Good Monday Morning!

Today is Monday, March 19, 2012. Another gorgeous day ahead of us. The weather has been just wonderful. Warm in the afternoon and cooler in the evenings. Not to mention a nice gentle breeze to go with the warm afternoons. The kind of weather that makes you want to get outside and do something no matter how small it might be.

I am thrilled to show off my hair growth of about 2 to 3 inches, it is growing back! I was told after the fact, that with radiation you have a 50/50 chance it will grow back unlike chemo it will grow back. It is growing back! I so looked like when the kids would shave half of their heads in the back.And the arm is filling in nicely too! It still looks funny, but it isn't skinny like it use to be and it actually has a few hairs growing out of it. I had my doubts that it would fill in and really not sure how the body does it, but it sure did. This is what the "donor site" looked like after they took the veins and muscles from it. DO NOT click on the link if you have a week stomach! I myself didn't care to watch when the dressings had to be changed, arm on table and me sitting on the side of the chair looking in the other direction.

This was my trusty tube. This is the one that the doctor said, it's time for it to come out. And out it has come. We are going naked, LOL other than a cover. The appointment on the 9th is the one to say yes or no on the voice prosthesis. We shall see what is to come, change........

Change is sometimes a good thing! I don't know about you, but I am so sick and tired of paying good money for pots and pans and having to replace them all of the time. I have went back to my cast iron and plan on never retiring them again. They are a little heavy sometimes for me to move when hot, but that's what I have an awesome husband for. I don't ever plan on buying another pan again.

Yesterday I taught myself how to make egg foo yung! I was so excited to learn how to make it and it was really good! The Chinese refer to it as an omelet, which makes sense. And I learned that you can put anything in it that you want, there is no wrong. The sauce is super simple too, beef or chicken broth, soy sauce and corn starch to thicken. Very quick and easy!

Remember yesterday, dream about tomorrow, but live today.~Brightest Blessing~

It's Friday and Gorgeous Too

Today is Friday, March 16, 2012. A gorgeous day! It was just beautiful yesterday, in fact George even cut the front of the yard. It smelled so of Spring!

The is the first week that George has been back in town working and I am loving it! We set the table for three instead of two. Young son really disliked the fact that there was only two plates on the table at supper time, he expressed this every night that his dad was not here. We have always sat down at supper as a family and ate, shared our day. I guess we both really missed his especially at supper. Keeping our fingers crossed that the work here lasts and just doesn't last for a little while.

We or I should say George filed our taxes a few weeks ago on the computer. We have done this for as long as I can remember, no more paper filing for us. Any way he gets an e-mail that something is wrong with our taxes and he needed to contact the IRS. Lovely..... At that time he is working in Tampa and they have an IRS office there, no appointments. So after sitting there waiting almost eight hours, they call him back. It seems that someone has already been so kind as to file MY taxes for me. They used my name and social security number.

To be honest this really pissed me off! To think someone had the nerve to use my name and social security number! The IRS told him that they will find out who did it and they will prosecute them. I can't wait to see who did this! And yes NO matter who it is I want them prosecuted! So needless to say our return will be held up. We have racked our brains trying to figure out who could have gotten this information, we even burn our paper trash. The hospital and banks, mortgage company, personal and PayPal are the only ones that I can think of that has all of the information needed to file a tax return.

So now that we have a car here everyday I can get my shop going the weather is nice for taking pictures, wish me luck. We all know how well I do with that chore. Just beat me.....

Since taking out my tube, I can't use the other stoma covers that I had made. When breathing they get sucked into my stoma and really make it hard to breathe. So I have made these short, smaller ones. Will share the finished product tomorrow. Making one for me and two for the hospital. If someone you know needs them let me know and I will send you some, just let me know if you need the short ones or the longer ones. They are not hard to make, not really even time consuming and the big bonus is you can get three of them out of one fat quarter. Wishing everyone an awesome day, really enjoy your day today!

Remember yesterday, dream about tomorrow, but live today.~Brightest Blessing~

An Over Active Muscle Shows "Hot"

Today is Thursday, March 8, 2012. It must have rained last night, but it is a gorgeous day today! The sun is showing off and warm, yes warm. A light warm breeze confirms that Spring has to be on her way.

Well we went to have the scan on Tuesday to make sure of what the "hot" spot was. We all learned that an over active muscle will show to be "hot" in a PET Scan. Even my doctor had to call over and see "What is that?"
They told her that sometimes an "over active muscle" will cause it to be "hot". It is the muscle that enjoys making me say bad things. It has days where it just tightens up and doesn't want to let go. Like a very tight rubber band. I have learned to live with it. So a clean bill of health from her.

However, it is time to make some more changes. Lovely, I have learned to live with all of this and now you want to make some changes? Gotta love changes.....yeah. She told me it was time for the tube to come out, I am completely healed from the radiation and the stoma would not close up. It is also time for a voice prosthesis, time to talk again. Oh shit, voice prosthesis means surgery. I have yet to have an "easy surgery" The worst one last year was that skin graph, I so, so feel for burn victims. I just can't imagine having any more of my body with out skin than I did. It took forever to heal and let me know it was there every hour of every day. That was the "piece of cake" surgery, day surgery in and out. Child birth without drugs was less painful!

I guess my surgeon is no longer there, he is the one that said I wasn't a good candidate for a prosthesis. She said that there is a new surgeon and she is setting me up with him. Alrighty then.... I also gained 2 pounds! George's mom told him it was because I wasn't chasing around after him all day. Ouch baby, I think your mama just slammed you. No mom, it's because when he isn't here all I do is eat, no kidding.

This is one of the new journals that I have made. Have a couple more made now to get pictures and to get them listed. Needless to say, with the weather so nice, I really don't want to be inside. Tonight is a full moon, do something special and don't forget to get your gem stones out to be charged and cleansed. Wishing everyone a day filled with laughter!

Remember yesterday, dream about tomorrow, but live today. ~Brightest Blessing~

A Long Time

Today is Monday, March 5, 2012. The sun has been shining for two days now! Might not seem like much to some, but we have had some really cloudy, glummy weather for the longest time. It is warmer today than yesterday, spring is coming. The fig tree is showing off, it is turning green.

So much has been happening, it is time to slow it down and get things back to our normal in this house. It is back to just George, young son and I living in our house. What a blessing that is! Things stay put and the quiet is so nice.

I can't believe how quickly time has just flown by! It is March! Last month young son turned 16. While making his cake it dawned on me, I couldn't remember what we had done last year for his birthday or what we had gotten him, I had not idea and couldn't seem to remember at all. So I asked him what we did last year and he said mom you were in the hospital, we didn't do anything. I was dumb founded, I was missing time. It wasn't that I couldn't remember, I had never lived it. Now this got me to thinking......

How much time did I lose? How do the elders with Alzheimer's deal with the confusion on what we call their good days? Maybe what we consider their good days really are not good days for them. There is so much of last year that I didn't live and therefor is no way for me to remember. What a weird very strange feeling that is.

But I have been busy with getting thing made for family and things for my Etsy shop. With George working out of town and not having a car but one day a week, I haven't stocked my shop. Well he is suppose to be coming back home to work next week! I am so thrilled!

This is a lap quilt that I made for dad.

This is one I made for mom, it is finished now and she has it.


This is one that young son needed, he had out grown his older one.


This one was made for a very special sweet friend.

This was made for my husband for Valentine's day.

These are what I have been up to along with a few other things. They are so enjoyable to make. Lots of exercise for my arm cutting all of the squares. I am working on another one now for another sweet friend that I have missed for a very long time. She has has had a complete hip replacement after many, many years of pain she found a doctor to get with the program. She is healing now and world look out when she is better! We won't be able to stop her or slow her down!

Will be working on getting pictures and restocking Brightest Blessing's shop this week. Not much will get done tomorrow, I have to have another CT Pet Scan, there was a "hot spot" on the last one. I am not worried I do believe it is where the wire is coming out. The doctor cut some and George has been cutting it as it comes to the surface. What a pain in the neck, for real, this has been. Just about the time you think it is going to heal up , here comes some more. So we shall see what tomorrow brings, oh and did I tell you, George is on his way home.

Remember yesterday, dream about tomorrow, but live today! ~Brightest Blessings~