snow day craft

snow days make me want to eat and craft.

craft? OK. eat? not OK.

so Grace and I worked on a Valentine craft.

first i cut out a bunch of red hearts in all different sizes. some with pinking shears, some with straight edges.

then we painted them.

while we waited for them to dry, we took a snow break.

finally we taped straws on the back and cut them to different lengths to create a valentine bouquet.

what do you think?

trying to blog again

so i'll start with something very important.

have you tried the chocolate chip cookies at McDonalds?

they're the bomb.

i mean really. they're good.

but they do have 160 calories each.

so sorry I mentioned them.

Blogging by Necessity

Did I spell that right? I'm home recovering from a kidney transplant. I was called last Saturday at 9:00 a.m. Arrived at the hospital at 10. Went into surgery at 3. And was done by 9. It went so fast I'm still trying to wrap my head around it. No more dialysis. A few more pills. And a little time to recover. I was out of the hospital by Tuesday.

I've been thinking a lot about the people who lost their loved one and made the decision to donate organs. I'm so thankful for them. And praying for healing and comfort in their time of loss. I can't even imagine. My life has changed for the better, but someone else paid the price. It's a lot to think about.

I'm looking forward to having more energy for Grace. Getting a good night's sleep for a change. Becoming an advocate for organ donation. Making a difference. It's something I need to do. Something I've been putting on hold. Why do we do that? We do we say "someday". The time is now.

If you haven't spoken to your loved ones about organ donation - now's the time. The best case scenario is that it will never come up in your lifetime. But if it does, having the conversation ahead of time makes it so much easier.

This life is so precious. I'm so blessed. Praise God for this kidney.

And now, for pictures of Grace since the last time I posted was October! Ugh!