Some improvements

With regards to CFS, I've been noticing some improvements, generally speaking. I am by no means back to normal but feel overall I am improving. Not fast enough for my liking...but progress is progress I suppose. When I think back to a year ago....there is definitely an improvement.

I am still swelling which has me a bit concerned. The mini tramp does help with this...but I have to remember to use it.

I still have fatigue, but it is not as long lasting as it has been in the past. When I crash, recovery time is a little shorter.

I am very pleased with the homeopath and the treatments I'm receiving here. I feel we are on the right path and plan to continue on with this.

To my fellow blogging, on-line friends...thanks for sharing your stories...your info, what works for you, what doesn't, what you'd like to try and for all your helpful hints and tips. I have learned so much from all of you!

I am hoping for further success....trying to take one day at a time.

An award

Kayla over here has given me this award. Thanks very much, Kayla!

Here are the rules for accepting this award:

I am to choose 8 bloggers that do the following and pass the award along:


These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends.

They are not interested in self-aggrandizement.

Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut,

even more friendships are propogated.

Please give more attention to these writers!

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Oh my....I always have trouble narrowing it down, because all the blogs I follow fall into these categories...soo..if I follow your blog...consider yourself nominated...you all fall into these categories.

Happy Father's Day

to my Dad, my husband, my brother....and all the great Dad's out there!

Enjoy your day...and thanks for being such great dads!

Today....

Larry and I got up early this morning before the kids were awake and snuck to the back to enjoy our morning coffee. I couldn't look through the camera....it was just too bright...so I had to take my best guess aim and hope I got the sun in the middle of the picture....

Nope....too far to the left..




Trying again....still to far to the left



One more try...now too far to the right...




O.K....this is about as close to centre as I can get....




Ahhhh.....morning coffee, in the bright sunshine, overlooking the Atlantic, in the stillness and quietness of the early morning.....what could be better...

Morning walk... (click pics to enlarge)

It was a gorgeous morning here on The Rock today. I think summer has *finally* arrived. I went to the back to see what was new there. Not much...but the sun was shining on the ocean, the sky was blue, the waves were gently crashing against the rocks and it was as nice as ever. This is what it looked like:




We're quite high up, although it's difficult to know how high. Even looking down, it's difficult to see just how high up we are...but here is a shot looking down over the edge. That's the top of a tree....



So I got the bright idea to go here and take a picture from a different vantage point..trying to show the height. Here is where I went (red arrow)




And this is what it looks like from there. I'm at the top of that crevice (as marked by the red arrow in the previous pic.) Can you see our bench?

Look closely..

Here's a hint...it's off to the right (*grin*)




Give up?

O.K....scroll down

Here it is marked with the red arrow. Click on the pic and it will come up a bit bigger.



And again....



A bit closer up

Sunday drive

Tyler and Jake at the lookout (click pics to enlarge) Just for the record....it wasn't really cold enough to wear a toque....that's Tyler's normal attire



Notice the lone little iceberg off in the distance



We took a drive along the coast line Sunday morning. Church had been cancelled due to the annual retreat. Brittney attended to help with the babysitting...for which she was extremely happy. She loves children and would love to babysit to earn a little extra money.

That left me with the three boys. It was a nice morning, a little cool but still beautiful. We took the above pictures at a lookout along that route. We saw one lone iceberg....probably the last of this season.

Year end

Thursday was the year end event hosted by our local homeschooling group T.E.A.C.H. It's a great way to finish off the school year.

The first part consisted of a variety/talent show and I've always felt this part offers benefits on many levels. Most obvious, it allows each child opportunity to be up in front of a group. It also allows each one to perform or demonstrate something of particular interest to him or her. In addition to that, it showcases many different available activities to take part in...many of which may never have been thought of. It's great too too to sit back, watch the children perform/demonstrate and to see their beaming smile when they are done.

Tyler, Brittney and Jake performed their piano recital pieces, so there wasn't any extra preparation we needed to do (other than practice).

Jake always has trouble understanding why he can't be on stage for much longer.

"What do you mean, I can only perform one song?"

while Tyler is the opposite..."Do I *have* to play?"

We attempted to address this issue in a different way this year --- Jake was able to perform twice (once in a duet with Brittney and once on his own), Brittney in two duets and Tyler in one duet....all the while still only taking up three spots. (Last year, Jake took matters into his own hands....he was limited to one song...but once up on stage, he just played his song over and over. That all too familiar feeling of panic I get in the pit of my stomach whenever he gets up in front of people was starting to surface. I had just leaned over to Larry and mentioned *somebody* was going to have to go up and get him off, when thankfully, he stopped on his own accord. I don't think most people even noticed...as it was a short piece of music. Even though he'd gone through it 3 or 4 times, it didn't seem that long. Most people said they didn't know......but *we* knew.)

After the talent part of the evening, Certificates of Graduation were handed out. Initially, Tyler wasn't sure if he wanted to take part in this as he would be the oldest (not that he is oldest in the group...just the oldest one who was taking part). After seeing Jake and Brittney getting so excited about the evening though, he had a change of heart....which we were glad of. Somebody has to be the oldest...right?

Next participation ribbons and prizes were handed out for the various contests held over the year. Food followed while a slide show was presented. Each family had sent in a few pictures and one family put them together (set it to music and added captions. It was really well done and the captions they came up with were great!)

The end of the evening was for socializing and checking out the work table. Anyone who wanted to display items/work they'd done over the year (ie projects, art work, stories etc.) could do so. Many talents covered by the kids in our group.

All in all, it was a great evening. (I do find evening events quite taxing -- not so much then but find I pay for it the next day or so. I've (begrudgingly) had to stop taking part in most of the evening events I'd like to do for me, but do my best to attend events for the kids. It's all a matter of pacing myself.)