My appointment is at 3:00. Judd will be here at 2:15 to pick me up. I have to take a bath and find someone to put the clothes in the dryer so I'll have a shirt to wear. Judd put out a pair of shorts for me and washed all my underwear the other night so I'm set there.

Fortunately my bathtub is really big and has armrests on each end. There is a tile ledge all around it that I can sit on, swing around, lower myself in and then prop my leg on the armrest. I let all the water out before trying to get out in case my leg drops into the tub. If I get a hard cast today I'll start putting a plastic bag on it before bathing, and if I get a removable boot, I can just take it off when I bathe except I don't know what to do about the incisions and holes where the screws went in. I guess I'll know more after the doctor unwraps it. I imagine it's going to look icky.

I'm thinking this will be a good time to get back on my good eating plan and stay there. After all, I can lay here and scream for a coke all day long, but if they bring me water, what can I do about it? I'm captive!

I have to think of easy things for Shaun to make, and also things that would be easy to eat lying down. I have oatmeal, grits and maltomeal that I can have for breakfast, and I think he can make scrambled eggs, but snacks will be a little trickier. Boiled eggs, applesauce, milk, bananas and string cheese (1 pt. each) are the only things I can think of.

Any more suggestions?

Kathy, I hope that your bath went okay and that everything is going well at the doctor's office. I'm not sure what else you could get Shaun to make for you...maybe a big salad? Popcorn...maybe get some hummus and veggies?

Saundra, I appreciate any and all advice/wisdom!! I'm sure that if we offer on that house we will be making a much lower offer than the listing price.

We are actually going to look at the original house again tomorrow with our realtor, as he has never seen it. We're going to point out everything we will need to fix and get an idea of what he thinks is a good offer. That backyard is looking better and better. Oh and get this...we were going to look at another house tomorrow that's been on the market for about a week. We scheduled a time with the realtor, then he called back and said it's gone under contract. I think we are really good luck for sellers. Know anyone who needs to sell a house? Just schedule a time for us to come and look at it.

Kathy - poor you - I would think they should set up an hourly schedule where someone comes by to see if you need or want anything. I think Patti had a great idea with a bedside cooler - then you could keep extra water, juices, fruit, hb eggs and any other snacks you need (notice how food focused I am?).

Hope the appt goes well and the leg is not too 'icky'.

Vickie - glad you have some fun events to look forward to before the surgery! I'm sure you will take magnificent care of your patient and he will want for nothing - and honestly if some things don't get done - no need to panic. I'm sure you will handle the priorities in great style.

I would LOVE to see Wicked (or any other good broadway show for that matter). Love musicals but far and few between at our end. I do have a theatre subscription (like 3 musicals per year!) - and I believe Chicago is next in line in June!

Hope the roots are all taken care of too - speaking of roots I too could use more frequent visits - and I was hoping to hold out to next weekend - but took a good look in the mirror today and as we are going away I decided I did not want to frighten anyone so picked up one of those roots touch ups in the box to keep me going for at least another week (or two?). I have done this before and they are a lifesaver - takes about 10 mins and most of the gray roots taken care of - at least for a little while. Decided I was too embarrassed (and vain) to show up with white hair!

(note to self - follow sandra's lead and get the WINTER TIRES off the car). YIKES - I actually almost forgot I bought winter tires for my van this year and am driving on them - staying optimistic that no more snow shall fall and I can get them off?

Carrie - well sorry to say teething is always an issue with little ones - but I guess you have probably found some tricks and soothers to help him out - hang in there! As for eating out - it is a bit more challenging but doable. I think you got some great suggestions already - just need to ask more questions and be clear on how your want your food prepared. Good luck.

Angela - major congrats to your mom - I hope she is beaming from ear to ear - more proof that slow and steady wins the race! Good for her!

Melissa - a bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush - I think your intuitions and good vibes will kick in - go have another look at the house and pay attention to how you feel - of course you also want to be educated on 'as is' and what that means and why the other deal fell thru!

Took little ds to eye dr this morning - bit of anxiety due to the 'evil' eye drops - last time he had them it was quite a fiasco - but given he's older we presumed it would be better. But actually dr said he would not use the drops this time - ds was so relieved. Eyes are 20/20 with the glasses on - so far very stable - back next year.

I actually have an eye appt tomorrow after many years of not having eyes checked - and of course being too vain to even admit my eyesight is not what it used to be? I am suffering from 'old eyes' - unless there is truth to my idea that there is small print conspiracy going on in the world!

More driving around tonight as dd has art class - amp to be returned (this was not done on Monday as big ds had an essay to finish) and need to buy little ds a new spring jacket. He of course had a very lovely one - but no amount of searching thru cupboards has revealed the location - which leads me to believe we left it somewhere? Like last fall? What a bummer. Anyhow as we head out of town I think the winter coat is too much so hope to find something tonight.

Almost time to head home!

Frouf

Having heard all the complicated foot stuff via Kathy, I decided it was time to pay my doc a visit. She said it is just a slow healing process and wrote me a Rx for physio. Now, I have to see what the insurance pays before I call to book an appointment.

It wasn't as sunny today, but still really nice. We now can see our back yard again, and the voilles (little critters) have invaded us for yet another winter. The sort of tunnel under the ground. We think that they hand out under our deck, and it is a real pain. Bernie will have to put more seed to fix it up. It's still too early to do that sort of stuff around here.

We're having kasha and ww bow ties again, which is easy cause I have extra prepared kasha in the freezer. It turned out extra good last time. I added chopped onions and mushrooms to the mixture and cooked it in chicken broth. Thanks to Farm Boy (new store out here), my salads are extra good. BTW, Frouf, I bought the hummus, and it is very good.

Dryer bell went off, later....

We're home from the doctor. It was an ordeal. First we went in and the nurse asked how it happened. Judd laughed and said maybe the doctor should tell you because he tells quite a good version of it! Then she said "Oh, Dr. Pollifrone has already seen you for this?" and Judd told her yes, that he did surgery on it Saturday night. Her face instantly changed and she said OMG are you the one who got ran over? She was looking back and forth at us like we were huge celebrities! It was so funny ... She said the whole office knew about it and that she had never seen a worse break. She took off the bandages, cut the gauze off and HOLY COW!! I have NEVER seen anything like it! I was grossed out and amazed at the same time! It is HUGE and dark purple on both sides. It's still numb on the bottom of my foot but I have good range of motion already. The pain is on the sides and it's because of all the ligaments that were torn and nerves that were stretched out. The bone was broken right in half and part of it was twisted upside down, but the screw has it put back in place really good. He said over the next few months, that's the bone that we'll be watching. If the blood supply isn't restored, the bone will die and I'll either have to have an ankle replacement or they'll fuse the other bones together. He said it is definitely something we don't want to happen but there's a good chance of it.

We got me a coke on the way. All I've had today is a package of six peanut butter crackers, a coke, and a little glass of juice. Actually for the last few days I've hardly eaten anything and this morning the scale said 155 but that was with the big splint on. I'm having two corn dogs tonight and then tomorrow will get back on the Core plan. I'll probably be off work until April 10 but we'll know better when I go back to the doctor next Monday (the 3rd).

That's it for now. I'll be back as soon as I eat and rest a few minutes. Judd is going bowling tonight but if I eat before he leaves, I shouldn't need anything else until he gets home at 9.

Kathy, glad to hear things went well today. I get really grossed out looking at injured parts, even my own. You're brave. Hope you are well prepared for tomorrow. I don't want you to go hungry on your own.

Sandra, I want to wish you well for tomorrow and look forward to hearing how everything goes. I hate being in pain, and hope that tomorrow will be the beginning of the end of your problems.

Okay, looks like a quiet night, have a good one,

kathy, i shudder at reading about what you're going through. guess you and i can recupe together. i have a feeling your recuping is going to take a lot longer than mine. hang in there.

speaking of mine--my doctor called today and asked me to come in to discuss the mri and catscans. seems i have "tons of arthritis" (sounds like a lot of medical terms, doesn't it?) and numerous spurs on each joint on each heel. the plans for tomorrow have changed. we will do surgery on the right foot and injections on the left. after surgery/recuping, he is sending me to a rheumatologist and also to physical therapy as well as probably giving me more injections on the left foot.

he's going to remove numerous spurs from the right foot tomorrow. hopefully, i will be able to walk up and down stairs without pain. if all the other "non surgical" methods to the left foot don't help a lot, we're looking at surgery on it in about a year.

vickie, i suggest that you get an mri and catscan on each foot that's bothering you. it is amazing what all shows up on them. i don't know why i wasn't tested by them earlier. i did have some form of nuclear x-rays last summer. i remember the person who administered them saying that problem areas would show up like lights on the screen. he let me look and my feet looked like christmas trees.

having said all this--what kathy's going through is much worse than what i'm going through.

melissa, i am very interested in what happens with your new home prospects. keep us posted.

angela` congratulations to your mother. that's amazing. i am so happy for her.

vickie, i have huge heel spurs on the bottom and even one on the back of my heel. the doctor isn't going to do anything with them right now. he's taken care of the plantar fasciitis (result of heel spur) with 2 corisone injections. i don't know how many injections i'm going to wind up having. he said no more than 2 to each area.

angela, i'm glad they liked the spaghetti pie. makes me smile.

Sandra, good luck tomorrow and hurry back as soon as you can. I hope your recuperation isn't too painful. Do you know how long it's suppose to take to heal? I'm glad that Curtis will be around to help you out.

Kathy - you are very brave and strong - I would have probably fainted (or gagged) when I saw my leg like that! I guess it's exciting to be a celebrity - but for the wrong reason? (so has anyone asked for your autograph yet?). I pray and hope the bone regenerates and you are on the way to good healing. Please make sure you have a cooler or snacks/water near you - I hate to think of you lying there all alone with no food or water!

Sandra - sending you lovely good vibes and best wishes for a quick and easy surgery tomorrow - at least your dr now knows what he's dealing with and sounds like there is a plan to take care of it! Please check in and let us know how you're doing.

Saundra - I LOVE kasha and bowties - and you make it exactly like I do! In chicken broth w/sauteed onion and mushrooms - YUM YUM (which reminds me I have not had it in a while!).

We had Swiss Chalet chicken for dinner - then the bad sugar cravings got to me. On my way to pick up dd from art class I had to stop at the gas station to get special drink for ds and I saw the display of cakey things so I got a May West!!!! yes a sinful white cake, with yellow icing in between the layers, and all chocolate covered. Unwrapped it and started eating it in the car - and you know what - it was GROSS - yes sickly sweet and so icky....I did a very bad thing - I think I ate about half of it - then had to chuck it - so at the red light I opened my car door and threw it on the ground (I NEVER EVER DO STUFF LIKE THAT - hate when people just pollute needlessly) but I just had to get rid of it (Saundra - beware of cakelike substance at woodroffe & hunt club intersection). Well I'm glad I got that out of my system anyways.

....and now I hear dh home again - we are having major headaches with new door lock - part was missing - then under warranty but no one could decide if we got whole new lock or just broken part - then the one we got was damaged - then had to call company in Vancouver for instructions as it wasn't fitting (turned out the wrong part included in the assembly) - we have probably spent more money on gas driving back and forth to Home Depot than the cost of the @#$#@@# lock! I hear lots of hammering now so I am hoping he finally has the right part and our door lock will work!

Almost bedtime!

Frouf

Erin went to the store earlier and got me some FF sour cream. If I'm going to eat Core, I'll go ahead and eat baked potatoes. That's at least something that Shaun ought to be able to handle making.

I'm trying not to think about it, but he isn't home I don't think. Either that, or he turned off the radio upstairs. He isn't answering. If he has gone out and comes home drunk and causing trouble, I do believe Judd will give him the boot. However, I'm not going to worry about it.

Judd is going to find someone to take my baseball ticket and might give his away too. The doctor appointment is at 10:30 so Judd will take me and forego the tailgate part of the day. After we get home, he'll decide whether he's going on to the game or not. Right now, it sounds like he's not going and I've decided to stop pushing him to go. If he wants to stay with me, I'll let him. He's still pretty upset about the whole thing.

Frouf, your door fiasco sounds like a mess! Hopefully by now you're all locked in safely. And good for you for throwing out the cake! I'm not a litterer either and it really makes me mad to see someone do that, but I'm pretty sure you're excused. I would have done the same thing too.

kathy, i think you're smart to let judd decide whether or not to go. as for shaun? i don't know what to say. he seems very selfish to me. hang in there, girlfriend. i'm sending you hugs, too.

frouf, i hope you get your lock repaired. can't have our frouf's home burglarized.

i am going to eat a half chicken salad sandwich in a few minutes. then i need to do some prep work on my tootsies. kathy, i will think of you and what you're going through. that makes mine seem miniscule.

have a terrific thursday, everyone. i'll prob be back friday or saturday.

Good Morning Chicks! I was a very tired girlie again last night. Doggie woke us up this morning at 4:45. I got up even though Jim would be taking her out because I was concerned about him. I didn't tell you all that he fell in the yard on Tuesday when he was walking her. He slipped in some mud near a narrow spot near the pool deck. He could have hit his head or broken something since our yard is sloped. Anyway, I couldn't just go back to sleep once I was wide awake.

We have an appointment at 10:00 for his pre-op EKG, so no sense trying to go back to sleep now. We have a ton of errands to run today. I'm trying to get organized and get as much big stuff done as I can before his surgery. First I need to make lists. I'll be working on that later this morning.

I called yesterday on our Entertainment Center. That might be ready for delivery a week from today. So now I need to start calling people to arrange to have things delivered and removed (like the old Center that I'll be selling). Whatever were we thinking trying to do this when we knew we wanted his surgery then? Oh well! Somehow it will all get done.

I'm off to read posts now and respond.