I’m Such a Klutz

Hi everyone, hope you had a great Wednesday.  Only two more days of work then the long weekend is here.  Does anyone have plans?  No plans in this neck of the woods, as always hubby is working all weekend so I’m on my own.  I was thinking about heading to Halifax to use up a gift certificate I have for Spirit Day Spa but couldn’t make up my mind what I wanted to have done.  Does anyone have any recommendations?
I was feeling pretty good after the Hot Yoga class yesterday, and much to my surprise as the day wore on my muscles started to get sore.  You know the kind of sore you get from a good workout.  I guess the class did more for me than I thought.  
I wiped out when I got home today.  Slipped on a wet spot by the dogs water dish and down I went.  Twisted my knee and landed smack dab on my bad hip.  Oh and we have tile floor so let me tell you it was not pretty.  So in light of this incident I was going to wimp out on the yoga tonight, but then I thought about it and it came to me that maybe yoga would decrease the negative effects of being a clutz….. Let me tell you I am a major clutz.  I’m one of those people that can fall up stairs.  I popped the DVD in and got my 35 mins of yoga done.  YAY ME!!!
It’s been a pretty uneventful day and supper was a big fail so no pics or recipes to share.  I've been in a bit of a cooking slump lately.  I can’t decide what to make, but have tons of food in the house.  I kind of got out of my groove when I didn’t want to cook with all the hot humid weather we had. 
So I’ll leave you with a picture of one of my fur babies.
                
I’m not sure how this is comfortable but she seems to like it.
Enjoy your night
~~ Jackie

Girls Have Power Tools Too

Before I get to that a couple of  other things to share.
Today was a pretty basic Tuesday up until I left work that is.  I ran into an old friend whom I haven’t seen in 10 years.  I knew he was in town but didn’t think we would get a chance to catch up since he would be spending most of his time with family and showing his GF our beautiful province.  Anyway I stopped in Shoppers after work and he was walking out as I was going in. We had a great chat and hopefully they will have time to visit before they head back home to Florida.
After that it was off to the Dr.  I have been finding my GP to be a little wishy washy lately.  One visit she says one thing and the next something else.  Then sometimes it’s like she has forgotten my history altogether (I’ve been seeing her since I was 14).  Anyway, at my last appointment I told her I needed my thyroid medication adjusted, she looked at my blood work and said no,  that my levels were fine and she didn’t think it was necessary to do so.  She figured my issues were to do with my Sarcoidosis and sent me back to the specialist.  I knew better, so I took matters into my own hands and adjusted the dosage myself until I could get back in to see her.  Today, I told her I wanted the dosage adjusted and told her what I had done.  She looked back at the same blood test results as last time and said, “I don’t have a problem with that.  You’re levels can go down to  0.3 and I”m ok with that” (My levels are currently at 3.0)  So why is it ok to change and before when I asked she was very adamant that my levels shouldn’t do any lower.  It could have saved me a whole lot of grief, months of feeling like crap and not to mention I wouldn’t have an extra 10-15 lbs on my body.  Sooooo frustrating.  Now I have officially switched over to the new dose and hopefully I will be feeling better soon.  Unfortunately even with the new dose I will still have to fight to get this extra weight off. 
Now on to the fun stuff, my version of power tools.  A couple of weeks ago I flipped on The Shopping Channel and this baby was on sale.  Something you don’t know about me is I am a sucker for an infomercial.  It was just a matter of time before I got out the credit card and ordered.
                        Isn’t she pretty!!
The feed shoot is extra large which really comes in handy. It also came with five extra blades, a juicer (I’m sure that will never get used) and a dough blade.  The one I was really excited about was the French Fry blade.  I make sweet potato fries all the time but hate cutting them up. It worked great, I think it took 2 seconds to do one potato.
    
                     
The first thing I made was the much loved and favorite in the blog world,  Banana Soft Serve.
                
I love this stuff.  It is so quick and easy to make and the combinations are pretty much endless.  Since I can’t have milk I get to enjoy ice cream again!!! 
The kitties got a new toy too … 
         
My honey is home early tonight so I’m going to spend some QT with him
~~Jackie

Spring has sprung!!

The weather this week here in Hali has been awesome.  Sunny and warm every day.  Again today, bright, sunny and they say it is supposed to go up to 17 degrees.  WOO HOO!!!  I took a walk around the yard to see if any little flowers were peeking their way through the soil, but nothing yet.  So I thought I would put my spring decorations out (until it’s warm enough for the real things).
                
                       
Unfortunately I couldn’t find the other half of my flowers , I have no idea what I did with them.  You would think they would be stored together but oh no that would make too much sense, so the other planter is empty for now.
I took the puppers out for a stroll around the yard with me
              
              
Not the best pic but I couldn’t get them to sit still.  If you look in the window behind the pups you can see the other fur babies inside, just waiting for their turn outside.
                
                
It’s so nice to look out and see blue sky, sun and no snow!!
                   
Time to go enjoy the day 

Breathing a Sigh of Relief

I guess I haven't gotten off to a very good start with this blog, since it has been over a month since I last posted. We'll see if I can put in a little more effort.

So the last few days were not good to say the least. One of our fur children, our 13 year old golden retriever was not doing well. It all started with a little limp Wednesday night. We didn't think too much of it since he is 13 and has had a limp off and on before but it never lasts. Anyway Thursday morning he struggled to get up so hubby helped him up but he wouldn't walk. He did eat his breakfast and we took him outside to do his stuff, but he still wouldn't walk. We had to go to work, so asked the neighbor to watch him. Through the day she called hubbie and said "he was breaking her heart". He wouldn't get up for her. We couldn't get an appointment at our vet until Friday. Upon my return home from work, he seemed quite a bit better, he got up for me was walking around, he still had a limp, but was up and around so we thought he was on the mend.

Then Thursday morning came. He wouldn't get up again. Hubby got him up and he tried to walk, but had no control and was falling over. We were beside ourselves, it was heartbreaking to see him like that. I took the day off work to stay home with him, (I'm sure I'll get grief about that on Monday), and we were taking him to the vet in the afternoon.

I think both of us cried all the way to the vet thinking we were going to get bad news and might not be able to bring our beloved pup home.

Thankfully, that was not the case. Turns out his muscles are in spasm and this is effecting his nerves, so he was prescribed Robaxacet and massage therapy. Yes you read that right we have to massage him a few times a day or whenever he will let us. She also suggested acupuncture for him, I'm thinking I might take him with me next week when I go to my acupuncture appointment. Maybe I could get a 2 for one deal.

Our buddy is home, feeling better and that is all that matters.