| | My friend, Lucy_or_Ethel really helped me this week. She had a post about how having nothing beyond the mundane to say, has never kept her quiet on her Xanga. And she encouraged the rest of us with mundane lives to keep posting....who knows what mundane tidbit another might find interesting! And you know what? She is right! She gave me a solid kick in my mundane! I think I am ready to post again. It's not that I have been so busy I didn't have time...nope...had plenty of time. I just didn't have the right frame of mind...which is silly really...because I am a firm believer you can change your frame of mind if you so choose! So dear friends (those of you who are left), here goes! In November of last year I spent two weeks helping my brother clean his house. It's a three level townhouse, and let me tell you, I must have made at least 100 trips up or down the stairs the very first evening (then down the front steps and out the door to the community dumpster)! If you were to ask me "what I do", I would most likely tell you....I Work Hard. It's What I do. After a couple dozen trips up or down the stairs, I began to feel a twinge of pain in my hips/booty. After a couple dozen more trips, it was full fledge trouble, and I knew it. My brother is single, and not only is he a pack rat, but he inherited a bunch of junk that my mom and dad had pack ratted as well...so he desperately needed the help. It was non optional for me to continue to help. Well, to make a long story just as long, after the end of two weeks my neck, back, hips and leg were in dire need of a rest and some intervention. But my brother was so grateful, and if I had to do it again...I would. I began treatments with our wonderful chiropractor/kinesiologist/acupuncturist, and found out I had Sciatica, and probably another problem not as well known, Piriformis Syndrome. The piriformis is the muscle over/around the sciatic nerve, and the same things that cause Sciatica, also causes Piriformis Syndrome. It's now May, and I have been in treatment since December. I am MUCH better...not completely well...but so much better! For now, I have good days and I have days bad days...but more good than bad. And the pain in my back and hips is gone...but has lingered in my lower leg and foot. I figure since the lower leg and foot were the last places that this showed up, it may very well be the last place it leaves. (Foot pain showed up in January) As for my hard work, it all has been put on hold. When you are living in the middle of a remodel job, that can be slightly irritating at times! Oh yes, remember my remodel job from LONG ago? No, no, it's not complete. I haven't just been derelict in showing you pictures...well, maybe a little bit derelict in showing you what we DO have finished. We all know stuff happens, and we haven't been able to finish our house because we were helping other people with their jobs...that all had time constraints. But boy howdy! When we do get back to our remodel, we have LOTS of folks wanting to help us out! And I am getting better every day. I am stronger, exercising, losing weight...trying to do all the right things for my health and well being. And I am happy....I had a touch of the "woe is me" syndrome for a time as well! But it's amazing how great I feel! Getting rid of processed foods and going raw (Hold your horses! That's with food, y'all!) has been the best! So, that's part of what has happened with me. I can think of several more things to blog about...like how I took binoculars to scope out the eye glasses shop before I went in, or how I bragged to the proprietor of my favorite Tea Room about how I didn't spill any soup on my shirt, while unbeknownst to me I had fresh soup stains staring her in the face! Oh yes, the mishaps and quirks of this granny continue on, and they must be shared! Oh, and speaking of quirky granny, I have to go back to my roots for a while....this pic of the old granny with her phony bee hive hair, leopard print purse, and riding on the motorcycle is my original xanga profile pic...or avatar, if one must be precise. She has been calling to me. She makes me laugh! I'll update next week...later today the old man and I head south to Texas. Our son in-law is graduating from college....at the top of the science department, I might add! He IS Mr. Smarty Pants...I should make him do the smarty pants dance. If you don't know what the smarty pants dance is, click here. I won't be able to be-bop in my carriage as I head south....my dear husband doesn't share my love of be-bopping to loud music. But I shall enjoy the company!! Kansas Granny Hugs! |
