Good Morning! The sun is shining, the air is crisp and after Thursday's heavy rain and wind here in the Midwest, the trees are mostly bare and the ground is covered with a heavy blanket of leaves.
Thursday our oldest daughter, son-in-love, and two grandchildren came for a short-but-sweet visit. It was 24 hours to be exact. We enjoyed playing games with the grandkids, eating a good fall meal of pork, potatoes, sweet potatoes, squash, and carrots (an "orange" meal tradition), and caught up on each other's lives. That night Joel had a "candle" campfire on the porch with his lantern and many votive candles to give the porch a special glow. Everyone bundled up and told stories. I joined them for only a few minutes, but had the door open so I could hear their stories and laughter. We feel very thankful that they were willing to drive 5 hours to get here, spent 24 hours and then drive another 5 hours home. We wished they could stay longer, but of course they were wise~ we are pretty tired out!
We were talking about how much we all spend on groceries each month. It is shocking, really. We spend almost as much now to feed two of us that we did back in the early 1990's to feed 10!
Yikes! We do eat alot more organic, but clearly prices have gone up...and up....
Tonight is Halloween and it is well known in our family that mom "hates Halloween". I try to enjoy it, but find all the scary stuff...well, scary I guess! Yuk! But we have pumpkins on the steps, and tonight the porch light will be on to welcome all the kids that come by for a treat.
We also switch our clocks back tonight. I don't like that either, as it gets dark so early. Of course it is safer for the kids who are having to walk to school in the mornings because it gets light an hour earlier. Takes my body a few days to adjust to the change.
Our daughter and son-in-love moved a bookcase down into our living room for us and switched out our TV for the one in the family room. We thought the sound was better, but it really ended up being worse~! So, the evening after they left my stubborn husband moved the TV's back again BY HIMSELF! He did it while I was upstairs napping so I would not have a fit, I am sure.....sigh....He is no worse for wear but it was risky. I am enjoying the second bookcase. We used to have so many books, but I gave away around 100 and now we are down to about that many left I think.
Speaking of books, I finished Dangerous Surrender. I must be careful reading a book of such purpose and passion as I then feel like I am not contributing enough service to the world. I enjoyed it very much, though, and experienced many teachable moments. Hoping to read a good mystery soon, but none are calling my name yet.
We received Joel's latest report from Dr. V. She always sends it after studying her notes, etc. and this time she wrote that the reason Joel is having such a difficult time getting better is his
pre-exisiting condition of CFS. This does confuse me a bit, as from what I read about people who have had Lyme for so long, they recover slowly. I do think she thought Joel was not that sick when he started treatment so would respond quickly, but with the CFS this makes it much more challenging. It seems right now that the CFS is the primary illness in his body and Lyme is secondary. We see her in about 10 days again so will see what comes up then.
I continue to struggle right now with yeast/bacteria, and a push~crash cycle. I have heard that teasel root kills Lyme so am looking into that. I am so ready for this to be over and done and yet it has been only been 27 months.....that is almost 1 month of abx for every year I have had Lyme. Interesting from that perspective.
The other night Joel let the dog out up front, and as he did he noticed movement nearby. Two grown deer were eating from our bush up front. We still enjoy seeing the wildlife, but it comes with a sense of caution. Where there are deer there are ticks and where there are ticks, there is Lyme.
I really enjoyed Kerry's posts on Eeyore this week. Stop over to her blog at
http://www.lemon-aideonline.com/ and read what she has written...It will make you smile and give you "food for thought" as my mom used to say.
Until next time...........
Thursday our oldest daughter, son-in-love, and two grandchildren came for a short-but-sweet visit. It was 24 hours to be exact. We enjoyed playing games with the grandkids, eating a good fall meal of pork, potatoes, sweet potatoes, squash, and carrots (an "orange" meal tradition), and caught up on each other's lives. That night Joel had a "candle" campfire on the porch with his lantern and many votive candles to give the porch a special glow. Everyone bundled up and told stories. I joined them for only a few minutes, but had the door open so I could hear their stories and laughter. We feel very thankful that they were willing to drive 5 hours to get here, spent 24 hours and then drive another 5 hours home. We wished they could stay longer, but of course they were wise~ we are pretty tired out!
We were talking about how much we all spend on groceries each month. It is shocking, really. We spend almost as much now to feed two of us that we did back in the early 1990's to feed 10!
Yikes! We do eat alot more organic, but clearly prices have gone up...and up....
Tonight is Halloween and it is well known in our family that mom "hates Halloween". I try to enjoy it, but find all the scary stuff...well, scary I guess! Yuk! But we have pumpkins on the steps, and tonight the porch light will be on to welcome all the kids that come by for a treat.
We also switch our clocks back tonight. I don't like that either, as it gets dark so early. Of course it is safer for the kids who are having to walk to school in the mornings because it gets light an hour earlier. Takes my body a few days to adjust to the change.
Our daughter and son-in-love moved a bookcase down into our living room for us and switched out our TV for the one in the family room. We thought the sound was better, but it really ended up being worse~! So, the evening after they left my stubborn husband moved the TV's back again BY HIMSELF! He did it while I was upstairs napping so I would not have a fit, I am sure.....sigh....He is no worse for wear but it was risky. I am enjoying the second bookcase. We used to have so many books, but I gave away around 100 and now we are down to about that many left I think.
Speaking of books, I finished Dangerous Surrender. I must be careful reading a book of such purpose and passion as I then feel like I am not contributing enough service to the world. I enjoyed it very much, though, and experienced many teachable moments. Hoping to read a good mystery soon, but none are calling my name yet.
We received Joel's latest report from Dr. V. She always sends it after studying her notes, etc. and this time she wrote that the reason Joel is having such a difficult time getting better is his
pre-exisiting condition of CFS. This does confuse me a bit, as from what I read about people who have had Lyme for so long, they recover slowly. I do think she thought Joel was not that sick when he started treatment so would respond quickly, but with the CFS this makes it much more challenging. It seems right now that the CFS is the primary illness in his body and Lyme is secondary. We see her in about 10 days again so will see what comes up then.
I continue to struggle right now with yeast/bacteria, and a push~crash cycle. I have heard that teasel root kills Lyme so am looking into that. I am so ready for this to be over and done and yet it has been only been 27 months.....that is almost 1 month of abx for every year I have had Lyme. Interesting from that perspective.
The other night Joel let the dog out up front, and as he did he noticed movement nearby. Two grown deer were eating from our bush up front. We still enjoy seeing the wildlife, but it comes with a sense of caution. Where there are deer there are ticks and where there are ticks, there is Lyme.
I really enjoyed Kerry's posts on Eeyore this week. Stop over to her blog at
http://www.lemon-aideonline.com/ and read what she has written...It will make you smile and give you "food for thought" as my mom used to say.
Until next time...........