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kareidI got (and tried out) a knee brace yesterday. It made it harder to bend my knee but it did hurt less to climb stairs. I'm not convinced that the knee I braced feels better than the other one today but I got a second brace anyway since there were some positive effects while actually doing exercise. I don't know how two will work with the difficulty bending though my hope is that they'll let me do activities which might otherwise be borderline, including skiing, since I'm probably going skiing this weekend. I haven't been skiing since I injured my knees. I hope it goes okay but I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much.
I think I have decided on a rough design for the yard next year. Once it gets warmer, I will lay out garden hoses or rope or somesuch to decide on fine shadings since my sketches aren't perfect. I've also trimmed my ambition a bit in order to lessen the chance of failure on the things which are most necessary and will require more time to grow in by picking some features which will wait an extra year. Now I can move on to deciding individual plants, figuring out how to build raised beds and ordering seeds and plants. I think one of the junk maple trees may need to go, which could be tons of fun. I'm also going to have to dig a 1ftx40ftx2ft trench to plant bamboo in along the back fence. Maybe I can convince people to come help me.
I think I have decided on a rough design for the yard next year. Once it gets warmer, I will lay out garden hoses or rope or somesuch to decide on fine shadings since my sketches aren't perfect. I've also trimmed my ambition a bit in order to lessen the chance of failure on the things which are most necessary and will require more time to grow in by picking some features which will wait an extra year. Now I can move on to deciding individual plants, figuring out how to build raised beds and ordering seeds and plants. I think one of the junk maple trees may need to go, which could be tons of fun. I'm also going to have to dig a 1ftx40ftx2ft trench to plant bamboo in along the back fence. Maybe I can convince people to come help me.