Holiday Season

So before all the hoopla begins I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. This is the first Christmas that my brother will not be here for. 

Please keep all military personel in your prayers this holiday season. It breaks theirs and their familys heart to not be home to celebrate. 

Now on to all the fun things I have made. Of course you have seen all of the presents I gave my best friends. But now there are cookies to be made! Here is a preview of them all:

 Mexican Wedding Cookies

Cool Whip cookies

Sugar Cookie Decorating

 Sugar cookies Decorating

 Hot Choco Cookies

 Mele Kalikimaka Cookie

Sugar Cookies

Linzer Cookies

 Frosty The Snowman Cookie

Peppermint Swirls

  Linzer Cookies

They are all so good! 

Its also the time of year for Tacky Sweater Parties!!!

 

So as many have been wondering about, an update on my health. They still are not positive on everything going on and I go back in February for more testing. For now they had me get another dose of Iron IV. I once again picked a good date to get it. The first time I got a concert by local country artist, Derek Anthony:

This last time (a week ago) we had a special visit from Santa and local Firefighters!!! 

Needless to say I blushed!!! Plus these firefighters know how to manhandle if you get my drift. :)

So for now, my and my puppy wish you and your family all the best this holiday season!

Merry Christmas!!

Best Friend Party

Every year me and my 2 very best friends (out of the many), the ones I consider my sisters, get together and have a Christmas party. This year Pintrest was my drawing board. If you have never been on Pintrest they have a lot of fun usually easyand cute craft ideas. For Christmas this year they each received 3 gifts.

#1- paint swatch calendar. It was simply made by cutting FREE paint samples to a 2" width* and gluing them to either paper or cardstock the size of your frame. *I used an 11x17" frame so if you use smaller reduce the size of your paint samples. When done insert into frame and use a dry erase marker to create the calendar.

#2 - scrabble letter coasters Mogpodge scramble letters onto cork tiles and seal with modpoge for a coaster.

#3 Hot Chocolate in jars (not pictured) and stir sticks. For the stir sticks I dipped candy canes into a dark chocolate and let harden over night.

Super simple and all done in 9 hours.

Okay mow to go party. Merry Christmas y'all!

The results are in...

My hematologist has finally found out what is going on. I have iron deficiency anemia caused by a blood defect that prohibits my blood from naturally absorbing nutrients from food. I am also intolerant to oral iron (iron supplements). So the next stop is iron treatments via IV/transfusion. I am so thankful for health insurance that this isn't going to cost me a fortune. I am also so thankful my primary chose a good center for me to get treatment at. I feel right at home and they are more than happy to answer any questions I have and walk me through all steps of the process. So next Thursday I go for my 1st treatment  6 hours in the Chemo/Transfusion room getting the iron IV. My mom has been so helpful through all of this, she is even going with me to my appointment to keep me company. Anyways, I better get back to work and do something to constitute them paying me...

Until Later.. :)

Stump the Doctors

So I have stumped the specialist at Cancer & Blood Disorder Center. They have no clue whats wrong with me. All but 3 of the symptoms align with one thing but not another that others do... So on to more tests and another visit. anyways... I better get back to work and get something done today. Its a boss free day so we haven't done much!

Love You!

Today...

Today is the day I go to the Hematologist (Blood Specialist) to have tests run. Maybe I can finally get some answers. Anyways, so my love sent me the most amazing picture yesterday:

This just absolutely made me smile!!!

Well that its for now, just had to share... Maybe i will share a picture of me and him next... maybe.

Back to work, must not play to much while the boss is away.

Love you!

Exhausted

Recently I have been so exhausted. I can not wait until my hematologist appointment on thursday. I just want to know what is going on. Recently i have been getting more migraines, and dizzy spells. Not to mention the weight gain... after losing 70 lbs gaining 10 is a night mare!!! The other nightmare is the hair loss. I lose more and more each day. Its frustrating.... anyway, just voicing some frustrations. im exhausted so im gonna relax with my puppies and try to get some sleep.

Fears

Fears... Everyone has them, some have a fear of the dark, of heights. Personally I have a fear of snakes however recently I have a new fear. The fear of loss. With all this shit my body is going through it scares me. It scares me for all the losses I can endure. The loss of my hair (I was blessed with beautiful German hair that does everything perfect and rarely has a bad day). The loss of the ones I love. At any moment they can say it's all too much and walk out. Over the past few days as everything comes into perspective I've had people say to not worry and wait to talk to the doctors. Well that's fine and dandy but when you wake up in the morning and your entire body feels like you just got hit with a truck you might have a slight bit of worry. I found out today that a parent of a family friend is going thought a similar condition currently. Although we don't know if that's really what I have, just speculating. They have to do so much and it's pretty rough. But I am determined I will relax and wait for the doctors then do what I can to overcome this obstacle.

Okay well it's bed time. Hopefully I will be able to sleep a full night and won't feel like a truck ran over me in the morning so I can go to work.

Good night all! :-*