week 3, day 7 -- jan 10th

A GREAT DAY !!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

food for the day:

meal #1 -- 1 cup steel-cut oalmeal with 1/2 cup skim mink, dab of butter, pinch of ground cinnamon (yummers), 6oz cottage cheese, 5 prunes

meal #2 -- smoothie

meal #3 -- roasted chicken and veggies. 1 cup brown rice. very small garden salad.

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** only 1 walk today... in the evening. 1 hour going down our street to the mall and back up home. -- did 90 minutes

activites for the day:

** finish client's website finally. -- DONE !! phew :-)))
** knit as long as possible. -- done
** 20 minutes of physical therapy. -- done

onward and upward !! :-)

week 3, day 6 -- jan 9th

it was SO good to just rest all day long... knitting and watching tv.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

food for the day:

meal #1 -- 1 cup steel-cut oalmeal with 1/2 cup skim mink, dab of butter, pinch of ground cinnamon (yummers), 6oz cottage cheese, 5 prunes

meal #2 -- smoothie

meal #3 -- roasted chicken and veggies. 1 cup brown rice. very small garden salad.

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** none. i'm resting today.

activites for the day:

** work on my website for a few hours - a bit. will finish on saturday.
** knit for a long time. -- yes. got lots done.
** 20 minutes of physical therapy -- done.

onward and upward !! :-)

week 3, day 5 -- jan 8th

food for the day:

meal #1 -- 1 cup steel-cut oalmeal with 1/2 cup skim mink, dab of butter, pinch of ground cinnamon (yummers), 6oz cottage cheese, 5 prunes

meal #2 -- smoothie

meal #3 -- 2 honey-garlic roasted chicken legs, 1/2 cup roasted potatoes, small garden salad

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** 1st walk, up to the shopping center and one lap around the park. i'll take my camera with me. -- done at 6am !!

** possible 2nd walk, will be done heading down our street to the mall. i'll be taking the camera with me in the early evening, catching some pics of the wonderful views. -- nope. i was too tired.

activites for the day:

** work on my client's website. -- a bit.
** work on my website for a few hours -- nope
** knit for a long time -- yes ! doggie blanket all done :-)
** 20 minutes of physical therapy -- yep... even 30 minutes.

onward and upward !! :-)

week 3, day 2 -- jan 5

what FUN !!! being in Tel Aviv was fantastic :-)))

~~~~~~~~~~~~

food is as follows:

meal #1: 2 cups branflakes, 1 cup skim milk, banana, 15 almonds

meal #2 - #4: i have no idea.

walk(s) for the day:

** i have no idea, but i do know that i'll be walking alot during the day. i'll report after the walk(s). -- tons of walking in Tel Aviv

activites for the day:

** drs appointment to schedule the gallbladder surgery, in Jerusalem -- didn't make it to Jerusalem because i woke up really tired.
** do ECCO, in Tel Aviv - -- done. i got a clean bill of health for my nice heart.
** visit with Rico, Racheli and Sunny -- YAY !! too much fun.
** start Nina's afghan -- sure did.

onward and upward !! :-)

week 3, day 1

a great day, especially since i got to talk to 3 of my brothers !!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

food is as follows:

meal #1: 2 cups branflakes, 1 cup skim milk, banana, 15 almonds

meal #2: smoothie

meal #3: 3 oz roasted turkey breast, 2 slices lite whole wheat bread, tad of mayonnaise, 1 orage

meal #4: smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** only one long 90 minute walk will be done today. i will be walking home from physical therapy. -- done

activites for the day:

** drs appointment for blood tests and EKG -- done
** starting physical therapy session with therapist -- done
** work on my client's website. -- yeah, right :-(
** finish up the baby blanket -- ALL DONE !!!!

onward and upward !! :-)

week 2, day 7

a very, very good day, except for all the bad news of war, emergency open surgery for my sister-in-law and other bad news :-(

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~``


food for the day:

meal #1 -- 1 cup steel-cut oalmeal with 1/2 cup skim mink, dab of butter, pinch of ground cinnamon (yummers), 6oz cottage cheese, 5 prunes

meal #2 -- tuna sandwich with cucumber slices on lite whole wheat bread, 6oz strawberry yogurt drink

meal #3 -- smoothie: 1 banana, 1 apple, 1 pear, 1/2 cup skim milk, 1 scoop protein powder

meal #4 -- another tuna sandwich meal... yummers.

walk(s) for the day:

** only one long 2 hour walk will be done today. i still haven't decided in which direction i'll go. -- done..... phew.

activites for the day:

** work on my client's website. last day to get it done !! partly finished.
** knit as much as possible. -- almost done with the baby blanket

onward and upward !! :-)

week 2, day 6

a FANTASTIC day !!! i found out that Tomi Loves oatmeal :-)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


food for the day:

meal #1 -- 1 cup steel-cut oalmeal with 1/2 cup skim mink, dab of butter, pinch of ground cinnamon (yummers), 6oz cottage cheese, 5 prunes

meal #2 -- smoothie

meal #3 -- 4 oz grilled chicken breast with lots of fresh veggies.

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** 1st walk, go up to the local shopping center, do one lap around it and come home. -- already done at 6am, in wonderfully chilly weather.

** possible 2nd walk, will be done by going down our street to the mall and back up home. - nope

activites for the day:

** work on my website -- i did a bit of work on it.
** work on my client's website. get it done already !! -- nope
** knit as much as possible. -- oh yeah, i sure did !!!

onward and upward !! :-)

week 2, day 5

i was way too tired to think of doing anything other than knitting and resting.

*things* happen, right ?

week 2, day 4

a VERY good day. i even walked 2 hours in the evening :-)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


food is as follows:

meal #1: omlette (4 eggwhites + 1 whole egg), steel-cut oatmeal, 1/2 cup skim milk, 3 dates

meal #2: smoothie -- 1 banana, 1 pear, 1 apple, 1 cup skim milk, 2 scoops protein powder

meal #3: tuna sandwich with 2 slices of lite whole wheat bread, 4oz water-packed tuna, a tad of mayonnaise to hold the tuna together, garden vegetable salad

meal #4: smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** 1 walk only, this will be done at about 9am, when i have to so to a stationary store about 1 mile away. i imagine this will take a few hours


activites for the day:

** work on my website
** work on my client's website.
** knit as much as possible.

onward and upward !! :-)

week 2, day 3

a very good day, but boy was i exhausted during the 2nd walk! YIKES !!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ood is as follows:

meal #1: omlette (4 eggwhites + 1 whole egg), steel-cut oatmeal, 1/2 cup skim milk, 3 dates

meal #2: smoothie -- 1 banana, 1 pear, 1 apple, 1 cup skim milk, 2 scoops protein powder

meal #3: tuna sandwich with 2 slices of lite whole wheat bread, 4oz water-packed tuna, a tad of mayonnaise to hold the tuna together, garden vegetable salad

meal #4: smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** 1st walk, will do this at about 7am, before it gets hot. up to the shopping center and 2 laps around the park. -- actually walked at about 5:30 am and it was WONDEFUL !! watching the sunrise really put everything into perspective.

** possible 2nd walk, will be done by going down our street, over to the 2nd closest shopping center about 1 kilometer away. -- i was way too tired for this entire walk, so i did about 3/4 of the distance.

activites for the day:

** clean up kitchen and cook a nice meal for the girls -- done
** work on my website -- a bit of work was done
** work on my client's website. get it done already !! -- nope
** knit as much as possible. -- yes !!! :-)

onward and upward !! :-)

the war is escalating !!

the war against the Hamas is escalating and we think that ground troops will have to go into the Gaza Strip sometime tonight. that's the one thing that none of us wanted from the very beginning.

having our young soldiers face-to-face with the Hamas is just too much. we have strong, well-trained ground troops, but the risks are way too high.

please God, please.... keep our troops safe during this horrible time. please keep our citizens safe. please have this resolved sooner, rather than later.

God will not forsake our small country... He never has and never will.

medical crap that i HAVE TO DO !!

here are all the appointments i have for the coming 6 weeks.... some are good, some are just a pain in the ass:

1. Beginning of course on Chinese Medicine for Personal Use -- January 1, 2009 -- 10:00 a.m. -- YAY YAY YAY !!! -- in Modiin

2. Physical Therapy -- January 4, 2009 -- 11:00 a.m. -- in Modiin

3. Surgeon -- for gallbladder surgery -- January 5, 2009 -- 10:00 a.m. -- in Jerusalem, at the hospital

4. ECCO- gram -- January 5, 2009 -- 4:05 p.m. -- in Tel Aviv. this is going to be fun, going from Modiin to Jerusalem to Tel Aviv and back to Modiin !! yikes.

5. MRI -- January 29, 2009 -- 11:30 p.m. (yes, in the middle of the f***-ing night) -- in Jerusalem, at the hospital

6. Regular montly drs check-up, including blood tests, etc -- January 28, 2009 -- 10:00 a.m. -- in Modiin

7. Anesthesiologist -- February 18, 2009 -- 12:50 p.m. -- in Jerusalem at the hospital

8. Neurologist -- date unknown as of now... it all depends on the MRI, most probably the beginning to the middle of February -- in Modiin

9. gallbladder surgery -- in march or april, depends on how i take to the Copaxone once again -- in the hospital in Jerusalem..... uuuggghhh :-(


that's it !!! at least for now.

onward and upward... or else i'll just wither away....

week 2, day 2

food for the day:

meal #1 -- 1 cup steel-cut oalmeal with 1/2 cup skim mink, dab of butter, pinch of ground cinnamon (yummers), 6oz cottage cheese, 5 prunes

meal #2 -- smoothie: 1 banana, 1 apple, 1 pear, 1/2 cup skim milk, 1 scoop protein powder

meal #3 -- 3oz grilled chicken breast, small garden salad with tomato, cucumber, green onion, fresh garlic, sweet bell pepper, olive oil and fresh lemon juice

meal #2 -- smoothie: 1 banana, 1 apple, 1 pear, 1/2 cup skim milk, 1 scoop protein powder


walk(s) for the day:

** 1st walk, walk up to the shopping center, around the park and back home. thank God this is getting easier,

** possible 2nd walk will be to go down the street, over to the post office. then over to the mall. then finish up at my friend's home, which is located up the street from us. this is going to be a long walk, but WILL be done because Rico i expecting for me to get his packages at the post office

activites for the day:

** finish client's website already !!!!!!
** take those 2 important walks
** knit as much as possible after all that physical activity. who know how much this will be.

onward and upward !!! :-)

decision made :-)

i've made a huge decision about how to make extra money AND totally enjoy myself along the way.

i'm going to start a business of knitting and crocheting :-) i will be completing the 3 projects i now have going. i will make new items for personal gifts -- afghans for Nina, Sunny & Tamar are the first items i will make. and i will design a website for my new business.

all of this will take place within the next few months. i figure that i'll have the 3 on-going projects done within the next few weeks and then i'll start on Nina's afghan, and at the same time i will be making *samplers* for the new website.

on the website i will first have pictures of the projects that i've done so far, including Rico's afghan, Oren's afghan, the baby blanket, Racheli's afghan, Ricardo & Susan's afghan and *samplers* of all the different knitting and crocheting that i will be doing in the future. this will all be done in an effort to show potential client's what they can order.

i now need to start thinking of pricing. i have a general idea of how much i want to charge for a basic afghan and i will then be able to adjust the prices according to what a client wants to order.

i will also be researching the possible target markets that will be my the basis of my marketing campaign. together with this, i will design a new website that will really display my knitting and crocheting work.

i'm SO excited about this whole thing. i just KNOW that it will be a great way to make extra money, along with really enjoying myself the whole time.

:-) :-) :-)

God is SO Great and Good !!!

week 2, day 1

another good day... even got all the appointments made :-)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

food for the day:

meal #1 -- 1 cup steel-cut oatmeal with 1/2 cup skim milk, 2 boiled eggs, large cup of green tea

meal #2 -- smoothie

meal #3 -- 2 cups whole wheat pasta with homemade sauce that includes very lean chicken dogs, fresh tomatoes, fresh red bell peppers, lots of fresh garlic and chopped up basil. small garden salad -- change of plans because i didn't cook today. i'm just having a clone of meal #1.

meal #4 -- smoothie

walk(s) for the day:

** 1st walk, walk up our street and over to the post office. i need to pick up some packages for Rico. -- didn't even come *close* to even thinking about a walk since i got up so late

** possible 2nd walk, will be done heading down our street and to the mall. i'll also be walking around the mall for awhile, taking pictures of all the new shops. -- not happening this evening. i'm way off on my day because of sleeping problems.

activites for the day:

** FINISH clien'ts website. this has to be done, or else. -- nope
** knit as much as i can after the website is complete. -- yes.
** telephone errands -- make appointments for MRI, physical therapy, surgeon and anesthesiologist. -- all done. i even remembered to schedule the ECCO test i need to do

onward and upward !!~ :-)