Spring Cleaning -- In the Fall

So now that my kids are in school and i am not pregnant and I am feeling better from my surgery, I am tackling my house. THings have been piling up on counters, under beds and in closets and I need to be free of all the junk. It drives me crazy just thinking about it. So today I did Hazel's room, because it is the easiest. I was so proud of myself. I threw away 2 huge boxes of magazines and files. Then made more piles of things to give away. THen I cleared off the counter in the kitchen that I typically drop everything on that I don't have time to deal with at the moment but is important to take care of sometime soon. On top of that I got all my laundry done!! (Pat on the back for me.) I've decided to massively simplify my life and getting rid of stuff will make my life much easier to clean and keep track of. I just keep reminding myself of the 3 months I spent in Utah a few summers ago at my mom's empty house. We had only the bare necessities and life was good. Easy to clean and the kids spent all their time outside or reading. So I am going to get down to the minimum required for me. Tomorrow I take on the bathroom and laundry room and, perhaps, the closet under the stairs!!! AAHHHHH!!! I am turning my mountain back into a mole hill!! Wish me luck. I've got to keep the ball rolling and do as much as I can before I run out of momentum!!

All Creatures Great and Small

My neighbor's dog died this morning. I felt so bad. The dog had gotten tangled up in his lead and the fence and it was nearly 100 degrees outside. By the time we found him he was in bad shape. Our neighbors were out of town. We did what we could but he died anyway. I waited all day for the neighbors to come back. It was very sad for Eddie, our neighbor. They buried him in the back yard. I have thought about Boots all day and wish we would have known they were out of town so that we could have been watching out for him. It is good to have and be good neighbors. THis could have been prevented.

Otherwise, I am doing better. Still tired and the medication is doing weird things...making me feel shaky and jittery. But only one more day of the meds. Trying to find things to eat is a little more daunting of a task. I had lasagna from a blender for dinner tonight. I never realized how much the texture of food matters. Otherwise I am subsisting on mashed potatoes and cream soups, pudding and yogurt and smoothies. And of course ice cream. It's going to be a long 3 months. By thanksgiving I will really have something to be thankful for!

Mom and Dad, I would call and talk to you but talking on the phone hurts my ear (my incisions are right in front of my ears). But I am checking email frequently. I love you.