Friday, November 24, 2017

Friday's Fave Five, 11-24-17

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1. Thanksgiving at Mike's sister's (and husband's) house.  A lovely meal at their lovely home.  Always nice to be with family.  It was a beautiful day and we spent part of it in the yard.

Son and nephew.  Proud of them both.

These two below were a big help to us today, working in the yard and helping with housework.  It was very much appreciated!!

 2. Last Saturday night I was able to leave Mike long enough from his surgery recuperation (two days out by then) to go to see our school's musical.  For a small high school (approximately 85 students), the drama and choir teachers put on a great production of Christmas Carol.  The student shown below is enjoying towering over me.  Briefly.

 3. I brought this home a few days ago - it had been at school.  My second banner made by the students - the first one was a "We'll miss you" poster; this one was a "Welcome Back."  I'll enjoy it for a few more days and then take it to the trash - can't hang onto everything forever.  But it was very nice of them!

4. The last couple of weeks' worth of crochet work.  When I have to spend a lot of time resting, it's nice to have something to do with my hands.

5. We are doing OK.  Mike is recuperating from his second shoulder surgery in three months.  He's having the expected amount of pain.  And I have discovered that the doctor is right - the fatigue from this surgery lasts much longer than when the patient has to get back into the mainstream of life.  But we will make it!!  And we have so much to be thankful for.  Doing OK is one of those things.

3 comments:

Barbara H. said...

That's hard when you're both recuperating from surgery. Glad you had a good Thanksgiving and all are doing ok. Healing takes time, but may recovery be as speedy as possible for both of you.

Willow said...

I appreciate your attitude of 'doing ok' being something to be thankful about. I hope this short holiday weekend helped with some rest.
That banner was so sweet! Your students truly appreciate you!

Susanne said...

Oh boy, both of you recuperating. Rest up, both of you. Looks like gorgeous weather for your Thanksgiving. The picture with the student made me smile. Love the colors in your knitting. So pretty against the black.