Oh boy...

You won't believe what I did today..... I sprained my ankle.

Hopefully I can heal enough to walk on it by next Tuesday when we fly to Italy!

The doctor I saw today at Urgent Care seemed to think that I would be good to go in a week or two.

So now I'm sitting on the couch, waiting for the pain to go away...

Italy here we come!

So It's becoming more and more real that we are going to Italy as we make reservations and confirm seating on flights. I am going to attempt to blog while we are there but who knows! Today we booked our hotel for Florence. We will be staying at "Hotel Maxim" in the heart of Florence, about 3 blocks away from the Duomo.

Hotel Maxim


This is the other town we will be visiting:

Natz - Schabs


I just can't wait!!

Updated Piper Photos!

Piper is now 1 year old!

Radioactive!

So tomorrow morning I go in to the hospital to take a pill that has radioactive iodine in it. This should kill my thyroid. Yippy!
The last two weeks I have been on a low iodine diet - no iodized salt, no dairy, no soy, and of course no gluten. It's been a wonderful couple weeks filled with unseasoned meat, fruit and vegetables. There are only so many ways to prepare the three food groups before you just want to eat some cheese! I was so excited this morning, thinking that I only had one day left of this silly diet; then the radiologist or whatever he is told me that I have to continue this diet for 5 more days after the treatment!!!
I already had a grocery list made up for Matt and now I have to wait 5 more days?! Ug.
Every time I think about it I can smell China Fair. Mmm... China Fair!

I am really excited though that we have new cabinet doors in the kitchen!! Wonderful doors handmade by my wonderful husband. :) So look for more blogs the rest of the week. I will probably be bored at home.

ttfn