And Life Goes On

I have to say I am so sick of being in hospitals. I guess I am very fortunate that I have been a visitor and not a patient. I am not going to say much more about that at this point. Maybe more later.

I took a few extra days off from work this past week. Some of it was a little mini vacation. I wanted to be off on Thursday so I could be with my sister in law and nieces while my brother had triple bypass surgery. The surgery was long but it seems like the more people you have with you to talk and laugh it takes your mind off of what is going on and moves things along more quickly. So my sister and I went up on Thursday and and stayed at the hospital most of the day. My brother did great!!!

On Friday I did nothing. I worked on the temperature blanket and started working on a Halloween cross stitch. I read and napped and it was just such a relaxing day.

This is what my Halloween cross stitch will looked like when it is finished. Hopefully by Halloween. I love this pattern it is so easy to follow.
You can see I haven’t gotten very far yet. Cross stitch takes a lot of time.

On Saturday I decided to go back to the hospital to visit my brother. My sister went with me. He was still in CCU so we could only visit for a few minutes and only one at a time. He was doing great and still is.

My sister had 30% off at Kohl’s so we made a stop there on the way home. The only time we shop at Kohl’s is when we have 30% off. I know a lot of prices are elevated at this time just so they can offer the discount. But just look at this treasure I found. A Sex And The City jigsaw puzzle!!!! The price on it was $7.47 so I calculated 30% off of that would be great!!! But guess what? The puzzle rang up only $2.78 and I got 30% off of that. What????? I can’t wait to put it together.

We stopped at a little Mexican restaurant in Lenoir City and had a late lunch. We have eaten there before and it was great. This time the food was just meh.

Monday morning I took Scruffy into Sweetwater to get a much needed hair cut. The lady, Tiffany, who did his hair was new to us. My sister just loves her. She cuts her babies’ hair and my sister is always happy with the results. She was able to get me in pretty fast. In the summer Scruffy needs a really short cut so his hair doesn’t brush the grass. Being in the grass causes him to have more ticks on him. I have been trimming his hair for awhile but I just can’t get it close enough. It especially makes me nervous cutting around his face. Tiffany did an amazing job and he was only there for a couple of hours. While he was there I went to buy a few groceries and take them to my mother in law in the assisted living village.

This cut is so much cooler
Just look at that sweet face

Scruffy and I came home and took a nap. Getting a haircut always wears him out. I read a book and it rained all afternoon it was so cozy. The book I am reading this week is by Danielle Steel. It is called High Stakes. It is so good. I love some of Danielle Steel’s books but some of them not so much. This one I am loving. This is another book through the Libby app. I have one waiting it is Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger. I don’t know how I have never read this book but I haven’t. I will keep you posted on it.

After the rain we took a long walk.

Look at the steam coming up after the rain. It has been so hot here every day.
Allie cat, AKA mama cat, has some of the funniest expressions on her face.
Scruffy loves walking with his little kitty sisters.

So it was back to work today with a lot of things to catch up on and a lot of things to deal with. That’s just the way it is and life goes on.

How has your week been so far?

Always remember

Love your day your way!!!!!

Friday Favorites 7-15-22

Hello and happy Friday. I haven’t done a Friday favorites post in awhile. What with getting over Covid and work being so busy I feel like I have fallen behind. But here are a few things I am enjoying.

The first Friday Favorite is not a thing. It is a person. I am so happy because my brother Donnie came through a triple bypass surgery yesterday and did great! He has had some medical issues lately and we have been so worried. The surgery went well and he has already started physical therapy and is doing great. So maybe he will be home soon. That is just about the best thing I can think of that happened this week.

Now for some favorite things:

I ordered some dresses from SHEIN. If you have never ordered from this company you may have to be careful with the sizes. You just have to read the reviews and look at the pictures of people who have ordered the same thing and see how it fits their body type. They are also great when returning items. Check them out. Here are the dresses I ordered. I can’t wait to wear them. The red one was only $19.67 and the black one was $17.48. All of their clothes are very reasonably priced but as I said you have to find your size.

A few weeks ago I bought this Rae Dunn Love tote, although I carry it as a purse. It is perfect for me. It’s large and I can carry everything I need in it. I bought it at TJ Maxx I think it was about $35.00 so I didn’t pay nearly what it is listed online. It looks white but it has a tinge of pink to it.

I love these blueberry bagels with blueberry cream cheese. I guess you can tell I like blueberries.

I got these shoes at Ross. I love Ross clothing. Sometimes you have to dig to find the good things but I always think you can get a good deal. These are Guess and I think they were about $35.00. They are so comfy and easy to clean because they are leather.

I am loving this nail polish. I think it is perfect for summer. It is called sugar Fix by Sally Hansen. It stays on so well.

One of our co-workers brought these Rainbow Trout cookies to work. Aren’t they adorable? They were delicious too. It was very fitting because we have Rainbow Trout stocked in our lake at work.

I am currently reading this book it is one of those that you can’t wait to finish but you will be sad when you do. I can’t wait to get back to it each time I leave it. It is so good. I got it on Libby, the online library. I think I had to wait for a few weeks because it was loaned out to several people. The wait has been worth it.

And just look at these beautiful Crape Myrtle blooms. The trees are blooming everywhere. This one is in town near one of our local banks and I just love this color.

What are some of your favorite things this week?

Always remember

Love your day your way!!!!

Goodbye Molly Rose

Hello friends it’s been a sad week over here. We lost our Molly girl. I mentioned in my last post that she was having some issues and would not eat. I called the vet and she said the tumor on her liver had probably gotten worse. It’s not like she couldn’t eat. She did take a couple of bites of food in a weeks time but she didn’t even act like she wanted food. A bite or two is all she had in almost a week. She would just turn her head like she couldn’t be bothered to eat it.

I named Molly after my grandmother Rose. Molly came to us when she was about two years old. We had her another thirteen years. She lived a good long life but that still doesn’t make letting go any easier.

We tried everything, we cooked food we bought several different kinds of food that we thought she might like. I gave her water with a medicine dropper so that she wouldn’t be too dehydrated.

Nothing worked. Last Tuesday we called the vet to schedule a time to take her in for the inevitable. She had gotten so skinny. She had nothing to work from anyway. The vet said we had done everything we possibly could have. She said Molly was tired and her little body was giving out. She said that not eating was probably her way of trying to tell us she couldn’t go on. We knew we had to make the decision that no pet owner ever wants to have to make. We knew that prolonging it would mean more misery for her. The last night she was alive she seemed to be very restless and maybe in pain. She kept getting up and going from one bed to another. She had a bed in the living room and a bed in the office because she always liked to be near us.

The waiting time was unbearable. I kept thinking ten more hours, nine more hours, two hours until it was time to put her in the car and take her to the vet’s office. It seemed as if the other babies knew what was happening and even they were very somber and quiet.

We drove the short ten minutes to our vet. It was both the shortest and longest ride of my existence. I sat in the back seat with her. Mark carried her in when we got there. They gave her a shot to make her sleepy and and left us with her to say goodbye and love on her, which we did. We hugged and kissed her and told her she was the best girl in the world. They came in and administered the second shot and she passed very peacefully.

A million tears have been shed for our precious Molly. She truly was the best girl in the world. I know I have told you the story about how she came to us. She was brought to us by an Angel dog. You can read the story here. Molly and the Angel dog.

After we went home we told stories about our girl. We laughed and cried. The house is so lonely and quiet. She was the loudest baby of all and the stinkiest. Mark said she was stinky going into a bath and after five minutes out she was as stinky as ever. I still think I hear her walking around and I probably do. She will always be such a huge part of our hearts.

Happy Girl. She so loved being outside going on the walks with all the babies.
Molly loved the snow.
Molly loved the leaves
This is my sister hand feeding Molly last year when we were on vacation. She did get better and would eat on her own shortly after this but for a while we had to hand feed her or she wouldn’t eat. Our Molly has had a lot of problems.
She loved all of her fur brothers and sisters and they loved her.
She had her tail wrapped up here because she had almost chewed in to two pieces.
This was about a week ago. Look at all the white hair.
She was tired
I took this picture a couple of days before Molly passed. I held her and told her that we understood if she was tired and didn’t feel like going on.

They’re not meant to live as long as we do. My husband says the light that burns twice as bright burns half as long. Our sweet babies are definitely a sign of this.

So goodbye Molly Rose you will always live on in our hearts. You touched so many hearts. You were the best girl in the world.

Always remember

Love your day your way!!!!