Long Time No See

HELLO TO EVERYONE!

I am unsure where to even begin with an update.

I have been well, just extremely busy!  There

has been little to no time for me to be creative

let alone keep up with my blog.  I do apologize

for the extended absence.  

My surgery went well.  I was back in the hospital

with a severe case of gastroenteritis.  Got over

that, but it took about 2 full months to get to the

point that I could function to any level of

decency.  Then the holidays came around.  I also

had to go out of town for 8 days to take care

of family business at Dad's house.  Our son was

home for most of the month of December to

celebrate Christmas and stand up in a wedding.

The wedding was for very close family friends.

Their son is 7 weeks older than our son and the

boys grew up together most of their childhood.

It was great to be included in the wedding

activities!  I was asked to help make center-

pieces for the tables at the reception as well as

favors for each place setting.  I made favors

for each place setting at the rehearsal dinner as

well.  It really was an honor to be able to help

and participate in all the events leading up to

and including the wedding.  Our 13 year old

daughter helped make a lot of the projects too.

She likes to be crafty with mom!  Our son

stood up as one of the groomsmen and he was

in his military uniform.  What a handsome

young man he has become!!  And the bride

and groom were simply gorgeous!  

December was a fantastic month full of blessings

and happiness!!

January came around with just as much

activities and to be honest as I sit here right now

can't even recall what everything has been...but

it has been NON-stop!

As far as my well-being...  I have lost a total

of 103 pounds since my highest weight was 

ever recorded.  And a total of 74 pounds

since my surgery date.  I feel fantastic!  I am

really eager for my knees to finally realize the

weight loss is supposed to make them feel

better and function better!  In the meantime, I

am still using my walker and not exercising like

I should be.  I pray for this to happen ASAP!

I have a lot of recipe pages to share and will

begin sharing them again ASAP!  I am going to

try to get into creating things again.  But it

really is difficult to make that time to sit on

the computer lately.  Hang in there with me and

things will start coming back together.

Thank you to everyone who has sent me

private notes and sent encouragement and love!

~~~It is all appreciated beyond belief!~~~

SMUGGLES,

RhondaSue

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