Val and I had a very good game of scrabble final scores me 523 Val 399. This did not deter her from taking me on again on Sunday :-) . On Saturday Val Karen Sanders and I went to Chelsea at the barracks for lunch we shared a surprisingly dry bottle of NZ sav blanc. I had the ricotta gnocchi with peas and asparagus which was delicious. It was great to catch up with Karen before Val and I dashed off to the movies to see The Sapphires, it was a very funny movie I give it 4 stars.
On Monday we went to the Buranda shopping centre and got vegetables to steam for dinner. The carrots were cutt julienne style for quick cooking but alas the shape does not facilitate self feeding as the bits slide all round the plate trying to elude my fork, something they must have learned from the beans
Sore shoulders on Tuesday from 30 minutes and 5.5 km on the arm bike. This was relieved by the nice lady at the Chinese massage place.
Norm went to Tamworth on wednesday and I managed very well on my own ( well on my own with visits from Karen and Paul Richards, Martin and Sam). I won four out of five games of scrabble and had a lovely dinner courtesy of Sam
Yesterday I did 45 minutes on the leg bike which was a bit of a cop out as it pedals for you. But I did 400 arm stretches in the afternoon which necessitated heat packs on the shoulder to relieve the pain. Chunky food for dinner which was good as I was able to search and stab every chunk without assistance, even the grape. I rewarded myself with a chocolate before cleaning my teeth. Norm left to watch Inspector Morse but fell asleep before it finished so doesn't know who the culprit was so I guess he will have to wait for a rerun.
Friday I had my first hydrotherapy session I just wish it could have been longer. Hopefully another next week if not I will complaining to anyone who will listen to me and many who won't
Julie, what a great score - 523! And stabbing successfully at chunky food - way to go! Can't wait to see you in action in a few weeks' time. Love Helen.
ReplyDeleteHi Jules,
ReplyDeleteI posted a reply to your last entry, but not sure if you got it as my comment wasn't there today when I looked.
Anyway - G'day from me! I'm living in Brisbane now and wld love to share in a game of Scrabble or (do you remember?) "Knock Knock".
Tori
Hey jules, jon here i am out at work on my final days of 3 weeks night shift and catching up on your recent blogs. I must say that the tone of your posts and the things that you are doing these days are amazing. you are becoming quite the food conn.. conisieu.. (stuff it damn french words) food critic. Just been talking to darrel to see how your roster and mine line up for this trip and he was telling me about your progress and the surprise cruise. He is looking forward to seeing you on the weekend.
ReplyDeleteAnyway with out getting too "snaggy" (cause i'm a rugged aussie bloke)great to see you making good progress and getting out there and enjoying things.
Not sure yet but i think i will be down there for some legal stuff with endota shortly so i will definitely be in to annoy you and maybe bring some nice goodies from the spa... cya soon JON