I am so embarrassed.

emeraldkity4
Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:46:04 +0000

Now i am really embarrassed.
Although landscaping, especially all the digging on restoration sites, has probably accelerated my arthritis, I still have been working in my yard, there is so much to do before winter! :o Saturday I worked for about 7 hrs, although I felt very virtuous because I took breaks and drank water.
Sunday my youngest daughter was bringing her new boyfriend to meet us so I wanted to be well rested. I put my knee up & iced it all morning, didn’t work in the yard at all. ( well I trimmed a low boxwood hedge, but I sat on a stool.) They wanted to go to our neighborhood summer festival, so I decided I would try and walk it since I could always take the bus if my leg quit. I walked there and back, ( with sitting down for lunch in the middle), altogether about 2.5 miles. My leg feels much better this morning than it usually does. I think I must underestimate how much twisting and turning I do when working in the yard. ( I am moving some plants away from the house while H is painting, and building a raised bed)

Time to work with my PT again I think, so she can teach me what * NOT* to do!