A Golden Glow...

I love the golden glow that has settled over most of the rooms in our home and am looking forward to enjoying all my fall 'debris' for the next 3 months.

This year I am leaving it all out until the day after Thanksgiving.

All my decorations are out and in place.

I saved a tub or two for the gazebo.

While most rooms received a heavy dose of 'fall' - our bedroom and my bathroom did not get one thing. Next year I am going to try to decorate the bedroom with 'Fall White' - as in white pumpkins and maybe some light green things.

I did go all out in the guest room.

The burgundy and dark wood just lends itself to the orange, browns and gold.

So I am done.

Now I will move on to the baking and cooking to be done on September First.

Fruitcake cookie dough will be mixed in the next day or two and ingredients for the special family meal will be purchased. I am hosting a Family Dinner on Sunday but it will be an easy peasy menu.

Louis Dean was out putting up some shade in the gazebo.

He asked if I had a large umbrella and I said I had a better idea!

How about putting the gazebo top on?

That would give him a lot of shade!

And so he did.

Now he's working on the electricity.

Or at least he was. He fixed up lighting to see by after the sun set and it grew darker.

It's still way too hot to work out in the sun and heat of the day.

I had my appointment with Dr. Sanders.

My knee is worse than it was when I started the injections in May.

Since my overall health is good and I have no heart/lungs/diabetic/kidney problems - and since I had my right knee replaced 11 years ago and it is still doing well.......

I opted for a complete knee replacement tentatively scheduled for January 6th.

I will call in October to confirm, schedule all my pre ops for December and get my house in order for surgery in January.

To buy me some time, Dr. Sanders had Lawrence give me a steroid injection that should last three month. The last month I won't be able to take all my regular meds - like Celebrex - so I will be cutting back on my Christmas activities.

I am just so very grateful for insurance and for the fact that there is something they can do for me.

The down side of the injection I had today is that it gives me a bad headache that last a couple of days....and it has already kicked in.

The water is on outside but the trash has already been taken to the curb.

All I have left is to go out and turn the water off, take a shower and try to get to sleep before the headache gets worse.

Praying for all my friends and loved ones in Florida tonight.

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