Morning Meanderings… Them’s The Breaks…

Good morning 😀

If you followed yesterday mornings post you would have read that I was UBER excited for my doctor’s appointment for the “6 weeks and get your cast off” appointment.  Summer has been slightly WARMER when it feels like you are constantly wearing a sweater over your left arm.

Yet – after the removal of the cast and the x-rays that followed, my doctor was not liking the lack of cartilage around the break.  Apparently, the cartilage is what protects the bones and with out that building up like it should I am overly susceptible to break my finger again. 

Not cool for this girl who wants her life back.

My doctor said he wanted to have an orthopedic surgeon (henceforth known as: O.S. as this is two long words and I am typing completely with my right hand)  look at it so that is my next step coming up on Monday afternoon.  I am told one of two things will happen:

1.  O.S. will say that I just need to keep the cast on a while longer to fully heal.

2.  O.S. says this is not working, I go in for surgery, they re-break my finger and put pins in it so it will be stronger.

PLEASE help me pray for door #1.

I came home pretty distraught yesterday afternoon.  I actually cried for the first time during this whole accident.  But… going into late afternoon, after reading on my deck for a while, doing a little shopping, and an iced coffee…  I have come to terms with what will be… will be.

So… that said…

where does that leave me with today’s previously scheduled Warrior dash event that I have been signed up for since January?

Well…. I am back and forth.  I am going and I am at least cheering my friend on.  However, looking at the route, I think I can still do most of it, as long as I can go around the things that require me to use my hand.  I will be talking to the registration people when I get there today.  I am still undecided. 

 

Have a great Saturday – whatever I do I should have some pretty interesting pictures for tomorrow mornings post.

Morning Meanderings… A Look Into My Saturday


Good morning!  I am sitting here with COFFEE CUP this morning reflecting over the past week. 

It was… a good one.

On Tuesday we had our annual Queen Event for Book Club, on Thursday I went to the midnight showing of Harry Potter… the final movie.

July 2011 - Bookies Queen Event

I think that is a pretty good week.  😛

This morning I reflected a bit on my yard.  I love love love my back yard.  So for The Saturday Snapshot over at Alyce’s At Home With Books,  I went around this morning with the camera…

The view of my back deck. My favorite summer reading place is on this deck. I love the shrubbery around it... it gives it the feel of a sanctuary in the middle of a forest.
Apples coming in on the tree we planted 8 years ago to replace trees we lost in the tornado.

The two Silver Maples in the center of this pic are also replacement trees.
...and one of the hostas along side the house.
...and one of the hostas along side the house.

As for my weekend… today I have planned to finish the lawn, finish a book.  Hubby and I may go for a motorcycle ride later, or a movie.  Tomorrow I am doing the Tour Of Saints bike ride with my friend Amy, the first bike ride since my accident in early June.  I am excited to get back on track. 

Any fun weekend plans?  I would love to hear what you are doing this weekend in your corner of the world!  😛

Morning Meandering: Hang On It’s Going To Be A BUMPY RIDE!

Good morning all.  I am sitting here with COFFEE CUP enjoying the absolute quiet of my home before the day explodes. 

Ahhhhh…..

silence.  😛

In an hour I need to leave for Camp Jim where I will be organizing a potluck picnic with some amazing people.  Picnic starts at 4 pm.  I hope to be out by 7 – 7:30 and home.

Tomorrow is kick off to our serving week with the homeless.  Currently 17 people in the program in out county.  I need to purchase food and pick them up at 4:30 where my friend Jennifer and I will be staying with them on the 3rd and the 4th.  I have volunteers lined up for the rest of the week beyond that with me just popping in around 4:30 – 5:30 each day. 

So that’s my next three days.  Taking a book along?  Yes.  Currently I am finishing up Escape From Zobadak which is pretty good.  I am having a hard time putting it down! 😀

For Alyce’s Saturday Snapshot I have a couple of pics from a couple of weeks ago when my friends and I were in Wisconsin Dells. 

Back right: Heidi, Sara, (front) Cindy
Me, Cheese Mouse, Cindy

Good times!  Stop over at Alyce’s blog and link to your own Saturday Snapshots!  😀

I have another post to write before I head out here so need to move…. in the meantime enjoy the “bumpy ride” scene from Harry Potter (sssqqquuueeeee – 13 days!!) Yup… that looks about the way I feel.  😛

 

Morning Meanderings…Chicago Recap and A Road Trip

Good Morning!  😀

I fully expected to be on the road by now, sNOOKie and I are road tripping to Barnes and Noble this morning.  Sadly, this really is a road trip as B & N is in St Cloud, about an hour away from me.  I am hoping to get there early enough to talk with the NOOK representative and learn more about my NOOK….

then I just want to browse…  😀

Last week I went to Chicago with three of my friends for a much longer (MUCH LONGER – 10 hours) road trip.  It was a lot of fun and even though the arm cast was a hindrance, I am so glad I went. 

For Alyce’s Saturday Snapshot, I bring these pics from the trip:  (go to the snapshot link and join in the fun!)

Pirates aboard the ship tour we took on the WINDY
Pirates aboard the ship tour we took on the WINDY

Left clockwise:  Cindy, me, Sara, and Heidi, Gino's Pizza - Chicago
Left clockwise: Cindy, me, Sara, and Heidi, Gino's Pizza - Chicago

 

 

Having fun on the Navy Pier
Having fun on the Navy Pier

We dared our Double Decker Tour Bus Guide to touch the stop light :)
We dared our Double Decker Tour Bus Guide to touch the stop light 🙂
Beautiful buildings in Chicago

On the Sears building glass protruding whatchamacallit
On the Sears building glass protruding whatchamacallit

Wisconsin Dells stop on the way home... Ripleys believe it or not. say hello to my new creepy friend!

 

Road trip 🙂

Ok – I am out.  Have an awesome day!  😀

Morning Meanderings… And now for something kind of cool…

Good morning!  😀 

It’s raining here in Central Minnesota this morning, supposed to the entire weekend – and for once I really do not care.  Sure I had hoped to dive into the hosta garden today and love on that, but there is always next weekend.  Today I really should focus on packing and looking for the NOOK charger, and making a list of things not to forget before I haul myself to Minneapolis tomorrow late afternoon, to catch an early flight Monday morning to New York.

BUT TODAY – is not about that…. today… I have a couple of fun things to share.  😛

First, recently WordPress made an upgrade that allows us to add our Google Calendar to our blog.  I didn’t even know how SSQQQUUUEEEE that was until I really thought about it.  Here is part of beauty of that… I have three email addresses.  My home/personal one, my work one, and a book one.  The book one is the one I use to communicate with you, and with authors and publishers, and it is the one that the book requests go to.  Since it is not my default email – many times book tours I have committed to, honestly can be forgotten as I do not always have time to connect with the book emails every day.  HOWEVER – I do seem to find time to connect with this blog every day.  SO – by adding the calendar to my blog – I can put the upcoming tours on it for me, and you as readers of this blog to peek to see upcoming events too… such as:

  1. Wordshaker group review date
  2. If I am attending a particular author event
  3. If I am participating in a meme, read a thon, etc….

I don’t know – I am just excited.  So you can find it in the future by clicking the new Events tab at the top of this blog…. but for today you can also link to it here.

If you want to know how to do this yourself – feel free to check that out here:  WordPress and Google Calendar.


Next – and this one is for Alyce’s Saturday Snapshot – which is a fun thing to do every Saturday!  A couple of weeks ago out town had a Positive Charge event.  Over a three day period anyone in town could come to this particular photographer who was heading this and write on a piece of poster board what was so awesome about our town.  Once you made a poster, you had your picture taken.  Over 1,000 people/groups participated.  These posters will be hung all over town, and some made into billboards.  It was actually exciting to see the turn out of our community for this event…

Here is the one I did
This is the one my Pastor did (Way to go Mark!)
This is Don, a friend and fellow bike lover!
Did you know that this years Super Bowl half time show costumes for the dancers were made right here in Brainerd Minnesota?

Ok… That’s my post!  Hope your day is wonderful and productive!  😀

Morning Meanderings… SATURDAY and a reading avalanche!

Good Morning!!!  SATURDAY!!!

Saturdays are my favorite day of the week!  I do not work on Saturdays and if I am careful – I can keep them open to no commitments, much like today.  I do like that.

It seems like all week I have been reading as I have had time and that has not been much.  I have been listening to audio in my car, in the kitchen and in my IPOD.  Today – both the IPOD book and the kitchen audio will complete as well as two books I am reading that are both very close to the end.  Now I feel like a complete wealth of book reviews that I want to share with you about – but have to space them out.

I also have a couple exciting events coming up.  The Berg Fest will be announced within the next few days as well as the book choice for Word Shakers (hopefully I can post that tomorrow).  How funny it is that all this week I have stumbled for posts and now I can’t seem to fit them all in fast enough.

COFFEE CUP and I are  going to read this morning and write a couple of reviews. This week is going to be a full one, there will be lots of excitement around here.  It is my birthday week and I will be having giveaways along with fun posts!

Alyce from At Home With Books has a fun meme called Snapshot Saturday where we are asked to post a picture.  So here is mine for this week:

This picture is from a girls weekend in Fargo in 2009.  We went to a nice restaurant for dinner and there was this huge monkey statue which the girls ( L: Deb, Paula, and Amy) all sat in front of and imitated.  I love good times with good friends!

One more thing – keep a reminder that this Monday, What Are You Reading will be celebrating its one year anniversary here and things are going to be exciting!  If you participate in this meme plan for some fun and if you have not participated in this meme, this may be your week to give it a try!  😀