5/28/2011 Hi everyone!

I'm baaack!!  Although maybe only my friends A.C. and B.H. might have wondered about, or even been aware of, my lack of posting.  :)

Sorry for not writing for a few days. I am not quite sure why I did not write on Wednesday.  Nothing extra special happened on Wednesday.
Thursday, however, was a big day.  Traci had all 4 of her wisdom teeth taken out under general anesthetic.  Thank you so much to C.W. for driving us there!
Traci was nervous and anxious but she was a trooper. I was surprised.  The surgery took just under an hour. She was in recovery for about 40 minutes before she was cleared to leave.  She was pretty  groggy but not crazily so.  She asked me to take pictures of her so  she could see what she looked like.  Traci made me promise not to post the pictures, although I had no intention of doing that.   The cutest, funniest thing she said in recovery a la David After The Dentist  was "Are my lips closed?" She said it in such a cute voice!  Of course, she could not feel her lower face or mouth or chin!  We stopped on the way home for the beloved Tylenol 3"s (Tylenol with codeine). Traci was REALLY beginning to feel pain by the time we got home.  She was very grateful for the painkillers. Thanks so much to A.Z. for driving us home!!

Traci has been making use of the T3's, frozen corn and peas, and the hand blender to purée her food.

She is actually out tonight, sleeping over at her friend's house.  Traci was REALLY hoping that they could go to Booster Juice tonight.  Traci has been craving a Booster Juice since the surgery.   Her friend is wonderful and she promised to be sure Traci ices her cheeks every hour on the hour for 20 minutes.  Although Traci has been very responsible with her self care.  I am very proud of her!

I JUST realized as I type this that even though I would not wish this pain on my daughter (or anyone), I have enjoyed being able to be here to take care of her.  Traci is VERY capable and reliable and responsible.  Sometimes, though, you need more help than usual.  :)

My friend is running in a half marathon tomorrow.  Go A!!  I am proud of you already!

Tomorrow we are going to a family BBQ to celebrate my mom's husband's 71st birthday!  Happy birthday B!!
Having said that, Traci has decided to go to WORK tomorrow!!  5.5 hour shift.  It is not uncommon, though, for her to be sent home early if it is not busy.  We shall see how it goes.

Toodles!

Date night!

Gerry and I went to IKEA today to exchange some glasses we bought a couple of weeks ago.  One of them had a chip in it.  It was nice just the 2 of us.  We had hot dogs for dinner at IKEA.  I knew it would be too late for him to wait for me to cook dinner once we got home.  I joked with him that I was a cheap date as we sat eating our hot dogs.  :)  I really like that fun light banter! 

PS The girls are on their own for dinner.  :)


What I have eaten today:

Brunch
1 large smoothie with frozen fruit, yogurt, milk, 1 egg, bananas and strawberries

Dinner
2 hot dogs plus a small chocolate milk

PLUS
2 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
some chocolate

My exercise routine. Each set includes:
Leg extensions-10 reps each leg
Bridges-5 reps
Plank or V-sit-15 seconds
Stairs-2 sets each time
1st set-
2nd set-
3rd set-

Toodles!

Breakfast in Bed!!

I was awoken this morning only to be served breakfast in bed!!  Trina said there was no special reason.  She just had the idea and followed through with it.  And she made my day even before I got out of bed!

Trina and I did our chores and chilled.  Gerry got home at 2 pm but had called earlier asking if we wanted to go out and do something.  We ended up using some Wagjag coupons at DQ!  Yummy Reese's Blizzard!

Trina and I walked 1.5 km (a tiny part of the way to DQ) I really wanted to get a walk in, especially because we were going to have 10,000 calorie Blizzards!:)  Gerry picked us up and we drove the rest of the way there together.  Ice cream twice in 3 days!  I asked "What is the world coming to?"  Trina said, "Summer!!"  That girl is so quick and witty!


Here is an example of her humorous quick wit!  She noticed this, took the picture and posted it on Facebook all before we got home. thanks to her Blackberry.  Much to Gerry's chagrin!

Trina's caption was "Nice parking job, Dad!"  Can you see the lines?  

 

 

 

I just LOVE when people take pictures of me from behind!  NOT!! 

What I have eaten today:

Breakfast
pancakes and toast

Lunch
Reese's Blizzard!

Dinner
nothing

PLUS
2 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
NO chocolate

I do not know why but I have not been motivated at all to do my exercises.  Have you noticed?  Hmmmm

My exercise routine. Each set includes:
Leg extensions-10 reps each leg
Bridges-5 reps
Plank or V-sit-15 seconds
Stairs-2 sets each time
1st set-
2nd set-
3rd set-

Toodles!

Nice day today

I am listening to the AHL Hamilton Bulldogs playing the Houston Aeros in Game 6 of the Calder Cup conference playoffs.  They are going into 2OT momentarily.  The Dogs were down 3 games to zero.  Sudden death loss and Hamilton is done for the season.  OT win for the Dogs means Game 7 on Tuesday. It's nerve wracking!
EDIT: Dogs win!! Dogs win!!  5-4 in 2OT.  Game 7 is on Tuesday

Trina and I took the bus home from church and we took the opportunity to walk about 1 km before we caught the bus.

What I have eaten today:

Breakfast
no breakfast

Lunch
1 toasted ham sandwich with mayo

Dinner
pasta with homemade sauce

PLUS
2 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
NO chocolate

My exercise routine. Each set includes:
Leg extensions-10 reps each leg
Bridges-5 reps
Plank or V-sit-15 seconds
Stairs-2 sets each time
1st set-
2nd set-
3rd set-

Toodles!