So good to finally have a quiet moment to sit with you and visit for a while. Unfortunately, I did get caught up in the busy rush that begins the week before Thanksgiving and does not end until after Christmas.
First I would like to bring you up to date about Lee. He continues to do very well! There have, however, been a couple of small "bumps in the road" since I last blogged. Probably best to just list:
1. The last Saturday in October, we enjoyed a visit to Hart's Square. You can find all the information on their website: Hartsquare.com. A great place to enjoy a lovely Fall afternoon. It is a reconstructed village from the 1800's and is located only four miles from our house. We had a wonderful time exploring all of the 93 reconstructed original buildings and the tours from people dressed in that period who were even demonstrating their skills such as candle-making, spinning yarn, baking, cooking, cotton press, and even a civil war reenactment.
There were over 3000 people there and Lee and I stayed a long time. Unfortunately, a few days later, we both were stricken with a type of flu. I was over it in a week. Not so with Lee...;we had to call Duke, he saw his local physician, and after two rounds of antibiotics, he finally recovered completely in five weeks! Now we know how his lowered immunity is such a handicap in infectious diseases! We have tried to be more cautious lately.
2. Lee continues to have precancerous lesions on his face, scalp and neck. These have been aggressively attacked with liquid nitrogen and biopsies by his faithful and deligent dermatologist. Right now we are awaiting the results of six biopsies taken last week.
So................other than that, our lives are wonderful. We are looking forward to Christmas with all our family. It will be different this year and will last until the 28th of December. Our plans are to have Christmas Eve here with my children and grandchildren. The Kanipe kids will plan to celebrate here on the Eve of December 27th. I suppose this is good because it gives us a recovery period between one large group and the next large group. Our family has grown to include married grandchildren and now two great grandchildren. Having two separate gatherings allows us to enjoy them more, and another advantage is that smaller crowds are better as we age!
The house is fully decorated, the freezer is packed with anticipated meals, all the gifts are wrapped.............and I do have one more shopping trip to make!
Lee and I wish for each of you,
A very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!
More Later..............................Brenda
