Sunday quick takes

1. My endo/tube clearing surgery is scheduled for 11/9/11 - only 23 days away!!!  Whoot!  I cannot wait! Pregnant by Christmas, right??!!  Hey, I can dream, can't I?

2. Speaking of surgeries... it's my dad's turn this week.

Please pray for him as he undergoes major back surgery this Thursday!  My mom had surgery back in June and now it's time for my dad to get his back fixed.  My mom and I are both very anxious about his surgery.  He has so much wrong with his back and I'm confident the doctors will be able to fix it and/or relieve some of his constant pain.

I have some irrational fear with his surgery that I'm trying to overcome.  His mother, my grandma, died in surgery when she was around his age.  For some reason, it makes me SO worried.  Plus, his recovery will be very different than my mom's.  She is still having some pain and problems walking... so who will take care of her while she is trying to take care of him??  I know they are only three hours away, but when I head home a few days after the surgery, it will seem as if I'm across the entire country. I cannot do anything to help and they need it.  So please pray for my mom and my anxieties, for a successful surgery and recovery for my dad and all that jazz!  Please and thank you!

3. We've been working on a costume for Daisy for Halloween.  Yep, we are those crazy dog people.  We have a doggie costume party at our dog obedience training place -- so we HAVE TO dress her up!  A friend of mine gave us some old Star War.s costumes.  I don't think she will keep them on.  She was pretty dang cute!  Annoyed, I'm sure, but cute!

4. In an attempt to be more grown-up and have a more grown-up house, Doug and I got some new bedding!  Finally, after almost 2 years of married life, we have a nice quilt on our bed and I'm loving it!

I LOVED LOVED LOVED my old bedding.  I once won a $500 gift card from Pottery Barn and I went to town!  It is the most comfortable down comforter and duvet cover.  But, I have a very warm-blooded husband and the down comforter was way too warm for him.  Dang it!  It's now in the guest room.  We've just had random blankets on our bed since we got married.  I was beyond over it!

I come from a long-line of quilters, so I have always had an abidance of quilts around.  I love them.  However, when I mentioned using one of my grandmothers hand-stitched quilts, she about had a heart attack!  I don't blame her... using one of those quilts day in and day out (with animals on them at times!  Yikes!) would surely break the threads and the quilt would not be as beautiful.  So, she bought us a quilt for our upcoming anniversary!  That way, we can use it and not feel guilty!  My mom will also not be dreaming about breaking quilt threads and such!

Seriously, when you come from a line of quilters, quilt guilt is almost as bad as Catholic guilt.  

5. I have discovered that making changes around the house, while important and nice, does not take that 'empty' feeling that infertility can cause.  It doesn't matter that we have a new quilt, new curtains and are finally going to hang up some artwork... we still don't have a baby and that feeling does not go away.  

I really have to watch myself and deal with the feelings instead of trying to decorate or buy my way out of it.  I have a tendency to think that changing something will make everything better.  It never works.

6.  We enjoyed getting Daisy blessed at the recent pet blessing at our parish.  It was so fun!  They had music and readings... and a chicken!  Yep, among all the cats, dogs and goldfish, was a pet chicken!  It was the hit of the day!  We asked for some extra holy water for Daisy.  Hehe.

The actual blessing... Daisy was getting ready to pounce on the holy water. 

Ahhh.. Catholic Puppy.

7.  I'm pretty convinced we are going to be crazy parents.  After mass today, Doug and I went to a Doggie Day Care/Boarding place to take a tour and interview the people.  We have had Daisy in doggie day camp before and she loves it.  We need to switch her to a new place for a few days this week due to some timing issues.  We met the people who would be taking care of her and grilled them like we were leaving our baby.  Thank goodness they have webcams and my phone has a great app that I can watch her on while she plays and is away from me.  He he.  I told you, we are those crazy dog people.