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Puncture marks in my neck!

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I’m in recovery mode tonight. Earlier today I had to go to the hospital for a thyroid biopsy. I’ve had thyroid biopsies before and normally it’s not that bad, but this time my neck is pretty sore. It’s swollen too. I think everything is ok though – I’m certainly keeping an eye on things.

The irony of the situation is that I’m supposed to have a thyroid biopsy every 6 months but because my doctors be very slow this “6 month check up” has taken almost two years! Hopefully the results are benign again. If they are I’ll buy my doctor some cohiba cigars dominican as a gift … well maybe not … I have been waiting a long time to have this test done.

I think I’ll go and get an icepack to put on the side of my neck. It sort of feels like a cross between a sore throat (it hurts a bit to swallow) and pulled neck muscles, so I’m sure the cold pack will help a bit.





I seem to be fighting a bug

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I’ve been so busy working on another project the last couple of weeks that I haven’t had time to update this blog. Sorry! I guess it doesn’t help that I’ve also been sick with some kind of respiratory infection too does it? I think that’s getting worse as well – I’m kind of wheezy this evening and I’m crossing my fingers hoping that whatever this is isn’t turning into bronchitis or pneumonia!

I think I’m going to pamper myself later tonight. Soak in the tub and then treat my skin with some premier dead sea skin care products that a friend sent me this past week. The steam from the bath will do my respiratory system good and the skin care products will do my skin good.

Have you been fighting any bugs that are going around at this time of year? Usually I’m ok and I don’t get every little thing that’s going around, but this year I seem to be catching everything. I think I’m just too stressed out lately or something.

My Niece makes some pretty cool stuff

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My niece started a craft business a month or so ago. Well I guess she’s really been working on it for a while, but it only became a real business in September when she started an Etsy page and officially started getting sales for her wonderful crafts.

Back in September, I remember her business Facebook page only had something like 13 fans and now it’s got well over 600! She’s really been working hard at publicizing her site and on her products. I’m always seeing photos of new items such as very cool looking dog and cat collars and leashes, crochet hats, baby beanies, hair clips, headbands and more. It seems like every time I check out either her Facebook page or her Etsy page there’s something new there. Next thing I know she’ll be doing something with czech glass beads.

If you like hand made items like the ones I’ve mentioned above please check out either Muench Love Creations Etsy Page or my nieces Muench Love Creations Facebook page.

Lots of Birthdays this month

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Several of my friends have birthdays this month. In fact it was just my sister in laws birthday yesterday. isn’t it odd how some months seem to have more birthdays or celebrations than others?

Anyway … over the next two weeks I need to scramble and get a few gifts for friends that are having birthdays. So that means I need to try to figure out just what kind of gifts to get each friend.

Sigh … think think think … that’s all I do! LOL

Actually I know one of my friends would like chocolate covered berries so I might order some for her and have them delivered to her home. She’ll be thrilled!

Is October a busy birthday month for you too?

Getting the house and yard ready for Fall and Winter

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Winter is coming and we’ve started working to prepare our yard and garden for winter and now it’s time to get the house ready for winter too.

Can you believe I still have plants on my enclosed front porch? It’s getting cold out and usually by now I have all those plants indoors but I haven’t brought any of them in yet. I guess I’d better do that very soon.

We’ve also been doing things like cleaning our windows so that we go into the winter with clean windows. One side of our house is covered in plaster dust it seems from our neighbors renovations and we’ve been trying to get the dirt off our windows for a while .. I think it’s almost gone.

I think some time this weekend I’ll also go into our basement storage area and look at our Halloween and Christmas Decorations. I haven’t decorated for either holiday for a couple of years but this year I might decorate for both. I usually decorate the front porch and front yard. It’s quite festive. Of course it’s a little early for the Christmas stuff .. but I can make sure the lights work and so on.

One other thing I’d like to do is get a new door mat. The one that we have now is getting old and tired looking. It’d be nice to get a custom door mat perhaps with our names on it or a custom greeting. One of my brothers used to always have a custom door mat and I always thought it was a nice touch.

Have started getting your house and yard ready for the cool season – if you have a cool season that is? It’s a bit of work isn’t it?

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