Pams Party & Practical Tips: January 2025

Friday, January 31, 2025

It's Time to Dare to Share!

It's Friday, night and you know what that means..

It's time to Dare to Share!

As you can see I was quiet on the blog this week. I had my ultrasound early Monday morning, and did not get great news. They found two nodules on my left lobe. I had only one on that lobe several years ago. It is still there, and looks like it did not change too much in size, but there is also now a much larger nodule to be concerned about. That second nodule is almost the same size as the lobe itself. The rest of my thyroid looks okay, but it is recommended I get a needle biopsy on the large nodule very soon. After my results, I was called on Wednesday by a head and neck oncology Dr to come in the office to determine next steps. Having a nodule as large of mine is at higher risk for cancer. It also grew pretty quickly, and is starting to push on my vocal chords. While there is a chance it is not cancerous, there is an extremely high chance they will take out that nodule due to it's large size. My appointment is next Wednesday, so I will know more then.

I wrote a post about this when I was first diagnosed with my thyroid issues years ago. I am going to reshare that post here.

Thyroid issues and autoimmune diseases are becoming more common especially in women. While my thyroid stabilized for quite awhile, changes in my hormones, age and a change of meds could have contributed to the growth of the nodules. I have a list of facts about thyroid cancer on my linked post that I had forgotten I posted until now. If you have any questions about your own thyroid health, be sure to ask/see your Dr. While the thyroid is not that large, it has a very big affect to your body.

Now that I bummed everybody out, let's turn the mood around and start the Dare to Share party. Link up and HAVE FUN! I tell you to have fun at every party, so why stop doing it now. :)

Friday, January 24, 2025

It's Party Time! Let's Dare to Share!

It's Friday night, and you know what that means..

It is time to Dare to Share!

Well as you know, Monday was the National Championship game, and it went my team's way. Yea! It was quite an interesting night. We had to go out to watch the game since we do not have ESPN, but it was extremely cold that night. (-10) We started at one restaurant where we had dinner. We found out while we were eating that it was going to close at 9 pm. They turned out to be okay, because we were able to stay until halftime. We ended up at a 2nd restaurant to watch the 2nd half, but we were still full from the first restaurant. We did end up getting two appetizers and waters. (I had three glasses of pop at the first one!) The second half of the game was fun to watch, and worth eating way too much food that night.

Wednesday was so cold where I live that all the schools in the area closed, because morning temps were in the dangerous range. I wish I could say I used my day off to create fun projects, but instead I was doing online training most of the day. When you are in education you have to do a certain number of training hours every year or so. I have procrastinated on completing my hours, so now I need to get all my training done this next week. I am also going through some health tests this week. I have had thyroid problems for years, and lately my thyroid has become swollen. I can tell by how I feel that it something is not right. I am tired a lot of the time. I had my blood levels checked today, and will have an ultrasound early Monday morning. Hopefully I will know what is going on quickly.

Can you believe Valentine's Day will be in just a few weeks?! I have quite a few classroom valentines and other Valentine printables in my Etsy shop. Soon I complete my training I will be adding a few more listings.

Once you have your class Valentines ready, you will need a Valentine box to put them in. A few years back and I shared how to make an Unicorn Valentine Box using Dollar Tree items. I still have that box somewhere around here. :)

Speaking of Dollar Tree, I have been posting my Dollar Tree finds, hauls and DIYs on my Instagram (Mydollartreelife) and Tik Tok (Pamspartyplanning). I would love to see you over there!

Now that you know what I have been up to, I would love to see what you have been up to. Link up and HAVE FUN!!

Friday, January 17, 2025

Let's Dare to Share!!

It's Friday night, and you know what that means..

It is time to Dare to Share!

Happy Friday! This week was the first week that we started to have a regular routine. Last week we had a few snow days and then more snow over the weekend. That snow is finally starting to melt only to have the the blast of arctic temps starting later this weekend.. Brrr! I will be off of work on Monday for MLK day but we may be off on Tuesday depending on how cold it gets. I posted a picture of my dogs because it is very rare to sit together like this for a picture.

With all the snow we had last week, I shared my Snow Day party with fun activities to do and snacks to make with your kids when you are stuck inside.

Do you plan on watching the National Championship game on Monday? I am! If you have followed me for awhile you know I am a huge Buckeye fan. I set us this this football table while ago. I am thinking about setting another one up this year for the game but since we do not have ESPN we might have to go out to watch it. GO BUCKS!

I have a few new things I am working on that I hope to post soon. With Valentine's Day coming up and our annual work Candyland party, I have some new candy themed projects to watch for.

Now that you know what I have been up to, I would love to see what you have been up to. Link up and HAVE FUN!!

Monday, January 6, 2025

It's a Snow Day!

Are you in the part of the country that is affected by the large storm crossing the US today? I am. It started yesterday, and it has been snowing for the last 24 for hours. I am not sure of the total accumulation where I live, but I think it's around 10 inches or so. We were lucky enough that the ice/freezing rain portion of the storm went to the south of where we live. Almost all of the schools and daycares, and many businesses are closed today. It's possible that we will have another day off tomorrow as many of the roads are still covered with snow. The plows have come through, but the continued snowfall and blowing snow have covered them back up.

Some of you may have noticed that there was no Dare to Share party this past Friday. That was not intentional. Have you heard of the saying that the week between Christmas and New Years Day you lose track of time, and eat a lot of cheese. Well that kind of happened to me just in the few days after New Years. I spent New Year's Eve with my friends at the dance in Michigan. On New Year's Day we visited some family and friends, and then headed back to Ohio to watch the Rose Bowl. (Go Bucks!) In the days after New Years Day, we rested, babysat our grandbaby and lost track of time. It was easy to do since we were both off of work, and not in our usual routine. Early Sunday morning, D asked me if I had done my Friday night blog post. It was then that I realized that I TOTALLY FORGOT to post the party. Oops! The party will be back this upcoming Friday, as I will be spending this week getting back into my routine, and going back to work.

Now that you know where I have been lately, I thought I would share some of my favorite snow day activities in case you are having the same weather I am.