Thank you everyone for your incredible emails. We are so touched with how much everyone cares and the stories that are coming out of this experience for everyone. Healing happens in so many ways!
Our weekend was a quiet one. Michellie had swollen eye lids and itchy eyes on Saturday, so having tried all other methods I could consider, we resorted to the dreaded Reactine that the doctors gave us for any reactions to the drugs. And, yes, you can guess, she reacted to it too. She was pretty much a sack of potatoes on the couch until about 10 pm. It wiped her out for the whole day. I felt so bad for making her take it, but now we know how desperate she needs to feel before we do it again.
Sunday was a better day and Michellie's energy started to regain after her couple of challenging days. The weather was so incredibly beautiful here that David and I went walking for several hours to get a break and some fabulous sea air. Michellie got a break from us and that was good for everyone too. In the afternoon we made a trek to Port Hawksbury to get Sam, and Michellie actually came into Walmart and Canadian Tire - her first big shopping outting in three months - and to such exciting places too!
Monday was a funny, cold, snowy - like day. After endless computer games and movies, Sam and Michellie went for a walk to get Michellie's cardio in. There were bright rosie cheeks when they returned. David hit the gym for his exercise, and I worked through my new program with Tai Chi balls and ruler, as well as Archetype Movements, and then...the tap shoes. I had almost two incredible hours in my shoes with some great jazz music blasting - heaven! Kenzie called shortly after this experience to catch us up on the tap weekend he had in Edmonton with Breaking Barres. He was in his glory with Jamie, Barb, Johnny, Danny, Matt, and Travis to name a few. He was elated to be back in the folds of his tap family and to bask in the incredible knowledge they could all share with each other. It was exciting to hear his excitement. He has a few performance opportunities coming up and he is pumped.
For those of you keeping up with our gluten free adventure, we had some great successes over the week. Actually, once you have the flours all set up and the general purpose one mixed - everything is pretty easy. Our successes this week included "To Die for Waffles" (better than my regular), Garbanzo Bean Chocolate Cake with less sugar accomplished, Easy and Delicious Pizza crust, and finally...the Garbanzo Bean Waldorf Astoria Red Cake made with beets and reduced sugar. I even managed to have a cake that was moist enough to slice into layers, and the traditional 4 layer cake was accomplished. Unfortunately, Michellie's taste buds were shifted by the Pentamadine, so she didn't like the cake, but she licked the icing off! We are playing with making iced tea from tea and sweetened with Agave Nectar or Stevia, but so far it has not quite been right. We will keep trying.
Today started out cold at - 9, but in less than two hours the sun has warmed us up to 3 degrees. The sky is blue, blue, blue and it looks like a great day for some outdoor adventures. For those thinking they will beat us to buds on the trees out in the Okanagan, we have friends who just took photos from the Cabot Trail yesterday, and the trees are a vibrant red with all the buds bursting there! Sorry about that. And, my rosemary bush is now out from under the snow and smells fabulous. The parsley is still green, but has a little frost bite from the winter. And, until we ran out of gas for the barbecue, we managed two nights with barbecued burgers! Ah, home sweet home:)
