I Know, I know.........

I said I was going to post at least once a week, but I'm just a wee bit behind, better than I was doing though!!! This has been a really busy month so far, still going to therapy 3 times a week and not feeling one bit better than when I began. Today the doc took more x-rays and said he would discuss with me on Monday morning, but his conclusion is pretty much that I now have degenerative disc disease in my lower back too, well what the hell else is going to fall apart on me : ( They say life begins at 50, they should say 'life begins to fall apart at 50' cause I've slowly been going down hill since then.....LOL
This has been a depressing last month or so, we found out that my sister, who is 18 months older than me, has been diagnosed with Alzheimers disease and has the FAST aging kind. I feel so sorry and bad for her and helpless at the same time. I wish there was something that I could do to help her and would give anything if they would move back here to TN so they would be around more family to help watch out for her and I would be able to spend more time with her. It just breaks my heart when I talk to her because I can tell she is scared and she is feeling like she is losing her independence by having to rely on her husband for things that she has always done by herself. She got lost and turned around in her local grocery store on Wed. night and sounded like she had a panic attack, she said she just feels like crying most of the time now. Also, last Friday her dh had heart surgery after just finding out he has a very weak heart, along with high cholesterol and high blood pressure. I know she has been under a lot of stress with worry over him and herself. We just pray that her new medicines will help this disease slow down and she can hang in there and beat the diagnosis!!!! I am going to have Thanksgiving dinner here at my home and Sis and her dh, my Mom and Everette are going to be with us this year. My daughter, Marci and I always cook together every year and have our families together, which I wouldn't miss for anything in the world. I think we have to have some kind of yearly traditions and stick to them. I am really looking forward to all of us getting together, it will be our first Thanksgiving in our new home and I want to make it memorable for my sis!!!
On another note, anybody that knows me, knows how terrified I am of needles, so I am so proud of myself to say I went and got my flu shot last Friday....LMAO I know, big ass baby!!!! I had to go to the hospital on Wed. and get preadmission tests for my surgery this coming Wed. on my foot, I thought nothing to it, just sign a bunch of papers, let them copy my insurance card and that was pretty much it. But nooooooooo, they had to take TWO tubes of blood (panic sets in) and did an EKG to make sure I was okay for anesthesia. Now you know I am not going to think about this coming Wednesday *SURE* I'll just show up early, get it over with and come home and sit on my arse for a few days till the foot heals. One sure way to keep me home and out of the malls since I won't be able to wear any shoes for awhile..LMAO Hubby has an appt. with his cardiologist that day too so he is taking the dy off work and we'll spend it at the hospital together, how romantic!
On a better note, I finally found new curtains for my living room (woo~hoo) only took about 3 months. Trying to get the house all spiffed up and the rest of my things unpacked before company arrives for the holiday. I still don't have any kind of pictures or decorations on the walls but hey, you can't ask to much of me...LOL And I actually have my Christmas shopping started ~ doing the happy dance! Well I guess I have bored you long enough........just wanted to get some thoughts down and keep my promise to post here weekly.
I'm seriously hoping things will calm down some now so I can do some of my ditital scrapbooking and post some of my layouts, which is why I created this blog to start with. I'm looking for some classes that I can take online or some good tutorials that I can learn with, in the meantime I'm a downloading fool with all the freebies some of the wonderful, talented gals are posting. Heading to bed now, got a busy weekend ahead of us. Till next time........
Hugs & Love : )