"Are you wearing your scarf?" is what L bellowed out the door to me as I shoveled the driveway. We so have snow today. In fact it is still falling - but I can only manage so much at a time - so many times I shovel only to shovel again. Where is H you say? Well he is on a tropical beach working on his tan and collecting fish stories. (Seriously - he took a few days for R & R with his buddies.)
I know I have mentioned that I hate snow and I do - but it was pretty this morning and not wicked cold! Plus I had L & E checking on my progress.
At the very end and I came back inside E said, "You done? I see more snow over there!" Right it was still falling and I know what I will be doing later today.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Ouch that hurts...
Today I saw Dr. M - who can I just say is so awesome. He is my chiropractor and natural medicine doctor - yep the one who has me on the wacky eating plan! I love him! He fixes up my hips and shoulders - which sadly have not survived motherhood completely enacted! I liken my post baby body to that of Humpty Dumpty. The kings men may have very well put him back together again - but is anything ever really as good as new. I think not. I have come back together very nicely - but there are still some minor issues.
Today was a regularly schedule visit! But had it not been - I would have begged an audience anyway. My right hip was killing me. I had run on Friday and gutted out the 5K - but I could tell all was not well. Then on Saturday the playing in the pool and the walking around the Winter Wonderland in the cold - did not help matters and then I was sitting in our big chair and my posture was not the best.
Come Monday, I could hardly do the leg work out with my trainer - ouchy! Last night I had a very loud creaky cracking popping noise and some relief but not much. Then today in Yoga I could so tell not all was well.
So by the time I hobbled into his office I was ready to start popping pills! Well in short order he found the spot - Yikes that hurt - worked it out and adjusted me and I am like a new girl! Wow! So he sent me home and told me to soak in a hot bath for the next three days and gave me some stretched to do for the next week or so and told me, "For goodness sake if it hurts to run over the next week - Don't!" Ok Ok will try to be good.
My problem is - I have an high pain tolerance - really I do! I can take alot - before I throw in the towel. I have over the the course of my life dealt with TMJ and the associated headaches (all resolved by the way), endometerious and an ruptured ovarian cyst - um yeah that hurts. I also choose to have both L & E the old fashion way and I would do it again! It was not that bad - but all of this does not prove I am superwoman - only that I can handle a fair amount of pain and manage. This is good for my liver - less need to take medication but bad - because I gut it out and could be causing some damage - especially with the hip situation.
So I am going to take it easy and be a good girl.
Today was a regularly schedule visit! But had it not been - I would have begged an audience anyway. My right hip was killing me. I had run on Friday and gutted out the 5K - but I could tell all was not well. Then on Saturday the playing in the pool and the walking around the Winter Wonderland in the cold - did not help matters and then I was sitting in our big chair and my posture was not the best.
Come Monday, I could hardly do the leg work out with my trainer - ouchy! Last night I had a very loud creaky cracking popping noise and some relief but not much. Then today in Yoga I could so tell not all was well.
So by the time I hobbled into his office I was ready to start popping pills! Well in short order he found the spot - Yikes that hurt - worked it out and adjusted me and I am like a new girl! Wow! So he sent me home and told me to soak in a hot bath for the next three days and gave me some stretched to do for the next week or so and told me, "For goodness sake if it hurts to run over the next week - Don't!" Ok Ok will try to be good.
My problem is - I have an high pain tolerance - really I do! I can take alot - before I throw in the towel. I have over the the course of my life dealt with TMJ and the associated headaches (all resolved by the way), endometerious and an ruptured ovarian cyst - um yeah that hurts. I also choose to have both L & E the old fashion way and I would do it again! It was not that bad - but all of this does not prove I am superwoman - only that I can handle a fair amount of pain and manage. This is good for my liver - less need to take medication but bad - because I gut it out and could be causing some damage - especially with the hip situation.
So I am going to take it easy and be a good girl.
My Autobiography
I got tagged by a friend! So I am posting this! It is fun - if you would like to do it also, just copy it and fill this out IN YOUR OWN WORDS and re post as, my autobiography.
-Prologue-
1. Who took your default pic?
H did - he did a great job I think!
2. Exactly what are you wearing right now?
MY pjs!
3. What is your current problem?
Waiting and hoping someone either throws some freelance my way and to to remeber that success is a long lonely road!
4. What makes you most happy?
Everything - I wake up happy!
5. What's the name of the song that you're listening to?
Night on Fire - VHS or Beta
6. Do you like MTV?
No not really. I rarely watch TV!
7. Name something that annoys you about people:
Well people who do not reply to email tend to make me seethe a bit. People who are rude - that I find annoying also.
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Chapter 1:
1. Nickname(s)?
Sus - but only a select few can use it!
2. Eye color?
Blue - Grey - Green
3. Hair color?
Red-Brown
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Chapter 2:
1. Do you live with your parent(s)?
No
2. Do you get along with your parent(s)?
for the most part
3. Are your parents married/separated/divorced?
divorced
4. Do you have any Siblings?
1 bro & 1 half sister - both younger
___________________________________________________
Chapter 3:
FAVORITES
1. Ice Cream:
um - well no it makes me ill!
2. season:
Fall. I like the crisp blue sky - the chill in the air and the chance to have Indian Summer
3. book:
Love them - the way the look, the way they smell, the way they feel!
4. band:
Currently I am jamming to James, VHS or Beta & Shiny Toy Guns
6. drink(s) (non alcoholic):
tea then coffee
7. drink(s) (alcoholic):
rarely drink it - red wine when I do
9. pen color:
whatever is handy and my green and red fine point sharpies!
10. store:
the one with the big red SALE sign!
_________________________________________________
Chapter 4:
DO YOU-
1.Write on your hand?
sometimes - when I was working my hand and up my arm
2. Call people back?
Yes and usually within 24 hours
3. Believe in love?
Yes and it is lovely
4. Sleep on a certain side of the bed?
Yes!
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Chapter 5:
Have You....
1. Broken a bone?
NO
2. If so... where?
N/A
3. Had physical therapy?
No but I love my chiropractor. He can work magic. My massage therapist is a close second
4. Gotten surgery?
Yes
5. Taken painkillers?
Yes - when needed
6. Are you gay?
Sure I am a happy happy girl!
7. Been stung by a bee?
yes
8. Threw up in a doctors office?
No but I did throw up while giving birth to L - does that count?
________________________________________
Chapter 6:
Who/what was the last
2. Person to text you?
I am all alone
3. Thing you touched?
The mouse
5. Thing you said?
I am alone ans try not to talk to myself
7. Person you hugged?
L and E before bed
8. Person to call u?
the phone has been very quiet today!
11. Last book you read?
A short history of tractors in the Ukraine
12. Time you cleaned your room?
Yesterday
-Prologue-
1. Who took your default pic?
H did - he did a great job I think!
2. Exactly what are you wearing right now?
MY pjs!
3. What is your current problem?
Waiting and hoping someone either throws some freelance my way and to to remeber that success is a long lonely road!
4. What makes you most happy?
Everything - I wake up happy!
5. What's the name of the song that you're listening to?
Night on Fire - VHS or Beta
6. Do you like MTV?
No not really. I rarely watch TV!
7. Name something that annoys you about people:
Well people who do not reply to email tend to make me seethe a bit. People who are rude - that I find annoying also.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 1:
1. Nickname(s)?
Sus - but only a select few can use it!
2. Eye color?
Blue - Grey - Green
3. Hair color?
Red-Brown
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 2:
1. Do you live with your parent(s)?
No
2. Do you get along with your parent(s)?
for the most part
3. Are your parents married/separated/divorced?
divorced
4. Do you have any Siblings?
1 bro & 1 half sister - both younger
___________________________________________________
Chapter 3:
FAVORITES
1. Ice Cream:
um - well no it makes me ill!
2. season:
Fall. I like the crisp blue sky - the chill in the air and the chance to have Indian Summer
3. book:
Love them - the way the look, the way they smell, the way they feel!
4. band:
Currently I am jamming to James, VHS or Beta & Shiny Toy Guns
6. drink(s) (non alcoholic):
tea then coffee
7. drink(s) (alcoholic):
rarely drink it - red wine when I do
9. pen color:
whatever is handy and my green and red fine point sharpies!
10. store:
the one with the big red SALE sign!
_________________________________________________
Chapter 4:
DO YOU-
1.Write on your hand?
sometimes - when I was working my hand and up my arm
2. Call people back?
Yes and usually within 24 hours
3. Believe in love?
Yes and it is lovely
4. Sleep on a certain side of the bed?
Yes!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Chapter 5:
Have You....
1. Broken a bone?
NO
2. If so... where?
N/A
3. Had physical therapy?
No but I love my chiropractor. He can work magic. My massage therapist is a close second
4. Gotten surgery?
Yes
5. Taken painkillers?
Yes - when needed
6. Are you gay?
Sure I am a happy happy girl!
7. Been stung by a bee?
yes
8. Threw up in a doctors office?
No but I did throw up while giving birth to L - does that count?
________________________________________
Chapter 6:
Who/what was the last
2. Person to text you?
I am all alone
3. Thing you touched?
The mouse
5. Thing you said?
I am alone ans try not to talk to myself
7. Person you hugged?
L and E before bed
8. Person to call u?
the phone has been very quiet today!
11. Last book you read?
A short history of tractors in the Ukraine
12. Time you cleaned your room?
Yesterday
Monday, December 3, 2007
On no - was that snow?
Well it has happened. It is really really winter in Ohio. We had snow this afternoon. Not alot mind you - just enough the show up on the dark brown mulch and the deck! Not anything like the storm in the Northeast.
I just happen to dislike snow. It is cold, wet, makes a mess, requires me to shovel it off the drive way. It also turns driving into a exercise of avoiding certain death. No one in certain parts of Ohio knows how to drive in the snow. It is not an every day winter occurrence and I understand that - but please do not drive 50 miles per hour down the unplowed side streets and expect to be able to stop!
For our first wedding anniversary we went to Breckenridge, CO - which is a lovely place. Like an Alpine village. We went skiing. I have mixed feelings about skiing - it is cold and if you fall as much as I do - then you end up with a wet butt. What is fun I ask you about a cold wet butt? My feelings about the chair lift are a complete post of their own - in any event after three days I asked H what about skiing was preferable to spending a week on a warm sunny beach?
I just am not a fan of snow - but I need to get over it. I plan to mourn the official passing of Fall the rest of the day and then attempt to embrace winter. It is only a few months long (I hope!) and I need to just get over it and put on a smiley face. On the upside - I am going to smile when I go outside anyway - it is cold enough to freeze the frown on my face and that would be terrible!
I just happen to dislike snow. It is cold, wet, makes a mess, requires me to shovel it off the drive way. It also turns driving into a exercise of avoiding certain death. No one in certain parts of Ohio knows how to drive in the snow. It is not an every day winter occurrence and I understand that - but please do not drive 50 miles per hour down the unplowed side streets and expect to be able to stop!
For our first wedding anniversary we went to Breckenridge, CO - which is a lovely place. Like an Alpine village. We went skiing. I have mixed feelings about skiing - it is cold and if you fall as much as I do - then you end up with a wet butt. What is fun I ask you about a cold wet butt? My feelings about the chair lift are a complete post of their own - in any event after three days I asked H what about skiing was preferable to spending a week on a warm sunny beach?
I just am not a fan of snow - but I need to get over it. I plan to mourn the official passing of Fall the rest of the day and then attempt to embrace winter. It is only a few months long (I hope!) and I need to just get over it and put on a smiley face. On the upside - I am going to smile when I go outside anyway - it is cold enough to freeze the frown on my face and that would be terrible!
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Good Karma - Indeed!
I have discovered Good Karma Rice Divine - sort of a cross between sorbet and ice cream - only dairy, wheat and corn syrup free. And wait.... it really really tastes good! I tried the very vanilla and I have to say that it has a nice smooth taste and is not overly sweet - which is a plus - the longer I eat foods that are not processed or lacking high fructose corn syrup I have noticed that I cannot tolerate anything overly sweet!
I also must say that it is not terribly expensive either. $2.49 at the local Sun Flower Market!
I asked H to taste it also - because honestly I have not eaten real ice cream in sooooo long - that I forget what it actually tastes like. H felt it was very good and had a texture not unlike low-fat ice cream. All I can say is it tastes like a dream to me!
I also must say that it is not terribly expensive either. $2.49 at the local Sun Flower Market!
I asked H to taste it also - because honestly I have not eaten real ice cream in sooooo long - that I forget what it actually tastes like. H felt it was very good and had a texture not unlike low-fat ice cream. All I can say is it tastes like a dream to me!
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