Category: My Life

I was in such a Christmas mood today. I got a bunch of little presents for people, and I caught myself humming Christmas Carols! Yes, the Christmas Bug has bitten me!

Hubby and I did a multitude of shopping, and the poor guy went for blood work and lost 7 tubes of the red stuff. He was lamenting this to me, when I reminded him that it’s Christmas and tubes of blood are a seasonal red!

Then we stopped by a store I like and I was able to get two tops for our cruise. That made me even more excited. I felt the vacation coming upon me.

This year I also feel relaxed about the care of the dogs. A friend of ours is home from college and he will be moving in while we are gone! The dogs love him and so I am not at all worried about leaving them!

I got my little tree up and I am really enjoying it. It’s so delicate and pretty and it makes me think of my Mom.

So life is good, so much is getting done, and we are feeling good,despite the 14 inches of snow we got on Sunday. I’m just hoping they are wrong about tomorrow and that we do not get another 3-5 inches if snow!

On Friday night I sat watching a little TV, when suddenly at 8 o’clock I felt so tired. So I got my pajamas on and headed in to bed. I’d intended to rest for a bit and then come out and do a few more things. Instead I slept for twelve hours!

So, needless to say I didn’t get Dackel Princess written. Instead I slept. I guess I need to catch up on the sleep. My body has been just taxed beyond measure with this illness, and I think sleep is good.

Today I feel better, but still have that barking cough. In fact the cough is driving me a bit insane and tonight my back is sore from the barking.

I worked diligently on writing my Christmas Cards today and on Monday I will be mailing them all. Next week is  Mandy’s Birthday and then Christmas. So many things coming up to celebrate!

Sunday found Hubby and I doing better. Our fevers were gone and although we felt tired, we agreed that the germs are finally departing.

Not that either one of us was out dancing, but at least neither one of us was coughing our brains out. This is progress.

One good thing about being sick was that I have done a lot of Christmas shopping on line! The best part of this is, as an Amazon Prime Member, I don’t pay for shipping on most items. Also I went on the German Amazon site and was able to order gifts there and will not pay for shipping just a small fee to convert the dollars into Euros.

I took a nap later in the morning and before I knew it Greta and Arnie were in bed with me. But here is the funny part, Greta went over to Arnie where he was cuddled up next to me, and growled at him until he moved! Then she climbed under the covers and snuggled close to me! What a girl!

Starting on Monday I want to slowly start to do house work in a few rooms. Nothing dramatic, but I need to clean my top junk drawer in my bedroom, and get together the travel size items for our trip. Just a month to go!

By the end of the week I want to finish the organizing of my office filing. Regular readers will know that I have been trying to get the office under control for years. Well, I am actually getting there!

I’m not planning to put candles in the window this year. In fact I am only putting up a small tree. We leave so soon after the New Year that it just does not make sense. So a small tree (artificial) that was my Mom’s will do the trick. I sure don’t want my house/dog sitter to have to deal with the tree coming down and making a mess.

What are you all doing for Christmas? A big tree? Real or artificial? (I do artificial as I’m allergic) Lights in the window or outside?

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.

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!

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?

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!

Our host is Gattina. Come join us and tell us what YOU did this past weekend! After all, you never know when you will need an alibi!

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My steri-strips fell off, giving us the first look at my eye brow. Hubby examined it closely and declared that it isn’t perfect. It got me to thinking. Are any of us really perfect? (Besides my Savannah, who is perfect in every way!) Not really. Maybe our ears stick out, or our noses are too big, or in my case I am a patch work all over my face.

My skin cancer and the surgeries that followed taught me so much about how I have looked at life and what is truly important.

I am alive. I am happy and I hope I am a good person. Isn’t that what counts in this crazy world of ours?

I worked on Sunday to clean up my kitchen. (28 cabinets and 4 drawers and one wine rack) I washed each and every cabinet and the wine rack and drawers. That took me all morning. Then this afternoon I did laundry. All of it. Sheets, towels, clothes and doggy blankets.

There is a Sunday roast in the oven and I’m planning the turkey day cooking. Some I can do the day before, but some has to be done on Thursday. Thanksgiving, like actually cooking the turkey!

But the green beans and butternut squash are all done and in the freezer. The stuffing I will make the day before, so I can stuff the turkey cold. I always make my own gravy and I’ve been reading that you should start to make the base the day before.

I will also make the apple pie on Wednesday during the day. And I am thinking about making a cranberry/orange sauce on Wednesday too. Hubby wants pearl onions. Thankfully he just wants them boiled.

I’ve done some Christmas shopping as well. Mostly for Mandy and Matt and Savannah! Oh my sweet family! It is so wonderful to buy gifts for them!

Sunday night ended with us enjoying our roast beef dinner, and of course, me doing the dishes. Yah-hoo (not)!

Have a great Monday Everyone!!!

Life has been busy lately! Good busy, but busy none the less. I’ve been out for gal pal time lunches, Christmas Bazaars, doctors appointments and shopping. It’s all good, but often in the evenings, I’m so tired I just want to put up my feet, make myself a nice hot cup of herbal tea, and do nothing in the evenings.

Of course the pooches keep me honest with their desires to be fed and walked and then walked again. They play with me, by racing around the house and under my feet and making me laugh.

Tonight I made Hubby his favorite quick, easy, and comfort food for him, meal. Scrambled Meat. You can go HERE and get the recipe. I served it over mashed potatoes and he was a happy man. I wasn’t really hungry and just had some Carrot Casserole. You can go HERE for the recipe for that.

Saturday is the last of the Christmas Bazaars and my friend Laurie and I are going to four of them. I love going and it makes me feel all warm and happy inside. After this, I will have to wait until next year.

Well, have a great weekend everyone!