Crossposting test

[lblanchard]

LiveJournal appears to be down right now. Another DDOS, I suppose. This is a test to see if a Dreamwidth post will eventually be exported there.

My back is better today than it was Wednesday but not as good as it was yesterday. Annoyingly, it was fine when I got out of bed this morning but seized back up while I was in the shower. Grrrr. It's semi-seized right now and I'm on the heating pad; as soon as it eases up enough for me to get down on the floor I'll try my angry-cat muscle-loosening exercise.

I'd like to start another batch of springerle, using the no-shortening, no-hartshorn recipe, but I can't see myself standing at the kitchen counter for a couple of hours under current conditions.

Comments

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

Back up, right now. Sorry to hear about your back...hope it's better soonish. I'm thinking about making cookies this weekend - but nothing as involved as that!

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Springerle -- when I make them -- are my big showpiece. My other Christmas cookies are snickerdoodles and fruitcake brownies.

EDITED TO ADD: In a nod to the season, I cut red and green candied cherries in half and press the half cherries into the snickerdoodles.

[chakolate.livejournal.com]

Are you using the 20-minutes-on, 20-minutes-off method for the heating pad? I've never heard a good reason why that works, but it does seem to work.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't, but a friend whose husband is a massage therapist suggested alternating heat and cold, which would be more or less the same thing, wouldn't it?

[chakolate.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think so.

I've had tendonitis in my wrist for a few months now, and sometimes I ice it and sometimes I warm it, and alternating seems to help more than either one alone.

I have all sorts of hypotheticals as to why this works, but no hard data.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Come to think of it, my heating pad actually cycles off and on. When it's cold outside I am not enthusiastic about icing anything.

[chakolate.livejournal.com]

Actually, the ice is enough of a shock that I don't really mind. That doesn't make any sense, I know.