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Happy Sunday morning! I finally have time for an update.

First I'll offer my own congrats to Diane about her obviously successful hand surgery. That's got to be a great relief and will be a bigger relief when the healing is fully over. And big congrats to everyone who's having wins, whether large or small, in their lives. We should thank ourselves, our good luck, and the forces that support us more than (I think) we might always do.

Our home remodeling project is getting closer to starting. We had a very busy week looking for and finding good materials, good people, and good conversations with each other about what we REALLY want to do. It's a lot of fun, although we both realize there's a lot of messiness we'll be living in for a while. That's OK--we're creating something together that we'll enjoy for the rest of our lives.

Yesterday I drove by myself 475 miles back to my home, which normally is a 7.5 hour experience. Yesterday it took 12.5 hours because on my way (in Nowhere, Indiana) I discovered I had a bum tire that needed to be replaced. After pulling off the interstate and calling AAA and then waiting an hour for them to show up, I finally found a tire store where I realized I should replace all four tires because they were older than I realized (did you know a tire's manufacture date is visible on the outside of the tire? I didn't!) and because replacing only a single tire on an all-wheel drive car can screw up your ride and potentially your safety. Anyway, the tire purchase and replacement took three hours because it seems Saturday is the day when everyone wants to buy new tires. Then I got back on the road and high-tailed it down multiple interstates amidst monster truck convoys and, after dark, over unlighted, winding, up-and-down mountain roads watching out for deer who might wander into my path.

I rose to the occasion (have I mentioned that adrenaline is my drug of choice) by jacking up the radio and appreciating the still-beautiful nearly full moon.

Today will be a well-earned day of rest!

That's all I got, kids.

154.1. Tried on my wedding dress (navy blue) that I was planning on wearing for DSD's wedding. Almost got it zipped! Might be too big once I hit goal! It would be a shame to have to get a NEW dress!

Trying to organize my scrapbooking crap to sell and found a box with mostly completed pages from my childhood. Need to put a few titles on and do journaling for just a few and then that will be done. Forgot I had ever started that project! It was fun looking back at Prom pics, old boyfriends, best friend's weddings and childhood/young adult vacations. One was from New York with the Twin Towers, kind of eerie now!

Vale came over today and gave me 2 dozen roses for Sweetest Day! Warmed my heart!

DSD and her fiancé will come to town this Wednesday (from Colorado where fiancé is just finishing up a med school rotation) and they will stay until November 2, they will be back again for Thanksgiving. More driving than I would like!

Have fun with DS Liz! The cider place looks like fun! I love doing flights and trying new things!

CC, I love my dog blankets but they are only 10 and 12 lbs.

Diane, I am thrilled your hand surgery was such a success and the healing seems to be going well! If you can get on a treadmill this soon after surgery, I have no valid excuse to not get my exercise in!

Not much to report! A chilly but sunny day here today. I had the fireplace on last night as we dipped into the low 40s.

Kirby is laying on me totally in the way and crushing me. Trying to remind myself I wanted a more affectionate dog. Ha!

Not sure what I'm doing today. Certainly a lot on the list to do!

Take care all!

You guys are definitely packing a lot in on a short trip!

Some medical professionals especially those working as hospitalists are not very good at working with non-medical people and explaining the situation in understandable terms. I had that problem at various times with ill family members. Having the right person explain it can make all the difference in the world.