On Monday, two days ago, I was doing my volunteer work at the local Food
Bank. I had done a bit of portioning of ice tea and orange crystals
when Anna came and asked me to do some filing. i was busily doing the
filing when suddenly I felt an extremely sharp and nasty pain in my left
wrist. I really hadn't done anything that should have caused this to
happen, was just moving some hanging files in one of the filing
cabinets. It took some time for the pain to dye down enough for me to
continue my work. Since then, I have had a very sore wrist and pain up
into the back of my hand. I'm not sure what damage has been done in
there, but am sure something has happened. This is not normal.
This
left wrist is the one that was damaged in a crash on September 10, 2010
when I was riding my trike and was hit by a car. The distal radius
(bone at base of thumb, goes up to elbow) was shattered right into the
joint line (very bad), and every bone in the wrist was dislocated. I
also had several other injuries, but this one was by far the worst. I
was taken to hospital by ambulance and the next morning had surgery to
reconstruct the wrist, and they put a metal plate in with 9 screws to
hold it all together. After the bones were healed, the metal was
causing me problems, so on March 30, 2011, I had a second surgery to
remove the metal. At that time the surgeon also fixed the trigger
finger issue I was having since the crash. I've had physiotherapy done
on the wrist until the therapist decided she had done all that could be
done for it.
Since the wrist healed from the second surgery, for
about the last 6 months or so, the wrist has been pretty good. It has
days when it hurts more than usual, when there's some clunking going on
in there, but for the most part it's been doing pretty well, all things
considered.... until 2 days ago. Now I have to keep the wrist and hand
wrapped for support and just live with the extra pain. If it doesn't
improve over the next few days, I will be going to see a doctor about
it, though I don't think they really can do much of anything to fix it
at this point.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
A Beautiful Day
The weather forecast for today, as of 11:00pm last night, was for a high
of 2°C and 40% chance of wet flurries.
Can you imagine how happy I was when I woke to a clear, sunny day? When I took the recycling down to the end of my driveway just after 3:00am, I noticed the sky was clear and full of stars, but that doesn't mean it still will be clear by morning.
About 11:00am I looked outside and saw my thermometer was showing 7°C!! Snow is melting like crazy, steady drips falling from the roof. As the day has progress, it's now 1:51pm and there are lots of clouds moved in, though still lots of blue sky showing. There is a bit of wind, and with the temperature hanging steady still at 2°C, that will melt away the small amount of snow we have at this time. I don't mind that at all.
Can you imagine how happy I was when I woke to a clear, sunny day? When I took the recycling down to the end of my driveway just after 3:00am, I noticed the sky was clear and full of stars, but that doesn't mean it still will be clear by morning.
About 11:00am I looked outside and saw my thermometer was showing 7°C!! Snow is melting like crazy, steady drips falling from the roof. As the day has progress, it's now 1:51pm and there are lots of clouds moved in, though still lots of blue sky showing. There is a bit of wind, and with the temperature hanging steady still at 2°C, that will melt away the small amount of snow we have at this time. I don't mind that at all.
I am Grateful
I think it's time to go get a snack... and a cup of tea... then soon to head to bed. I am getting sleepy...very sleepy!
I am grateful to have had a good day
I am grateful for the warmth of the pellet stove that keeps my home comfortable during the winter months
I am grateful for my 51" TV
I am grateful for my laptop computer
I am grateful for the food I eat each day as well as the water and tea I drink
I am grateful for the love my cat gives to me all the time
I am grateful for each and every one of my friends
I am grateful for my very comfortable new bed that is now waiting patiently for me to go crawl in...
I am grateful to have had a good day
I am grateful for the warmth of the pellet stove that keeps my home comfortable during the winter months
I am grateful for my 51" TV
I am grateful for my laptop computer
I am grateful for the food I eat each day as well as the water and tea I drink
I am grateful for the love my cat gives to me all the time
I am grateful for each and every one of my friends
I am grateful for my very comfortable new bed that is now waiting patiently for me to go crawl in...
Thinking of a Friend
I have a lot of friends, some I see on a regular basis and some that I only see once in a while. It seems like if something happens to cause me to think of a certain person I haven't seen in some time, I end up running into them in a store or talking to someone who mentions that person I had just thought of. Today I read something on the internet about motorhome repair, just something I came across while surfing, and that reminded me of a fellow I've known for many years who makes his living doing repairs to motorhomes, RV trailers, horse trailers, trucks. I haven't seen him for quite some time now and last time I did, it was at Nurseryland, just across the lake from where I live. Today I was at that store for awhile. Now I am wondering if I will see him somewhere one day soon.
Motorcycle Show
Sunday morning my friend Dan called at 4:00am... my wake up call. i got out of bed, had breakfast, got dressed, fed my birds and other such things. At 5:00am (or there about) Ray picked me up and off we went to the Vancouver Motorcycle Show in Abbotsford, BC. It takes about 5 hours to drive there from here with a stop for gas and another stop for tea, and we were happy to have bare roads most of the way there. Going over the mountains we did encounter compact snow on the highway in the upper areas near the summit of the mountain and otherwise they were bare.
Ray dropped me off at the front door on the Tradex Centre and went to park the truck. I went in, paid my entry and hung around looking at stuff until Ray joined me. We spent about 3 1/2 hours walking around looking at motorcycles of all makes and models as well as many motorcycle related things like leathers, boots, patches, helmet stickers, etc etc etc. By the time we had walked through all of what there was to see, my low back was hurting so bad it was nasty and I had shooting pains in my right hip joint. As we walked outside it was raining and I had left my coat in the truck, so I was really happy to find there was a bus there to drive people back to their vehicles in the different parking lots. It was a good show, though I was disappointed that there weren't more trikes than there were.
On the drive back it was raining until we got closer to the mountains where it changed to snow and the bare, wet roads became snowy roads. As we continued on our way, road conditions deteriorated and became dangerous. We saw a pickup truck that looked like it may have been hit by someone as it's front bumper was pulled out significantly. A little further along we saw a mini van in the ditch and not much past that there was a pickup truck with a canopy that had obviously lost control and rolled completely over. The police were there and an ambulance passed us just down the road. Add to this the fact that two times Ray's truck started to slide and it made for a stressful trip. I sure was glad that Ray is a good driver and didn't loose control.
By the time we got home I was very tired. It was just after 8:30pm and had been a long day, though a good one.
Ray dropped me off at the front door on the Tradex Centre and went to park the truck. I went in, paid my entry and hung around looking at stuff until Ray joined me. We spent about 3 1/2 hours walking around looking at motorcycles of all makes and models as well as many motorcycle related things like leathers, boots, patches, helmet stickers, etc etc etc. By the time we had walked through all of what there was to see, my low back was hurting so bad it was nasty and I had shooting pains in my right hip joint. As we walked outside it was raining and I had left my coat in the truck, so I was really happy to find there was a bus there to drive people back to their vehicles in the different parking lots. It was a good show, though I was disappointed that there weren't more trikes than there were.
On the drive back it was raining until we got closer to the mountains where it changed to snow and the bare, wet roads became snowy roads. As we continued on our way, road conditions deteriorated and became dangerous. We saw a pickup truck that looked like it may have been hit by someone as it's front bumper was pulled out significantly. A little further along we saw a mini van in the ditch and not much past that there was a pickup truck with a canopy that had obviously lost control and rolled completely over. The police were there and an ambulance passed us just down the road. Add to this the fact that two times Ray's truck started to slide and it made for a stressful trip. I sure was glad that Ray is a good driver and didn't loose control.
By the time we got home I was very tired. It was just after 8:30pm and had been a long day, though a good one.
Learning Online
I have been doing a bunch of research online, enjoying how much we can learn by 'surfing the net'. I see ads on the TV for all the different courses and stuff you can get online and as I study and do research on all things that interest me, I think it's kind of like taking online college courses. I have been checking out vegan recipes and looking at recipe books this evening. I also have been reading recipes for Quinoa in both burgers and bread. I love learning, so having all this information at my finger tips is a real bonus.
New Look
I see Blogger has made some really big changes here. I guess I had better do a bunch of reading and find out what all the new stuff has to offer. i really need to do more blogging... period.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Brrrrr
Monday, January 16, 2012
A Day in My Life...
Yesterday I went to K-town (commonly used nick name for the larger city about 45 minutes south of the city I live in) with my friend Phil. He had an appointment with a medical specialist down there and I went along to keep him company as well as 'just in case' he needed someone to drive on the way home. I know some of my way around that city, but not nearly well enough to insure we'd find the address he had to go to, so the day before I looked it up on my computer to insure I knew how to get there with ease. I am grateful I have computer and internet connection so I can do this, yet I still see that it would be wonderful to have a nuvi gps. With the gps I wouldn't have to look it up ahead of time and either commit it to memory or if more difficult, print out a map, etc. Anyway, all went well. We left early and stopped at Millennium Metals on our way. Phil loves doing metal work, making fancy shiny bits and putting them on his Harley Davidson motorcycle and he had run out of brass so went there to get another piece. I bought 2 nice pieces of aluminum so I too can make some of those fancy shiny bits and put them on my trike. Phil will teach me how to do it.
We got to the Doctor's office early so were happy to find there was a coffee shop in the same building so we could each have the hot drink of our choice before going upstairs. I read one of the books I took along while he was in the inner office and when he came out he told me I'd have to drive. Part of the procedure included putting drops in his eyes and his vision was too blurry to drive. He sat fairly quietly on the ride back and I could tell he was nervous about having me driving. I am a good driver, but I know it's hard for a man that is used to being the one behind the wheel to be able to give that up to anyone, especially a woman.
These photos show some of the things Phil has made for his Harley. They are done out of aluminum that he cut to shape and hand sanded and polished. As great as these look on his bike, since I took these photos, he's put brass pieces on the aluminum and WOW!! I will be taking some new photos one day soon and will share some here.
We got to the Doctor's office early so were happy to find there was a coffee shop in the same building so we could each have the hot drink of our choice before going upstairs. I read one of the books I took along while he was in the inner office and when he came out he told me I'd have to drive. Part of the procedure included putting drops in his eyes and his vision was too blurry to drive. He sat fairly quietly on the ride back and I could tell he was nervous about having me driving. I am a good driver, but I know it's hard for a man that is used to being the one behind the wheel to be able to give that up to anyone, especially a woman.
These photos show some of the things Phil has made for his Harley. They are done out of aluminum that he cut to shape and hand sanded and polished. As great as these look on his bike, since I took these photos, he's put brass pieces on the aluminum and WOW!! I will be taking some new photos one day soon and will share some here.
Veganism Suits Me
The other day I went to visit my Mom, about a 25 minute drive north of where I live. I took along the ingredients for a vegan dish I wanted to try making and we enjoyed Spanish Rice for our dinner that evening. I brought home the left overs and last night I fried up some Vegan "hamburger", Ground Round then mixed in the Spanish Rice. It made for a very nice meal with some still left for another time.
This evening I am going to my monthly Vegan Pot Luck Dinner (and health video) so I plan to take Spanish Rice along for my contribution. I recently found and purchased a small cookbook in a 2nd hand book store and am so delighted with it and the recipes which are pretty much simple ones and all vegan. I've never been one for doing much cooking and certainly not for reading recipe books. Veganism must be agreeing with me, LOL. I was hoping it would help me to loose some weight, though so far it hasn't. What it has done for my health is lower my risk of heart disease!!
This evening I am going to my monthly Vegan Pot Luck Dinner (and health video) so I plan to take Spanish Rice along for my contribution. I recently found and purchased a small cookbook in a 2nd hand book store and am so delighted with it and the recipes which are pretty much simple ones and all vegan. I've never been one for doing much cooking and certainly not for reading recipe books. Veganism must be agreeing with me, LOL. I was hoping it would help me to loose some weight, though so far it hasn't. What it has done for my health is lower my risk of heart disease!!
Even as a meat eater I was keeping my A1C at a good level as well as my Blood Pressure which is 120/80. As you can see, over the last 3 months, my risk of heart disease has dropped a lot, though it needs to come down more yet. After being Vegan for 6 months I'm sure it will show even more positive change. My next test will be early April.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Winter has Arrived!
This winter has been very warm and any bit of snow we have gotten has melted away in a short time, leaving behind only the odd bit of snow or ice in shady spots. That is until the last few days!! It has turned cold and we had a bunch of snow today which will not be melting away any times soon!! It would seem that winter has finally arrived!! I guess this is good as we do need it, though I so much prefer warmer seasons. I know many people love winter and love doing winter sports such as skiing and snow mobile riding, though I love riding my trike (3 wheel motorcycle) which I only do in warmer months. I will do my best to enjoy this season as I always like to enjoy each day and find the good in it... and still I look forward to spring and the start of riding season!!
I am grateful for my friend Ray and for his new job plowing people's driveways and such. I am no longer able to shovel my driveway due to physical challenges, so the last few years I've just packed the snow down with my truck, thanking God for 4 wheel drive on this hill. Now Ray has surprised me twice by coming by and plowing me out on his way from one job to another in the truck with the snow blade.
I am grateful for my friend Ray and for his new job plowing people's driveways and such. I am no longer able to shovel my driveway due to physical challenges, so the last few years I've just packed the snow down with my truck, thanking God for 4 wheel drive on this hill. Now Ray has surprised me twice by coming by and plowing me out on his way from one job to another in the truck with the snow blade.
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