Happy New Year

Happy new year everyone!! Here are my New Year's resolutions:

1--Dig deeper into the Word!

2--Get involved in a life group at church.

3--Get healthy/lose weight.

4--Get my foot in working order!! :)

Book review----Sophie Hudson book

I just finished this book and I have to tell you it was awesome!!  The author does a great job telling stories about her family.  She is an excellent Christian author.  It also helps that she is a Missisippi State fan!!  If you read the blog Kelly's Corner, you know that she loves this book too.  That is where I first heard about this book!!  

Do you believe in angels?

I do! Last night we went to our candlelight Christmas Eve service. My husband wheeled me in my wheelchair. 

Back to my story......

On our way out, a young man named Andre came up to me and asked if he could pray for healing of my foot. I of course let him. He touched my leg and asked for God to heal my leg. Andre was my angel last night. I used to watch Touched by an Angel all the time. I truly do believe there are angels among us. Do you?

I love my Santa!

I have a pretty awesome Santa!! Here is my loot:

My stocking stuffers

Reeses trees, Origami Owl charms, maroon scarf (Go State!)

IP camera so I can see my girl during the day on my phone!!

Glory Haus ornament

A keyboard for my ipad

And little Miss Sippi didnt do too bad either!!!!

She was so excited!!!!

She was almost worse than a kid!!! She didnt know what to look at first!!!!!!! Lol

Another book review!

Since the surgery, I have been reading alot. I just finished The Fault in our Stars by John Green. This book was recommended by my librarian neighbor. 

Let me just say she did dissppoint....again! Any time she has a must read, I read!

This is a book about 2 teens who have cancer. They fall in love. They know their time on earth is limited but they live life to the fullest! 

This is a great book! Read it. You will thank me later! Trust.me!

The big scare!

Well last night as we were leaving to go grocery shopping, the unimaginable happened. My knee walker fell off the ledge in the garage and I instinctively caught myself with my surgery foot. The pain! Oh the pain! I just knew I had messed it up! I didnt know whether to go to the ER or not. I called the doctor on call (not my surgeon) and he said to come to the office in the morning. So today at 8 am I called and they worked me in at 11:15. The doctor seems to think that all is well. He tested the Achilles and it works! I go to my doctor Friday. So I am on my 3rd splint!!!

Merry Christmas!

Update

Thursday: I was able to go to the school and see my sweet babies! I got so many sweet hugs! We were both so happy to see each other. I think they might have been a little sad to see me in a wheelchair though. This trip really wore me out though and I think I caught a stomach virus while there! :(

Friday: Doctor day! Well it didn't turn out as good as I hoped. I was supposed to be put in a walking cast and be partial weight bearing but I had a small part of incision not healed. So, back in the splint for another week! :( non weight bearing

In this next picture, there are two x-rays. On the left is the after picture. On the right is the before picture. 

I was in lots of pain after going to the doctor. Plus I still had that stomach virus!

Saturday: lots of Christmas movies! This was one of my favorites I recorded on the Lifetime channel. 

Tonight my sister, BIL, and nephew are back in Texas. They live in the Bahamas. 

Here is my cute nephew!

And I have to confess something! 

This man right here has been so awesome! He is taking such great care of me!!!! I love him!

Book review---Gone Girl

Oh my word!!!!! Ok I know I am on bedrest right now but I don't normally finish a book like this so fast. But ya'll, I straight up read the fire out of this book! I couldn't put it down. It is not my normal genre of books to read. I wanted to see what all the hype was about. This book is about a woman who goes missing on her 

5th anniversary. And all signs point to the husband. There are many twists and turns that happen in this book! I give the author 4 stars on this book. She did a superb job in writing it!!

Days 7&8

Day 7----a whole lot of nothing!! My sweet friend brought dinner for us and it was delicious!!!

Day 8----I made a grooming appointment for my sweet Sippi. My MIL took her this morning. On the way home we stopped by Starbucks! That venti pumpkin spice latte did the trick!!!

I love naps! When I have to go back to school, I'm not gonna lie, I will miss these naps!!!!!

After I woke up I got busy. On the laptop that is! I did lesson plans and all sorts of things!!!! :)

I started reading Gone Girl the other day! My oh my is it intense!!!! It's hard to put down! I have a feeling I will finish it tomorrow. 

Well, here is a few pics of my pretty girl after her spa day!!!

Tonight I wanted to get out of the house so we went to Culvers to eat. I was really hurting after that!!!

Well, that's about it for now! See ya tomorrow!

Day 6

See a trend here? It is driving me absolutely crazy not being able to do anything! Lol!!!! This is what I do. All.day.long! 

I am trying to not take as much pain meds. Today I was pretty misersble. 

Yesterday Round 1 nurse (my mom) left but today Round 2 nurse (my MIL) arrived from Alabama! I am being well taken care of while the hubby is working. He is working ALOT! :( 

Sippi is taking care of me too by loving and cuddling!! 

It is Tylenol PM time---I want some sleep tonight!

Days 4 & 5

Friday: Today was a cold rainy day! I'm still hurting but I'm REALLY tired of laying! I did a little bit of work on my laptop. Not much happening today. We ordered pizza. 

Saturday:  I slept really good! Mom let me sleep while she was cleaning away! Mom made sure I had a clean house to look at!!! Today was a sad day---Mom left to go back home. I sure do miss her! After she left I had a shower! It was hard work but worth it!!! Then we went out to eat for lunch at one of my favorite places-Mi Cocina!  We got home and I could tell my foot was swollen. It hurt! I just rested the rest of the evening. Then I couldn't sleep. I watched a really good movie on Amazon Prime! It is called The Christmas Snow.

Very good! 

Day 3

Last night I started having pain. The numbness was gone. Thank heavens for pain meds!!!

Today I have still been in a lot of pain. My sweet mama washed my hair and I put on clean clothes. We also watched the new Sound of Music!

This evening cabin fever set in. We got out of the house, went to Hobby Lobby, Culvers for dinner, and to see Christmas lights!

I may pay for it later, but I enjoyed getting out!!

Day 2

Well today was pretty much spent sleeping, watching TV, and reading. Not much to report today. My mom is here and I am enjoying that. She is cooking dinner now. I am tired of laying down but I am keeping my foot propped, doctor's orders!!! 

This is my view. All.day.long! 

Book review

Since I am having to keep my foot elevated, I downloaded lots of books! The first one I read was Because of Mr Terupt by Rob Buyea. 

This is a young adult book so it was a very quick read. It is about a teacher that changes his class in more ways than he could have ever imagined!!! I loved it! I think you will too!

Day 1---day of achilles surgery

I am doing this to document for myself! Lol

5:00 woke up, got ready

5:15 left for Baylor Hospital--Dallas

5:50 arrive

6:00 register

6:30 get dressed "hospital style"--/lovely backless dress!!! Ha!

6:45 IV time

7ish Dr comes in, marks my foot where incision will be; giving doctor's orders; then anesthesiologist comes in, tells me about infusion pump that will numb my foot for two days (glorious!!)

7:30 walk to OR(it was weird to WALK to OR!!)

Infusion pump installed....and it HURT!

They rolled me over, put me to sleep, and then opened me up. I had bone fragments floating around! Yuck! Detached achilles, sawed off huge chunk of bone, reattached achilles, sewed me up, put splint on, rolled me to recovery.

10ish--i wake up! Stephen comes back to recovery room. It's DR PEPPER TIME!!! Yippeee!!!

Then I go home!!!!

This surgery went so much better than the one in 2010 on the other foot! My dr was awesome!!! Dr Royer at Baylor is the bomb!!!

The only trouble I am having is sore throat. The tube bruised the back of my throat really bad. So I am drinking lots of water. Which is making me have to go to bathroom. Alot. Which is not easy! Lol

Here I am on my way home:

And here I am at home with a very protective doggie:

That's it for today!!! 

Who is ready for the big sale?

I know I am!!  I have so many things in my wishlist!! My store will be on sale starting tomorrow all the way through December 3rd!!!

I sure am going to take advantage of this big sale!!!

Foot trouble :(

3 years ago I had achilles surgery. It turned out to be a nigtmare!! I am hoping this time around I have better luck! Same issue, different foot. BETTER doctor!!! Here is the problem...

I have a Haglund deformity (huge bone growth) on my heel which is causing tears in my Achilles. Ouch!!!! I have been living with the pain and I can not anymore! So on December 10th I will have surgery. I have been busy preparing for a sub. My class will be in excellent hands!!! 

This will be my last week until January! I will be busy getting ready this week!!!

Update

Well it has been a crazy few months. The long and short of it is this----I have been really sick. I would have these "episodes" where I would be really sick about 2-3 mornings a week. (Not pregnant)! I had an ultrasound to check for gallstones. Then i had to have a colonoscopy. Worst few days ever!!!! The prep was the worst! Btw, this all started October 19th. 

Yuck!!!!!

Well they never found anything wrong. But I quit taking aleve and my blood sugar meds and have had no trouble since!! 

We decided to decorate for Christmas early since I have foot surgery coming up soon (more on that later).

Now for Thanksgiving we flew to Alabama to spend time with Stephen's family.

My dessert plate!!!!!

Today we traveled over to Starkville! We are enjoying a nice lunch at Little Dooey's!!

Tomorrow I will explain the foot surgery!!

Happy birthday to me and Sippi!!

Today I turned 37 and Sippi turned 6!! We had a great weekend! We went to my mom and dads house yesterday and my BIL cooked gumbo! 

My mom and I

Me and the hubby

The birthday girl!!!

My birthday loot!

Bought this stuff with gift cards!!

This was the pup's cupcake! She gets a (non-chocolate) cupcake every year!!!! She savored every bite!!!

She is eyeing it!!!!!

I don't really feel older!! Just another day!! :)

Have a good week everyone!