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Good Morning! Sitting here having my Coffee [_]p trying to think of what to write today, as it has been a few days since my last post.
Nothing too exciting has gone on, I've spent most of the last few days laying in bed with my left leg elevated in a drug fog. Since my surgery, I can really feel the pain and goings on with my ankle, which is good, it means I have blood flowing down to it, but at same time, it's painful! So my foot stayed swollen for about 2 days, Dr's office called, they said no worries should go down, it has. The beautiful bruise I'm sporting on my right thigh, is now down past my knee, it's crazy! But again normal, they had trouble getting it to stop bleeding after surgery and then of course didn't help when I blew it out again 4 hours later.
I'm hoping I can get up and about the next few days, I have Madi's 8th Birthday Party to get ready for on Saturday. I need to go buy party decor, cake mix, and tye dye kit and T-shirts. Tye Dye Cake, this should be fun and or nerve racking for this 'persnickety' person! I've googled for a recipe, they all seem to based off of one person's blog post, Omnomicon's Rainbow Cake. I read them all and chose to go with the simpler speaking (typed) directions, but will be doubling the recipe as suggested by Omnonicon. I found the recipe also @ Tye Dye Cake Recipe. So this should be interesting. I'm excited! We will be tye dying t-shirts at her Party, that should really be some fun!
So on with Project 365 ....
:: Day 9 :: Madi's Birthday Invitations
I designed Madi's invitations in PaintShop Pro and printed them up using Print Master Gold 18. I put them on PostCards, since that's what I had handy around the house.
:: Day 10 :: My View
As I mentioned above, I spent several days laying in bed with my foot elevated, this is the wonderful view I had. I know, I must have the fugliest feet in the world! I dislike feet, esp mine, they all gross me out! Except for newborn Babies, theirs are cute for a bit =]
:: Day 11 :: Madi makes Honor Roll
Way to go Baby!! Madi is in 2nd grade and this is her first time being able to get this type award. All the schools (on her 4th school) she has attended up to now don't start the 'Honor Roll" til 2nd grade. We are very proud of her!!
Plans for today? More taking it easy, suppose to do that for awhile more, but thinking maybe I'll have Miranda pick up cake ingredients for me tonight, and tomorrow I will attempt to make the cake, so I'm not rushing on Friday, just in case I screw it up. Then Friday morning I will attempt to venture out and pick up the rest of the goodies for the party. Yes I know, kinda last minute. I could have someone else do it for me, but I'd rather do this myself.
Hope ya'll have a great Hump Day!
:: Day 6::
My husband returned to work on Monday after his Christmas Vacation and checked "The List" my husband's name was not on it. He goes back to work on Wednesday and his name is on "The List". So we have a possible deployment looming in the very near future :(
:: Day 7 ::After going to the Vascular Surgeon on Tuesday, he informs me he believes I have a blockage in my left leg. He scheduled me for an Arteriogram on Friday. Come to find out it was 7 years to the date that my original stents were put in. The Arteriogram's results weren't as bad as I thought they were going to be. Was a simple fix of putting in 2 more stents in to re-enforce the original 2, which have begun to collapse and cause the lack of blood flow down to my left foot and ankle, which in turn the sore on my ankle was not healing.
I have to call on Monday get my referral to see the Plastic Surgeon who will "fix" my skin graft which is breaking down due to lack of blood flow and has the sore on it.
:: Day 8 ::
Today is my youngest Daughter Madison's 8th Birthday! She shares her birthday with Elvis Presley, cool eh?
We just had a small cake and few gifts for her today, we will be having her Tye-Dye Birthday Party next Saturday.
I'm tickled pink with my self! I've always been good at keeping up with taking my Project 365 Photos, but when it came to digitally scrapping them, I fell short. As I mentioned days ago, my persnicketiness always gets in my way. But I have manage to scrap Days 1 thru 8 and the cover page! To see those visit My Project 365 (click icon over to left).
I really love the Brown Paper Sack type paper, not sure if I will continue this theme thru out the book or use other Kits. I will take it all one day at a time, so not to over load my brain and loose interest! LOL
Well time to get back in bed, and rest my legs. I tell you, I think I should get the Guinness Book of World Record Award for having LARGEST BRUISE EVER!
This sucker goes nearly all the way down my right thigh, up into and across my pubic area and across to my left thigh, and around the bend of my leg toward my butt, and seems to be getting bigger every hour that goes by!
I'm off here to go rest my beautiful legs. Have a great Weekend!
As I sit here trying to think of what all I'm going to write tonight, my mind is just a swirl ... LOTS going on at the moment, although mostly mental, it's allot to think about. Unlike most people, Angel can't just set things aside, the analytical side of me is constantly thinking, over and over and over.
But for now let's get Project 365 up here ...
::Day 4 :: Farmtown on FaceBook
This is where I spent allot of my creative energies (since I no long have 'crafting' space in out house) and where I tend to find my escape from reality. I'm not too sure what makes this Farmtown so addicting, but it is, for me anyways.
::Day 5:: Back to the Grind
Hubby returned to work yesterday after 2 weeks off, but for Madison and I today was our return to the usual routine. We get up about 6 a.m., she slowly gets herself dressed, I make coffee, then make her lunch for school, she finally makes it to the kitchen where she unhurriedly eats her breakfast of choice (cereal, oatmeal or pancakes when Mom is on the energetic side). She eats the same old sandwich everyday! Peanut Butter and Jelly, the odd thing is, she prefers the 'Goober Stripes' PB&J to Jif (choosy Moms choose Jif) and regular Jelly.
So I went to the Vascular Surgeon yesterday. The news wasn't as bad as I was expecting, I get to keep my toe and my foot! YAY! But there is more than likely a blockage in my left thigh, which requires I have an Arteriogram on Friday. This will determine how bad the blockage is and if simply inserting a stent is what needs to be done or a bypass. A Stent will be done right then, the by-pass will be scheduled for next week. The Doctor also said he would be consulting a Plastic Surgeon for the 8 year old skin graft on my left ankle, which has the huge yucky ulcerated sore on it. He says that due to the lack of blood flow getting down to my ankle, the sore is not healing and in return breaking down the skin graft. So I maybe possibly going in for another debridment and graft. Ugh! Last time I spent 19 days in hospital, plus 3 months in bed. Double ugh!
So on top of this, me worrying about how much down time all of this will bring on me and how I will be able to help care for my 2 year old granddaughter and not interfere with Brittany's (my oldest Daughter) work etc ... Husband calls me this afternoon to tell me he can't take me to the hospital on Friday (instant aggravation) because he has to go to a "Prepare to Deploy" meeting. WTF?!?!?! Deploy? He just told me Monday he was NOT on the list .... and now he is!? So here are my thoughts swirling about, I'm about to have all this surgery and of course since he will be leaving it will all end up being the worst scenarios I have imagined! It's a replay of March 2004. He was deployed when I was bit by the brown recluse and went through the 2 surgeries and being bed ridden with a 14 week old newborn! Only difference now, my girls are much older and we have a 2 year old around the house. She won't be easy kept in a swing or baby carrier on the bed 'til her Mommy returns home! LOL *Deep Breathe* We all know how the Army is, they may change their mind come tomorrow or Friday! Then again 10 more times before or IF it actually happens!
Ok on a Happier note ... I have gotten the 1st 2 pages of my Project 365 scrapped! YAY! (You can view them by clicking on the
My Project 365" icon thingy in the side bar.) I have the cover page and page 1 (of day 1) done. I'm doing my best to pick out my layouts and insert photos as I go. I think that was part of the problem the last 3 attempts at fulfilling P365, I was overwhelmed with the scrapping and the persnickety Angel has it set in her mind that somehow the photos must go with the papers and elements, but I am determined NOT to let that rule me. Wish me luck, Persnickety Angel is quite stubborn!
Well think that's all the ramblings for now.
Here it is the 3rd day of the New Year ..... After quite some time away from my Blog, Scrapping, failing to complete 2010's Project 365 etc, I plan to get back into it this year and stick with it.
It has taken me 2½ days to get this back up and running, and I'm still not 100% satisfied. I'd say it's because I'm anal, but I've found a better word for to describe me, "Persnickety". And it sounds so much better! Persnickety; placing too much emphasis on on trivial or minor details.
New Years Resolution? Did you make one? I didn't, I never really do. I know I won't "do it" so I don't bother. But with my 41st birthday just passing, and me becoming more aware of myself, other people, and things around me, I've decided to pay more attention to "Me". As in my physical health and my mental well-being. My Mom had a heart attack at age 42½. She past away at age 58. Way too soon for me, and I hate the thought of leaving all of my girls behind so soon! So this year I will try even harder to do what needs to be done
Anyway ... I've started my 2011 Project 365, with the intentions of finishing this year and sharpening my photography skills ... Wish me luck! I'll be posting the photos here unscrapped for now. I'm thinking if I scrap as I go along, I should be good. Now this is where my persnickety self interferes. LOL It's 365 photos, I see lots of labels and templates for Week 1, Week 2 and so on. Well I started on Jan 1st, that day doesn't begin a week. LOL It' part of Dec's last week. Hahaha You see how I mess with my self? So I'm trying not to think of this project broke down into weeks, just days.
:: Day 1 :: How I began the New Year ... Wait?! I begin everyday like this. I think that most people who know me, know how much I love my coffee, and probably would remember that about me most, so I thought this would be a great beginning photo to my project.
:: Day 2 :: This is where I spend a majority of my spare time, on my computer. I'm not a physical person, never have been. I need "mental" stimulation and I guess socializing on Facebook, playing Farmtown, Bejeweled, Digital Scrapbooking is how I do it. Again, just another appropriate photo about who I am. I'm a bit of a recluse and it is getting worse as the years go by. 
:: Day 3 :: This photo is a bit on the gross side, I apologize. I have a wound on my skin graft (which I got in April '04 due to a Brown Recluse Spider bite). This wound has come and gone since August / September of '09. It's never really totally healed and in the last month or so it has continued to get bigger, my toes (esp the pinky) are aching, burning and purple-ish blue and I've been swelling nearly everyday for a week. I have a Dr's appt tomorrow with Vascular Surgeon to have things checked out. So this is at the top of my worry list. I fear I won't return from the Dr tomorrow, but be put in hospital and loose my toe and or at worst my foot. *deep sigh*
So that is all for today, thanks for taking the time to stop by and read .... I'm not a very interesting person, really have no wisdom she share ... this is just my "outlet", a place for me to vent and to put down whatever ramblings come out =)
Have a great Night!
