And the good news is………….

 

At least there was good news and the biopsies taken were all negative.  That was a relief. I also have noticed I am feeling stronger just lately. So I am feeling like I may get back on my feet and back to normal soon, It will be a year in November since this misery all started…..So I am ecstatic that finally, I am having some improvement!

The bad news is that on Monday I climbed out of bed and my back went out on me. We spent the day on Sunday walking, so maybe I jarred my back…I don’t know. I have had herniated discs before and I am not in quite as much pain as I was in when that happened, so I think this will heal much quicker.

The biggest problem with this is that fall and winter is upon us . I hardly got outside all summer, since I felt so lousy. So now, I am starting to feel better just in time for the cold weather!    ugh!

I can’t believe it’s been a year!

I loved to blog but I seem to always find things to distract me for months on end, apparently.
This time it wasn’t much fun. I have been very ill off and on since last January. Something attacked my system and I have never felt 100% since.  It has changed me and now I never have the energy to do much of anything. I am always nauseous and have become intolerant to just about anything a person can eat. I am lactose, fructose and gluten intolerant. I have a vit B12 deficiency and now the Drs think that I have a condition called Eosinophilic Esophagitis .I have spent the last few months choking on almost everything I eat. On top of that I had asthma all summer worse than I have ever had it. I have seen numerous Doctors and have had numerous tests!
The Drs are still studying me but, so far there has been no fix for the way I feel. I am waiting for biopsies to come back right now and I am on edge about that.  I realize a person doesn’t know what they had before they lose it. I have had Fibromyalgia (or so the Dr says) for over 20 years.I have been somewhat limited as far as activity and having enough energy. But I am so much worse now. I am just wishing this year would go away and I could start all over.
We were planning on a cruise in April but had to postpone it. I would never have dreamt that I would still be ill this long and not been able to take a trip this year.
My other half has worked so hard and needs a vacation badly. I told him that he may have to go by himself .
Well, I really posted a downer here…didn’t I ?  SO sorry…I am praying that I am going to see some healing and have a better upcoming year and would welcome your prayers as well!!
Thank goodness for Facebook and Farmville2…it helps keep my mind busy if nothing else!

Back to normal this week after a short trip to NOLA

I am painting again this week..I always enjoy it but it takes so much longer than I want it to. I am painting another southwest pot as a gift for some one.
We went to New Orleans for a long week end ( last weekend.)We went for the Zydeco/Cajun festival. I think it's the shortest vacation we have ever taken and probably the most fun! I don't think you can go hear that kind of music anywhere but in NOLA. It's amazing that it is so popular. I have loved it since I first saw the movie "The Big Easy", many many years ago. This is the 2nd festival that we have gone to in New Orleans. I can't wait for our next one! The only downfall was (no pun intended)  that the whole time we were there it rained! One of the days it poured most of the day. We had an umbrella and we bought one of those funny plastic pull over rain coats for 3 bucks. Everyone looked like they weighed 200 pounds in those plastic coverings, but at least they kept us dry!    We didn't mind the rain at all, though...the temperature was in the 80s. We really had a great time.

A visit every 6 months is not enough!

Well it's not my fault that I am here...My niece asked me some questions about blogging and the next thing I know..I am on my blog -- writing.

 I have been spending a lot of time doing something I really enjoy.  Painting fun projects. Both projects are clay pots....but I did something different with each pot..
One was pretty work intensive and the other was just fun.  The first one is a candle pot made up of clay pots and saucers. It's painted with a southwestern fiesta flair.  It took quite a long time for me to get this one done.

the 2nd one I did a bronze faux finish and then decided to add a few fun southwestern objects and then....well I just had fun.

I just have to plant the flowers into the new pot and I am done with this project!!

So now I am looking for a new project to do.

                                                                         

Rambling in different directions.

Gosh it's been awhile since last posting. I edited the pictures of my little Ellie in the previous  post and decided as long as I am here I may as well drop a note..
Every time I am here....I always wonder why I don't spend time blogging any more. I enjoyed it a lot....but I do a lot of private journaling so maybe that is why I stay away from the blog.
I still want to upload some pictures from our Alaska trip and and some favs from other trips...I should do that....Hmmmmmmmmmmm

Sweet Verbena: Spoonable Smoothies: a recipe

I signed up for pininterest and it seems like it's going to fab!  BUT, I haven't got it figured out yet! One of the many pinners I chose to follow was someone who had a food blog...  This looked very good and since I LOVE sharing food I decided to share this recipe.

Sweet Verbena: Spoonable Smoothies: a recipe: I live about 5 seconds from one of those little frozen yogurt stores. At Red Mango they serve these awesome spoonable smoothies with fr...

A Vacation A Year, Keeps The Sanity Near

We try to take at least one vacation a year...often we get 2 in.  In Feb we drove (3 days) to Az and spent 3 days there and drove 3 days back. We also, for whatever reason, took our 4 month old puppy with us. What an adventure. After 12 hrs of driving , we landed in Dallas, Tx at the Had Rock cafe for dinner. We were lucky enough to find a parking space right outside the cafe in front of windows so we could watch over our Ellie! I was a mess...all I wanted was a strong drink. Never again will we drive....never!
We have a passion for the Hard Rock cafes. If we visit a city or Island that has one we have to look it up!! We also visited the Albuequerque Hard Rock Hotel, which is awesome. We always have to buy an article of clothing and a hurricane glass. I recently have begun saving their hard rock pins, also.  Since we had our puppy in the car we couldn't spend a lot of time inside on this trip, but we were at least able to purchase a few things.

Dallas Hard Rock cafe

                                                      Ellie in her bed/ carrier.
Then last month we took an Alaskan Cruise, visiting Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Victoria, Canada.  We left From and ended up in Seattle, where we spent a couple days sight seeing! We went whale watching in Juneau and even tho it was pouring rain, we got our money's worth!  It was all good but colder than I like!!  I really enjoyed Victoria and Seattle.  We had beautiful weather while we were there. Pictures to come :-)