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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The weekend seemed to fly by quite fast. Between working, and caring for Greta, who has been ill with Cystitis, my days seem to be very long. On Sunday I simply refused to do all that much. I did computer stuff, with Greta by my side, and then, once the venison (a gift from a friend) had thawed, I worked chopping, peeling, sauteing, and then slow cooking the Venison Stew in the Dutch Oven.

Football finally started at 3 o’clock, after a rumored start of 1:30. It brought back a time in my life when I had been living near Norwood Massachusetts and the home of The New England Patriots.

I became quite ill after the birth of my second child, and needed to have surgery. The hospital was quite full that November and I roomed with a wonderful woman. Her husband played for the team. They were such nice people and she was there having a baby.

She delivered a boy during this time, and today when I looked it up I saw that this little baby went on to have a career in the NFL! He is now retired. I think the thing that made me happy was that this little baby had grown up healthy and happy, and his parents were also still happily married.

I recalled these people for many reasons. Their kindness, their generosity (they sent me flowers) and the fact that they were just like me and you, despite the fact that her husband was a sports hero.

Have a great week Everyone!

It dawned on me the other day that when I am watching what I eat, and by this I mean, tracking the points and being careful of calories and fats, etc. not only do I lose weight, but I feel better. Here is what convinced me this was true.

1. I was not careful at all in the month of December.
2. I gained a total of five pounds during that time.
3. That was on top of the other weight I gained after my Dad died.
4. I can tell you that I felt really unwell during that time.
5. Sluggish stomach and at times a really aching belly.
6. At one point I thought it was my gallbladder!
7. At New Years I was determined to get back on track with Weight Watchers.
8. I started New Years morning, eating healthfully and tracking it all.
9. I have been struggling, as I wasn’t sure it was working at all.
10. I think it takes some time for your body to get back in shape.
11. I went to class on Wednesday January 9th and I have lost two and a half pounds!
12. I’m still struggling, but it will be a good month until I am feeling comfortable again.
13. I so want to look like my after picture again!

Before I joined Weight Watchers (left) & After I reached my goal a year later. (right)

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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Since I got my diagnosis on Friday for my heart, I’m feeling as though a tremendous burden has been lifted off of my shoulders. I know what it is, and it will not inconvenience me or anyone else. It’s just a little uncomfortable and perhaps, since I know what it is, I will forget about it and live flip flop free.

On Saturday I was looking for something to watch on the satellite and I found Leonard Maltin’s  best of “movie reviews” for movies that have gone under the radar. Two were foreign films. So last night Hubby and I watched one!

Headhunters. It is a Norwegian movie and I found I did have to speed read the sub-titles, but it was well worth it!!!

I was on the edge of my seat and could not believe the twists and turns. This is not for the squeamish, but if you like a good mystery movie, this is for you! I watched it on Amazon.com Prime for free.

I was about to take my Christmas tree down, and I heard that Sunday was Armenian Christmas and also the day the Kings arrived to see the baby Jesus. Somehow it just didn’t seem right. So, I did laundry instead

I made steaks and baked potatoes one night, and Buffalo Wings, celery with blue cheese and french fries on the other night. I’ve been counting my points and I am hopeful that Wednesday will be a good weigh in.

I go on Tuesday to see my Retinal Surgeon. I have been having a little problem with my eyes and i hope he can calm me and assure me that all is well.

I desperately need to get my hair shaped. My bangs are in my eyes, the crown of my head is flat and I look like I stuck my finger in a light socket. The woman substituting is wonderful, but I think she worries about cutting my hair.

I am not sure if I mentioned that my good friend and hair stylist is in treatment for cancer. Please keep her and her family in your prayers.

Well that wraps it up for now. Have a great week!

I finally got in to see the Cardiologist. What a nice man he is! I have been diagnosed with having PVC’s. This is extra, abnormal heartbeats that begin in one of your heart’s two lower pumping chambers (ventricles). These extra beats disrupt your regular heart rhythm, sometimes causing you to feel a flip-flop or skipped beat in your chest. Premature ventricular contractions are very common – they occur in most people at some point. Many of them occur when you lie down at night. You feel your heart having this extra beat, and then a momentary skip until the heart starts again.

It is a harmless, benign, condition. Aside from this condition, I’m a very healthy 54 year old woman. I was so happy to be given such a happy report.

So this is the final verdict, and I am so relieved!

1. Here we are 2013. A whole new year, with many pages to be written on.
2. This weekend I will work De-Christmasing the house.
3. I want to go through all my ornaments and carefully put the ones I like away, and perhaps donate some others.
4. I really need to lighten my load of ornaments.
5. I would love to find LED lights for my Christmas window candles. The current bulbs get so hot and when I untwist them at night I burn my fingers!
6. Hubby wanted me to ski today, but the temperature is supposed to be well below zero (f) and I do not freeze ski.
7. I also will be seeing a cardiologist tomorrow, and I would hate to get to my appointment exhausted from skiing.
8. I stopped in at the local grocery store today, to find out they were opening a pharmacy there.
9. I was interested because our insurance changed for our prescriptions. So I stopped to talk.
10. Soon they issued me a swag bag full of goodies!
11. A pill container, a kit for taking on travels. Tissues and the cutest little tote bag!
12. I’m starting to feel old.
13. You know this when the bright spot in your day is getting a medical swag bag!

It started yesterday morning (Friday). The dogs went out one by one and returned to the house where they got their nice juicy bones. All was well, but Hubby thought Anneliese had eaten hers too fast, which she did. Normally I don’t worry, but right after that she went down. By that I mean, she lay down and started to act sick.

I started to worry that she had swallowed the rawhide too fast, and so began my day of worry and concern. I watched her like a hawk, hoping she would vomit. By early afternoon she had not vomited, nor had she eaten anything. So, I made her my remedy for ailing dogs. Baby rice cereal, with warm water.

She ate hungrily, and then lay back down. I was worried. About dinner time, I took her outside and she did her business, but then she lay in the snow, and I had to go outside and carry her in.

Okay, I got even more worried. I brought her in, and then got ready to bed. I’d been cuddled up in bed with her for about an hour when she cried, crawled closer and wee-weed on me and the bed!

So, at 11:15 PM I was changing sheets, mattress pads, and blankets. I also got out the crate, put Anneliese’s bed in it, and we were back in bed by 11:45.

The next morning, Liese was still not doing well. I was so worried that she had a blockage that I called the Veterinarian. They told me to bring her right in.

I told Hubby I was going, and he quickly dressed so he could drive us. The roads here are still not the best.

The Vet examined her, and low and behold it had nothing to do with the little bones, but with the fact that she lives with a clumsy German Shepherd, who more than likely stepped on her shoulder.

Anneliese is now on meds to help the inflammation and pain. She is now asleep in her bed, and does seem more comfortable.

Okay, now, while that was going on and once I settled Anneliese, I gathered up the heavy blankets and comforters, from our bed and went to the laundromat. I was feeling tired and just wanted to cry. The Owner of the shop helped me get my stuff in, and then while it washed off I went to get the mail.

That’s when I got a text message from my cousin that my Facebook account had been hacked. Once I got home, I changed my password and locked down my account.

Just then I figured that nothing more could go wrong, and I was putting dishes away and I slammed my finger into a cabinet door and broke the nail right down to the quick! Oh, the pain!

About this time, I thought perhaps I needed to go and hide somewhere! This was just not my day.

Then Mandy called me and told me that Savannah pulled herself up to a standing position for the first time today!! Wow! Seriously. This piece of news just made my day!

Just look at that big girl!!!

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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I worked literally all weekend long, shopping, wrapping and baking. It was crazy. I actually reached maximum burn out today (Sunday) when my feet literally gave out on me. They hurt so much to stand on I just didn’t know what to do. I finished the wrapping sitting down on my bed and I somehow managed to get dinner made before collapsing in my chair.

Now I am sitting, yes, with my feet up and my plan is to grab a nice glass of wine and get to bed early.

For as Scarlett O’Hara said in “Gone With The Wind” ‘Tomorrow is, another day!’