A Fun Day at the Water Park

Today we all went to Hurricane Harbor at Six Flags Texas. I'm so glad that we live in an area that has fun  places like that to go to that are relatively nearby. Six Flags is in Arlington, Texas which is only about an hour and a half away from where we live. I'm originally from TN and when I was a kid the closest attraction was in Nashville. Opryland was about a four hour drive from where I lived which was Dyersburg, TN. But anyway we did have a great time. We're all pretty tired but it's a good tired. Emily's favorite attraction at the park above anything else was the wave pool.

Make Up Time

My daughter came into my room tonight and started showing me how she put her "make up" on. Of course it was play make up and it was one of those moments that I knew had to be captured on video. And I'm glad that I did. My daughter has such a vivid imagination. I swear that someday she'll be an actress or something. So I recorded it on my camcorder and uploaded it to YouTube.

Fireworks At WinStar Casino

Well, we had a great time watching the fireworks at the casino. I brought my video camera so that I could video the fireworks. It was quite breezy so the first video is noisy. Then you'll notice that at the end of the first video it all goes dark because it started to rain on us. Then it's not as noisy in the second video but there are little comments made from the back seat! I called this version the commentary version of the fireworks display. I hope that you enjoy it as much as we did.

Happy Independence Day!

I hope all of my readers have a very happy fourth of July! Tonight for supper I am making grilled lemon chicken, potato salad, and baked beans. And we are going to go to the Winstar Casino to watch the fireworks. We usually go to the park to watch the fireworks but because of the burn ban they have been canceled. The casino can get away with doing fireworks because a) they are out of state and b) they are located on an Indian reservation so basically they can do what they want. And I'm sure that they'll want to do the fireworks display because of the business that they'll attract. Well anyway happy fourth!

When it Rains It Pours!

Yesterday we were coming home from Denton and I noticed someone pointing down at our car as they passed us. So I told Tim that I thought that something maybe wrong with our car. It was then that I saw that the tire pressure indicator light was on. Then it happened. We had a blow out in our car. The tire was completely gone! So at about 2:30 in the afternoon in the sweltering Texas heat, we waited in the car until Tim changed it. I'm so glad that it happened when he was with us cause I don't know anything about changing a tire! Luckily, someone was nice enough to pull over and help Tim with it. So now we have to buy new tires!
And then today as I was warming up Emily's mac & cheese, I tried to get the microwave oven door open but it broke. It's been really hard to open for a few days now and today it finally broke. We did manage to get her mac & cheese out by prying the door open but then it quit working. It was at least 10 or 15 years old anyway so I knew it's time had come. They say that things that break comes in threes so I'm just wondering what will be next?

Movie Day

Today I am going to the movies with my daughter to see Cars 2. If it's as good as the first one, then I'm sure that we'll enjoy it. This will be a day just for the two of us. It should be fun.

Physical Therapy Week 2

About a month ago my podiatrist ordered physical therapy for my plantar fasciitis. Actually, it is a complication of the plantar fasciitis because of the way I unconsciously roll my foot to the side. His orders were 3 days per week of PT for 3 weeks. I've already completed 2 weeks and unfortunately, my foot doesn't feel any better than it did when I first went in for therapy. The therapy session begins with putting my foot into a small jacuzzi (which feels very good) and doing several exercises involving rotating my ankle in both directions in sets of ten. I do that for 12 minutes. Then after drying my foot, I sit in a chair and pick up a rubber ball with my toes and hold my foot up for a count of 5 for a total of 2 minutes. After that, I do 10 stretches against a wall by bending my left knee while stretching the other leg (my bad foot). That stretches the whole calf muscle which is attached to the fasciia. Then I sit down and draw the whole alphabet with my foot twice. After that is finished I go into another room and I lie down on a table and stretch my foot with a rolled up sheet for 5 minutes. And then comes the piece de resistance: the dreaded ice bottle! I roll my foot on a medicine bottle filled with ice for 8 minutes. By the time my timer goes off, my foot feels like a popsicle. Then last but not least, I get to lie on my tummy and just do nothing while the therapist uses ultrasound on my foot for about 5 minutes. That's really the best part. So that's how my therapy day goes. And I have 3 more sessions to go. Then I will make an appointment with my foot doctor and we'll go from there. He told me the last time that I saw him that if the therapy did not work, then he would put me in a boot to wear on my foot. I just hope that something works soon because I have been dealing with a lot of pain for several months now.