January 6, 2011

• Rabbit Tracks

              
                                         (JanaLyn, Annamarie, Rissy, and Luci off to the side)

  And what to my wondering eyes did appear?

            
                                                                       (JanaLyn & Rissy)

  Straggling, leftover pictures from our Christmas and New Year! 

               
                                                                                 (JanaLyn)

  Does that qualify them for the title of “trailers”???? 

  You know, the film that got lost on the cutting room floor?

  Nope.  Probably not. 

         
                                      (Mother and daughter – Stephanie and JanaLyn)

  Most likely it means I had intentions of uploading these and then my mind rabbit tracked off in a different direction. 

  Once I’m down a new thought path, there’s usually no turning back. 

  Not because I’m zealous for new adventures; but, because I can’t remember what I did five minutes ago!

  And, anyhow,

  HOW IN THE WORLD could I forget the most important gifts on Christmas morning?!

         

  Jesse told our 3 daughters and granddaughter, JanaLyn, he needed them to make some big gift tags. 

  Gift tags to themselves. 

  No questions.  No hints.

        

  And, they obediently went to work on their individual name tags.

  Jesse (last minute) bought our 3 youngest daughters new bikes and JanaLyn’s “new” bike was rebuilt with all the best parts from the last bikes the girls had been riding.  We didn’t spend much money on Christmas this year, and I had idea he was thinking of bikes.  I’m not sure he knew he was going to do that, either.  He ran into some bikes at Wal-Mart marked down 75% from $150/each. 

  I had bought nick nacks for their rooms and the thrift store (like new) clothing for them.

  He comes up with last minute things that blow me away.  Just walks into great deals.  

                     
                                                                           (JanaLyn)

  For our anniversary, he gave me some crystal.  One piece was a tea light candle holder that looks like a flying saucer shape and has a pattern that looks like crystal rocks cut into the glass.  The flame makes the light prism through the “rocks” just beautifully.

   

  He also bought me a lidded candy jar that I had admired once while we were out browsing.

                                                  
                                                    The cuts in this piece really reflect the light. 

  I have a passionate love/appreciation for crystal and enjoy collecting pieces.  This was an after Christmas mark down at Macy’s.  An incredible buy!

    
  This is a horrible picture of a beautiful Swarovski crystal flower in pale pink.

  My camera flash picked up light from everything EXCEPT the little flower!

  Our house is currently “UNDER CONSTRUCTION” and each room stripped of it’s holiday dressings.
  
         
  It all looks rather bare, after all the festive and sparkly doo dads that were found here and there!

  Unfortunately, our lovely dining room table bears the weight of all the debris from wreaths to candlesticks, in every shape and size!  My mission is to box everything up by the end of the weekend.
  
        

  It helps to dim the lights, but even the dim lights do no good during the sunniest part of the day!

      

  Our family has so many medical appointments coming up over the next month.  The girls have to have a dental cleaning squeezed into our already busy calender. 

  The GYN/surgeon I saw on Tuesday agreed that a hysterectomy would be appropriate for my prolapsed uterus.  Fortunately, nothing else has “fallen” and the surgery can be done without making any incisions in my abdomen. 

  I’m slow to heal, so, regardless of a vaginal incision and surgery, I’ll need more than a month to recuperate.

             
                                                             Me, Stephanie, and JanaLyn.

  My neck is bothering me again.  The cancer place told me today (I was there for my monthly IV), that when I have my routine 6 month MRI/CAT scans done next week, they will take a close look at the area of my neck that has such a painful lump.  Two doctors feel it is a muscle spasm (a HUGE one) created when I had that “helpful” shots in my spine a few months ago. 

  I woke up today with excruciating pain and a lump on the side of my neck where the needle went in and another lump down the middle of my back by my shoulder blade.  The whole muscle produces sharp pain and there’s a lump you can actually see on my neck. 

  There’s always the negative voice of the devil, ever ready to quickly yank the carpet out from under people, telling me it might be a tumor. 

  So, since the MRI/CAT was scheduled next week, they will take a look at my neck at the same time.  But,  no one thinks it’s more than a muscle spasm.

  That’s about all.  We started back to school this morning and tomorrow will be another day of pulling in the hoodlums and getting them back into a learning mode.

  Oh, Lord help me!!!  LOL!!!!!

  Be Blessed  ~

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