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PAUL NEWMAN
I just had to share this amazing picture of one of the best looking men ever,
Paul Newman!
HOOKED ON PINTEREST
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FUNKY SOFA
LICKING THE BOWL
The best part of making fudge brownies with my kids today, was licking the bowl! :o)
I haven't made fudge brownies in ages! I am so excited to have some. These silly things I get to do now with my kids are truly a joy!
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INTERESTNG AVOCADO RECIPE
Here is a delicious recipe I found on a website called, "The Amazing Avocado." http://www.theamazingavocado.com/recipes/avocado-codfish-salad/#.UtgSYLT4Lgc
I know not many people like cod (fish) but personally I love it!!
Packet of salted codfish without the bones
1 large tomato
1 red onion
1 avocado
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon adobo
2 or 3 limes
Cilantro
Jalapeno (if you want it a liitle spicy)
I know not many people like cod (fish) but personally I love it!!
Ingredients:
Packet of salted codfish without the bones
1 large tomato
1 red onion
1 avocado
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon adobo
2 or 3 limes
Cilantro
Jalapeno (if you want it a liitle spicy)
Directions:
Boil the codfish for half hour, remove the water and boil in fresh water for another half hour. Remove and let it cool. chop up the cod fish not too small and put in bowl. Add the avocado cut up in small squares, chopped tomatos, chopped onions and a handful of chopped cilantro as well. Add the olive oil, salt, pepper, adobo and squeeze the lime into the bowl. Give it a couple of tosses then add more lime juice. You can also add some hot pepper, preferably a chopped jalepeno if desired. Enjoy!POTATO PIZZA
I am really into food and recipes now. I guess with all the time on my hands and staying home, why not? I found this delicious looking potato pizza on a Russian blog! You would think with some of the Russian I learned in my old job, I could decipher the recipe, but no such luck.
I used Google translate to get the ingredients, as the whole recipe is in Russian! I don't want to steer anyone in the wrong direction, so just know it might not be exact.
The ingredients are listed below and here I just wanted to share how delicious it looks!
http://www.evatoneva.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=645:potato-pizza&catid=3:piciipasta&Itemid=5#sthash.nFZF2p7f.dpuf
I used Google translate to get the ingredients, as the whole recipe is in Russian! I don't want to steer anyone in the wrong direction, so just know it might not be exact.
The ingredients are listed below and here I just wanted to share how delicious it looks!
Ingredients for the dough:
250 g flour
130 ml hot water
10 g fresh yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
Finishing:
125 g ricotta
100 g blue cheese
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 large potatoes, boiled 10 minutes
sprigs of fresh dill pieces of parmesan - optional
olive oil for sprinkling
250 g flour
130 ml hot water
10 g fresh yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
Finishing:
125 g ricotta
100 g blue cheese
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 large potatoes, boiled 10 minutes
sprigs of fresh dill pieces of parmesan - optional
olive oil for sprinkling
salt and pepper to taste -
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SMOOTHIE
I was in the mood for a delicious smoothie but didn't want to venture out into the real world with this new-found hole in my head (Sorry TMI again!) So I decided to make something yummy right at home.
I made a super simple smoothie and the kids loved it (healthy too!) I chose to use Almond Milk because lately my daughter has not been digesting regular milk as well. Almond Milk is delicious and the smoothie is just as tasty.
INGREDIENTS
Strawberries
Bananas
Almond Milk (you can substitute 2% milk here if you prefer)
Sugar (sugar substitute can of course be used here as well.)
Put it in the blender for a minute or so and boom, delicious smoothie.
*Oh! And a pretty little cup for presentation!
Here it is (half-way finished!) It was so delicious I almost drank the whole thing before taking a picture.
I made a super simple smoothie and the kids loved it (healthy too!) I chose to use Almond Milk because lately my daughter has not been digesting regular milk as well. Almond Milk is delicious and the smoothie is just as tasty.
INGREDIENTS
Strawberries
Bananas
Almond Milk (you can substitute 2% milk here if you prefer)
Sugar (sugar substitute can of course be used here as well.)
Put it in the blender for a minute or so and boom, delicious smoothie.
*Oh! And a pretty little cup for presentation!
Here it is (half-way finished!) It was so delicious I almost drank the whole thing before taking a picture.
NEW RECIPE
This is my new favorite food to cook! It's super easy and I found the recipe online! So delicious! Here are the ingredients:
Ingredients
| 6 tablespoons olive oil | |
| 2 lemons, 1 thinly sliced, 1 juiced | |
| 4 cloves garlic, minced | |
| 1 teaspoon kosher salt | |
| 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper | |
| 3/4 pound trimmed green beans | |
| 8 small red potatoes, quartered | |
| 4 chicken breasts (bones left in, with skin, about 3 1/4 pounds) |
SLIGHT SETBACK
Okay, so I had a little setback today. Everything was going great. I seemed to be healing very well (my scar, that is.) As I took a shower and washed my hair this afternoon, I felt some of the scabs coming off (too much information I know, sorry.) It was not a nice feeling. For the first time since the week of surgery I felt very faint as I showered. When I came out of the shower, I went straight to the mirror to look at my head. I wanted to see what it looks like after some of the scabs had come off. I had one stringy looking thing on my hair by my incision, actually on the right side of my scar, so I pulled it thinking it would easily come off. Wrong! My God! I saw the stars. Apparently, I pulled off the scab or what felt like a stitch, although I know it was not and I exposed part of my wound.
And that my friends, is my story of my slight setback!
Today, I am moving forward! Like my best friend told me, "It's going to get worse before it gets better." And I have to believe that...
I freaked out and started to almost cry and say "oh my God oh my God" because it was stinging so bad, and I could see my head and it was slightly bleeding. Just like when you pull a scab off of your knee and it is not ready to come off (like when you were a little kid,) except this is my head!
I had a towel around me and my kids heard me freaking out. My seven-year-old came running in and was threatening to call my husband at work and I was pleading with him not to because there was nothing he could do. Defiantly, he went and got the house phone and called his father anyway. Twenty seconds later I had my husband on the phone asking me what had happened. At this point I was hyperventilating and almost crying again as I explained to him what had occurred.
Luckily, for me, he was not t the office and was already 10 minutes away and arrived home rather quickly. He took a picture of my head (open wound) and emailed it directly to my neurosurgeon. (Again, I am lucky I have a neurosurgeon who checks his emails all the time and is great about following up with patients.) He responded immediately and said that he wanted to see me and was afraid I might need another stitch, a butterfly stitch he called it.
When I heard that I freaked again. If the neurosurgeon was concerned that meant I should be worried. At this point, my kids started to freak out and were concerned that I would have to stay at the hospital. We live one hour away from where my neurosurgeon is, so we made arrangements for the kids to stay with my dad and proceeded to drive there.
After insane traffic in the city, we arrived at the emergency room in the hospital only to encounter a seven hour wait, as I told by the guy behind the counter.
Well, my husband and I proceeded to act as we know how. He, with his feisty temper, was arguing and demanding we see the neurosurgeon, who had instructed us to drive down there and I, well, I casually "flirted" with the guy behind the counter. Actually, in my condition, I wouldn't even say flirted, I would say more like "obtained sympathy." I was in no condition to flirt. The guy asked me why I was there, and I bluntly told him, "I had a brain tumor removed and now my head is open." Umm, I think that kind of freaked him out.
As I filled out the paperwork, he had asked me to fill out, he got up and went to talk to some people in the triage room. When he came back, he told me he had talk to someone and he would try to get me in as soon as possible. I told him I appreciated it and that my neurosurgeon was upstairs waiting for me. He said he understood but that I had to go through the bureaucracy of the procedure like everyone else anyway. I also had faith that my husband would pull through. He got on the phone and emailed the neurosurgeon and let him know that we were downstairs.
A few minutes later I was instructed by the head nurse (after she took my blood pressure) to wait in my car or wherever I felt more comfortable because it would be a long wait. We decided to wait outside the ER waiting room so that we would not be sitting in the middle of all those people with God knows what problems they had. Sounds mean I know, but my husband is a kidney transplant recipient and I did not want him subjected to any infectious room.
As I filled out the paperwork, he had asked me to fill out, he got up and went to talk to some people in the triage room. When he came back, he told me he had talk to someone and he would try to get me in as soon as possible. I told him I appreciated it and that my neurosurgeon was upstairs waiting for me. He said he understood but that I had to go through the bureaucracy of the procedure like everyone else anyway. I also had faith that my husband would pull through. He got on the phone and emailed the neurosurgeon and let him know that we were downstairs.
A few minutes later I was instructed by the head nurse (after she took my blood pressure) to wait in my car or wherever I felt more comfortable because it would be a long wait. We decided to wait outside the ER waiting room so that we would not be sitting in the middle of all those people with God knows what problems they had. Sounds mean I know, but my husband is a kidney transplant recipient and I did not want him subjected to any infectious room.
Within less than 10 minutes of our waiting outside, I saw my neurosurgeon coming down the hallway with his entourage of other surgeons. With a little guilt (and excitement) at the same time, I quickly walked into the ER again and the head nurse signaled to me to come in. The neurosurgeons and the other surgeons (3 if them to be exact) hugged us and we said our "hellos" like old friends while everyone was looking at us.
They took me to a back room. They examined my head and poked and prodded me like a science experiment. They determined that it was not infected, and I did not need stitches. Whew! I cannot tell you how relieved I was at that point! He gave me instructions on what to take: antibiotics, ointments and instructions not to wear my head scarves anymore, as they put pressure on the wounds. He said bandannas were okay if I must wear something.
They took me to a back room. They examined my head and poked and prodded me like a science experiment. They determined that it was not infected, and I did not need stitches. Whew! I cannot tell you how relieved I was at that point! He gave me instructions on what to take: antibiotics, ointments and instructions not to wear my head scarves anymore, as they put pressure on the wounds. He said bandannas were okay if I must wear something.
In total, we were there about only one hour, and I was grateful that I was able to go home and not have to be admitted. I definitely got to thinking about all those poor people in the waiting room with no connections, no strings to pull, no doctors to call, just sitting there endlessly waiting until their name was called. Again, I am grateful!
Of course, I took a couple of pictures (in the car on the way to the hospital and as I sat in the waiting room in the ER in the back room,) for my children, so they could see me smiling and not all freaked out. I don't know why, even when I'm freaking out and in pain, I always fake it and smile. I guess it helps me to keep going!
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| Me in the Emergency room waiting for neurosurgeon - 1/13/14 |
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| In the car on the way to E/R - smiling for my kids |
And that my friends, is my story of my slight setback!
Today, I am moving forward! Like my best friend told me, "It's going to get worse before it gets better." And I have to believe that...
ONLINE GROUP
So I continue to torture myself! I found a great group online regarding my surgery regarding what I had, a meningioma (brain tumor) but I think I am making myself crazy reading about all the things that can go wrong. I am not 100% yet but I know I am doing well. My incision is still not healed but overall I am better. I like this group a lot because I have found women who have gone through the same thing I did, some with more complications than others but it is great to be able to ask questions and have them answered (pretty much, instantly!) I just feel like I am going to be a bit of a hypochondriac if I continue. Ahhhhh!
LIFE COACHING
Recently, I have been looking into life coaching classes but I am having a really hard time finding something legit, at least in my area, so I figured I'd turn to what I know best - online info! Of course, I found Anthony Robbins online, who is super popular but I also came across a couple of videos regarding life coaching. I thought this video in particular (see above) was rather interesting, especially since it discusses kidney failure and I am married to someone who had a kidney transplant and I am a living kidney donor.
It is a great presentation on how your past does not dictate your future and it discusses an interesting concept: "everything is created twice." It is a very inspirational video (at least to me) on making a difference in others lives. "Your history doesn't determine your destiny!" What a great concept!
LUNCH DATE
Today, I am wise enough to know that sitting in front of the computer day after day reading about all the things that can go wrong after surgery does me no good. I am venturing out one hour a way to meet with my best friend. I am excited to head out but in the same breath a little nervous. Don't know why really, it's not like it's the first time I'm heading out. I guess it has just been a while that I go out and do something just for fun. Good friend and good food always a good combination!
CRANKY
Okay, so all this "wisdom" and positive thinking is complete bulls#*! to me today! I don't feel like going back to work, I am tired of having holes in my head filled with scars and I am just down right cranky and unbearable. I know it is shallow and I should be grateful, for which I am, but today I am having a bad day! What the hell am I going to do with myself? I don't want to be home, I don't want to go to work, I don't want to be a PTA mom. WTH? Someone, please!
WARRIOR WEBSITE
I am so excited I built my own website for Warrior Wisdom! Not sure what the heck I am going to do with it yet but here it is! Go online and visit today! See the link below:
E-CARD
I just had to share this e-card that was posted online. It seemed so appropriate because lately, after my craniotomy surgery, it appears I have zero tolerance for bulls#&@* Not that I had much tolerance before but wow, now I just think people are so petty and the small stuff REALLY doesn't matter!
WELCOME DISTRACTION
I have had my kids home on winter break for the last 10 days while I recover from brain surgery as well as all the neighborhood kids. Sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for. I always wanted my kids to have their friends here at home instead of them gallivanting all over the neighborhood. Well, I got what I wanted! ALL the kids are here all the time! Snacks, fights, drama, the whole 9-yards! Between recovery, the noise and PMS, oh I am a monster! Hey, at least I recognize it!
So, this afternoon was a nice change of pace from my stressful recovery days. I had to take my little guy to hockey practice. It's a program called "stick & puck." I had to help him gear up and lace up and of course, he says I don't know how to do it but hey, we did it! When he got on the ice I thought we were in the wrong place because there were so many big kids. They looked huge! They were only about 15 or 16 years old but with all that gear they looked way older. Nonetheless, my little guy is afraid of no one on the ice and went out there liked he owned the place and tried to shoot a goal on all the "big guys!"
I was totally distracted for one hour and loved seeing him in action!
So, this afternoon was a nice change of pace from my stressful recovery days. I had to take my little guy to hockey practice. It's a program called "stick & puck." I had to help him gear up and lace up and of course, he says I don't know how to do it but hey, we did it! When he got on the ice I thought we were in the wrong place because there were so many big kids. They looked huge! They were only about 15 or 16 years old but with all that gear they looked way older. Nonetheless, my little guy is afraid of no one on the ice and went out there liked he owned the place and tried to shoot a goal on all the "big guys!"
I was totally distracted for one hour and loved seeing him in action!
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