Shake It Up Baby, Twist And Ouch (Twist and Ouch)

The Exercise Physiologist was very thorough and also very friendly and kind. Apparently my right side is relatively bendy and flexible, but my left side?? Not so much. I had to bend and twist and balance for about half of the hour long session. Last night I was very tired and uncomfortable and my spleen was very swollen. I thought I was lying on my hot water bottle, but no, the lump was my spleen. I went to bed at 9-28pm, which is unheard of here. It has settled down somewhat now. I have an individualised programme with videos of all the exercises and must complete a few repetitions of each very gently this month. Thank you Federal Government for paying for my Health Management plan.    

MrsDrWho and I finished our Craftsy July's Blocks of The Month. They were variations of the Dresden plate. MrsDrWho emailed me her photos and they are not very clear, but you can imagine they are the same as mine.

She gave me a bottle of raspberry juice cordial. It is delicious, and 25% raspberry juice. It hits the spot.

MrsDrWho, MrsReno and I went out to lunch today. We had, respectively, the chicken, the baguette and the pork. And chips. The menu is very tasty, we had a glass of Pinot Gris and I had a cup of tea made with real tea leaves. What a bonus. It was a warm morning and I decided that for the first time since Winter I would wear a skirt and The World would have to look at my legs. Thankfully it was not too much of a shock.

Peri has been digging a hole in the wild part of the garden. Luckily she hasn't been in the paddle pool as well.

If there is dirt and water, this happens:

Miss Gilly was helping me with the Lemon Curd pictures last week. She really wanted to have some, even though I told her it was lemon and therefore a Naughty Thing.

The Cancer Council Wellness Centre is on schedule and we should be able to move in on time in December. There was a terrible crash today when the Cancer Council bus transporting patients from the North-West to the North for treatment was hit by a runaway trailer. So far three people have died. Very sad news.

My sister has given me a RoulPat silicone pastry sheet. It is 62 x 42cm and I have to make pastry or biscuits this week so I can christen it. I am very excitied and feel like a proper cook!!!

I have too much TV to watch. So much that I can't even contemplate watching Supernatural until I can gain some hours back. A fortnight ago I had 20 DR hours, or 120 LP hours, now I only have 10 DR hours. I can group programmes together, which saves an awful lot of screen space.

Still no knitting. I did think about going to buy the red and yellow wool to make Iron Man mittens  (Ravelry Link)for MrsHouseOf's eldest, but instead I came home and we all had a long afternoon nap. I shall have to adjust these to fit a proper sized hand.

Right now I am going to watch Gruen Planet and then it will be another early night for us all.

 

Comments

[Jan]

I love that Cascade raspberry. I have never been a cordial drinker, ever. Perhaps a tiny dash of good Schweppes Lime in some ice water. However I discovered the raspberry Cascade some months ago. It's lovely.

A word of warning. Don't ever buy the housebrand which is supposedly the same. I don't mean cheap raspberry but dear housebrand Cascade imitation. It's pitiful. I tried it.

So sad about that accident. There was one here a day or so ago in Singleton, a town in Hunter Valley. A prime mover ploughed into the side of a school bus. A nine year old was thrown ten metres through a window and died and quite a few other children are in hospital. Some have been airlifted to Newcastle and one of those is the brother of the boy who died.

Such things really shake country towns up and I imagine the accident you describe will do the same too.

[Jennifer Rose]

i'm kinda glad i don't have a tv, would spend all my time watching shows and never get any drawing done lol

dogs can have lemons, unless you told her that so she wouldn't want it anymore :)

that food looks so good :D

[Jennifer Rose]

hmmm my comment was eaten :p

dogs can have lemons, unless you told her that so wouldn't accidently destroy some of your little plants :)

i'm glad i don't have a tv, so much on i would watch i would never get any drawing done lol

[Monika]

LOL Look at Peri's dirty nose! She's so funny. And I love Gilly's face with the stripe down HER nose. So beautiful. We are starting to get that dirty weather here too. Rain and dirt = a lot of cleaning for me with the three dogs.

[RoseRed]

I have a silicone sheet I use for baking biscuits and pavlova, I love it (I have two, actually!).

I am very sorry about the bus accident. I do not understand the universe sometimes, why things happen the way the do. Very sad.

I will have to keep an eye out for the Cascade cordial. I buy a lovely apple and raspberry one, Golden Circle I think it is.

[Lois]

I think I'll have to get me some of that rasperry cordial....I'm surprised I haven't seen it before at the supermarket....we love rasperry cordial here!

So sad about the bus crash....all those families affected by losing their loved ones :(

I love seeing your dogs with a bit of dirt on them. It reminds me of when my kids were young & used to get into the mud or puddles or anything that made a mess.....much to the horror of some other mums who never let their kids get dirty.

Your lunch looks scrummy!!

Seeing your exercise program makes me feek guilty. I have physio exercises that I'm supposed to do every day....but I don't...I'm very naughty!

[Ann]

Hope your body has recovered from all that exercises. I read about the accident too. I was also thinking of wearing a skirt as the weather is warming up but my legs are not ready for the public yet.

[bells]

oh i love that doggy nose!!!

I haven't tried a dresden plate yet but they always look so inviting!

[Amy]

"The Cancer Council Wellness Centre is on schedule and we should be able to move in on time in December." You're moving? The dogs, too?