Categotry Archives: Day to Day Life
Time For a Hip Replacement
You know it’s time for a full hip replacement when: 1. The fake hip is no longer strong enough to make up for the arthritic side. 2. You can’t dance anymnore. 3. You’re husband puts your health insurance at risk. 4. The pain goes all the way to the knee. 5. Losing weight doesn’t seem to make a difference. 6. The hip pain interferes with the exercise program. 7. The elliptical machine no longer helps. 8. You walk slower than […]
Haircut
I chopped it all off – about 20 inches of hair. Now I have what The Girl calls “an old lady afro.” These are times when I notice the difference. 1. For the first hour I was so light headed I thought I’d pass out. 2. When I turn my head fast. 3. When I glance in a mirror I have to stop and convince myself it’s really me.
Diabetes and Heart Disease Prevention Program End
In January I started a second tour of the Diabetes and Heart Disease Prevention Program. At that time I signed a paper committing myself to attending classes with the program through out the year. Today, after the end of the class, we were informed that funding had not been renewed. The program came to an immediate and abrupt end. I offer my fond farewells. 1. I didn’t learn nearly as much from this go around as the first time through. […]
Broken Glasses
1. My new glasses came! 2. The visibility strip on the right eye is just to the inside. 3. To see clearly, I have to be a little cross eyed. 4. This is probably because when I had my measurements taken, I kept glancing to the left. I regret that. 5. I can see well enough now to process pictures. 6. Unluckily, something went wrong with my software and none of the pictures are visible in my blog. 7. It’ll […]
Weather Report
It’s spring in Montana. That means it’s sometimes winter, and sometimes summer and generally something bouncing between the two. I was at work, and saw something floating past the window. At first I didn’t think much about it. This time of year there might be cottonwood fluff, or apple blossom petals, or any manner of natural air pollution. My co-worker happened to be looking at the weather forecast on her phone, and said it was supposed to get cold enough […]
Full Hip Replacement – Week 2
The medical team that did my hip replacement worked very hard to educate me. They sent me to a class where the specific techniques used by my surgeon were discussed. They made me surf into an interactive web site about anesthesia and standard procedures for a hip replacement. I had meetings with the surgeon, his Physician’s Attendant, and the hospital’s pre-op staff. They sent me home with a loose leaf binder full of print outs. I have no idea how […]
13 Not Really All That Gruesome Details
I had a total hip replacement. If you’re squeamish or easily bored by medical talk, then this is a good place to stop reading.
Christmas in a Box
I keep Christmas in a box. It’s a very large, plastic box with “Christmas” sharpied on the sides. The idea is that when Christmas rolls around I can find all the decorations wrapping, etch that I need in the box. This year we lost the box. I’m not sure if it’s still out at the storage unit or buried too deep in the shed for anyone to fine. Regardless, Christmas isn’t available this year. I’m actually okay with that. I’m […]
10 Years
I missed my ten-year blog anniversary. It came and went last September. I didn’t notice. A lot has changed in ten years. Back then I lived in a different city, though still Western Montana. My kids were in grade school. My world revolved around parent teacher meetings, cooking, cleaning, and this newfangled thing called the internet. Avon – the publisher, not the location – held a contest for new authors. I participated in that contest. It is still vivid in […]
It’s Freezing!
This winter is hitting me harder than most. It’s not just the extreme swings in temperature. We have gone from highs in the low teens to rain in the last couple of weeks. This is on top of the normal extremes of living out west. It’s not just that my exercise program has me outside more than before. What’s more, because we only get about nine hours of sunlight a day I tend to find myself out walking in the […]
Birthday Pie
The Girl had her 18th birthday this year. This year, when it came time to make the traditional cake, she put her foot down. Although she’s always eaten it, and often complimented it, she says she doesn’t like cake. Well, I’ll admit I’d noticed that everyone in the family prefers the icing, but I never expected anyone to out and out refuse my cake. I make it from scratch. It tends to be a little too moist and heavy, but […]
Poor Kitty
One of our cats got hit by a car. He’s been known to roam a bit, so we weren’t terribly worried when he didn’t show up for breakfast the first day, but by the second day we were checking with the animal shelters. He’d slipped his collar a few weeks before, but luckily he has one of those chips. I originally thought the chip would act like a GPS or something; that there’d be a way to locate him the […]
NaNoWriMo
I’ve become a NaNo addict. NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month. It takes place every year in November. The idea is to write a novel of at least 50,000 words in one month. This is the third time I’ve done it. Why? Because of the library. Yeah, yeah, the library is there all year long. What does it have to do with NaNo? Well, a bunch of us get together in the library to encourage one another to get our […]
