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It's been awhile since our last Celebration Sunday.
So many reasons to be happy, blessed and thankful in our lives. Yet, for over the past few weeks. We have endured quite a lot on our already full plate. Project-wise with our home. Medically-wise with my health. Yet, through it all. We remain strong...Together.
Our beloved Littleblue's cremains have yet to be united with her siblings. The little velvet pouch that holds Littleblue's cremains have remained next to the beautiful sky blue marble urn here at our home. The same urn which will unite her with our other beloved fur children's cremains. Over the past few months, since her passing. I had yet to feel that time...an appropriate time. I have been hoping and praying for the right time, through signs.
This morning. I received my sign.
Today might not be the typical Celebration Sunday. A time to toast to all that is good in life. An evening out on our new festive red patio table and chairs. An intimate dinner for two. But today was still a day of celebration. Celebrating a most beautiful life of such a loving husky with the bluest of blue eyes. Our beloved Littleblue.
This evening we gathered the small box that held a pretty silver heart charm. Along with the beautiful sky blue marble urn. We also decided that today, was okay to finally open up the huge box that contains a new urn. A much larger urn. A beautiful Angel urn with sparkling wings that will one day hold the cremains of our entire little family...Together.
It took a bit to actually open the box. Needing to be extra careful so nothing got damaged. I held the sides of the strong cardboard while Eric carefully slide the box open, one section at a time. Inside held the most beautiful Angel.
There is something to be said in pre-planning. Having the power to make final decisions. Making important life decisions for #1..You.
For us, this day might had taken two months in order to finally receive a sign. That yes, it is most definitely okay! Life is, as it always will be, the most beautiful gift of all. Yet at the end. The most beautiful gift is being able to share the end of your journey...Together.
Live
LOVE
Life
bright
lovelies!
Yep, I most definitely felt the side effects this morning from over the past few days. My body was beat! My body needed all of that sleep and then some!
After we both caught up, more on my end, of some much needed sleep. I woke up to Eric getting a jump start on hand texturizing the ceiling of our second bedroom. Another huge project in the making! This is a first, most likely a first of anyone ever hearing or seeing hand texturizing a ceiling while literally using your hand! Hahahahaha! Call it...whatever you will...but this was my idea in the making! We just aren't sure how this hand idea in the making will end up turning out, but creative and artistic is what we are aiming for! Eric...He most likely won't be able to feel his hands or his neck come tomorrow morning. Heeheeheehee! I did assist, but it only lasted for around 10 minutes. I don't have the precise, constant, arm pressure needed, so I opted for the paint brush on the last and final sections of the bedroom walls. 
texturing...
chillin'
Feathers certainly got ruffled after yesterday's failed event of the pharmacist at Ohio's hospital cancer center not checking to make sure that all medication was delivered. Instead they figured it out, after I was already there, waiting for the procedure and everything else to begin. I believe in signs. Possibly, that was one VERY big sign! This after we were placed into a separate room to learn all about the one, single missing injection. Or...As the infusion nurse so carefully explained while telling us, "Please don't let it scare you, but we do need you to read the pamphlet regarding the medication." 
Lucky!
This morning was rather nerve racking for Eric. Nerve racking might be putting it nicely or lightly. I never took Eric back in the oncology treatment areas when first starting treatments. Instead, I would have him wait in the main area due to fear of possibly scaring him or maybe just...protecting him. But this morning was very different. This time Eric was front and center of everything. I mean...E-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g! After the cancer center infusion nurse took me back into the big open treatment room. Then got my huge recliner chair ready and comfy with a new white sheet and warm blankets. She then called for Eric who happened to be sitting in the main waiting area. This time he would be right by my side. Literally. What I forgot was how new this would all be for him. Eric has never truly seen, up front, close and personal what it is like back in the chemo-infusion-treatment room. 
My Sherlock Holmes team of specialists have done another unthinkable! An outstanding and most QUICK job of figuring out another medical connected mystery. Since now I am down to one kidney. There was a need for my specialists to dig a lot further due to other labs reporting back far from normal reports. If it wasn't for the necessity of life sustaining chemicals and hormones. There would be no need for my hospital visit come tomorrow morning. Unfortunately, this is just another case of way-past-the point of taking a pill.
LESS!
rushed
We have begun the process of working on the second bedroom. The bedroom closet turned out phenomenal! My expectations of how the rest of the bedroom will turn out are just as high! I have grown tired of working in such small, confined spaces, closets. Having big, open walls to start my next repairing, repainting project is just what this gal needed! Let the house-flipping FUN begin! 
As a tool carrying gal on a mission...I am very excited and most proud to announce that my plumbing skills that have been put to the test, proved to be not only successful! But we have officially saved over $800.00 in what would had been some serious plumbing work done by our contractor! YAYYYYY! A little bit of plumbers tape, a touch of flexible rubber tape and good ole Flex-Seal...WHA~LA! 
Thank you most definitely Flex-Seal for not letting a gal down! YAYYYY! 
mmm....
on fire
WOO~HOO!!
I may have my fair share of bad days. But world, WATCH OUT on my good days! I am ON FIRE! We are literally on a roll...A very serious roll with getting this house flipped and ready to place back on the market. However, due to the many lemon gems that we continue to find through out the house. Instead of having it ready by this fall. We have decided to have it ready to sell by early spring, 2018. I plan on staying around long enough to make sure that this house is S-O-L-D! No hidden agendas nor hidden lemon gems like we were left with through out this house. We plan on doing this house flip of repairs, repainting and everything else in between...RIGHT! 
Just call me a house-flippin gal on a mission! 
Most recently, I have been dealt another unfortunate blow, medically. With each new challenge. I have learned that stepping back for some personal solitude time in order to evaluate the matter at hand is first and upmost important. Not jumping into things, head first, so-to-speak. Having an amazing therapist and new life coach has made all the difference in the world in how I react and respond to progressing issues with my health. It may not be easy. But moving forward, diligently, yet still realistically has proven to work best for me. 
We had about enough of the bathroom repairing and repainting project. That is until we find out in the next 24-hours if my latest and greatest pipe connecting idea works...Or not. Heeheeheeheehee! 
While in between patching, repairing and waiting for drywall to literally dry. I decided to whip up another new recipe. Created by little ole me. I never tend to like using recipes. I would much rather create something on my own. Healthy by all means. Eric, he can forget Little Debbie. Her not-so-healthy snack cakes are a thing of the past. A diet of the past. He did admit to feeling a whole lot better, more wide awake and lots more energy since continuing on the new diet of eating clean and organic. I have 
to stick to my protein shakes today. Liquid for me! Eric got to try my new and latest fish dish. Thai-fish casserole! It sure smelled really GOOD! After Eric inhaled half of the large casserole dish within a few hours. I guess we can safely assume that it tasted, A-OK! Heeheeheeheehee! Steamed veggies, coconut oil, filleted tilapia and a few secret Thai herbs and seasoning. Before and after cooking. For most, it should last a few days. For Eric. It may only last one. Unless Mittens kitty finds her way up to the kitchen counter, again. Lesson learned last week! Never leave left overs on top of the stove after cooling. Then assume that one year old Mittens is all good for staying on the kitty honor system. I honor not to jump up on the stove, remove the Reynolds wrap and eat daddy's left over rice dish. Hahahahaha! 
COMPLETE!
d'oh
they literally pour at our house!
Thank goodness the umpteen new drain system actually worked during a few downpours here in the country. The Speedy~Gonzales goal is to make sure that all of the water is being directed 'away' from our house. Not directly over and under our house as prior lack-of proper drains that were installed by the prior owners. I should really highlight the word, "improper." There has yet to be any sort of easy fix with this entire house. Just when we think there will be something that will actually go fairly smoothly...It tends to usually turn out to be a huge undertaking! 
The bathroom repairing and repainting project is finally complete. That is...if you don't count another plumber having to make a visit to our house of hidden lemon gems. Pffffff... Seems the prior owners literally joined two different types of pipes, along with two totally different sizes of pipes to hook up the bathroom sink. HOW they meshed the two together can only be described as something out of the stone-age. Literally!
Instead of replacing the entire pipe that runs from the sink, through the wall and down into the main drain in the basement. They only replaced one section of the pipe. With what we assumed and today's plumber quickly confirmed. A completely different size pipe, held together by condensation. Water dripping over a long period of time. Most likely in some sort of drip pan or bowl placed behind the sink that actually formed a really thick limestone barrier around the joint that doesn't even fit. How we personally found out was after unscrewing the thick, scaly mess that literally held together two different size pipes. PFFFFF! 
Thankfully, our home warranty company will be covering a good majority of this latest gem of a find! That is...after we pay the plumber first and then have to wait 7-10 days or longer to be compensated by the home warranty company. Seems they can't find anyone that is contracted on their end. We even personally gave them 10 plumbing company names and phone numbers. But sorry home warranty company. This isn't the wild-wild-west where we, "I-OWE-U." No company in their right frame of mind is willing to be paid almost 2 weeks later. BAH! This is how it works in this day and age. A company does the work. A company gets paid after their job is complete. Not 7 to 10 days later. Or longer. Tis why we have to pick and choose right now on what is mandatory. Seems using anything, but the bathroom sink is last on the priority list. That is until I put my Wonder Woman skills, tools and ideas to work! GIRL POWER!