horizontal...day 4

day four

let me tell you this being on bedrest

as modified as it is

is for the dogs

they seem to be doing better at resting than me

so what have i done

in day 2

and in day 3

to keep me busy

i know you are dying to know

because it is oh so exciting!

remember in 

{day one} 

i mentioned my hour or two of freedom was to be spent at a bible study?

well that didn't happen

maik decided i was better off in bed

and as i was leaning over 

to put on my boot

he jumped on the bed

and 

wham!

i am now modeling cover girl's new spring color

"lights out"
i am not a fan of the color 
please don't invest in it

so that brings us to day two

and 

i decide to spend my hour

grocery shopping

yep, exciting i know!!!

day three

this is the good stuff folks

i tackle my mountain of shredding

that i have put off for about a year now

the problem was i kept blowing fuses

another great thing about living oconus

and i am too cheap to buy a 220 shredder

but
alas

the shredding is done!!!

woohoo!!!!

i feel so accomplished

today

day 4

i am breaking free!

for an hour or two

promise

and having lunch with a dear friend

and a really smart one year old little girl

however, 

i may forget my watch!

 

 

horizontal....day one

so the time has come

we had a feeling it would happen

i dreaded it would happen

but 

alas it did

after friday's appointment

the doc 

has put me on 

"modified bedrest"

why you ask?

trust me i screamed this!!

too much amniotic fluid

too weak of cervix

and a really big baby

so what is 

"modified bedrest"

dr google

will give you a lot of information

but 

{what to expect}

has a great article

the nuts and bolts 

of it

per the doctor's orders were

"sleep in late, 

take lots of naps,

go to bed early

and 

only about an hour or two out of the house a day" 

my husband's response

"honey, if you played xbox that's some quality xbox time"

secretly i think he wanted the doc to give him 

modified bedrest orders

so he could "support" me

today 

is my first day unsupervised

since hubby is at work

and yes he has already called to check on me 

to make sure i'm following doctor's orders

to be trusted to stay off my feet

so what have i done?

because frankly this is a form of cruel and unusual punishment

first i read....

today's book

   an odd beginning but overall a good book

then...

since we all know how great AFN's line up is

i enjoyed 

a little grey's 

with o'malley!!

yes you heard me right

afn still plays grey's

with o'malley

and who doesn't love o'malley?!?

finally...

finished the day off

with 

a nice movie

i'm a sucker for romantic comedies

and jennifer lopez movies

my hour or two free from house arrest

will be spent at bible study

asking God for sanity for the next 7 weeks

friday

i go back to the doc

my hope is that they may revoke 

the "modified bedrest" 

order

but till then

i will follow doc's orders

enjoy some cuddle time with the pups

read some good books

watch some good movies

and

truly cherish the one to two hours of freedom a day

 
 

thankful thursday...hope

i said it yesterday

and i am going to say it today

and probably tomorrow

and the next day

june sucked

and after every disappointment

i would find something

to hope for

to try and remain optimistic

and 

i thought hoping

was helping

but

a part of me 

wanted to throw up my hands 

and 

scream

"really!!! not again!!!"

but

the good news

is 

i still have a roof over my head

that has amazing views!

food in my belly

good food at that!

pups who think i'm the best thing since the dog bone

i think they are biased

i am the hand that feeds them

and

friends

old and new 

love group skype!!

and they threw up their hands and said "really?!?" for me!

so 

bring it on july

june may have roughed me up

but 

i still got hope!

the way we go

memorial day

and 

kenneth is off

which is a rare thing: him being off for a holiday

so

we decided to go

our options:

mountains

or beach

the only requirement

must bring dogs!

let me digress

do a little story telling

kenneth is a 

"make his own trail"

type of guy

for example

if we go hiking

and there is a clear trail

he veers left

or 

right

 whichever way 

looks the most challenging

my fear:

i fear getting lost

and long tunnels but again that's beside the point

so 

his sense of adventure

plus my fear of getting loss

tends to make us 

interesting travel buddies

after seven years though

i've found ways to compromise

first

select destination

beach it is!

second

use the gps

i know i just said kenneth is no maps kind of guy

here's the compromise part

then

choose "point of interest near me"

select "beaches"

and allow kenneth to randomly select one

ok so our first beach ended up being a cliff

but the second was a beach

now why didn't we go to caorle beach

like every other american on memorial day

because folks

that would be kenneth taking the main trail

the marked trail

he doesn't do that

with the help of the gps 

we ended up

at {grado beach}

a nice quiet beach

with beautiful scenery

this was the pups first time at the beach!

on the way home

we found 

a beautiful winery

{ca'tullio}

and 

kenneth's said 

"lets stop!"

this was a shock 

due to the fact kenneth doesn't drink wine

so we did

after i sampled a few glasses 

we ended up 

leaving with six bottles

which included a 

'becca size bottle of refosco'

continuing our drive home

we found

roman ruins

and in our region 

roman ruins are rare!

the day went perfectly 

as unplanned as it was

and 

maybe one day

we will get to caorle beach

where every other american goes

but for now

i like my husband's sense of adventure

even if it does lead us to a cliff the first time!

leaving a piece of us in italy

my husband is a sentimental guy

or he just knows what to say to get what he wants

and

while at the 

{sacile spring festival}

he wanted a tree

or a bush

or a plant

just something

i hesitated for many reasons

one

i have a black thumb

i pretend to have a green thumb

but honestly

it's black

two

i had no clue about the soil here

i didn't want to plant something

and two days later

it's dead

refer to reason number one

and lastly

we are only here four years

why put money into something we can't take with us

let me say this

we landscaped our home back in oklahoma less than a year ago

and now we can't enjoy it

yes, i'm bitter

so 

for all the reasons listed

i was set on 

"No"

nothing goes in the ground,

potted plants ok, 

they are cheaper 

and easier to keep alive.

but then

he says,

"babe, but what if i want to leave a little bit of us in italy"

oh geeze! the corny lines that make me say

"ok dear, whatever you want"

and now we have this lovely bush

and because when we got home

i realized what i got sucker into

i told him

"i'm not planting it today"

he's still considered "post-op status"

and really shouldn't be digging a hole

he kindly responded,

"no, hurry. 

besides

i don't think we have a shovel."

some things you choose not to move

and a shovel was one of the things

we choose not to move

but alas

he had his mind set on 

planting that darn bush

and 

by george

we did have a shovel

so he went to work

he chose this location because

the dogs tend to run

and wear down the grass

his hopes

is the bush will stop them

and he dug some more

admiral even helped him a little

digging dirt in italy

is hard work

look at the dedication

while digging this hole

we found rocks

lots and lots of rocks

which makes 

digging 

a little more difficult

but

in the end

the bush got planted

please ignore the fact the yard isn't mowed

i'm secretly waiting for kenneth to be no longer post op status 

so he can mow it! 

and 

we will leave a little part of us 

in italia.

stillness and bliss

{lake barcis}

is breathtaking

i've heard rumors of such

but i had to investigate myself

so

like any good parent to four-pawed creatures

would do 

on a nice weather day

we loaded up the pups

and headed 

about thirty to forty-five minutes up the the road

and 

discovered

{lake barcis}

i am not a fisherman

but i was quite jealous of this man fishing

he looked so relaxed

lake barcis 

can best be described 

as peaceful

i caught myself walking quietly 

so not to disturb the silence

or the ducks

even the ducks had that look in their eye

like "shh.... don't you know this is a quiet place"

another view

even admiral enjoyed the quietness

however he became quite bored with it

the highlight of his trip was the gelato shop

filled with kiddos begging to play with him

admiral and maik were good sports

posing for pictures

and more pictures

i must remind myself maik was trained to attack

don't ask to much from him...

i want to make it known

right here

right now

i've found my retirement home

see that white house

that's it! 

my future home

hey a girl can dream!

after an hour long walk

around the lake

and a hundred or so pictures later

we decided to say 

"arriverderci" 

to lake barcis 

and like any good parent

to our four-legged creatures

we

watered our pups

and headed to the gelateria!