4 weeks and feeling better

hello to all!! wow....it's been 4 weeks since i posted.....

i returned home from arizona....creative escape and less than 18 hours later i had life altering surgery. yep.....total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salping-oopherectomy.....! say that after having a few cocktails!!......anyway.....my ob-gyn girlfriend and the oncologist thought that i had ovarian cancer.....the tumor was the size of a very large orange.....however the pathology report was negative!!!
thank god for that! rex was on the phone to all the family and friends...and then he posted online for all the girls from CE.....so they would know what was happening!! needless to say....he was a happy camper!!!

so....here it is 4 weeks later....and i'm still having trouble going all day! damn...i would have thought i would bounce back faster than i have.... after about 8 hours....i need a nap... i have gone shopping a few times in the last week with my best friend....and she can always tell when i'm tired or hurting.....and she rushes me home! what a sweetie she is!!! she is taking me on a scrapbook retreat next weekend....and i'm sure i'll be well cared for! i won't have to worry about lifting heavy things....or anything like that!

i haven't gotten much done in these few weeks....a few cards from the PolkaDot Chicks....still waiting on some paper to go with these...also waiting for my die hard kit from them.....and want to work on some photos from CE....perhaps next weekend i can do that!

mr. butt has been busy painting the second story of the house! we finished the study.....stadium red walls....black furniture....turned out totally cool!! we found this super contemporary chair for the room....it's black, tomato and orange!! looks so good!!! and he finished the guest bath! we just need a few accessories for the room.....then it's off to erin's old room.....it will now be the guest room.....we picked out a color called caramel orange.....looks really great...rusty.....hope to find some bed linens to work with it!

then......the big change.....we are going with chocolate brown and lime green for our bedroom! we went last night and bought new furniture......i bid on a spa bedroom comforter set on ebay....white with chocolate and won it! the whole king set for $51....can't beat that with a stick!!! once we are done...i'll post a few photos of the transformation!! then....have to wait until after the cruise to costa rica to get the hardwood floors upstairs.......a girl just can't have everything!!

it's getting late....almost 1130pm.....trying to stay awake....erin and mike are enroute to california.....taking a little weekend trip....going to Napa valley tomorrow.....she told me today that this will be her first trip to a winery....and she starts at the top.....will be hard to settle for augusta or herman after that! they are going to alcatraz... & san francisco with mike's friends.....i hope they have a fabulous time......when they return on sunday...they have a five hour layover in minneapolis....and will have dinner with dani....erin's best friend from college!

still receiving some cards in the mail from girls i meant while in arizona....can't believe how lucky i am! everyone is just wonderful!

i love my life!!!