Trick-or-Treating (with my niece)

Today is Hallowe'en!

I got to drive my niece to swimming lessons tonight! She passed!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then we went out trick-or-treating! It was a lot of fun but she got scared. She went to a house where there was a graveyard on the front lawn with statues. Then one of the statues moved...

(Mmmmmm.....pumpkin seeds.)

Riding in cars with (my niece)

Kids see the world in different ways than us adults!

Tonight I got to ride in my car with my niece. We talked about lots of things; stuff that was going on at school, why she likes going to dance (where we just came from), why we should go on another 'adventure' (ie. I randomly drive around pretending that we are lost), even why the sky is blue (okay maybe not that).

I love seeing the world from a 4 year old perspective!

It reminds me that life is a serious thing (but sometimes it does not have to be)....

my sense of humour

I have an odd way of looking at things (or so people tell me)....

Sometimes I see things in a different way than the rest of the world.

And sometimes I just have to laugh : )

my legs

Isn't it great to be able to walk? Or even to run?

Sometimes I forget to be thankful for the small things (or for the things you take for granted). I could not imagine not having legs! I think it would be very hard to adjust. I live on the 2nd floor, depending on my disability....that could be a challenge.

I am very grateful for the legs I have now!!!

Country music

In the 90s I listened to country music ALL the time. Then I started turning to other kinds of music. I like all different kinds of music....I cannot limit myself by saying that I do not like a certain kind of music.

In the Spring I started listening to a new country station in the city. I love this station!! It plays a variety of different music and it is different from any other station I have heard. One of the things I find annoying about the DJ's on the radio (where I live) is that they remind me of people who think they are cool and try to act cool, but they are not cool. This new radio station is not like that!!!

Tonight I was listening to the Country station when they played a GREAT song and I started to sing to it....LOVE IT!!!

the Internet

I am not a techie person (ask anyone I know). I am the type of person who only grudgingly participates in anything that has to do with technology. (Which is one of the reasons I am amazed I have started a blog and have updated it as deligently as I have been.)

I have really come to appreciate the internet lately and everything it has to offer. There are so many things you can do now right from your own house....how amazing is that?

Being Healthy!

Sometimes you do not appreciate the things you have until you no longer have them. It seems so simple....not being sick. It is definitely something I take for granted! But I know so many people who are about my age and are sick.

My sister is one of them (but hopefully she will be okay...).

Today, my sister came home from the hospital. YAY!
My mom has a broken arm...
And my other sister was not feeling very good.

I was the only healthy one!

YAY for me!!