Staples are out and all areas are looking much better. The staples were irritating the skin in a couple of places and they didn't look very good. With the staples out, those areas look much better. I still have a couple of sore spots but the doctor said I should continue to take it easy for another 2 or 3 weeks. All in all, things are very good.
The 'essential' items were unpacked and put away before my surgery. Now I am gradually unpacking and putting away the rest of our stuff. I am not supposed to be lifting anything heavy yet, so it is a slow process but at least it is progressing. I see a couple of large donations to Goodwill in my near future. If we aren't using things, there is really no point in keeping them. Especially when someone else might be able to use them.
So far, 2012 is looking very promising. What have you been up to?
Friday, January 20, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
Time to catch my breath
Wow! So much has happened the past few months that I have had very little time to even stop and catch my breath. I have been in and out of doctor's offices, emergency rooms and even the hospital with diverticulitis issues that finally ended in surgery just after Christmas to remove the effected portion of the colon. Now I have been forced to slow down and rest while everything heals. With our apartment lease expiring, I wanted to get moved and settled before the surgery was done and all of this fell right at Christmas so it has been a whirlwind past 6 weeks. We are moved and pretty much settled in (a big thanks to Sarah and Keith for their help) and the surgery seemed to go well. I report back to the doctor this Wednesday morning to have staples removed. Now I can slow down and relax. We still have a few items in storage that we will be getting out later this month and I have some storage and craft supplies I need to go through but all of the major issues have been addressed and we can settle in and enjoy our new home. I hope that 2012 will be a more relaxed and calm year for us.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Preparations for Thanksgiving
Working today to catch up some household chores and laundry from the weekend. Sarah and I did a big Christmas show at the Freeman Coliseum this past weekend. Our necklaces seemed to be a big hit! We were pleased. We have signed up for 2 more shows to do the first week of December and then we will be taking a break from shows for a while. We will just handle the orders that come in on the website until spring. In January, we will sit down and make plans for next year. We learned a lot this past year and have found out about some great shows/markets to get into for next year. We have even been invited to a couple of shows that are 'invitation only' so that is very exciting! So much to be thankful for...this week and always!
I will be fixing Thanksgiving dinner this year. Travis and Megan are spending this week in Michigan with her family but Sarah, Keith and Alex will be here and so will my parents. Mom's memory is slipping away more and more each day it seems. All we can do is be patient with her. I told her that I was fixing dinner for Thanksgiving and want her to come. She said she really didn't feel like cooking right now anyway so that would be good. She would just come to eat. She is very good at that. :)
I love cooking and baking and Thanksgiving is one of my favorite meals to make. When Sarah reminded Alex that Thanksgiving would soon be here he was delighted! "Yeah! We can have monkey bread for breakfast!" He wasn't all that interested in the turkey and trimmings! He loves monkey bread and I usually fix in Thanksgiving morning. He wants to be sure he gets some, so he has asked if he can have a sleep-over Wednesday night. Of course that is fine with me. He enjoys helping in the kitchen so he's going to help me make pies Wednesday afternoon, too. What fun!
We have so much to be thankful for this year. We are living in a new city that we are really enjoying. We have made new friends. Allen loves his job and the people he works with. Our children live close and so do my parents so we can see them on a regular basis. Our cup runneth over! I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving Day!
I will be fixing Thanksgiving dinner this year. Travis and Megan are spending this week in Michigan with her family but Sarah, Keith and Alex will be here and so will my parents. Mom's memory is slipping away more and more each day it seems. All we can do is be patient with her. I told her that I was fixing dinner for Thanksgiving and want her to come. She said she really didn't feel like cooking right now anyway so that would be good. She would just come to eat. She is very good at that. :)
I love cooking and baking and Thanksgiving is one of my favorite meals to make. When Sarah reminded Alex that Thanksgiving would soon be here he was delighted! "Yeah! We can have monkey bread for breakfast!" He wasn't all that interested in the turkey and trimmings! He loves monkey bread and I usually fix in Thanksgiving morning. He wants to be sure he gets some, so he has asked if he can have a sleep-over Wednesday night. Of course that is fine with me. He enjoys helping in the kitchen so he's going to help me make pies Wednesday afternoon, too. What fun!
We have so much to be thankful for this year. We are living in a new city that we are really enjoying. We have made new friends. Allen loves his job and the people he works with. Our children live close and so do my parents so we can see them on a regular basis. Our cup runneth over! I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving Day!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Schedules
I was posting some doctor appointments on my calendar today and noticed how full it is. Seems like there is something constantly going on. Doctor appointments, meetings, craft shows, just a steady flow of dates and times to keep up with. Then, add in birthdays, anniversaries and such and the calendar is a mess! I can hardly find the actual dates! I thought that once the kids were grown up and on their own, I would actually have some time to myself. There are so many things that I enjoy doing (ceramics, cross-stitch, painting, reading, gardening) and I thought I would have plenty of time to do these things. I still did most of them while the kids were at home but just not as often or much as I would have liked to. But is seems like now, I have even less time to do them than before. What's going on?
I have decided that I am going to start taking 'me days'. I would like to take one each week but I am going to start with one every other week and see how that goes. That day is going to be just for me. I'm not going to do laundry, or clean house or go grocery shopping or any other kind of job or chore. I am simply going to do whatever I want to do that day. Things that I enjoy doing. Fun, creative things, reading, take time to learn how to do something new or just rest and chill out. I need some time for myself. I have spent most of my life worrying about and/or taking care of others and somewhere along the line I stopped thinking about what I need or want. I know this sounds selfish of me to take 'me days' but if I don't do it this way, I won't do it at all. I keep thinking I will work an hour here or an afternoon there into my schedule but it always seems that something else comes up and it never happens so I am just going to take the whole day as 'me day'. My first one is scheduled for next Wednesday, October 19th! I'll let you know how it works out.
I have decided that I am going to start taking 'me days'. I would like to take one each week but I am going to start with one every other week and see how that goes. That day is going to be just for me. I'm not going to do laundry, or clean house or go grocery shopping or any other kind of job or chore. I am simply going to do whatever I want to do that day. Things that I enjoy doing. Fun, creative things, reading, take time to learn how to do something new or just rest and chill out. I need some time for myself. I have spent most of my life worrying about and/or taking care of others and somewhere along the line I stopped thinking about what I need or want. I know this sounds selfish of me to take 'me days' but if I don't do it this way, I won't do it at all. I keep thinking I will work an hour here or an afternoon there into my schedule but it always seems that something else comes up and it never happens so I am just going to take the whole day as 'me day'. My first one is scheduled for next Wednesday, October 19th! I'll let you know how it works out.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Fall Updates
For the past few months, I have been using Facebook for most of my 'updates' and comments. With all of the constant changes and privacy issues that keep arising, I have decided to close my account on Facebook this month. I am going to use some of the time I have been spending on Facebook to do more writing here and writing personal emails and letters to my 'friends'. I guess I will quickly find out who my real 'friends' are by the responses or lack of that I get from more personal contacts.
In further updates, I am now feeling better than I have in quite some time. From July 3rd until now, I have been to the emergency room 6 times and had one 3 day stay in the hospital with diverticulitis issues. Two of the ER trips were due to reactions to medications given to me but I feel if the issue had been properly addressed to begin with, five of the ER trips could have been avoided. Even though, I am not a trained medical professional, I do know when something is wrong with my body and I think the professionals need to listen a little better to what the patients have to say. I won't dwell on this any more but I am finally doing much better. I have seen a specialist and will have some more testing done later this month to determine what plan of action to take from here on.
Sarah and I have been busy getting things ready for some fall and holiday craft shows we will be doing. The first one is coming up this Saturday here in Live Oak. We make some really nice and unique items and I hope that our friends and family will check out our website when you start your holiday shopping. We have some great items for yourself or as gifts for others and we make them all right here in the USA! Our website address is www.CrimsonCactus.com
There are lots of things planned for this fall and plans are in the works for the holidays, too. Check back more frequently as my updates will be here now. Don't forget to let me know how you are and what you have been doing.
In further updates, I am now feeling better than I have in quite some time. From July 3rd until now, I have been to the emergency room 6 times and had one 3 day stay in the hospital with diverticulitis issues. Two of the ER trips were due to reactions to medications given to me but I feel if the issue had been properly addressed to begin with, five of the ER trips could have been avoided. Even though, I am not a trained medical professional, I do know when something is wrong with my body and I think the professionals need to listen a little better to what the patients have to say. I won't dwell on this any more but I am finally doing much better. I have seen a specialist and will have some more testing done later this month to determine what plan of action to take from here on.
Sarah and I have been busy getting things ready for some fall and holiday craft shows we will be doing. The first one is coming up this Saturday here in Live Oak. We make some really nice and unique items and I hope that our friends and family will check out our website when you start your holiday shopping. We have some great items for yourself or as gifts for others and we make them all right here in the USA! Our website address is www.CrimsonCactus.com
There are lots of things planned for this fall and plans are in the works for the holidays, too. Check back more frequently as my updates will be here now. Don't forget to let me know how you are and what you have been doing.
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