Last resort

There is so little on TV I actually convinced the Canadian to break out our fancy, new Scrabble game from Jessica.

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Missing or mocking me?

I received a care package in the mail today from some co-workers;

A get-well card, teddy bear, a protein shake and some applesauce. Just what a girl with a bandaged up neck needs!

I've got sticky buns!

While killing time this evening waiting to go grocery shopping I found a recipe online from the company I buy my gluten free flour from for sticky buns. And since I had everything I needed on hand to make them I decided to give it a try. First was a plain dough of flour, baking soda, baking powder and powdered milk that was then mixed with yogurt, eggs, apple cider vinegar, and a packet of yeast. I turned the dough out on a floured mat and shaped it into a rectangle shape before covering it with a buttery, cinnamon sugar filling.

Then I cut the dough in half and rolled each half up before cutting into individual slices.

I had already prepped a cake pan with melted butter mixed with chopped pecans, maple syrup and brown sugar for each of the pastry slices to be placed on.

Then I let the whole contraption raise in a warmed oven for 25 minutes.

After proofing, I stuck the buns in the oven for another 25 minutes at 375. After cooling for about 5 minutes I turned the pan out onto a plate and reveled in it's glory.

And of course that's right when we needed to leave for the store so it would just have to wait. When we got back about an hour and half later (after a detour to B&N) I served us each up a slice with a scoop of ice cream.

Winner, winner, chicken dinner! Or sticky bun dinner. We're not even remotely pecan fans, but these were really tasty and you wouldn't even know they're gluten free. I know what we're eating for breakfast tomorrow!

World's tiniest incision

Seriously, compared to the miles of scars I have from my tummy and thigh surgeries, this is barely bigger than a scratch.

Don't mind all the tape residue that multiple scrubbings of rubbing alcohol have yet to remove. I have zero pain from the incision and haven't taken any kind of pain meds since yesterday. The biggest inconvenience is the giant lump in my throat I'm trying to swallow around and not being able to lift my head up all the way without pulling on the incision. And the incessant need to clear my throat every two seconds. That's just plain annoying. I still have all of next week off from work after which I'm sure I'll be more than ready to return since daytime television is not nearly as exciting as one would suspect. 

Home again, home again

Surgery went well this morning. I was out by 11:00 a.m., just like the predicted. Thankfully they only had to remove the left lobe of the thyroid and not the whole thing, otherwise I would have had to stay in the hospital overnight. Now for a little R&R.

The incision was much smaller than I was fearing so hopefully it'll heal up nicely and I won't have another raging scar to add to my collection.

Off to see the wizard

The wonderful wizard of thyroids that is. This morning is my thyroid lobectomy surgery at 9:00 am, though we've got to be at the hospital at 7:15 am for check-in. The plan is to remove the left side of the thyroid and the benign growth that's attached to it. I'll be back before lunch feeling fabulously drugged up and ready for a 10 hour nap. Think of how stylishly sleek my neck will look now without that full, fatty thyroid weighing me down!

Special visitor

We were lucky enough to have a whirlwind weekend visit from baby sis, Wilson. We stole her away for a  Saturday night dinner at La Hacienda.

Then we ordered our little chauffeur to take us to Barnes & Noble for a little after dinner coffee and magazine reading. Just enough of a visit to tide us over until her return in July. 

Our other big activity for the day - making a new batch of mead. 

 Chris infused it with an orange spice tea we got at Fisherman's Wharf while we were in San Francisco last month and with a blood orange off our our tree. It made the house smell divine. Now to let it stew in the back bedroom for a couple of months. It smells like a winner.