Gave the cat a bath yesterday - she really liked that! A good time to get the stink off of her, clip her nails and clean the 'ol ears. She looked so pathtic when we were done - her tail was quite rat like and she just stood there with that look on her face that said "what did I do to deserve this?"

I did finish planting in my herb garden (I think) I have Lavender that is about to bloom, Mint, Oregano, Parsley, Curry, Basil and Sage - Ideally I would like to have even a few more but as it is I may be very busy this year harvesting and drying the leaves.

Painted the shutters on the house - that needed to be done desperately! it was the fix of a mistake from last summer...I don't know why we ever thought white shutters would look good against our grey siding. After doing that I did not have the ambition to fix it right away so I waited until last weekend and now they are this cool green that looks great and makes me wonder if i should paint the front door to match...

Had x rays taken of my back last week - they showed that my spine in the lower back is curved way out to the left side and my neck is even worse. It is almost completely straight at the base and top and the middle section is curved back the opposite direction, lovely. Well it is no wonder why the pain seems to be geting worse since my accident and not better - I am seeing a chiropractor 3 times a week to try to help put my spine back into the right position. I am glad to have some hope as the Doc. thinks he can fix it in time...Gosh it hurts though.

I was video taped this past week for our Lebanon Presentation which is the 18th.  I realized that those cameras make me very nervous and my tongue gets completely tied up. Tom said it was good though I felt it wasn't so great. He was awesome, "Mr. Laid back" did very well on his part - I was proud of him.

Thanks to those of you who left a note of encouragment for me the last time I posted - I appreciate the support.

I am going out tonight on a hot date - ooo la la.  We're hitting dinner & the movies, should be fun cause we don't go out that much.

And that's all I got today.

Take it from me, here are a few things that I recommend not doing:

• Leave for work when you have to go to the bathroom (you never know when you'll actually get to go!)
• Drive in bad weather, down roads where there is no cellphone connection
• Try to take on a tree with your car (its a fact that the tree will always win)
• Get in a car accident (definately not a rewarding experience!)
• Hitting your head repeatedly
• Fall out of a car into a muddy 2 ft ditch. wearing nylons and heels (pay attention to this one Ken)
• Be strapped to a hard backed stretcher in the cold pouring rain
• Take an ambulance ride, its an expensive ride that's not to comfy!
• Having your head and neck taped to a table
• Getting your (just paid off) car totalled
• Take the gift of life for granted

Things that I do recommend:

• Make sure you have good insurance coverage as you never know what might happen
• Always use the restroom before you travel anywhere!
• In bad weather, choose to drive well travelled roads
• Respect trees, their roots go very deep therefore they don't budge
• Stop if you are the first person at the scene of an accident, someone may be need your help!
• Drive carefully!
• Always tell those that are most important to you that you love them...

I am so thankful to be alive. To be able to wake up and breathe in a new day. To be able to look into my husband's eyes and see love.

God is good

  P.s. check out the car pics. on my photoblog!

December already, how times flies by. Soon we will be up in balmy Michigan for Christmas holiday. Thankfully both of us get a week off of work around that time.

Tom and I decided that this year we were going to make almost all the Christmas gifts that we give. We began working on them back in August, believe it or not, and just yesterday finally finished a few of them... I won't leak the secrets of what we have been up to but just know that yes, it took us that long to make some headway.  It has been really fun learning all these new things and then seeing them come together.  I hope that everybody can enjoy what they are getting this year.

Debbie's wedding...still haven't got my dress, the first one had a flaw when it came in and then the second dress had the same flaw also.  So now I am awaiting a third dress,  hopefully this one works...been a wee bit dissapointed in David's Bridal.

Lebanon is just around the corner... the end of March, long story... if anyone wants to hear it then just shoot me an email.

Babies, babies, EVERYONE I know is having them (that's not an exageration), all the more reason to wait a very long time before attempting such a feet.  Personally I'm in no hurry.  In fact I take great joy in visiting friends and relatives who have been thusly blessed, spend quality time holding their sweet little beings, coddling them, playing with them, and then being able to go home to the quiet.  Since I am on this subject, congratulations to John and Ann, Jen and Wil, Catherine and Eric, and Amy and Evan on all the safe deliveries of your little blessings from heaven!  I anxiously await being able to congratulate Lisa, Gloria and Joe, Alea and Nathan, Johnathan and Amber, Danielle and all the others that I can't currently remember.  DID I mention that EVERYONE I know is having babies?!

On that note I sign off.