Some Test Results

My dad, his dad, my BIL and friends from high school were all in the military. It's a life I can only imagine and am so humbly grateful for their decision to enlist to protect me, my family and our nation. I want to take this opportunity to thank all veterans for their service.

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And thank all of you for your comments on my last post. Your kindness brought me to tears. Thank you so much for your concern for Beth and our whole family. You all are amazing. 

The doctor found Beth's thyroid levels were way off. I checked her meds and turns out she stopped taking them. The bottle was still full, she hadn't taken any in about a month.

I'm a little embarrassed to admit that. I need to do better at monitoring her meds. We're now asking her every day, "Did you take your thyroid medicine?" She calls it her 'blue pill.'

We're still not sure what's making her stomach hard though so we're going to keep the appointment for the CT scan. That's scheduled for the day before Thanksgiving. 

We're going out of town for a few days this week. I'll keep you posted if I hear anything new. Again, thank you for your concern! I love you all!   

Alerts! Peace, and So Grateful

At work yesterday around noon we started getting alerts on our phones about a tornado near us! What?!? This is Seattle! But on the peninsula about 30 miles to the west of us, there was a sighting! We kept track of it but never took any action. A while later they canceled the alert. It sure woke us up though! The weather's been so stormy lately and at 1:15, we lost power. No computers, no printers, we all just hung out in the hallways and offices that had windows. An hour later one of the pastors told us we could all go home. We're at our desks getting our things and wouldn't you know it, the power came back on! We spent the rest of the day talking about how close we were to having the afternoon off! 

I'm still working 6 days a week so I try to keep Wednesdays my own. Today I worked on some greeting cards, the first time in almost a year. I pulled up YouTube on my phone and listened to some quiet worship music while I made them. It was so peaceful.

 

I worked around the house this morning and then took some chairs out to the garage. While I was out there I found all my Christmas mugs! I brought them in and washed them, then had some eggnog and watched a Christmas movie!

I've been thinking of my dad this week. He was on the USS Dixie during WW II and repaired the giant cranes onboard the ship.

 

I'm thankful for all the men and women who have served this great country for centuries. And for all those who are serving today, thank you. May God bless you and your families, and keep you safe.