Monday. July 27

I am sitting in my dining room looking out on my beautiful backyard. It has been so wonderful to have the house open and hear the birds singing. Praise be to God for all His gifts to me.

The grand kids were all here this weekend and it fills me with such joy and wonder. They are so much fun to watch and play with. I wish I had half their energy.

I was planning on leaving today for KC to help Jenn with the boys but am going to rest today and leave in the morning. I will be back by Friday. Nate will be riding home with me and then Grammie will meet us here and he will be going to their home for a few days.


Thank God for each day a gift.

Sunday July 19th

God's blessings to each of you on this gloriously beautiful day. I love this cool breeze floating through my dining room as I sit at the computer. I am doing well and having only slight nausea. I did a little yard work yesterday and cut out the final pieces for Charli Ann's rag quilt. May even start sewing on it today. Thank you all for all your love, support and prayers.

Friday Morning

I have been up since 6. Had a good nights sleep. I have started to feel a little nauseous so just gave myself some meds. I go in at 11 to have the Mezna pump off and get the anti-nausea pump put on. Praise God for the meds that make this a little easier.

Wednesday

Very groggy tonight. Slept most of the day at chemo. No nausea.

Home

The new regime made me very tired. I slept almost all day. I will take the new drugs before I go to bed and hopefully will still sleep tonight. Sarah will be staying all night.

Don't want to go

I am ready to leave but struggling with just the idea. Why is it so hard for me to be at peace? I did not sleep well last night so maybe will sleep a lot today after AI get hooked up. I have a light lunch packed, trying to be a little more cautious with what I eat this week. Will try and check in tonight.

Round 5

Tomorrow I begin round 5 of my chemo treatments. Sarah will be hanging out with me tomorrow, Barb on Wednesday and Amanda on Thursday. Amanda has been working and in classes and is off this week so this will be her first chance to spend some time with me.

I saw Dr. Honeycutt on Friday and she was very pleased with how well I have done. My labs all look good which is s gift from God. She has changed the regime for nausea control so will see how that works this time.

I had a good weekend. Linda and I went to town on Saturday to pick up new drugs, out to lunch and then home for a two hour nap. It was so hot that it felt good to just be in the air conditioned house. I did make it to worship on Saturday evening which really lifted my spirits. Yesterday I did a load of laundry, rested and went to the Meyer's for dinner. Today I have my bedding drying out on the clothesline and plan on mowing this afternoon after the grass gets dry. All in all I am doing well but am anxious to get this week behind me.

Pray for God's peace, joy and strength as I face this new week.

Carpet Cleaner for hire!

Just finished cleaning the carpet in the living room and hallway. Can't believe how dirty it was. I planned on cleaning it last November when I broke my foot so it was overdue. Tony helped move furniture last night. I have fans going and hope it is dry enough to move things back this evening.

I have showered and will now rest most of the day. I am crocheting a baby blanket for Nicole's new baby (due in January). I hope they can use it for the baptism. I will go outside for a little while before it gets to hot. Disappointed that the weather is going to get hot again. I hate having the air on, but can't sleep at night if it is to hot.

Monday, July 6th

Still in my nightgown. I slept in this morning and am having a slow moving day.

I had a great weekend with the kids. It was so much fun to watch Ben and Charli play together. Of course they had their moments of disagreement and even that is cute. Charli liked the few fireworks we did as long as she wore headphones. Ben did NOT care for them at all. We had a nice evening with the Meyer family, good food, lots of laughs and unfortunately no fireworks due to rain. I did go to worship Saturday evening and was blessed by the beauty of the service. It was so good to get hugs from so many people. I hope to go again next weekend.

I am having a good week and hope to have more energy tomorrow. Plan on going to movie with Carolyn on Wednesday. Hope to do lunch with Julia and Barb on Friday after my doctor appointment.

Thursday, July 2, 20009

I apologize for not writing this week. For the most part all has been going well. I am much more tired this time. When I get up in the morning I feel strong and full of energy but by lunch time am pretty much out of steam.

We did have our small group book study yesterday morning (8 AM). After that Barb and I went over to the city park to 'pray and play' with Community Bible Study folks. It was great to see everyone and catch up. We did not stay for lunch since I was tired. Rested in the afternoon and spent time remembering Chuck and all the birthday celebrations we had for him. He would have been 60 yesterday.

Today, the repairman came fro the dishwasher, the yard guy came to treat the grass and I needed to go to Wal-Mart. I planned on going by myself but by 9 made a call to Sarah and she came out and took me. We did have a nice lunch with her mom, Mary, and a friend,Doris. 12:15 Mary suggested I needed to get home and rest, I was exhausted. Sarah took care of everything and I laid down. Feeling better now and hope to get some things done this evening.

Jenn & Ben are arriving tomorrow as is Nicole & her family. Scott is going to do some odd jobs while Tony and girls work on the yard. Can't wait to see the grand kids. Nate is at his grandparents in Kirksville with his dad so we will miss them.

I will try to do a better job of keeping you posted.