Busy week...painting. Physical Therapy. I'm going to start driving again very slowly around the neighborhood. I am borrowing a treadmill from a friend to help me with bending that knee. I found this on youtube this morning and thought it appropriate.

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This Painting is called Earth N' Vessel



The treadmill, that I walk on 3x's a day...right next to the bed, plenty of cushion



This Piece is called Change...Yes Billy, I stained it. Was inspired by a painting my nephew Nathan painted


The Lone Star Ride is almost a month away...I'm ready!

Doc says all systems go...more importantly, I feel GREAT!

Miracles Happen...Just Believe

Next month, on September 26th, I'll be doing something I never thought possible, a year ago. I'll be riding a three wheel bike, from B&B Bikes in a 2 day, 150 mile bike ride in Dallas Texas. The Lone Star Ride has been a long standing favorite of mine...this year holds a different meaning. When I sit in that chair and pedal I'm free...my mind doesn't think about balance or the fear of falling, my mind raises into overload on the future or the next ride.

Is it rough, not being on a bike for so long? hell yes, is it worth it? see the previous answer.

I always said, I ride because I can, because others can't. I thought my bike riding days were over, just as I thought my painting days were over...I'm finding that after looking outside of my own limitations, thinking outside the box, there are ways to achieve anything...ANYTHING.

In anything you attempt, you do what you can, but, the most important thing is you show up.

Many times, I've heard from friends and family that, you decide what you want. I know what I want, now, it's about going after it. Whether it be biking, painting, independence, driving, friends and family. I'm finally getting that it's my life.

Todays note is about hope...for those people out there, that think their sunk, remember, you have the power inside yourself to tap into you...whatever that means, writing, knitting, quilting, photography, raising a family or just raising yourself...do it..make a decision to start it today. Even if it's just to get up, start the day, start your life.



Finally the song I listen to every night, thinking of my fiends and family who help me everyday in my search for me...

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This years tag line is true...I'm living it.

Miracles Happen...Just Believe

I feel like Dorothy, only different...ok, not much. I've got more added to my work out during the week, lunges with the walker as well as walking backwards with the walker.

Pictured are several Pics of me with the U Step...a walker that does the same thing the cane did, but with more balance to allow me to do lunges, by the way, kicked my ass. Love Jennifer though...have to say that just in case psycho 2 is reading this, lol.








As the the week started I would pass Bernice as I went to work...




I've been working on artcards as well as several canvases, here's a mixed media piece 1/2 way complete...I'm calling it Point of View.



That brings us to today...a little ditty I found remembering my niece and nephew..Press Here

Miracles Happen...Just Believe.

I create! Paint and Physical Therapy Day.

I took my first ride in 3 years yesterday with friend. I almost forgot how freeing it felt to just ride...I also forgot how much thinking can be done on a bike. I thought about how I started riding, why I had to quit and how I thought I would never ride again. I was always told growing up, That a little bit of something is better than a whole lot of nothing. Something is what I'm doing...chip by chip, I'm starting to get my life back.





We rode 7 miles in the afternoon heat...3 friends, taking time out of our day to pedal.

The feeling for me was freeing...I could sit and talk and enjoy the scenery while pedaling...you see when I walk, I focus so much on balance that talking is seldom done.

I thought about people who say they just don't have time in their lives for the things they love...I thought of this.

Go beyond wishing, dreaming, considering, debating the options and get busy making it happen.

Yes, it's going to be a little uncomfortable, it's going to involve effort, it's going to require commitment, and you're going to run into difficult obstacles. So ask yourself -- do you want to make it happen or put it off again and again so that it never gets done?

What gets done is what gets done now. In a little while, in a couple of weeks, in a few years, when you get around to it -- these "somedays" never do come.

It's helpful, for me, to substitute the word "never" for someday, for that will force me to confront the issue. Giving myself the choice between doing it now or doing it never, and I'll be much more likely to do it now, if it's truly important to me.

This moment right now is loaded with great things. You can choose to take action, and make that value your own, or you can choose to do nothing and forever leave this moment's incredible things behind.

Decide to accept the opportunity that is already available to you. Let go of the excuses, and make this the moment you jump into real, effective, action. Just getter done. Doesn't matter if you don't know if you can do it...won't know till you try!

Believe me, I know, easier said then done... we all have our obstacles, but, each one of us has our imaginations...don't waste it.

Now I need to go paint before going to Physical Therapy this afternoon.

Miracles Happen...Just Believe.

After much laughing at old Designing Women shorts...Press Here. I decided Bernice would be the perfect fit, thanks to a friend of mine here in Dallas.

Bernice is wrong in all the right ways!



A ride this afternoon in the heat of the afternnon sun will be the official start of my training...I'm working on a ride schedule as well as getting the treadmill from a friend this afternoon.

Helmet-check
Flag-check
Bike Partner-check
WaWa-check
rider rules-check
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attitude...are you kiddin me?-always

P/T, painting, Biking, Yoga...I feel like that little train going up the hill...I think I can, I think I can.

By the way Psycho 2, my goal is to get you to ride this year in LSR! I ride faster than I walk...who knew!

Miracles Happen...Just Believe