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surprisedNow Playing: Day 2907-Chapter 3... Happiness~My Silver Lining
I bet... I know where Santa's reindeer are at this very second!
The early morning sunrise visits never get old here in the country. Even reindeer need fed and plenty of water during the cold winter months.
I recall a neighbor of ours telling me about one morning when they were drinking coffee and looking out their large living room window facing the wooded hillside to see over 25 deer. Seems they were waiting for me to come out and do my early morning feeding ritual. Funny enough... I never really look around when outside with my many different bright, comfy long robes on and mismatched slippers. Hahahaha! One word... HILARIOUS!
Myself and Eric honestly found it quite hard to believe that over 25 deer literally wait for us every single morning since moving into our new home here in the country. But as of this morning... I counted at least 20 deer that magically appeared right after hearing the sounds of corn, deer chow and water at their feeding station. Hehehehehe!I love animals! All animals! Just call me, Mother Wild. Eric does! HA! Animals have always brought me pure happiness during some of the darkest times of my life. As I continue taking care of them... they continue watching over me and our entire little family.
Thanks Santa for allowing your reindeer to come visit before they harness up to pull your sleigh on Christmas Eve. Delivering all the toys to good little children and their families.
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chillin'
For those whom have contacted offline regarding a ghostwriter. I will take your question as a compliment since there is no ghostwriter. Just normal, every day life typed out on a blog by contributed stories and little ole me. 
d'oh
Today is a great day to stay indoors while Eric works on one huge mess that just escalated to the next level. This mortgage reporting is getting to be a bit nuts! Literally far too out-of-control! I look at this entire mess as a quick, easy solution by the bank. But instead we are being met with some serious retaliation. Just fix the missing payments that need to be reported to all three credit bureaus. I don't understand why simple problems must escalate to far bigger issues?. It must be this day and age or something? Do people just enjoy conflict or ???
Far too early this morning my gut was screaming for me to take a look at Eric's credit reporting through a credit monitoring program that I set up last week. This of course is due to continued issues with the mortgage company not reporting payments that have been made over the past 13 months. There is also a slue of errors being reporting to all three credit bureaus. My gut has yet to fail me and this time around was no exception.
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I am thankful to have enjoyed some really good days over the past week. But this morning things finally caught up with me. Welcome back overwhelming pain, nausea and vomiting... grrrrrr! Needless to say, I slept through out the majority of the day while Eric took on the daily household chores.
When it comes to the magical benefits of pumpkin helping to cure nausea. It is a proven fact that canned pumpkin actually helps with stomach upset. When given in small amounts, pumpkin also helps soothes fur children's upset tummy issues. Babyblue loves canned pumpkin! Hehehehehe! Such a cutie! Pumpkin has low glycemic index, so it slowly absorbs, which helps with upset stomach, nausea and overall digestion. Yogurt is also very beneficially for the GI tract. Although most dairy can be difficult to digest. A cup of low-fat yogurt can have quite the opposite effect! Yogurt cultures help increase the number of good bacteria in your GI tract. This helps aid overall digestion and even reducing that annoying abdominal bloating. The combination of both made for a really great new recipe to share with you!
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So much for the oh-so-beautiful snow here in the country for Christmas morning. It appears that the far warmer weather will be here just in time to start off the week before Christmas. My sinuses are already feeling it! This is the first year where Eric has actually beat me for a record back-to-back sinus and respiratory infection. Isn't this weather just downright crazy?! We must give Mother Nature a call to schedule a far more seasonably correct upcoming winter season. A white Christmas would be a wonderful start in the right direction! At least I was able to take in the first sites of some of the most beautiful white snowflakes last weekend. The very first snowfall here in the country! 
WOO~HOO!!
Talking about time to start get a-crackin! I have yet to finish shopping for Christmas. Things have been so hectic in our lives. That I honesty yet to find the time or have the time to finish a bit of holiday shopping. Next week will be the last week of some sort of free day to complete picking up a few last minute items before Christmas Eve. I have surgery scheduled for the very following week after Christmas which will continue until the first of the year. There is no backing out this time around, as my surgeons have made sure of that with a stronger round of antibiotics for precautionary measures. I plan on making sure that next year is a new year for being my most happiest yet! So far... I have been doing one heck of a job ending this year on a far happier note! 
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Nah... he's been busy taking it easy. Patiently waiting for the arrival of Santa Paws in less than 2 weeks.
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I was the first scheduled this morning for rescan and labs. This strong woman who has defied the odds for over 13 years. As I bravely, once again, faced another rescan to help not just my team of specialists. But most importantly, myself to understand and gain more knowledge of what I continue to battle, internally. As was told, "Nothing has changed. Everything remains the same which explains the majority of your pain. But you are doing an exceptional job for handling more than most could handle in your situation." I was once again, advised on the importance of setting up an appointment with a top-notch pain specialist back in Ohio. This specialist has the ability to obtain the newest medication available out on the market. Even the ability to obtain medication for pain that otherwise is not responding to what is currently out on the market by utilizing my unique case for experimental purposes. This means same as with prior radiation therapy. Data from my medical case gets submitted as research data for rare cancer institutes. It also helps to cover medication that is not FDA approved and would otherwise cost us in the hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of therapy. The ultimate goal is to find the right combination of mediation that will help with the overall pain. 
What I don't love is having to sit in the car before leaving for a far-too-early specialist appointment this morning. My mistake for not being fully awake and forgetting to let the car run a bit so the windows could thaw out from the thick frost and light dusting of snow. BRRRRR! Tis the time for big comfy sweaters and oversized coats! This morning is just one of many specialists appointments and surgical procedures that have been scheduled for the remainder of this month. Today is only the beginning of the year-end medical madness. Just when I was beginning to enjoy the peace and quiet. A break from the poking and preying. I am back at it again! A far too early morning meeting with my specialist regarding an unfortunate finding. 
A new finding had been allowed to brew for the past four months. If it weren't for Eric being concerned and the site actually starting to cause sharp pain. I wouldn't had brought it up to my specialist a little over a week ago. If it wasn't for the fact that when one has any type of cancer that has not been successfully treated or cured. And knowing that the possibility of another type of cancer surfacing is very real and very possible... would I had not brought up the new finding to my specialist. But I did so due to the pain that it began causing me. Also Eric's concern with it growing. This morning I was given the news of a new cancer diagnosis. Of all things... skin cancer. 
Chemotherapy was brought to my attention as I voiced my opinion with 'far bigger fish to fry' in a slang phase kind of way. Ovarian and other surrounding tumors that as well continue growing. I am already scheduled for a major rescan of the largest ovarian tumor and other smaller tumors in just a mere two days... Thursday. The most recent option of trying to, once again, starve off the tumors with a very risky experimental chemotherapy course of injections for over the next 12 months. I already declined that offer due to far too many irreversible risks. Like... a lethal reaction that was far too high for my liking. So... I am undecided on how to proceed with this new finding. Skin cancer that has been allowed to grow for over the past four months. I take the blame on this one. But honestly who could really blame me for my nonchalant way of thinking. Attempting to doctor myself at home. It didn't work and here I am. More decisions to make and far too many medical odds that continue to stack against me. 
Like another great David Copperfield illusion of all time! 
Todays third and final creation is actually my favorite of everything that I have made over the past few days of super tasty cranberry treats. This may be my first time cooking with cranberries, but most definitely will not be my last! 
You will be mixing the dry ingredients, molasses, milk, eggs, sugar, nuts, flour and spices with a large hand held spoon in a separate medium size bowl. No hand mixers or other electric gadgets allowed. Time for some old school baking from back in the day! Hehehehehe!
Spray your non-stick Bundt pan with a no-stick flour spray such as Baker's Joy. This will guarantee that your Berrylicious Holiday Fruitcake does not stick to the pan after baking. Trust me on this one! It works! 
IS THIS YUMMY!!!