If you’ve been following along in my cancer journey, you know I have active cancer again. I was scheduled to start taking my new meds Monday. I was also told I had a troublesome hip and would need radiation. The radiation appointment was scheduled for April 10th. Monday in the late afternoon, I got a …
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read moreI got a jump start on spring clean-up today. It’s been on my brain for the last couple of weeks. I start my cancer medicine this week. I’m supposed to get fatigue with it…and Spring clean-up is not for the faint of heart. I did more than usual last fall, so I knew I had …
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read moreThere are so many things in life I have experienced that I can apply the statement “I didn’t know until I knew” to. I’m guessing some of you feel the same. Let me explain: I remember being in high school. I was voted to be a speaker at commencement. I was a little nervous while …
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read moreHello friends…I waited a day to write this as the last test result was still coming in…Here’s the news. Friday morning, my daughter Kalissa and I left at about 7:20 am. We were headed to my three-month check-up. I was to have MRIs and CT scans along with bloodwork. We live 2 1/2 hours away, …
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read moreI told you in last night’s blog post that my daughter, Kalissa, and I had a day on Saturday morning and ended up at Maker’s Market in Sumner. I showed you a whole bunch of pictures and told you that I bought two things when I was there. I left you hanging and didn’t tell …
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read moreAll of last week, we were under the hype of bad weather over the weekend. Then, as the weekend came, the hype shifted to Sunday/Monday. I hadn’t made any Saturday plans early in the week because of the hype. So on Friday, when I saw Kalissa, I said it had been forever since we had …
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read moreBuck and the kids were home this weekend. Buck was in a mood to tackle lots of jobs around the house, and I encouraged him. First up, he took my new television up to my bedroom and planned to set it up. I previously had a television upstairs, but it was Arnie’s, and I sent …
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read moreThe weekend was busy here. If you read last night’s blog post you know the Buck and his kiddos were home, Kalissa and her family were here and on Sunday Kelli and her kiddos came. Karl was around, too. It was a busy kid-filled weekend. Everything went off normally, and we were all having a …
read moreBuck came home on Friday night. He brought Scotty and Lilly with him. Kalissa, Gannon, and Carver, all came over too. Anders was sick so Craig stayed home with him. Lucy was wrestling the next day so she wasn’t with either. We had pizza for supper. It’s my homemade pizza. I typically make it once …
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read moreWednesday of last week was a tough day for me. I told you all about Arnie and me splitting up. Then I told you I got the results back from my scalp biopsy, and it showed cancer. Off-da. It was a lot for one day. My daughter Kalissa’s boys were here, and Carver wanted to …
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read moreAfter I showed you my sewing room island at the end of January, I felt bad. What was I thinking, having so many projects out? No wonder I was feeling overwhelmed when I went into the sewing room. It was plain and simple too much. I got all sorts of suggestions…give some away. Work on …
read moreMy big cancer appointments are coming up on the 20th of this month. I have MRI, CT scans, and blood draws all happening. After all of that, I see my doctor. It will be a long day, but I prefer that they put it all in one day so only one is wasted. The last …
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read moreFebruary was an interesting month for me. Lots of things were happening behind the scenes, and now I am able to tell you about one of the things. I have a new boyfriend… Things with Arnie and me had been going downhill since Christmas. I tried a few times in January and early February to …
read moreQuite often, I get a bunch of pictures that on their own aren’t worthy of a blog post. Sometimes I throw them together into one post…today is one of those days. Ila sent Gannon a book about cats and he was over the moon about it. I took Anders to story hour last week, and …
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read moreLast week was really a blur for me. My days with Anders were changed around. I hosted two birthday parties at my house. I had a doctor appointment and more…I thought I would give you a quick photo rundown. I had company at my house from Wednesday morning through Saturday night. Wednesday was Gannon’s birthday… …
read moreWell, somehow the blog went off the rails after I made a simple comment that I wasn’t in the mood to stitch patriotic lately. In my post from earlier this week, I wrote about cross stitch pieces that were coming out at Needlework Market. Many of the designers featured patriotic things and I said I …
read moreAll week long, the weather predicted snow for Thursday into Friday last week. We went to bed Wednesday night with a 2-4 prediction. Thursday, we woke to 3-7. Thursday by noon, it was 5-9. Then at bedtime on Thursday we were to 4-8. When I went to bed at 10:30 pm on Thursday night, we …
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read moreThe weather in Iowa right now is AMAZING. It has been in the 50s. This never happens in February. It’s so nice we could be tricked into thinking Spring is just around the corner, but I’m 60 years old and know better. Friday, I planned to get out and walk, but my hip said it …
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read moreBuck was home over the weekend. He brought me a basket of goodies. (not really) He handed me this bag and said, “The jeans need zipper help and the dolls need legs.” It was busy, so I just rolled my eyes (you know us quilters aren’t fans of jeans, right??) and told one of the …
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read moreI went to the Iowa Hawkeye’s Women’s game on yesterday. When Arnie’s sister-in-law asked if I wanted to go…my heart was yelling YES, YES! But my head was saying…but your leg has been acting up. Well, my heart won. I had warned Pam in advance that I was having trouble with my leg. We ended …
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