Random quick updates

1.
I am DONE with my tenth and FINAL bloodwork!!! Last Friday I waited in the little office and greeted those who have taken my blood over the past few weeks for the last time. (Well, for a while at least..)
I am SO happy to be finished with this part. It has gone pretty well overall. I only really freaked out on the P+7 when they pulled out 5 vials instead of 1! My stomach flopped over and I had a meltdown when I got back in the car. Really though, I've been pretty positive and I am just holding tightly to the reason I'm doing this and pray good will come from it!
My next appt with Dr P is the 27th and I am anxious/hopeful/nervous to get those results and hopefully get some new plan of action.


2. We had a family reunion for Dh's Side last weekend and it was SO much fun!! We drove down to a tiny TX town and enjoyed family fun, food, and winning prizes for the day. (Our crew totally dominated the raffle..guess we should buy some lotto tickets with our luck! ;)
It definitely brought up lots of emotions. Basically I felt an overwhelming mix of happy and sad all at once and I teared up but was fortunately able to calm down quickly. I felt extremely blessed to be part of such a lovely family and watched and listened as family members introduced themselves and their children. I so enjoyed listening Dh's GM and her sisters speak of days past and answer questions about what life was like "back in the day." It was a wonderful reminder to be thankful for the modern conveniences we have today and a great way to gain from the wisdom of a few ladies who knew what it was to do things the hard way and work together as a family. Looking around the room, I was in awe of how the love of two people can grow such a huge family tree and create so many other branches.  I can only hope and pray that Dh and I will be blessed with little ones to branch off and spread their love in the world. I am fascinated by this possibility!

3. We live in a newer edition and we have had open space on one side for two years now. I was so sad to see that they are now building right next door and yesterday sounded something like an earthquake and a thunderstorm were competing for who could be the loudest. Even had a rock flipped up by the thing that tills the ground and hit our kitchen window! Grrr...I just hope we get nice neighbors!!

4. Today I am cleaning our dreadfully disorganized office!! I have done this many times before but things always seem to fall apart again in this room after a few months. This is in part due to our mutual dislike of sorting mail and partly to my habit of bringing hope stray picture frames, vases, and various other thrift store finds which seem to fill up the space quickly.  I cleaned it once when Dh was out of town for a week and I was so proud to surprise him with the difference when he returned home. He was excited too...and then proceeded to rearrange the desk and shelves in there thus making everything a mess again. Ha, oh well. :) Maybe this time it will stick..sure hope so!

5. This past weekend we were visiting family again, this time to see some extended family of mine in AR. It is not very often that we are able to see them and it was SO nice to get to spend some time talking to aunts, uncles, and cousins who are some of my favorite people in the world! Among my family members, they are the fun, devoted Catholic, easy to talk to even after a long while people that I wish lived just a bit closer. I will most likely spend another post talking about our trip, but for now I'll just say that it was a breath of fresh air that was so enjoyed by both of us.

6. Thank you for those who commented with your advice on my last post! I really do appreciate your comments so much!!  I will definitely visit Dr. H's site for more info and continue to research vacuums.

7. Mini date downtown with Dh tonight after he finishes his super long bike ride after work (60 miles, yikes!)   Happy Monday!! :)



Thankful for plenty of space in our lovely house to mess up,
and for washers and dryers to clean all the laundry from our trip!
I can't imagine doing everything "the hard way" like our grandparents!!