Painless Surgery, Relaxing At Carole's, Happy Belated Birthday

Today I Smiled...

 ~ Surgery went off quite well, no pain, not even while putting in the IV. Hopefully this one will do the trick, the port is now placed in my right thigh. Surprisingly my IV was put in painlessly and quickly as well (my veins are so small and hard to find I once had four nurses and doctors searching and poking me on all four limbs to find a vein willing to cooperate!)

 ~ After surgery I went to Carole's house to stay for the night in case I had any problems occur. The surgery was on my leg and I don't have an elevator in the condo. I wanted to stay on a ground floor just in case! She made me waffles with strawberry jelly for lunch and a turkey burger with cheese and pickles for dinner. Very Yum! It was fun seeing their cat Pumpkin too!

 ~ After learning that my birthday was October 27 members of the hospital staff wished me a "Happy belated birthday!" That was so sweet!

Slice Time, 2014, Pre-Surgery Fiesta

Today I Smiled...

~ Finding out my surgery is tomorrow and not next week as I had thought, if I'm in pain I should be fine by thanksgiving

~ Receiving my 2014 calendars in the mail. I ordered them through Amazon on October 25, it only took 10 days to receive them! I ordered Messages From Your Angels Wall Calendar, and Whispers From Above Day Calendar

~ Throwing myself a pre-surgery fiesta, consisting of chocolate milk and a small bag of nacho cheese doritoes

Gnocci, Extra Sleep, Big Bars

Today I Smiled...

~ Carole made Gnocci for dinner, my absolute favorite and traditional birthday dinner

~ Receiving an extra hour to sleep this morning as Daylight Savings Time ended this morning, and will start back up on March 9, 2014

~ Carole's girls didn't just get mini candy bars from the houses they trick-or-treated at but big bars as well!

Trip #2, Redford Grill, Mini Mint Cookies

Today I Smiled...

~ Picking up two dozen Tim Horton muffins to bring to the OB birthday party for Pam Parker, and going in for trip part two

~ Dining at Redford Grill because I always wanted to try that place after work. Lunch was two big mozzarella sticks (bosco sticks), buffalo strips, and Mountain Dew

~ Enjoying the Mini Mint Moonbeams ordered from Carmelita, yummalucious!

Smarty The Sprit Guide, Yummies, Visiting CSS

Today I Smiled...

~ I have spent years wondering what the name of my spirit guide is. After waking up and realizing I had absolutely no idea where my drivers license or money was, and looking E~V~E~R~Y~W~H~E~R~E I pleaded for him to let me know. He put a picture in my mind, I went there, and lo and behold, it was there! And his name? I henceforth dub him "Smarty"

~ Breakfast at Thomas's Dining with Bob, Liz, Carole; Betty & Jerry couldn't make it. Had a Stevie's Wonder sandwich (chargrilled chicken topped with bacon, monterey Jack cheese and honey mustard on a bun), clam chowder and apple juice. Carole gave me a cupcake she made for a bake sale at Anne's school (chocolate with orange frosting -soooo good!, and a bag of halloween candy the girls collected)

~ Visited CSS to say hey and pick up my chocolate-covered mini mint cookies from Carmelita I ordered from her daughter's fundraiser. After my visit I drove my co-worker and friend Betty home, and her son made a delicious dinner for us - I had chicken wings with buffalo sauce, rice pilaf, and Hawaiian Punch

Autumn Yummies, Words With Carmelita, Coast To Coast

Today I Smiled...

~ Tim Horton's pumpkin white mocha  was exceptionally good today, and I loved the orange & black sprinkles on my donut!

~ Playing Words With Friends with Carmelita while she's also busy on her job

~ Listening to Coast To Coast's archive show "Magic Spells & Saints" from last Thursday, Judika Illes was on and very interesting to listen to

Library Pick Me Ups, Ring A Ding Ding, Fish Faces

Today I Smiled...

~  Seeing that most of  the books and CD's I had put on hold at the library came in and were ready to be picked up

  CDs:

* Pure moods celestial celebration
* Pure moods III
* Pure moods IV
* The most relaxing new age music in the universe
* Instrumental moods 
* The most relaxing classics 
* The most relaxing harp album in the world-- ever! 

DVD:
* Shaman healer sage (Villoldo, Alberto. )

Books:
* Life's companion : journal writing as a spiritual quest (Baldwin, Christina.)
* The whole heaven catalog : a resource guide to products, services, arts, crafts, and festivals of religious, spiritual, and cooperative communities 1st ed. (Kelly, Marcia.)
* A year in the life : journaling for self-discovery 1st ed. (Bender, Sheila.)
* Divine intuition : your inner guide to purpose, peace, and prosperity (Robinson, Lynn A.)
* The new diary : how to use a journal for self-guidance and expanded creativity (Rainer, Tristine)

~ Having as much fun on my new MetroPCS phone as I do on my IPad
~ Spending quality time with my two very photogenic fish, BeeKee and Albert Bino

 Albert Bino

 BeeKee

Last Check, Great Gifts, Oh Those Burgers

Today I Smiled...

~ Visiting friends from CSS, with a dozen yummy Tim Horton muffins for them

~ Giving Keith the origami pumpkin I made for him, he liked it, and told him to expect the movie certificate I had Deb make up for him. 

~ Enjoying a Burger King chargrilled burger with extra pickles - they do it soooo well!

Pumpkin Muffin, Pumpkin Origami, Samhain Poem

Today I Smiled...

 ~ Enjoying a pumpkin muffin from Tim Horton's

 ~ Making an origami pumpkin

 ~ Finding a wonderful poem to add to LiveJournal's I Eat Poetry, "Upon Each Samhain"  by David O. Norris

Candy Corn M&M's, Laundry Room Journal, Betty's Hello

Today I Smiled...

~ Trying candy corn M&M's, I love their creativity for new flavors!

~ Beginning a new chapter in my Laundry Room Journal, which begins with me being newly unemployed and laid off

~ Betty texted me to say hi

Corsi's, Fine Mist, Today's Technology

Today I Smiled...

~ Trying a new restaurant for dinner, Corsi's. My dinner consisted of lemonade to drink, chicken soup, garlic bread, gnocchi, cheese ravioli

~ Enjoying the fine mist of autumn sprinkles falling from the skies

~ Watching the first episodes of Survivor on my IPad, I love today's technology!

Chatting With Valencia, Sleepy Hollow, Answer Me This

Today I Smiled...

~ A friend from work, Valencia, called and we chatted for almost an hour this afternoon.

~ Caught up with the first three episodes of Sleepy Hollow on Hulu, good show!

~ Enjoyed asking and answering all sorts of sometimes deep, sometimes kooky, questions on Experience Project

Good Morning, Meowers, Fun Class

Today I Smiled...

~ Meeting up with Liz, Bob, and Carole at Tony's Kitchen for breakfast. Carole was so sweet to buy mine! I had Sprite, a bowl of clam chowder, and a cheeseburger.

~ Dropped by the Humane Society so I could meow with some of the friendly felines. I always see so many adorable kitties I'd love to bring home with me, and who would love it if I brought one home to be his 'forever family'. Hopefully soon!

~ Attending Kristy Robinett's Psychic Development Class at Straight Farmhouse. I love classes that provide lessons in psychic development, intuition, the paranormal. Kristy is an awesome psychic and a great and fun teacher, I love that she presented the class totally barefoot!

Word Play, Forever 29, My Soaps

Today I Smiled...

~ Playing Words With Friends, one of my favorite IPad apps!

~ Seeing the picture of Aunt Jeannie and Uncle Jim that Bridget put on her Facebook page in remembrance of this wonderful wacky woman. Yesterday she would have been 29 again :)

~ Being able to watch my soaps, "The Young And The Restless" and "The Bold And The Beautiful" anytime I wish thanks to the CBS app - in fact I watched two of each, yesterday's and today's, this afternoon

Just Popping In, Chinese Chow, Origami Grasshopper

Today I Smiled... 

~ Visiting CSS to see my old chums, a great crew! I was laid off a week ago.

~ Enjoying dinner, solo, at Rose Garden. Dined on crab Rangoon, egg roll, egg drop soup, fried shrimp, 2 fortune cookies, Sprite. My fortune cookies read "Others are impressed with your inner beauty." "Others look up to you." ...Aaaah, so sweet.

~ Seeing Keith still has the green origami grasshopper I gave to him for his half-birthday, September 4, laying on his desk

Pumpkin Yum, Hello October, 2014 Calendar

Today I Smiled...

~ Enjoying a Pumpkin Pie White Mocha from Tim Horton's, soooo yum!

~ Seeing the calendar turn to October, my favorite month!

~ Browsing new 2014 calendars on the web, there are so many pretty ones to chose from! I want one, and only one, special calendar next year! This year I had several (Christian Riese Lassen, Alex Grey, Victoriana, and Thomas Kincade Gardens Of Grace, at work I had a mini Christian Riese Lassen calendar I hung by Bino's bowl)  and because of that they lost a little bit of their grandeur

Fudge Float, The Cookie Lady, Pay Phone

Today I Smiled...

~ Arizona Chocolate Fudge Float Sparkling Soda, soooo yum!

~ Popping into Miss Vickie's Cafe in the Redford Library, I love having a library that has a tiny refreshment shop

~ Finding a pay phone in the library, I didn't think there were any more!

Autumn Air, Doing Nothing, Good Trade

Today I Smiled...

~ Gray skies, chilly air, and October begins this week, niiiiiiice!!!

~ Doing a-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y nothing today, didn't even get off the sofa except to heat up a leftover slice of D.I.B. pizza for dinner

~ Received Facebook message from Julie with her phone number, she will help me learn Reiki if I can assist her in putting her name and cards out. Awesome! She'll have her business ready in January

New Phone, D.I.B.., The Voice

Today I Smiled...

~ Purchasing a new phone from Verizon! I lost my phone about two weeks ago and because I was laid off on Wednesday there is no way to keep in touch with my comrades, not good! I'll pop into the old place on Wednesday to pick up my check and phone numbers I'm missing

~ Dining on Dearborn Italian Bakery pizza and chocolate cannoli, so yum! They make THEE best pizza I've ever eaten!

~ Watching the first two shows of this season's The Voice - I like this show, if only for the chemistry between Christina, CeeLo, Adam, and Blake