Hello again! I hope you all had a wonderful time during the holidays. We certainly did. It was so good to all be together again this year. Lauren and Steve were here for a couple weeks, and then we all trekked north for an intensely white Christmas. It was a blast.
Grandchildren - don't tell them to say "cheese".
I joined Recipe Girl’s 10in10 project, where a bunch of food bloggers and other folks are working together to get healthier in whatever way they need to. All are welcome to join, and Twitter makes it easy to keep up – just look for the #10in10 hashtag. My goals are pretty simple – eat less, move more. I’ll be blogging some healthier recipes and posting on Saturdays regarding progress and challenges.
Oh yeah – challenges. Would crutches be a challenge I wonder? Probably. I slipped on a wet floor and sprained my knee last Thursday, so crutches and I have become good friends these past few days. Incidently, I do not recommend falling on a wet floor and spraining one’s knee as a way to celebrate New Years Eve. And in case you are wondering, this happened before any celebrating had time to begin. It is finally starting feel a little better, though it looks just awful, with every color in the crayola box rioting about on the back of my leg. I don’t do well with the majority of painkillers, so I am mostly just whimpering and sucking my thumb. On the upside, despite a lot of swelling, I have dropped a few pounds over the weekend, so I guess I will call that the start of 10in10.
It remains to be seen if cameras and tripods mingle gracefully with crutches, but I will figure something out so that I can get some new recipes up. I have a few that I didn’t get around to posting before Christmas, so you’ll get to see those in the next few days.
I am excited about the things coming up in this next year, and crutches to the contrary, I am ready to start working on goals of all kinds. I am looking forward to sharing a lot of it all with you guys. Here is a litle treat for those of you who sent prayers and good wishes for us last Christmas, when Lauren was in Iraq – I took this a few days ago, on the gloomy, frigid morning when they were leaving to head back to Georgia.
Have a great day my friends!
I am so glad Lauren and Steve were able to come home! And those babies? Precious! Feel better, and now I am going to check out 10 in 2010!
sure looks like a snowy day! your grand children are adorable!!
The photo of the windmills is really beautiful. Hope you feel better soon.
Great that Lauren is home! Wonderful, too. And it looks cold there.
I cannot believe you fell. I was just wondering about you today and wondering where you’ve been and then this post came up.
And the knee? OMgosh, I know how much that hurts. Thinking of you. Hope the healing is quick.
Oh no!!! I am so sorry that you ended your holiday like that! Love all the photos though. Praying you are well soon.
So sorry to hear that you are hurt, my friend and praying that you get well very quickly.
It was a nice Christmas, wasn’t it.
Feel better.
So sorry to hear about the knee – at least you get extra upper body exercise with the crutches! The shot of Lauren and Steve is great!
Thanks for the well wishes everyone. There is something about falling and hurting yourself that leaves you feeling like a complete idiot, which is where I am right now. I appreciate the thought and prayers and emails very much – you guys are the best!
You poor, gimpy thing. Love the photo of Lauren.
Weight loss, huh? Maybe I should send the cows back. They’d gladly consume your butter and chocolate for you.