To Play:

Answer my question, go post your own question
on your blog, then go link up at An Island Life and visit the other
players and answer their questions.

My questions is:

 Do you use your public library? Why or why not? A little or a lot?

My answer:

One of the selling points of our current apartment was that we can walk to the library! I put things on hold continually. My daughter is excited to get her own library card when she loses her first tooth. I appreciate the library because the last thing we need to do is spend money (and space) on new books!

Friday 56: The Doorbell Rang

The Friday 56 is hosted by Storytime with Tonya and Friends

RULES

1. 
   
   
   Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
2. 
   
   
   Turn to page 56.
3. 
   
   
   Find the fifth sentence.
4. 
   
   
   Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
5. 
   
   
   Post a link with your post to Storytime

   "Before Gerard could begin to explain how much time and effort it had taken to amass such an impressive wad of bubble gum and how foolish it would be to simply throw it away, the doorbell rang.

   'I'll get it,' said Jough in his man-of-the-house voice, a full octave lower than his regular voice.  'You guys wait here.'"

    From A Whole Nother Story by Dr. Cuthbert Soup.  A lovely, lovely, lovely chapter book.  I love the humor.  I happily and whole-heartedly recommend it. 
   
   
   
     

The Simple Woman's Daybook - Nearly the End of April

From Peggy at The Simple Woman's Daybook

FOR TODAY

Outside my window...  ~ a sunny, sunny Denver morning

I am thinking... ~ how nice it will be to have a day at home with my six-year-old daughter

I am thankful for... ~a nice full water bottle

From the kitchen... ~no knead whole wheat rolls -- trying them for the first time

I am wearing... ~aromatherapy patches on my chest in an effort to self-soothe

I am remembering... ~that internet communication is not always a positive medium

I am going...  ~ to try to make myself stop changing the format/look of my blog once I get 10 followers.  :)

I am reading...  ~ the digital edition of Mothering Magazine thanks to my friend Keely

I am hoping...  ~ to keep things in perspective all day long

I am hearing...  ~ my husband preparing his lunch for the day

Around the house... ~ going to declutter 5 things today! 

One of my favorite things... ~ laughing

A few plans for the rest of the week: ~ physical therapy, a friend's celebration of her new U.S. citizenship, a thesis defense at my daughter's school, writing a letter to my brother

Here is picture for thought I am sharing...

Teaser Tuesdays -- Non-Politic Questions

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read

Open to a random page

Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

page 228

"Tell me -- why did you ever come to this town anyway?"  He knew immediately that the question had not been a politic one and he was disappointed with himself.

From The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers.   This is a book (much like Gilead) that I feel like I'm supposed to be all impressed by and in love with -- but it's just not happening for me folks.

A physician's blog about breastfeeding

I thought this was a great post!

an excerpt:

Now, I have a question: Why do we accept that malfunction of a major part of reproductive physiology is untreatable, and that the acceptable solution is a synthetic substitute and a pat on the head?
Consider that we spend more than $1 billion a year on Viagra to treat another type of reproductive malfunction. I suspect men with erectile dysfunction would not respond well to being told “We’re sorry, we don’t have a treatment for this important aspect of your reproductive and social well-being. But here’s an artificial substitute.”

Journal -- 10 months since being hit by a car

I was hit by a car, on June 23rd, 2009, while walking across the street (in the crosswalk, with a green light and walk signal).  Ambulance came and I spent several hours in the emergency room.  No broken bones, was able to walk out of the ER, but continued having pain -- lots of soft tissue kinds of stuff.  At the beginning, making the motion to close a ziploc bag hurt, I switched to a small purse and small water bottle because otherwise the weight was too much for me, and I was easily exhausted.  Mid-fall things began improving medically, and continue to do so fairly steadily but also slowly.  I don't have health insurance and my husband is a full-time student who no longer qualifies for student loans (because he is in the dissertation phase) but who still needs to pay $900/quarter to stay enrolled. 


I've been so thankful, throughout this entire affair, to all of those who have tried to make it all a little easier.  Friends who bring meals, who invite us over for dinner, games, and the use of their washer & dryer, who pick me up from appointments, who send care packages, who call to check in, who don't say, "I can't believe you are still talking about this," who collect money to pay a parking ticket for us, who plan fundraisers at church, who took dictation when I was too sore to write, who bring me extras from their pantry and a new heating pad to boot...obviously I could go on and on.  Heartfelt thanks to those of you who've been walking with me these past 10 months. 


I've been trying to write journal entries periodically with the thought that they may be helpful if we need to go to court.  Here's the latest one.

April 23rd marked 10 months since the accident.  Things are certainly better than they were back in early fall or even December.  The days where I'm completely worn out happen less often.  I can work in the kitchen with less pain during -- but I sometimes "pay for" lots of chopping, stirring, kneading, etc. with increased pain after  -- but I can at least usually accomplish the task.

My birthday was April 19th and we had a coupon for bowling so my husband and I went to celebrate my birthday at the bowling alley.  It was definitely tricky -- those bowling balls are heavy!  I started with an eight pound ball and went down to a seven but it still felt quite heavy.  I tried to move slowly and steadily and that seemed to help it not be too painful.  I felt pretty okay at the end of the day but boy did my shoulder hurt the next couple of days!  My wrist was where I was feeling it most while we were playing, but the shoulder, right in the center of the joint it felt like, is where I felt it when when all was said and done.  I'm glad I was able to do it and it was fun to be there with Jeremy but, man, do I wish that I could have done it without being in pain for 2-3 days afterward!

It's times like that when I wonder just how much this accident will just always be with me -- little reminders of it as I go about my life.  You know how you hear people talking about their "bad knee" or "trick elbow"?  Well, I "get" that more than I would've at this time last year. Though I try to think in more positive terms -- "That's my arm that's not as strong as the other."  :)

I'm doing physical therapy on Mondays and Thursdays and having therapeutic massage once a week or less.  I'll see my doctor again on May 21st.  At some point, my physical therapist will say that she's done all she can for me and we'll see what happens after that.