My SP 10 Made my Day!!!!

Yesterday was our 2nd/3rd anniversary, and because we are headed for LA for a minor surgery for J it's been a little hectic to think about celebrating. Jason is having a kyphoplasty done on 3 of his mid back spinal bones. They put a ballon in your vertebrae and inflate it to restore height, then inject bone cement which is basically the stuff we use to attach long lovely nails. In 15 minutes they have basically put in a permanent cast to prevent osteoporosis from destroying that part of the spine. Since it's the back pain that holds back most of his PT, this is beyond exciting. So J, Miss Penny and I are taking Amtrak to LA again. Today the train is almost 12 hours behind, so we are worried about tomorrow's plan but it will all work out, we know it will.

So while rushing to get all our gear together and pack, the mail arrived my secret pal spoiled me yet again, and arriving with our anniversary gave J a real lift, in a way since he encouraged me to participate, he is responsible for hooking my SP and I up. And what a package. First off a card with this wonderful picture of a young buddist monk entering a monestary. J fell in love with the handmade paper it has a soft texture he hadn't seen before. 3 Skiens of "wild rose" feltable knit picks wool/alpaca yarn. Jason kept petting it, the dog got jealous. I know exactly what I am going to make, there is this great pattern for feltable slippers I have been dying to try. And even more stuff, purple bracelets with elastic string and silver bead separators. It suddenly reminded me of a afternoon last summer while J was in surgery, I went to visit a buddist temple just outside downtown LA. The monks saw my exhaustion and stress and in addition to offering their prayers a cup of tea and kindness were samples of generosity that lighted the load. They gave me a prayer bead bracelet and it reminded me of BAM very much. You think that would be enough but there was even more!!!! A magazine called TEA which I am saving for the long Amtrak ride. Cute iron on patches that I can definately use, I just "patched" a bunch of clothes with holes and I already ironed on one of the hearts, much faster than embroidery, perfect too! Today more arrived from my SP, two bars of soap from a company called alchemic dragon, oh my gosh. Citrus Splash and Vanilla. Glycerine soap that you just drink in the smell, wow, jason was threatening to put them in his pillow and let the fragrances drift him off to sleep. Fat chance honey! Those are going to be used in a nice hot bath, with a warm of tea tonight after I finish packing and when we return. Special soaps often wind up in a dish to display and look nice getting dusted along with the other bathroom trinkets. These soaps are getting used, I can just imagine the smell of the lather, ahhhhhhhh. Thank you secret pal, I'll take all your hints, relax with a cup of tea, some tunes and drink in the scent. You are a God send and have really improved my quality of life. I just hope my SP thinks the same. I got some things together to send this week and have two projects cast on hoping to finish them for her on the trip, we'll see. Oh, Miss Penny had to sniff the soaps, she seem to prefer the citrus to the vanilla, funny ol' dog.

I am planning a long couple of blogs when we get back to announce how well J is doing and catch up on many things in our lives.

Ta Ta For Now.
Suzi