It's beginning to look alot like Christmas...

My surgery is over and I am in the recovery phase. Slowly but surely I feel my strength and stamina returning. I have hit a little "bump" in the road but, hopefully, after I see the doctor tomorrow, that bump will be smoothed out.

Hannah cooked a DELICIOUS Thanksgiving dinner for us, complete with yummy stuffing, a golden, roasted turkey and a pumpkin pie to rival any I've tasted. She really stepped up to the plate to help out. Claire pitched in as she always does, with a beautiful smile and a song on her lips, she played "assistant" to Hannah's chef act and helped the holiday run smoothly and effortlessly.

Hannah marches the Christmas parade tonight, the 1st one I will have missed in a long time. Don turns 61 today and we are celebrating with hamburgers on the grill, baked beans and potato salad. I'm am just looking forward to a quiet recovery and getting back to work and a regular routine again, after the holidays.

I am so thankful for having such a loving, supportive family from Don & the girls to my parents and sister. I have also had wonderful friends who have called to check on me, sent notes to let me know they are thinking of me and others who have been lifting me up in prayer. God is good all the time and I am thankful to be His child.

11/3/09

Not only did my dad celebrate his 77th birthday this date but, I celebrated the removal of my inflamed appendix. Soon, there will be fewer organs that I am retaining than I have already lost. Gallbladder will go, along with other parts, on November 23rd. I am thinking of going ahead and donating a lung and kidney (I have a spare, right?) just for posterity sake. Joy.