Whew..whatta week!!

Been a fast moving week for me since I last posted! I'll try to recap!

Thursday I was at the hospital all day while my sister had her lumpectomy. At one point, all of us sisters were in the waiting room together (except Trish, of course, who was in surgery). We kind of scared the surgeon when he came into the family conference room to update us! All went well for her and they didn't see any signs of the cancer spreading to her lymphnodes and feel they got the entire tumor (with no fringes of cancer lingering). She is doing remarkably well post-surgery too. I stayed with her Thursday night and Friday. She was doing so well on Friday that she suggested we go to a movie! So we went to "Christmas Carol" - the new Disney version with Jim Carrey's voice as Scrooge. It was good, but not recommending it for small children (or timid adults) who may scare easily!

Saturday the sisterhood (most of us anyway) and 2 nieces Amy & Val, did the craft show circuit. All the area churches have craft sales and so we went to 5 of them! We broke for lunch and met up with our sister-in-law Beth at Olive Garden before hitting our last one. The weather was just perfect for this outing, sunny and low 60's. We all had a marvelous time and Trish did well, as did my sister, Sandy, who is also battling breast cancer. So glad we all had the day together!

Today I am going to maybe go to one more craft sale and then start cleaning and preparing for a jewelry party that I am hostessing next weekend. It's supposed to be equally as nice today as it was yesterday, so perhaps another walk around Springbrook Nature Center is a good idea. I did that last Sunday and just loved hearing the leaves on the path swoosh and crunch underfoot. Fall is my favorite time of year and October didn't provide too many nice/dry days! Have to take advantage of these November days!!

While I'm not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow, I feel refreshed and renewed having spent so much quality time with my family! Oh, and a little shop therapy never hurts either!! :o) Have a great week ahead!