Today is Sunday and as Kelly reminded me last evening, my most recent blog was Wednesday night. Time to write again. The week before chemo is my best week. I feel more energetic and less introspective which sometimes makes it a challenge to write. Besides, who wants to know I played Zelda on the Wii for hours at a time?
The week was quiet. I did receive a couple of cards on Thursday. One from Helen with the "Footprints in the Sand" poem and a disk to remind me I never walk alone, and one from the team in Colorado.
I've been taking advantage of the sunshine and planted some seeds in starter pots in my studio. So far I've planted tomato, cosmos, basil and spinach -- the spinach I'm trying in a window box outdoors. I plan to try some lettuce in a window box as well, that way I can hang it on the deck outside the kitchen where it cannot be run over by the dogs -- or worse.
I also started a new painting, which means I now have three pieces in various states of completion.
Yesterday Rob and I went to the driving range to hit a few golf balls. It was the first day out with the clubs he gave me for my birthday. Note to self...next time try a small or medium bucket of balls. The large bucket is too much for the first day of the season. I can feel every muscle in my body from my buttocks to my neck. It does feel good in a warped kind of way.
As alluded earlier, Kelly was out last night. I cooked my barbecue bruschetta and mixed feta cheese into the grilled peppers and tomatoes with outstanding results. Kelly brought out a cake from Pete's Frootique...lemon raspberry...very tasty. She also brought out the movie Twilight. We both read the book and enjoyed the movie adaptation. I think we were making Rob crazy with our comparisons, he told us at one point just to watch the movie. We're looking forward to seeing the next adaptation, although not as much as we're looking forward to the next Harry Potter movie.
I took advantage of yesterday's sunshine to finally take down my exterior Christmas lights and decorations. They're all packed away until next year. A little later than usual, but the chore is now complete and I can think about scraping the deck and prepping it for painting.
I think today, if the weather holds, we'll do some exploring. Rob is ready to look for some promising fishing spots and Cole is in need of a long walk. If the weather doesn't hold? Well, there's always another hour or two of Zelda, I'm a long way yet from finishing the game.
I'm a huge fan of the Twilight series. I've read all the books, and saw the movie too. The first time I saw the movie, I wasn't overly happy with it, I compared it too much to the book,however now that I have watched it again, I like it better. Now that school is finished for me, I have picked up the books again and have decided to read them again, slower, so to see if there was anything I missed. I too am excited for New Moon (its out in September). They are adding a whole bunch of new characters, so it should be good.
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter is going to be great though. This next movie, was my favourite book, and they will only get better from here!