Bob, I love you and I miss you and I will never forget what you taught throughout my life. Enjoy your coffee and smokes while watching over us.
I live with stage IV metastatic breast cancer that has caused 3 brain surgeries and leukemia that required a bone marrow transplant. . I like to write about life - and I don't hold back! My mission is to always remind myself and others anything is possible,
Monday, December 28, 2009
Second verse
much worse than the first. I will be heading to California for the second time this year - which is a rarity for me and unfortunately with this trip brings a great loss to our family and a huge hole left in all our hearts. My uncle Bob, or Bobsie as I always liked to call him, passed away Saturday morning from a heart attack. My aunt Tammy and cousin Whitney are lost in this world without him there to be the lighthouse, but I know they too will be able to find the strength they need to trudge forward and live the life he always wanted them to live.
Bob, I love you and I miss you and I will never forget what you taught throughout my life. Enjoy your coffee and smokes while watching over us.
Bob, I love you and I miss you and I will never forget what you taught throughout my life. Enjoy your coffee and smokes while watching over us.
Friday, December 18, 2009
A first for me
we are about to head out and close on our new house. This is a first for me - I have never closed on a house before! Eric owned this house when we met and I just moved in and took over! It still doesn't really feel real to me and I am not sure when it will. I keep thinking, we have a perfectly perfect house, is it glutteny for us to purchase another house?
We won't get the house until Jan 8, as the current owners are leasing it back from us until then. Then we will re-do the kitchen and possibly the carpet - depending how the kitchen budget goes! I can't wait to get in there and make this house our home!
We are going to hold on to our current house and lease it out. Eric has a dream of owning several lease houses, so hey, we are going to start down that road.
Let's see what else - Ian is out of school until Jan 6 - this might be a long 3 weeks for us! No, not really - well, maybe!?! He is doing great (yes, this is my time to brag on him). He is talking up a storm, surprised me the other day and busted out his ABC's (not 100% complete - he skips a few here and there) but he made it to the end and my heart melted; he is counting up to 20; he loves to workout with me which is so flipping funny; the colors are still ify - sometimes he gets them sometimes he doesn't (which I think is because he doesn't care); he has been talking a big game of sitting on Santa's lap, and if he does and tells Santa he wants a bounce house - it is his, BUT I really don't think it is all going to pan out. Other than that, we spend our days playing, talking to each other, laughing and just loving every minute of it.
We won't get the house until Jan 8, as the current owners are leasing it back from us until then. Then we will re-do the kitchen and possibly the carpet - depending how the kitchen budget goes! I can't wait to get in there and make this house our home!
We are going to hold on to our current house and lease it out. Eric has a dream of owning several lease houses, so hey, we are going to start down that road.
Let's see what else - Ian is out of school until Jan 6 - this might be a long 3 weeks for us! No, not really - well, maybe!?! He is doing great (yes, this is my time to brag on him). He is talking up a storm, surprised me the other day and busted out his ABC's (not 100% complete - he skips a few here and there) but he made it to the end and my heart melted; he is counting up to 20; he loves to workout with me which is so flipping funny; the colors are still ify - sometimes he gets them sometimes he doesn't (which I think is because he doesn't care); he has been talking a big game of sitting on Santa's lap, and if he does and tells Santa he wants a bounce house - it is his, BUT I really don't think it is all going to pan out. Other than that, we spend our days playing, talking to each other, laughing and just loving every minute of it.
Friday, December 11, 2009
AND CUT!
Well, it is all done and as always after something big in your life, I am experiencing post high tiredness. Shop, Sip & Share went great last night. I will post pics as soon as I get them from friends.
We had 57 people eat dinner
16 Vendors
Tons of raffle prizes and sold lots of tickets!
I believe this total will be a little higher once I know exactly how much Mama Fu's will be giving back to us but for now, we raised $1,600!!
So thank everyone of you for all your help/support/love/believing in me and my craziness and for just being you. I seriously can't believe this came together as well as it did. And I must admit, I am very proud of myself for following through on this and getting it done. As many of you know, I have lots of ideas but once I feel overwhelmed, it is easy for me to throw in the towel and say forget it. I do believe I have turned a whole new corner in my life with me completing this event and seeing that yes, little steps do add up to a whole lot and if it isn't done NOW, it is fine - the time will come that is done. Now, I am just rambling - yes, I am tired.
Once I hear from Mama Fu's, I will post the final total.
WOW - it feels great to be able to give this to the BCESF!
We had 57 people eat dinner
16 Vendors
Tons of raffle prizes and sold lots of tickets!
I believe this total will be a little higher once I know exactly how much Mama Fu's will be giving back to us but for now, we raised $1,600!!
So thank everyone of you for all your help/support/love/believing in me and my craziness and for just being you. I seriously can't believe this came together as well as it did. And I must admit, I am very proud of myself for following through on this and getting it done. As many of you know, I have lots of ideas but once I feel overwhelmed, it is easy for me to throw in the towel and say forget it. I do believe I have turned a whole new corner in my life with me completing this event and seeing that yes, little steps do add up to a whole lot and if it isn't done NOW, it is fine - the time will come that is done. Now, I am just rambling - yes, I am tired.
Once I hear from Mama Fu's, I will post the final total.
WOW - it feels great to be able to give this to the BCESF!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Seriously?!?!
Is it seriously December already is all I can keep asking myself – where did the year go? It still really amazes me that it hasn’t even been a year since my last chemo treatment – that time of my life seems so long ago – good, let’s keep it that way!
I am so looking forward to this holiday season where I can take full advantage of the joys brought on by the holidays and not feel like crap doing it! I can’t wait to get the decorating done this weekend, put presents under the tree and plan ole enjoy my family and friends.
We started our season off with a bang with a trip up north to see Eric’s family and had a great time. Ian is a traveling champ (I guess getting him on a plane at 3 months was the way to do it?!?!) – after the 4 hour flight and then a 5 hour drive all I can say is – NO MORE DORA! But we all survived and had a great time doing it. Ian LOVED playing with Abby, Paul and Hanna. Every morning Ian woke up yelling AB-BY, AB-BY which was so funny hearing him say her name. We went on a Christmas tree hunt, a hike to some waterfalls, ate, ate some more and played.
Now back to reality here! So much to do and so little time – which, as always, I do to myself! Next week I will be a vendor at two downtown building and Shop, Sip & Share will happen!! I am SO excited about it. If you haven’t looked at that blog, do so – www.shopsipshare.blogspot.com. I forgot the excitement and drive I feel when doing something for a cause I believe in and want to make a difference with. Then after next Thursday night – wait for it, we are DONE with things to do. Well, until we get into the house and start the kitchen remodel but until then, we will bask in the “boredom,” have fun and enjoy every minute of this holiday season.
I am so looking forward to this holiday season where I can take full advantage of the joys brought on by the holidays and not feel like crap doing it! I can’t wait to get the decorating done this weekend, put presents under the tree and plan ole enjoy my family and friends.
We started our season off with a bang with a trip up north to see Eric’s family and had a great time. Ian is a traveling champ (I guess getting him on a plane at 3 months was the way to do it?!?!) – after the 4 hour flight and then a 5 hour drive all I can say is – NO MORE DORA! But we all survived and had a great time doing it. Ian LOVED playing with Abby, Paul and Hanna. Every morning Ian woke up yelling AB-BY, AB-BY which was so funny hearing him say her name. We went on a Christmas tree hunt, a hike to some waterfalls, ate, ate some more and played.
Now back to reality here! So much to do and so little time – which, as always, I do to myself! Next week I will be a vendor at two downtown building and Shop, Sip & Share will happen!! I am SO excited about it. If you haven’t looked at that blog, do so – www.shopsipshare.blogspot.com. I forgot the excitement and drive I feel when doing something for a cause I believe in and want to make a difference with. Then after next Thursday night – wait for it, we are DONE with things to do. Well, until we get into the house and start the kitchen remodel but until then, we will bask in the “boredom,” have fun and enjoy every minute of this holiday season.
Trip Pictures
Sara was really brave to let Hanna loose on that couch!
Tree hunting!
Baby, it's cold outside
You have to make due when it is too cold and rainy out but 3 kids have been in the house all day-out to the garage we go!
He is such a toot with his own personality that is always making me laugh!
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