Hi all it is a cold Monday here in Newie, I got up at 4.30am and did 70 minutes of exercise and have taken Leo to school come home had food and now write this. I read around 40 blogs this morning and now I am here writing this morning dribble.

Yesterday we had Leo during the day while Jessica studied and worked on assignments for Tafe, Tim and I went over to my parents with Leo of course and I hung some photos on the walls for mum and Tim did stuff with the van before we came home. Then Tim took Leo for a motorbike ride which made Leo really happy he loves going for a bike ride with papa.

Last night Tim cut my hair for me so it is nice and short again I am happy with it, I prefer short hair, last week Tim also cut his hair again so he has short hair also.

The last couple of weekends I have skipped exercising as by Friday afternoon my ankle and calf is so very sore so I wanted to rest it over the weekend.

I have the heater on this morning as it is just so cold here.

Do your actions match your words?

Saw this question on some blogs last week and thought I can use that as a post, so here is that post…………….

Do my actions match my words, yes I think generally speaking they do, not always of course because like most people I will say I am ok, nothing is wrong but my actions such as slamming cupboards, snapping at people have a look on my face that shows all is not ok and something is wrong. I have been pissed off………….

As the old saying goes actions speak louder the words and that is so true, I know people who say things like I will be there for you but when you do need them they are too busy to help. They say I love to spend time with you but never have the time to spend with you.

So many people say one thing but really mean something else and it is their actions that show us that they don’t mean what they have said.

Hello Wednesday afternoon, been a warmish day, I did bugga all other than taking Leo to school and picking him up from school this afternoon, for the second time this week he had me drive a friend home but first they went to the take away shop to get food before I dropped the other boy home and Leo and I came home.

Leo has been spending a lot of time playing out the back yard with toys and stuff but doesn’t get why I will not let him play out the front after dark but not going to happen once it gets dark I prefer him to be either inside or at least out the back.

I am still getting bad headaches and if I take strong pain relief it makes me tired and all I want to do is sleep but I don’t have the time during the day to have a nap, well I do but I don’t like to unless Tim is here I am worried I will oversleep and be late getting Leo from school. Although some days I close my eyes while I am waiting for him to get out.

On the plus side my leg is much better and for the most part I am walking normally without pain or a limp, so that is good. I am hoping on Friday I will not need the wheelchair while out shopping.

It has been 40 years since the King of Rock & Roll died aka Elvis damn the time has flown, I remember as a teenager watching his movies on a weekend and listening to his music, yes I was a fan.

Ok here we are at another indestructible things post, today I am writing about the Giant Silkworm Moth Caterpillar, when you think of an assassin I bet you don’t think of a caterpillar. How can a small wriggling, plant munching caterpillar really kill you but yes this one can, what the hell……………

This caterpillar has a deadly way of defending itself, it has incredibly long sharp spikes all over it, so you can’t get close to the caterpillars soft body without the needles getting you first. If you touch them even accidentally they break off and pump deadly venom into the skin, while the caterpillar makes its escape.

The venom stops blood from clotting, causing bruising and bleeding, out of every 100 people who touch the spines 2 or 3 die from the venom. Although strangling the caterpillars deadly effects have only been reported since the 1980’s, since then it has killed hundreds of people.

Hello everyone, didn’t do a post yesterday as I was feeling terrible with pains in the tummy and a touch of the runs and just not myself. After I spoke to mum last night I went to bed and this morning I woke feeling like myself so all good.

Went to the doctors this morning and the MRI showed no signs of MS which will put Kathy’s worry to rest. However, there is signs of borderline ventriculomegaly, yeah something I have never heard of. Dr Google tells me this about it:

Ventriculomegaly is a brain condition that occurs when the lateral ventricles become dilated. In fetuses, the most common definition uses a width of the atrium of the lateral ventricle of greater than 10mm. When the measurement is greater than 15mm, the ventriculomegaly may be classified as more severe. Enlargement of the ventricles may occur for a number of reasons, such as loss of brain volume (perhaps due to infection or infarction), or impaired outflow or absorption of cerebrospinal fluid from the ventricles. Often, however, there is no identifiable cause. The interventricular foramen may be congenitally malformed, or may have become obstructed by infection,haemorrhage , or rarely tumour, which may impair the drainage of cerebrospinal fluid, and thus accumulation in the ventricles.

Does that help, no, didn’t help me either……………..

Anyway I have to back and see the neurologist, referral has been sent off now I just have to wait for an appointment. I got the impression it isn’t anything to worry about at this stage but it may explain why I get so many headaches.

Hello here we are at the end of another Monday and the start of another week, it has been a busy day for me. I was up at 4.30am did my workout with the “Healing Yoga” program followed by 1hr and 10 mins with the Wii Fit.

Then Leo arrived and I took him to school before going to have blood taken, then I came home met Kathy & Summer and we all went to my Dr’s appointment then I came home for a bit before going to get Leo from school to take him to see his paediatrician.

Now he didn’t want to go and see her, told me so this morning when I mentioned to him that he had the appointment and when I go to get him out of class he said he didn’t want to go but I was able to get him to agree without much drama.

He has had his medication upped a bit and will have to go back in a few months again.

On the way home I asked him if he wanted Maccas for tea as a reward for his good behaviour even though he didn’t want to go to the doctors, of course they stuffed up the order and I didn’t realise till after we got home. Leo was good saying to me that I didn’t have to go back he could live without fries, so I rang them and they said they will send me out a voucher, if I don’t get it by Friday I will be going back and complaining in person.

Now I am going to go get changed into my jammies

Oh yeah dad went home this afternoon from the hospital, Dave went and picked him up.

Have you heard of a Mountain Stone Weta??????????????

No, me neither but they exist and it is a big chunky grasshopper-like bug from New Zealand, there are many types of weta, including the giant weta, which can reach 10cm (4in) in length.

The Mountain Stone Weta can survive being deep frozen, what the hell…………….

In the high mountains of New Zealand’s South Island where this weta lives, it  gets so  cold in winter that it’s hard for things not to freeze solid. So simply it does indeed freeze solid.

Scientist have found that more then 80% of the water in its body turns to ice, as it freezes the water moves out of the weta’s body cells, so that they don’t get damaged. When it warms up the weta thaws out and hops away…………..again, what the hell……………..

Male Weta’s have massive heads, sharp claws and extra-large biting jaws for fighting vicious battles against each other over females.

Here we are at 1.40pm on Saturday afternoon, the morning has gone by pretty fast, Kathy-Lee, Summer, Jessica & Leo have all not long left and Tim is still at work so I am having a quiet afternoon on my own.

I did a chicken and bacon pasta bake for lunch with apple crumble and custard for desert and as usual I sent some of the pasta bake home with Kathy for Michael.

So anyway here is this Saturday’s five random things that may or may not be connected…………..

Wheelchair

Jessica

Flowers

Pain

Had enough want to go home

Hello everyone, here I am on this lovely, not too cold Monday morning had a somewhat late start, when my alarm went off at 4.30am I just didn’t feel like getting up so it was 6am by the time I got up still managed to do 53 minutes of exercise. I packed it in when Leo got here as I had to pack his lunch and running him a shower now I am starting this before I have to leave to take him to school.

Friday saw me using a wheelchair while I went shopping and Jessica pushing me around and it was a big help I was in hardly any pain by the time I was finished and it only took 2hrs to get everything done instead of 4hrs it has taken me the previous weeks. So I will be doing that for the next couple of weeks and hopefully the ankle will really start to heal with no set backs.

Saturday saw me unwell and spending most of the day in bed sleeping, just had an upset tummy no vomiting or anything just felt upset in the tummy and not feeling great, yesterday though I was ok and today I am ok as well.

So since this is Monday that means it is Indestructible Monday……………..

Have you heard of ice crawlers?

No me neither………………….

Anyway they are these really small wingless insects that crawl around on ice and snow high up on freezing, wind blasted mountains. They are happiest at temperatures of between 0-4°c or 32-39°f somewhere between fridge and freezer temperatures.

They come out at night to search for food the consists of dead insects, in such cold conditions, where food is scarce its hard to grow, so ice crawlers have along slow life cycle. It can take 10 y ears for an egg to hatch and grow into an adult.

They only grow to be able 2.5cm or 1in in length and found usually in really cold areas, so not around where I live as it doesn’t get that cold here, it doesn’t snow here and even when I say it is bitterly cold it really isn’t that cold compared to other places.