IâÂÂm sorry for my text! I have 2 pipes elevating my wood off the floor w/o any breathing once that area is filled with ash/coals. The added expanded metal on the pipe has added breathing and separating of ash and coal. I also have 1 yr old Red Oak I feel this breathing will allow to burn with this cold front coming into North TX tomorrow. Wish Us Well On These Small Old Lots and large trees that are barely clean from the last front approx a week ago. The freezing moisture before leaves have fallen or thinning is a major issue. The wood is becoming plentiful but the hazards are the major issue. Our Live Oak needs more thinning since our 2010 Ice Storm. The Silver Leaf Maple 2 door away is not worth burning but it had to come down for the neighborâÂÂs safety. I did get some Pecan with more and Red Oak coming in a similar situation.

Buy a BP monitor. As soon as your face feels flushed and hot, get off the treadmill and take your blood pressure. That way you will know how your BP is at the moment your face feels flushed. On the other hand, if you have just recently started an exercise routine you may be going too hard and fast at first. Do you take your pulse? There is a healthy range at which your heart rate should be during exercise, depending on your age. For example if you are 45, your pulse after 10 seconds should be about 17. If it is too high, you are exercising too hard. A good way to monitor your pace is by talking. If you can say a long sentence without having to take a breath, your pace is too slow. If you can't talk without gasping after a few words, you are exercising too hard. If you can talk comfortably while breathing deeply -- and if you feel comfortable enough that you would like to continue -- then you're in the right range... assuming you're in good health. I have low blood pressure and my face gets flushed and hot when I exercise too. Jen

Thanks for the ideas! I didn't even think about the potassium. Will add that to my vitamins. I tried the stretches on the stairs earlier. Poor Elmo couldn't understand why i stopped at the bottom step, he was hoping I was headed to bed. I will try them again tomorrow right before I exercise and see if it helps any. Susan, thanks but technically I have a BMI of about 31 which is considered obese. I also have elevated cholesterol, not serious but over 200 and a family history of heart disease. Admitting to being obese in writing is an attempt to face the fact that I have to actually DO SOMETHING about my situation before I end up on medications and develop something more serious than tight pants! LOL (That said, we need to plan a trip to cracker Barrel sometime soon.)

Hi guys, thanks for asking! I'm waiting, too. I haven't a clue about the outcome of the test. Usually, if a test looks fine, the technician will at least give me a hint. But this one, who seemed to be in a rather irritated mood even before the test, said, "That's for your doctor to tell you. We're not allowed." So all I know is that I couldn't have done any better with it. During the treadmill part I focused on pleasant, relaxing thoughts to eliminate the possibility of tension skewing the results. (The author Norman Cousins taught me to do this many years ago.) The guy manning the treadmill and EKG readouts (or whatever they were) said, "You did awesome." Now I can only hope my doctor says the same thing. I appreciate you thinking of me! Susan