After several days and no improvement, I made an appointment for today with my doctor. Once I get back, I will update this post and let you know how I am.
For now, it’s an early bedtime, once again, for me.
Author: Dackel Princess
Wednesday Hodgepodge
1. According to Oxford Dictionaries, the 2013 word of the year is ‘selfie’. Your thoughts? When did you last take a selfie? Do you post them online somewhere? Do you prefer to be in front of the camera or behind the lens?
I was taking ‘selfies’ all year long as my facial reconstruction went on. I think sometimes you have to taken them to reassure yourself you are getting where you want to be.
2. Will you send out Christmas cards this year? If so, are they ready to go? If not, are you glad or sad about leaving that tradition behind?
Yes, I will. Just today I brought them out to begin addressing. It’s not as big a deal as it used to be. So many people left our world this year. Quit sadly!
3. Do you trust easily?
Not really. I think I have always had trust issues.
4. Pine-cinnamon-peppermint-vanilla (as in sugar cookie)…of those listed, which one is your favorite December scent?
Cinnamon. As in Snickerdoodles. As in my favorite holiday cookie ever!
5. Did you do more talking or more listening yesterday? Was that by choice or necessity?
Yesterday, Neither. I just lay in bed and slept.
6. What’s the last song that got stuck in your head? Sorry if it’s back there now : )
7. Which world explorer (in the whole history of the world) would you most like to have traveled with, and why?
Columbus. Must have been exciting to find the new world!
8. Insert your own random thought here.
The fever broke and I am starting to feel a little better. This trip into illness has been worse than the last. I guess I need to talk to my doctor about building up my immune system.
Progress
I woke up today with a normal temperature. Well, actually subnormal, but since I m able to walk around, I’m not dead!
I stayed in bed for two full days (something I never do) and did nothing. I had the TV on some in the evening, but quite honestly, my brain hurt!
Hubby tried to get me to eat, he even made me scrambled eggs, but I couldn’t get them to stay down. Today I still do not have much of an appetite, but I do feel thirsty and more awake then I have been.
Hubby started coughing last night. I sure hope he has not gotten this. If he has a fever today, I will send him straight in to the VA to get his prescriptions for antibiotics and cough syrup.
Arnie has been the most faithful of the doggies. He has only left my side for meals and to go out and take care of his business. What a wonderful boy!
Sick Again
Yes, I am sick again. I have now outdone my highest fever ever, (this one was 103.6) and actually did go to bed where I slept all afternoon, all evening and all night. The pain I felt when I turned over was acute, but I told myself I had to do it.
This morning my temperature is down to 101 degrees. I still feel weak, can hardly walk and have chills. My question is, how can I build up my immune system so I stop getting pneumonia?
Happy December First!
Okay, so where has this year gone? Suddenly it’s December first and I know from years of experience, that this month is going to fly by. It always does.
I need to finish my Christmas shopping in the next two weeks, as I hate being a last minute shopper.
My Dad was a last minute shopper. Literally! He would go out to a convenience store on Christmas morning and buy these odd little gifts for us. Puzzle books, silly toys or magazines, and boxes of life savers. Mom did the heavy pulling of gift giving from them, but Dad always gave each of us his gifts, and looking back now, I smile at the memory!
My daughter, Mandy is born this month too. She kind of got ripped off by being born December 20th. But for me, it was one of the happiest days of my life!
It’s also Arnie & Anneliese’s 7th birthday. Can you believe that! My babies are so special to me. And now they are all grown up!
Today also starts my cruise countdown. Thirty-nine days until my cruise departs! Yahoo!!!
Big News!
Happy Saturday morning my friends! It’s not Christmas, but on Saturday morning I felt just like it was! Hubby gifted me with a 9 day cruise in the Caribbean! We really only stop at Grand Turk, but we will have 9 days of relaxation, warm weather and no chores!
My usual Dog/House sitter is busy and couldn’t commit to it, but a young man I have known since he was a sophomore in High School (he is now a sophomore in college), will be stepping in, to move in and care for the brood!
Here is where we are going:
Thu, 01/14 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Fri, 01/14 At Sea
Sat, 01/14 Princess Cays, Bahamas
Sun, 01/14 At Sea
Mon, 01/14 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Tue, 01/14 Princess Cays, Bahamas
Wed, 01/14 At Sea
Thu, 01/14 Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos
Fri, 01/14 At Sea
Sat, 01/14 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
We are both pretty happy about this because after the year we have had, we are both simply exhausted! We both need a chance to have some extended rest and relaxation.
Our cabin is near one of the nice pools and hot tub areas. As well as near the 24 hour dining room, so if I get hungry at midnight, I can send Jack to get me some tea and crackers.
Now I need to start planning what we will bring and what to pack! Yes, this is one of the best early Christmas presents ever!
Thanksgiving Review
I’ve been preparing food for days. I even searched and searched for my favorite Ocean Spray Cran/Orange Relish, but to no avail. I’ve tried to make it from scratch and not been thrilled, so today I set about to make it. This is what I did.
I got one can of whole berry cranberry sauce. I had one beautiful fresh orange. I washed the orange, cut it into slices and then sections and then tossed it into the food processor, peel and all. I ground it up until it was a finely chopped consistency. Then I put in the can of whole berry cranberry sauce. and processed that a moment or two. I put it into a closed container and chilled it down. When we took our first bite at dinner, we knew I had succeeded! Quick and easy!
The dinner was great, and we waited a bit to have dessert, bu here we are now at 8:30 in the evening on Thursday and I am still simply stuffed! Stuffed and tired.
But it was a good day and Hubby and I toasted each other. 26 Thanksgivings together! Life is good!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Today is Thanksgiving Day here in the USA. A day where we stop to give thanks for all that we have. Like the Pilgrims before us, our country continues to face many challenges, but I think many of my fellow Americans would agree, we are thankful for the love of our God, our family and our friends. So, here is a random list of 13 things I am thinking about this Thanksgiving.
1. I made the apple pie this evening. All done. It looks like it came out well.
2. I made the dressing yesterday, and have it chilling down. I will stuff Mr. Tom Turkey this morning and roast him slowly until he is perfectly cooked!
3. I peeled and diced the Yukon Gold Potatoes yesterday and they are soaking in a pot. Yukon Gold Potatoes make the best mashed potatoes!
4. I actually cooked the butternut squash a couple of weeks ago and it is frozen in the big freezer, waiting to be thawed.
5. I roasted the chestnuts and then shelled them. I am so happy that Julia Child wrote about the easy way to shell a chestnut. In the past I did it all wrong and ended up with sliced up fingers. This easy way, soaking them in boiling water for 20 minutes, putting a large X in the rounded part and then placing them on a roasting pan in a 400 (F) degree oven for 25 minutes. Cool, place all the chestnuts in a dishcloth and then crunch on the kitchen shelf. They almost peel themselves! Makes a great addition to the dressing.
6. Hubby peeled 2 dozen pearl onions.
7. Then after I did all that preparation work for today’s dinner, I started to make dinner for last night.
8. The dogs began to demand to be fed, so I broke down and fed them 10 minutes early.
9. Just about the time dinner was ready, I kind of lost my appetite. All the preparation of food, just made the food look unappealing.
10. Finally I finished all the cooking and cleaned up and got to sit down in my recliner at 8:15 last night.
11. After three such busy day, I felt exhausted!
12. Oh yes, one more thing to mention…I was up before dawn on Wednesday to go with Hubby to the VA. Horrendous weather!
13. To all my family and friends, here and abroad. May you enjoy the blessings of Thanksgiving. I know it is not a holiday for everyone, but I believe that the feeling of thankfulness that I feel in my heart and mind, for the ones that I love, is something shared universally.
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Wednesday Hodgepodge
1. Are you settling for something?
Yes. But in a good way. My face is not “Hollywood” perfect after all the surgeries. However, I have now decided that perfection is over rated and I will accept and enjoy my beautiful, patch work quilt face!
2. It wasn’t that long ago almost every store in the US locked doors and turned out lights on Thanksgiving Day. This year many will be open all day Thursday, giving shoppers a jump start on ‘Black Friday’. In your opinion is this a good thing or a not so good thing? Will you be shopping on Thanksgiving Day?
No, I will not be shopping on Thanksgiving. I believe that simple old traditions are best left alone. People deserve one day, to sit with their family, give thanks and not be forced to work.
3. Speaking of shopping… I saw a recent article on the twelve best shopping cities in the world. In order they are-
New York, Tokyo, London, Kuala Lumpur, Paris, Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Vienna, Dubai, Madrid, Milan, and Seoul.
Ever shopped in any of the cities listed? In which city would you most like to pull out the plastic or cold hard cash?
I’ve shopped in New York, not impressed. I’ve shopped in London and dream about going back. I love Vienna, but I would dearly love to go to Hong Kong and go wild!
4. When did you last dine by candlelight?
Dear me, I cannot remember! I will be setting up the table on Thanksgiving with candles and making it special.
5. What do you have too much of?
Everything! I need to go through and start weeding out things. Sell some old sets of china, and give away blankets and coats to the homeless.
6. The Hunger Games…are you a fan? Did you read the book(s)? Will you/have you seen the movie? Will you/have you seen Catching Fire? No spoilers please!
Not a fan. My whole family is but I did not get into the Hunger Games nor did I get into the Twilight Saga.
7. Share your plans for Thanksgiving Day. The who, the where, the what…especially the what! As in what’s for dinner? If you’re one of my International visitors, whose homeland doesn’t celebrate American Thanksgiving (the whole world doesn’t ya know!), then still tell us your plans for Thursday.
Who: Me and Hubby. Where: Home. What: Spinach and artichoke dip, crab dip and champagne for appetizers while I’m cooking. Dinner: turkey, stuffing, gravy, yukon gold mashed potatoes, garden green beans, garden butternut squash, mashed with butter and brown sugar and cinnamon, boiled sweet pearl onions. Dessert: Apple Pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
8. Insert your own random thought here.
As I write there are delicate snow flakes falling on my lawn. So very pretty. I wish it would just do this for the next two days, but the weatherman has said that starting tonight we will have torrential downpours, washing away all this loveliness.
Oh well.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
Thoughts
When we got up on Monday morning it was only 13 degrees (F)! I’d heard it was supposed to be cold, and since we had to get up and get out early, I had gotten out my heavy winter coat and gloves.
Hubby had medical tests to get to the hospital for, and I went along for moral support! I did not eat breakfast, as Hubby couldn’t eat before his breakfast. So needless to say, once he was done, we both hit the hospital cafeteria and had breakfast.
Today I was sort of a “Chatty Cathy” as our cable company has decided to go digital and this means that unless you have a digital TV or one of their decoder boxes you will not be able to receive a signal. Well the change started today!
Now we all know we can live without TV, but you know what? I’m really angry about this. At night, when I go to bed I like to turn on the TV for Fritz and me. We like to listen to it while we relax and slowly slip off to sleep.
Whatever happened to “FREE TV”? Not so free any more is it? Almost everyone has cable of some sort and if you have those big heavy dinosaur TV’s (like I do in some of my rooms) they are totally outmoded and useless.
All I can say about that is Thank You to Washington for once again changing our laws so it screws the little people!
Tuesday I think I will do some of the chopping for the Turkey stuffing. Wednesday I will be cooking our apple pie and actually making the turkey gravy and stuffing, so if I can get some chopping done today that will be good.
We’ve been told by the weather people to expect snow, rain and sleet and generally lousy weather the next few days. I sure hope they are wrong!
Oh well, enough complaining! Have a good day, out there!