Category: My Life

Our host is Gattina. Come join us and tell us what YOU did this past weekend! After all, you never know when you will need an alibi!

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Sunday was a crazy day. I did some more bean freezing, and I also have been looking at ideas for the 6 pounds of pickling cucumbers that I have standing by. I am thinking of making a pickle, cauliflower, carrot, and onion salad that I will, can for the winter.

I also settled in, watched a half a movie here or there, watered the garden and prepared our meals.

Typical, normal, stuff.

Our neighbors came by around four o’clock and we had beer and/or wine on the patio. We sat talking for an hour or so, and it was very nice.

I talked to my Mom for a while today and for the first time ever I felt almost shy with her. I wanted to tell her how I was feeling, but it would only be a burden to her now and it would be wrong. So I just talked about nothing much, and this seemed to make her happy. How do you talk to someone who is slowly leaving your life?

I got a little infection going on the incision line on my nose. Nothing big, but thankfully, I knew what to do. I got it drained and cleaned and it is looking great tonight. All in all, my nose is healing quite nicely!

And how was your weekend?

Today we drove to Boston and I got my stitches out! I’ve been so excited, and I could hardly wait!

What I found was that he had put in a bunch of little stitches, and it took a while (and a little bit of owchie) to get the stitches out, but I am thrilled with how the nose is looking and feeling!

I once again have a profile, and once the redness and swelling goes down, I think I will have a fabulous nose! What is it that the Brits say? It’s Brilliant!!!

It’s so nice to finally have a profile again! I know it still needs work, but WOW! It looks so good already!

The next surgery is August 19th. He will be working on the upper part of the nose.

Our host is Gattina. Come join us and tell us what YOU did this past weekend! After all, you never know when you will need an alibi!

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My friends Candy and DeVere are here visiting from Florida, so today I will post a few pictures from our travels around New Hampshire.

We visited Boise Rock.

There is the story, above and the actual rock below.

A memorial plaque to the Old Man of the Mountains.

The Notches along the Kancamagus Highway.

And some of the best Salt Water Taffy ever!

We also had a little stow away!

Happy Monday Everyone!

Monday was the big day. I’ve been stressing about it for a while, but in the end, I really didn’t need to. Dr. P. was wonderful. He explained everything he was doing and we also talked about life, planes and dogs.  It put me at ease.

During the operation one of the nurses exclaimed “Oh Dr. P.,this looks so beautiful!” He laughed and said, “Ah, you like my work!”

Frankly folks, I like his work! I have taken pictures and compared them, and my nose has gone from a big lumpy, bumpy, mess to a profile line. Nice and straight!

See, here we are before and after.

Isn’t this amazing?

I do feel tired tonight and a little bit in pain, but emotionally, I am feeling worlds better! You see, I will have a nose! A real life, normal nose!

Hubby is warming up some spaghetti sauce that I made last fall, and although I don’t feel like spaghetti he’s cooking me some cheese ravioti with sauce. Good!

It’s nice after you have gone through surgery like this to feel so positive, and to lie your doctor even more than you did before.

Life is once again, good!

Our host is Gattina. Come join us and tell us what YOU did this past weekend! After all, you never know when you will need an alibi!

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This past weekend I worked like crazy to prepare the house for the next week or so. Today, Monday July 8, 2013, I am having the first of my reconstructive surgery. I am excited and scared all at the same time.

The good part is that I think I have healed pretty well in the last 8 weeks and I think the surgeon has more to work with.

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Anyway, all weekend there was laundry to be done, a guest room to be cleaned and gardens to be watered. Busy, busy, busy!

One of my best friends from Florida is coming on Saturday. We haven’t seen each other in several years. I have not met her husband. So, I am excited, so is Hubby.

So, we leave here by 10 AM, and head to Boston. As usual I have hired a doggy sitter to take care of the beasts! I am always happy to now they will be well cared for.

Have I mentioned that I decided to stop feeling sorry for myself and get back to following the Weight Watcher’s diet?

Well, yes, seems I am a ‘stress eater’ and with all that’s been going on Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia Ice Cream, has made far too many stops at my house!

My weight really became problematic, when I no longer could zip up my pants, even with the assistance of Vaseline and pliers!

So, last Wednesday I not only returned to class, but started to act like a newbie! I stayed after class, listened to my Leader, Pam explain the program and went through all the literature again.

It’s amazing how sloppy I got. Not writing things down, sort of cheating by not writing things down and then saying on Monday, oh, I’ll be better Tuesday and then Tuesday would come and so did the ice cream container of Ben & Jerry.

I need to knuckle down, eat healthy foods and most of all…WRITE IT DOWN!

I also need to stop feeling sorry for myself, which is the main cause of my depression fueled eating.

Now, Monday will be my next operation. Dr. P.  will start working to redo my face. He will start with the bottom of my nose and work his way up. I keep telling myself to relax and not expect miracles. I know this will take a long time and I must have patience.

Just like I need with my weight loss.

So stay tuned!

We started the day with no air conditioning in our bedroom. I thought we should just go out and buy a new one, but Hubby felt we needed to clean it thoroughly and all would be well.

We found mus in the evaporator and everything was clogged up, so we used the compressor to blow the crap out, and then used the hope to clean the filter.

Now the problem we have is, in this humidity, nothing is drying out! We have not been able to get it to start again…which of course means we will be sleeping with no air conditioning again tonight! That will be tough.

Hubby, me and the dogs are all in a grouchy mood today, because we did not sleep much last night in the heat!

Oy, please have that sill machine work before bed!

Mom has been moved to a rehab center now. Not that there is much they can do to rehab her, but it is sort of a stop along the road. It is close to my sister’s house and will be easier for her to go to.

Meanwhile, life goes on.