blessedhomemaker71

Mt Rider, I hope you can get heat sooner rather than later. Christmas tree is up and decorated. I wasn't sure I wanted to decorate this year but did it anyway. I love Christmas. Tree is lit, Christmas music is playing and I'm reading a Christmas book. Mammogram complete. I haven't had one in 5 years. That's very bad because my mom, grandma, great grandma and great aunt all had breast cancer! I go in this week for my yearly gyn exam. Last one of those was about 5 years ago, too. Christmas cards half done. Waiting for dh to bring supper. I'm having nachos. Haven't had those in forever.

We had a simple, quiet Thanksgiving. I was ill about 3 weeks ago. It was a feeling like I never felt before. Constant belly ache and messed with me mentally. Lasted about a week and a half. I'm guessing covid??? In these past 4 years I never had it. No jab either. Did a little online shopping today. I got 2 bras from Hanes for just under $22 for 2. I really like their products. I am doing Christmas gift swaps with an online friend, my daughter and my sister. None of them live nearby. It's a lot of fun. Our dog got loose today. The Amazon driver left the gate open. I guess we are going to have to put up a sign. He was a little ways down the road but dh got him back before it was dark.Our dog is an indoor dog. I don't think he would've liked being outside all night. It was already in the 20s at the time. I will probably be putting up the Christmas tree tomorrow or Sunday. I did put out a few decorations today. My dd sent me some LED candles. I love them in my window. Youngest dd and I will probably be making snickerdoodles tomorrow and maybe some Chex mix, too. I'm going to enjoy December, Christmas and making memories. I start my diet in January! :😜

DH took our dog to the vet this afternoon. Ears were all clear. No obstructions in the anus. They gave him vitamin B for something. They sent him home with pills to increase his appetite since he has barely eaten anything in the past 4 days. Thank you for praying!

Well, our dog isn't getting sick anymore. But, now he keeps shaking his head like something is wrong with his ear(s). Please continue to pray for whatever this is now!

Thanks for prayers for our dog. At about 7am he had dry heaves. Fortunately nothing else since. He is laying around but doesn't seem lethargic like yesterday He hasn't touched his food but is getting plenty of water.

Please pray for our Blue Heeler. He is sick. He started getting sick yesterday afternoon and just got sick again just after midnight. If he isn't better today, I'll call the vet.

Congratulations, Jeepers!

I rode with middle son today to find a new endocrinologist's office. His current one is retiring. They said he just needs a referral and they can get him an appointment. He's a type 1 diabetic, diagnosed at age 5. He's in his 20s now. On a whim, i decided that today was the day for me and dd to get haircuts. I got bangs again. We only went to a chain salon. One of these days I am going to go to a regular salon and get my hair cut short. Long, greying hair doesn't suit me at this age. I get compliments on the color all the time. ??? I don't see what they're seeing. After supper, I had to take nausea medication and lie down. I ended up taking a short nap and feel much better. I was going to make a dessert tonight but my body had other plans. Hoping to make dessert(s).tomorrow. I prefer homemade so we didn't buy any junk food at the store today. A few weeks ago, we had the yellow jacket problem. Now we are having a stinkbug invasion. Some people said they are having a problem with spotted lantern flies, too.

Happy birthday!

Facetimed with son and grandkids. Grandson is doing much better. We went to church today and had our church picnic afterwards. We only have about 20 "regulars" and that includes the pastor and his wife! I love our little church where we can get to know everyone. The church itself is about 150 years old. It was almost 90 degrees outside and I don't do well in the heat so we left kinda early. I made time for a nap today. Probably a little exhausted from the heat. We started our new homeschool year on Monday. The first week went well. I like the curriculum that I chose. I am looking forward to a great year of learning! It's supposed to be cooler and rainy tomorrow so I am making chili for supper for dh and middle ds. The rest of us don't like it. Happy Fall, everyone! The leaves are already changing here.

Please pray for my grandson, "S". He turns 5yo tomorrow. He has been having fevers on and off for 2 weeks and has been on an antibiotic for a few days. His fever( 102 F) came back again today. His neck is still swollen, too. The doctors can't figure out what is wrong with him. They think maybe it's an infection in his lymph nodes. So he was admitted today for observation.

It sounds like many of us are just falling apart! Stay safe and well. Prayers and hugs for all!

Celebrated 34 years of marriage with dh yesterday. We were teens when we got married. 18 and 19. Nobody thought it would last because we married so young. Well, we proved them wrong! Didn't really do anything special yesterday. We just went to Sam's Club and got Greek food. We only go to Sam's Club 4-5x a year but buy a lot. Started our 1st day of the homeschool year today. It went very well. This is later than usual because adult dd was visiting Labor Day week and dh was on vacation last week. Our almost 5yo grandson has been having fevers for over a week. He's on an antibiotic and doing better now. The doctors never did find out what the cause was.

The exterminator came out again yesterday and sprayed more. We found an area in son's closet where they are getting inside. The Bees slimed the wall so that needs cut out and dead bees need to be removed. He is supposed to come back this week to finish the job. Please pray for our almost 5yo grandson, "S". He has been ill since Saturday and DIL is with him at the ER now. He has pain and swelling in his neck and tested negative for strep the other day. His temp is a little over 103. He needs healing. Thank you for any and all prayers.

OOTO, so sorry to hear that you are having a bee problem also. I hope you can solve the problem without an exterminator. Our exterminator is supposed to be here tomorrow. Hope he gets all the bees this time. DH is on vacation this week and we have a bunch of appointments through this week. DH also wants to work on the porch and replace some boards and maybe the hand rail, too. Not sure if we will be doing anything "vacation-y". LOL!