Happy Anniversary!

I was flabbergasted last week to learn that I have been writing these blogs for a whole year!  Oh my heavens!  Time goes by so darn fast. It’s been great reaching out to everyone and sharing tidbits of life in the Keniston home.
 
Now that we’re a year in – what is it you like me sharing? Are you happy with things the way they are? Anything I can do to make next year even better?
 
I will share that I’m half way through Honeymoon for Five. Books like this is when I wish life wasn’t so modern. Cell phones, internet and other things make story telling a little challenging some days, but I’m doing the best I can!
 
Some of you know that a few years ago I was diagnosed with heart disease after having had what’s called a silent heart attack. I’ve been feeling pretty healthy thanks to a few changes and supplements, but this last week was another story.  Apparently my mom’s alzheimer’s is proving to be a powerful stressor. I’m enormously blessed to have excellent support from my family. My hubby has a better personality for letting the things my mother does roll off his back. I on the other hand get really upset when she does crazy things.  And they’re weird sneaky things. For instance, for some reason she got it in her head that she doesn’t want anyone using the garbage disposal. So she cut up the rubber drain stoppers and told my cousin who lives with mom that the plumber came and said it’s broken and you can’t use it anymore.  My husband thinks it’s amazingly clever and funny and I had to take a few days off to try and relax.  Just in case my cardiologist wante me to have a new stress test in a couple of weeks. I’m hopeful that it will be improved from my last one a couple of years ago.  
 
On the good news side – I am on week three of my strict diet of only lean meats and veggies. I had to say goodbye to all sugar, dairy (oh how I miss my cheese!), wheat carbs, and fats (yeah I miss my butter too!).  But it’s paying off as I’m down ten pounds. The interesting thing is that after a few days I wasn’t nearly as hungry which is making it a lot easier than I expected.  If I can lose ten more pounds I’ll be thrilled.
 
Just for the fun of it – here’s a photo of me back in the day of high hair and pant suits!  The painting on the left was done by my mom, she loves clowns. I’m guessing I was probably around twelve at the time give or take a year! No idea what I was dressed up for, but I was definitely young!
 
 

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