Company's Comin'

The outside is coming in today - my friend Gene is on the schedule for a visit - WITH PEACHES!

Yum - sounds good to me. The original plan was that I would go along to buy the peaches, but my monster headache set me back so we agreed that Gene would just come to me with this delicious treat. I even have Blue Bell (hmmmmm - at least I think I do - better check).

I've also realized that time is finite - my leave ends when the month does. For a while, it seemed that it would last forever. Well, it won't. I have to go back to work - and I'm actually looking forward to that. Work is something positive to focus on and I know that my colleagues will be delighted to return some of the responsibilities they  have assumed in my absence. There's plenty to do out there!

Sara Kate and Ryan leave for a Seattle visit today - I'm kinda jealous, but I'm sure we'll schedule our own soon. Only fair - right? Winnie gets to stay with Jimmie while they're away and SK says that she will have a major great time there. I don't know - all those dogs give me the hibbee jibbeeies, but I guess that Winnie likes her pals around. 

Some of the Jancaiti inlaws are coming to Dallas for a visit at the end of May - Betsy is working a golf tournament so I know that Ryan will enjoy that. 

Right now, I'm looking forward to a big birthday celebration in July - I think that the family is gathering in Austin and I know that we'll have a great time. Braden (Maren, too?) are coming from Seattle - lots of others, too, I think - got to get Clif to share  those plans!

Enough for now - I'll let you know how the peaches are :)

xxxtheBrainiac!

Time to Talk!

I know - looks like I just vanished doesn't it. The good news is that I haven't - I am back to write a bit and let you all know that things are going just fine.

I did have the monster of all headaches starting Sunday afternoon and continuing through Monday afternoon. Clif called the PA on MOnday a.m. - seems that it was something about taking me off one of the meds too quickly. They have fixed that and now I can lift my head off the pillow - a very welcome relief!

So, yesterday was a setback, but I'm moving forward again today. I guess you could compare this to an ice cream headache - such a relief when it's over. Also, a relief to know what caused it. My legal eagle is on the case!

As you know, I had numerous family in for the weekend. My daughter and mother cleaned and cleaned - and tossed lots of "stuff." There are rainbows to be found in these clouds - if  this hadn't happened to me, I would probably still have more plastic containers than any single family could possibly use, way too much holiday decor from the 80s and so many paper napkins. In addition, my daughter, who is a lawyer by profession, may have never discovered her hidden talent as a florist - goodness gracious, what that girl can do with an almost dead bouquet :)

Thanks to all, three closets are cleaned out, all the island drawers have been purged and the frig is amazing. I can't wait until they come again! In the meantime, if any of you are talented cleaners or organizers, by all means, come on over!

Hope this finds everyone hale and hearty - xxxgbg

Short and Sweet

Hi, all - just a quick check-in to let you know that I'm doing fine. Right now, I'm waiting on visitors so this will be very short .....................

Visitors arrived - four in all - and then I had a nice little nap. Thanks, as usual, for the food, cards and flowers. I think that tonight will be a snacky night - we'll save that yummy casserole for later this weekend.

Hugs to all - gbg

Write Me a Letter!

Gosh - I just had to ask - and what great ideas you all have. I can't decide which one to pick. I think I may begin with the three gringas who are going out to celebrate their 60th b-days. Sounds like fun to me and it is an actual plan - just waiting to see where it is that we will be having the celebration. I have defaulted in the planning process and another great friend has as well.

So, it is totally up to the friend who works with brains (isn't that funny - I have a friend who works with brains) to plan this party. We'll see where that goes - but personally, I'm thinking Santa Fe - of course, only if beer has been returned to my diet!

Impressed with this writing, I suppose? I'm not, but at least you know I'm still here - headache for whatever reason this a.m. - I think it's because I ate so many of the cookies I found left at my front door - SUGAR HIGH!

Love to all - more later - xxxgbg

Creativity is Deserting Me!

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm ...................

a little pressure here to let everyone know that all is well, food is delish and I am doing just fine. I think I have explained that food is the main focus - sorry. An old friend from high school is suggesting Spanyx (I could check that spelling, but I won't) since all I talk about is what I'm eating, but I feel no need to go there. I'll just tell you that my sweet neighbor across the street brought us a really fine barbeque dinner last night and we are still trying to figure out where it came from. I love things that I can taste!

Another dear friend is bringing dinner tonight and then we have Dallas relatives coming in for the weekend to look forward to. I imagine that there are other dinners in between, too. Seems terrible to like food this much - when there is nothing else to do, I guess that what one does.

I know that I can be creative so if any of you have any suggestions on topics to write about, please let me know - I am certain that I can write a doozy of a fantasy that will entertain us all. In the meantime, we'll just be bored together!

Miss you all - xxxgbg

I Can See Clearly Now ...........

Actually (nice word, huh!), I always could see clearly. Seems that I have no real problems, symptoms, or residual issues from my "minor" health adventure. Perhaps the biggest thing about this is that it happened at all (caution: still waiting on final reports!).

Because I am pretty much stuck a home for a few weeks, about all I have to write about is how grateful I feel to have such wonderful friends. We are so enjoying all of these culinary treats - much more food at our house than we are used to. I feel stuffed all the time, but to date, the scale shows that I am losing weight so that's good news. I hope it continues this way - however, pie a la mode is not normally on my diet (but, YUM! - and there is even a choice of kinds of pie - peach, apple, pecan - does it get any better than this?). Someone told us that it looked like a cookie bouquet exploded in our kitchen - maybe so - tastes good in there anyway! I've heard it said that I write a lot about food - sorry - only thing to focus on here at the moment :)

Well, I've told you all my news except that I believe that I will have Dallas visitors this weekend for a nice Mother's Day celebration. There are quite a few up there who are very eager to come see me. Unfortunately, sweet sister Kim was voted off the island due to her Mexico vacation, but I have assured her that we will receive her very soon. In the meantime, I must follow the flu guidelines - don't need that complication! 

Hope you are all doing well - and please feel free to call or whatever - I miss you all - xxxgbg

Take a Deep Breath - RELAX!!!!!!

Have you noticed? I like exclamation points and ALL CAPS and dashes and lots of ............. - puts emphasis in all I have to say, which at this point, is not too much. There is no real news - we are still waiting for all of the pathology reports and the doc is unwilling to commit to any real course of therapy until he knows it all. Probably a good idea - but I am getting eager to know what is in front of me. The soon-to-be-married won't admit it, but they would like some hair on my head in September - and, come to think of it, so would I. We'll wait for the verdict.

Right now, Friday a.m., there's nothing to report. Perhaps boring is a good thing? I think I told you all that the staples came out yesterday - good feeling and it didn't hurt. They say that I can even wash my hair so that's a good thing. However, I have to have baby shampoo so I am dependent on Clif to get that - cross your fingers. I am also supposed to take one baby aspirin per day and Clif is adamant about calling my personal internist before we start this - twiddling my thumbs here - sigh!

Had a great breakfast - more of those delish cinnamon rolls from New Braunfels - thanks, NB!

Also a small bowl of Raisin Bran - with just a very little milk, they stay crispy and I like that. Now, thinking on to lunch - there is food here - lots of food. So nice that all you good friends are watching over me!

Guess I have nothing more to say - perhaps I will start writing (making up) stories - that will be good for my creative juices! Right now, I just know that you are all interested in hearing from me so I'm going to try to keep pace and be reassuring :)

Brain surgery - well, what in the world is that? - xxxgbg