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Hubby and I met his doctor yesterday. We both liked him very much. I think Hubby wishes the news had been better, but he definitely needs surgery on both of his knees. He had a replacement done on his left knee back in 1996, and that knee now has a good sized cyst growing on the bone. They will probably operate on that knee first. His right knee definitely needs a replacement, but the left knee has to come first.
So, Hubby’s ski season is over and he will be in and out of the hospital quite a bit over the next few months. Poor guy, he is not happy at all. I have tried to cheer him up and remind him that we have to take care of this now so he can enjoy the rest of his life pain free and active.
So everyone hold good thoughts for my guy. He really needs them right now.

Yesterday I jumped on my exercise bike and headed to no where special. I put in my 24 minutes at level 4 (!) and then came up, drank two large glasses of water, collapsed in front of my computer and waited to cool off.
This proved to be difficult as I sat reading my e-mail and discovered that this site has been hit by spammers once again. Darn it, why don’t they just hang it up and realize that the people who read my blog aren’t interested in their products! They should, perhaps, look for Daddy blogs!
I did the maintenance on Princess to remove their comments and to freeze them out, and then hit the shower. Why I did this, I am still not sure, as I headed out to the grocery store in a driving rain storm and got drenched. I should just have brought my shampoo with me and I could have accomplished two things at once!
With all of this rain, I think it is safe to say I won’t be skiing anytime soon. When we skied the other day, there were so many bare spots, and icy spots that I am sure that all of this rain has simply washed away what little snow there was. (Can you hear me crying?) I was just finding my groove and now it is over, at least until we get a good storm. Since there is no great big snow storm in sight, nor any cold temperatures, I will be forced to use the exercise bike daily to get my workout!

Since many of you have written asking questions about my ability to ski so much, I’ll tell you a bit more about Hubby and me.
Hubby is 20 years, 6 months and 13 days older than me. At first Hubby wasn’t at all comfortable with it. I think he felt I should be with someone closer to my own age. The truth was, after I lost my daughter when I was 26, most guys my age just didn’t have the life experience to understand me.
Hubby did.
It took a while for him to understand that I’d rather have whatever years of wonderful with him, than 50 years of nothing special with some guy my age.
We married when I was 29 and Hubby was 49, and we have now been married 18 years.
Hubby worked as a pilot until he retired at age 60 in 1998. In 1999 we moved back to our home state of New Hampshire and built our home.
We both love to ski, to hike and we wanted enough of a yard to have fruit trees and a garden, as well as play area for our beloved pets.
At times I find it is a bit odd to be living in retirement at age 47. The friends we do things with are all older than me, but over the years, that fact has become less and less important. Now, they all look at me as a contemporary.
I love the time Hubby and I have now. We spend our days together sharing life. Skiing in the winter, hiking in the summer, but always we’re together. That is so nice.
Even after 18 years, he is the first person I want to talk to or share with or show things to. I feel incredibly lucky that we found each other.

Just checked Princess and found that my entry had vanished! So, you will not see the wonderful, humorous entry I wrote about going skiing in the cold!
Let’s say that I’m going, hate the cold, but need the exercise! Blah, blah, blah!!!
More later…

I think I have simply lost my mind. Hubby has convinced me to brave the cold weather and go skiing! Isn’t this something they commit you for? I know I have warm clothing, and fairly good gloves, but to go out in this weather and ski! Yes, I think I must absolutely be nuts!
The things we do for decent weight loss!

It was bath day here at the Kennel! We don’t really have a kennel, but Hubby is always telling people that since he married me, his life has gone to the dogs, and now he lives in a kennel!
Fritz was the first one in the shower with me. I’m not sure how this happens. He’s actually Hubby’s dog, but somehow I’m the *lucky* girl who gets to bathe this 75 pound hair factory.
Don’t get me wrong, I love White German Shepherds. They’re so pretty, but the hair, the shedding, Oh my, it is challenging, to say the least. In fact when I recently bought vacuum cleaner bags for my new vacuum, the salesman told me about these wonderful cloth hepa filter bags they made for the machine. Nope! Not for me. I need the cheap paper ones because I fill them up so fast!
I digress…
Fritz was very good in the shower and I actually got him soaped up and rinsed in record time. Once I got him to shake a few times in the shower stall, I passed him off to Hubby, who was waiting with three beach towels to dry him off.
Greta was next. She is so easy, that I simply get her wet, lather her up and then rinse. After a few “good girls” and a couple of shakes she too, is passed off to Hubby.
Now I am wet and naked and I have to run around the bedroom until I “catch” Shubi. Our ten year old pup is quite smart. She can smell a bath coming a mile away! In fact, when this dog sees me naked she runs under the bed to hide. It’s kind of hard on the ego, you know?
Anyway, I scooped up Shubi and brought her in. By this time, I was exhausted, so I sat down on the floor of the shower stall and soaped her up and rinsed her off, before passing her off to Hubby.
I was now faced with the inevitable. I had to take my own shower. I soaped up, rinsed off, cleaned the shower and then…no I didn’t pass myself off to Hubby for drying, I simply had to do it myself.

Where oh where is my Fairy Godmother? When I got home from skiing yesterday I stripped down and started trying on clothing to wear to my Aunts Memorial Service on Sunday. What I quickly determined was, I should probably wear pajama’s!
Oh it was terrible. I tried on dresses that made me look like Dolly Parton, Skirts and pants I couldn’t button and blouses that I now know I need to throw out because after 15 years they no longer “go” with anything, nor are they fashionable!
All I can say is, it’s a good thing I am already on a diet, because at least I have the knowledge that I am doing something positive about my belly and thighs. The boobs will simply vanish once I have lost a bit more weight (sadly!).
Speaking of which, while skiing today I was wearing a white, pink and bright pink striped turtleneck shirt. I like the brightness of the shirt. I felt good in it. However, Hubby smiled broadly today and told me that all the guys were checking me out. When I asked why, he responded, “They were trying to figure out which Hooter’s Restaurant you work at” (sigh).

I woke up with another headache. I have taken something already as I actually have plans to do something fun on a Friday morning. I know, you have already guessed. Yes, I am going to ski. I just hope that 1) The headache leaves quickly. 2) It doesn’t warm up too fast so we have good skiing, and 3) The headache leaves quickly.

After skiing, I need to go into my closet and find something that fits to wear to my Aunts Memorial Service on Sunday. This could turn into a frustrating challenge. I have my fingers crossed that something will magically fit and make me look slender. Okay Fairy Godmother, do your thing!

On a bright note, I found the cutest pocketbook! It’s a Stone Mountain brown leather shoulger bag. Not too big and the leather is as soft as a baby’s bottom! It was at TJ Maxx and on sale for $39.99! Oh!!!! That helped assuage my new pocketbook cravings!

Well, time to wake Hubby for skiing. Have a good day everyone!!!

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Yesterday I skied at Waterville Valley. We arrived early and upon pulling into the parking lot found the place really crowded. What’s this? Usually Tuesday mornings it’s just plain dead, and you have the entire mountain to yourself! However, yesterday, the parking lots were packed. It was due to the fact that they had the Women’s FIS Slalom events going on.
There were well over 130 young women competing, and you know what happens when you have that many young, beautiful girls dressed in skin tight racing outfits?
Yep, you guessed it, you have a ton of young, horny guys all hanging out trying to look/be interesting to the young girls. Honestly, the hormone level in the ski lodge practuically gave me a bad case of acne!
It was fun to watch the girls ski, and I would have felt jealous of their abilities, if I had not had the best day of skiing all year.
Is this picture me? No. First I could never ski so fast and second, no one would ever want me to dress in a tight racing outfit. I’d look too much like the Michelin Man!

The skiing was great though. Yes folks, I was strong, I was flying, and my turns were right on. I felt I was in the groove, everything felt right! I skied with only minor faults, and absolutely no falls! That’s always a good day!

Hubby, skiing yesterday.
We skied until just after 12 and then we headed home, as yesterday was also dental day for me. I had no cavities! Yea for me! I do, however, need to have a small filling replaced next week. Not something I relish, but neccisary nonetheless.
Then I was on to my visit to the “Fountain of Youth“, otherwise known as my fabulous hairdressers! She took her magic elixor and in short order I was restored to my former, younger self.
I came home just in time to feed the dogs, make dinner for Hubby before collapsing in my chair.
Possibly another week on my exercise bike and the slopes is required to build up a little more stamina.