Well that about sums up the past few weeks. Mr. Abbott wound up coming a few days early. His elk hunt wasn't going very well; he didn't even see one! It was so good to see him! Too much catching up to try and cram into one night, but am thankful for the time we did have. He arrived around dinner time and was up very early the next morning to get on the road. Hopefully we will be able to get together again this summer in Michigan!
I think I was running on adrenline getting ready for Mr. Abbott's visit, because I kind of had a slump the week afterwards. Still, I'm doing well with my recovery. Sometimes I still get headaches, but I think I am not drinking enough water or something. I see the doctor again this week for a month follow up. If everything looks good and I'm still feeling up to it, he may release me to go back to work. I'm hoping that is the case with all the expenses piling up.
While I've been off work, we had some roof work done. It took a week to finish properly ventilating our roof, venting the bath fans out the roof, and replacing bad decking. In a few more days we are also adding insulation. Hopefully this will take care of the problems we have been experiencing with ice dams. It is so stressful in the winter and we have been putting this off by going out and roof raking the edges after a snow. Last year we got so much snow-just couldn't go through that again!
Thanksgiving was ok. We were all together and that is always nice. I wish my family was a little more fun though! Jim cooked about half the meal. I did the other half, and that was my limit for the day. As soon as I sat down and started eating, I could tell I needed a nap. The boys cleaned up (as well as boys do...) and everyone just sat around. Kind of fuddy duddy like. Nate's girlfriend, Carly, joined us for dinner and hung out for awhile. Then she and Nate went back to her house to decorate her tree. Noah hung out for awhile, and then went back to college-so he could be up bright and early for tailgaiting and football. Maybe someday my family will grow a little larger and things will be more lively!
Have been spending the past few days getting my Christmas decorations up. Spent hours today straightening branches on the artificial tree and getting the lights on. I HATE that job and I REALLY HATE doing it alone. At least we are ready to decorate tonight and I'm hoping to enlist some help for that! Don't have any shopping done, but am going to really cut back this year-like I said earlier, lots of expenses this year.
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