Today must not be my day. First, while at PT, I made my makeup appointment for tomorrow. (They were closed Friday due to the icy roads). I also made my appointments for next week. When I was on the way home, I checked the schedule that they gave me and tomorrow was not on there. I called and it was corrected. Next, we went to McDonald's drive thru for lunch. As we were leaving the parking lot, I noticed that they gave me regular Dr. Pepper instead of Diet Dr. Pepper. We parked and my mother went in to exchange it. As soon as she gets out, I notice that they left part of my order out. I yelled for her, but she was already in the building. So, I grabbed my crutches, locked the car and hobbled into the building. I politely let them know that they left out part of my order. Without question, they gave me the remainder of my order. On the way home, we went to the bank so that I could get a check cashed. My mother told the teller that I wanted tens, fives and five ones. What did she give me? Twenties, one ten, two fives and five ones. This isn't the first time that they've done that. I give up with the bank. A few minutes ago, the postman ran. I thought I was being good for remembering that I can get the mail. When I got the mail out of the mail box, I pulled it off of the wall. I was able to fix it back, but in the meantime, some of the magazine subscription cards fell out of a magazine. I had a hard time bending over to pick them up. I hate those cards. I'm afraid to do anything else today for fear it will be screwed up. Oh well, I haven't had one of these days in a while.

I started my diet today...or rather my "lifestyle changes". I had oatmeal and blueberries for breakfast. For lunch, I had a McDonald's cheeseburger and apple slices for lunch. Now, I am drinking a cup of Twining's Christmas Tea. It is almost like a snack to me. I expect to do better tomorrow. I'll be glad when I am getting around better so that I can exercise. That will be my challenge.

I hope everyone enjoys the remainder of their day. I hope mine gets better. At least the temperatures have warmed some. It got above freezing here for the first time this year. Thank goodness!

Yesterday and today has been spent indoors. I did not get to go to physical therapy yesterday because the offices were closed. Most of the staff drives in from Huntsville or from off of the mountain, and you couldn't get here from those places. The next county over is under a state of emergency. Almost all of the roads are covered with a solid sheet of ice. Since it is a rural county, they don't have the equipment to take care of the ice. There have been some fools who think that they can drive on the ice without a 4-wheel drive. They found out the hard way that they can't. Our town is flat, so it is not so tricky getting around. Today, even though it is only 25 degrees outside, the sun is shining and has managed to melt some of the ice and snow. Let's just hope that it doesn't freeze back. We have plans to go out to eat tonight. I hope that we can. If not, I guess we'll eat canned soup.

It is fairly cool in the house. We can't get the temperature regulated. 72 is too warm and 70 is too cold. My mother lives in an older house with high ceilings (19th century air-conditioning) and hardwood floors. The wool rugs help some. I just bundle up in Cuddle Duds and sweats. I have a quilt and blanket to cover up with when I get a chill.

Since I've been staying inside, I have been walking around in the house with only one crutch. I am getting around better. I have six more PT sessions. The physical therapist said that I should be walking without crutches by the time that I'm finished. I forgot to mention that I have been able to stand up in the shower. For the past three nights I have been able to take a real shower and shampoo my hair. My mother does not have a walk-in shower. I've been taking sponge baths and shampooing my hair in the sink. I complained to a friend that I may not be very clean, but at least I make the effort. She said that was how people used to bathe before indoor plumbing.

When I go back to work, I'm going to have to learn how to get ready for work. I have been dressing in sweats and turtlenecks since October 20. I'm going to have to start learning how to coordinate all of my outfits with my lovely yellow and silver Nike's that I will be wearing for awhile. I have several new dresses that I bought at Brooks Brothers outlets. I guess I'll have to save them for next year. I've only worn makeup one time since October. I hope I can remember how to apply it.

Enjoy the remainder of the weekend. I hope everyone survives this "Artic Blast". I think it will be warmer on Monday.

It is snowing here. The schools are closed. Some of the roads are getting bad. This area of the state has a lot of mountains and lakes which means winding roads and bridges. My mother and I went to McDonald's to get hotcakes this morning. The snow was beginning to pack on the streets. My sister's school closed at 9:15. Why did they bother to even open? I guess after they got there, the roads started to get bad.

My sister had to stop on her way home and stock up on Diet Dr. Pepper. She's like me. While others are buying milk and bread, we are buying diet soft drinks. Can't get snowed in without them. I am a true southerner. I drink iced tea in a blizzard. As soon as I got up this morning, I hobbled into the kitchen and made a pitcher of tea. I may make another one.

If it is snowing in your area, stay safe and warm. Make sure you have plenty of good food, soft drinks and iced tea.

I had a fairly busy day. For me, it was busy. My mother and I went to lunch. We saw people that we have not seen in a long time. Afterwards, we went to the grocery store. I was able to walk around and pick out what I wanted to buy. By the time that we got to the check out, I was beginning to get a little tired. We left the grocery store and went to the post office, drug store, meat market and the bank. I sat in the car at these places. I think that I got plenty of exercise today. Tomorrow we are going to try to go to Walmart. Maybe I can make it there.

We are trying to get ready for the bad weather that we are supposed to have on Thursday. I hope it doesn't get as bad as they say. They are predicting freezing rain and snow which makes for travel problems.

I hope everyone enjoys the remainder of the day.

I had another good day at physical therapy. The people that worked there were bragging about how well I'm doing. I'm starting to see people that I know at therapy. It is getting a little easier for me to walk around with just one crutch. Maybe by the weekend, it will be easy to just use one crutch.

I know it is probably cold where you are, but it is unusual for it to be so cold down here in Alabama. Tomorrow is the only day that it will be over 30 degrees here for the next week. They are predicting 3" of snow for Thursday. I know that's not much for all of y'all up North, but we don't have snow plows down here. Also, we don't just get snow, we get a layer of ice underneath. We are going to prepare for it. Maybe it won't happen.

I was going to start watching what I eat today, but I've been bad. For lunch, I had two hot dogs and some mini Reese's cup. Maybe tomorrow.

I hope everyone enjoys the remainder of their day. Stay warm.

Even though it only got up to 30 degrees here today, my mother got me out to go to lunch. After a delicious lunch at McDonald's, we cruised the cemetery. The McDonald's here opened back up last week after being closed for about 2-3 months to rebuild the building. I think everyone, including myself, has been having withdrawals. Both drive-thru lanes have been lined up for two weeks. One night, they had the police there directing traffic. I never realized that McDonald's was that popular. Go figure.

My brother-in-law is cooking dinner for us tonight. He is a fantastic cook, so I know we will enjoy it. I may need some assistance getting into their house. They don't have railings on their porch and steps.

It is so cold here and not supposed to warm up for over a week. The high next week is going to be around 32 and the lows will be in the teens. I know those of you up north are used to this, but it is unusual for us to have so many cold days in a row. At least I don't have to go to work. I do, however, have to go to physical therapy 3 days next week, plus I plan to ride to Huntsville with my mother on Thursday. She has a doctor's appointment. I have decided to wait for her in the car. We are going to take some blankets for me to wrap up in to stay warm. We may go to lunch and do a little shopping while we are there.

I hope everyone enjoys the remainder of the day. Try to stay warm.

I did just what I said I was going to do today. I got up, watched the London New Year's Day parade, the Tournament of Roses Parade and the Outback Bowl (Auburn vs. Northwestern). After a nerve racking overtime, Auburn finally won 38-35.

Now that this is a new year, I would like to lose some weight. I don't know how much weight I have gained while not being very mobile. My mother feeds me like I'm in elementary school. On the days that she works I eat Pop Tarts, PB&J sandwiches, Oreos, etc. We've eaten a lot of fast foods this past few weeks. There was a couple of weeks that neither of us had much of an appetite. We made up for it as soon as it came back. I think I may talk to my mother, since she is the one that goes to the grocery store, and come up with a healthy eating plan. It wouldn't hurt for both of us to follow it. I can't exercise much, but I plan to be more active. My goal this weekend was to walk a lot, but I have a cold that has worn me down.

I have been thinking about getting my old blog, Slimmed Down Preppies, started again. What do y'all think?

I hope everyone enjoys the remainder of the day.