Update

• You are all SO right. I need time for myself. Yesterday I told Fred I have a doctor’s appointment today at 11 am. When I actually looked at the calendar, it is at 4 pm so I could have gone to see him today and then on to the doctor–but I didn’t. I slept late and did nothing today and will be going to the doctor later this afternoon. Tomorrow I have an appointment with the eye doctor at 11 am so I will go and then go on to the rehab place to see him for a couple of hours. And on Thursday, I will be having lunch with him since it is Thanksgiving. I just got a phone call setting me up with a colonoscopy on February  2nd. I will be receiving a package of instructions the scheduler said. Oh, joy!
• This morning I found myself chatting on Facebook with my younger son. We were discussing Amazon Wish Lists and the  Kindle Fire. He has one; I want {note, not need!} one…
• A long time ago, I started painting a pair of sandals for a friend. She told me to use any colors I liked so they have their first coat of purple, red, orange and a little bit of gold and black. After I got the first coat on, then came all these problems Fred and I have been and, to some extent, are still going through, and so I have done no more on them. She doesn’t need them until the summer but I have decided I will throw in a wooden bracelet in the same colors as both an apology for keeping them so long, and a lagniappe! If you are interested in painting or stamping wooden bangles, there is a good site here.

Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.

– Native American prayer

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

– Anaïs Nin