Counting Down!

Kit used is an Elegant Season from Rosie H, a personal freebie to those of us in our group. The gorgeous young lady is my great niece Alyssa.

Good Morning,

 It is early here, just a little after 4:30 am. I woke at 3:00 this morning and couldn't fall back to sleep. After tossing and turning I just got up, started my coffee and thought that since I didn't get a chance to blog yesterday I would do it early this morning.

 Thank you for looking at my page for my sister. This is her oldest granddaughter Alyssa. This is the most recent photo of her that I have. You cannot even tell that this young girl was in a horrible motorcycle accident just a few months ago. She had an amazing surgeon and oral surgeon. We are so thankful that she was alright due to what could have been a horrible alternative. 

 Her dad is doing pretty good from the accident as well. He has to wear long sleeved shirts until the skin grafts heal but it is winter so he is okay with that. They were both very lucky. 

 Not much news to share other than it is count down to Florida. Miss Edna and I both have our Lysol cans filled and ready to spray anyone who comes close. 

 I am still coughing and blowing my nose and going thru Kleenex tissue like crazy but I know that now mine are mostly just allergies. I told my kids that I am allergic to Texas. This is the only state I have ever lived in that keeps them ramped up most of the year. Maybe I will dry up when I get to Florida! That is a nice thought.

 I am sure that this week is going to go fast. I have to have an eye injection March 1st. Then the next day I have an appointment at the dentist and then I have an ultrasound and some labs that I have to have done this week if I can get them scheduled. The labs will not be a problem because I can go anytime but getting the ultrasound may be trickier. 

 Jonathan brought Cisco home a really cute stuffed Alligator on Thursday night. Nathan threw Ali away Sunday night. I dug her out of the trash and put her with Baby. All is left is just a few scraps and her tail. When Miss Edna or Pogo sends him something, he doesn't annihilate it, he takes his time. But if Jonathan or I buy him something, it doesn't last past a few days. Go Figure that one out! 

 I was on Facebook yesterday watching videos and I came across my memories from a year ago. I had made a scrap page of my mom and my grandmother when my mom was 16 with one of my mom's nephews. My grandmother is holding one of her grandchildren. 

 Oooop's she is holding 2 of her grandchildren.... The picture of my grandmother in the chair is the last photo taken of her before  she passed away! I did this as a collage.

 How does my coffee cup get a hole in the bottom of the cup sooo fast? I can't believe I just drank the last of it. I have to go and get another cup. Be right back.

 So I have told this story often. But it bears repeating one more time. When my mom would baby sit for me I would call to check on the kids and ask her if they were being good and she would always say "No, they have been bad. I had to beat each and everyone with a feather". 

 Since Mama has died and I find myself missing her I would find odd feathers here and there. 

 The other day when I was so sick and running fever I had to get up and go to the bathroom. When I got back, I found a feather on my pillow. I had been missing her so much and wanted to see her so bad. There is nothing in my home that has feathers. Not one thing, yet I found this feather lying on my pillow. I saved it and took a photo of it and sent to my sister.

Mama's Feather

It is a bit battered, but I have it in a safe place. I took it out so I could lay it on something flat so it would show up. I didn't crop it. I was going to but I like it as it is for now. 

 All of my pillows are poly filled and Cisco's toys are stuffed with fuzz. So I say this feather is from my mom. I find them when I am going thru a hard time, missing her a lot or worried about something. I have found feathers in the oddest places before. Usually no logical answer for them. Like in this case!

 Today is back to work for my gang. Nathan went back yesterday. He works today and then he is off Tuesday and Wednesday. I guess Karyn is working here today. I have only seen her once since Friday and that was just for a few minutes. She stopped over to talk to Jonathan. I just happened to get up fairly early and went to start my coffee and she was sitting at the kitchen table. I went to the bathroom and came back out to get a cup of coffee and she was already gone. In and out....

 So I went to see my endocrinologist (My diabetic specialist) and got some great news. My sugar is down 8 points.... That is a big deal for me. So we discussed my diet in Florida. She said that I can have anything that I want in moderation. Work on single servings and portion control. 

 I was afraid that she was going to chew me out because there have been things on the diet that I haven't been able to eat and she said I just needed to find a balance. She even gave me a pass on some desserts. There are rules, but for the most part I will be a happy camper. 

 She said, "You and your friend can order a dessert and share it, providing your friend agrees to share." lol.

 Now I am not so sure if Edna is willing to give up some of her dessert, but she can always have more. I can't. Always choose a fruit over candy or cake, I can have Graham crackers, animal crackers or vanilla wafers.... Of course I can have anything sugar free, so I will get me some of those sugar free Jello's. I like those and some fruit.

 I have a couple of cute things I snagged from Facebook yesterday to share and then I am going to get off of here and try and lay back down.

This was me last week....... hee hee

I stole this from my brother in law. I told him.... This happens to me more than I like to admit to lol....

And last of all, leave it to the minions to say what you really think........... haha....

Have a wonderful day everyone.... Take care and stay warm and be kind to one another. It is the greatest gift we can give to one another.... BB