Me on Monday

Well, I'm not exactly starting this day in a fun way! By the time you read this, I will have completed my colonoscopy. This is the first time I had to do--what I was told by my friends--was the very long prep process. Apparently the way my doctor used to do it is no longer an accepted practice. But as it turned out, I think the really over-exaggerated. It wasn't even a gallon of liquid. Basically, I had to take 4 Ducolax at noon. Then at 6 p.m. I had to drink 8 oz. every 15 minutes for one hour. Then, nothing else until 5 hours before my appointment--which was 1:30 a.m. At that time, I only had to drink 8 oz. every 15 minutes for 45 minutes. It wasn't fun to have to get up in the middle of the night and try to stay awake to ward off any problems--luckily it all went fine. To me, this was just an inconvenience. But on the other hand, I'll do anything to insure my good health. 

Since I am writing this in the middle of the night while I try to stay awake, I'm going to just tell you what's happening afterwards. 

We'll come home so I can get ready to go to St. Louis. Since I am unable to go for Janet's "Celebration of Life" on Saturday, (it's our annual family trip--this time to Costa Rica), I wanted to honor her as best I could. 

My sister, Jeanne and I have agreed to make the photo boards. I have gone through hundreds of photos provided by various family members and narrowed it down to 218! I first printed a contact sheet and then set up categories--one for each board. Then I went through, edited, cropped and printed all of the photos, cut them apart and cut off the white edges. Whew! A lot of work. In fact, I have 13.5 hours in pre-planning. That also includes the 10 titles I cut on my Cricut. We need to be ready to work when I get to St. Louis. Hopefully, since it's a matter of putting it all together, I'm hoping it won't be so hard--just time consuming. I guess it depends on how many photos we need to eliminate. 

There were so many times that I forgot that Janet was gone--thinking, "I need to call Janet and ask questions about some of these pictures!" It still hasn't sunk in! It's awful. 

There are just so many things I'm going to miss: Camp Aunt Barb, poker games, sister's trips, scrapbooking and traveling. I'm really sorry to miss her "party," but at least I can feel good that I honored her by helping to put these boards together. She was very particular about how she looked in photos, so I think she'll be happy with the pictures we picked. 

I'll be back on Wednesday so that I can make my dental appointment on Thursday morning. The only thing I have left for myself--healthwise in my mammogram in a couple weeks. Then I'll be good for another year! I prefer to get it all done within a few weeks. 

How about you? Are you up-to-date with all of your health appointments? 

Something for Sunday

February by the Numbers:

Movies Seen: 7

***Send Help

*****Sole Mio

Mercy (fell asleep)

***Wuthering Heights

*****Crime 101

*****I Can Only Imagine

*****Epic Elvis

Books Read—15 (When you don't have tv for a week, you get more reading done!)

5 star books:

   Revenge of the Tipping Point

   Hitler’s Last Days

   Dolly Parton Behind the Seams

   Where the Light Gets In

   My Friends

   Ain’t Nobody’s Fool

   Every Vow You Break

   Life’s Missing Instruction Manual

Podcasts:

Paul Burell—3

Lunch Out—11

Dinner Out:—1

Happy Hours—3

Bridge—2

Documentaries/Movies/Series  

Netflix :

*****The Suitcase Killer

*****Call Me Kate

*****The Confession Tapes (11E)

*****Don’t F**K with Cats (3E)

*****Simon Cowel (6E)

*****Lucy Letby Investigation

*****The Untold Fall of Favre

*****Bridgerton (11E)

*****Love & Death (7E)

*****Fool Me Once (8E)

*****Jeffrey Epstein (4E)

*****Alone (12E)

*****Naked Ambition

Prime:

****Lorena (4E)

*****Goliath (8E)

Scrapbook Pages Completed:

Trips & Events:

Morgan’s baby shower

Sandy & Greg in town

Andrea Boccelli concert w/Steph

During the Big Chill:

Things accomplished the week without internet/tv:

1. Cleaned out pool bath—towels and drawers
2. Cleaned out Margarita’s closet—UGH!
3. Cleaned between the washer and dryer.
4. Cleaned under the dryer.
5. Cleaned the fireplace screens and door of 3 fireplaces (the 4th one--in the library is currently covered by empty boxes! I'm determined to fill them with things to get rid of).
6. Sorted all of my jewelry—it took 2 hours! (I put it out on the dining room table when all the girls were here for Morgan's shower and then got rid of what was left).