2nd week of Nov

[dreemkin]

Hope you have a wonderful week!

[dreemkin]

Hey there! It's been rather busy here and will continue this week. The weekend we had an impromptu night off from the girls as my sister took them for a sleepover. We went to eat, did a little fun shopping, and watched movies! We are trying to get through all of the avengers in the order they came out. Then we had a snow storm so we spent the holiday just hanging (read: girls fighting) at home. H went in to work though.

Today it is 10 degrees. We did have school. Some other Midwest areas were off. Back to a normal schedule here for now.

My sister is in the middle of IVF and had her follicle extraction this morning. They had to travel to another state for the procedure and ended up being stopped in traffic for about 3hrs last night due to multiple accidents and vehicles going into ditches. Anyway, pls keep her in your prayers or thoughts or whatever you go to for luck! This is a rough process and might not even be successful.

[aggiebug]

Oaf dreemkin I am glad she made it safely. Saying a prayer and thinking sticky baby thoughts!

[aggiebug]

Disney+ is here. Wheeee. I am excited. Not as excited as my husband but excited. .

It's 19° outside and I am walking around without a jacket. I might be pregnant 🤣.

[lilyelayne]

dreemkin praying for your sister!

[lilyelayne]

Busy week here too. My parents came over here instead of us going there for Tuesday night supper, so that was a nice little break from all the going.

MIL had a mammogram last month that had some shadows on it. She had an ultrasound today and they saw “something” so she’s having a biopsy on Thursday. 😔 Still praying it’s nothing serious.

[dreemkin]

Keeping your MIL in my prayers Lily.

Disney+!!! I don't know what to watch first (I guess technically it was half of captain marvel last night). There are so many good things on there. Now it's just figuring out how to play them on devises too. We have an old Apple TV that was gifted to us and of course I am unable to get it on there... I guess it'll be phone and mirror casting for now until possibly Switch is able to support it?? I know PS4 can but we have that in our bedroom. FWP.

[dreemkin]

Happy kindness day! I love how kind you all are!

This morning was my second attempt of run 24 (30min run) and I did it! I guess I just needed a little leg rest! I am so excited. Going to take it easy Friday at the gym but try my last run on Monday next week.

Today I am making my favorite Czech dish, koprova!! Mmm it is so good. It's a beef roast slow cooked with fresh dill and a little apple cider vinegar (pickled beef?). Then a thick, creamy, sour cream dill gravy. With boiled potatoes! The dream meal haha. Unfort H will be at a work dinner tonight so solo parenting tonight. Glad we did baths yesterday!

[lilyelayne]

Today was so long with so much driving back and forth but it was a good day nonetheless. Got hit with a mega headache in the evening, which I think is hormonal. It’s getting a little better. Hoping to break 20,000 words on my novel, so I better hop to it.

[kartish]

Praying for your sister dreemkin and for your MIL lilyelayne.

It's been a weird week with our schedules thrown off, due to doctor appointments and the holiday. I'm hoping I can get back into a schedule, but this time of year is hard.

We did spend some time cleaning up the back yard last night, which was overdue. Then we watched the new Lion King, which we all were pretty meh about. I figured there would be something a little different to the storyline to stand out from the original. I did pop in and out to cook dinner, so maybe I missed something.

[aggiebug]

Thinking of mil today lilyelayne.

[lilyelayne]

Thank you so much, everyone! Great news! When the nurse was prepping for the biopsy she could only find a lymph node on the ultrasound, so she called the doctor in. He did an exam, looked at the past scans, and did another ultrasound himself. He says it’s only an encapsulated lymph node and there is nothing to biopsy or worry about!!

She will repeat imaging in 6mo because the original doctor saw something abnormal (that’s literally all the official report says “mammogram- abnormal” and “imaging- inconclusive”) just to be on the safe side.

[aggiebug]

Nov 14, 2019 10:47:55 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

Thank you so much, everyone! Great news! When the nurse was prepping for the biopsy she could only find a lymph node on the ultrasound, so she called the doctor in. He did an exam, looked at the past scans, and did another ultrasound himself. He says it’s only an encapsulated lymph node and there is nothing to biopsy or worry about!!

She will repeat imaging in 6mo because the original doctor saw something abnormal (that’s literally all the official report says “mammogram- abnormal” and “imaging- inconclusive”) just to be on the safe side.

Fantastic news ❤️

[dreemkin]

I hear ya kartish, I dont thing things will calm down for a while for us. Months. Holidays/birthdays are fast approaching. And re new lion king. I'm not interested. Didn't really like the first one (too sad), hate Beyonce, etc.

lilyelayne that's wonderful! Hoping for similar results next time!

It's my mom's birthday today. We are going out to eat tonight. I made a poppyseed cake this morning and it didn't come out great. It deflated after baking and is kind of cracking. My mom is mildly diabetic so I subbed out ingredients for low carb, no sugar and I think that made the difference. Almond flour is much heavier that regular flour. I think it'll have to be served from the bundt pan. I hope it tastes okay! Will have to look up a specifically low carb/sugar recipe next time!

[lilyelayne]

dreemkin how did the cake turn out? Almond poppyseed sounds delightful.

[kartish]

Glad to hear the news lilyelayne, I hope her next appointment good as well.

Went out to a tea tasting tonight with my sister and some friends. One of our friends is a few years younger than us, and just moved out into her first apartment on her own. I'm excited for her, but she is going through some tough things at the same time that precipitated the move. But she seemed really excited and in a lot better spirits than when i last saw her, so I think the move is going to be really good for her.

Also I ended up buying a spiced plum tea; it was amazing. Perfect for this time of year.

[lilyelayne]

DH and I had our big concert date night last night. Old Dominion was amaaazing 😍 we got home at midnight and J was awake 😬 he went to bed great but at his typical 1030 wake up he wouldn’t go back down. That makes sense, because he only settles for me then. At least his one wake up is 1030! He and my mom were happily reading books on the couch, though. When we went to bed he nursed a little then climbed on top of me, laid his head on my chest, put one hand on my face and fell right to sleep.

[dreemkin]

lilyelayne the cake was not my best work but everyone else seemed to like it. Glad you had a fun date night!
kartish hopefully your friend will he happier this way! That tea sounds delish! My mom just gave me coffee from trader joe called wintry blend. Omg it is amazing; also great this time of year!

Last night n was able to get her cast removed! She still has two weeks and another ortho appointment before being released as a patient. Since she's been such a trooper we went to a celebratory pizza dinner!

[kartish]

Yesterday I was off and we went down to the river walk. The weather was beautiful and the boys had a lot of fun. Then we chilled at home. I watched Up while folding laundry; that movie is the last one I ever watched with my grandma. After we saw it she would interrupt conversions with "SQUIRREL!" and we would all crack up. Best part is half of the family never saw the movie and were so confused. That probably contributed to it being one of my favorite movies.

Today is work and a lot on the to do list. I need to order my Christmas cards today though when I get home.

[lilyelayne]

kartish what a sweet memory :-)