The PT Finding and the Letter W

I had my PT appointment today and after doing several range of motion tests, the physical therapist asked me if I "W-sat" when I was growing up. I had no clue what she meant, but she described what's shown in the picture here. Ah! Why, yes ... as a matter of fact, I pretty much sat like that until college.

Apparently this may be the root cause of my knee problem. It causes one side of my thigh area to be tight and the other side to be weak. This means extra pressure on one side of my knee and no support on the other side when an impact occurs. (Again, this is my non-medical interpretation of what was said.) But, she did warn me to keep an eye on Lubbock and make sure he doesn't do this. So, I'm passing that warning on to all you other moms.

I've been given lots of exercises to help strengthen the muscles that need to be strengthened and loosen the ligaments that need to be loosened. Or whatever parts of my body need to have whatever done to them.

I asked about my 5k goal and whether I could again begin training. But, I assured her that by training, I really meant walking ... absolutely no jogging. She asked me not to do this until it appears my knee had proper support, but she also said that she may show me how to tape my knee depending on what progress is made. So, I guess I can't do anything right now. I'm kind of bummed, but I think I will just make sure I put the needed energy into strengthening my knee.

At the end, they hooked me up for electric stimulation and put an ice pack on my knee for 15 minutes. They even turned the lights down in the room and pulled the door closed. Wow! 15 minutes of silence. It was so nice. I could get used to that!


Heather and I took the kids to story time at Barnes & Noble and walked around some of the shops at Geneva Commons. I showed her my table at Anthropologie. I saw they were hiring for the holidays. Hmmm. If we weren't going to Dallas for Christmas, I would totally do it, but I realize that my chances of being hired for the holidays, sans "holidays availability" are very slim.

We had California Pizza Kitchen for lunch and split the eggplant veggie pizza with goat cheese. Yum!


Tomorrow, Lubbock has his 'day out.' I'm either going to go help Heather or get some more organization around here. I've almost got the whole Goodwill pile documented (write-off ... here I come!). I have some returns at Target and Home Depot I need to do. Why can't I ever remember these when I have to go buy things there? I even have them in a bag hanging on the door! Then, Brandy is going to drop Evan off later in the afternoon so she can go to a real estate class. He's pretty cute and he and Lubbock play so well together. (Brandy's pretty cute, too!)


And, Lauren is coming over to watch her favorite show ... America's Next Top Model. We enjoy eating salad and chocolate cake while watching this. We're so weird!

It's Fun Outside

Lubbock and I went to Heather's this morning to play with Joey and Eleanor while she got her garage sale stuff together. I'm pretty sure it was more of a selfish motivation that led me there. My house was so clean yesterday and Lubbock was determined to mess it up a little this morning. So, I figured it was better for me to take him out of the house so he couldn't completely destroy it!

Here's a picture of what he did with his box of diapers. This is the hallway right outside his nursery. In his defense ... when we got home, I was making his lunch and I noticed that he kept picking up a diaper and going into his room. I figured he was just making a different mess in there. I was so happy to see he had put the diapers back in the box! (Well, he put one in his laundry basket. But still ... pretty good!)

After his nap, I decided to take him outside to look for letters. I've started a second 'blog.' It's more of a place to post pictures of letters I find. They can't be actual letters, just things shaped like letters. I want to find the whole alphabet. Check it out ... today, I found Q, O, and Z. I found Y pretty easily the other day. I got the idea from that grocery list guy's website. He did the same thing ... sort of ... he used spray painted letters. We'll see how long this takes.

Anyway, I took pictures of Lubbock, too. The look on his face here is pretty common. He looks like I'm annoying him. I guess I should get used to that look since I'm sure as he gets older, I'll get more annoying!

I took a set of pictures of him running (they didn't turn out well ... too blurry), but after I quit taking the pictures, a bunny ran out of the bush about 6 inches from Lubbock! He didn't even notice the bunny, but it freaked me out. I went back to see if the little guy was in the shots, but I couldn't tell since they were blurry.

Then Aunt Lauren came over and I was able to get a little work on the office area done. Every time I get it organized, I think ... that's it! ... it will never get bad again. I must be fooling myself because it never takes that long. Maybe it's functioning as too many areas ... it is the office, guest room, Goodwill landing spot, and place to shove things when guests are coming. I think the big problem is it's the room closest to the front door. I've got to get this room under control. New Year's Resolution, perhaps?

Product Recommendation

Go ahead ... think I'm silly! But, I think we should all start sharing products that make our life easier!

Here's mine ... and I plan on sharing others, too. Sprayway glass cleaner. It's available at Target (and lots of other stores), but right now, it's got a pink cap on it. It's awesome. When I worked for Enterprise Rent-A-Car, it was the only thing we used. For a few years, I wasn't able to find it at regular stores, so when I finally found it, I was so happy. It stays where you spray it and wipes off without leaving a streak or film.

What's your favorite product? Cleaning or otherwise.

8 Things ... Tag ... You're It

Melisa tagged me on this ... Because I'm completely un-original sometimes, I'm copying her in some places!

8 TV shows I love to watch:

1. Psych
2. Ugly Betty
3. The Today Show
4. Judge Judy
5. How I Met Your Mother
6. Mad Men (I can't believe I almost forgot that one!)
7. The New Adventures of Old Christine
8. The Amazing Race


8 things I did yesterday:

1. cleaned the kitchen
2. cleaned the bathroom
3. laundry
4. watched Texas Tech football game
5. mopped floors (three times ... there's still streaks ... I guess I need to buy a new head)
6. read Melisa's blog
7. made Kevin clean off book shelf in living room (delegating counts, too ... right?)
8. decided to move all baking utensils that Lubbock considers to be his toys (I actually did it today, though)


8 things I'm looking forward to:

1. my birthday
2. the first snowfall
3. the bathroom remodel being done (even though it got pushed back a week)
4. Hayes Carll concert
5. the playroom completion
6. Lubbock's first sentence
7. the Halloween party
8. helping Heather with her garage sale


8 things on my wish list:

1. orange Ipod shuffle (or nano ... for running ... the other one is heavy on my arm)
2. Anthropologie table (oh, table ... how I dream of you!)
3. to paint the master bedroom a different color
4. a garage
5. another baby
6. room in the house for another baby
7. a garbage disposal
8. The North Face rain jacket


8 people I'm tagging- wow ... if only 8 people even read my blog! Jen, Brandy, Heather, Dad, Lauren, and Mom ... that's 6 ... Melisa doesn't count since she tagged me ... Kareer Woman, and some other random person who happens upon my blog!

And The Winner Is ...

Jen!

Thanks to all who participated and made this giveaway such a success! I realize some of you out there (Dad and Lauren) couldn't/wouldn't enter because you have to sign up for a Google account, but I still had fun.


Nothing exciting to report on today. My mom is here for a few hours before she has to catch her plane back to Texas. My sister is over doing laundry, so with all the "extra" hands ... I should be doing something more important that blogging.

My appointment went fine yesterday. The gist is that he told me it was fine to do anything I want. My third grade interpretation of what he said is that my muscles around my knee aren't very strong, so I need to strengthen them. When he was examining my knee, he grabbed my kneecap and was able to push it all over the place ... ow! That wasn't the case on the other knee. He gave my 6 weeks of physical therapy. I think this will be good, though. I can use this to make sure I've got good form while trying for my 5k goal.

That's it. I can't wait for the weekend ... I just need to go pick up some beer for Kevin. What's a Friday night without a cold one?

You know you need to do laundry when ...

I'm either really brave or really stupid. These are the undies that Kevin bought me after the c-section. The band was high enough that it didn't hurt my incision. At least they're about two sizes too big now! (That's the only good news here.)

Maybe I can use this as my before picture.

Anyway, I'm really behind on laundry since I can't go up and down the stairs very well right now. Next time we buy a house, I'm requesting a main floor laundry room.

I do have an appointment with the knee doctor today. So does Kevin ... they have confirmed what we suspected ... a torn ACL. Mainly, I just want to know if I should keep jogging or not. Kevin says that moving it is the best thing for it, but when it hurts worse the more I move it, I tend to not believe him. He's not a doctor ... he moves stuff on trains. Next time I need advice on transporting cargo ... I'll ask him.

So ... now that I've embarrased myself enough for one day ... I'm going! (Hmmm ... for some reason I'm in the mood for a muffin top!)

The Dream and the Pea

I can only get so far right now because we're leaving for Jen's ... but this video is cracking me up. When I get home, I'll write about my completely weird dream I had last night.

Click here and be amused ...
The Pea Pea Dance


Okay ... we're back. Lubbock fell asleep in the car, so I'm hoping I transferred him to his bed quietly enough to finish the nap.

My dream. Oh, it was so weird. I hope I'm not the only one who's dreams do this, but I can have a dream where I'm talking to one person and mid sentence, the person changes, but it seems totally normal in my dream. Or locations change for no particular reason.

Anyway, I'm driving to meet Kevin for lunch. Just me. We meet and then we see a water spout (like the one they showed on the news in Florida), so we hop in his car and leave, but as we drive under it, it turns into a tornado and I get to look directly into it through the eye (a la Twister ... awesome movie!). Then we're driving on 88 west (toward home) and I start to see fireballs shooting over us and blowing up buildings and cars on the freeway. My sister is now in the car and she asked where Lubbock was. I tell her she's at home. She asked why I didn't take him out for lunch and I told her he was asleep and I didn't want to bother him. (Seems totally logical in my dream.) Then, we see a space shuttle approaching and we determine that the fire balls are probably debris from the shuttle and notice a panel missing on the side. It's trying to land on 88, but on the other side of the highway. I decide now is a good time to call Jen and tell her we may be late for the play group tomorrow because 88 is backed up. (I don't drive on 88 to get to her house.) The space shuttle rotates as it is trying to land ... so that it lands upside down ... again, I don't know why. Then my dad is in the car. I tell him that when the shuttle lands, he has to help the astronauts (my dad is a nurse, so he'll know what to do with upside down landing astronauts). But, then I have to pee, so we pull over ... and I wake up.

That's why I think I'm finding the pea-pea dance so funny today. But, thank goodness I did wake up! The whole dream seemed so real. And weird. If you're a dream analyzer, please don't interpret this ... or at least don't tell me what it means. I'm sure it has to do with me being crazy.