The Joy

Hey Spudguns!   My day was one of those long sticky days that serves only half a purpose.  How was yours?

Deal with the doctor's appointment first.
I went, sat around waiting, and was told the same thing he told me last time I was in the other week.  That my foot/ankle issue will be chronic and that I also have to look forward to a knee replacement at some point in the next few years.   Yay!  But that's getting ahead of myself.
Doctor S. stated that I could either get another piece put into my shoes and have to wear even uglier footwear for the rest of my life,  or possibly have to start using my cane again with ankle and knee braces, or have reconstructive surgery for my ankle. 

I'll take the ugly shoes for $400 thanks.  Maybe use my cane in winter again if it's all the same. 

That's when he brought up, yet again, that because my knee and ankle do not line up proper I'm putting too much stress on the knee and at some point, could be two years, could be five, could be fifteen,  I'll need to have my knee replaced.  
You know what he told me then... wait for it my loves... DO NOT WALK ON IT.     I am not kidding.  He told me the only way I'm truly going to stop the chronic pain and further damage is to stop walking all together.   Yeah, I'm trying to understand the theory of telling me that one myself.
and when I said to the Doctor that walking is the only form of exercise I can do any more since the accident {and yes I did remind him that he told me NOT to do the belly dancing and made me stop that } he said "oh well yes then, you need to be able to continue walking."  

Like what was he thinking?   That I was going to quietly be in a wheelchair for the rest of time?   I've had my wheelchair time when I was younger thank you very muchly. 

This of course, lead to his next statement...  that I am putting too much stress on my joints and that if I were 40 pounds lighter I'd be in a better state for my injuries.
Dude!  I'm not that stupid! I know this.   Even though you know, I'm still 45 pounds less then the X-Division weight limit, I understand that my body has been through more then it's share of badness.

Which then brings me to the question of  how am I suppose to loose this 40 pounds if I can not work out anymore?   This has been my nagging question for the last 5 years since my car accident.  

So how did I spend my rest of my day... I went for a walk from the doctors to the mall and bought myself  a copy of The Joy of Cooking.    And trust me, it might only be ... 4 pounds  I just weighted the book...  lugging it around town for half the day in +30c with a +34c humidex,  is a work out.

Supper time 9/7/2011

Dear Spudguns:

Been a long day.  We hit another hot one with a +28c with a +33c humidex.   I really hate days like this.  I'd much rather be able to add clothes and be slightly comfortable, at lest when I'm cold I'm able to think still.

Tomorrow, early doctor's appointment.  Should be - I hope- the last follow up for this foot/ankle issue.  The bad of it is my right knee all day today has been acting up.  Just what I need, another injury ontop of what I already have.  I rock don't I?

Anyone keeping up with my reading adventures,  I have 3 books sort of on the go.  1 - Sense and Sensibility  {for book club's October selection}    2-  Under the Tuscan Sun        3- Life on the Line
Both books #2 and #3  are memoirs/biographies.

I did get to see last night finally,  the Impact-TNA episode for last week. {Aug 1st 2011 episode}  and all I have to say is ... Eric Young dude, why were you bench pressing a bench in your underwear? Did you forget your tights or was it just laundry day?  And what is it with men and beards? 

This is me, running on empty tonight. 

Love Ardeth Blood

Pastry and heels

Yesterday, was one of those days with nothing on tv.  Mom was desperate enough for something to watch that she had me order a movie on demand.  Sweet.
Too bad they only had 20 titles to choose from.  I talked her then into a documentary.  It was either that or a kids movie as, and I've said it before, mom has a bit of a movie phobia to put it nicely.  She hates bad language, nudity, violence and any kind of mature theme.  I've seen more kids movies in the last four months renting for mom then I ever did when I was a kid.
Anyways, we rented from Shaw on Demand - Kings of Pastry - which is a documentary that follows three pastry chefs as they try to win their strips. 

I was spellbound.  The beauty and detail that went into some of their creations.  Who would have thought that you would need to know how to blow glass and weld in order to bake a wedding cake?   The sad part was, the entire time we were watching this, both of us turned to each other and said "Uncle B.  could never do anything like this.  He's too uptight."   
My mom's youngest brother is a chef. 

and the heels...
We were flipping channels and watched episode 1 of  Running in Heels.   I know this show is from two years ago, but it's one of those "new to you" shows.   Another documentary-reality show, this one about a group of interns in the fashion world.  
I love that sort of stuff.

Kind of odd that the two elements when you think about it flowed nicely together.  The cake sculptures were fashionable works of art and the fashion show showed the mix of fear and beauty.

9/5/2011 8:17am

Dear Spudguns:

It's fall.
Not officially for another two weeks, but Thunder Bay doesn't know that.  
Seriously, I am sitting here now, typing in my ICP hoodie tempted to put on gloves. 
Saw the movie Jennifer's Body  last night.  Will have to sit down later and do a review for the vampire blog.  It was one of the few vampire films I had not seen.
Debating if I should just keep it or return it to blockbuster...with them closing, I'm going to be working out that credit card trying to scrap up as many of the vampire films in their store that I can get my hands on. 
I suppose if you want to look at it from a Forrest J Ackerman   point of view, it will be a wicked time for the collectors in the area such as myself.
Which as I type that, realize with the internet it's actually a mute point. 
I also see that the very famous blog by Julie Powell has been removed.  I suppose that Salon blogs finally gave up the ghost then Eh?   I know for awhile it was one of the few blogs that were still up on their site.  Which is sad really as she was a trendsetter.
Trendsetters, I think that might be the theme for the post.
Anyways Spudguns, time to get moving for the day.  Go hunt down a cup of coffee.

Love Ardeth Blood

Must be a long weekend

... cause some douchebags across the street are setting off fireworks again.  This is the third night in a row that they've done this.  

People are taking bets as to what will replace the donut shop down the street.   Will be sad.  I will loose my mind without the coffee shop and blockbuster down the street.  
I'm thinking that a sandwich shop might squeeze in there, as that's something we do not have in the area at all.

Things have been fairly boring around here.  Then again, when is it not?  

Well, as I let my coffee get too cold for human consumption, I will say this for the night ...  when making baked mac and cheese, do not mix a Tex-Mex cheese blend with extra freshly ground black pepper unless you have lots of tums.

That made my night

I used screen capture for this post

Dude,  Spudguns,  you know it's been two years and still every time I happen to catch this promo from the Aug 20th 2009 episode of TNA Impact, I still laugh out loud.

Spuddy, I can't help but wonder where you got some of the ideas for that one???  Mmmm. 

Anyways,  today was one of those days where things just did not seem to flow right, from being stood up to the news about half the businesses on my block closing down -the Tim Hortons next door to the Blockbuster it is reported will be shut down too- to bumping into an ex boyfriend in Starbucks... no I won't talk about it... to the only thing my mom wanted to talk about today being the car accident.

Sometimes, taking a few minutes and screaming is what is needed.  Watching old promos of the MMG is what is needed. 

Let me add that I have been getting the Wheel and the Empress cards this week.  Both happen to mean the end of a cycle and beginning of another.    So with that in mind, here's to a better season coming up.

P.S.  Mr. Shelley, Mr. Sabin ... molasses cookies.

Sept 1st 2011

Today is the one day of the year I hate being by myself.
It's the anniversary of my car accident  {Sept 1st 2006 }and yes, indeed I am by myself. 

The weather has been all over the place today.   Just found out that our local Blockbuster is indeed being shut down.  Damn!
That will leave a massive hole in the city.  Am guessing something will have to come in to replace it, as Blockbuster is all we have for video rentals.

Okay now hold your crickets... I was suppose to have a date tonight!   I know you'll have to ice skate home cause hell just froze over.   But wait for it... the guy stood me up.
Typical.  My tombstone in 200 years will read simply "here she stays she was stood up alot"