My new clock-- I finally got it!!

A little outdoor fun

We spent part of the afternoon cleaning up the yard of leaves.  I had fun "supervising".  

Kiddo had fun being buried in leaves.  See his head??

Daisy had fun sniffing and finding Kiddo

Here is my sweet hubby.  

Music is one of the things I love....  

A Mom needing new lungs

I was just told about this story.... read it here. 

A mom with a sweet little baby is in NEED of a lung transplant.  

I have one thing to say....BE AN ORGAN DONOR!!

The Flair of Dusting

It was time to dust today. I enjoy dusting.  Once a month I deep dust all of my living room and dining room furniture with a solution of olive oil and vinegar.  I find it smells good but also does a nice job on the wood furniture.

Rather than using  my typical cleaning towels, I use a cloth diaper. It is super soft and does a great job of polishing.  I like the feel of it in my hand as well.  I also like to use a pretty glass bowl from my china cupboard to hold the solution.  Another but of "dusting sunshine". 

What household chore do you enjoy??

Lost my holiday spirit

The thought of making Thanksgiving Dinner overwhelms me.  I think we are going to skip it this year.  Seriously. My guys don't get into Thanksgiving dinner... just tolerate it. 

 A few  years ago we all got the tummy flu and we only had 1/2 of the dinner done on Thanksgiving  before we all crashed in the tv room with fevers.  We finally finished making and eating the meals a few days later.  NO fun.  We had more fun watching holiday tv shows and hanging out.

I am making an executive decision and we are canceling our usual big meal.  Thankgiving isn't Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie... and I really shouldn't have pumpkin pie (too much sugar).

I am also seriously considering not decorating for Christmas as well.  Normally I have to beg and plead for my guys to get the Christmas boxes from the crawl space... they moan and complain the entire time.  Not a good time for any of us.  The thought of decorating the rooms in my house is just overwhelming.  I thought of just decorating one or two rooms....  Our fake Christmas tree broke last year (and I really didn't like it so I am glad).  

I end up decorating our tree by myself and after 14 years of doing that... No thank you.  

The last thing I need this time of year is to push myself and get fatigued--- No thank you.

My guys are not into the decorations and festivities. Since I am now diabetic, Christmas cookies will not be made from here on out.  Instead I will enjoy reading about everyone else's baking fun on their blogs. 

The past few years on Christmas Eve we have had a nice supper and open our presents. Christmas Day we watched holiday tv and ate a simple meal of soup.  I think we will continue that tradition.  

Maybe I will find the motivation or the holiday spirit.... whatever I am lacking. If it doesn't happen then my holiday decorations will stay packed away and I will enjoy the extreme simplicity.

Bah hum bug!

(Don't worry-- I have Christmas gifts almost all done).  We are still doing presents this year.... luckily I made them ahead of time this past spring and summer.  So glad I planned ahead in that department of the holidays

Good-bye to Lauren

Today I found out some really sad news.  A fellow CFer died on Tuesday. Lauren fought hard with her CF-- she was hoping for a lung transplant but she developed complications.  

Lauren wrote several blogs here are links to two of them:  Breathing Deeply-- about her life with CF and Blogging About Cystic Fibrosis/Understanding Cystic Fibrosis-- an informational/educational blog.  She was an amazing writer.  

I met Lauren through a support group for Cystic Fibrosis patients.  She always had such wonderful/uplifting things to say.  I will treasure our conversations.

Today my heart is heavy as you can imagine. It is never easy to say good-bye to a "fellow CF comrade". 

Please say a prayer for Lauren's family today.  

Thanksgiving Decor and other pictures

Here are my pilgrim bears that sit on my dining room table

I decluttered my mantel the other day....

This bear sits on the far right side of the mantel.... see his harvest basket full of fruits and veges

These are my Thanksgiving ornaments...

My mom bought this plate for me while I was in the hospital.  During September and October it lived on my dining room table as a candle holder.  Now it lives on my kitchen wall which is where I think I will leave it for now on.  I love how the berries stand out more now against the red wall.

Since hubby gave up his office so that it could become a guest room, he needed a new place to put his computer (and Kiddo's).  A bit of wood from the hardware store, he made this "internet bar" in our family room.  It is nice to hang out together in the evenings.... some playing games and others watching tv.  The space is not quite finished as hubby still needs to build the paper/printer cupboard.  

Can you believe it??

I blinked and it is November already.  I about freaked on Sunday when I realized that Thanksgiving is so close.  I didn't have a clue until Sunday afternoon what I wanted to do for Thanksgiving Dinner.  Ack!  I have a general idea what we will be doing for food.  Very Simple Meal!!

It only seems like a short time ago that I was in the hospital.  Poof! .... It is almost the holidays.  I am pleased to report that I planned ahead and most of the gifts for this Christmas are already done.  I am scrambling to work on a few this month and hopefully finish up the rest (about 2 of them) shortly before Christmas.  So glad I used my tv/movie time wisely this past spring and summer.  

The snowy weather last week should have been a clue to me to wake up and realize the holidays are upon us.  

I had fun today taking down my fall decorations and putting up a few "thanksgivingy" touches.  My pilgrim bears are in their spot and my pilgrim ornaments are lined up on the fireplace mantel.  I will take pictures and post them soon.

One sad bit of news... our once colorful fall yard now looks icky.  During our storm last week one of our evergreen trees broke and looks sad.  The yard is covered in brown leaves.  I am actually wishing for another snowstorm... so it covers up our icky looking yard. 

On the health front:   I LOVE inhaled saline.  All the junk that was hindering my lung functioning a few weeks ago is exiting.  Kiddo says I sound like a barking dog (no wonder Daisy Dog looks at me funny when I do my lung treatment).  I seem to have more air flowing in my lungs.  Breathing is a beautiful thing.