Friday but I didn't want you guys to shame me for eating so many semlas in one week, so I give you the report now when I'm more ready for your judgement

X12


And of course:

One more, then you're cut off, birb. (My bet is 13 for the season ya know.).

Two more now Birb! You can do it!!

NINE MORE TO GO!!

You can do it! Just drink coffee in between!

Guys! You're supposed to help me NOT get high numbers here!


I am gonna keep it as low as possible, but if one comes along.... ...

Why?

Well they're not healthy. Tasty, but not healthy

YOLO crow! YOLO!

I don't know what yolo is, but I realized today that maybe I came across as a dingus there. Of course I won't stop eating semlas and of course I like it when you guys bet on how many I will land on. And don't take off from since, as Acadian has pointed out, I've become a bit too heavy

I only recently learned myself that YOLO means You Only Live Once.

And Khajiit stole the words right out of my mouth there.

And wintertime's the perfect time to gain weight and curl up in front of the fire with a few semlas and a mug of hot cocoa with marshmallows coffee. Spring is when you work to lose the weight you gain in the fall/winter (and live off of, according to Mr. Bear who is still hibernating).

You're correct, Rider. I think I was just a bit disappointed yesterday because the semla in question was a bit stale and did not live up to the usual standard. And it was a ridiculous far cry from the very best semla I sometimes have if my parents have been nice and gotten one for me when they've been out and about. That thing is a thing of beauty for my tastebuds!

I am sorry to hear that, 'rocu. I know how it is to look forward to something delicious only to have it not quite live up to expectations. Currently I'm suffering loss of smell and food just doesn't taste the same to me. Ugh.

That's rough. You're having a cold or something?

Yes! This is the one! The one true semla! Best one there is! And it's not stale!

X13


If you bet on 13 semlas, go see the semla baker to collect your winnings


And of course

Ok now one more, and then I’ll stop pestering you.

WooHoo! You're cut off now, Crow. I won!

You have eight more to go, I believe, and not much time left to do it in!

Well then, I would like to ask you to get all the way off my back about it*

X14

Rest now, for thy work is done.

Hold your whiskers, there might be an encore...


Scoreboard, baby

Birb should put little semla stickers on his vehicle like WWII fighters pilots tallying their kills

If I end up eating as many as rider wants, I will do that

Floody smell, that was quick!

X15

But it was a nice semla, honestly!