I actually made this and it was delicious either plain or with soy milk poured over it! I won't be giving amounts of ingredients because I made a huge one and you may want to make a smaller one. I basically had a certain number of apples to use and made the crisp around that.
First, find some wild apples in September. I found them near Porter's Landing in the Jemez Mountains and more on a tree right off Camp May Road. Crisp, mostly green ones seem to work well. I tasted the apples raw and believe me, they tasted better cooked.
Next, prepare the topping. Take a large mixing bowl and add what you think is enough old fashioned rolled oats with enough oil and some pecans or other nuts that you have chopped in your handy dandy food processor. Add some cinnamon to the topping. I also added cardamom and nutmeg. Add your favorite pie spices in an amount that pleases you. I like a lot of spices and used up my bottle of cardamom on the very large apple crisp that I made and it was delicious!
Then, wash the apples, cut in fourths, cut out any brown spots, don't peel or you'll lose the main source of antioxidants that apples have. I scoop out the seeds by cutting a crescent moon shape out of the center of each fourth. Pray there are no worms in the apples. Power up the food processor and put the slice blade on and feed the food processor the apple quarters, not your fingers!
I then tossed the apples in a large Pyrex baking pan in which I had sprayed some non-stick coating. I mixed in a generous amount of large flame raisins. I drenched the apple slices in Minute Maid lemon juice concentrate and orange juice to rehydrate the raisins and to tenderize the apples. I added a bit of vanilla extract and used up the rest of some angostura bitters that I had on hand - I love the taste of those. The spices, vanilla, raisins and oj provided the non-refined sugar sweetening. Finally, I spread the topping onto the apple slices and popped it in the oven at 325 degrees. It was so large that I had to bake it for much more than an hour. I wanted to make sure the apples were tender. The clue that it was done was when the juices started bubbling through the topping. Yum, yum!! It turned those hard apples into a delectable dish!!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
Falling Apart
After the trail maintenance work on Saturday, my right foot was very sore from walking fast, trying to keep up with the group, through the Las Conchas Canyon drainage. All day Sunday, which included a short shopping trip to Santa Fe, my foot felt fine. When I went out to walk Sunday evening, I walked once to the airport and back and my foot still felt OK. Then I walked to downtown, crossing the lawn of the old Canyon School. That somehow set off the pain again and I limped through the rest of the walk.
This morning, I called Medical Associates and made a 10:30am appointment to see Dr. Daly because Dr. Church was not available. Dr. Daly said to try a walking boot which went all the way up to my calf and immobilized my entire lower leg but that didn't help the heel pain (nor was it helped when Dr. Daly pressed hard on my heel spur and I yelped!). Then we tried a low-cut shoe (I don't know the technical names for these rehabilitative devices) but that was no more comfortable on my heel than the walking boot. I talked briefly with Dr. Church and he said that Dr. Miller specializes in my problem. I called Dr. Miller's office to ask about coming in before the 23rd but no one has called me back.
I'm left in limbo. I have to wait 2 weeks for the Dr. Miller appointment and, in the meantime, haven't the foggiest idea of what I can wear on my right foot that would help me to walk normally. I went to FR181 and only walked 2 miles, very slowly. I'll try doing 2 more miles tonight, back and forth to the airport as that didn't bother me last night. Dr. Church suggested only walking on completely flat surfaces like the high school track. The airport walk is very flat. Tomorrow, I may investigate a temporary membership at the YMCA or the LA Fitness Center so I can get some decent non-weight bearing exercise. I felt like an arthritic old lady on my limping walk last night. I am quite frustrated by this foot problem of 9 months duration. How in the world am I going to enjoy the upcoming hiking vacation in Rocky Mountain National Park when walking is painful!
This morning, I called Medical Associates and made a 10:30am appointment to see Dr. Daly because Dr. Church was not available. Dr. Daly said to try a walking boot which went all the way up to my calf and immobilized my entire lower leg but that didn't help the heel pain (nor was it helped when Dr. Daly pressed hard on my heel spur and I yelped!). Then we tried a low-cut shoe (I don't know the technical names for these rehabilitative devices) but that was no more comfortable on my heel than the walking boot. I talked briefly with Dr. Church and he said that Dr. Miller specializes in my problem. I called Dr. Miller's office to ask about coming in before the 23rd but no one has called me back.
I'm left in limbo. I have to wait 2 weeks for the Dr. Miller appointment and, in the meantime, haven't the foggiest idea of what I can wear on my right foot that would help me to walk normally. I went to FR181 and only walked 2 miles, very slowly. I'll try doing 2 more miles tonight, back and forth to the airport as that didn't bother me last night. Dr. Church suggested only walking on completely flat surfaces like the high school track. The airport walk is very flat. Tomorrow, I may investigate a temporary membership at the YMCA or the LA Fitness Center so I can get some decent non-weight bearing exercise. I felt like an arthritic old lady on my limping walk last night. I am quite frustrated by this foot problem of 9 months duration. How in the world am I going to enjoy the upcoming hiking vacation in Rocky Mountain National Park when walking is painful!
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Sam's Fitness Club
Wow is about all I can say at this point. I'm a lightweight on lifting the heavy logs but I still get a good workout. Three volunteers came from Albuquerque (that includes Sam) and one more came from Los Alamos - Mike Myers. We did the Calzada Trail and the trail up the hill at the 3 way T intersection, wrapping around to it from Junction Meadow where we had lunch. We walked through Las Conchas Canyon but Sam didn't need to cut anything until he got close to NM4. This is because he skis on the creekbed in Las Conchas Canyon proper. The trail alongside the creek is only a cowpath. He did have to cut some trees on the part of the trail after the gate that goes up a ridge and then down to a huge meadow along NM4.
I got the MRI results. No surprise that I have a partial tear of my posterior tibial tendon. I can't stretch the calf very well on that leg. It got worse recently because I could stretch it a little bit before. There's also a question of a stress fracture on the heel bone but I wonder if that's an artifact caused by the heel spur.
Spouse, daughter, son in law and grandson went to Salman Ranch. They picked raspberries and spouse bought me some raspberry vinegar.
Suppertime!
I got the MRI results. No surprise that I have a partial tear of my posterior tibial tendon. I can't stretch the calf very well on that leg. It got worse recently because I could stretch it a little bit before. There's also a question of a stress fracture on the heel bone but I wonder if that's an artifact caused by the heel spur.
Spouse, daughter, son in law and grandson went to Salman Ranch. They picked raspberries and spouse bought me some raspberry vinegar.
Suppertime!
Friday, September 5, 2008
Thankfully Quiet Day
Made 4 pillowcases for the neckrolls that I make out of polyester stuffing I buy from Walmart. Took a long time. Used as a pattern an old neckroll pillowcase that I had taken apart so I could reproduce it. The tricky part was the round bottom but it worked out very smoothly and the sewing machine behaved.
I also made an apple crisp from the apples I gathered in the wild on Wednesday. I haven't tasted it yet but it smells good. It's sweetened with raisins and orange juice. I ate such a big lunch (essentially eating what I would have eaten for supper) that I'll have a light supper of the apple crisp with soy milk poured over it and watermelon.
The WRSC group did the Cañada Bonita Trail. I identified nodding groundsel - lots of it in the meadow.
I've changed my mind on the Spanish class. Paying $104 for the textbook is too obscene. I'm waiting to hear if I'll be able to get a refund, minus a $10 processing fee.
I'm re-listening to Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. That book is so good - I love it.
Tomorrow I'll meet Sam Beard and his NM XC Ski Club crew to work on the trails in the Corral Canyon area.
WI may be working on another VCNP trip but this time to La Garita Ridge. Spouse may even go. Why did I think I needed to sign up for Spanish lessons? My life is already full enough! Colleen asked if I'd hike with her next Friday but I couldn't since that's spouse's day off and our calendar is already overflowing that day. Well, at least I found time to cut my fingernails today! : )
I also made an apple crisp from the apples I gathered in the wild on Wednesday. I haven't tasted it yet but it smells good. It's sweetened with raisins and orange juice. I ate such a big lunch (essentially eating what I would have eaten for supper) that I'll have a light supper of the apple crisp with soy milk poured over it and watermelon.
The WRSC group did the Cañada Bonita Trail. I identified nodding groundsel - lots of it in the meadow.
I've changed my mind on the Spanish class. Paying $104 for the textbook is too obscene. I'm waiting to hear if I'll be able to get a refund, minus a $10 processing fee.
I'm re-listening to Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. That book is so good - I love it.
Tomorrow I'll meet Sam Beard and his NM XC Ski Club crew to work on the trails in the Corral Canyon area.
WI may be working on another VCNP trip but this time to La Garita Ridge. Spouse may even go. Why did I think I needed to sign up for Spanish lessons? My life is already full enough! Colleen asked if I'd hike with her next Friday but I couldn't since that's spouse's day off and our calendar is already overflowing that day. Well, at least I found time to cut my fingernails today! : )
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
LL Hike: From Porter Landing Along Rio de Las Vacas
I won't be writing much about this hike because it's been a very busy day. It starts at Porter Landing which is just downstream from where the Rio Cebolla and the Rio de las Vacas conflue to form the Rio Guadulupe. We drove in on FR376 which is a very good, all weather road. Even though it rained until after lunch, the road was safely driveable on the way home - very well drained.
We right away on the hike reached a river crossing. John and Jill, the English couple, didn't continue any further because they didn't want to tackle the crossing. Chuck dropped his miniature digital camera in the river and found out that it is very waterproof, as advertised!
Right before lunch, we had a second river crossing. It stopped raining shortly after lunch and we went back the way that we walked in - no one fell in the river. It got very pretty and sunny with blue skies in the afternoon. That area along FR376 and the Rio Cebolla is really lovely.
I got home in the afternoon and just had enough time to do a load of laundry (my pants got very muddy), eat supper and get ready to pick up daughter and grandson at 5pm to take them to the PEEC outing, led by Chris Judson, on Burnt Mesa. It was raining on the drive there but perfectly good weather for the outing. Disappointingly, only 7 people, counting us three, showed up. Daughter and grandson spread out a blanket and had their supper.
Tomorrow is the Santa Fe trip to get the locks repaired on my car.
I have signed up for Advanced Beginning Spanish (per the instructor's advice) through UNM-LA's community education. It will be on Wednesdays from 6-8pm, through November. I hope I don't regret this!
We right away on the hike reached a river crossing. John and Jill, the English couple, didn't continue any further because they didn't want to tackle the crossing. Chuck dropped his miniature digital camera in the river and found out that it is very waterproof, as advertised!
Right before lunch, we had a second river crossing. It stopped raining shortly after lunch and we went back the way that we walked in - no one fell in the river. It got very pretty and sunny with blue skies in the afternoon. That area along FR376 and the Rio Cebolla is really lovely.
I got home in the afternoon and just had enough time to do a load of laundry (my pants got very muddy), eat supper and get ready to pick up daughter and grandson at 5pm to take them to the PEEC outing, led by Chris Judson, on Burnt Mesa. It was raining on the drive there but perfectly good weather for the outing. Disappointingly, only 7 people, counting us three, showed up. Daughter and grandson spread out a blanket and had their supper.
Tomorrow is the Santa Fe trip to get the locks repaired on my car.
I have signed up for Advanced Beginning Spanish (per the instructor's advice) through UNM-LA's community education. It will be on Wednesdays from 6-8pm, through November. I hope I don't regret this!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Morning Pages Typed Instead of Longhand
I just today reread about Julia Cameron's (of The Artist's Way) Morning Pages. Only problem for me is that she recommends writing them out in longhand and I'm perfectly happy to legibly type this blog. The idea of Morning Pages is to write 3 pages of longhand every morning to empty out your mind. Julia calls it, on her website, meditation for Westerners.
The MRI of my right foot and ankle was OK to undergo (no results yet but I bet it's perfectly normal) but my left foot got a little uncomfortable because I needed to put a towel underneath that knee. It wasn't supported and became increasingly uncomfortable. I was cursing the MRI machine under my breath because you can't move and I so much wanted to move that left foot.
After the exam, the radiologist told me he had only done the ankle area of my foot rather than the whole foot and ankle, as the doctor ordered. He did this based on where I said the pain was and to try to save me money as otherwise it would have been 2 separate MRIs - one for the foot and one for the ankle. I didn't ask him to do what he did and hopefully it will be an adequate exam considering that the doctor ordered it for the right foot AND ankle. Truthfully, getting the MRI was probably overkill. The next patient in line for an MRI was on crutches and here I was, waltzing around unaided.
I hope I didn't goof today when I saw Tom at the hospital. It looked like he was a volunteer there. I asked if he and Cynthia were going on the LL hike and then I mentioned the WI hike tomorrow because I know they like local hikes. I really don't know what the WI policy is regarding disseminating info about their hikes and since I'm such a newbie, perhaps I should have kept my mouth shut.
I am calmed down somewhat after having a break from 4 days of spousal companionship. I just needed a break from the enforced togetherness of long weekends. Nothing personal but when spouse comes into the bedroom, not really to say anything, but just to see what I'm doing, it breaks the whole train of thought of what I am doing. Last night I was studying a few pages of the beginning Spanish textbook when he stuck his head in. Of course, I compound matters by blowing my top and telling him emphatically to stop checking up on me! Poor man!
I'm going to sign up for Spanish for Absolute Beginners through UNM-LA's continuing education. This afternoon, I was listening to a Spanish cd from MPL and I enjoyed "talking" Spanish along with the cd. Como esta usted? Muy bien, gracias!
The MRI of my right foot and ankle was OK to undergo (no results yet but I bet it's perfectly normal) but my left foot got a little uncomfortable because I needed to put a towel underneath that knee. It wasn't supported and became increasingly uncomfortable. I was cursing the MRI machine under my breath because you can't move and I so much wanted to move that left foot.
After the exam, the radiologist told me he had only done the ankle area of my foot rather than the whole foot and ankle, as the doctor ordered. He did this based on where I said the pain was and to try to save me money as otherwise it would have been 2 separate MRIs - one for the foot and one for the ankle. I didn't ask him to do what he did and hopefully it will be an adequate exam considering that the doctor ordered it for the right foot AND ankle. Truthfully, getting the MRI was probably overkill. The next patient in line for an MRI was on crutches and here I was, waltzing around unaided.
I hope I didn't goof today when I saw Tom at the hospital. It looked like he was a volunteer there. I asked if he and Cynthia were going on the LL hike and then I mentioned the WI hike tomorrow because I know they like local hikes. I really don't know what the WI policy is regarding disseminating info about their hikes and since I'm such a newbie, perhaps I should have kept my mouth shut.
I am calmed down somewhat after having a break from 4 days of spousal companionship. I just needed a break from the enforced togetherness of long weekends. Nothing personal but when spouse comes into the bedroom, not really to say anything, but just to see what I'm doing, it breaks the whole train of thought of what I am doing. Last night I was studying a few pages of the beginning Spanish textbook when he stuck his head in. Of course, I compound matters by blowing my top and telling him emphatically to stop checking up on me! Poor man!
I'm going to sign up for Spanish for Absolute Beginners through UNM-LA's continuing education. This afternoon, I was listening to a Spanish cd from MPL and I enjoyed "talking" Spanish along with the cd. Como esta usted? Muy bien, gracias!
Monday, September 1, 2008
Welcome Quiet Time
Dorothy called off the hike today. She said we'd get too wet going through grasses and vegetation. Spouse and I took a nice hike this morning on FR181/American Springs Road. (I like to go on that road year around - it's my favorite hike of all time!). We met David and Faye up there. When I called David this morning to tell him the Dorothy hike was off, after Dorothy called at 8am, he and Faye wanted to get together for a hike. I talked spouse into going along and it worked with the tight time schedule spouse is on. Right now, he's out taking grandson to Space Chimps - Ebert gave it 3 out of 4 stars. I'm home doing another load of laundry and computer related stuff. Daughter will pick grandson up at 6pm tonight - she works today.
Spouse is following Hurricane Gustav with interest but I'm largely ignoring it except what I overhear when I'm in the kitchen. It's good right now to have the TV off - so quiet! I keep chiding spouse about the vulture-like coverage on CNN and telling him that he's anxiously awaiting seeing chaos and destruction and blood in the streets! At one point, the vultures were trying to keep the mayor on the phone but he said he had to check on some barges. He has more important concerns than if CNN sells lots of commercial time and scores big in the ratings!
It sounds like it was interesting in the Jemez yesterday for those who ventured up! Daughter and son in law had visited son in law's Mom and step-dad near San Ysidro and they had to drive back through Bernalillo and Santa Fe as the Jemez River overflowed onto NM4. Ex son in law and his fianceé have to go back up to Redondo Campground today to retrieve their tent. They were camping and when the rains came, their tent leaked badly so they cut short their 2 night campout.
The Acura has a trunk leak that spouse will try to get fixed this week. My driver side car door lock no longer works. I have to go to Santa Fe on Thursday to get that repaired. Miraculously, the roof leak is non-existent!
I would love to go with the LL gang up in the Jemez to Porter Landing for their hike along the Rio de las Vacas. I'm wondering if I really shouldn't go on that one after all. I do miss the gang.
Spouse is following Hurricane Gustav with interest but I'm largely ignoring it except what I overhear when I'm in the kitchen. It's good right now to have the TV off - so quiet! I keep chiding spouse about the vulture-like coverage on CNN and telling him that he's anxiously awaiting seeing chaos and destruction and blood in the streets! At one point, the vultures were trying to keep the mayor on the phone but he said he had to check on some barges. He has more important concerns than if CNN sells lots of commercial time and scores big in the ratings!
It sounds like it was interesting in the Jemez yesterday for those who ventured up! Daughter and son in law had visited son in law's Mom and step-dad near San Ysidro and they had to drive back through Bernalillo and Santa Fe as the Jemez River overflowed onto NM4. Ex son in law and his fianceé have to go back up to Redondo Campground today to retrieve their tent. They were camping and when the rains came, their tent leaked badly so they cut short their 2 night campout.
The Acura has a trunk leak that spouse will try to get fixed this week. My driver side car door lock no longer works. I have to go to Santa Fe on Thursday to get that repaired. Miraculously, the roof leak is non-existent!
I would love to go with the LL gang up in the Jemez to Porter Landing for their hike along the Rio de las Vacas. I'm wondering if I really shouldn't go on that one after all. I do miss the gang.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Weekend Update
Friday was like this - get up at 6am for 8:05am BESC hike up lower FR181 (off West Jemez) and down Short-cut Trail, back to the twin water tanks (led by Bill Davis - Mary still not leading hikes but came to sign us in - she said they still don't have a diagnosis for whatever's ailing her), then, spouse met Joe and Ron at Viola's while I stayed home and ate lunch, departed for Santa Fe shopping trip at 12:30pm, back home by 3:30pm or so, put everything away, ate supper, picked up daughter to go up to upper FR 181 so she could jog (she liked the trail - I liked going to the trail in early evening - she jogged - I walked), back home past 7pm and then spouse wanted to walk to Gordon's Concert where we stayed very briefly, and I finished day with resistance exercises and stretches.
Saturday was sleep in until 9pm and then a late afternoon hike on the lower Water Canyon Trail outside of White Rock. I have to convince spouse that White Rock is too hot to walk in until October. I collected various flower samples to identify but didn't make much progress. Everyone thinks that I know flowers but I really don't so I'd like to refresh my knowledge.
Spouse was so tired after the over-heated walk in lower Water Canyon that he suggested going to Santa Fe on Sunday rather than hiking again. When I woke up and saw it was cloudy and had been raining overnight, I agreed that we'd do that. We stopped at the new, not yet open, REI and its next door neighbor, Borders. Then we went to Walmart where I picked up my one and only prescription that I take. Spouse dropped me off at Bed, Bath, and Beyond, next to Vitamin Cottage/Natural Grocers, while he went to Panda Express for lunch (my lunch was a pint of carrot juice and a protein Organic Food Bar). I unsuccessfully looked for a new pillow at BBB and then shopped for some Rocky Mountain National Park trip food at VC/NG. When we got home, I went out again to drop off at daughter's the Sunday newspaper and treats for grandson for his school lunches. Then I stopped at the library. Now I'm briefly on the computer before I eat supper - starving!
I'm reading a book called the Anti-Alzheimer's Prescription. It's very interesting and definitely makes me feel I should add daily brain neurobics (as the author of the book, Dr. Vincent Fortanasce calls them) to my daily routine before my brain cells rot away.
As I type this, it's pouring down rain again but no thunder and lightning. My walk tonight may be interesting.
Saturday was sleep in until 9pm and then a late afternoon hike on the lower Water Canyon Trail outside of White Rock. I have to convince spouse that White Rock is too hot to walk in until October. I collected various flower samples to identify but didn't make much progress. Everyone thinks that I know flowers but I really don't so I'd like to refresh my knowledge.
Spouse was so tired after the over-heated walk in lower Water Canyon that he suggested going to Santa Fe on Sunday rather than hiking again. When I woke up and saw it was cloudy and had been raining overnight, I agreed that we'd do that. We stopped at the new, not yet open, REI and its next door neighbor, Borders. Then we went to Walmart where I picked up my one and only prescription that I take. Spouse dropped me off at Bed, Bath, and Beyond, next to Vitamin Cottage/Natural Grocers, while he went to Panda Express for lunch (my lunch was a pint of carrot juice and a protein Organic Food Bar). I unsuccessfully looked for a new pillow at BBB and then shopped for some Rocky Mountain National Park trip food at VC/NG. When we got home, I went out again to drop off at daughter's the Sunday newspaper and treats for grandson for his school lunches. Then I stopped at the library. Now I'm briefly on the computer before I eat supper - starving!
I'm reading a book called the Anti-Alzheimer's Prescription. It's very interesting and definitely makes me feel I should add daily brain neurobics (as the author of the book, Dr. Vincent Fortanasce calls them) to my daily routine before my brain cells rot away.
As I type this, it's pouring down rain again but no thunder and lightning. My walk tonight may be interesting.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Addendum on Mushroom Critters
Well, I checked the boletes stew for more maggots (they're not huge - very thready) this morning and tossed out some more. I actually ate half of the mixture for lunch, pureeing it. As I think about it more and more, though, I plan to throw out the other pint and try to forgot that I ever ate little mushroom critters!
What I've learned: Be very, very picky about mushrooms just as Mahlon is. I was eager to try wild boletus but I really would rather not know when I'm eating insect larvae (the FDA allows a certain percentage of such critters in our food).
What I've learned: Be very, very picky about mushrooms just as Mahlon is. I was eager to try wild boletus but I really would rather not know when I'm eating insect larvae (the FDA allows a certain percentage of such critters in our food).
Doctor Visit - Will Live
I told Dr. Church about my bout of small intestine blockage in Alamosa, CO while on vacation. He agrees with Dr. Dooley that adhesions from my pelvic surgery 17 years ago is the likeliest cause. All I know is that it has the potential to kill me (my own assessment) if one day I can't decompress the intestinal blockage via throwing up.
Dr. Church said to keep the orthopedic surgeon appointment and that Dr. Miller is the best in the state. He agreed to let me get an MRI of my foot/ankle and I'll do that on Tuesday at the Los Alamos Medical Center. I'll carry the foot/ankle MRI and earlier foot/ankle x-ray to Albuquerque when I go down for my appointment. I wish I would have asked Dr. Church what, if anything, I can do to help my foot in the meantime but he offered no further suggestions. Afterwards, I stopped at the library and trolled through the non-return box and then I came back home after the appointment. I will exercise this evening. My foot is bothering me today. Wonder how it will behave tonight.
Tomorrow is the BESC hiking group and a Santa Fe trip. It's still unknown if I'll do trail work this Saturday or Sunday. I'd like to but spouse seems to frown on the idea since I'm going out with Dorothy on Monday, thus using one of our Labor Day weekend vacation days. Well, he could get in shape and join me on both the Dorothy outing and the trail work if he really wants to spend quality time with me! To be honest, though, bushwacking and trail work would not be everyone's cup of tea even if they are in good shape. But, after watching the Garrison Keillor Rhubarb tour show in Santa Fe where he talked about life being short and we all know where we're going to end up (not in such barren terms - it was a humorous monologue), I should be allowed to fulfill my life in ways that make me happy before I meet my inevitable end. The same applies to spouse. I know that a trip with Dorothy Monday and a trail work day this weekend would make a very busy time for me but I found the cross-training of the trail work to be exhilarating.
Dr. Church said to keep the orthopedic surgeon appointment and that Dr. Miller is the best in the state. He agreed to let me get an MRI of my foot/ankle and I'll do that on Tuesday at the Los Alamos Medical Center. I'll carry the foot/ankle MRI and earlier foot/ankle x-ray to Albuquerque when I go down for my appointment. I wish I would have asked Dr. Church what, if anything, I can do to help my foot in the meantime but he offered no further suggestions. Afterwards, I stopped at the library and trolled through the non-return box and then I came back home after the appointment. I will exercise this evening. My foot is bothering me today. Wonder how it will behave tonight.
Tomorrow is the BESC hiking group and a Santa Fe trip. It's still unknown if I'll do trail work this Saturday or Sunday. I'd like to but spouse seems to frown on the idea since I'm going out with Dorothy on Monday, thus using one of our Labor Day weekend vacation days. Well, he could get in shape and join me on both the Dorothy outing and the trail work if he really wants to spend quality time with me! To be honest, though, bushwacking and trail work would not be everyone's cup of tea even if they are in good shape. But, after watching the Garrison Keillor Rhubarb tour show in Santa Fe where he talked about life being short and we all know where we're going to end up (not in such barren terms - it was a humorous monologue), I should be allowed to fulfill my life in ways that make me happy before I meet my inevitable end. The same applies to spouse. I know that a trip with Dorothy Monday and a trail work day this weekend would make a very busy time for me but I found the cross-training of the trail work to be exhilarating.
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