NEW YEARS EVE

i began my Tuesday morning at 5:00 a.m. by getting up to do my weight exercises. After doing so i then stretched. At 6:00 i then took my shower thus getting myself ready before goin ou into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa and eat some fruit with fruit dip. After doing i then had a cup of hot cereal with a piece of toasted cinnamin bread. i then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth. i then grabbed my things and out the door i went. united then took me to westside. upon my arrival i went straight to the conference room for yoga group. Don, Jes, and i first did cat cow, thus working on balance.  i also worked on my breathing. We then ended the group with relaxation with Michelle and Carol. At 10:00 i then went to the gym for my P.T. session Amanda. i first walked on the treadmill for thirty minutes. With a 4.5 incline for 27 minutes at 2.6 miles per hour. Then at 3 minutes 2.3 miles per hour . over all distance 1.279 miles. At 11:00 i had a fifteen minute break before meating with Piper my case manager fore fifteen minutes. We spoke about the New Year's Eve plans and my hours being changed once i start skiing with on Fridays. That is right i said skiing. DOWN HiLL. At 11:30 i then meeat with sally for my nursing session. she first took my blood pressure 114 over 68. We then spoke of any pain i have been keeping track of. we then spoke about my follow up appointment with my neurologist. At noon i then ate my lunch before meeting with susan kramer. During our time we worked on my i pad. i then went home at 1:00. i had arrived home at 2:30, thus going straight to bed. i had slept until 5:00 before getting up. i had taken a shower before going out into the kitche to have some bagel chips and some cream soda. i then had some hamburger soup with my parents, i then went to my bedroom to watch the movie Wonderful Time of year. i then blog . Hoping i can make until 12:00 midnight. Will see. 

Focusing on rain during Tai Chi Group

i began my Monday morning at 5:00 a.m. by getting up to do my weitght exercises.  i then stretched. i then took my shower and packed things in my napsack before going out to the kitchen to eat my cup of hot cereal and toasted english muffin. Once i had eaten my fruit and drank my hot cocoa, i then dug in. i then returned to my bedroom to brush my purly whites before heading out the door. it was not snowing today so we made it past Donald's house with out having to turn back. Once we were at Westside i began my day in the gym with Lydia. she first had me walking thirty minutes on the treadmill. Once i had done so i had taken a brief break. Lydia then had me doing wall squats, holding each one fro thirty seconds. After my P.T.session, i then went to the conference room for Tai Chi. Lydia then help me in Tai Chi with my balance as we did exercises. At the end we did a meditation. This was very relaxing as we followed along focusing on the rain as it changes color with Joe the instructor. At 11:00 i then stayed in the conference room for laughter therapy with Florina and Amanda. Today we went on line to watch Art Link Letter and the kids. We then watched  America's Funiest video's. Matt, Paul, Don, and i. At 12:00 i then went to the dining area to eat my lunch. i then went home. i had arrived home at 2:20 thus going straight to bed. i had slept until 4:30 before getting up to take a shower. i then ate my dinner before sitting down to blog.

speaking to the priest in church

I began my Sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. by getting up to do my leg and arm weight exercises. I then stretched. After doing so, I then went out into the kitchen to eat some eggs and toast for breakfast. At 9:00 I then took my shower and got ready to go to church. My mother and I then went to church. As I was sitting down in church the Priest had come up to me and asked if I had a headache today. After mass we then went home. We first stopped of at the Pierce House to visit my grandmother and to give her communion. Upon my arrival home at 12:00 I had gone straight to my bedroom to do my ankle and hand exercises. I then had some lunch before laying down to rest. I had slept from 12:35-3:30. I then spoke to a friend on the phone for an hour before bringing up my blog.

pop over

i began my saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. by going out into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa with my sister while our mother had made pop overs for breakfast. Once i had finished eating i had said good-bye to my sister. i then started a load of laundry before folding the dry and putting it away. Today i was extra careful when stepping. At 10:00 i then went out on the dech to scrape the layer of snow we received last night. i then rode the swin air dine for thirty minutes before going to my bedroom to open some mail. i then preceded to do my weight exercises. At 12:00 i then went to the kitchen to have a sandwhich for lunch before laying down to rest. i had slept from 12:30-3:15 before getting up. i had spoken to my grandmother briefly before sending out an e-mail. After doing  so i then blogged. 

setting up my new lap top with my sister

i began my Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. by going out into the the kitchen to eat breakfast. After speaking to my mother on the telephone from work, i then spoke to my grandmother before hanging a load of laundry to dry. While doing so i had a bit of a problem with my balance, oops, that is not what i said but you get the jist. Feeling frustrated, with once again as i quickly reviewed my life in about fifteen seconds, i got back on track. Once i had polished up a couple of scars, i then continued on with my day. so very hard to do while feeling pain from the inside of your head and now the outside? RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! When is this ever going to end?  Once i had another load going i went back to my bedroom to make my bed. At 10:35 i had sat down with my sister to connect my new lap top she had bought me for Christmas. Helping her with pass words and such. We then went through my e-mail creating a new e-mail account. At 12:30 i then had some spaghetti for lunch with my sister. i then polished my teeth before laying down to rest at 1:00. i had slept until 3:30 before getting up to do my weight exercises. i then stretched before taking my shower at 4:45. After doing so i went out into the kitchen to eat dinner with my family. i then watched the movie A wonderful time of year before bringing up my blog. i then went to bed.

day after christmas

i bega my Thursday morning at 8:00 am by getting up to eat breakfast with my sister Barbara. After brushing my teeth, i then squared away my debt with my sister who did my Christmas shopping for me. bless her soul. i then made my bed before sitting down to fill my pill containers for the week. At 9:25 i began my workout by doing my weight exercises. At 9:30 i then called united to see what time they would be picking me up to take me to Westside. 12:45 pick up. i then stretched. at 10:30 i then rested for an hour. Once i was up i took my shower then had some lunch. Larry arrived at 12:45 from united. We then went to pick up Donald. That is as far as we got. it was snowing so bad the dispatch from united called and told Larry to cancelle. Larry then brought me back home.  i had arrived home at 1:40 and was back in bed at 1:45. i had slept until 4:00 before getting up to have some cheeze and crackers while visiting with my family.  until 5:30. i then had dinner and called it a day.

day after christmas

i bega my Thursday morning at 8:00 am by getting up to eat breakfast with my sister Barbara. After brushing my teeth, i then squared away my debt with my sister who did my Christmas shopping for me. bless her soul. i then made my bed before sitting down to fill my pill containers for the week. At 9:25 i began my workout by doing my weight exercises. At 9:30 i then called united to see what time they would be picking me up to take me to Westside. 12:45 pick up. i then stretched. at 10:30 i then rested for an hour. Once i was up i took my shower then had some lunch. Larry arrived at 12:45 from united. We then went to pick up Donald. That is as far as we got. it was snowing so bad the dispatch from united called and told Larry to cancelle. Larry then brought me back home.  i had arrived home at 1:40 and was back in bed at 1:45. i had slept until 4:00 before getting up to have some cheeze and crackers while visiting with my family.  until 5:30. i then had dinner and called it a day.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

my christamas morning began at 8:00 a.m. by going out into the kitchen to eat an egg recipe my mother makes that my sister and just love. i then went to my bedroom to shave and brush my teeth. i then started to feel sick. On Christmas? so i went back to bed. i was suppose to go to church, instead i stayed home to rest with a hot pack on my head. i had slept and rested until 12:30. My mother had brought me home communion. i then took a shower. After doing so my father took me to the shop to give me a haircut. We arrived back home at 1:30. We the watched my grandmother open her gifts. Mom, Dad, and  i opened some too. Gram then ate her dinner before going home. i then lied down to rest again. At 4:00 we then opened our stockings. We then took another break. During this break i had put some night clothing on. We then continued to open gifts until 5:00. We then ate dinner. At 6:00 i sat down to blog before calling a day. Merry Christma Everyone!!!

Christma Eve

i began my Christmas Eve morning at 5:00 a.m. by getting up to stretch and weight exercises.  i then took my shower and got ready before eating a bowl of hot cereal. i then grabbed my things and off i went to rehab. upon  my arrivel  at 9:00 a.m. i had yoga group with Michelle. Dondald and i followed a workout. Gentle floor yoga. At 10:00 At 11:00 i then went to the gym for my p.t. session with Amanda. Amanda first had me walking on the treadmill. i first did a five minute warm up on the treadmill on 4.3. i then walked for thirty minutes going  1.242 miles. i then did wall squats., holding each one for a minutes. After three sets of ten, united then took me home. i arrived home at 1:00 and ate my lunch. After doing so, i then gathered my winter clothing to use for a special event at Westside on Thursday.  i then lied down to rest from 1:30-4:00. i the had odderves with my family before going to my cousins to visit. We were then back home home at 7:00 

lost power

i began my Monday morning at 5:00 a.m. by getting up to stretch and to do my weight exercises. After my hours woukout, i then took my shower thus getting ready for the day ahead. After doing so, i then went out into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa and eat a pear. i then had a cup of hot cereal and english muffin. i the brushed my teeth, grabbed During my I Pad session with Deb, I continued to learn how to cut ad pasted bringing my daily notes over to my blog. I then went home at 4:00. Upon my arrival home I had my dinner and soon then called it a day.my things, united wheelchair then took my to Westside. Do the ice storm we were having Donald and i were an hour late arriving to therapy. i had missed my p.t. session During my I Pad session with Deb, I continued to learn how to cut ad pasted bringing my daily notes over to my blog. I then went home at 4:00. Upon my arrival home I had my dinner and soon then called it a day.with Lydia from 9-10. i would not mind missing anything, just not a p.t. session. Oh well  i then weDuring my I Pad session with Deb, I continued to learn how to cut ad pasted bringing my daily notes over to my blog. I then went home at 4:00. Upon my arrival home I had my dinner and soon then called it a day.nt to Tai Chi group with Donald and others. Today i worked on breathing while doing tai chi exercises.My breathing is getting better it is just taking a little practice. remembering to breath is key. At 11:00 i then went to Laughter group. Don, Paul, Alisa, and i watched funny videas to enhance our laughter with During my I Pad session with Deb, I continued to learn how to cut ad pasted bringing my daily notes over to my blog. I then went home at 4:00. Upon my arrival home I had my dinner and soon then called it a day. and Angella. At 12:00 i then went to the kitchen to eat my lunch with others. at 12:45 we had lost power in the bulding do to a down power line near by. Luchily my ride was there waiting to take Donald and i home. The two p.t. Amanda and Lydia came up to me to see if i was o.k. given what vision i had, they were just making sure. i had arrived home at 2:00 p.m. Once inside i had gone straight to bed. i had slept until 4:30 before getting up to take a shower. i then went out inot the kitchen to have dinner. Once  i had eaten i went to my i pad to blog. 

Wonderful Time of Year

i began my sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. by going out into the kitchen to eat some crepes for breakfast. After doing so, i then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth. i then sat down to watch the Christmas movie Wonderful Time of year, "My favorite" At 10:00 once the movie was finished, i then before to workout starting with my weight exercises. i then stretched before sitting down at my desk to fill my pill containers for the week. At 11:00 i then spoke to a friend on the telephone briefly before going out into the kitchen to have a sandwhich for lunch. i then bushed my teeth and was in bed to rest by 12:00. i had slept until 4:30 before getting up. i then had taken my shower before eating dinner. i then sat down to blog at 5:40, thus soon calling it a day. 

A good chuckle with a friend

i began my saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. i was awoken by a phone from grandma. i then got up, went out into the  kitchen to drink my hot cocoa and to eat a cut up pear. At 9:45 i had gone back to my bedroom to make my bed and put some clean laundry away. At 10:00 i then went back out into the kitchen to eat my breakfast. My mother had made crepes. At 10:30 i had returned to my bedroom to do my weight exercises and stretch. At 11:15 i then rode the swin air dine for thirty minutes. At 12:00 i then lied down to rest. i had slept for three hours before getting up. i then went out into the kitchen to have a bowl of soup before taking a shower. At 3:30 i then had a good laugh with a friend on the telephone. i then sat down o blog before eating dinner at 5:30

i need relief

i began my Friday morning at 7:30 a.m. getting up once my parents had left for work. i had taken the sheets off my bed and brought to the laundry room. As  i opened the lid to the washer there was a load ot be hung so i had done so before starting another. At 8:00 i then went back to the kitchen to to eat my plate of fruit and drink my hot cocoa. i then had a bowl of cereal and some toast. Once i had finished eating i the picked up the kitchen before starting the dishwasher. At 8:50 i had gone to the laundry room to hang another load to dry. i then jumped on the swin air dine to ride for thirty minutes. After doing so, i had returned to my bedroom to do my weight exercises both arm and leg. After stretching, i had taken a shower thus getting ready for the rest of my day. At 10:45 i had started another load of laundry. At 11:00 i had gone back to the kitchen to unload the dishwasher thus putting the dish's away. i then hung another laod of laundry before eating lunch. it was now 12:00 noon. time to lay down to rest. i had slept until 3:45. i had a headache all morning so the nap and dark room felt good. i the got up and spoke to a friend on the phone before going out to the kitchen to eat soup fro dinner. i then returned to my bedroom to blog at 6:45.

prepping for cookies

 i began my day at 7:30 a.m. by going out into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa and some fruit. i then toasted to sliced of bread and mde myself  a banana sandwhich. Once i had finished eating, i had gone back to my bedroom to make my bed and put my work out clothing out. i then splashed my face and brushed my teeth before going downstairs to ride for thirty minutes. i then went back up to the kitchen to fold some napkins. i then chopped some dates for a Christmas cookie recipe.  At 9:20 i then went back to my bedoom to put some laundry away before beginning my weight workout. First i strapped on my ankle weights and away i went. i cant wait i start downhill skiing for the first time siince my stroke in three weeks. No more racing but it  will be skiing just the same. i definatly don't want another concussion. The pain now is hurendouse. i was listening to the news and they were saying after a concussion the pain doesn't start until a couple of years after the annitial injury. They are so true.  i always wondered why i did not feel any pain shortly after the accident, it comes now!!!   i then stretched before sitting down to fill my pill cases. At 10:35 i then mailed out some Christmas cards, thus bringing them out to the mailbox. At 11:00 i then called a friend to talk on the telephone briefly. i then called grandma. At 12:00 i then had some lunch before laying down to rest. i had slept from 12:15-3:30. i then went out into the kitchen to eat some pretzels with a glass of egg nog before going back to my i pad to blog.  

A good chuckle with Deb at the end of my day before going home

I began my day this morning at 7:30  a.m. by eating a bowl of hot cereal for breakfast. I then went back to my bedroom to make my bed. I then brushed my teeth and shaved before packing my nap sack then putting my clean laundry away. At 9:00 I then went outside to sweep the snow  off the deck. At  9:30 I then did my weight ex ercises.  took shower start wash hung to dry and off I went. During support Group Dee Dee brought in party mix and cookies plates and napkins. Dee Dee helping out in school buliton baord. Peanut butter  fudge and other goodies. Went to craft mainia this morning. I spoke about my skiing getting excited. Les glad to be here, happy holidays, have a great Christmas has been walking with quad cane. Told himself at 2:00 in the morning he was going to have a great day. Christmas with family. Scott had pretty good week biggest thing said HAPPY BIRTHDAY to sister. Use to be a singer. Has not done so since his stroke. Recorded message on answer machine. Camie hates to be reminded of recovery so he eraces all of his recordings. Tina the old Tina is gone. She prefers the new Tina today. People say that she is more happier today then before her stroke. Cammie done with school. 7:47 last Monday night all done of school. Daughter-in-law put cute video of grandson. Denise wrapped presents  and  put up tree to put presents under. Made cookies and put up manger scene. Tina things are going real good. With Deb, Tammy, and Sam. At 2:00 I had gone to the gym for my half an hour break while waiting for my p.t. session with Laura at 2:30. At that time I walked on the treadmill for fifteen minutes then did some leg exercises in the parallel bars.  During my I Pad session with Deb, I continued to learn how to cut ad pasted bringing my daily notes over to my blog. I then went home at 4:00. Upon my arrival home I had my dinner and soon then called it a day.  

fire drill

i began my Tuesday morning at 5:00 a.m. by doing my weight exercises ad stretching. i then preceded to take my shower and get ready for the day before going out into the kitchen to have cup of hot cereal and toasted english muffin. i first enjoyed my hot cocoa and   some fruit. Once  i had finished eating i then brushed my teeth before grabbing my things and heading out the door. i had arrived to Westside

During yoga jes join group with mat don and I with carol and Michelle. Do poses

At 10:00 during my p t session with Amanda i first. Walk thirty minutes on treadmill at incline of three I then did my skiing with ski boots on.right left up ect. Endurance


alk to piper about my vital stem treatments and how my swallowing is going. We also discussed p t and my running
Talked about dr. appt.

worked on my blog with Deb.

practicing ski positions during P.T. with Lydia

i began my Monday morning at 5:00 a.m. by getting out of bed to do my weight exercises. After I had stretched I then took my shower thus getting ready for the day before going out into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa and eat my fruit. I am anxious for the Christmas season to start eating the fruit dip my mother makes. Once I had finished eating I then brushed my teeth thus packing my duffle bag. I then grabbed my lunch and met United at the door. Upon my arrival to WestSide I was a bit late do to my ride. I first put my lunch in the refrigerator before making my way to the gym for my P.T. session with Lydia. Today Lydia had me practice skiing with my ski boots on. I was then able to hold a squat position for ninty seconds. At 11:00 i then went to the conference room to laughter therapy with Lydia and Flourina. Today we first watched Robert Reverse. We then listened to William Cosby. At  12:00  i then went to the kitchen to eat my lunch. i then went home on united . i had arrived home at 2:45 thus going straight to bed. i had slept until 5:00 before getting up to eat dinner.  i then sat down to blog before calling it a day. 

Shoveling a foot of snow

i began my sunday moring at 9:00 a.m. by going out to the kitchen to eat my breakfast. Once i had done so i had returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth and make my bed. i then put on my workout clothing and began to do just that, Workout. i first did my weight exercises then i stretched. it was a light workout, but a workout just the same. i then put on my boots and winter attire to go out on the deck and shovel a foot of snow. Now this is when i really got my workout. i had shoveled from 9:15-11:30. i then went inside to have some cheeze and crackers. i then polished my teeth before laying down to rest. i had slept from 12:00-3:00 before getting up to eat some lunch. At 3:15 i then spoke to a friend on the telephone briefly before taking a shower. i then took out my i pad and began to blog. 

Parrrrrrrrrrrrrtay

i began my saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. by going out into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa and eat my fruit. i then  had a cup of hot cereal and some toast. At 9:00 i then continued to get ready for the rest of the day. At 10:20 my father and i left for Auburn. We had met our friend Jim at the cross roads. He then jumped in the truck with us and we continued on our way. We had finally arrived at sarah's at 12:00 noon. My father and Jimthen left. Once inside we first sat down to eat Pizza with sarah, Tina, Peg, Holy and David. Along with the pizza we had tossed salad, chips. For dessert we had cookies and mint stick ice cream. Covered with hot fudge. At 1:30 sarah opened her gifts. At 2:30 holy, David, and Peg left. i stayed with sarah while waiting for my father and Jim to arrive. i had moved some things with sarah. my father and Jim had arrived at 3:15. We had dropped jim of at the cross roads and then continued on our way. we had arrived home at 4:30. After a hot shower  i then had some hot soup before sitting down to blog. burrrrr it sure is cold outside.

a phone call from who

 i began my Friday morning at 9:30 a.m. being a day off from going into therapy, i thought i would sleep in a bit. Once i was up, i had gone straight to the laundry room to see if there was a load of laundry that had to be hung to dry. sure enough there was. As i was hanging the laundry,, my mother had called to see how things were going, i then continued to hang the laundry. At 10:30 my grandmother had called to talk. it must be nice to hear an outside voice once in a while.  if i lived closer to town and was able to walk better i would be down at the Pierce House daily. At 10:40 i then started a load of laundry before washing some dish's that were in the sink. i then made my bed. it remindes me of the days when i use to try to make it when i was at d'youville for rehab. it was hard but not impossible. My father had called at 11:00 to see how my day was going. i then climbed on the swin air dine for thirty minutes. At 11:45 i then hung another load to dry. i then went to my bedroom to do my weight exercises both leg and arm. After stretching i then took my shower before laying down to rest. i had slept from 1:30-3:30 before getting up. A friend then called. We then spoke for a while, i then went out into the kitchen at 4:30 to eat my salad my mother had made for me. i then had dinner. Once i  had finished eating i had gone to my bedroom to blog. 

a quick with visit with grandma

 i began my Thursday morning at 8:00 a.m. by going out into the kitchen to eat my breakfast. After doing so i then brushed my purly whites before starting in with my exercises. i had first rode fo thirty minutes. After doing i had called Westside at 9:oo so as to leave a message with sally. After doing so i had continued exercising. Now it was time to do my weight routine.  i first started with my legs. After doing so i then continued to clear out and organize the drawers in my desk aresa in my bathroom. Thus throughing papers away. At 11:15 i then did my upper weight exercises. After doing so i had taken my shower before eating my lunch. At 12:30 i then lied down to rest. i had slept for an hour before my mother had arrived home from work. she then brought me downtown to do some shopping. At 2:00 i then went to the Pierce House to visit my grandmother. We then went to Hannaford to do some shopping. We had arrived home at 3:00. upon doing  We had unpacked the groceries. At 3:30  i then mixed a batter of Christmas Cookies. At 4:20 i the returned to my bedroom to blog.

sharing in support group

I began my day at WestSide at 1:00 p.m. during support group stay possitive, Denise said our names. Camie got an 87 on her 45 minute presentation. Had to set up appointment to take test.  Denise weekend went horse back riding on Ruckus. Getting christmas tree this weekend with her brother Rainy.  carol Putting tree up this weekend.  Charlie Brown and real tree. Dee Dee a little happier lately. She brought in a gift for the entire group. Camie unwrapped it. went to school two days in a row. She did a painting of minni mouse. showed us cards she had made. Scott was assessed this week. five goals have been past. Allot of encouragement form Amanda and Lydia. Does treadmill with no hands. Had stroke is fearful of things. Take arm to come back a little longer. normal for scott is doing what he wants to do. I spoke about skiing and weight shifting in p.t. Stay possitiveDuring p t dan first had me on nu step level four for twenty minutes. I then used the boson ball. Putting leg on and pushing working on balance. During i pad  group i showed Nancy how i learned to cut and paste to make blogging much easier. i then went home at 4:00, calling it another day. 

doing wall squats in p.t.

i began my Tuesday morning at 5:30 a.m. by getting up to do my weight exercises and stretching. At 6:00  i then continued getting ready for the day ahead. Once i had showered  i had gone out into the kitchen to eat my breakfast. My father had made me an egg sandwich. After brushing my teeth i had grabbed my things and out the door i went. united wheelchair had brought Donald and  me to therapy. Our Ride was late so don and I arrived 10:45 did cat cow and stretched with carol and Michelle during yoga. Tredmill 26.5 minutes warm up and cool down at 2,0 and five min at 2.5 15 min at 2.8 mph wall squats two sets of ten for fifteen sec intervals. After a fifteen minute break i then met with Piper for case management, We spoke briefly, i then had nursing with sally. Talked about drs appointments with sally. At 12:00  i then had lunch. At 12:30 i Looked at settings and accessabilities ad text settings with sue  using zoom and practice copy and paste with blog. At 1:00 united then took Donald and i home. upon my arrival home i had lied down to rest thus sleeping from 2:45-5:00. i then got up to eat my dinner before sitting down to blog.

Getting ready to ski during P.T.

I began my Monday morning at 5:00 with my weight exercises and stretching. At 6:00 I then took my shower thus getting ready for the day ahead. After a bowl of cereal and half english muffin I had brushed my teeth and off to westside I went. Upon my arrival I went straight to the gym for my p.t. session with Lydia. She first had me Walk on treadmill for twenty minutes at 2.2 mph incline at 4.0 half mile. 

Modified skiing on and off Eric cuission then with poles

Did tai chi with Lydia  working on my balance while practising the form and other exercises with joe the instructor.At 11:00 I then had laughter therapy. We first checked in Paul mat allisa and I we then watched Bill Cosby "Himself" with dan and Florina. Did we laugh!!! i then went to the kitchen to eat my lunch. After doing so I had left for home at 12:00 on United. After sleeping all the way home, I had gone inside to sleep some more from 2:30 to 4:45. I then got up and went out into the kitchen to eat dinner. After doing so I had returned to my bedroom to blog.

time for christams cookies

i began my sunday morning at 7:30 a.m. by getting out of bed to do weight exercises and stretch. i then went to the kitchen to eat a toasted english muffin with peanut butter and honey. yummie!!! At 8:50  i then returned to my bedroom to take my shower and get ready to go to church. At 9:30 i then went downstairs to fold laundry and put it away. After doing so i then left to go to  church with my sister.  before mass the priest had come up to me and ask me if i had given it any more thought to doing the readings on sunday. After mass i had gone home with my sister. once inside we had some lunch. At 12:00  i then brushed my teeth before making my first batch of Christmas cookies of the season, coconut kiss cookies.  Once i had made the batter i then place it in the refrigerator. After picking up the kitchen i then lied down to rest at 1:15-4:00. Once i had awoken, i the sat down to write my Christmas letter. At 5:00 i then ate dinner. At 6:55 i had returned to my bedroom to fill my pill casess for the week. i then pulled up my blog. 

Its fixed

Thursday 12/5/13
i began my Thursday morning at 8:00 a.m. by going out into the kitchen to have a bowl of cereal, toasted bread, cocoa, and my fruit. Once i had finished eating  i had gone to the laundry room to start a load of laundry before riding for thirty minutes. At  9:15  i then did my weight exercises. After doing so  i then hung the the laundry to dry. i then started another load of laundry before washing the dish's in the sink. i then went back to my bedroom to stretch. At 10:30 i then took my shower.  After hanging another load  i then called grandma. Once  i had finished speaking to her i then had some lunch while watching the news. At 1:00 i then went with my mother to the dentist. We had arrived home after the check up at 4:00. i had taken a shower before sitting down to eat dinner.

Friday 12/6/13
i began my Friday morning at 8:00 a.m. Once  i had finished with my breakfast. i had rode for thirty minutes before cleaning my room. At 10:00 My father had called from work then my mother from work.  i then continued to clean. At 11:30  i then sat down to eat some lunch. After doing so  i had brushed my teeth then lied down to rest. i had slept for two hours before getting up to put my laundry away. At 2:15 i had done my weight exercises before getting the mail. i then continued to stretch until 3:00. i then called my grandmother. We had spoke for twenty-five minutes. At 3:30 i had helped my mother in with the groceries. i then took a shower before calling my fair point about my internet service.  i then spoke to my friend Tim on the telephone who lives with a visual impairment like myself. At 7:00  i then went to bed.

saturday 12/7/13
i began my saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. by going out into the kitchen to eat my breakfast. i then returned to my bedroom to change my bed. At 10:15 i then started a load of laundry. At 10:20  i then sat down to mail out some Christmas cards. At 10:25 i then started the dishwasher before riding for thirty minutes. i then rode for thirty minutes before hanging the laundry to dry.  i then washed my sheets. At 11:40 i then stretched before taking a shower. At 12:30 My sister had arrived and at 12:45 My Fair Point to fix my internet. Once the problem was solved,  i lied down to rest. At 2:30  i started a load of laundry. i then emptied the dish washer thus putting the dish's away. i then went back to bed for an hour to rest. i then hung another load to dry. before eating dinner with my sister.

Learning how to copy to blog

During support support group tina, Cmie, Dee Dee, Scott,  Denise, and I stay possitive. Denise said names. Camie brought in candy canes for every one. Camie everything is fine read email has to meet with advisor in order to graduate.  had a good thanksgiving. Going to a Christmas musical  Dee Dee got results of mri is clear. Seams family has history of cancer doctors want her to get check. Report says things different in her speech. Is tired of no results. wants to have it be a seriouse matter so there is a solution to her problem. Walk to school yesturday  and walked back home. Hoping she has cancer so there is an answer. made some christmas cards. Scott mentioned it could chronic fetigue sindrome. Scott miss therapy stayed home for Thanksgiving. Calls everyone instead of travel. Talked abut mirror therapy. can walk without a limp now. o.t. doing things in pool. Using biones stimulator with his arm. had a blast in last life has to change December 4 will be a year 

During p t with Laura I first road the nu step for thirty minutes then I did leg exercises.

Developed notes to follow to copy and paste calendar notes to blog.

Off to the dentist

 My thursday morning started at 8:00 a.m. by going out into the kitchen to eat my fruit and drink my hot cocoa. Then i had a bowl of cereal with banana and  a slice of toasted  bananna bread. After doing so, i then brushed my perly whites before starting a load of laundry.  i then road the bike for thirty minutes. At 9:15  i then had returned to my bedroom to do my weight exercises. At 9:45 i had hung the laundry to dry before starting another.  then went back to the kitchen to washe the dish's before returning to my bedroom to stretch. it sure is frustrating to have worked as hard as i have and still my foot/ ankle/ leg is not doing better then it is. At 10:30  then took my shower before hanging the next load to dry. After doing so,  had called my grandmother to see how her day was going. At 11:00  then sat down to eat some lunch. i then watched the news while waiting for my mother. to arrive home from work. At 1:00 my mother had taken herself and  i to the dentist. After our cleanings we then went back home. We had arrived home at 4:00. After getting myself comfortable, i then ate dinner. At 5:00 i then blogged before calling it a day. 

continuing to learn to make blogging esier

 I began my Wednesday morning at 8:00 a.m. by going out into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa and eat my fruit. i then had a bowl of cereal  and toasted pumpkin bread.  then brushed my teeth before putting some clean laundry away. After doing so i then began my weight workout. i then preceded to stretch. i then went downstairs to ride for fifteen minutes before calling my grandmother. At 10:00 i then took my shower thus getting ready for the day ahead. then grabbed my things and united had arrived. upon my arrival to Westide i went straight to the conference room. During support support group tina, Cmie, Dee Dee, Scott,  Denise, and I stay possitive. Denise said names. Camie brought in candy canes for every one. Camie everything is fine read email has to meet with advisor in order to graduate.  had a good thanksgiving. Going to a Christmas musical  Dee Dee got results of mri is clear. Seams family has history of cancer doctors want her to get check. Report says things different in her speech. Is tired of no results. wants to have it be a seriouse matter so there is a solution to her problem. Walk to school yesturday  and walked back home. Hoping she has cancer so there is an answer. made some christmas cards. Scott mentioned it could chronic fetigue sindrome. Scott miss therapy stayed home for Thanksgiving. Calls everyone instead of travel. Talked abut mirror therapy. can walk without a limp now. o.t. doing things in pool. Using biones stimulator with his arm. had a blast in last life has to change December 4 will be a year since his stroke. Tina hated herself after her stroke. Hey Tina you did pretty well today. She likes herself today.  Thanksgiving went well. I checked in about modified skiing. Denise going to brothers for thanksgiving good food and dancing.  Stay possitve.


During p t with Laura I first road the nu step for thirty minutes then I did leg exercises.

Developed notes to follow to copy and paste calendar notes to blog.
  troy have a great week ! you are awesome.....

Learning how to copy and paste to blog

My day started at 5:30 a.m. by getting up to do my weight exercises, both upper and lower.  then stretched. At 6:00 a.m. i then took my shower thus getting ready got the day ahead. At 6:30  then went out into the kitchen to have a banana sandwich. Once  had finished eating,  then continued to get ready. Once i had brushed my teeth  then grabbed my lunch and duffle bag and to Westside on nited. upon my arrival had sally for nursing.  we Talked about drs appointments looked over notes on headaches we then called dr. sellvitelli to see if meds can be uped before going to bed. called dr s left messages that magnesium is helping but that i wake up with bad headache. If she wants to make any changes we left your number and westsides number. continue giving headaches a number each day. Dr. s may call mom if any changes. 126 over 80 blood pressure  
20 min .80 mile 123 cal 4.0  incline 2.3 mph six min 2.5 rest. With Amanda modified skiing, in front of mirror and forward and diagonal lunges.

During yoga mat don and I exercised focussing allot on breathing with carol and Michelle

Talk  to piper how treatment was going during casemanagement.
At 12:00  then had lunch. i then met with deb. today we worked on my blog and trying to cary notes over to blog so as ot to have to type everything all over again. united then took don and i home.  i have arrived home at 2:30 thus going straight to bed .  i had slepted til 5:00. i then had dinner before taking a shower. i then sat down to blog.

working on balance and breathing during Tai Chi

I began my Monday morning at 5:30 a.m. by getting up to stretch. I then preceded to do my weight exercises. At 6:00 I then took my shower before going out to the kitchen to eat my breakfast. Once I had finished I had brushed my teeth before grabbing my things, I then sat to wait for my ride. The weather was a little snowy, so my ride arrived a little late. We then had to pick up Donald. We did not arrive to WestSide until 9:45. I had missed my P.T. Session with Lydia. I immediatly went down to the gym to let her know I was there. She then let me know that she would meet me in the conference room for Tai Chi. Since I had missed my P.T. session with Lydia, she was then able to spend her time in Tai Chi group with me. So I spent the hour working on balance and breathing as Lydia assisted me, whether it be with balance or remining me to breath. For some reason theses days I for get to breath when doing something physical. At 11:00 I then made my way to the conference room for laughter therapy. We first spoke about what laughter doe for you, to inform the new client Carna what the group was about. Mat, Paul, Alisa, Don, and I then named the benefets of laughter, with Deb and Flourina. We then watched a video of laughter with Robert Rivers. We then stated one possitive thing followed by a yeh. At 12:00 I then went to thekichen to eat my lunch with others before going home with Donald on United Wheelchair. I had arrived home at 2:00 p.m. Upon doing so, I had gone straight to bed. I had slept til 4:15. I then went out into the kitchen to eat dinner. After doing so, I had gone to my I Pad to blog.

Keeping in touch

I began my Sunday morning at 7:00 a.m. first lower then upper. I then did my stretching before going out into the kitchen for a cup of oatmeal and english muffin. Once I had finished eating I then took my shower and got ready to go to church. At 9:45 my mother and I then left.before mass the Priest had come up to me and had ask me how well my vision was, and I how good I could I could see. What he was eventually getting to was, if I would be interested in doing the readings some Sunday. After mass my mother and I went to the Pierce House to visit my grandmother and so that my mother could give her communion. We then left to go gome so my grandmother could go to lunch. We had arrvied home at 12:00. After having a bowl of soup for lunch, I then Lied down to rest at 12:30 and I slept until 3:40. I new I would sleep that long, I was even to tired to stay in town after mass and walk a little like I usually do every Sunday. Once I got up I had spoke to a friend on the phone. I then ate dinner before speaking to another friend on the telephone. I then went to my I pad to blog.