Don't count the days, make the days count.

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Our Christmas Eve on New Years Eve

I began my Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. by eating my breakfast with my family. At 9:30 I then went back to my bedroom to do my stretching and weight exercises. at 10:30 I then road for thirty minutes. At 11:00 I took a shower before lying down to rest. I had slept until 1:45 before getting up to have a bowl of soup for lunch and a piece of muffleletter sandwhich. I then had some Christmas cookies for dessert. At 2:00 I rested in the recliner I have in my room. I then got up at 5:00 to have odderves with the family, while engaging in conversation. At 7:00 we then had some meat pie my mother had made. At 7:15 I called Stacie to see what time she would be arriving tomorrow. We then sat down to open the gifts in our stockings. We were all soon in bed.

Friday, December 30, 2011

Getting ready for Christmas

I began my Friday morning at 10:00 a.m. by eating my breakfast. I then made my way downstaires to ride for thirty minutes, but first I began a load of laundry. Once I had finished riding I then put the laundry in the dryer. At 11:00 I then put the laundry away before doing my stretching. At 11:45 I then did my weight exercises. Once I had finished exercising I then folded and put laundry away. At 1:00 I lied down to rest and I slept until3:30. Once I was up I had a snack and some egg nog. At 4:3o after my shower I then cleaned my bathroom. At 5:45 my sister had arrived. My mother then broke out the odderves, before siiting down to eat home made fish chowder for dinner. We then sat in the living room to chat before going to bed.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

New Years Eve Party at West Side

I began my Thursday moring at 7:30 a.m. by eating my breakfast. At 8:15 I brushed my pearly whites before beginning my stretching and weight routing. At 9:10 I then began to ride for thirty minutes I then put laundry away. Once I had taken my shower I packed my things to go to WestSide. At 10:30 I began a load of laundry. At 10:45 I then ate my lunch. At 11:00 I hung the laundry to dry. I then soon left for WestSide on United. At 2:00 I meet with Brian to talk about things. At 3:00 during my p.t. session with Dan, he had me first doing leg raises with weights. I then got ready for the new years eve party. We first started the party with some odderves. We then broke up into twe teams to play Jeopardy 2011. At 5:30 Ed passed around pizza for us to eat. At 6:15 we then did some dancing. Well we had music and those who could dance, did. Then at 6:50 we had the count down til New Years. We even had a champain toast. At 7:00 United then took me home.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

DICK FROM UNITED TOOK TO AND FROM WESTSIDE TODAY, MY D,YOUVILLE BUDDY WHO LOVES HIS COFFEE

I began my Wednesday morning at 7:00 a.m. by eating my breakfast. I then went back to my bedroom at 7:40 to begin doing my stretching and weight exercises. Once I had put my laundry away I then took a shower, thus getting ready for my day ahead. At 9:00 I hung some laundry to dry before leaving to go to WestSide. Dick from United had picked me up. He was at d'youville while I was there. It seems like he had been picking me up and taking me home quite a bit. Upon my arrivel for a 9:30 p.t. appointment with Amanda, She first had me walking on the tredmill with my brace on. She had me do two 10 minute intervals resting in between each one. Amanda then had me go to the parallel bars to do knee and leg raises. She also had me doing squats. After I had eaten my lunch, I then joined support group. Bill, Pete, Denese, Tod, Dee Dee and I shared our weekly happenings with Deb, Jen, and one another. At 2:00 Dick from United Wheelchair took me home. I arrived home at 3:15. Once inside, I immediatly went to my bedroom to do my stretching and weight routine. I took the night off from riding. At 4:15 I then went on facebook briefly to leave a note to a friend. I then continued by making my daily blog, before eating dinner.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Blood work at F.M.H.

I began my Tuesday morning bright and early by taking a ride over to Franklin Memorial Hospital with my dad so that I could have some blood work done. It took them three times before they could find a vein willing to release some of that precious blood. I arrived back home at 8:15. Once inside I immediatly ate my breakfast. Once I had taken my shower and got my self ready for my day ahead, I then lied down to rest at 9:15. I had slept until 11:00 before getting up to eat some lunch before going to the ywca for aquasize group with WestSide. United soon picked me up to take me to WestSide. Upon my arrivel I rode over to the ywca with Ed. Once at the ywca, we changed into our swim suits then went into the pool. Ed first had Shelly and I do some stretching in the water. The three of us then tossed a ball around. I had caught myself gasping for breath once. Ed was concerned and curiouse to as what was going on. So I preceded to let him know. Once we were back at WestSide Dick from United took me home. Funny thing, Dick was a patient at d'youville while I was there. Once I had arrived home I had done my stretching routine and weight exercises. At 5:00 I then took my shower before sitting down to eat soup for dinner with my parents. At 7:00 I then went to my bedroom to blog before calling it a night.

Monday, December 26, 2011

What to say?

I began my Monday morning at 9:00 a.m. At 9:30 I then went downstairs to ride the swin air dine. At 10:00 I then back to my bedroom to stretch and do my weight exercises. At 10:50 I continued to organize papers in my bedroom. At 11:00 I then sat down to write the poem I had posted yesturday in the notebook I have been keeping my poems in. At 11:30 I sat down to eat a bowl of soup for lunch. I lied down to rest at 12:15. I slept until 3:00 before getting up at 3:00 to ride the swin air dine. I then proceded by doing my weight exercises and stretching. Once I had taken my shower I then sat down to eat dinner at 5:30. I then called it a day.

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Merry Christmas

I began my Christmas day morning at 7:00 a.m. by stretching and doing my weight exercises. At 8:00 I then made my way downstairs to ride for thirty minutes. At 8:30 I then went upstairs to drink my cocoa and eat an egg sandwhich. Once I had finished eating I then took my shower getting ready for my Christmas day. At 10:00 I left to go to church with my mother. Once church was over, my mother and I went to pick up my grandmother. We arrived home at 12:00. After I had posted my Christmas poem on my blog, I went to the kitchen to open my grandmothers gifts to me and she had opened the ones I had given to her. We are not celebrating Christmas until next week, but I am opening gifts with my grandmother so that she can avoid the confussion next week. At 1:00 I then had a bowl of soup for lunch. At 2:00 I then put clean sheets on my bed so that I could lay down to rest. I had slept from 2:10 until 4:20 before getting up to stretch and do my weight exercises. At 5:15 I took my shower before talking to my sister on the telephone. I then sat down to eat dinner with my parents. I soon called it a night. I would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas. Merry Christmas Aunt Joan.