When Steve and I started the house hunting process a few years ago, I had steeled myself for a long, arduous process. Amazingly enough, it only took us about a month to find this house and while it didn't meet all of our criteria, it had enough of what we wanted for us to be able to make it a home. And I think that's why I love this place so much. Because we have made it our home. Of course, there's always room for improvement but overall, it is beautiful. It's comfortable. It's welcoming. And it's ours. When I was picking
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It’s okay for me to post this now, ten days late, because my decorations are still up!
Aside from EVERYTHING else, one of the worst feelings I had when they diagnosed me with the blood clots was the idea that I might miss Christmas. I had no doubt in my mind that we would still celebrate but I was very unclear as to what capacity I would be able to participate.
Thankfully, after a week or so of intensive treatment, my condition improved and we slowly got into the Christmas spirit. And I couldn’t have been more grateful that on Christmas morning, I was healthy enough to go to my parents house and eat delicious food, exchange gifts and watch movies with my family.
The thing with being as sick is that I was forced to reorganize my priorities. In years past, I’ve stressed myself out to the point where I couldn’t even enjoy the holidays because there was baking to be done, cards to be completed and mailed, presents to buy, travel plans to fulfill and just general chaos surrounding what was supposed to be a joyous and heartwarming time. But this year – this year I had an amazing holiday! I had to step back and pick only the most important things because my body wouldn’t let me push myself to that breaking point. It was already there.
