About six months ago, the grandkids left. Arnie and I wanted to watch television, and both of the remotes were gone. AH!!! This was becoming to much of a regular occurrence. Only a few weeks before the remotes were lost, Arnie stuck his hand down between the armrest and the cushion on the couch and …
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read moreYou might remember back in July, I stayed at Hope Lodge in Iowa City. I was getting my radiation treatment. Kelli stayed with me. If you missed the post about my stay there, you can read it HERE. When we were there, I wanted something to drink. They had a pop machine, but I wasn’t hopeful. …
read moreI had such a good day on Friday. I told you about it in my cat rescue story from last night. I was on a happy high for all the rest of Friday. It felt so good to be doing normalish things. Later in the day Carver and Gannon were dropped off at my house …
read moreI’m still here and still plugging away. On Thursday, it will be one month since my surgery. Everyone around me is amazed at how well I’m doing. I am, too, for the most part…but also a little impatient. That is the nature of me. I always want more from myself than I have. It’s one …
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read moreLast week on Friday morning, I called to make a doctor appointment. I’ve had problems with strength in my leg and had some neuropathy in my feet. When I called, I was sure I would get an appointment for next week. I figured I’d be walking better by then and could go without a cane. …
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read moreWhile I’ve been laid up, Ray and the other finishers have been putting on the gas. My inbox is FULL of wonderful community quilts to share with you. Please be patient as I work my way through my inbox again. I might share a few extra with you so I can get caught up. Don’t …
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read moreWhen Arnie and I got home from vacation, it was early evening on Saturday, the 30th. We had somewhat gotten over our terrible experience at Chipotle and were able to eat our food. Sunday rolled around, and I needed to make something for lunch. Hmm. I knew there were some country-style pork ribs in the …
read moreWednesday was my Doctor day. My two main objectives were to get my staples out and to see my cancer doctor. Kalissa took me…She drove as I’m not driving yet. Technically, I could because I am off narcotics, but I’ll wait another week, I think. We left at 8:15 in the morning. It’s a 2 …
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read moreOh my goodness, friends. I am doing so well with healing. As of today, I am two weeks out from surgery. I am off my painkillers. I do still have a muscle relaxant and am taking prescribed Tylenol as needed—no more narcotics for me and no more stool softeners. Yahoo, because that has also translated …
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read moreTomorrow marks a year since Arnie and I had our first date and started dating. It’s one of those I can’t believe it’s only been year type of days. Arnie is such a big and wanted part of life now that I hardly remember life without him. Here is one of our first pictures together. …
read moreI’ve had some people message, call, or leave comments asking about my hospital stay, restrictions, and the like, so I thought I would answer the questions here. I had originally gone in on Monday, September 8th. They were going to do an embolization. That was to cut the blood supply of the tumor on L5. …
read moreOver the weekend, we celebrated birthdays for Carver and Anders. Kalissa was great and brought everything over to my house. That was easier than navigating things at her house for me. She brought brunch, which was another win for me. I didn’t have to feel bad about not cooking for everyone. Anders is 3 and …
read moreOn my back surgery journey, I’ve been sending my kids “Proof of Life” pictures. Here is mine from this morning. This one came with a big check mark. I stayed in the house by myself overnight!! Monday at 3pm-ish started me on the next chapter of getting my life back together. I was alone in …
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read moreI don’t know if they are a thing in your area, but Porch Geese are starting to become a thing in my area. I didn’t know anything about them until one of the gals who works at the Vet Clinic messaged me and showed me hers. I thought it was cute. Later, I went to …
read moreThis is the last of my vacation posts. I was going through my pictures, and I thought there were a few more that I wanted to share. One thing that I forgot to say about Pine Ridge Resort. You saw that we had a campfire spot. Some of the other cabins actually share a spot. …
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read moreWe got home from the cabin, and then we jumped into a busy week. I was busy trying to catch up from being gone. I’m still behind on emails. I was trying to write blog posts and also squeeze in some time with the family before I was off to surgery. I did a lot …
read moreAs you are reading this, I’m under the knife getting my “big cut”. My daughter Kelli brought me to the hospital yesterday. They did the embolization then, and today is “big cut” day. If you weren’t here when I wrote about my “big cut”, let me explain. Kelli told her kids that I was getting …
read moreWOW! Have I ever been blessed. Look at all of the cards I had gotten. Part of them are from friends…part from my blog readers…and part from the Chicken Scratch/Country Threads blog. Mary wrote about me and included my address, so some of her blog readers sent me cards. Mary wrote about it HERE. What …
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read moreOn mine and Arnie’s trip home from the cabin, we decided we would use up a gift certificate I had to Chipotle. I had to take some time and scope out where one might be along our travels. I ended up finding one just off the freeway in Owatonna, Minnesota. Even better, I grew up …
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read moreArnie and I were on vacation at Pine Ridge Resort in Longville, Minnesota, from August 23rd to the 30th. It was a great time. We had a variety of weather. The first few days, it was cold and windy. We spent quite a bit of time in the cabin and enjoyed a few campfires. We’d …
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