Louis Dean and I stayed up to welcome the New Year in by watching the fireworks shooting off of Reunion Tower in Dallas.
At midnight we toasted each other with Cupcake Sparkling Red wine in the champagne flutes Deanie gave us from the year 2000.
We went to bed at 1:00 AM and neither one of us got up until nearly noon!
Best night's sleep we have had in weeks!
Louis Dean says we need to buy that wine again!
I organized my light closet and went about taking all of Christmas down while Louis Dean stored it away for me. I decided to just bite the bullet and take it all down except for the gazebo.
I'll leave the winter theme out there.
Tomorrow I will finish getting the sewing room cleared out and then I will have the weekend to clean. My goal is to have the house all tidy before I go to the hospital.
I know myself and I know I will rest and recover better if the house is all clean and organized.
And Louis Dean will be able to keep it cleaned up if it starts out that way.
Tomorrow starts the special preparations for surgery.
I have to use a foam cleanser after my normal shower....leave it on for 3-5 minutes and rinse it off.
Pat dry with a clean towel and go to bed on clean sheets.
Same thing for Saturday and Sunday.
Lots of changing of the sheets!
My surgery is in a smaller hospital where the only surgery is on bones....
and they have an excellent reputation for no staph infections and they want to keep it that way.
I knew back in the early spring my knee was getting worse and by May I was getting injections to see if those would work. They didn't. It was in September when I scheduled the surgery and it has been way out there - months and weeks away.
Now that it's just a few days away.......it's kind of like waiting to ride the roller coaster at an amusement park.....and I'm now close to the front of the line.
I think I am ready!
I haven't dressed, done my hair or make up since Tuesday and I admit to looking like a hag!
But I have accomplished a lot on the house and will enjoy recuperating in it.
I have been cooking, though!
Breakfast has been oatmeal, toast, eggs and bacon - maybe not all at once but three out of the four.
Chicken Alfredo, sweet potato casserole, black eyed peas, and cornbread were on the menu for New Year's Day.
Tonight I made us a good salad.
I love this photo because Louis Dean replaced the under counter light that went out the other day.
It's a new LED strip light - two of them - and I love them.
We will be getting more of these!
I have an update on Chandy!
She and I talk by way of texts every day and she's been so good at keeping us in the loop so her granddad won't worry.
The baby is still looking good!
Another complication or two has come up and it looks like she has a high chance of preclampsia at 20 weeks. She is at 7 weeks now.
Chandy has an excellent doctor - but the hospital is in Odessa and she lives in Big Spring - 75 minutes away. When the doctor came in to check on her this afternoon, Chandy was crying because she missed her children and husband so much.
So he discharged her with a whole big long list of instructions and meds.
She's to get back to the hospital by ambulance if there's any change in her condition.
Chris was so glad to have his wife home.
He's an excellent father and husband but life is better when Chandy is there!
The happiest of all was Bella!
This was the first time she's been away from her Mama and she stayed up much of last night wandering around the house looking for her mother!
Thank you for all the prayers for Chandy!
