Split Combo

It's been a quiet week as expected. I've mainly just been doing a ton of cleaning and organizing projects. Tackled the entertainment center again last night which had me ridiculously frustrated. I hate wires, a lot. I need to get an HDMI splitter at Best Buy this weekend so I can have all the devices plugged into the TV. Finally set up Chris' PS2. Once everything is all plugged in I want to tidy up the wires. I still need to find a VHS player too. Maybe I'll see if Best Buy has one cheap. The internet is making it look like you can only get combo players, and I need another DVD player like I need a hole in the head. Plus they're way over-priced. I was expecting to find a simple VHS player somewhere for like twenty bucks, bah.

Getting a FitBit is very much on my to-do list as well, it would really help me track things for my doctors. I need to have another yard sale. It's so hard to try to pick a weekend to do it. It's so much to drag down from the attic if the weather's going to suck. We've had non-stop rain here lately.

My Mom's down for work for the weekend as usual. Scotty is here too. He looks very handsome with his haircut. My Mom sent me this pic a few days ago, but it doesn't do it justice.

He's really growing. I may have to kidnap him. He has a really adorable personality.

You Never Know Who's Watching...

I haven't blogged in quite some time.

I've been busy living life and adjusting to my new normal.

Even though I'm not quite sure what that is yet.

I started a new chemotherapy in March that has worked wonders for my ability to function day to day, yet my inflammation markers continue to climb up and up.

Today's actually the crappiest I've felt in quite some time, but I'm hoping its just a result of over doing it. I do that a lot, still. Learning new limits is hard.

I got a long awaited tattoo.

Did some fishing with my husband.

Happy New Year!

Chris got home from work and we discussed insurance options for a bit. He could tell I'm really frustrated at our current options and situation. I'm probably going to go with the cheaper option and just hope for the best with getting the proper meds approved, etc.

We dropped it for now though. I want to enjoy celebrating the New Year! Last year he had to work so we didn't get to spend it together, but this year he's off tonight and tomorrow! Yay!

Tux decided that destroying one of my wall vinyls would be a fun project today. I would have been more upset if this one hadn't been falling off already on its own. Which is what probably sparked him to remove it the rest of the way. I have been meaning to fix it, but hadn't gotten around to it yet. Now, it's removed entirely. It opens up another spot to hang some of our gorgeous wedding photos at least!

We ran out and got two bottles of a sweet white Moscato at the liquor store, and picked up some chicken to make some pollo guisado tomorrow.

We have traditions to make!

This is my first New Year ringing it in as an Archeval!

Planning on playing Exploding Kittens and Cards Against Humanity, watching some Netflix, and drinking some wine tonight. Tomorrow we'll spend the day together, drink some more wine, and eat some good food. Sounds good to me.

Whatever this new year brings I have the love of my life by my side, my home, family, friends, and pets.

So long 2015! You were an interesting year! Plenty of challenges, some near-death experiences, but also lots of love and laughs. Here's hoping 2016 is more exciting, but less dangerous!

To Drown a Fish...

Got my Christmas presents from Chris in the mail yesterday. So far i've only opened Exploding Kittens, but it looks really fun. I can't wait to play it with Chris later.

Speaking of animals and Christmas, I never did mention what we got the critters.

Funds were tight, so we couldn't get the animals much. We got Daisy a big bag of peanut butter dog treats. She loves her some peanut butter. They almost look like Nutter Butters. Her cookie jar was getting low. Now it's full to the top again.

We got Tux one of those fishing pole type cat toys. He could chase whatever's on the end of that string all day. He gets so tired out eventually because he tries so hard. Eventually I just let it lay on the floor and he'll entertain himself with it. This one has a fish on the end, and for some reason he keeps putting it in their water dish. At first I thought he did it on accident, and I took it out and let it dry, but he keeps doing it. It's kind of gross. I'm not sure if he's trying to drown it or what.

One of the things I got Chris for Christmas is a fidget tactile toy. It's great for stress, anxiety, and quitting smoking. I really like it too, it's hard not to steal from him. I generally have a hairband around my wrist to fidget with, but this is far superior. I've been looking at them on Amazon and already have planned to get a few more. They're really cool and work really well. The one I got him is something like this if you're interested.

The first night we had it he was playing with it most of the night, and then left it in his pants' pocket. Daisy of course fished it out and used it as a chew toy. It's a simlar texture as some of her toys. She broke about three links on it, but luckily it snaps apart so it wasn't too hard to fix. Chris was heart broken at first because he thought it was ruined already. They're really affordable, and there's lots of variations of tactile, stress, and fidget toys available online. They work wonders for anxiety, seriously. Check them out.