A LOT

Has been happening with us these past few weeks. We went to Fort Worth for a Stampin Up party Rachele had – which was a huge success! The boys played, played and played some more. I love watching them all play together – it is so funny to see the difference in the them; although, I didn’t find it funny when Ian started calling my Nae Nae instead of mommy, but Landry and Tucker egging him on with it! We are back to mommy only, so no real harm done! :)

I have had a few card classes which are turning into my favorite form of business. I realized how much I love teaching others and showing them being creative is not hard and most of all, I love sharing all my “stuff” with them so it actually gets used.

I am working hard on “Shop, Sip & Share” which in my mind is already a big success. I am really hoping to raise $5,000 plus, but we will see. I will be hitting all you readers up to buy dinner or raffle tickets!

I learned a lot this past Saturday – that yes, I am too old to drink so much wine that I end up getting sick outside of the winery – in my fancy dress and heals no less. We took a girls trip to Wimberly for Amanda’s 30th birthday, which she was being a huge baby about :) but we partied like we were all 20 and felt horrible the next day and loved every minute of it!

I am still training for a marathon. Not doing so hot with it, I need to really focus on long runs and not book so much sh*t on Saturdays so I can actually get them done. My longest to date is 12 and I wonder how I am going to run another 14 on top of that – people tell me once you get to 16 or 18, you are fine – we will see!!

I am in the process of setting up a boot camp for the neighborhood mommies – that will be interesting! I found my old trainer who agreed to do it for a crazy cheap price and here we are, going for it!

Hum, what else – oh, we bought a new house and had food poisoning. Oh, you want to know about the house?!?! I am SO supper excited. We, well Eric, has always kept an eye open for larger houses in our area, he found one on-line while we were in Fort Worth, on our way home we decided to drive by it and guess what, they were having an open house! We walked in, loved it and the rest is history. My sister is stressed that we bought a new house without “pondering” it for months on end, but hey, that is how we do things around here! We have to re-do the kitchen and paint a few rooms, but other than that, it is move in ready. Down the road we will need to do a few more “pretty” items but no biggie. Yes, I am very excited but the thought of moving does not excite me at all!

Food poisoning sucked. We ate a rotisserie chicken that was only a few days old, which should not have given us food poisoning, but it did, we managed to make it through and are on the mend right now. Hey, we both lost some weight and Ian didn’t get it!

We leave town in less than a week for MI, which I still cannot believe Thanksgiving is next week. Seriously, where does time go? It is really starting to freak me out.
I am sure I will have some good stories from that trip as well but until then, have a wonderful Thanksgiving with you and yours.

Long awaited appointment

I FINALLY made it back to see Dr. H today, after 2 cancelations that were completely out of her hands, but none the less, made me a little crazy! I have been waiting to go to this appointment since August – when my long lost friend returned. I wanted/needed to know what was in store for me, for us and our future.

I cut right to the chase – she sat down, I said my friend was back and let’s talk baby number 2! She laughed that I didn’t waste any time – such is me! The low down on baby #2 – we have to wait until May, 2010 to start trying but before we can even try, I have to go see a specialist in Dallas who deals solely with breast cancer patients. There is no real data on the risks involved with becoming preggers after breast cancer – risks associated with possible reoccurrence of cancer, that is. So, this Dr. who only deals with breast cancer patients will have more of an “opinion” on the risks solely from what she has seen in her practice with trip negitives and pregnancy. I would be lying if I didn’t say I wasn’t a little taken back from this – I guess that never crossed my mind. In my mind, I had cancer, I got over it, I started my period – so I must be fertile –so all should be good – right!?!? I still have the feeling in my heart all is still good and will all be okay!

I also took part in a study about triple negatives and if there is an underlying association with it and the BREC (the gene mutation) – eh, whatever, I am not real sure what all they were talking about but all I needed to do for it was give more blood.

Eric asked her about a few drugs he had read about, I scheduled MRIs and such for January and February and well, nothing much else happened. So, all in all – it was a good appointment but wasn’t exactly what I wanted to hear.

Pictures from weekend

Sign that we carried

Part of team

Ian loves race day too - great swag to eat!

Start of race - 22,000 people there to support the cause.

Bam Bam is caged up!

Barney and Betty

The Rubbles

Bam Bam loves food!

Bam bam gettin lovies

He finally decided he would be bam bam

Flying ninja! What else would we do on a rainy day??

Pumkin Love

The ninja - he loves candy!

The ninja - just cute!

Craft Report

Well, I am so sad to report, that my first craft fair was a bust…a BIG FAT UGLY BUST! BUT – I keep telling myself it wasn’t my stuff that wasn’t selling – nobody’s stuff was selling. A lady next to me said her whole table sold out last year and this year, she sold 2 things.

I would be lying if I didn’t say I wasn’t very disappointed in the whole thing, or that my ego didn’t take a major blow or that it wasn’t hard work….all of it – getting ready for it, being there and feeling like I was there wasting my time when I could be at home with Eric and Ian.

I am going to give it another try being as I already signed up and paid for this weekend and I am revamping some items and making a few new, SMALLER things. I had nothing under $10 at this last one, and I am making some bookmarks, magnets and brag books that will all be under $10 and hopefully suck people in!

In the meantime, if you see anything you like and are willing to “pimp my product” as Jenn calls it, let me know and I will make you whatever you would like in return for pimping my product! I am still working on a web-site, which I really hope to have up and running in a few weeks –before Christmas at least.

Other than the craft shows, things are going well. Running is good but I still haven’t lost any actual weight – SO frustrating. I go to the oncologist next Tuesday which I am SO looking forward to. I have a whole book of questions I want to ask her and most importantly – when can we get back on the baby making train?!?!

I felt a real dip in my energy this weekend and at the beginning of this week. It is crazy now that I know what to look for and spot a little depression creeping in, it makes it a lot easier to head it off at the pass, but regardless, it is still there and I still have to work on keeping it at bay on a daily basis.

Pictures from the show:
Journals - can be personalize

Clipboards - can be personalized

Overall display

Scrapbook photo holder

White Erase boards with matching magnets

Falling in love

It happens so quick
I don’t think you can say when
But after you realize where you are
You know
There is no turning back
Love is magical
In so many ways
It can comfort
It can sooth
It can hold you
It can stress
Just because,
It is love
Doesn’t mean…
It is always
Easy
I learned today
My love of crafts
My desire for a business
My need to succeed…
All things I love
All things that stress

Wilted Weed

It was the most beautiful
Flower of them all
It wasn’t bright,
It didn’t smell good
Or was it even a whole weed
It wasn’t in a fancy bouquet
But it was the most beautiful gift ever
He picked it with love
And gave it with a smile,
A hug and kiss…
My heart was only a puddle on the floor

Time well spent

Rachele and I made a pretty impulsive and quick trip out to California after mom told us grandma wasn't doing well. Grandma has alztimers (sp??) and she has good days, and well, not so good days. I really had no idea what to expect when we got there - is she going to remember me, is she going to have a really bad day, I didn't know what was going to happen. But, I am SO happy to report, the trip was great and she did great while we were there. She remembered both Rachele and myself, childhood stories and a little about our families.

We did lots of fun stuff - as usual when we are with Aunt Tammy. We went out to a Japenese Steakhouse for lunch, which everyone enjoyed and then we went to Bogle, my all time favorite winery ever! We did the tasting room where Rachele almost spit out her taste - she is a fool and does like wine! Grandma enjoyed a few glasses of watered down wine which was a good thing because she drank them like water. When she told us she just tipped it up and poured it back, I knew it was my grandma! We celebrated Tammy's 50th birthday which was a lot of fun and just had a really great time out there!

I can rest easy with these memories I have of grandma and not using my imagination to conjure up some story I had imagined. I realized it isn't all my imagination and she does have horrible days, but I can live in my happy world for now with my memories.
Playing the Wii - she LOVES to bowl and is really good on it!

Grandpa helping her with set-up

Rachele, Aunt Tammy and Cousin Whitney

All of us!