Happy Holidays! :)

So, I've missed a few important things as I've been lazily recovering from my surgery. My parents celebrated another anniversary; I celebrated another birthday; Christmas has come and gone; my brother celebrated a birthday; and I'm sure there are many other things that have happened since I last posted.

I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas. I had a very low-key day spent with friends. I think I was able to talk to all of my family and many of my friends that are far away. I am very blessed. It was a warm day in North Texas, but then again, you never quite know what to expect in December. One day you can have ice on the roads, the next it could be 70 degrees.

I was able to spend yesterday with Jen. We went shopping at Firewheel (an outdoor mall). Her husband only had to work a partial day, so he stayed home with their son. It had been awhile since it had just been the two of us. We had a blast and were able to find some really good deals!

Today, the yarn store I frequent, had their year-end sale. I met some of the ladies I crochet and knit with early (4 am) and we waited for the store to open at 6. We were able to get an extra 5% off our purchase. Everything was already 35% off. I got a book I had been wanting and yarn for two sweaters. I had received a couple of gift cards from some friends and used money from those! :)

I have to head back to work on the 2nd. I'm going to try to get some semblance of schedule back in my system. It's been nice to be able to be so lax. I didn't realize how much I really did need some time off. I'm going to make a trip to OKC to see the baby (and his parents). I've been trying to get up there since he was born, and it just hasn't worked out. If I don't do it now, who knows when I'll be able to get up there. Plus, I have a whole bunch of stuff I've made for him that I want them to be able to use! I'm looking forward to a slight change of pace even for just a day or two.

I guess that's all that's been going on. I really have planned on starting to post more. It's just hard when you don't feel good. That's all changing! I'm feeling better. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers as I've gone through this journey. More later, cjb

Slowly but surely

I'm sure some of you are wondering how I'm doing. Well, I'm came through surgery nicely. Mom flew in from OKC on Sunday and we had a lovely evening. We went to dinner and then went grocery shopping for the week. I very rarely have enough food in the house and I knew mom would be cooking to freeze food while I recover, so we made our list and went and got everything we needed. We were quite the site carrying 10 bags each up my flight of stairs!!

I had to be at the surgery center at noon for a 1:00 surgery. The doctor was running late and my surgery started at 3:00. I think I recovered pretty quickly and we were home by about 6 or 6:30, just in time for the ice to start. The first night was the worst, but mom was so good to help me get out of bed everytime and reminded me to take my pain medication.

Tuesday was ok. I slept til about 9:30 and took a nap around 2 for a couple of hours. When I woke up, we started working in the living room a little bit. Mom would ask me where I wanted something and she would promptly place it there. This was wonderful. We were able to make it through a couple of boxes on Tuesday.

Wednesday was a much better day. Mom and I ran some errands and ate lunch out. I took a nap when we got home and then we did more unpacking and decorating. By the time we went to bed the living room was completely boxless and beautiful!!!

Today we managed to get mom back to the airport. She drove and I drove back. I took a nap when I got home and then ran a couple of errands after I woke up. I'm having a pretty low-key evening.

I'm sooo thankful that mom was able to come down and spend some time with me. She did more than I expected her to do! Thank you so much for helping me start my recovery, Mom!! You're the best!!

About time for an update

I know it's been awhile since I've updated, so i figured before I go in for surgery, I'd post again.

Not much has been going on. I've just been working and attempting to stay out of pain! My feet are doing much better. And after this surgery, my other pain will be gone. I have to be off work until Jan 2, so I will miss working Christmas and New Year's. It shouldn't be that big of a deal. We will start slowing down a lot soon. I just can't believe I only have two more days to work and then my surgery is here. I'm thankful mom will be here.

I'm enjoying my time on Ravelry. I've gotten to know a lot of the Traveling Scarf group pretty well. We are doing an awesome several month long secret swap. My partner sent me some awesome bath goodies last month and I can't wait to use them! I love spoiling someone (though I can't give any hints as to who it is because she might be reading!).

Work remains work . . . a lot of changes are going on as we continue to grow. It makes for some stressful times with everyone, but we make it through!

A major cold front came through a couple of nights ago and it dropped into the 20's. We had some snow flurries, but nothing stuck. I am trying hard to stay warm. I've been drinking lots of hot tea and hot cocoa. And if you're wondering, the heat came on a couple of weeks ago!

I'll update again after my surgery, cjb