"Leaves of Three, Let Them Be"
I've been a slow learner on this lesson in life, among others.
As you know, I've been doing my spring cleaning. I was clearing out some weeds around the house...in shorts. Somewhere in my yard was some poison ivy. I get it every year. I've got it on both legs and both arms. This was not on my to-do list, dammit!
I can remember tearing down a wire fence that surrounded one of our woods years ago. Here it was 90 degree weather and I was wearing boots, jeans, gloves, and a hooded sweatshirt with the hood pulled tight. I was so paranoid about poison ivy after having a bad case of it earlier. Dad, on the other hand, was wearing a short sleeve shirt and pulling the poison ivy out of the wire fence with his bare hands. He never got the first little bump. I must not have inherited those genes.
Here's a little song from the Coasters:
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P.S. So much for my self-imposed exile from Blog-land, huh?
Yeah, Poision Ivy has started to 'get' me in the last few years. I've caught up on your blogs and I know what you mean about being busy. I finally got some corn in the ground yesterday and if I don't break down, I should have a good one today. Take care.
Posted by: cliff | April 20, 2006 at 07:11 AM
Just itching for attention, huh, Jerry...
Posted by: That 1 Guy | April 20, 2006 at 03:50 PM
I can roll in Poision Ivy without consequence. My body just doesn't react to it. Get me within a foot of Poision Oak though...
Posted by: James Goodman | April 21, 2006 at 06:57 AM
Jerry - go to Burt's Bees website - or you might check at Rural King to see if they have it - get Poison Ivy soap. it is a coal tar soap - but also has jewelweed in it. When I work in the yard, I come in , and suds up everything with this soap. haven't had more than just a couple of bumps from the nasty three-leaved wonder since I started using it.
hope that helps - in the mean time - caladryl clear will help the itching.
Posted by: stace | April 21, 2006 at 07:57 AM
My doctor told me that if you treat the rash it will go away in fourteen days, untreated two weeks.
Posted by: Nora | April 21, 2006 at 08:42 AM
Oh no! I get poison ivy really easily so I am very careful. I still manage to get some anyway. I have tried every remedy, and something I have found that really helps dry it up and ease the itch is good ole Gold Bond powder.
Posted by: Christy | April 21, 2006 at 09:28 AM
*throws a handful of poison ivy at T1G for making a horrid pun*
Posted by: Harvey | April 21, 2006 at 10:25 AM
I never get it, my husband gets it every year. I wonder if this will be my year now that I've opened up that can of worms . . .
Hope the itch goes away soon!
Posted by: oddybobo | April 21, 2006 at 12:15 PM
Love the song. You should have listened to the song first! Ha!
Sorry about the poison ivy. Hope it gets well fast. That stuff is such a pain to have. Makes me itch thinking about it.
Posted by: Rachel | April 21, 2006 at 02:03 PM
2 things come to mind:
1) it's supposed to be a roll in the HAY not IVY. 'mkay?!
2) Don't try and fight the blog. It *will* win. Fair means or foul.
I'm just sayin'..............
;-)
Posted by: Tammi | April 21, 2006 at 06:33 PM
I have that gene too. I get all of the requests to pull poison ivy out around here.
Posted by: Teresa | April 22, 2006 at 09:54 PM