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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Update on me~



Happy New Year's Eve Eve! hehehe.  Well I want to say thank you to everyone who has said some prayers for me and wished me well during surgery. I went into surgery yesterday at 7:45am and was out by 8:40am. I woke up in recovery around 9:10am and stayed there for about an hour before they discharged me to go home. Everything went well. My doctor went into my groin on the left side and made the cut and ended up removing 2 very oversized lymph nodes. I am all stitched up but cannot see anything as I have this clear pouch looking thing over a piece of white gauze that is covering up the incision. Today I get to take a nice shower and remove the clear pouch to get the incision wet and clean. My doctor said he wants me to get it wet and have the soap and water just trickle down over it, not to scrub or anything. 

I'm so thankful that surgery went okay. I think I worried myself more than I should have had to. Last thing I remember is being wheeled into the operating room and seeing the doors open to all stainless steel everything and that was it. I must of knocked out right as we entered the OR. So he sent me home with a few scripts. One was percocet for pain, I have to take it every 4 hours, 2 pills each. And I have had to take it every four hours around the clock because for a small incision, I'm in a ton of pain! The other scripts were for a powdered laxative in case I have trouble having bowel movements and its supposed to soften the stool and another script for constipation should I get that. So far, I have not had any issues with any of that. I have also been putting the ice pack on my incision every hour for about 15 to 20 minutes. That ice really helps a lot for the swelling and it feels good. 

So the next step to all of this is waiting on results. The doctor told me that he should have results from the lymph nodes in about 10 days. I ask you all to continue to keep me in your prayers please! The last thing I want him to do is call me up and tell me that I have cancer. I HATE cancer. It has killed so many people that I love, both in my family and good friends that were in my life. It runs on both sides of the family especially my mother's side of the family. So I am praying for some good results when this is all said and done. So please continue to pray for me for healing and recovery and good results. I appreciate it, I really do. 

Well my friends, that is about it. I will continue to update you as I find things out myself. In the meantime, I want to wish each of you a very Happy and Healthy New Year! I will be staying home tomorrow like I always do and ring in the new year with my family. We usually play a board game or cards, have a glass of wine at midnight and watch Dick Clark's Rockin Eve and the after shows. Wherever you are tomorrow for the festivities, be SAFE!, don't drink and drive please!!! and please be responsible of others who have drank too much. I hope you all have a wonderful New Year's and hope you get that special midnight kiss from someone special in your lives. Mine will be from my daughter of course! :)  Stay safe! Happy New Year!!!

Until next time, Enjoy life's blessings~

Monday, December 28, 2015

Winner's FFC #119 Announced~


Hi there friends...
We have the Top 3's and winners from Fun~day Friday
challenge #119! Are you one of them lucky ones???

Our TOP 3 winners from  FFC #119
 "Christmas Treats":



                       #08----->  Paper Whims
                       #13----->  Sherrie Scraps with Passion
                       #14----->  Red Obsession


 And now our winner of the 4 digital stamps from:
Little Blue Button Stamps
------> #05 KT Fit Kitty





All Winners & Top 3's Please email me at:
Joann6274 at gmail dot com!
You will have 2 weeks to claim your prizes!

  
Well my friends that is all I have for today. I hope you have a great day! Thanks for stopping by and until next time.... Enjoy life's blessings~
  


Need your prayers



Good morning my friends!
I hope you have all had a wonderful holiday. Ours was very blessed, surrounded by family and good friends with lots of love and good food. Today I am coming to each of you to ask for some prayers. I need lots of them. 

Tomorrow morning (Tuesday), I need to be at the hospital by 6:00am to prep for 8:00am surgery. Many of you who have followed me for quite some time now, know that I suffer from many different health issues. This time around, doctors are worried for me and are hoping to rule out cancer. I am going in for a biopsy in my left groin lymph node and hoping to get answers either way. My symptoms as of lately have been excessive weight loss, loss of appetite, much greater pain, bowel changes, and extreme fatigue. My family on my mother's side has a high risk of cancer running through it. My father's side also has cancer, so needless to say; I am a nervous wreck. I was originally supposed to have this surgery on the 15th of this month but because the holiday was coming up, it gave me too much anxiety that I had my doctor move the date. So tomorrow the 29th it is. 

Please if you can find five minutes out of your day to say a prayer for me, it would mean everything to me. I am scared, I won't lie. People say that I am a very strong woman but I don't feel so strong right now. I am very vulnerable and nervous and all I keep thinking about is my little girl. I need to be able to come through surgery and recover successfully, hopefully with getting good news rather than the worst. So all prayers are appreciated and needed. 

Surgery from what I am told, should take about 45 minutes with an hour to two in recovery. I will do my absolute best to check in with everyone on Wednesday or Thursday to give an update. I am hoping for everything to go as well as it can so that I may return home with my family and enjoy recovery with them and to ring in the new year with them. I also want to say thank you in advance and would like to wish all of you a very happy and healthy new year!!

Until next time, Enjoy life's blessings~ 

Friday, December 25, 2015

Happy Holidays!!




I would like to wish all of you a very happy Holiday! Whether you celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah, I hope you are surrounded by family, friends and lots of love. Make some memories and cherish the quality of time spent together. 
From my home to yours,

Until next time, Enjoy life's blessings~

Monday, December 21, 2015

Winners FFC #118 announced!!


Hi there friends...
We have the Top 3's and winners from Fun~day Friday
challenge #118! Are you one of them lucky ones???

Our TOP 3 winners from  FFC #118
 "Anything Goes":



                         #05----->  Nana
                         #43----->  Maxine D
                         #54----->  Norma


 And now our winner of the 7 digital stamps from:
Bugaboo Stamps
------> #89 Kali





All Winners & Top 3's Please email me at:
Joann6274 at gmail dot com!
You will have 2 weeks to claim your prizes!

  
Well my friends that is all I have for today. I hope you have a great day! Thanks for stopping by and until next time.... Enjoy life's blessings~
  


Friday, December 18, 2015

FFC # 119 "Christmas Treats"


Hello sweet friends!
Welcome to another Fun~day Friday Challenge!!
We hope that you have enjoyed our challenges this year! We appreciate all of you who continue to come out each week and take part in our challenges and we have been blessed this past year with so many new blog friends who have come to play along. We would like to thank our sponsors this year! Our sponsors have been very generous and have been a huge part of making FFC a huge success.  We look forward to another full year ahead of fabulous challenges and giveaways and hope to see all of you in the new year!  
On behalf of myself and my amazing design team, we wish each one of you Happy Holidays and a healthy and happy new year!
Funday Friday challenges will resume again on January 8, 2016!


 This week's Challenge:
"Christmas Treats"
Create a card, layout or project with
this week's theme!

Our Sponsor this week is:
Little Blue Button Stamps
The winner will win 4 digital stamps of their choice!
 So make sure to play along this week~


    Starts: Friday, Dec. 18th 12:00AM

Ends:  Friday,  Dec. 25th  6:00PM
(Eastern time)

Now let's see what the FFC Design Team has created for this Challenge:

Tina 




What do you need to do to enter?
Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your card/project post that includes your challenge,
using the linky tool below.

2. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge

3. THREE entries per person and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. All entries must be NEW and created for the current challenge.

5. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post.

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements
Will not be eligible for top 3 or random wins (optional from sponsors prizes)
Any random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.
You have until Dec. 25th by 6:00PM (eastern) time to link up.
All winners will be announced during the week of Dec. 28th.
Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!
Until next time, enjoy life's blessings~
Thanks for stopping by!



Winner's FFC #117 announced~


Hi there friends...
We have the Top 3's and winners from Fun~day Friday
challenge #117! Are you one of them lucky ones???

Our TOP 3 winners from  FFC #117
 "Christmas Joy":



                         #10----->  Larissa
                         #76----->  For the love of cards 
                         #85----->  Lucy Patrick


 And now our winner of the 4 digital stamps from:
Little Blue Button Stamps
------> #56 Lisa S.





All Winners & Top 3's Please email me at:
Joann6274 at gmail dot com!
You will have 2 weeks to claim your prizes!

  
Well my friends that is all I have for today. I hope you have a great day! Thanks for stopping by and until next time.... Enjoy life's blessings~
  


Friday, December 11, 2015

FFC #118 "Anything Goes"


Hello sweet friends!
Welcome to another Fun~day Friday Challenge!!

Today is a beautiful day for me as it takes me through memory lane... 22 years ago today, I gave birth to my first born child, my son Anthony. Wow where has 22 years gone? I cannot believe it! It was just yesterday that he was just this little boy drawing and playing video games and now he is all grown up and on his own, making me proud. I must be getting old if my first born is 22 already! LOL!!
Happy Birthday Anthony Joseph!

 This week's Challenge:
"Anything Goes"
Create a card, layout or project with
this week's theme!

Our Sponsor this week is:
Bugaboo Stamps 
The winner will win 7 digital stamps of their choice!
 So make sure to play along this week~


    Starts: Friday, Dec. 11th 12:00AM

Ends:  Friday,  Dec. 18th  6:00PM
(Eastern time)

Now let's see what the FFC Design Team has created for this Challenge:


Tina 



What do you need to do to enter?
Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your card/project post that includes your challenge,
using the linky tool below.

2. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge

3. THREE entries per person and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. All entries must be NEW and created for the current challenge.

5. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post.

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements
Will not be eligible for top 3 or random wins (optional from sponsors prizes)
Any random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.
You have until Dec. 18th by 6:00PM (eastern) time to link up.
All winners will be announced during the week of Dec. 21st.
Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!
Until next time, enjoy life's blessings~
Thanks for stopping by!



Monday, December 7, 2015

Winner's FFC #116 announced~


Hi there friends...
We have the Top 3's and winners from Fun~day Friday
challenge #116! Are you one of them lucky ones???

Our TOP 3 winners from  FFC #116
 "Anything Goes":



                         #36----->  Gerda
                         #37----->  Jana K 
                         #44----->  Gail L


 And now our winner of the 7 digital stamps from:
Bugaboo Stamps
------> #20 Art with Yogi





All Winners & Top 3's Please email me at:
Joann6274 at gmail dot com!
You will have 2 weeks to claim your prizes!

  
Well my friends that is all I have for today. I hope you have a great day! Thanks for stopping by and until next time.... Enjoy life's blessings~
  


Sneak Peek, Holiday cards~



Hello my friends!
 How are you all doing? Are you finished your holiday shopping? Can you believe there are only 18 more shopping days left? I don't know about you, but this year has absolutely zipped by so fast for me! WOW! I feel like it was just yesterday that I was on the beach with family. But this is my favorite time of the year. Everything about the holiday season makes me happy. 

I have a little sneak peek for you. I actually found a little bit of time to create some Christmas cards that I will be sending out in the mail. Can you believe it?

If you want to see the cards that I made, please head on over to Jo's Stampin Studio to have a better look.  I also want to wish all my friends out there that celebrate, a Happy Chanukah!

Until next time, enjoy life's blessings~


Friday, December 4, 2015

FFC #117 "Christmas Joy"


Hello sweet friends!
Welcome to another Fun~day Friday Challenge!!

 This week's Challenge:
"Christmas Joy"
Create a card, layout or project with
this week's theme!

Our Sponsor this week is:
Little Blue Button Stamps  
The winner will win 4 digital stamps of their choice!
 So make sure to play along this week~


    Starts: Friday, Dec. 04th 12:00AM

Ends:  Friday,  Dec. 11th  6:00PM
(Eastern time)

Now let's see what the FFC Design Team has created for this Challenge:




What do you need to do to enter?
Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your card/project post that includes your challenge,
using the linky tool below.

2. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge

3. THREE entries per person and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. All entries must be NEW and created for the current challenge.

5. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post.

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements
Will not be eligible for top 3 or random wins (optional from sponsors prizes)
Any random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.
You have until Dec. 11th by 6:00PM (eastern) time to link up.
All winners will be announced during the week of Dec. 14th.
Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!
Until next time, enjoy life's blessings~
Thanks for stopping by!