Guadalupe

This is the day of OUR Lady OF Guadalupe... A wonderful if LOUD day in Mexico....

Party started last night and will go on all night tonight.... Glad I snuck in a 5 hour nap... In fact I napped so long this afternoon my 'familia" thought I had died.... I was just tired... I have so many friends and am sooooooooooooooo lucky

MY housekeeper is off on a date... she blushes so cute... I hope this 'boy" is worth her..... I will be interviewing him soon!!!

hugs to all and to all a good Guadalupe night!!!

GRANDDAUGHTERS

HOW CUTE IS THAT..... PERFECT GRAND BABIES.... I AM SO LUCKY... MAYBE SOMEDAY I WILL EVEN GET TO HOLD THEM AGAIN.... OR WAY THINGS ARE GOING THEY WILL GET TO HOLD ME!! :-)

Clean hair

Small things can make a big change in your life. I got my hair shampooed today and it feels wonderful.

My girls with the help of my Dr figured out how to do my head with out the movement of the spine... just feels nice to be clean... even got new sheets.... tomorrow ...maybe the body.... so don't be afraid to visit!!!!

no shampoo

Here is my Mexican Christmas tree..... great view from the potty chair...

No energy for hanging the head over the bed for a shampoo... maybe tomorrow...

Beautiful Day in San Miguel de Allende

Had a great day visiting with friends, eating to much food... this MUST stop. I swear they feed me every 20 minutes... Mexican food is NOT lo cal!!!

Blogging may become my new pass time along with kicking butt on CafeWorld on Face book...

THis is my current view.... any ideas for creating an art piece would be most welcome... I am considering ribbons... Lots of ribbons and sewing bright shinny balls, toys, or Milagros on the ends... or maybe I can fill it with pine branches... don't use it this time of year... but that might upset the dust bunnies living up there...

I got a small ficus tree decorated for Christmas. IT is out in the open little courtyard next to my bed... Well I had help with the decorating... I got to watch... I do miss the smell of pine but maybe some one can find me some branches to use. I can have the ladies lay them in the fountain ... which fills the night air with the sounds of running water.

My windows are wide open and the cool air is blowing over the bed. Will make for a great night of sleep. And in the morning the windows go shut and I get to turn on the room fireplace for a while. The cats love it... Might even start a photo essay of learning to live in a bed..next to a potty chair... BUT MY potty chair is nicely covered... I am using a beautiful throw from Costa Rica. ( eat your heart out Martha)

Spent time on spanish... have to ... it is the only way I have to talk to my 'staff'

(I consider them my new best friends!!!) So will be taking this time to FINALLY learn how to say things correctly and not just grunt and point. THO I am fluent in grunt and point. I learned it in Germany! Since this is my home I think learning the lingo is a wise thing. MOst the words I have learned lately were taught to me in the hospital by my nurses... tho I was warned not to use them in mixed company.. since there are no men in San Miguel...this will not present a problem. Most were about cursing in spanish about pain and stupid doctors...

Now I find I need words for ' Can you find____

' I just dropped my_________________

' My soup is falling in my hair____

Okay go lay flat in your bed and eat a bowl of chicken soup....

I have baby wipes EVERYWHERE....

For a really big day tomorrow I am going to see if we can wash my hair... remember I can not sit up.... thinking of hanging my head over the side of the bed...suggestions are welcome...

OH and one great benefit to my life in a back brace... wow do you get cleavage... not sure where it is coming from ...but .... oh forgot to mention it does push it out the other way.... not so pretty but then that is under the covers...

Real mean back brace arrives on Tuesday or Wed... with a fitter to make sure it is tight enough... oh boy...

AH it is mid night and my neighbors are moving their furniture... does not matter... I am not sleeping...

I am starting to study the book the Secret... has any one done that?

Not sure why I am writing this post because I am thinking I will be the only one to read it...

But it is something to do...

Well when my time permits I will write again... my social life is just packed right now...

Vicki

CHANGES ONCE AGAIN in San Miguel de Allende

Well when you think the world is cutting you a break and you are ready to get on with life you get slapped in the face!! This time I got slapped in the back .... 17 days ago I broke my back....

NIGHTMARE..... I am going to tell the story here and then stop talking about it to anyone... I want to stop thinking about it .... I have been told I have a LONG recovery ahead of me. Including time in the USA at a hospital. That is when they can move me. So why talk about it.... the subject of me and my back is very boring.... so from now on I am thinking of just writing fiction for my blog... some thing that makes me sound like I have a real life.... could be fun..... alot more fun that talking about tissue lesions, broken L2 and all else involved with the problem...oh did I mention a possible neurological problem that is making me fall.

Tho I am taking suggestions for the best back clinic in the USA... Hopefully one plane ride (SHORT) away...