Flaming June's Love

I finally met up with my health coach jenny on Friday.  How is my health coming?  I dont think its any different to be honest.  I know what and when and how I am supposed to eat.  But no one else is putting the food into my mouth other than me.  I am the cook, the purchaser, the grocery store soldier.  So my choice to eat fruit bars versus a peach, plum or pear is just that... my choice. Leading to my choice on a daily basis to add to my chance to live longer.  I see the food choices I make as a direct relationship to my early demise. The particular foods I choose will be my end.  I will be standing at the precupice of death holding a bag of cheez doodles with a plastic bag containing styrofoam boxes of leftovers from my last dinner/lunch/snack out. As I eat these poor choices I am usually thinking about how and why I deserve these things. Then of course I think about how I am going to stop eating this "bad" thing early. Followed by the stan...

Allie got her tonsils out today.  It was a morning of normalcy, slept in a little bit.  Rainy cold day with flakes of snow.  I was not thinking about the procedure much at all.  I have been so OVERWHELMED with my life the past month with everything going on.  Tonsillectomy was in my head but not processed until we were at the hospital.  We have a relationship that is really quite unusual.  I am her Mother.  I have the power of being the Mother.  She listens to me, respects me and I am the parent.  We are also friends.  She is my best friend.  If I get an opportunity to do something, it is Allie that I want to do it with.  Imagine a vacation, trip, concert, museum, art show yup, its she that is my partner. Does she feel the same about me?  I think so within reason.  She is in love, and of course her choice for a vacation to the Bahamas would be her boyfriend.  Understand... really I do.  So here we are...

Here goes.. whats new with me and the gang. Since the new year we have had some sort of illness, injury, or oddity in this house every weekend. Begin, the arm that I got my flu shot in, was fine until a month afterwards when I felt as if it were going to fall off.  I have a toothache pain in the ARM for three solid days.  Thought of going to the ER but it eased up and got better. 24 hr stomach flu, a coldsore the size of mount Rushmore. A pimple, to beat all pimples which took over the entire lower half of my face.  Like a toothache.  huge cellulitis looking pimple.  Until it finally got tired out and went away. Jack had strep, Allie had Tonsillitis...twice.  Andy had his shoulder surgery at the end of January, which has turned our home into the sick ward.  Bedroom a long term hospital room.  Books, magazines, clothes, cold packs, heating pads, pajamas, water cups, and more books.  EVERYWHERE. what else?  I started a new job which ...

Jack Andy and I spent New Years Day at the Lehigh Gorge.  It was an unseasonably warm day, a little rainy but still perfect for a getaway.  We left the house around noon and I was honestly...cranky.  Premenstrual, post holiday, house-toy-animal overload.  Andy is unusually sensitive to the whole female hormone situation.  He mentioned the day trip, I immediately said NO .. then five minutes later I changed my mind.  Good decisionon my part. We went for a nice lunch in Jim Thorpe, Jack enjoyed his chicken and fries and corn.  We then walked along the river.  Nana bought Jack walkie talkies for Christmas.  He and Andy played with them like two 6 yr old boys.  Jack would run ahead of us oon the path and "report" back the conditions ahead on the path.  "Train cars up ahead, puddles coming up, lady in a pink coat walking a dog!"  He was wearing his big boots since it was a rainy chilly day.  He clomped along the path like a li...

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New day in 2012 and all is still well. Last day off for Jack so his imminent return to Kindergarten is tomorrow at 7:45am.  I am sad his break is over, but looking forward to a day of Suzie time.  He is excited to go back to school, he said he misses his friends.  Which is a great thing.  The food I used to feed my soul, my temple today, I included a clementine, a peach, broccoli, an apple and of course coffee, water, and a fruit bar. I also had some roasted red potatoes with pork spare ribs for dinner.  snack were those pretzels that aren't really pretzels.  All is well. Walked this morning and it was the first real cold day.  I definitely needed gloves, scarf, hat and to keep moving.  I stood at my stretch spot and lifted my arms up over my head and the win was so strong I felt some tugging at my coat.  Interesting sensation. I closed my eyes, Lifted my arms and stretched them out and let the wind catch hold of my coat, really cold cold...

The things that matter. My children, smiling, goofing around and being the most perfect IMperfect life imaginable. My Dads truck, which young Danny has been driving since not long after Pop died.  He drove it home from NC for Christmas this year.  I like to think Dad had something to do with his safe return from NC, as well as across the world from Afghanistan. Christmas- a success.  We had 18 people this year and I loved it.  I was not as stressed out about it and enjoyed Christmas this year.  Jack is definitely our grown up boy.  About two years ago I couldn't have anyone in the house for dinner because he was so out of control.  Now we can have people over and ENJOY our son as well.  wow, THANK YOU GOD. New Years eve was quiet with just Andy Jack and I.  I am good with that.  We had a very busy holiday two weeks and now it is all DONE.  whew, it was good, real good. Now to clean it all up pack it up and get ready for...