Wednesday, July 27, 2011Tonight's picture was taken in May of 2007 at DutchWonderland. Mattie rode his first roller coaster at this theme park. It was love at first ride! He absolutely fell in love with the excitement of it! In this picture, Mattie and Peter were sitting in the fourth car from the top. Peter was on the right hand side wearing a white shirt and Mattie was sitting close to him most likely not sure what to expect!
Quote of the day: I walked a mile with Pleasure; she chattered all the way. But left me none the wiser For all she had to say. I walked a mile with Sorrow And ne'er a word said she; But oh, the things I learned from her When Sorrow walked with me! ~ Robert Browning
Today I attended my second Pilates class with my friend Christine. It literally took me about four or five days to recover from the last class. Last week after class if felt as if someone punched me in the stomach. I used muscles I never even knew existed. However, despite the intense workout last week, I wasn't in so much pain that I couldn't function or continue my walking routine a day later. So I viewed that as a positive sign. Today we worked with an apparatus called a Pilates Chair. If I thought the reformer was challenging last week, the chair was over the top. One would think how complicated could a CHAIR be!!??? Well something so simple is actually very physically demanding. By 45 minutes into the class my legs and abdomen were shaking from use. However, I have noticed big changes already with Pilates exercises. I no longer have lower back pain and as I travel throughout the day, I am more cognizant of my posture and my hunched over spine. If I correct these positions throughout the day, I land up feeling better at the end of the day. Pilates works your core section to try to lengthen and stretch that area and for me in the process it makes me more aware of my entire physical body and space. My biggest challenge last week was motion sickness. I have never been able to do floor exercises that involve lying down. There is something about my head being flat on the ground that disorients me. So today I took Dramamine before the class, and it worked like a charm. The teacher told me there are other students like me and those who also get vertigo from these exercises.
After the class, I went to meet Ann, Mary (Ann's mom), and Shayla (Mary's caregiver) at the salon. Mary was getting her hair done today, which is an outing of grand portion. Transferring Mary from her wheelchair into the car is a process that requires great skill and strength. Most people would have given up trying this adventure a long time ago. But Ann continues to work great efforts to get Mary out and about. By the end of the morning, Mary's hair looked lovely and she was happy to see her new style in the mirror.
I had the opportunity to collect at Ann's house all the chocolate that my friends donated to the snack cart on my birthday. When I got it home, I decided to organize and itemize it. Below you will see a picture of all the chocolate and the incredible listing of items. My friends were very generous with their gifts and I know these chocolates will make many family members living in the hospital happy. Or as happy as one can be while worrying and caring for a sick child 24 by 7.
| Item | Quantity |
| snickers (2.07 oz each) | 70 bars |
| almond snickers (2.07 oz each) | 3 bars |
| mini snickers | 10.50 oz bag |
| fun size snickers (.57 oz each) | 16 bars |
| Hershey milk chocolate bars (.49 oz each) | 16 bars |
| Hershey dark chocolate bars (.49 oz each) | 16 bars |
| Hershey milk chocolate bars (1.55 oz each) | 66 bars |
| Hershey milk chocolate with nuts (1.45 oz each) | 36 bars |
| Hershey dark chocolate bars (1.45 oz each) | 3 bars |
| Hershey milk chocolate bar (7 oz each) | 2 bars |
| M&Ms (1.69 oz each) | 48 packs |
| M&Ms (.52 oz each) | 8 packs |
| milky way midnight | 10.50 oz bag |
| milky way (2.05 oz each) | 42bars |
| Twix (1.79 oz each) | 44 bars |
| assorted M&Ms, Hershey, and Nestle bars | 150 pieces/5.6 lbs |
| Kit Kat (1.50 oz bars) | 39 bars |
| Musketeers (2.07 oz each) | 3 bars |
| Reese's peanut butter cups (1.50 oz each) | 18 bars |
| Reese's peanut butter dark choc cups (1.50 oz each) | 3 bars |
| Rolo (1.7 oz each) | 3 rolls |
| York peppermint patties (1.4 oz each) | 3 |
| Heath Bars (1.4 oz each) | 3 bars |
| Hershey Nuggets assortment (19oz or 1lb) | 1 bag |
| Hershey Nuggets with Almonds (12 oz) | 1 bag |
| Hershey Bliss (9.6 oz) | 1 bag |
| Hershey special dark miniatures (11 oz) | 1 bag |
| Hershey miniatures (12 oz) | 2 bags |
| Ferrero Rocher Hazelnut chocolates (5.3 oz net weight) | 12 pieces |
| Ghirardelli Squares Dark & Raspberry (5.32 oz net weight) | 1 bag |
| Lindt Lindor Assorted Truffles (21.2 oz net weight) | 1 bag |
| Dove Bars (1.16 oz each) | 10 bars |
| Dove Milk Chocolate Promises (9.50 oz net weight) | 4 bags |
| Dove Almond Dark Chocolate Promises (8.50 oz net weight) | 1 bag |
| Dove Dark Chocolate Promises (9.50 oz net weight) | 2 bags |
| Dove Peanut Butter Chocolate Promises (9.80 oz net weight) | 2 bags |
| assorted chocolates | 1 gallon Ziploc |
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