Broken Ankle update

 So its been 8 weeks and 3 days since I broke my ankle.

8 long weeks.

The pic above shows the scar on my inside ankle.

Under this one is 2 screws holding the tip of my tibia on.

Its 6cm long.

Yes, I measured it with a ruler.

 Cankle anyone?

 Right leg has lost ALOT of muscle tone.

Shame my other leg isn't this skinny.

This scar is the biggie.

Its 10cm long.

Underneath it, you can feel plates and screws holding the tip of my fibula on.

Ew.

Overall, pain is at an absolute minimum.

Unless I stand on it - which I'm allowed to do now.

Had my first physio session yesterday, it was soooo painful.

Am going back tomorrow and Friday.

Yes, I suppose that makes me a masochist.

Am trying to walk with crutches, it is slow going but I know I'll get there.

Its learning to walk all over again, learning to trust in myself and my ability to do it.

Its hard.

I don't like it.

This beautiful face...

This beautiful face is the face of an angel.

This is the little girl who has helped me so much over the last 8 weeks.

This is the little girl who now wants to cook independantly, cleans the kitchen, sweeps and vacuums the floor...

She pretty much much wants to do anything she can to help her Broken Ankle mum.

So sweet.

I can't wait to give her her thankyou surprise when I can walk.

And so the broken ankle went shopping....

 Yesterday we went shopping.

Bundled up the broken ankle into a wheelchair (ick) and went shopping.

Bought a noice dress.

$150 marked down to $35.

Portmans, you rock.

But wait folks, it gets betterer.

I bought a size smaller than what i thought I'd need.

And obviously, it fits.

And yes, I'm hanging on for dear life.  

Thanks very much for that broken ankle.

Think I'm going to have to buy me some sparkly pink Converse

to go with this dress.  

Such a shame they don't make them with heels...

*sigh*

The twisty windy road leading to the lookout...

it was so pretty and scenic.

And peaceful.

Bliss.

Broken ankle shoes go walkabout

These shoes
get around!!!!
They hobbled from home to the car.
They hobbled from the car to a lookout.
Then from the lookout to the car.

Then from the car to the teapottery, ice creamery and lollery (the lolly shop)
They then hobbled from the lollery back to the car.
Then (you guessed it!) from the car back to my house.
Exciting stuff, huh?Maybe saying 'these' shoes is all wrong???
Considering I can pretty much only wear one.
Hmmm.

My babe

So sweet

My babe....love her to bits.
She was looking out at the view...
Love these kinds of pics
xxx

The Broken Ankle bench

Ahh

No idea what on earth posessed me to take a photo of this
old, worn, tired bench.
Perhaps it was because it was such a relief to sit on it and rest
the broken ankle.
Or maybe because it offered a fantastic view.
Or maybe because it was interesting because it has character.
Whatever.
I love how this one turned out.

Australia Day 2011

Thongs

What could be more aussie than thongs?
Only BBQ's, flies, the summer heat....this list could get long.
They're not my thongs, and that isn't my hairy foot.
In fact, that is a right foot.
And well, my right foot is far from normal looking right now.

The man in my life took Bee and I for a drive.
To Mt Tamborine.
So I could have a play with my new camera.
And play I did.
And play.
And play.
And play.
170 photo's later......

Even the Broken Ankle converse shoes got an outing.
And a photo while they were taking in the view.

Back tomorrow with some more cool pics to share!

Broken ankle shoes

Connies

I've had to ditch the high heels.
So, I though if I have to ditch the high heels
then I'm going to get fabulous, supportive, flat shoes.
And here they are.
Not quite as fabulous as 'THE' shoes
but still pretty fabulous.
And they provide great ankle support.
Not that I can even get a shoe onto the foot that needs it most.
Oh well.
Maybe next week.

Cupcakes!

Watch out!
Here comes my little junior masterchef!
First it was scones...
and now its vanilla cupcakes.
Which had to have hot pink icing.
Ahhh she's just like her mum!

Yum!
They look good enough to eat!

Awww

Sweetness
Have been feeling ever so slightly unloved recently by my girl...
Then, she just came out and gave me this note,
wrapped in an envelop with $2.10 in it.

Awwwwwww

Random

Garlic
Well, I knew the kid liked garlic...
But she in particular likes the Dalek from Dr Who.
Except, she calls it "Garlic"
mmmmm....garlic
*insert Homer Simpson drool here*

And another random photo...
Four things I can't live without.
Journal for creative writing.
Journal for anything.
Pen for journalling.
And the laptop.
I suppose I should have coffee pictured here somewhere too....

Yumminess

Scones

Bee received a kids cooking book for christmas last year
and was desperate to cook something from it.
So, she made scones.With a bit of jam and cream, they were sooooooo good!
We're going to make some more tomorrow.
Yum.

Stuff

Me
The kid took this pic...
she was playing on my phone, and did the whole
"hey mum look"....then CLICK!
She got me.
She didn't do too bad.

And these are my latest purchase.
A pair of converse shoes.
I actually bought 2 pairs.
These ones are my favourite - they have purple laces.
Noice.

Playing with shutter speeds

Slow

Slow shutter speed...
You know I love my candles, so I thought the flickering of the flame would be perfect for the slower shutter speed.

Kinda cool...can't wait to play with longer exposures when I'm out and about.

Playing with shutter speeds

Fast

Oooh loving my new camera!
I just wish I could get outside to play with it a bit more.
Or to go for long drives and walks and just be a shutter bug.
So, because I'm confined to the indoors, I had to use what I had available to me to play with the settings on the camera.
The bathroom sink was perfect. Ish.
Not ideal, but I can see that what I wanted to happen with the camera did indeed happen.

Now I just need to get me a real waterfall....

New toy

Lookie here!
Lookie what I got!
A weeee bit exciting - I just need to learn all the functions again.
Its been awhile and i'm a weeee bit rusty!

I did have a play with shutter speeds last night.
Will upload these tomorrow.

We have had some dramas here in Brisbane with the floods
but thankfully we were way out of harms way.
The devastation has wreaked havoc in our city, but the rebuild is
already underway thanks to the community.
I have spent the better part of 4 days in front of the TV watching the news.
Total devastation.

Until tomorrow...

Favourite

Favourite photos...
I was a bit lazy today and didn't get any decent photos.
Being stuck at home, I'm fast running out of material to post,
so I have gone back through a few years worth of photos to show some
of my favourites.
They're not necessarily the best photo's, but they mean something to me.

I like to photograph alot of flowers.
This rose was one flower that was in a massive bunch my mother in law had given to me several years ago.
I used the macro lens, then photoshopped it a bit.
Obviously.

Love the contrast of Bee's dress against the denim of her jacket,
and also against the texture of the tree behind her.

My favourite subject....
The kid.
She wasn't really sad.
She was just pretending.

The main stadium at the brisbane showgrounds....just looked up and though
"wow"

Yet another flower...loving the softness of the petals
against the rough texture of the tree.

Sunset in Vanuatu.
So pretty.

This is my sweet niece and my brother.
She is now a big 4 year old.
How the time has flown.


Will share some more pics tomorrow!!!

Yesterday and today

Ick

I know....its a bit of grossness!
This is how my foot looks after being 'un-elevated' for about 2 minutes.

And an absolutely awful photo of me...
I didn't really eat all the biscuits!

This kept the kid occupied for a good half hour....
Lots of loose change to count!

And finally, todays photo.
Of breakfast.
Yummy yummy pancakes!

xxx

Small Pleasures

Have been enjoying the little things lately...
A candle lit every night.

Old Gold 70% chocolate.
Not as good as the Lindt, but a great backup.

Jacobs Creek Moscato
Pink Moscato.
Yum.

All time favourite bread.
Lawsons wholemeal bread.
Sooo good with jam spread on it.

Coffee
Enough said.

Food

This morning, we decided to have a scrummy breakfast.
Bacon, eggs and tomato.
Notice the cool shape the eggs made?
Pretty talented, eh?

Love this pic...the plate in front of Bee looks massive.
But it wasn't.
We had a morrocan chicken and mango salad with homemade honey mustard dressing.
Yum.

I did take a photo of dinner, but it just wasn't that interesting.
We had frozen pizza.
Ick.

At least lunch was healthy enough I suppose!

Love/hate

Life
There are things that just suck with my life right now.
And there are things and people who are helping me through my life right now.
There are things I hate, and there are things I love.
Thankfully, there is more that I love.

Love....
My TV and DVD player.
Bee and I have a movie marathon pretty much every night.
It kind of keeps me sane.

Love....
My breakfast of choice at the moment.
Natural peanut butter and natural honey on toast.
With coffee made from my new plunger.

Love...

The air conditioning unit.
Took me ages to figure out why the remote didn't work (yes, the batteries worked!)
Turned out, it needed to be reset.
Love that it takes the humidity out of the air.

Hate....
The only way I can wash my hair is by hanging over the side of the bathtub.
Thank goodness for hand held shower heads.
There is no way I can make it into this shower...

Love....
My scooter from work.
Pretty much my whole unit is on the one level, so its much easier to get around
on this than the dreaded crutches.
Love that I can move around easier without fear of falling again.

Hate....
The dreaded crutches.
Enough said.

Love...
That I can keep in touch with the outside world.
Because getting outside is a little difficult right now.
My friends and family try and keep me sane via the world wide web.

Hate...
Not being able to go outside.
This is my view.
Not happy.

Love....
That this sweet little girl is here to help.
Even when she's been obnoxious.
Which is alot.

Hate....
My ankle.
It hurts.
Alot.

This is a love/hate....
LOVE LOVE LOVE the shoes.
Like, really really love them.
Alot.
HATE HATE HATE that I can't wear them.
Like, really really hate.



I have alot more that I love...I just don't have pics for today.
Love that I have an amazing, caring, amazing, sweet, amazing, generous
man who loves me.
Did I mention he's amazing?
Love that I have family and friends who save me from boredom.
Love that I get to spend time with the kid - no matter how obnoxious she is.
Love having the knowledge that no matter how bad I think I have it, I know that there is someone else out there worse off.
It gets me through the bad days anyway.

xxx