I started this blog to keep folk up to date on my husband's melanoma treatments. I have kept up daily blogs for 15 1/2 years…sometimes health related...sometimes just daily routine. June 16th Woody took his final breath in his long health battle. I have blogged for so long that it is part of my daily routine…so I guess I will continue with posts from me about how I cope with this new stage in my life…widowhood.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Blue Bird of Happiness!
We have had somewhat a "normal" day...such as a "normal" day might be! Woody left around 9:30 this morning on a walk to town which included dropping off a couple of prescriptions at our pharmacy, going downtown for a meeting, walking back by way of the library to drop off an overdue book, walking to the community center to spin on an exercise bike for twenty-five minutes, stopping at the pharmacy to pick up the prescriptions, and then proceeding on home. While he walked I had school with Joy and Esther and checked on Abigail. Abigail seems to be doing great! Nathan changed the oil and air filter in one of our cars...another thing marked off Woody's "to-do list" prior to heading to AZ. I did a little vacuuming and found the tree skirt for the corner tree and also placed Mr. Snowman on the fireplace hearth. He is a large...5 foot tall stuffed snowman who sits on our hearth from December till it starts to warm up again. He is a very good draft blocker...blocking cold air that seeps in at the bottom of our fireplace screen. Woody thought that it would be a good idea to put him out prior to our trip to keep out some of the cold air while we are away. This afternoon I headed upstairs to work on church library memorials...something that I needed to do prior to making a book order for the church library. Once the library memorial list was complete, I started working on the book order. I need to get the book order ready so I can check on the library computer tomorrow to make sure that I don't order duplicates. Memorials and a book order are more jobs that Woody has added to my "to-do list" prior to leaving for AZ. Wondering if I am going to have time to get things ready to pack...with all his "to-do lists!" I did take time to sort clothes to wash this afternoon...just haven't gotten any of the loads downstairs to start washing yet. This afternoon Woody talked on the phone with another stage-4 melanoma patient...they encouraged each other by sharing experiences that they have had with treatments, etc. A little while ago, Woody headed off walking to the church for his weekly time in the prayer room. He has also found time to do some reading today. I guess that about sums up our day...a day of working on Woody's "to-do lists!" Guess you could say that we are a bit closer to being ready to head off to AZ next week!
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