What can I say--my granddaughter, Katya, is just about the smartest baby ever. Now I know that at almost 15 months she only has three teeth but besides that she is developing very nicely. Her clothes certainly don't get worn out before she has grown out of them.
Her vocabulary is getting bigger and bigger and her understanding of words. She loves to read books and have them read to her. I bought her a new book about Cats--she loves it. She has a love of cats and dogs--actually almost any animal. I bought her a cassette player at a garage sale for one dollar and the lady threw in 16 children's music and story cassettes. It also has a microphone so you can sing along. Imagine all this for one dollar. Now we all sing along with the songs and the batteries are still working. Tonight we got to sing in the bathroom while Katya had her bath.
We also got her a swing at a garage sale. Rudy rigged it up on our deck and she gets a swing every time she comes over. Garage sales are great--I love them.
Tonight Rudy and I babysat Katya--so it was bath, read a book or two, a bite to eat and off to bed. We had to lower the mattress in her crib so she cannot crawl out.
She loves the computer. I have now found a site called Treehouse and it has some really good things for younger children to do . She even showed me where the 'standby' key was. I didn't even know we had a button for that. Maybe that was pure luck but you never know.
A few days ago one of Katya's expensive earrings was missing. We could not find it anywhere. We found out today that Jillian found it at home in Katya's crib. But what was she wearing for earrings today--Jillian's diamond earrings. It is not often that a 15 month old girl gets to wear diamond earrings.
Sunday, September 24, 2006
UPDATE ON LAPBAND
My losing weight really slowed down for awhile and it took me nearly two weeks to lose some more weight. I have now lost 25 pounds and feel good. I have had to pack up a lot of my clothes--I am not feeling sorry about getting rid of them. Last Tuesday Katya and I went to Value Village and I bought two pairs of pants. One was a pair of jeans--stretch material at that--size 16. I know that somewhere along my weight gain I was into a size 16--it's good to be back there.
I am starting an exercise program on Tuesday. The "Living Healthy" program, at the hospital, has given me a stress test. On Tuesday I get evaluated according to my stress test. On Thursday I start exercising--with the assistance of a trainer. Then I go to the exercise room at the hospital for three months--twice a week. This will give me and them a chance to get me into a good routine and doing the things I need to do to improve my health. I am very lucky to be in this program. I know that it is time to start exercising if I want to lose more weight.
Now I need to get a fill for my lapband. I found out that the Capital Health Authority in Edmonton does this surgery so I phoned them to make an appointment to get a fill. Get this, they say I cannot get a fill there because they haven't got their billing for a fill figured out. What a lame excuse. I talked to my doctor about this and he will intervene for me. I hope he has enough clout to get me an appointment for a fill. Otherwise I may find myself flying back down to Mexico. I will also send another email to Iris Evans, our Minister of Health, explaining this situation and see what she has to say.
I am starting an exercise program on Tuesday. The "Living Healthy" program, at the hospital, has given me a stress test. On Tuesday I get evaluated according to my stress test. On Thursday I start exercising--with the assistance of a trainer. Then I go to the exercise room at the hospital for three months--twice a week. This will give me and them a chance to get me into a good routine and doing the things I need to do to improve my health. I am very lucky to be in this program. I know that it is time to start exercising if I want to lose more weight.
Now I need to get a fill for my lapband. I found out that the Capital Health Authority in Edmonton does this surgery so I phoned them to make an appointment to get a fill. Get this, they say I cannot get a fill there because they haven't got their billing for a fill figured out. What a lame excuse. I talked to my doctor about this and he will intervene for me. I hope he has enough clout to get me an appointment for a fill. Otherwise I may find myself flying back down to Mexico. I will also send another email to Iris Evans, our Minister of Health, explaining this situation and see what she has to say.
Sunday, September 03, 2006
36TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
It sure does not feel like 36 years have gone by since our wedding. But my drooping body, etc reminds me of it daily. Our anniversary was August 28th. We invited a few family members to come over for a b-b-q. I managed to eat part of a sausage--umm good.
I have to tell you the story of how Rudy and I got married. It was August 1970 and Rudy was still living at home. I had taught school at Medicine Hat High School for one year and was going to return to teaching there. We had discussed getting married many times but I knew it would be hard for him to go through a long ceremony. It was on a Tuesday that I said to Rudy we should get married before I went back to school. The reason was the students. I did not want to have my name changed part way through the school year. I wanted to have my married name before school started. After much discussion we decided to get married on Thursday at the City Hall with a Justice of the Peace. It took two days to get the license and arrive at a time for the JP to perform the ceremony. I did not have time to buy a new dress so I wore an orange two piece dress I already had. It was very short. Now how many of you got married in an orange dress?
On Thursday when we got to the City Hall we were told we needed two people to stand up with us. We phoned a couple we knew, Jake and Hilma, and asked them if they would stand up with us when we got married. We told them they had to come to the City Hall right away. Now Jake and Hilma are farmers and live about 15 kilometres from town so it took them awhile to get there. Meanwhile we were both nervous wrecks waiting for them.
When they finally arrived they had their farm work clothes on. They thought we had asked them to come to town to help us apply for a wedding license. They were some surprised to find out we were getting married in just a few minutes. So there I was in my orange dress, Jake and Hilma in their work clothes and Rudy looking very nervous. We did get married
When the ceremony was done, and we left the City Hall, Jake said that we needed to celebrate and he would go get some wine and go to my place and have a drink. Rudy informed everyone that he could not do that as he had to get back to work. I didn't know he hadn't asked for time off to get married. What could I do--I kissed him goodbye and went home. Jake and Hilma arrived shortly and we had a nice drink of wine.
Rudy arrived about 15 minutes later and said he did not have to go back to work. Now Rudy was taking his barber training at this time and had come over to the City Hall to marry me on his coffee break. When he got back to work, his boss asked him why his coffee break was so long. Rudy said that he had just got married. Obviously his boss believed him because he said "well, what are you doing here. I don't want to see you until Monday."
We went out for a very nice supper, drove to Fort McLeod, ate at the A & W, slept in a motel by the train track and drove to Waterton the next day. We sent a telegram to my parents: all it said was "Three down--two to go". I know it took Mom and Dad awhile to figure that out.
It has been a very good 36 years.
I have to tell you the story of how Rudy and I got married. It was August 1970 and Rudy was still living at home. I had taught school at Medicine Hat High School for one year and was going to return to teaching there. We had discussed getting married many times but I knew it would be hard for him to go through a long ceremony. It was on a Tuesday that I said to Rudy we should get married before I went back to school. The reason was the students. I did not want to have my name changed part way through the school year. I wanted to have my married name before school started. After much discussion we decided to get married on Thursday at the City Hall with a Justice of the Peace. It took two days to get the license and arrive at a time for the JP to perform the ceremony. I did not have time to buy a new dress so I wore an orange two piece dress I already had. It was very short. Now how many of you got married in an orange dress?
On Thursday when we got to the City Hall we were told we needed two people to stand up with us. We phoned a couple we knew, Jake and Hilma, and asked them if they would stand up with us when we got married. We told them they had to come to the City Hall right away. Now Jake and Hilma are farmers and live about 15 kilometres from town so it took them awhile to get there. Meanwhile we were both nervous wrecks waiting for them.
When they finally arrived they had their farm work clothes on. They thought we had asked them to come to town to help us apply for a wedding license. They were some surprised to find out we were getting married in just a few minutes. So there I was in my orange dress, Jake and Hilma in their work clothes and Rudy looking very nervous. We did get married
When the ceremony was done, and we left the City Hall, Jake said that we needed to celebrate and he would go get some wine and go to my place and have a drink. Rudy informed everyone that he could not do that as he had to get back to work. I didn't know he hadn't asked for time off to get married. What could I do--I kissed him goodbye and went home. Jake and Hilma arrived shortly and we had a nice drink of wine.
Rudy arrived about 15 minutes later and said he did not have to go back to work. Now Rudy was taking his barber training at this time and had come over to the City Hall to marry me on his coffee break. When he got back to work, his boss asked him why his coffee break was so long. Rudy said that he had just got married. Obviously his boss believed him because he said "well, what are you doing here. I don't want to see you until Monday."
We went out for a very nice supper, drove to Fort McLeod, ate at the A & W, slept in a motel by the train track and drove to Waterton the next day. We sent a telegram to my parents: all it said was "Three down--two to go". I know it took Mom and Dad awhile to figure that out.
It has been a very good 36 years.
LAP BAND UPDATE
I am still doing great but not losing weight as quickly as before. Right now I am stalled at 19 pounds and holding. I sure like the way some of my 'old' clothes fit me now. They are kind of baggy and comfortable. I have gone through my closet though and taken two big bags of clothes out to be donated to the diabetic association. One place where I have lost weight is my bust. All my bras do not fit properly now. As Heidi would say 'the girls are not pointing in the right direction'.
I have added some cream soups, a bit of meat (small amounts) and fruit to my diet. Today though I am just drinking my 'drink' which consists of one cup of fruit juice, one and a half scoops of gaterade (powder) and fill the jug up with water until there are 8 cups of liquid. It really is quite tasty and because I drink it all day I am not hungry. This is the way I am trying to kickstart my losing pattern. I would really like to get to the 20 pound mark.
I am still getting along fine with much smaller doses of insulin--my blood sugar readings are wonderful. Will go see my doctor in the next 2 weeks to show off.
I have added some cream soups, a bit of meat (small amounts) and fruit to my diet. Today though I am just drinking my 'drink' which consists of one cup of fruit juice, one and a half scoops of gaterade (powder) and fill the jug up with water until there are 8 cups of liquid. It really is quite tasty and because I drink it all day I am not hungry. This is the way I am trying to kickstart my losing pattern. I would really like to get to the 20 pound mark.
I am still getting along fine with much smaller doses of insulin--my blood sugar readings are wonderful. Will go see my doctor in the next 2 weeks to show off.
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