After having such a lovely long and unusually warm fall, the thermometer has plummeted like a stone .. and, this morning...it is -16C... but, the weather channel says it feels more like -24 C because of the breeze. It is snowing lightly....just a few dainty flakes swirling around and up and down...like a flurry of tiny, light feathers..... not much on the ground really. .. just enough to make it miserable on some of the roads. A good time to stay home. Which I seem to be doing a lot of the past month, with the exception of my physio and massage visits. Still working on my wonky elbow. It is still preventing me from doing much with my hands too..... so.... I've been trying to do some tidying, cleaning ...(mostly using my left hand it seems) ...and... baking...with the help of my trusty stand mixer.
Eggnog has been in stores for weeks already if you can believe it. Eggnog loaf....mmmm.....
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Apparently, the pronator muscle in particular is so tight it is tearing away from the bony knob (called an epicondyle) on the inner part of my elbow area. My physio is using several 'modalities' as they like to call them... to work on it. Everything from "dry needling" to magnetic massage, to ultra sound and interferential current.... and some heat packing and manipulation along with some neck and shoulder realignment ..... There has been some slight relief and the pronator is somewhat softer now...but, honestly.... I am shocked that it is taking so long to show any sign of improvement. I was hoping that just not whacking any golf balls would help...but, after almost a month of not hitting anything it was not better at all....so I had to break down and start some treatment. As slowly as anything seems to be healing, I am more than disappointed to say the least. And..it has taken its toll on my sense of humour. My motivation just seemed to disappear right along with my sense of humour, as well as my hope for immediate relief from the pain, and my feeling of usefulness. I'm sure all my baking and cooking is just to prove to myself that I am not just a total slob sitting around... that I am actually worth something to someone, even if only to me.
This week, I am beginning to think about cleaning my crafting room...as it has become a repository for just about everything I didn't know what to do with or couldn't be bothered with during golf season and nice weather......... and now...acckkk!! Where to begin!?
I think I need to purge. Big.Time! Perhaps it's time I even decided on what I am NOT going to bother with over the next 300 years and toss all of the stuff associated with those hobbies, crafts and endeavours. Yep. It's time.
Maybe I will have a give-away of various packets of "stuff" ... and somebody who will actually get some use from it can leave comments and I will happily send it to them. That's the ticket. I will get busy and package up 'things'... .tidy my room and get back to dolls and bears.... which in reality, will probably be the only two things I ever actually do in the hobby department......
My Christmas cactus is blooming...it loves this time of year. Usually it blooms about American Thanksgiving time....that must be coming up soon.... and my other one may bloom for Christmas...I have no idea why, but somebody told me one time that there are different cacti and some do bloom for this time of year. Here he is.... with a new little ornie that I found in my travels lately....
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AND:: As much as I want to win this little guy for myself.....I would like to send you to Cat's blog to have a chance to win one of her little sweeties. Maybe a bit of karma will work in my favour if I share?.... heh heh.....