The Best Laid Plans Took a Dive Again!

Good morning village people...

So let me update you since my last entry. Brenda had to leave our beloved mountain home on Sunday Oct. 30th to help with some things in the valley on the 31st and to go to a hearing test and get a haircut on Tuesday. She came back up to Pinetop on Wednesday. We celebrated her return (I stayed up there with the dogs because our house isn't finished) with our favorite pizza dinner at Red Devil Pizza...yummy. We enjoyed the night watching Survivor (we're total fans) and then watched a couple more episodes of Season 3 of "The Fall" on Netflix...great series!

We were enjoying Thursday morning with our iPad's, a steaming cup of coffee, and a cozy fire in the pellet stove...it was in the low 40's and a rainy morning. It was heavenly. So we were just planning the day when Brenda's phone rang and our calm peaceful world shifted into high gear. I know you know the feeling when that happens. It was St. Joseph's Hospital calling to tell Brenda that she needed to be in the hospital for her pre-op tests on Friday because the surgery had been moved up to Monday. Are you kidding me???

So remember...we don't have our house in the valley, and the dogs need to go to Tucson to stay with our dear friends who volunteered to watch them. Plus the lodge hadn't been cleaned or winterized and it was already 11:00 am. We shifted into high gear, packed up stuff for some unknown time down in the valley and away we went. My totally awesome friend and her husband from Tucson said they would meet me in Casa Grande...about an hour south of Phoenix, to take the dogs and to save me that time driving. God love them. I'm telling you...it really takes a village and we are so appreciative to everyone for all they do to help us get through this.

We got to the valley in the late afternoon, went to our house, and I picked up the dog gear needed for the Tucson transfer, and off I went to Casa Grande. Brenda went over to our dear friends Becky and Vicki (that's where we will be staying) and proceeded to cook a fantastic dinner for them...that's just what she does for folks. She's such a good cook. I had dinner with my friends and told Caden and Penny (our Dobies) to be good guests and got back to Becky's around 9:00 pm. Can you say "POOPED!" 

The next day Brenda went off to her tests at the hospital which took most of the day and I went to a funeral of a man I worked with at the police department for about 20 years...his death was unexpected and such a surprise to us all. Life is precious and should be appreciated to the max each day.

Saturday was full of errands and today we are taking my Mom, sister and brother-in-law (visiting from Michigan) to the movies ("Inferno") and dinner at the local restaurant/pub. It'll be a nice distraction before tomorrows surgery. I can't tell you exactly what's going to happen tomorrow except they are going to try and determine the margins of the cancer...hopefully take out what they can. I just don't exactly know. I'll be able to tell you more tomorrow. Please say an extra prayer or two that this is SMALL and can be successfully treated. We are so appreciative of your prayers and good thoughts.

So dear ones...more tomorrow 

Enjoy the day...
Dee