Hello dear wonderful Blogging Beauties!
Thank you so much for all the prayers, love and support on my last post. My face surgery went well. They were able to get all the cancer cells with only one shave in the Mohs surgery. I felt so badly for other people that were up there all day long, due to having to go back for multiple cuttings. I was there only about 2 hours. It was a heftier surgery than I thought it was going to be though. It required internal stitches and 8 stitches on the outside of my face. I have a line from right below the corner of my eye all the way to the bottom of my nose. I took a pic to show my kiddos and they said I look like one tough Chick. Lol I'll spare you the more gruesome pic, but here is one from right after the procedure to show you how it requires a large dressing on my face. It got pretty swollen and black and blue - but even that is getting better now. I will get the stitches out later this week and then it will take a several weeks to more fully heal up. Fun, fun.
THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS:
ON THE BREAKFAST PLATE THIS MORNING:
some cereal with fruit, coffee
ON MY TO DO LIST THIS WEEK:
laying pretty low this week, get stitches out, do hospice work from home, working on hibernation projects (cleaning out cabinets etc), Christmas gift projects, may start wrapping as I've gotten a fair amount of shopping done and I can bag them up all wrapped to then store away until we decorate for the holidays
THINKING ABOUT:
lots of holiday things on the brain
THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY:
My comfy bed and pillow! I had to sleep in the recliner for several days after the procedure and it made me appreciate my bed that much more.
CURRENTLY READING
?? - doing more crafting etc lately
ON THE TV TODAY:
Jeopardy, old seasons of big brother, Dancing with the Stars, Survivor, Shifting Gears, Ghosts, Holiday baking shows, Hallmark movies
ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:
MONDAY - leftover ham & scalloped potatoes, asparagus
TUESDAY - Matt made us some steaks Sunday...maybe leftover steak to go with eggs (breakfast for dinner) with leftover asparagus and side of fruit
WEDNESDAY - pasta bolognese, salad, garlic bread
THURSDAY - Asian soup dumplings, cauliflower rice, edamame, veggie spring rolls
FRIDAY - order in?
TO RELAX THIS WEEK I WILL:
sketch and paint, crochet, work on Thanksgiving menu and shopping lists
TIPS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE:
Today is the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. You may remember the song by Gordon Lightfoot? It has real meaning here as that ship loaded up on iron ore in the city where I live that day, and left from the harbor just a few miles from our bay. I was only 4 at the time, so of course I don't remember it. Today they will have a commemoration ceremony over Lake Superior at this lighthouse, where Matt & I hiked this Fall:
They will be ringing a memorial bell 29 times for each man lost on the Edmund Fitzgerald. If you haven't heard the song or story I'll include the lyrics and a video of the song here:
THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD
FROM THE CAMERA:
Since I've needed to be restful I've been coloring, watercolor painting and other crafting. :)
It just looks like November around here. And it got cold enough to have snowflakes swirl and little bit show up on the deck. We got out the birdfeeder and the deck is completely empty and everything is put away for winter. The squirrels come to clean up the scraps the birds drop from the feeder, and it drives Ruby crazy. Lol
I put away the more Halloween kinds of Fall decorations and Thanksgiving ones are more featured now. I was watching a show on youtube and the gal had cats and Bubba sat and watched with me! Lol
