{"id":3838,"date":"2012-12-02T22:26:01","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T05:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=3838"},"modified":"2012-12-02T22:26:52","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T05:26:52","slug":"the-last-of-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=3838","title":{"rendered":"The last of November."},"content":{"rendered":"

December kind of snuck right up on us, as it always does. I have the last few thankfuls from last week that I didn’t get up because honestly…last week knocked me flat on my butt.<\/p>\n

About three…four weeks ago the dermatologist called and confirmed that the tiny little bump I had on the side of my nose was in fact, skin cancer. It was the “not so bad, if you have to have skin cancer” kind – basal cell carcinoma. The nurse reassured me that it was a simple out-patient procedure and I did my best to not make a big deal out of the whole thing. In my mind, the bigger the deal…the more scary it actually was, so I chose to just make it “just another day.”<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, it was not<\/strong> “just another day.” Anyone who knows me knows that I really don’t do well with needles, blood and that sort of thing. The procedure was a little more than I had anticipated and left me feeling a little off my game for the rest of the week.<\/p>\n

But they got all of the cancer. I’m left with 10 (incredibly itchy!) stitches, a bruised eye, and half of my face is all swollen and icky, but they got all of the cancer. And for that I’m most thankful along with some of the other “little” things from last week…<\/p>\n

Day 26: <\/strong>I’m thankful the girls are heavy sleepers so I can tiptoe in each night and give them kisses and snap photos without waking them up. I love that they still want to sleep together even though they have their own rooms.<\/p>\n

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Day 27:<\/strong> I’m thankful for Christmas music and my sweet Em who is learning to play my favorite Christmas carol as her gift to me. (Angels We Have Heard On High – And I’ll post her Instrument Recital video soon!)<\/p>\n

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Day 28: <\/strong>I’m thankful we live in a fun town where on any given random Wednesday you can be following a Rose Parade float down the street!<\/p>\n

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Day 29: <\/strong>Thankful today for this amazing man. I know I’ve used him (several times) already this month, but today I’m thankful that he forced me to see that I can’t do it all on my own, as much as I’d like to. Sometimes you just gotta ask for and accept a little help. Thank you J. for making me realize it – for helping me even when I think I don’t need it – and helping me raise our very empathetic daughters who are so sweet when they know Mama is down. I love you all.<\/p>\n

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Day 30:<\/strong> I’m thankful for our very busy life. As insane as our schedule makes me most days – I’m thankful that we have such a rich and full life filled with loving family and friends. (And I’m also thankful for rainy days in California. Makes it feel a little more holiday-ish around here going into first week of December! Yipes.)<\/p>\n

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And that concludes our Thankful November. We do indeed have so much to be thankful for.<\/p>\n

I promise I’ll be back this week with some Crafty Tuesday and other fun happenings. This week. It is all gonna happen this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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