Memorial Weekend

May 21, 2009

I can not believe that 2 days ago was my 2 month mark. Wow! It seems like just last week I had surgery. Things are definitely improving and getting a lot easier. I'm excited and look forward to each day and each challenge that comes my way.

So I have to talk about last weekend because I was so proud of myself. I planned a trip up North to Grand Rapids to see Jon's parents. Except Jon didn't know about it. All he knew was that we were taking a trip and that was all. So we left Thursday evening and I had to tell him where we were going because I was getting tired and couldn't drive anymore! LOL So we got there late Thursday night and crashed right away. Friday his step dad had to work, so we spent the day with his Mom. We went to some garage sales and did a little shopping. I took Jon into Glen's Surplus Store because I knew he'd like it. It's like an Army/Sporting/Clothing surplus store. He found a shirt he liked and got that. Of course I found one too, but they didn't have my size. I should have just gotten the XL one. Oh well. Anyway, my big find of the day was a tea pot like what my great grandma used to have. I've looked all over for one and could never find one for less than $25, and that was for one that was all crazed, grazed and just beat up looking. Check this: The first garage sale we went to had the exact same one. FOR A DOLLAR! So that made my day.

Saturday we went to Savanna Portage State Park. We did 3 miles of hiking on the trails. Up and down hills. It was a bit chilly and windy that day, but it was good. I wasn't sweating to death. This was the day that I was proud of. All that walking and I never was out of breath or felt like I was going to pass out. Just my thighs started to hurt after a while. Jon kept telling me how happy he was. So I set a new goal for this summer - go to as many state parks and walk the trails that I can. The ones I definitely want to hit are the ones we went on up north while we were on our honeymoon. Those might have to wait until next year though, when we can take a week off to hit them all!

I thought food and meals were going to be an issue, but it wasn't that bad. Jon's Mom was very accommodating and made some really good meals.

We have another long weekend full of activities. I am putting in a new flower garden along the back of the house where there isn't any grass growing. I get to dig that all up, get some rocks from my bro in law to use as a border, and Monday I got get a bunch of day lilies from a friend to put back there. This is so hard to get used to. Doing stuff in the yard used to be work, but now I enjoy it more than I used to. Hmmm......40 lbs makes that different??? On top of that, we plan on spending as much time as we can at the lake fishing. If it's nice enough, we'll do some swimming and water tubing as well.

Enough blabbing from me. Hope everyone has a safe and fun Memorial Day weekend!

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