Walking and Riding

Yesterday I went for a three mile walk very early in the morning. It was about 50 degrees and felt good to be outside in the Chicagoland weather and not freeze.

These photos are from Busse Woods in Elk Grove, Illinois. This is another great path were I ride my bicycle.

The guy in the kayak stopped paddling in the middle of the lake and started fishing. I watched him as he drifted for a while then I got back on my bike and headed home.

These kids were having fun fishing, not sure if they caught any fish.

I spent the rest of the afternoon and evening with friends. We all had a great time and it felt good to have the sun shinning on us and the wind in our faces. La Cosa Nostra is what it is all about.

This week I have put my mind to spend time in the studio sewing. I have a few projects I want to finish before I have my next surgery.

I have another doctor's appointment today to talk about the Echo I had of my heart last week and a follow up from my last angioplasty. I can not believe how fast the past four weeks have flown by since I had the angioplasty. I feel great except for the heavy feeling I have in my chest and the problems with my low blood counts. I know I have said this before but being sick sure does suck.

I am trying to live each day to the fullest with family, loved ones and friends.

Hope everyone has a GREAT day and enjoy it.

Debbi
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Bicycle Ride

Sounds and Sights from my bike ride today at Deer Park in Palatine, Illinois The path that I ride is three miles and I did it twice. The temperature in Palatine was in the low 60's. Today was the nicest day of the year and many people were out enjoying the day. After this I finish this post I am going to take it easy. It is to late in the day to take a nap and to early to get in bed for the night so I will have to fight the desire to fall asleep for at least 3 hours. Hum? Wonder if I can do it. I may have to go for a walk and get some energy back.

Frogs saying hi to everyone riding, skating and walking by the pond.


One of many ponds just off the path. With all the snow and rain I was surprise more of the park is not flooded. In some of the shaded areas of the park there are still piles of snow.



Debbi
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©2006 - 2008 DubiQuilts

It Is Spring in Chicagoland and Time To Get Outside

I know it is spring in Chicagoland but what is with the snow and cold weather. Early today it was cold, the sky was bright blue, the sun was shining and I went for a walk. I only walked a mile because I wanted to ride my bicycle later in the day. All my life I have been an avid bicycle rider and for the past four years I have not been able to ride because of knee problems. I rode for a few miles and it felt great. I am so happy my butt, my knees and heart are doing fine. I am still having tightness in my chest and it did not get any worse when I walked or rode my bicycle. I did take a three hour nap this afternoon and had to be woken up for dinner.

This photo is from when I was on a bike ride with my family on Chicago's Lake Front.

The date on the photos is 04/25/2004.

This is just three weeks before I was diagnosed with MDS.

I am still reading "Blood Covenant" by Michael Franzese. I have only 20 pages left and will finish it tomorrow. If I have a bad dream again tonight, I will finish the book instead of laying in bed shaking for hours. I still can not remember what the dream was about, but it did have me scared. This book had touched me in many ways and I can see how it can change a persons life.

Most of my day was spent downloading CDs to my computer. When I had to replace my hard drive and external backup drive I lost all of my music. I was very upset today when I was downloading my songs to my iPod when it had a disk error and locked up. I have been trying all evening to unlock it and just about threw it against the wall when it finally unlocked. It just finished downloading 759 songs, 1.9 days and 2.59 GB and I am only half way thru my CD collection. I will have to count my CDs but if I had to guess I would say I have at least 300 CDs.

When I walk I listen to quilting podcast and today it was not any fun walking without Alex Anderson. I have had my iPod for four years and it may need to be replaced. If only I could find the money tree growing in my backyard. Until the money tree does grow I will have to deal with it locking up as long as I can keep unlocking it I am happy.

Debbi
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©2006 - 2008 DubiQuilts