Muddlin' Through...

Hi everyone!

Well..this is amazing! I did my camp blog post, and figured it was about time to update this blog too. Two posts in one day! I'm on a roll...ha ha!

Unfortunately, I really don't have too much to talk about. Life has been pretty tame for me the past few weeks. I'm pretty sure everyone knows about my "mishap"..so I won't bother explaining all of those details. I will give ya's a brief update on what's been happening the past week though (for those of you I haven't talked to on email and MSN).

Ummm..where to start? I had day surgery on Feb 15th, which was basically just a scope of my knee to assess the damage. They also cleaned out the debris in there, and clipped off broken cartilage. They discovered that I severed my ACL ligament, which is apparently not a good thing. It's located underneath the kneecap and connects the bottom leg bones to the top leg bones. I'm now waiting to have another surgery to replace that ligament, and will be the proud recipient of a "donor" ligament. The tentative surgery date is March 26th. Till then I have to undergo lots of physiotherapy which I started this past Friday. I was a little nervous about the physio, but it's really great! I'm learning lots of new stuff, and actually looking forward to my next appointment on Monday. It's also nice to get out of the house...startin' to get a bit "shack wacky"! The doctor said I'll be on crutches for approximately 12 weeks following my next surgery, so it looks like I won't be walking until the end of June! That sucks...but things could always be worse!

Before I move off of this topic, I wanted to give a huge "THANK YOU" to all of my family, friends and co-workers. Everyone has been so kind, helping out with daily stuff, bringing food, gifts, the list goes on! I consider myself one lucky girl to have such amazing people in my life...thank you all! :)

So, that's enough of that. As far as pictures..sorry folks! No photos of Liss in this condition, cameras are an absolute no-no in this house right now! :)

Instead, I started going through my picture folder and decided to post a random bunch of pictures. None of these are related in anyway (well, some are)..but mostly they are just shots that I like and didn't get to include in previous posts. Some are pictures that I scammed off of Mom's camera, and since she hasn't been posting pictures I figured I may as well go ahead! Sorry Mom! :)

This first picture was actually taken by Kim on the day we left for the Stones concert, but it's very appropriate for this point in time. If you were to walk into my house at any given moment (in the past 2 weeks), this is probably how you'd find Darcy...

He has unfortunately become "Molly Maid", and now does all of the laundry, dishes, cooking...well, just about everything! He's been a trooper about the whole thing, wish I could be more help, but such is life!

Recently Colleen sent me some pictures too! I absolutely love this picture of Daniel..he's growing up SO fast!

And here's a cute one of Coll and Daniel, taken during Christmas at her parent's house...

Melanie came over for a visit with Ben a few weeks ago, and when she was bundling him up to leave I had to take a picture. Nothing cuter than babies bundled up in snowsuits! Hee hee..

This is a picture that Mom took of Mitch at her house...not often I get a half decent picture of him (without his hair hanging in his face, or him making a face)..so I really wanted to include it. I just wish it wasn't so blurry..

Nick and Kari had some fun with Mom's camera this past fall..these were taken in Mom's backyard. I really like all three pictures, so I included them all...



Another pic from Mom..heh heh! This was taken at Halloween, Nick and Kari actually won a prize at the Opera House...cool costumes!

Here's Matt and Karine with Mom's cat Rosie in her lap...taken at Mom's when they were home at Christmas..

This bunch of pictures were all taken at my Nan's house on Christmas Day. I didn't have my camera with me, so thanks Mom!


I should explain this one a little better. Every year it's tradition to have Christmas dinner at Nan's and when we were kids, they always got a shot of the five grandchildren together. This is the first time in MANY years that all of us were together, so we had to pose. That's my cousin Jen sitting beside me on the back of the couch, and her brother Mike sitting beside Matt...

We also celebrate Nick's birthday on Christmas day..so here he is with his cake. The look on his face is hilarious..

This last one is of Ben and I at Mom's house on New Year's Eve (we were babysitting for Mel and Jody)...


So, that's it for now. As the title says, I'm "muddling through", and making a little more progress everyday. This past Saturday morning, Kim, Darcy, Mitch and I looked through two boxes of really old pictures. What a laugh! Why am I mentioning this? Well...the 'ol scanner is gonna get lots of use this week, because my next post is going to be a trip down "Memory Lane". Now, that should be good for a laugh! Heh heh!

Take care everyone!

Liss :)