Sunday, September 13, 2009

A Brief, but Heartfelt, Message

I don't know how my nose and upper lip survived colds before Puffs with lotion (and, in my case, their generic equivalent) came along.

Let us all be thankful for the small mercies in life.

12 comments:

nanacoon said...

Just a warning... don't use them to clean reading glasses. They smear. Bonnie

jean said...

Damn. I was going to say the same thing but nanacoon beat me to it.

Anonymous said...

Amen, Kristin.

sweetbird said...

I threatened to physically beat my husband once (in all seriousness) when he came home with regular, cheapy, economy tissues during a particularly nasty bout with a bug.

He's never made the same mistake since.

Mayberry Magpie said...

Can't live without Puffs Plus. And, yes, Bonnie, I've made the same mistake!

Daisy said...

I keep a box hidden in the cabinet behind my desk so the students don'w use it; it's just for me.

Kay said...

Stop by my blog. I've given you the Zombie Chicken Award!" :o)

Tara_LB said...

What are Puffs (southern African person here...!)? I use those baby wipes when I have a drippy nose. We also have things here called 'Wet Wipes' (imaginative, I know) which are meant to be used to clean your hands when you can't get to a basin i.e. in the car. They. Rock.

Kristin @ Going Country said...

TLB: Puffs are a brand name of an excessively soft and thick tissue. They are also made with skin lotion right in them, so when you have to blow your nose every five seconds (hi!), you don't rip the skin off your nose and upper lip. It's very luxurious.

sewnut said...

Glad to meet you, cold 'n all. Kay sent me :) via the Zombie Chicken.

Tara_LB said...

Ah, right. Cool. Want....
Wet wipes/baby wipes also work-in a pinch :)

DavidShag said...

OMG yes! When I first saw these advertised on TV back when, I thought, "What won't they come up with to lure in idiots with too much money Puh-leeeze," I said. Then one day I got a really bad cold and after a couple of days my nose was so raw that I looked for blood each time I wiped or blew. REALLY sore. In desperation I bought what formerly I had derided. In hours, though the cold continued unabated, my nose was its lovely self again. Nose heaven. I swear by Puffs Plus. At the first sign of a cold, I get them before I get the drugs. And usually nothing comes before the drugs...