October 6

Well, here goes October!  I just can’t believe how fast time goes by.  It has been a busy beginning to the month.  With all the house repairs almost complete I must say it has gone well.  There definitely were times along the way that I got overwhelmed, but God is good and things moved along unusually smooth considering how much had to be re – done!  The kitchen turned out beautiful and completely done.  Boy was it nice to have my laundry area back! I did 15 loads of wash yesterday and 5 today just to get caught up!

Mr. Jerry will finish the dry wall in the basement tomorrow and in the afternoon the carpet cleaners come!  Tomorrow night the basement can come together and we are done!  After the transplant we will have the wood floors that we found in the dining room and great room refinished.  That will be an extentsive project that is just impossible to attack right now.  We are very comfortable now though with everything back in its place upstairs and thoroughly cleaned!

What beautiful weather God has blessed us with this week!  The leaves are changing so pretty into those deep reds and golds! Fall is my absolute favorite time of year!  Lots of good things seem to happen to me in the fall!  The latest being my kidney transplant!  I am so excited!  We are closer than we have ever been before and I am so ready physically this time. Physical therapy really did it for this old body!  I have so much more strength and stamina than at any other time through this whole process!  It has been three years since kidney failure struck!  Hard to believe in a way that it has been that long. Then, I think again and have to say oh my it has been a long time!

I know that time will be at a premium the next few weeks, with lots of unpredictable things happening! I will try to post along the way, especially since I have a lap top now you know!  Tom will be doing Google updates while I am in the hospital. Contact him if you need directions how to get on his list!  Blessings to each of you my friends!  

Bethany