I FEEL THE NEED TO DO A HAPPY DANCE!!!

I want to go outside and SHOUT to the heavens that I'm SO happy!!!   My daughter, SouthForkCheerMom, finally has a diagnosis....Cushings Syndrome, and it can be fixed with surgery, to remove a tumor on her adrenal gland, then medication.   Her body has been ravaged with this disease for quite a long time,  and FINALLY,  we know what's causing it!!! She's to talk to the surgeon today to set up the surgery date.   Even though she's not happy about doing it just before Christmas, Jeff (her hubby) and I are pushing her to do the surgery YESTERDAY!!!    Talk about the best Christmas anyone could ever have!!!!    (extra edited note:  For those of you who have e-mailed, and called me, wondering about this disease, she posted pictures and symptoms on her Nov. 29th post, titled INFO ON CUSHINGS.  It's a private post, but if you are not on her list, you can contact me and I'll tell her to let you in.)  Here's the story of another person who has it. http://www.cushings-help.com/media_kinne.htm

The week following my last post was spent getting a permanent, so my hair would look decent for the holidays,  and making last minute preparations for the purchase of another farm, consisting of almost 72 acres.   Except for a little over an acre of timber, it's all good rich central Illinois farm land.   No houses or buildings...just farm ground.  We closed on that this past Monday morning, so now, Me-N-the-Bank own it.    ( o;      

Tuesday, I had a dental appointment in the morning, then that night, I had an Ethanol meeting, concerning the plant we're in the process of building, about 75 miles from here.   My daughter met me on the highway after dark, and is trying to spread it around that I had a hot date, but it WAS an Ethanol meeting, and I was the oldest one there!!

Wednesday, yesterday, I had an appointment with my arthritis specialist.  He's ordered me back into therapy for a while, then wants to see me again in 6 weeks.

My daughter-in-law's parents invited me to come to Peoria for this week-end, and I really would like to do that, but the minister asked me to sing with him at a special event here, this coming Sunday.  I think that's probably what I'll do, because we have a snow alert in effect for tonight and a mixture of ice, snow, or freezing rain, the rest of the week.  Might make more sense to stay closer to home.

I don't have any decorations up yet.  Kirstie finishes with her finals on the 10th, and said if I could wait that long, she could help me after that.  I'M WAITIN' !!!!!!  Except for little trees to use in a wintery Christmas scene, I put in the bay window, I won't be having a tree this year.  My muscles, bones and joints, just don't want to cooperate any more.

Gotta get away from this computer and get some stuff picked up and put away.  I changed my bed last night and put on the electric blanket, so I need to get those sheets washed too.  I bought a heated mattress pad a couple of days ago, but think I've  decided to take it back and use the blanket instead.   Any of you have experience with heated mattress pads?  Do you like them?   Better than the blanket?  Why?

Catch you next time.    Granny