August Update

It has been too long since I posted here.  I have posted on the other blogs, but have neglected this one.  Airless is getting busier and we have had a lot of family stuff going on.  I felt the need to report on my weekend though.

One of the things that happened recently is that I fired our gardener.   So it was up to me to fix the entire yard, front and back.  More on that at the Sacramento Scribbler; http://hartsuiker.wordpress.com/.  The brick planter had been torn up while removing a huge tree in the front corner of our yard.  I like to work in the yard, but since the accident, it has torn up my back to do so.  I have done very little in the yard at the Sacramento house. 

So. last Saturday, I got out the sledge hammer, hand maul, shovels, branch cutters and reciprocating saw.  There was 8-10 feet of brick 2 layers deep, and the concrete foundation was broke up in 3 pieces.  All were laying, as tossed aside, in the planter.  I broke the concrete off of the bricks and broke most of the bricks apart.  I dug out the first half of the trench, cut roots, etc.  I then jigsaw puzzled the bricks back into place.  In doing so, I spent around 4 hours on my knees, bent over, hammering, sawing roots and placing the bricks.  I had prepared by drinking 4 ounces of PRO and was drinking ZILLA water continuously while working.  At about 4 hours, my knees gave out.  I was wearing shorts for the heat and my knees paid the price.  I was about half done with the bricks and the trench.  I expected to be crippled up on Sunday from the work done on Saturday.  When I felt in good shape on Sunday, I decided to work again that day, expecting to be done for the week.  On Sunday, after church, the girls offered to help.  Amanda was a huge help with the heavy work and in cutting and chopping more roots.  Eloise Renee and Anna-Gail picked up concrete pieces and helped put the dirt back up against the front of the planter.  Once again, we started with PRO and Amanda brought out a pitcher of water heavily laced with ZILLA 2.0.  We practically bathed in it.  Within 3 hours or so all of the bricks were in place.  There is still work to be done, but the difficult physical work is done.

Yesterday, Monday, I got up at 6am and worked all day at Airless and completely forget that I was expecting to be down for a few days!  This is a great testament to eXfuze!!  My recuperation period is as short as before the accident.  I won’t profess to be 100% pain free, however I am still 100% med free!!

I am convinced that if you are aware of eXfuze and aren’t drinking your ounce per day; You are cheating yourself.