My surgery has been cancelled again!

still hoping to get it in before the end of the year...

lymph node is swollen behind the ear and they don't want to mess with it...

so back to find someone to give me antibiotics...

waiting on another phone call...

updates will happen later on tonight...

guess I am having a Charlie Brown Christmas- LOL

Doug's washing the dog...

had to vacuum a christmas ornament while ago...

someone tried to hockey it...

washer and dryer both going...

DH is still at work...

having a Christmas party...

while I hang out with the kids, the cats and the dog...

there is cookie dough in the fridge...

if anything else happens, I am grabbing the tub, heading for my room and locking myself in...

I just love this time of the year...

even with some drama...

what do you say?

when someone who has given you hope again...

who listens and hears what you have to say...

who has to leave after 15 years because of upper management?

who cannot for 2 years see any of his patients that he had there?

you wait until he can...

I had to see him this morning for my cysts...

but I wrote him a note in the card and handed it to the nurse working this morning to give to him...

I thought it would be later...

but I should have been the first one seen this morning...

and we waited, he saved me for last...

he had read the card...

and we both cried and I thanked him for changing my life...

and promised that I would never give up again...

not until I found someone like him...

and when the 2 years is up...

I will find him...

his staff is being taken care of and will be absorbed into the clinic/hospital...

they are wonderful people and I am so grateful they didn't lose their jobs...

I know one door never closes without another one opening...

I know God has major plans for this man...

that those who are about to become his new patients are ones who need him more than I do...

that what he does matters and he has so much compassion for people...

that he was truly called to be a healer of hearts, minds and bodies...

how do you thank someone enough for giving you back your hope?

dreams?

pay it forward...

its the only way...

I even got to hug him, he held my hand, he was so thankful for the card...

and I wished him happiness and peace in his life...

may God bless them all as they walk their new paths...

Dr. Sheikh is one amazing doctor, person...

so, in the meantime, I need to see an ENT specialist again for the cysts...

and that will be after the surgery... 

it will not interfere with that, so the surgery is still on for the 26th...

white Christmas?

you never know around here...

but we did get this yesterday and last night...

along with 60 mph winds, which took down power lines...

we were in the dark around here from 9:30 pm until midnight...

bless those linemen who go out in all kinds of weather to keep us all warm...

lost some limbs in that wind, but this fell away from the house...

so while its like this outside...

we are doing this inside...

ate my two while posting this...

yeah, they were good...

got another appointment with my dr in the morning...

ear again...

crazy thing...

I have a cyst behind my ear that I think needs opened this time...

so...

back to get antibiotics to keep me cleared up for the 26th...

have  a good night...

winter storm...

ho, ho, ho...

its winter time here on the prairie...

the winds are just howling...

we are only supposed to get a half an inch of snow...

but we have white out conditions, the roads are slick...

wrecks everywhere and they are telling us to all stay home..

so, here I am...

since I couldn't go out and look at lights...

I found some awesome ones online...

so sit back and pretend we are cruising around town...

oohing and awing at all this splender...

I hope you brought your cup of hot chocolate with you...

I got the cookies...

isn't this cute?

and you could do it any time of the year...

and the thoughts for today...

;)

stay warm and cozy...

something sweet...

Elmer is growing!

but not too fast, that wouldn't be as much fun...

but he's my Christmas present this year...

yep, even my hard nosed hubby couldn't say no to that face...

so he's now officially a member of the family...

his sister found her furrever home, too...

a lady needed a small, yellow cat...

her little boy has been asking for one all year...

so, being a single mom, she had to make sure he really wanted one and that they could afford to take care of another little mouth...

after asking for so long, she finally started looking for one...

the lady we were feed for got ahold of me and we may arrangements for pick up...

she came by Sunday and took Stevie to her new home...

and the little boy was so excited!

he promised her he would love her forever and always take care of her...

Elmer had a hard time the first day...

I had to cuddle him a little bit more...

talk to him and pet him...

and told him it would be ok...

he was staying...

he still cries every now and then, but for the most part, he is doing ok...

so far...

he hasn't found the Christmas tree yet...

but it will happen...

and that's my something sweet...