Lifestyle

Dear Abby Dear Abby: I had pretty much an ideal childhood. My parents have never had issues that I ever saw.

Dear Abby: My wife and I have been married for 37 years. We have a fairly good marriage.

Dear Dr. Roach: For the last few years, I have been taking yearly Reclast infusions for osteoporosis, because I have trouble taking oral medications of any kind. The infusion was given in February 2022, and over the next several months, I developed severe joint pain so bad that I could hardly get around. My muscles were weak, and I had trouble walking. As the months go by, I am improving little by little.

The best advice I can give right now is to watch the weather and try to make sure you can get out and get some work done on those nice days we usually have in February. It is finally raining a little bit – YAY!

Dear Abby: I recently gave birth to our second child, a girl. Shortly afterward, my husband called his mother.

If you’re sending your sweetheart cut flowers or a potted plant for Valentine’s Day, choose ones that are safe for their pets. One lick of a pollen-covered lily stamen can be life-threatening to cats, as my daughter Julia learned when her cat, Nyah, found her way to a beautiful and well-intentioned gift bouquet displayed in a vase on the table.

Dear Dr. Roach: My wife is 78 and has had Alzheimer’s disease since 2011. Her meds are 5 mg of escitalopram daily, 10 mg of memantine daily, and 25 mg of quetiapine daily. Could this be the reason she has had almost black bowel movements for the past five months?

February in Oklahoma should mean that spring is just around the corner; however, January this year was extremely warm for many days and cold at night with no rain. Last week it was a spring-like 70 degrees, and this week it has been in the 20s with rain, sleet, ice, snow, and really cold north wind. At least we finally got a little soil moisture. Cold dry winters are super hard on plants, and we won’t be able to assess the damage until things start to green up in a few weeks. We just have to be grateful we haven’t had a tornado.

Certain foods are inextricably linked with game day parties: chicken wings, nachos, chili, guacamole … and salsa. Bowls and bowls of salsa.