Captain America oh yah

Finally a movie that I have been waiting for forever has hit the screen! Oh Yah it was well worth the wait, but not for the rasons you may think. Oh no, it is not for Captain America himself, or Chris Evans the actor playing him. My "hero" is an actor named Richard Armitage who is playing the vilian known as Heinz Kruger in this movie. He is so good at playing a baddie! And this movie did not disappoint. Dixie encouraged me to share as we are both anxiously waiting for the Avengers movie coming soon. After the credits of Captain America there was a small tease for The Avengers, there were only about 10 people (die hards) left in the theater to see the tease (what were those other people that left thinking??) They missed out!!

Don't have a good foot to stand on...

Well, I have had this pain in my left heel for about 2 years now. I finally went to see a podiatrist. And yes, I have a bone spur on the bottom of the heel bone. He has given me 2 injections of an anti-inflamatory and wrapped it with a special tape and padding that I take off at night. It is feeling a little better after the 2nd injection and I am hoping even better after the final one on April 13th. I will need to get some orthontics (things you put in your shoes - not the things like braces on your teeth :) And so that outlook for the left foot is looking up and things should improve a lot. So, I guess my right foot was feeling left out - on March 1st I was feeling energentic and thought instead of just doing my normal exercise routine of riding my exercise bike, doing leg lifts and lifting weights - I would add in a dance video, I pulled my right achilles tendon really bad. It just starts to feel a little bit better and then BAM! I get a zing in the back of my heel and up my leg. Yes, I am getting frustrated with this old body and would like it to quite giving me grief!

Booties for my Footies

I have been looking for some rain boots forever and I finally found some "Wellies" that I really love! Mine are the ones on the left. (the ones on the right look like Dixie's, though she got hers at Sears - mine are from a catalog - Signals. Gina actually started the boot search when she showed up camping last summer with the cutiest pair of boots from Target) I was actually happy it snowed a couple of days ago, it gave me an excuse to put them on to go the store. Now, for camping - can't wait to have these little gems with me up in the mountains!

Going back to October

Well, my last post was in Dec 2010 so I think I will go backwards even further - just so I can share this photo. Both of my knees had been hurting and giving me grief for quite some time (for years) so I went to see the doctor the end of Aug. My orthopedic surgeon (Dr. Huntsman) took some exrays, prescribed anti-inflammatorys and gave me a cortisone shot in each knee. A month later I returned with no improvement. So, an MRI on each knee showed that I had meniscus tears in both knees. I elected to have BOTH knees operated on at the same time on Oct 20th! So, my sweet sister, Brenda, came to help take care of me for 3 days. She was like an angel from heaven! She showed up in this outfit and was using a funny accent - I can't remember what it sounded like (cause I was on drugs) but it was pretty funny! Don't look at my big bum sticking out from under the covers! I said DON'T look! Now you will be blinded for life! I am recovered and trying to get in shape. Knees are about as good as they are going to get. I also found out that I will probably need a knee replacement - left knee in 5-7 years and right knee in 7-10 years. I am hoping to get 10 years out of both of them. I bought a rucumbent stationary bike and I love it. So does Dave, he rides it most mornings before work. Speaking of Dave- he took such good care of me after Brenda left - I would never have survived without both of them xoxox