A Sweet Surprise~

Good morning dear friends.  How are you doing today? 

I wanted to share a sweet surprise I got in the mail yesterday.
Dear Lois aka Huckleberry Lady

sent me a little box of goodies and they couldn't have been more welcomed than yesterday.

A beautiful card, some wonderful lotion, a Coca Cola tin filled with chocolate of course!

The tin will be added to my small collection of Coca Cola items.

She made the cute heart shaped pot holders and the wonderful  X and O's bowl fillers. 

Thank you, thank you Lois for this sweet surprise.

Also, Lois is having a give away. Hop on over to her blog and sign up quickly as she 

will choose the lucky winner Sunday night!

She's giving away these wonderful Valentine ornies.

Things have been hectic around here; end of last week I had to take my MIL to the kidney doctor for an update on her condition.  Not good.  We found out last fall that she was born with one kidney smaller than the other and the other one isn't able to keep up it's job.  The specialist had given her the choice of going on dialysis or continuing on the way she has been.  Of course she said she was to old for the dialysis, didn't want to be kept down more than she already has, so she opted to change her diet to accommodate the remaining kidney function. Well, let me tell you, for those of you who have never had kidney problems this is tough. This woman all her life has eaten healthy, whole grains, tons of vegies, and in general just been mindful of what she put in her body, oh yea there have been some sweets in there too ~smile~  

After all, a woman needs chocolate once in a while. 

The diet change has been to all the things that she's stayed away from.  White breads, no beans of any kind, has to peel and soak any root vegie prior to cooking in order to remove the "phosphorus" that is harmful to her kidneys.  There is a huge list of things that she has to stay away from.  

It's a chore to for her to do so today I'm going to prepare some meals for her to keep on hand.

For now she is still in her own place, for how much longer we don't know.  As of Sunday she got the stomach flu and when I went there yesterday she wasn't doing well.  

Praying she is better today when  I get there.

So a midst all of this, bearing the news about Janice and dealing with my own health issues it's been a rough week.  Thankfully yesterday I did get to a new internist for my B/P and arthritis meds AND got a shot of cortisone in each knee.  I HATE the sight of needles and I'll just leave it at that.

I am movin' around much better today and very grateful for the shots.  Once again I am putting off the knee replacement till we know what will be happening with my MIL.  There is a chance we will be bringing her here sooner than we thought.  I will be fine for a while longer.

Had to share this one.  So many of us are taking care of our elderly parents.

We'll be there one day ourselves.

Warm hugs to all of you dear friends.

Stay warm~

Sheila