October 2017 archive

Giving Thanks, Day 14: October 31, 2017

  Today I am thankful for my dog, Mimi. She’s a beautiful dog, sweet, loving and usually very mild-mannered, but she’ll bark her head off whenever she hears someone in the driveway.   Tonight, she barked at potential trick-or-treaters and we have lots of candy left over.    Thanks, Mimi!  

Giving Thanks, Day 11: October 28, 2017

  Today, I am thankful for Saturdays. It’ the one day of the week I don’t have to be anywhere, do anything. I can do webwork, if I want, but I don’t have any deadlines.   I never have doctor appointments on Saturdays, no medical testing.   No piano students. I don’t even talk to …

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Giving Thanks, Day 6: October 23, 2017

  Today I am thankful for naps, even longer than those on the chart above.  Ever since my Cushing’s days in the early 1980’s, I’ve needed long daily naps – like 3 hours each – to get through the day. My endo says I’d have more energy if I took more Cortef, but when I …

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Giving Thanks, Day 5: October 22, 2017