The Day After I shopped til I almost Dropped

Hi everyone, I thought as I get closer to my Surgery date and retirement, I would start my own blog where you all could go to check up on me. You will have a chance to make comments that I can read as well. It will be kind of like Caring Bridge site...but as most of the people we have followed in Caring Bridge sites didn't survive....at the request of my children, I've decided the blog would be a better channel for me....AS I AM A SURVIVOR!!! All the Schieber relatives are used to seeing the Cousin's Chronicle Blog, so that is where I decided to go with my blog.

I did shop till I almost dropped yesterday....but I'm not quite done. I did get a wonderful start...and I'll be back out today to finish up before I go to the hospital (only 2 1/2 weeks left). Then I'll have to start wrapping!!! Ugh...Karen my daughter-in-law, suggested that I have a wrapping party, serve pizza and wine and have a few cousins come and help me. I'll have to consider that if it really doesn't look like I'm going to accomplish it on my own.

Thanksgiving went off without a hitch! It was a chore doing all the cooking and cleaning without Gene to help, but I managed to turn the roaster on in time and I didn't leave anything in the refrigerator and even spent a couple of hours at Gene's niece's home in the middle of the day. So even though it was the first Thanksgiving without Gene, we all did okay....until it came time to do the dishes!!! We really missed him then! But Annie stepped up to the sink, and together we got them all done and put away.

I hope to add to this blog every day or so....so keep tuned! Love and prayers, Mary