I'm 4 days past the Mohs surgery now and I have to say I'm pretty pleased with my healing! Stitches come out on 15th, I'm sure I'll be able to make a better assessment then. The Dr removed an area about the size of a pencil eraser, much less that I was anticipating. He did need to cut a little above and below the removal area to curve the stitch line around the tip of my nose rather than a line straight down my nose which would have been more visible and perhaps causing a nostril to flare out. I have 10 teeny stitches on a still swollen nose but I'm following instructions carefully to give myself the best possible outcome. I have a Dermabrasion appointment scheduled for 2 months from now, which my DR said will help to reduce visibility of the scar. I think the worse past of the process was the lidocaine injections in the tip of my nose. That hurt like hell! Thanks so much Lynn for getting in touch with me! Sue

Awww, thanks for asking! Yes, we got our new fur kid from a Doberman rescue group a week ago yesterday. We've been in the process of bonding and getting to know one another ever since. He's a sweet, slender, smart, 3 y/o male . . . who still doesn't have a name! Since DD named Sasha (and previously Chloe), DS named Ronin and I named Turk, my sweet husband gets to name this boy. And he's dragging this out while he ponders the best name for him. Grrrrrr! I do have veto rights though and have already nixed "Bozz" (for Brian Bosworth, a favorite OU football player of DH's from back awhile.) I told him that the dog was not getting any name that I would be embarrassed to tell people . . . or that was stupid (LOL). And, sad to say, I don't have any pics of our new fur kid yet. Emily took a quite a few of them and then headed back to college on Monday before sharing them with me. So, I'll take some pics and let you all see my sweet boy in the next few days. Thanks so much for thinking of me, though. It made my day!

Thank you, Cattyles. So sweet of you! Jane recently moved AM to another server so the pictures could be larger. She asked me to update my photos, so almost all of them were recently retaken. DD1 now uses the Shabby Chic room, so most of that is stored. DD2 took the sofa for her MBR sitting area. I'll probably get DD1 to sell the RASC and other bedding on ebay. I really don't need and it's silly to store when someone else could enjoy. Lynn, she made the reins from leather jewelry cording. Perfect touch, wouldn't be the same w/o it. I just took a vase DD2 bought 9 years ago, but has been stored the last 6. Always a chance drilling hole could break, but it wasn't an expensive vase and will make a cute lamp for her MBR sitting area. I also have several lamps in closets... I really should start selling things I don't use/haven't used/don't plan to use. We actually lease to an antique store and the owner has told me to bring whatever I want to put in his space. I need to make a list/take pictures to send him, making sure I'm not overstepping his offer and that there is room. But then I go back/forth on if/when we do move, what bedroom(s) do I want to not have in the next house. Don't want to get rid of something only to regret it later. I kept thinking DD1, DD2 or DS will want something. So far, not.

Today, on radio, t.v. and online news the reports of the storms in her area kept her in my thoughts. Is she still planning to drive home tomorrow? I’m keeping her, and any of you with family out in these storms , In my prayers. Safe journeys all, and Happy Thanksgiving. marti