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What a great day

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You know, I just decided I’m having a good day today. So far today things are going pretty well. I can’t say that too often so I’m just going to go with it.

My brother-in-law and nephew came up from Chicago today and are here to help my husband and I do some renovations in the house and so far we’re off to a great start getting things done we’ve wanted to do for many years. I swear our living room, dining room, can be finished in a couple weeks. How many years on this blog have I been saying I was going to start that renovation again? Well, it’s finally happening. Hallelujah.

Then this afternoon I had to go to the hospital to see my hand specialist Dr. and get the results of my MRI and as it turns out the results of my MRI are not bad. It seems that the ligament in my thumb isn’t torn which is good news and we’re not 100% sure what’s happening with my wrist – there still might be something happening with one of the bones. So I will have a special bone scan hopefully in the next week or two and see the doctor again in a few weeks. I might still have a broken bone in there we’re not 100% sure. Either way even though my hand and wrist still hurt quite a bit, it looks like it may be getting a little bit better. I’ve been told I don’t have to wear the splint quite as much, and I’ve been given some exercises I can do to increase mobility and my thumb and wrist and it should also help take some of the swelling down. With any luck my hand might be back to normal within a few weeks. Crossing my fingers on my right hand yay.

let’s see what else is good about today – It’s my brothers birthday, maybe I’ll go celebrate for him? Hey, are you having a good day? Maybe I’ll go buy a lottery ticket. Yeah, that’s what I should do. Then I could invest in some real estate sunset beach and really enjoy myself. Now wouldn’t that be nice?

Okay, time to go and enjoy the rest of this day I hope you’re having a great day too!





Harvest Eating – Healthy Eating

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I think I generally try to eat healthy. By this I mean I try to eat fresh fruits and vegetables – organic if possible and since I live in a cold climate if the season allows I try to buy food items that are grown locally as well. I feel food that hasn’t traveled for a thousand miles likely is fresher. Don’t you?


That’s one of the reasons why I love the Spring, Summer and early Autumn Seasons here. There’s always fresh fruit and vegetables and each season has it’s stars. For example I love getting fresh corn in late July or August. At this time of year I enjoy fresh strawberries, leafy greens and young carrots.

Just as the information in this picture suggests I definitely flex my green thumb. Anyone who reads this blog semi regularly already knows that! I grow quite a few flowers in my front and backyards but I also grow some fruit and vegetables. I grow lettuce, spinach, peas, cucumber, tomatoes, tiny tom tomatoes, strawberries and raspberries. I was just noticing the other day that my Tiny Tom tomatoes have several green tomatoes on the plants so it won’t be long before I can add some home grown small tomatoes to my salads or simply pop one of those delicious sweet tomatoes into my mouth. Some of my strawberries have ripened as well.

Harvest Eating

Do you go out to local Farmers Markets to get fresh fruits and vegetables or grow some of your own in your backyard like I do? If you shop in the grocery store do you try to buy locally grown produce? Don’t you find fruits and veggies just taste better at this time of year?

Still trying to get back to work

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I’m still waiting to find out if I’m going back to work or not. I’ve been going through the very slow process of returning to work after a long medical leave since January! I can’t believe how long it’s been taking and that I’m still not back to work.

I think that it will only be a little while longer and I’ll be back to work in the hospital. All I want to do is get back to my nursing job. A couple of months ago, when I thought things were progressing much faster I got out all of my old uniforms and cleaned them and got them ready to use. I also started shopping for some new uniforms. I founds some cute baby phat scrub tops that will look great with some scrub pants that I already have, but I haven’t purchased them yet because I’m waiting to find out how much longer it will be before I begin working.

I’m sure most people haven’t been in my situation where they’ve been off work for more than five years due to an illness and then are trying to return to their job, but it just seems to take forever! I have to convince everyone I’m healthy enough to work again.

Aching all over after a klutzy fall!

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I haven’t been doing much in the last two days. I somehow managed to severely injure myself yet again. It seems that at least once a year I do something really klutzy that takes weeks to heal. Last year it was falling down the stairs. This year … well ..

Early Thursday morning I was wandering into the kitchen for a drink of water and as I returned to the living room I tripped on a huge metal extension ladder that my husband left in the living room the prior evening. Yup … he’d been doing some reno work and he didn’t put the ladder away like he should have. He left it right in the hallway between the living room and the kitchen – kind of unavoidable – and since I was walking around in the semi dark and I was sleepy I must have either forgotten it was there for a moment or caught my foot on it and the next thing I knew I was literally falling on the ladder and under a small table that we have a big turtle tank on … and I’m very lucky the huge turtle tank didn’t land on me as well.

My whole left side is bruised. The worst of it is my left hand and wrist, my left chest and my left lower thigh. Everything that hurt started swelling and bruising immediately so at first I put ice on my worst wounds but as my hand swelled and looked like my thumb was dislocated and I became worried that my hand was actually broken we decided to go to the hospital.

My worst injuries:

swollen and bruised hand

Badly bruised lower thigh

I spent 6 hours or more in the Emergency room getting xrays and waiting around. I was there from a little bit after three in the morning until after 9 am. They weren’t sure if my hand was broken or not. I definitely have a sprained tendon in my thumb and left arm and I need to get more xrays next week to rule out a break in my hand. In the meantime I’m supposed to rest and ice my wounds and take quite a bit of Advil.

I feel like I’ve been in a car accident! I ache every time I move! I don’t think anyone at www.carangel.com would want me though! LOL

I’m hoping that my hand isn’t broken and that if feels better quickly because naturally I’m left handed and as luck would have it I happen to have a lot of writing that I need to do in the next few days and that’s not easy to do when you have to type one or two fingered. LOL Looks like that’s the way it’s going to be for a little while though! Wish me luck!

Always – A Better Idea

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I think just about every woman has an embarrassing story to tell regarding that oh so special time of the month that we all love so much. It can be trial and error finding the right products to use in order to feel secure, comfortable and have some peace of mind.

P&G has been running some commercials for their new Always Pads and they poke fun at some very real problems that women have had with other pad products. Have a look at the information below and see if you’ve ever experienced any of the complaints they’ve listed such as having to wear granny pants or the robot walk because you’re afraid to walk normally.

Stop the Padness with Always

Can you relate to some of these experiences? I’ll bet you can even add some of your own! Feel free to contribute your stories in the comment section.

 

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