good...good

The fires are still burning in the southern parts of the state. The devastation is enormous. We're safe. The air is clear again for the most part.

I went for my ultrasound yesterday afternoon. Normal. Didn't I tell you there was nothing to worry about? yeah.

Stayed home sick from work today. Pushed myself through yesterday with some sort of sinus, sore throat, achy body thing that was worse today. I think I'm feeling better, but I'm up because I can NOT sleep! After tossing and turning for more than an hour, I decided to get out of bed. I guess it's because I slept during the day. (I just about never do that..)

I'll see if reading makes me sleepy. I'm in the middle of Love Walked In. I'm really enjoying it, so it may keep me up. Oh well.

Goodnight, sweet dreams.....

Full moon tonight.

Where there's smoke...

Our first big winds for the season and there is fire all around...

(thankfully, we're safe. for now.)

These shots are the view from our bedroom window today around 3:00 in the afternoon....

These photos are the view from the hill

at the end of our street...

eerie.

Alert the press!

Mel likes my kitty!! Mel likes my kitty!!

:-)

He does have beautiful blue eyes... AND, he is the most entertaining cat ever! He's SO playful. At any given moment, he'll suddenly start running around at warp speed, making weird jungle kitty noises, flying up and down the stairs and bouncing off the furniture. Hilarious! Other times, he's chasing his tail and just can't understand why it keeps moving away from him, even when he turns around and sneaks up on it! He plays with his toys and just generally does all the cute kitty things to keep us all amused and entertained. Jack. Gotta love him.

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Nothing new on the wire in the pulmonary arteries front. I'm trying to arrange for a second opinion. My insurance will only pay for it if I use one of the doctors THEY pick. I've already done that. This time, I'd like to choose my own. I have some friends who have great contacts, so I will probably make an appointment with one of these doctors and just pay out of pocket. I suppose it's worth it. It's so hard to get all the little things done, working full time and having no privacy to make these kinds of calls at work. I'll get to it, though. We'll see...

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I have an appointment next week for a booby ultrasound. :-\
The last visit to my oncologist resulted in an order for an ultrasound because he didn't like the lumps in my remaining booby. I sort of forgot about it because I was focusing on the wire in the chest and the looming possibility of surgery. Now, I'm being a good little patient and getting the ultrasound. I'm sure it's just scar tissue so I've decided not to worry.

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The spider picture in my last post? This guy lived in his web between two trees out front for about a week. He was really beautiful. I think spiders are cool. My daughter thinks I'm crazy, as she is terrified of the little creatures. She can NOT understand why, when we find spiders in the house, I gather them up and carry them outside to safety, rather than smash their little guts to pieces.

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Tomorrow evening we're having dinner with friends. I'm bringing my world famous garlic bread, cheesecake and wine. That, in itself, is dinner enough for me!

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I've about run out of (un)interesting things to say. I made it through this without whining! (haven't I?) I'd best be moving on.

Hugs and love and peace and good hair days to all..........

If you don't have anything nice to say...

...post photos instead.

okie dokie

He's leaving it in there.

Apparently, this piece of wire has made itself at home and imbedded itself in my body. The doctor says surgery would be much too dangerous and not necessary because he feels this shouldn't pose a problem.

I had lots of questions, and I got my answers..mostly.

So, there you have it. It is a little unsettling knowing it's in there, but I'm so relieved that I won't be having surgery.

Thanks for all your care and concern...