Life...

My life right now...

I stay home other than doctor appointments. I must admit to being afraid of the unknown germs that are out there in the world. I never in my life had a year where I didn't need or want to buy a ton of clothes...sigh!

But this year is different...Den doesnt shake hands in church and we keep Purell everywhere!

My gingersnap cookie story...

I was on the phone Saturday ordering Christmas cookies. Ginger snaps, iced sugar cookies, gingerbread men, oatmeal raisin, and chocolate chip pecan from Talulah's Table. Of course I was sad and I was telling the sweet girl I was talking to that I couldn't bake this year and why...she was amazing and helped me lots and when she took my name and number she said I taught her brother in second grade and that every student who had me as their teacher never forgot the year with me in second grade. I tell you this just so you know how much I loved teaching and to hear this now just about broke my heart. It's amazing how meaningful simple words are.

Decorating...

We did it! Not all of the treasures we usually put out but lots of the big stuff!

The tree...

Bundling up and going to get it today!

 

Presents...

We were going to skip presents totally but after living with that idea for a few days we couldn't do it...so what we did was order stuff...the same number...for each other. I think Den did not even look at my list...and we used only Nordstrom's but I snuck in a little Sundance, too. So when the boxes arrive we will tie a ribbon around them and open them randomly...I think it will be fun...not our normal Christmas but a different one for our different times.

I will let you know how it turns out!

Books...

The three I read over the week end...ick...I didn't love them...at all!

New books...

I must admit to picking this up and reading it now...

 

That is my Monday...tree, more decorating and baked tacos for dinner! The first day of our festive week! Hopefully?

Hugs,

Patty

 

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What's Going On...

Books...

Finished this long and complicated yet intensely interesting book...the book is really good but seriously I never thought I would finish it! It is not a book to read quickly!

Up next...

One of these...

Weather...

It is really freezing cold here! No snow just freezing cold weather!

Dinner...

Baked rigatoni that will taste like lasagna. Den and I will make it together! It will have ricotta cheese and fresh mozzarella cheese and a lovely meat sauce...then we will bake it in the oven to get all melty and cheesy. And it actually tastes like a really yummy lasagna.

Slouchy beanies...

I love these and wear them all of the time...I think I am more comfy in these than a wig...I am getting lots made by by sister and I am buying lots from Nordstroms...

So we are going to decorate differently this year...just taking out the bigger Santa's...and not as much as we usually do...but we have talked about it and it will work for us this year.

So...Den is at his Office Christmas party, the girls and I are relaxing and waiting for the nurse to come and change my pick line...

The Weekend is decorating and cleaning and trying to stay warm!

Hugs,

Patty

See you with more book news on Monday!

 

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Here I Am!

Blogging...

 

I think my blogging is going to be sort of "straggly" during chemo...I have amazing amounts of energy on certain days and then I am in a total slump on the third and fourth days. I am just so tired. My oncologist says that you function at 75% on the bad days. Plus no real appetite. That one is hard for Den who has that "feed me" gene. Sigh! Please know I still read everyone's blogs and comment when I can!

Hats!

I have a huge number of hats to wear on my outings. My sister just keeps knitting them...one after another. Friends send them. Den buys them...the hats are fun and keep my fuzzy head warm!

My Bronco hat from Den...the first hat he bought me!

Fun!

Today after treatment we went to get wreaths! They are beautiful! It was almost like a normal day!

Doctors!

Have I ever said that I love my doctors! My oncologist is literally the best in his field. I see him before every treatment and he and Den and I talk. He doesn't scare me so much any more! He tells me stories of past patients and is so encouraging. I don't cry so much when we chat any more!

Finally...books!

Loved loved loved this one.

Lukewarm on this one.

 

Now reading and loving this one...she wrote Lacy Eye.

Hugs,

Patty

 

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Quirky Wins!!!

So...I am not reading this...at this time...

Nor am I going to start this...at this time...

 

But I have jumped right into this one! It has not only one very quirky main character...Kate...but a ton of other quirky characters. Kate is sort of stuck taking care of her father and sister...she's stuck in a nursery school job where the kids love her ( she doesn't love them ) and the parents don't have much love for her either...and her father has a plan for her life that is not very appealing! Loving this book!

Perhaps this book will be next? But who knows...

Or...

 

Okie dokie...off to do stuff!

See you Monday!

Hugs,

Patty

 

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Quite A Week!

And this literally has almost nothing to do with me! We are getting our basement waterproofed. Den carefully pointed out the parameters for the alarm system but the painter shorted out the entire system! His fault...his responsibility...but now we are upgrading our alarm system and there have been people here every single day this week! Then the new refrigerator that we got for the basement will not get icy cold in the freezer side...so they are coming on Friday...morning...and some leather techs are coming on Friday afternoon to show us how to care for all of the leather.

Whew! Oh...and Roxie has to go to the vet to get pretreated before she gets her rabies shot because she had a reaction last year to her rabies shot...more worries! She will spend a good part of her day there under the watchful eye of Bea...her vet...my sweet baby!

 

What I Am Reading...

I have been distracted this week! Men are over running every nook and cranny of our house...I am trying to keep Roxie and Lucy safe...but we are stuck upstairs...it's safer for them...one door open without knowing a kitty could slip out...I would be devastated...I can't wait to get my house back!

I am reading...

And sometimes switching over to this...

I hate switching but I am distracted...plus today was a long chemo day...and I just crawled into bed to rest...this kind of Beanie is my at home Beanie...it keeps my poor fuzzy head warm!

Hugs...

Patty

 

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