Surgery TODAY

Well, in a few hours I will be at the hospital for my shoulder surgery. Scheduled to arrive there at 11:30am and let me tell you this...I am starving! Hate not being able to eat anything. Tried to sleep in but couldn't either.
I thought about putting some posts on here for scheduled release but it did not seem the right thing to do for this blog so, I never got around to typing them in. So maybe I can get one of the kids to type something in for me to give an update next week.

DO GO TO THE Library at the End of the Universe on Friday as the review that will post contains a book giveaway of an excellent holiday book by Donna VanLiere.

Make sure to have a great and safe holiday all.

Penelope Anne

Wordless Wednesday #37 ~ Peace on the Beach

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Heads or Tails #36 ~ Gone Fishing

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Gone Fishin'
 
THE CUTE...

My 4 year old nephew A on his first ever fishin' trip.

He wasn't patient enough to catch anything but he sure did look cute.

Now for what I would like to do with Papa Bear...

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band — Fishing In The Dark lyrics
Lazy yellow moon coming up tonight
Shining through the trees
Crickets are singing
And the lightning bugs are floating on the breeze
Baby get ready

Across the field where the creek turns back
By the old stump road
Im going to take you to a special place
That nobody knows
Baby get ready
Ooo ooo ooo

You and me going fishing in the dark
Lying on our backs and counting the stars
Where the cool grass grows
Down by the river in the full moon light
We’ll be falling in love in the middle of the night
Just moving slow
Staying the whole night through
Feels so good to be with you

Spring is almost over and the summers comin
The days are getting long
Waited all winter for the time to be right
Just to take you along
Baby get ready

And it don’t matter if we sit forever
And the fish don’t bite
Jump in the river and cool ourselves
from the heat of the night
Baby get ready

Ooo ooo ooo

You and me going fishin in the dark
Lying on our backs and counting the stars
Where the cool grass grows
Down by the river in the full moon light
We’ll be falling in love in the middle of the night
Just moving slow
Staying the whole night through
Feels so good to be with you
And me going fishing in the dark
Lying on our backs and counting the stars
Where the cool grass grows
Down by the river in the full moon light
We’ll be falling in love in the middle of the night
Just moving slow
You and me going fishin’ in the dark
Lying on our backs and counting the stars
Where the cool grass grows
You and me going fishin in the dark

Make sure to visit again real soon, ya'll hear!

Surgery - The Countdown

Well, here it is Monday and the day just slips away faster and faster, which means I just get closer and closer to my shoulder surgery which happens sometime on Thursday. I'll find out the exact time of surgery tomorrow morning when I go into see the orthopedic doctor and get all the details on the surgery. I must admit I am starting to feel a little anxious now. The worry wart in me is coming out.
I woke up this morning and realized I needed to finish typing up a document for Boy Scouts that is due in at the beginning of January so I spent this morning doing that. Got super angry when I saved it and the formating got all screwed up. Argh! Checked that off my list though.
Now I need to enter some book reviews on my book blog, I have plenty of books read, I just need to enter the reviews and schedule them to release. I would do the same here with some posts but other than Thursday Thirteen which I could post I don't have any other ideas as to what I would post.
I won't be coming online as I can't do anything with my left arm and I have no idea how long I will be incapacitated. I know physical therapy starts quickly but I don't know if they allow you to be  mobile outside of therapy too. all of these unknown factors.
Snowing again here in Wisconsin and the boys are putting off the shoveling. The older they get the more obstinate and stubborn they get. Take after their father I tell you.

Off to enter some book reviews. Talk with you tomorrow.

We're Baking Now, Santa Baby

My big week of being part of an REI event for the hospital Behavioral Health Ward ended this morning when we gave our presentation, thankfaully I had those years of forensics from high school to fall back on so I didn't totally freak out when it came to speaking in front of a large group of people. This was a really interesting thing to be a part of and I must say that I was greatly honored that the staff on the ward selected me to be the patient representative. I am pretty proud of the work that was accomplished and hope that some good comes of it.

Now, next week I need to get a number of book reviews entered into blogger so they can release every few days on my other blog, you all know the one The Library at the End of the Universe. See my sidebar for directions there, I have a good blend of reviews coming up as I have read a variety of books the past month that I have not posted on too. Could use some followers over there...blatant HINT!

Now, I am off to do some much needed holiday baking, Making my annual batch of snowball cookies, which if I get a chance to create I will share on my new blog next week. Teaser alert :)
Also going to try a couple of other recipes which may show up on that new blog too, have you figured out the theme of the new blog yet? The teen bears are starting to growl louder at each other in the kitchen so before the start throwing the mixer at each other I better go out and settle them down.

Can you believe it is only 14 days until Christmas?

Penelope Anne

A Great Weekend & A Big Week Ahead...

I have a big week ahead of me so I do not know how much time I will have to be online, but I will do my best to check in or at least post my weekly meme posts.
When I was in the hospital on the behavioral health ward they asked me if I would be interested in coming to a special session of feedback work, and that happens this week Monday - Thursday. Nice benefit I get some gift cards from helping out in the sessions which will help out with the Christmas fund. I also am a very opinionated person as everyone knows so I also have something to say.
This week also marks the GRAND OPENING of my newest blog....The Library at the End of the Universe my book review site has been revamped and renewed. Please check it out. I have a neat name for another blog but no ideas for what that blog would be for, so I am still waiting to see where I would go with it. So who knows 2010 may bring another blog from me.
We went out and did our charity shopping this weekend and that always makes us all feel so good during the Christmas season. We loved buying for babies which we have none of in the family. We went a tad overboard for Toys for Tots but, can you really say that? We just found good deals. I also got the little girl I babysit, that I call my neice her present, found a great deal on some silly toy that I am told she will absolutely love. Our Scout troop adopted a family from the Salvation Army, so we bought some games for the family which was something they requested. Now I just need to wrap the gifts that need wrapping.
Next weekend I look forward to getting out and looking at Christmas lights. Fond du Lac city park does an outstanding light display that you do not have to pay to go see.
Need to get everything done and enjoyed before the 17th as I will be having surgery on my right shoulder, for my rotator cuff on that day. Find out on the 15th how long I will be laid up from that. I hear different stories from different people, so I just want to wait and see what the doctor has to say.
The week after this one is a week of doctor visits and surgery. I will get online as soon as possible after surgery trust me. Maybe I will let Papa Bear post an update...maybe :)
Hope everyone has had as nice a weekend as I have.

I'm Driving this Bus not that Psychological Beast Within Me!

So, I almost wrote one of those posts that I would have most definitely regretted seconds after I posted it.
I almost posted a post begging for help, Christmas aid. What would I have been thinking? Even in our time of need we will give to others and no matter what struggles may be presenting themselves we will make the best out of the holidays as we always have and always will. Would it be nice to have more? Certainly, but happiness comes from within our hearts, NOT our pocketbooks.

Sometimes I just need to stop wallowing in the misery and try harder to remember that I can be happy. That my depression is something I can take control of with a little strength and will. Okay, and a nice cocktail of medications that my psychiatrist prescribes. Saw him last night and we are making an adjustment to one to try to mellow the anxiety which is trying to get control. That is one of the hardest things, when the psychological beasts rear their ugly heads and try to force themselves into the driver's seat. Sometimes it seems far too easy to let the beast have control, but where does that get me? Absolutely nowhere.

So, I need to remember that I am the driver and that I have wheel. When I lose control I have to hope that I have given up control to my higher power or one of my safety crew (the people who I turn to in times of trouble) and not the beasts that hide within me waiting like the predators they are.

Today I took control, I stopped myself from becoming someone I am not. It may have been a baby step in my path to happiness and control but every step counts.

Thursday Thirteen #56 ~ All I Want BEFORE Christmas

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THIRTEEN THINGS I WISH I HAD BEFORE CHRISTMAS...

1... $$$$ to spend on the children
2... a little $$ to spend on Papa Bear
3... something to give my safety group to show them how much they have meant to me this past month as I have recovered from my total nervous break down
4... a sense of inner calm that felt real
5... faith, unwavering
6... strength, my own and not someone elses
7... $$$ to pay the doctor bills
8... a stopper for the tears
9... an end to the pain, both the physical and emotional
10... a clean house, without me having to work at it - I know a pipe dream
11... a resolution with the past issues with my mother.
12... better timing on my rotator cuff surgery, who scheduled it for 12/17 again?
13... a fresh cup of coffee, WAIT I can manage that one :)

Have a great Thursday!