Merry Christmas!

The Woodruff 4 wish all of you a very Merry Christmas! May all of your wishes come true!

Love to all,
Deb

Let the Festivities begin!

The kid's last day of school was today. The Christmas vacation has officially started. Hurray!

Denny is feeling very good these days. He seems to be getting his energy back. His hair and eyebrows, as I mentioned, have returned. The scar on his head is barely noticeable. One would never know by looking at him what he has been through this year.

I'm doing better each day also. The leg is healing slowly from the inside out. I'm not very patient so it is probably doing better than expected!

Merry Christmas, friends & family! Enjoy the time with your family and the memories you are making. We all know how precious that is...

Love to all,
Deb

Surgery update

Hi all! The outpatient surgery I had yesterday was very successful. The doctor was very pleased with the results; closing off the problematic vein to prevent blood clots. I am resting comfortably at home; taking pain pills when needed. Denny and the kids have been excellent "nurses". I let out a little squeak and someone is there to help. Thanks, everyone, for the phone calls checking on me. Recovery time is about a week. All is good in our little corner of the world. Hope you are having a great weekend. Thanks for checking in.

Love to all,
Deb

It's A Wonderful Life!

We had a great weekend! There is a tree farm a few miles from our house. We got the trailer hitched to the SUV and off we went. Bing was singing "White Christmas" and we had our hot chocolate and home baked cookies ready to enjoy after the perfect tree was found.

I've posted pictures from our day. The very top picture is the finished product. Our beautiful tree is decorated, primarily, with homemade ornaments. There is something so special about seeing the once tiny faces of Dana and Daniel dangling cheerfully on the lovely green branches. Dana's baby Jesus that she made in kindergarten graces our table. Someone once asked me why we put out that turd in a pot but WE know it is Baby Jesus! :)

The next picture is of Denny and Dan standing next to the tree. The roles have changed. It used to be Denny cutting down the tree with Dan holding it. This year Dan did the honors. He did a fine job too!

The third picture is of me and the kids after the tree was "baled". We gathered around the trailer and I poured everyone hot chocolate.

The last picture shows Denny holding a very slim candy cane. He used it as a stirrer for his chocolate. There is a reason I posted this close up.

His hair is growing back a different color! He used to be auburn with blondish, red eyebrows. Now, his eyebrows are black and his hair is salt & pepper!

We are all looking forward to the holidays and seeing all of our family. It is TRULY a Wonderful life! Hee Haw!

Love to all,
Deb

Crazy for Christmas!

Wow! Today is December 1st already? Time is flying!

Denny and I were discussing how great this month is because he doesn't have ANY doctor appointments. He is a free man! Woo Hoo! Next appointment in St. Louis will be January 7th.

We do have one little bump in the road to take care of. All the traveling to and from St. Louis has caused some problems for me. Sitting so long in the car caused a blood clot to develop in my leg. Luckily, it was in a superficial vein and is gone now. However, without going into boring detail, I need to have surgery to tie off a vein that is causing problems. It is an outpatient surgery at Vanderbilt scheduled for December 10th. Should only take a couple of hours and then recovery. I'll be home the same day. I want to get this taken care of to prevent something more serious from developing. You know...busy mom...can't afford the down time..blah...blah...blah.... :)

Therefore, the Woodruff 4 has to get all of their Christmas shopping done and the tree up before Mom is out of commission! Oh, what a challenge! Can we do it? You bet! Ho! Ho! Ho! We are crazy for Christmas.........

Love to all,
Deb