I had an appointment with a physiotherapist on Monday to see if he could help with the nightly muscle spasms in my legs.  After a half hour consultation, he concluded that there was nothing he could do.  He did suggest having my electrolyte levels checked, and perhaps see a nutritionist to see if they might have some suggestions for me.  We have a doctor appointment schedule for two weeks, so we'll see what we can set up.  In the meantime, I'm totally delighted with my early birthday present from son Ralph and his wife Lisa of a KINDLE e-reader.  It even has text to speech, so it can read to me when I need to be busy doing something! I have yet to try out the browsing and emailing it does, but I'll keep you posted as I experiment with all the features. 

Words cannot possibly do justice to describe the absolutely fantastic week we've just enjoyed with our family.  If you had a chance to click on the link from my last Journal entry, you can visualize 30 to 38 of us enjoying the amenities provided to us.  (Various family members arrived for a day which added to the numbers.)  The week seemed to melt away at an incredible speed, and suddenly we were having to hug and kiss everyone goodbye until next time.  I won't be able to step on the scales for at least a month, after a whole week of indulging in every bit of scrumptious cooking that came from the huge kitchen that was at our disposal.  Thanks to our neighbors Ann and Barb's excellent care, our cats are still talking to us!   

Exciting Week Ahead

Our family are having a Family Retreat for a whole week, starting Sunday. You can picture us lounging around here!
There will be 28 to 30 of us....including 3 of our sons, and 10 of our grandkids and my sister June and her sweetheart Nick. Brother Dave and wife Margaret are also coming for a day visit.  We'll see if we can convince them to stay longer!  I am so excited!  I've got many lists prepared for shopping as well as packing.  Fortunately our neighbor Ann is able to come in and care for Angel and Baby, our two senior cats.  Barb and Eric said they'd also pop in occasionally for a visit, just so the girls don't feel terrible neglected.  I'll be taking along my laptop but I imagine I'll be having internet withdrawals big time!

A funny thing happened on the way....

I was scootering over to the recycle bin with my bag full of goodies when I had a brainwave that maybe I should just toodle up the laneway to the neighbours where Jim was cutting grass while they're on vacation.  Now the laneway is about 1/2 mile to the highway, and I was totally loving that I could be whizzing merrily along at top speed of about 5 miles per hour, when something flew into my mouth.  Now with my demented brain, it takes a wee tad longer trying to figure out what you should be doing about it.  I finally stopped my vehicle, and without losing my dentures, managed to spit whatever it was out.  Not, unfortunately, before it manage to sting me twice...on the tongue and at the back of my mouth.  So then I'm hurridly driving up to where Jim was cutting grass, hoping I wouldn't go into anaphylactic shock or any such thing!  So here I am, living to tell about it....and vowing to now keep my mouth tightly shut...or wear a face helmet.
 

Happy Canada Day

We've discovered, by trial and error, that I have almost no muscle spasms at night when I don't use my legs.  So I found this great scooter on kijiji, and I'm now able to galavant all over the campground!  Notice my pretty Canadian flag we installed for this special day!  Jim said he's going to have to install a personal tracking device on me to keep track of where I am.