Still here

Yes, I'm still here.  Just bored and tired of waiting.  Made it through Christmas, and now have my MELD back at 18.  Lots of things done over the past few months, from cooking and baking to craft projects.  Maybe I should quit eating soup and my MELD would go up again.  Maybe I'm being to healthy?  But we are soup eaters, so eat soup we shall.  The split pea soup I made on Sunday cost about $2 to make the pot and we'll get 9 servings out of it.  Nothing but veggies and a tiny bit of leftover ham.  No other sodium added.  I hate hearing people say you can't eat healthy without spending a lot of money.  Not true!

 Making lefse with mom!  Kind of a funky shape on this one.

 

 Fuzzy picture of one of the wreaths we re-made for the front of the church.

 

 Chocolate chip cookies for Bob and Derek!

Ice skate centerpiece I made for a fundraiser raffle at the church.

Antique sled I decorated for mom and dad's house for the holidays.  Love the Suess swirls at the top.

And of course, tonight I woke up at 1:30 and can't get back to sleep.  That's relatively rare these days, since I have been sleeping much better.  Usually.  Except when the fluid starts building in my abdomen.  We are now up to 370 pounds of fluid removed.  The blob of missing fluid weight has been named Fat Albie.  One day he will explode.  Or I will stop needing these removal procedures when I get my transplant.  I'm thinking January 6 would be a good date for the transplant, since it works out with my nonsense numerology.

Time to go back to bed and try to get some sleep.  Gotta rest up so I can party in the new year (salami, cheese, veggies with dip, and a Sprite Zero--I'm a rebel)!