I had a busy but nice weekend; on Friday, I increased on everything at physical therapy (GO ME!). I'm now up to 3 miles (12 minutes) on the bike, 7 minutes on the Total Gym, doubled my leg/hip exercises, then spent an hour in the pool and tried new exercises in there. The rest of Friday, I don't recall exactly what I did, but I do know I did something. I remember that evening, I designed the invitations for my parent's anniversary party. I printed them out Saturday and yesterday, I cut them. I have two lists made for assignments and things I need to do this week (get addresses, etc.) I'm beginning to see why my siblings let me be the planner; they're still punishing me for being the youngest ;-).

My doctor appointments went well - the Remicade helps my RA so much now that I'm past the "fluish" feeling, it does an excellent job easing my joint pain. I got some relieving news at the foot doctor; the pain I've had in my right foot (the one I broke last Dec) is not from the break but it's from neuromas, just like I have on my left foot. They're basically growths on the nerves and I feel as if I'm walking on big marbles and pain shoots up through my second and third toes. Two options: surgery to remove the nerves or alcohol shots to kill the nerves - of course, I chose the shots.

Monica felt bad for me when I told her about the shots so I sent her a photo of my bruised feet in jest. She was going to show them to her daughter, the Force of Nature, to show that it's OK to get shots. I will spare you all the photo unless you're curious in a sick way *snortle*, I will email it to you. I will say that I didn't bruise as badly as I usually do so it's not all that exciting to see.

It wouldn't be a weekend if I didn't go outside and take photos, now would it? I was happy to see the first bloom of Ashley's Peace rose:


Then there were many blooms on Ashley's purple rose (that Dawn gave me):


I've also made a new little friend; he belongs to one of my neighbors (don't be getting any ideas!) and every time I am in the backyard taking photos, he comes to find me. He's such a sweetie and I've had fun petting him.


Now, to the nuts...while out taking photos of my poppies, I noticed some furry little buds and took a couple of shots. When I offloaded the photos to my computer and examined them on my computer, I'll be darned if they didn't look like nuts *snortle* and not the crunchy type.


Am I wrong? ;-) I even shot them in RAW. Oh gee whiz, I crack myself up.

I hope you all had a great weekend!